Effectively Wild Episode 1295: The 120-Percent Podcast

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Jose Altuve and other players claiming to give (much) more than 100 percent and Joe Mauer&#8216;s retirement and Hall of Fame case, then answer listener emails about Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s future role, whether Mike Trout could go contact-for-contact with Willians Astudillo, a baseball romance novel, winning a World Series MVP award without hitting, whether improved pitcher hitting could correct the so-called strikeout scourge, a 60-WAR season vs. 60 one-WAR seasons (and the theoretical single-season WAR maximum), the effects of bigger bases, and teams with no &#8220;qualifying&#8221; pitchers, plus a Stat Blast about Mallex Smith and the hitters who&#8217;ve sprinted their way to extra offensive value. Audio&nbsp;intro: Ken Ashcorp, &quot;20 Percent Cooler&quot; Audio&nbsp;outro: Manny, &quot;210 Percent&quot; Link to Jay&#8217;s Mauer post Link to story on the 1957 A&#8217;s <a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/29533/pebble-hunting-change-the-minimum-innings-threshold-dangit/ " target="_blank">Link to Sam on the ERA title innings minimum &nbsp;iTunes Feed&nbsp;(Please rate and review us!) &nbsp;Sponsor Us&nbsp;on&nbsp;Patreon &nbsp;Facebook Group &nbsp;Effectively Wild Wiki &nbsp;Twitter Account &nbsp;Get Our&nbsp;Merch! &nbsp;Email Us:&nbsp;[email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source