And would you say Rich Hill it has been effectively wild this year?

Yeah, it's a good point.

Not wild is in all over the place, can't throw a strike, but maybe just sometimes missing

his spots with his fastball, but still able to do damage with his breaking ball.

Hello and welcome to episode 871 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast from Baseball

Perspectus presented by our Patreon supporters and the play index at baseballreference.com.

I'm Ben Lindbergh of 538, joined by Sam Miller of Baseball Perspectus.

Hello.

Howdy.

Did you see the thing about the Braves and the replay process?

I did.

Yes, the Braves are unhappy with their replay reviewer because he didn't challenge in last night's

game in a play that was certainly debatable and possibly would have been overturned.

Yeah, that's the whole story.

Craig Calcuttares says, quote, others have speculated that the decision will be used as an overall

basis for making wholesale changes, including the possible firing of Freddy Gonzales.

That's a very, very loosely sourced sentence.

However, I wouldn't mind if a manager got fired for failing to ask for a replay.

Being a little slow on the replay trigger seems like the least of the Braves problems

are right now.

It seems like they have some more pressing concerns.

Although I guess that is one that they could actually address as opposed to the never hitting

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