Effectively Wild Episode 1429: Catch Me if You Can

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about the costs of Christian Yelich’s broken kneecap and other injuries disrupting pennant races and the Mets-centric personal-catcher controversy involving Noah Syndergaard, Wilson Ramos, and Tomás Nido. Then they answer listener emails about the mystery of Edwin Díaz (and the more minor mystery of Justin Verlander) and whether we’re heading for a post-pitch-type sport, plus a Stat Blast about batter results on 3-0 counts and further discussion about out-of-nowhere closers and viral fun facts about Bruce Bochy and the Mariners. Audio intro: Green Day, "Christian’s Inferno" Audio outro: The Pigeon Detectives, "Making Up Numbers" Link to Ben on the Yelich injury Link to first Syndergaard-Ramos report Link to Syndergaard-Ramos follow-up Link to Díaz story Link to Craig on Verlander dingers Link to story on Verlander’s strand rate Link to Sam on surprise closers Link to order 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