Effectively Wild Episode 1687: Not Bad, Vlad

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan’s morbid press conference comment, the continued excellence of Byron Buxton, Mike Trout, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., an early-season dip in infield shifting and an interesting disparity in defensive disparity between the Padres and Dodgers, and Rob Manfred’s comment about sports betting and the pace of baseball. Then they bring on frequent Stat Blast consultant Adam Ott, who’s about to begin a new job as a data scientist in Cleveland’s R&D department, to explain how he got a job in baseball and how to work with baseball data and to deliver an in-person Stat Blast about the most successful pitchers with no outs and a runner on second (plus a bonus Stat Blast about the pitchers with the most career wins after blowing saves). Audio intro: The Rembrandts, "April 29" Audio outro: Jackson Browne, "Song for Adam" Link to Shanahan comments Link to Buxton’s 5-for-5 video Link to Petriello on Trout Link to Trout’s best calendar months Link to Trout’s best 19-game spans Link to video of Vlad’s 3 homers Link to Ben on shifting against righties Link to Justin Choi on shifting against righties Link to overall shift rate by year Link to shift rate against lefties by year Link to shift rate against righties by year Link to team shift rate against lefties Link to team shift rate against righties Link to Emma Baccellieri on early-season offense Link to Manfred’s comment at Sportico Live Link to Craig Goldstein on Manfred Link to new Pioneer League rules Link to Adam’s Stat Blast data Link to career leaders in “stupid wins” Link to active leaders in “stupid wins” Link to Adam’s blog post on Opening Day starters Link to Bill Petti on creating a Retrosheet database  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