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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 182: How Much Will Mark Appel Make?/Is Mike Scioscia’s Job Safe?

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2013

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Sam discuss how big a signing bonus Mark Appel will get in the amateur draft, then assess Mike Scioscia’s job security.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Music

0:16.0

Good morning and welcome to episode 182 of Effectively Wild.

0:20.5

Today's podcast is one of baseball perspectives.

0:23.0

I'm Sam Miller with Ben Lindbergh Ben, how are you today?

0:26.0

Very well.

0:27.0

I was looking at box scores and I noticed that our...

0:32.0

I think it was both of our least favorite off-season acquisitions or one

0:37.0

of the least favorite signings that we discussed.

0:40.0

Kevin Correa is now 3-0.

0:43.0

21 and a third innings.

0:45.0

2.95 ERA.

0:48.0

8 strikeouts in those 21 and a third innings.

0:52.0

But also 3 walks.

0:57.0

Yeah.

0:59.0

I mean, I'm still...goodness gracious.

1:02.0

Moth just attacked me.

1:04.0

I think that by the end of the year we'll feel fine about the Correa bashing.

1:11.0

But it does occur to me that neither one of us picked Joe Blanton.

1:15.0

And the only thing Joe Blanton has going for him is his strikeout to walk ratio.

1:21.0

We both know that there's more to pitching than that.

1:24.0

And that Joe Blanton does not have that more to pitching that you need.

1:28.0

And I'm surprised neither one of us said him because he lost today to Kevin Correa.

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