Effectively Wild Episode 1741: Call Up the Cavalry

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Wander Franco coming into his own, Kevin Newman’s steep offensive falloff post-spring training, a strikeout milestone for Robbie Ray, the Kendall Graveman–Abraham Toro trade and promotions/extensions for the Mariners’ Jerry Dipoto and Scott Servais, the new-and-improved Blake Snell, Austin Adams’ historic hit-by-pitch pace, Cardinals radio broadcaster Mike Shannon discovering and attempting to explain NFTs on the air, and the difference between bad and good Mets missteps. Then (41:21) they bring on FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen to discuss September roster expansion, touching on the developmental implications of going from 40-man to 28-man rosters, the most promising prospects who could debut this month and impact pennant races or the playoffs (including Joe Ryan, Nate Pearson, Shane Baz, and Hunter Greene), the remaking of Padres pitcher MacKenzie Gore, post-deadline desperation, the Nationals’ Josiah Gray, Keibert Ruiz, and Riley Adams, the Royals’ Nicky Lopez and Bobby Witt Jr., and other notable names. Audio intro: Frank Sinatra, "September in the Rain" Audio interstitial: Frank Sinatra, "September Song" Audio outro: Frazey Ford, "September Fields" Link to Franco streak article Link to Dan Szymborski on Franco Link to article on Newman’s spring Link to spring training stats study Link to B-Ref career K/9 leaderboard Link to article about Snell’s reinvention Link to article about Adams Link to article on Shannon and NFTs Link to Zack Scott news Link to roster expansion explainer Link to list of September 1 callups Link to Gore mechanics video Link to Eric on AL impact pitchers Link to Carmen Ciardiello on Lopez Link to Adam’s EW Wiki post Link to EW Wiki Link to EW Wiki sign-up sheet Link to EW emails 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