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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 864: A Too-Soon Search for 2016 Trends

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Sam banter about Rich Hill, Jon Lester, and the no-longer-winless Braves and Twins, then discuss some possibly premature evidence that the game has changed since last season.

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0:00.0

Back on my feet again

0:04.5

Back on my feet again

0:09.2

Open the door

0:12.8

Get back on my feet again. Good morning and welcome to episode 864 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcasts from baseball perspective

0:22.4

brought to you by our supporters at Patreon as well as the play index at baseballreference.com

0:29.2

I'm Sam Miller along with Ben Lindbergh of 538. Hi Ben. Hello. How are you? I'm okay. Thanks

0:36.9

Excited to start a new week with a full-slated podcast. Yeah

0:42.5

Well, thank goodness Rich Hill gives us a running start

0:46.9

Rich Hill had his worst start of his recent return very wild

0:52.4

Lots of base runners lots of runs

0:55.4

If I can't all pull up the exact line, but it was ugly and I am now dropping down to

1:02.0

Two years. I'm dropping my contract offered to two years

1:06.6

I'm saying two years and 18 million

1:10.9

I'm under 20 million as well. Oh well in in guaranteed money that I'm willing to give him

1:16.4

Last off season. There's a weird there's a weird time paradox here

1:20.9

Where I'm every start brings me further into the future and yet I'm still having this conversation

1:27.1

From the perspective of last offseason. Yeah, that's irrelevant

1:30.8

That's a costly start. He should have accepted your previous retrospective offer. He really cost himself

1:36.9

He went for he went for a third

1:39.5

allowed nine hits three runs and three walks struck out six, but you know had to face 24 batters to strike out those six

1:48.9

And it wasn't the I think that I'm leaning towards like he won't have to do too much to get more money put on the table

1:58.2

But you know that's that's two bad ones

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