Effectively Wild Episode 1611: Feats of Clay

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley remind their audience to vote, then banter about this year’s selection of qualifying offers and what the Rays declining Charlie Morton’s option for 2021 signifies for the free-agent market (if anything) before answering listener emails about front-office parity and what teams can do to differentiate themselves from each other, and what pitchers could do to diminish the times-through-the-order effect. Then (45:15) Ben talks to former major leaguer Clay Bellinger about getting the call to the big leagues at age 30, winning three World Series rings in his four years in the majors, watching his son Cody Bellinger win a World Series, the similarities between the dynasty Yankees and the kinda-dynasty Dodgers, when he knew Cody was a special player, becoming a firefighter, and more. Audio intro: Paul McCartney, "Do it Now" Audio interstitial: Gillian Welch, "Red Clay Halo" Audio outro: The Psychedelic Furs, "President Gas" Link to Vote.org Link to Ben on the concerning offseason Link to FanGraphs’ free agent rankings Link to Jay Jaffe on qualifying offers Link to Ben Clemens on Morton Link to research on pitch types and the TTO penalty Link to Ben on bullpenning and the TTO penalty Link to Ben’s autographed Bellinger ball Link to Bellinger’s catch in the 2000 World Series Link to article on Clay watching Cody’s catch  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