Effectively Wild Episode 2037: Ashes to Ashes, Draft to Draft

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a J.P. France postgame quote and ballplayer clichés, the death of first overall pick Mike Ivie, and how Masataka Yoshida’s debut season stacks up to the MLB rookie years of other ex-NPB stars, answer emails (36:57) about Mike Trout’s and Shohei Ohtani’s futures, a Trout/Hunter Renfroe trade deadline scheme (with a bonus Meg movie pitch), undoing pre-pitch-clock time-saving measures, and batters catching pitches to knock pitchers out of games, plus Stat Blasts (1:19:13) about robot umps in Triple-A, the most top 100 prospects to debut for one team in a season (or a two-season span), and Immaculate Grid efficiency, followed by a Future Blast (1:47:08) from 2037. Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to France quote Link to Ivie obit Link to other Ivie obit Link to Louise Levy obit Link to NYT on Levy Link to Ivie wiki Link to 1980 Ivie article Link to Athletic mental health article Link to more on mental health Link to Laurila on Yoshida Link to ex-NPB rookie batting leaders Link to Renfroe/Renfrow article Link to Seinfeld clip Link to Realmuto catch Link to EW emails database Link to ABS splits Link to ABS AP article Link to ABS Athletic article Link to Manfred on ABS Link to pitcher thread on ABS Link to one-season prospect debuts Link to two-season prospect debuts Link to Immaculate Grid Link to Chris’s Immaculate Grid sheet Link to travelling salesman problem Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to Sasaki story Link to Maggi EW episode Link to MLBTR on Maggi Link to SAG-AFTRA podcast info Link to TV ratings 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