Effectively Wild Episode 1992: Hot or Hurt

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a wave of injuries around MLB, affecting Oneil Cruz, Adam Duvall, Ian Anderson, and several other players, the Rays’ undefeated start, the hot starts of James Outman, Miguel Vargas, and Jason Heyward, the sensual stance of J.D. Davis, silly team celebrations, the Rocket City Trash Pandas’ no-hit loss, a downturn in pitch spin, the lack of a downturn in position player pitching, pickoff attempts and game theory, running out the clock on an intentional walk, whether the clock could change perceptions of MLB’s competence, the clock and concessions, a Royals OF shift, a ball-kid collision, a Ronald Acuña Jr. base grab, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:31:32) from 1992. Audio intro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Fujiya & Miyagi, “Ankle Injuries/Electro Karaoke” Link to Dan S. on Cruz Link to video of Cruz slide Link to story on Kelly Link to Emma on bullpens in brawls Link to Jay Jaffe on Duvall Link to MLBTR on Anderson Link to 2022 25 under 25 Link to Jay on the Rays Link to Stathead on 10-0 starts Link to Joe Sheehan on the Rays Link to record career-starting streak Link to Jay on L.A.’s outfield Link to info on Heyward Link to Davis thrust Link to Angels homer helmet Link to cheesehead celebration Link to dong bong Link to Baumann on the Trash Pandas Link to Trash Pandas montage Link to Grant on the Hawkins game Link to Joe on position player pitching Link to article on Eaton Link to Ben on active pitcher limits Link to Rob Arthur on spin Link to Tango on pickoffs Link to Rob Mains on stolen bases Link to Manfred on concessions Link to BA on concessions Link to Crain’s on concessions Link to article on concessions cutoffs Link to Silver/Manfred on pace Link to Sam on spectator attention Link to Andrus shift violation Link to Royals OF alignment Link to Tango on the Royals’ results Link to Tango on two-man outfields Link to Ben C. on the Royals’ shift Link to Chen’s pickoff attempts Link to ball-kid collision Link to ball-kid pace info Link to Acuña base article Link to breakaway bases Link to bat-carrying article Link to 1992 Past Blast source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to AP on warming study Link to 2012 McCarver comments Link to 2012 Nathan analysis Link to 11-game record run differential  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