Effectively Wild Episode 1802: EW, David

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the election of David Ortiz, the ballot banishments of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Curt Schilling, and the rest of the Hall of Fame voting results (including Scott Rolen’s auspicious surge), react to reports about the latest labor talks (with an emphasis on the problems with using public WAR metrics to determine pre-arbitration bonuses), wonder why the Giants avoided the Kevin Gausman market, marvel at the virtues of throwing fastballs right down the middle, and discuss two sudden-death scenarios: the Frontier League’s new extra-innings solution, and an NFL-inspired one-game-playoffs plan. Audio intro: Another Michael, “Big Pop” Audio outro: John Cale, “Sudden Death” Link to 2022 HoF voting results Link to 2021 HoF voting results Link to Jay Jaffe on the results Link to Jason Sardell’s projections Link to projections comparison Link to BBHOF Tracker Link to Emma on the Tracker Link to Passan on Bonds Link to Michael Baumann on PED players Link to data on new votes for Bonds/Clemens Link to Ben on abstaining from voting Link to January 24 MLBTR labor update Link to January 25 MLBTR labor update Link to later January 25 MLBTR update Link to MLBTR on canceling games Link to Sean Forman WAR thread Link to Jonathan Judge article Link to Russell Carleton on WAR use Link to Ben on ever-evolving WAR Link to Gausman report Link to Forbes franchise valuations Link to Justin Choi on fastballs Link to Frontier League announcement Link to J.J. Cooper on the Frontier League Link to Tango’s Frontier League tweet Link to FiveThirtyEight on the NFL weekend Link to Neil Paine on true talent Link to Michael Lopez on playoff randomness Link to Joe Sheehan’s playoff proposal Link to Ben on Schilling  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