Effectively Wild Episode 945: Why Did the Dodgers Make Clayton Kershaw Cry?

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Ben, Sam, and BP’s Jonathan Judge discuss the Dodgers’ puzzling decision to trade A.J. Ellis for Carlos Ruiz, breaking down the beloved backstops’ hard-to-see skills and then considering the clubhouse implications.

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0:00.0	Just one of the things in life I could
0:07.0	I love you to your eyes
0:13.0	There's no smoke without fire
0:16.0	You've exactly come up with me
0:21.0	Without you
0:25.0	What would I do?
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to episode 945 of Effectively Wild
0:34.0	Detaily Podcasts on Baseball Perspectus
0:36.0	presented by our Patreon supporters
0:38.0	and the play index at baseballreference.com
0:40.0	I'm Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer
0:42.0	joined by Sam Miller, baseball prospectus
0:44.0	Hello, yup
0:45.0	Yesterday there was a trade that shook the baseball world
0:48.0	37-year-old backup catcher was traded for a 35-year-old
0:53.0	backup catcher, always huge news
0:56.0	Actually was huge news in this case
0:58.0	because of the particular catchers involved
1:01.0	AJ Ellis was traded by the Dodgers
1:03.0	to the Phillies for Carlos Ruiz
1:05.0	This is something that has caused a cataclysm
1:09.0	in the Dodgers clubhouse because AJ Ellis has been
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