Effectively Wild Episode 1694: Twin Killing

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the same-day debuts of Jarred Kelenic and Logan Gilbert, the future of the Mariners, and whether Mariners fans have actually had it so bad, another distinction between framing and flopping, the retirement of Tyler Flowers and the impact he had on catching technique, the resurgence of Rich Hill, the state of the AL Central and whether it’s too soon to stick a fork in the unfortunate Twins, how the controversy surrounding the NBA play-in tournament mirrors the reaction to MLB’s wild card games, and the bogus revenue numbers attached to the All-Star Game, then end with a Meet a Major Leaguer segment on the Mets’ Patrick Mazeika and the Marlins’ Cody Poteet. Audio intro: Cat Stevens, "Where Do the Children Play?" Audio outro: Death Cab for Cutie, "Your New Twin Sized Bed" Link to Brendan Gawlowski on Kelenic/Gilbert Link to Baseball Prospectus on Kelenic/Gilbert Link to Gilbert headshot Link to MLB.com on prospect debut duos Link to Facebook group thread on prospect debut duos Link to Ben on Flowers’ framing improvement Link to Ben on Flowers and league-wide framing Link to Ben’s podcast interview with Flowers Link to Ryan Lavarnway on Flowers’ influence Link to 2015-19 framing leaders Link to Ben on Molina in 2012 Link to Ben on framing and the Hall Link to called-strike-rate data by year Link to WaPo on the NBA play-in game Link to NBA play-in tournament explainer Link to HUAL episode on the play-in tournament Link to research on NBA luck vs. MLB luck Link to EW Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange Link to story on Denver ASG revenue Link to Baseball Almanac ASG revenue claims Link to AJC on ASG revenue Link to Gainesville Times on ASG revenue Link to Georgia Recorder on ASG revenue Link to study on ASG revenue Link to Mazeika’s Twitter account Link to story about Mazeika Link to Sam on walk-off celebrations Link to Mazeika walk-off videos  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