Effectively Wild Episode 1954: ’Los Got Physical

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley recap the conclusion of the Carlos Correa free agency saga, breaking down his new, actually finalized contract with the Twins, reviewing his offseason odyssey, and trying to anticipate his future. Then (28:20) they banter about Trevor Story’s elbow surgery, the Blue Jays’ and Marlins’ signings of Brandon Belt and Johnny Cueto, respectively (and Belt’s thoughts on chicken tenders), the Tigers moving in and lowering the fences at Comerica Park, and ballplayers’ belts and their handedness (dis)advantages as characteristics that set baseball apart. After that (54:47), they talk to two professors from the University of Illinois, Daniel Eck and Adrian Burgos, Jr., about their research into fans’ inflated appraisals of players from the distant past, the changing caliber of play in the majors over time, and adjusting traditional and advanced stats for the expansion of the player pool, followed (1:35:19) by a few updates and a Past Blast from 1954. Audio intro: The Decemberists, “Red Right Ankle” Audio interstitial: Uncle Tupelo, “Factory Belt” Audio outro: Frank Sinatra, “I Don’t Believe in Rumors” Link to Ben Clemens on Correa again Link to Heyman on Correa Link to Rosenthal on Correa Link to Correa’s comments Link to Mets’ Correa statement Link to over/under draft results Link to story on Story Link to internal brace info Link to Story’s arm strength Link to Justin Choi on Belt Link to Belt on chicken tenders Link to Leo Morgenstern on Cueto Link to Comerica alterations Link to Miggy reaction Link to HR park factors Link to info on Miggy at Comerica Link to long outs at Comerica Link to more long outs at Comerica Link to ballpark homogenization study Link to lefty advantage research Link to more on lefty advantages Link to NYT on lefties and sports Link to FG on the lefty pitcher edge Link to Eck’s professor page Link to Burgos’s professor page Link to previous Burgos appearance Link to adjusted WAR leaderboard Link to technical model details Link to Eck on era adjustments Link to results part I Link to results part II Link to results part III Link to MLB-eligible population Link to Ben on quality of play Link to 1954 story source Link to article on baseball-fan age Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Link to Nightengale on the Braves Link to 2012 Anthopoulous article Link to MLBTR on Vogt Link to typesetting characters info  Sponsor Us on Patreon  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