Effectively Wild Episode 1783: The Rumor Chill

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the slow drip of baseball news during the lockout, why MLB’s competitive balance gets a bad rap, the Rays’ historic collective minor league winning percentage, and the difficulty of evaluating individual defense in the age of Statcast-based and non-Statcast-based metrics. Then (33:09) they continue their series of discussions of Korean baseball drama Stove League by breaking down Episodes 9–12. (Note: No spoilers beyond Episode 12.) Audio intro: Superchunk, "Slow" Audio outro: Michael Nesmith, "Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun to Care)" Link to James Smyth’s parity thread Link to Rob Mains on 2021 parity Link to Ben on competitive balance Link to Organization of the Year announcement Link to story on record Rays winning percentage Link to story about winning and player dev Link to best minor league records of the 2010s Link to story on Astros’ minor league winning Link to Sam Miller on the best farm systems Link to FanGraphs farm system rankings Link to Effectively Wild Secret Santa Link to The Rumor podcast Link to first EW Stove League discussion Link to second EW Stove League discussion Link to basepaths bubble tunnel photo 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