Effectively Wild Episode 1607: Goad Glovers

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the groundswell of support for Mookie Betts as the best player in baseball, stand up for Mike Trout, and explain why Betts and Trout make an ideal duo as faces of the sport, then examine Yadier Molina’s frustration with Gold Glove voting, the sabermetric reappraisal of Yadi’s Hall of Fame case, and Jeff Luhnow’s latest attempt to proclaim his ignorance of the Astros’ sign-stealing operation before answering a listener email about playing a best-of-seven series continuously (with no breaks between games) and discussing which World Series team has the brighter long-term outlook, the Dodgers or Rays. Audio intro: Cotton Mather, "The Gold Gone Days" Audio outro: The Resonars, "Invisible Gold" Link to Joe Posnanski on Mookie Link to article about Yelich being better than Trout Link to Luhnow’s interview Link to Evan Drellich on Luhnow Link to story about Molina’s Gold Glove complaint Link to Bradley’s Gold Glove-related tweet Link to Ben on catchers’ Cooperstown cases Link to Ben on Yadi’s secret sauce Link to SABR Defensive Index details Link to study on Gold Gloves and defensive stats Link to Sam on a 50-inning game Link to Ben on the Dodgers’ blueprint Link to FanGraphs’ farm rankings Link to FanGraphs playoff coverage  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