Effectively Wild Episode 1774: In Defense of FIP

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley recap the results of awards week, focusing on the controversy over Corbin Burnes’s victory over Zack Wheeler in NL Cy Young voting, the inconsistency between the AL and NL Cy Young results, how voting patterns are evolving, whether anyone actually discounts the value of innings, FIP vs. ERA and a misconception about the suitability of FIP for retrospective evaluation, and the MVP victories of Shohei Ohtani and Bryce Harper. Then (43:24) they start their series of discussions of Korean baseball drama Stove League by breaking down the first four episodes of the show. (Note: No spoilers beyond Episode 4.) Audio intro: The High Water Marks, "Award Show" Audio outro: The Lemonheads, "Stove" Link to NL Cy Young voting results Link to AL Cy Young voting results Link to AL MVP voting results Link to Ben on Ohtani’s stats Link to NL MVP voting results Link to Alex Speier on Cy Young voting Link to Jayson Stark on awards stats Link to Jeff Passan’s tweet about innings Link to Tom Tango on deGrom vs. Urías Link to Tango on predicting Cy Young results Link to Dan Szymborski on his NL RotY ballot Link to Ben Clemens on Burnes Link to Neil Paine on MVPs and team performance Link to history of BBWAA Cy Young voting Link to history of BBWAA MVP voting Link to Russell Carleton on reliever workloads Link to Incheon SSG Landers Field Link to Moneyball bat scene Link to Twitter thread on Jung Hwa Kim Link to explainer about Korean beef Link to Stove League teaser video Link to Stove League review Link to stream Stove League via Kocowa Link to stream Stove League via Viki  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