Effectively Wild Episode 2034: Strand Rate
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2023
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Christian Encarnacion-Strand and whether record compound names deserve an asterisk, the appeal of a Legends Home Run Derby, the origins of (and long-ago backlash to) the trade deadline, the greatness of NPB phenom Roki Sasaki, and the new balance of power among pitch types, then (1:03:41) answer listener emails about Shohei Ohtani trade returns, Ohtani’s 2024 salary if he signed a one-year contract, the Rays’ spending, and a change to All-Star Game player usage, plus a Future Blast (1:38:30) from 2034.
Audio intro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to longest-name records
Link to more on long names
Link to Lukas on Woods Richardson
Link to Lukas on Encarnacion-Strand
Link to Encarnacion-Strand call-up info
Link to original uni photo
Link to Stark on the HRD
Link to Weaver on the HRD
Link to story on Appling’s homer
Link to Home Run Derby X wiki
Link to SPBA wiki
Link to Craig Wright on the deadline
Link to Wright’s story series
Link to Ohtani bat flip
Link to Ohtani in trade value series
Link to Delta’s NPB stats
Link to Ben on DeltaGraphs
Link to info on Sasaki’s posting
Link to MLB SP velo leaders
Link to The Athletic on sliders
Link to Tango on sliders
Link to Justin Choi on sliders
Link to seasonal pitch type %
Link to vetoed Paul trade
Link to FG post on $/WAR
Link to Roster Resource payroll page
Link to Sam’s Rays tweet
Link to team wins since 2008
Link to team wins since 2019
Link to EW emails database
Link to Turn Ahead the Clock wiki
Link to Rick Wilber’s website
Link to Ward mix-ups wiki
Link to Mozeliak tweet
Link to article about STL and the shift
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Baseball is a simulation. It's all just one big math equation. |
| 0:08.0 | You're all about these stats we've compiled because you listen to effectively a while. |
| 0:16.0 | It's been lumbering, make rally, come for the ball, banter's free. |
| 0:24.0 | Baseball is a simulation. It's all just one big conversation. Effectively a while. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello and welcome to Episode 2034 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast |
| 0:42.0 | from Fancrafts presented by our Patreon supporters. I'm Ben Ludberg of the Ringer, |
| 0:46.0 | joined by Meg Raleo Fancrafts. Hello, Meg. Hello. Meg, I think we've got to get something straight |
| 0:52.0 | about Christian and Carnazion Strand, who is the latest Reds rookie and prospect to debut. |
| 1:00.0 | Congrats to him. Reds, even more exciting than they were before. But a lot of articles came out about his record setting name. |
| 1:08.0 | His record setting surname and his record setting complete name. Either way, it is the longest name in Major League history. |
| 1:16.0 | 27 characters, if you include the hyphen as Major League Baseball did, then that surpasses |
| 1:24.0 | Simeon Woods Richardson, who debuted with a 22 character name. Obviously, surpasses him. |
| 1:32.0 | Whether or not you include the first name, it's also true for surnames. In that case, I guess it's 17 characters to Woods Richardson's 15. |
| 1:40.0 | But I think we do need different categories for compound last names, right? Because it's just a different thing. |
| 1:50.0 | Yes. Yes, it's a very long name. Yes. |
| 1:54.0 | Technically, I mean, that's his name. He gets credit. I guess we could dispute the hyphen, but fine. Okay. |
| 2:02.0 | But he's playing in a different league here, right? I mean, this is, I hate to be the asterisk person, |
| 2:08.0 | or to raid on everyone's parade, but we've got to have some qualifiers here. We have to have some standards here, |
| 2:16.0 | because he is being compared to names from in a different genre entirely. |
| 2:20.0 | We could think about it like weight classes. Right. Yeah. |
| 2:24.0 | It's not that we are denying that one is a name and one isn't, although you will be unsurprised to learn that I'm with you. |
| 2:32.0 | I don't think hyphen should count. You know, I'm like, I just have a skeptical. I'm like, you know. |
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