Effectively Wild Episode 2207: Between a Rockie and a Hard Place
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the stretch run, the “championship season,” the surprising solidity of the playoff picture, and how the playoff field could change before the end of the season. They also discuss the turnarounds of Jeff McNeil and Corbin Carroll, the return on the Rangers’ pitching blueprint, and whether A’s fans should consider supporting other MLB teams. Then (1:02:30) they Stat Blast about hitters who hogged pitches in an inning, Kris Bryant’s Colorado decline, and a claim about catchers and infield hits, with diversions into whether HR-reliant lineups are inconsistent scorers, whether Bryant or Anthony Rendon has been the bigger disappointment, and why broadcasters say the darndest things.
Audio intro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to “championship season”
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to BaseRuns standings
Link to Baumann on the M’s
Link to O’s hydration station
Link to Clemens on Carroll
Link to JJH episode
Link to Stat Blast song cover
Link to Russell on HR reliance
Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter
Link to pitch-count % data
Link to Rockies/Bryant data
Link to Blum on Bryant
Link to FB Bryant/Rendon post
Link to Sam’s Bryant tweet
Link to Casali play
Link to Krukow clip
Link to Jason Bernard’s Twitter
Link to sprint speed table
Link to study on bad-team hitters
Link to Ben on hustle singles
Link to Ben on catcher fatigue
Link to Tim Kniker on catcher fatigue
Link to 2023 C IFH total
Link to all IFH% early
Link to all IFH% late
Link to C IFH% early
Link to C IFH% late
Link to non-C IFH% early
Link to non-C IFH% late
Link to Casali IFH% early
Link to Casali IFH% late
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Effect While, effectively While. |
| 0:05.0 | Effectively While. |
| 0:07.0 | Effectively While, |
| 0:11.0 | Ha. |
| 0:12.0 | Effectively While. How effectively while. |
| 0:14.0 | while. |
| 0:15.0 | Hello and |
| 0:19.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 22007 of Effectively Wild a Baseball |
| 0:26.8 | podcast from fan graphs presented by our Patreon supporters. I am Ben Lindbergh |
| 0:31.6 | of the Ringer joined by Meg Rally of Vancrafts. |
| 0:34.5 | Hello. |
| 0:35.5 | Hello. |
| 0:36.5 | I don't know if you notice this but I put 2607 in the little window of our cast |
| 0:41.0 | recording screen here and I briefly thought we had somehow skipped |
| 0:44.8 | 400 episodes I just blacked out and missed 400 effectively wild episodes but I |
| 0:49.2 | adjusted on the fly mid-intro wasn't thrown by this disruption to our routine just called it |
| 0:57.0 | 22 us just audibleed that is a seasoned podcast pro right there I I am impressed. I'm moved and humble too. I took that in |
| 1:07.4 | stride and then just moved along without calling attention to it. I don't mean to |
| 1:11.8 | make you envious but it is unseasonably cool in New York |
| 1:16.3 | City where I am. It was 59 degrees when I dropped off Sloan at school this |
| 1:21.8 | morning which is unseasonably cool, which is refreshing, |
| 1:27.0 | literally and figuratively refreshing, refreshing to have some weather be unseasonably cool |
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