Effectively Wild Episode 2162: The Kershaw Narrative

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Pirates calling up top pitching prospect Paul Skenes, Mookie Betts’s shortstop defense, Willson Contreras, the causes of increasingly common catcher’s interference calls, and catcher technique in an ABS world, rampant reliever shuffling, Chase Anderson as a Phiten necklace “endling,” two ways in which amateur prospects are possibly being exploited or disrupted, Ippei Mizuhara’s guilty plea, Shohei Ohtani’s WAR and two-way future, and a momentous mid-plate-appearance pitching change that never was. Then (1:16:53) they talk to The Athletic writer Andy McCullough about his new book, The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness. Audio intro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to MLBTR on Skenes Link to SS DRS leaders Link to BP fielding leaderboard Link to Petriello on Mookie’s defense Link to Hankook commercial 1 Link to Hankook commercial 2 Link to Pedroia commercial Link to Contreras injury video Link to tweet about Contreras move Link to The Athletic on Contreras catching Link to Woodward on Contreras catching Link to Sam on CI last year Link to Sam on CI this year Link to CI totals Link to old EW on CI 1 Link to old EW on CI 2 Link to Tanner Swanson on EW Link to Ben on moving the mound Link to BP on disposable pitchers Link to Russell on disposable players Link to Ben on pitcher limits Link to latest MiLB FA draft Link to endling wiki Link to story on Anderson’s Phiten Link to Sam on Phiten Link to escaped zebra story Link to EW on youth baseball expense Link to The Athletic on Perfect Game Link to ESPN on draft evasion Link to MLBTR on Ippei’s plea Link to combined WAR leaderboard Link to FG hitter projections Link to Savant trending players image Link to Kershaw pen session Link to The Last of His Kind Link to book excerpt 1 Link to book excerpt 2 Link to Woodward/Trump story Link to Sam on Kershaw mistakes Link to Ben on Kersh in 2013 Link to Ben on Kersh in 2020 Link to Ben on pitcher deception Link to MLBTR on Hill Link to Ben’s Hill cover mockup Link to Kershaw career pitch usage Link to Ward/Wade wiki Link to The Atlantic on stadium subsidies Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form  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