Effectively Wild Episode 1643: In Theo We Trust?
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Blue Jays missing out on DJ LeMahieu and which remaining free agents might be bound for Toronto, follow up on their previous discussion about bagged milk and tax implications for free agency, marvel at LeMahieu’s unique invulnerability to the shift and his unlikely career trajectory, and examine his fit and future with the Yankees. Then they break down MLB’s hiring of Theo Epstein as a consultant regarding on-field matters (touching on Epstein’s potential as a savior of the sport, the obstacles he faces, what his future might hold, and more) and answer a listener email about attending games alone.
Audio intro: The Beatles, "Blue Jay Way"
Audio outro: Eliza, "Alone & Unafraid"
Link to Sportsnet on the Jays missing out again
Link to Happ on bagged milk
Link to bagged milk explainer
Link to Petriello on Lemahieu and shifts
Link to 2017 outfield shift against LeMahieu
Link to Jay Jaffe on LeMahieu re-signing
Link to Jay on LeMahieu and Yankee Stadium
Link to 2020 wOBA-xwOBA leaderboard
Link to Jeff on LeMahieu on 2018
Link to Jeff on LeMahieu and Jeter
Link to Theo Epstein press release
Link to Sahadev Sharma on Theo’s new job
Link to Joe Posnanski on Theo
Link to Theo on his hiring practices
Link to Tango on walks and the strike zone
Link to Craig Edwards on making baseball better
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Soon we'll be a break of head. |
| 0:05.3 | Stay here in Blue Dayway. |
| 0:11.3 | Please don't be alone. |
| 0:17.3 | Don't you be very alone. |
| 0:21.5 | Don't you be very alone. |
| 0:24.5 | Don't you be very alone. |
| 0:28.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 1643 and effectively wild. |
| 0:32.3 | A fancraft spaceball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Meg Rallye of Vangrass and I am joined as always by Ben Lindbergh and the Ringer. |
| 0:39.3 | Ben How are you? |
| 0:40.4 | Well Meg, another day, another would be Jay who got away. |
| 0:44.8 | All the rhyming was lovely there Ben. |
| 0:48.3 | That was just a very nice little flourish. |
| 0:50.4 | Yeah, I workshoped that earlier. |
| 0:52.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:52.8 | Yeah, Lucy pulled the football away again from another potential Toronto Blue J target. |
| 0:58.7 | We talked yesterday. |
| 0:59.7 | We started the episode by talking about the Blue J's string of futility this winter when |
| 1:04.9 | it comes to acquiring their top targets. |
| 1:07.6 | They have struck out on all of them so far aside from Robbie Ray if he counts. |
| 1:12.6 | Don't mean to, to mean Robbie Ray he counts. |
| 1:15.2 | But they have not been able to land their top targets after really raising expectations |
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