Effectively Wild Episode 1379: There Are Other Leagues Than These

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Robinson Cano hurting himself hustling, Chris Carter dominating the Mexican League, the incredible continuing career of Ruben Rivera, pop-up dekes, a possible fun fact involving Orioles homers, the return of Ryan Feierabend (and an uncommon complete game), multiple improvements for instant replay review, and the significance of Carter Stewart signing with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of the NPB, then answer listener emails about using Statcast for fair/foul calls, the most unique lineups in a single season (and league-wide unique-lineup creep, plus the most painful thing ever to happen in baseball history), and a shift in which the pitcher covers first, plus a Stat Blast about the gradual disappearance of games with more walks than strikeouts. Audio intro: Run-DMC, "Hit it Run" Audio outro: Jenny Lewis, "On the Line" Link to Ben on the cost of Cano not hustling Link to GIF of Cano’s injury Link to video of Carter Link to Mexican League leaderboard Link to Rivera’s bottomless B-Ref page Link to Passan on the Mexican League Link to Jay on Feierabend’s knuckleball Link to Kiley on Stewart and Boras Link to Passan on Stewart Link to KG on Boras loopholes Link to lineups data Link to info on teams maximizing minor-league options Link to video of Colon vs. Gordon 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