Effectively Wild Episode 2013: The League Looks More Level

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Pete Alonso‘s, um, emergency swing, the activations (6:25) of four players (Liam Hendriks, Michael Soroka, Paul Blackburn, and Royce Lewis), the small leads in most divisions (12:03) and the leveling out of the league (A’s aside), José Abreu‘s first homer “trot” of the season, and an umpire comment caught on a hot mic. Then (40:15) they answer a listener email about the ball’s liveliness and follow up on a few other email answers, bring on Rob Mains (57:35) of Baseball Prospectus to Stat Blast about the zombie runner’s impact on home field advantage and discuss the origins of the DL’s rechristening to “injured list” (1:18:45), and follow a Past Blast from 2013 (1:27:27) with banter about Andrew McCutchen’s request for a new rule, plus a postscript (1:37:58). Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Alonso clip Link to Meg on Bradley Link to Meg on Lind Link to EW on Hernández Link to Passan on Hendriks Link to MLBTR on McCullers Link to Rob Mains on 2022 inequality Link to Rob Arthur on 2022 balance Link to story on the Reds Link to EW Wiki on the Reds Link to FG playoff odds Link to preseason predictions pod Link to Abreu’s “trot” Link to ump video Link to ump post Link to Marte’s homer Link to HR/Contact graph Link to ball-drag dashboard Link to last email show Link to Lemon on “prime” Link to listener emails database Link to Topps Now cards Link to Rob on HFA Link to HFA across sports Link to HFA research Link to more HFA research Link to Ben on HFA Link to Rob on the DL/IL Link to 2013 Past Blast source Link to another 2013 source Link to Grant on catcher collisions Link to EW Stanky Draft Link to McCutchen article Link to positional aging curves Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to 2016 sliding changes Link to Hendriks gamer Link to Soroka gamer Link to Lewis gamer Link to EW on TV exit speeds Link to Fatsis on Wambsgans(s) Link to Sam on Succession  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