Effectively Wild Episode 1879: Me and Julio Down By the Ballyard

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen to banter about what accounts for the variability in how quickly prospects acclimate to the majors and detecting holes in swings, discuss (10:50) which teams have the prospects to trade for Juan Soto, review (22:59) impressive performances from the Futures Game (including a booming BP by Francisco Álvarez and a record throw by Masyn Winn), recap (31:02) the highs of the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game (with a focus on Julio Rodríguez’s standout Derby and the events’ best promotional moments), then break down the amateur draft, touching on the top three picks, the Orioles’ fruitful draft, the Rangers’ surprising Kumar Rocker selection, why so many sons of major leaguers were drafted, atypical players and potential two-way players, the teams with the best and most perplexing draft classes, the impact of the draft combine, and more, followed (1:45:09) by a Stat Blast on César Hernández and historic power outages, and a Past Blast from 1879. Audio intro: St. Vincent, “All My Stars Aligned” Audio outro: David Crosby, “Rodriguez for a Night” Link to EW guest data Link to Grant’s tweet Link to quote about “transition tax” Link to Ben on minors-to-majors gaps Link to Ben Clemens on a Soto trade Link to Baseball Trade Values Link to MLBTR on Soto trades Link to R.J. Anderson on Soto trades Link to story on Soto’s brother Link to Emma on Dodger Dogs Link to clip of Cruz’s throw Link to clip of Winn’s throw Link to MLB.com ASG game story Link to MLB.com on Manoah Link to Joe Posnanski on Manoah Link to MLB.com on Cortes Link to Ben on mic’d up players Link to MLB.com on best ASG moments Link to The Ringer on the ASG Link to The Ringer on the HRD Link to R.J. on the Orioles’ draft Link to Eric’s first-round recap Link to Eric’s farm rankings Link to MLB.com on father-son players Link to Sawchik on father-son players Link to R.J. on atypical picks Link to Cory Lewis story Link to Jared Beck story Link to Jurrangelo Cijntje story Link to Cijntje interview Link to Reggie Crawford story Link to Tyler Cleveland story Link to info on the draft combine Link to Stathead Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1879 story source Link to tweet about Ohtani’s ESPYs Link to Secret Headquarters trailer Link to Facebook post about the EW wiki Link to “How to Help” wiki page  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