Effectively Wild Episode 2198: Schrödinger’s Catcher

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the end of a historic Clayton Kershaw streak, pitcher errors and unearned runs, the lack of top prospects traded at the deadline, the short-handed Marlins vs. the stripped-down Rays, the latest sign of the White Sox apocalypse, the resurgent Blake Snell, Brett Phillips the full-time pitcher, and whether the percentage of pulled homers is increasing. Then (52:11) they talk to Sports Reference software developer (and primary developer of Baseball-Reference.com) Kenny Jackelen about the possibility that catcher Danny Jansen could break B-Ref by having played for both the Blue Jays and Red Sox in a single game, how Kenny might prevent that problem, and other anomalies that B-Ref has had to adjust for, followed by (1:23:36) a few postscript updates. Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Kershaw K streak story 1 Link to Kershaw K streak story 2 Link to no-K Kershaw game Link to BA on traded prospects Link to Marlins salaries Link to Grifol tweet Link to Rub-a-dub-dub Link to lowest team OBPs Link to farm system rankings Link to Snell leaderboard Link to Kirby knuckler Link to Fletcher game log Link to Phillips clip Link to Phillips TikTok Link to Dubuque on homers Link to pulled FB % Link to pulled barreled FB% Link to FB HR pulled % Link to Ben Clemens on Paredes Link to Tango on spray angle Link to Sam on homer highlights Link to Ohtani Houston HR Link to Ohtani L.A. HR Link to ScoringChanges Jansen thread Link to Boston Herald on Jansen Link to suspended game story Link to 2024 MLB rules Link to reentry rule Link to post on Holman Link to AAA/NBA tweet Link to courtesy runners page Link to Ben on the 60-game season Link to Soto suspended game HR Link to JDM Silver Sluggers Link to B-Ref newsletter Link to B-Ref job listing 1 Link to B-Ref job listing 2 Link to Trout news story Link to Mauer plaque Link to plaque video 1 Link to plaque video 2 Link to plaque video 3 Link to Trout news story Link to Cruz play 1 Link to Cruz play 2 Link to EW 2145 Link to Grant’s Haas tweet Link to “Du Hast” Link to “Box Elder” 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