Effectively Wild Episode 2024: The Old College Try

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen and Michael Baumann to banter about the Phillies’ outlier legal name, Dave Martinez and the dying art of the theatrical managerial ejection, the benching of Wander Franco, whether the Diamondbacks’, Reds’, and Orioles’ surprising seasons are attributable to MLB’s new rules, and whether bad bullpens are good for baseball, then (59:48) discuss a classic College World Series pitcher’s duel, the College World Series final, whether the Shohei Ohtani comps for Florida’s Jac Caglianone are warranted, college pitch-count controversies, Eric and Michael’s takeaways from the MLB Draft Combine, whether there are indications of a baseball bounceback among young Black athletes, whether the scouts suing MLB over age discrimination are likely to succeed (1:40:57), and more, plus (1:54:05) a Future Blast from 2024. Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Cuda tweet Link to latest Martinez ejection Link to Martinez photo printout Link to Martinez World Series ejection Link to Wellman ejection Link to NYT on ejections Link to article on Nevin ejections Link to article on Boone ejection Link to article on Franco benching Link to Freeman/Acuña comments Link to story on Franco’s safe Link to Stark on surprise teams Link to FG BsR data Link to BP BRR data Link to BP BRR allowed data Link to Patrick on bad bullpens Link to Sam on the Royals’ pen Link to BP on the Mariners’ pen Link to Paine on payroll and standings Link to Paine’s MANFRED scores Link to pre-Skenes/Lowder story Link to post-Skenes/Lowder story Link to Betteridge’s law Link to more on Skenes/Lowder Link to Passan on Caglianone Link to WSJ pitch-counts article Link to Eric’s latest draft rankings Link to ESPN on Black amateur players Link to Eric’s Draft Combine footage Link to scout lawsuit article Link to other scout lawsuit article Link to Regan lawsuit article Link to squatting article Link to stretching article Link to other stretching article Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to article on Elly’s cycle Link to MLBTR on Waldron Link to article on qualified catchers  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