Effectively Wild Episode 2106: New Year, Blue Yu

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley recap news and transactions from over the holidays, including Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s thoughts on San Francisco and Yu Darvish’s thoughts on the Dodgers signing his WBC teammates, the Mariners signing Mitch Garver, the Reds signing Frankie Montas, a smattering of Blue Jays and White Sox signings, the Estevan Florial trade, and the retirement of Andrelton Simmons. Then (49:19) they discuss the Lucas Giolito signing and the Chris Sale trade before segueing into a Stat Blast (1:07:05) about the evolution of starting-pitcher workloads, volume vs. efficiency, and what an “innings eater” is in 2024. Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)” Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to EW Episode 2102 Link to Yamamoto comment Link to story about sad Darvish Link to Garver FG post Link to Krall comment Link to offseason spending leaders Link to Jays signings FG post Link to Florial FG post Link to Simmons Stathead query Link to Simmons highlights video Link to DRS leaders Link to Sale FG post Link to Sale BP post Link to Baumann on Braves trades Link to Nightengale tweet Link to FG SP depth charts Link to Cora on Sale Link to Sox spending report Link to Ben on Sale in 2018 Link to 2023 IP leaders Link to Passan Civale tweet Link to Dan S. tweet Link to Trueblood on volume Link to Tango on quantity/quality Link to Mains on pitching/payrolls Link to Jennings on innings eaters Link to Ben’s Stat Blast exhibits Link to Ben on pitcher roster limits Link to Sale 2022 meltdown Link to punching bag video Link to Sale scissors incident Link to 1996 Park story Link to EW Episode 2104 Link to Stat Blast song cover Link to all Stat Blast covers  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