Effectively Wild Episode 1841: The Buxton Bops Here

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the unsealing of the so-called “Yankees Letter” and what, if anything, it revealed about the past prevalence of sign stealing, the end of NPB pitcher Roki Sasaki’s consecutive outs streak and Matt Shoemaker’s bid for perfection, the White Sox’s injury-plagued, disconcerting slump to start the season, Michael Conforto’s season-ending surgery, whether Belli and Yeli (Cody Bellinger and Christian Yelich) are or might soon be back to their old selves, further research about the behavior of the baseball and the low-offense start to the season, and whether Ángel Hernández’s subpar plate umpiring has made them converts to the cause of robo umps, plus a Stat Blast (1:03:29) about the significance of the Twins’ record differential with and without Byron Buxton. Audio intro: Beastie Boys, “An Open Letter to NYC” Audio outro: Billy Bragg, “The Buck Doesn’t Stop Here No More” Link to text of the Yankees Letter Link to statements on the letter Link to Jeff Passan’s thread on the letter Link to SNY report on the letter Link to Evan Drellich on the letter Link to The Athletic’s 2020 report Link to EW narrative episode about sign stealing Link to latest minor league FA draft Link to Mike Petriello on Yelich Link to Thomas Harrigan on Bellinger Link to Sarris and Rosenthal on the ball Link to Rob Arthur on the ball Link to Alan Nathan on the ball Link to player comments on the ball Link to Ben Clemens on bullpens and offense Link to Playoff Odds changes since Opening Day Link to UmpScorecard for Hernández game Link to UmpScorecards site page for Hernández Link to Joe Girardi comments on Hernández Link to story on Hernández’s lawsuit Link to video of Schwarber ejection Link to Passan’s Buxton tweet Link to Stathead Link to Stathead query about blowout shutouts Link to Stat Blast data Link to Luke Hooper on Buxton Link to Gonny Jomes EW episode Link to Gonny Jomes EW wiki page Link to first Jeremy Frank tweet Link to second Jeremy Frank tweet Link to third Jeremy Frank tweet Link to Kawasaki video  Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20)  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source