Effectively Wild Episode 1335: Horsed Retirement

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Willians Astudillo’s visa problem, Doug Fister’s retirement and CC Sabathia’s retirement tour, Johnny Cueto’s late horses, the current size of Yoenis Cespedes, players’ newly coordinated messaging about baseball economics, and Aaron Nola’s extension, then answer listener emails about when baseball will cease to exist, small-market teams’ spending, Shohei Ohtani as twins, projecting power vs. contact, saving money for Mike Trout, seven-inning games, and using total bases to end extra-inning games, plus Stat Blasts about Max Muncy vs. Robbie Grossman and major award winners with no award votes in previous or subsequent seasons. Audio intro: Guns N’ Roses, "Dead Horse" Audio outro: The Yardbirds, "Over Under Sideways Down" Link to Ben’s old story about retirement-tour gifts Link to Cueto’s first dead horse Link to Cueto’s latest dead horse Link to Cespedes video Link to article about players’ social-media messaging Link to Sam on small-market teams Link to Sam on ending extra-inning games Link to Baseball Mogul offer Link to preorder The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source