Effectively Wild Episode 1854: Comedy of Errors

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the apparent end of Mike Trout’s long-lasting SuperPretzel sponsorship, Willians Astudillo’s return to the majors, the Phillies’ fielding and a seeming surfeit of amusingly bad defensive plays across the league, the arrival of overall no. 1 prospect (and Orioles catcher) Adley Rutschman and how to tell when a prospect is really ready, the postponement of the 13-pitcher limit, the Yankees signing Matt Carpenter, different facial hair changing players’ appearances, the fallout from Josh Donaldson calling Tim Anderson “Jackie,” and Anderson’s great start to the season, plus a few followups. Audio intro: Great Lakes, “End of an Error” Audio outro: Joel Plaskett, “Tim” Link to news about J&J and Dippin’ Dots Link to 2012 SuperPretzel press release Link to SuperPretzel website Link to “I’m a Mac” actor-switch story Link to EW SuperPretzel episode Link to latest Phillies flub Link to Craig Goldstein on the Phillies Link to earlier episode about bad defense Link to Nats’ two-run pickoff attempt Link to study on slippery baseballs Link to team defensive efficiency Link to BP on scouting Rutschman Link to Craig on the Rutschman callup Link to Rutschman callup video Link to Rodríguez callup video Link to Ben on the record prospect crop Link to 13-pitcher-limit news Link to Ken Rosenthal on Carpenter Link to 2019 Tim Anderson SI story Link to James Fegan on Anderson Link to Anderson game story Link to Anderson’s subsequent comments Link to Donaldson statement Link to 2016 Donaldson profile Link to Judge’s comments Link to Cashman on Donaldson Link to Bradford’s interview Link to Bradford’s podcast Link to article on Anderson’s swing decisions Link to FiveThirtyEight forecasts page Link to Tom Tango on regression mistakes Link to Phil Birnbaum on regression mistakes  Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20)  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source