Effectively Wild Episode 2038: The Angels Are Sho-ing for It. What Will They Have to Sho for It?
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2023
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about watching Shohei Ohtani play while they podcast, the Angels’ decision not to trade Ohtani and subsequent trade for Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López, whether the Cubs should buy or sell, the Guardians’ and Dodgers’ perplexing Amed Rosario-for-Noah Syndergaard swap, the Brewers acquiring Carlos Santana, and Rob Manfred’s extension. Then (45:05) they answer emails about dugout punching bags and whether the ABS system could help umps (and players) learn the strike zone, react (59:44) to the rest of Ohtani’s doubleheader exploits, Stat Blast (1:06:55) about the Orioles’ sweepless streak, the most hits recorded by the fewest batters when that number of hits is the team’s total, first career hits that are also first career hits allowed, player homerless streaks, the high-scoring fifth game after the All-Star break, and players being traded together twice, plus a Future Blast (1:27:39) from 2038 and a few follow-ups.
Audio intro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Verducci’s Ohtani report
Link to Minasian quote
Link to Ben C. on the Giolito trade
Link to FG staff Ohtani post
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to BP IL Ledger
Link to Britton on buy/sell decisions
Link to Shohei doubleheader story
Link to Shohei doubleheader fun facts
Link to Wise no-no
Link to Wise second homer
Link to FG on Dodgers-Guardians trade
Link to FG on Hernández trade
Link to team SS WAR leaders
Link to Dodgers SS WAR leaders
Link to Sheehan on the Cubs
Link to Brewers 1B leaders
Link to Manfred extension article
Link to Athletic article on ABS
Link to sweepless streaks tweet
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to most hits by fewest players
Link to first-career-hits data
Link to homerless streaks data
Link to trade pairs list
Link to 5th post-ASB game image
Link to 5th post-ASB game image 2
Link to Craig Wright on 1894
Link to Ben on moving the mound
Link to EW emails database
Link to Rick Wilber’s website
Link to EW Ohtani trading game
Link to Ohtani trading game responses
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| 0:00.0 | How can you not be a dead dead, a stabblast will keep you distracted? |
| 0:15.0 | It's a long-sorted death but the sure to make you smile. |
| 0:22.0 | This isn't what you want. |
| 0:25.0 | Hello and welcome to Episode 2038 of Effectively Wildly, |
| 0:29.0 | baseball podcast from Fan Graphs presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:33.0 | I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer, joined by Meg Raleigh of Fan Graphs. |
| 0:37.0 | Hello, Meg. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello. |
| 0:39.0 | This episode will be a rare test of my multitasking capacity |
| 0:43.0 | because we are recording on Thursday afternoon while Shohei Otoni is on the mountain. |
| 0:47.0 | So can I record a podcast while watching Shohei Otoni? |
| 0:51.0 | That is the question. |
| 0:52.0 | At least you know that you don't have to be on hug watch while he's starting |
| 0:57.0 | because we have had a resolution, Ben. |
| 0:59.0 | Yes. |
| 1:00.0 | We have peered into the void and Perry Minasin has been like, |
| 1:03.0 | no, no, come back. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm going to pull you back from the void. |
| 1:06.0 | Is that an accurate way of describing it? |
| 1:08.0 | Sure. |
| 1:09.0 | Either Minasian, Marano, who knows someone, |
| 1:11.0 | but there might still be hugs of some sort, |
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