Effectively Wild Episode 2208: Thank You for Your Servais

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mariners firing Scott Servais, the Angels not firing Perry Minasian, Joey Votto’s career and retirement, the continued collapse of Craig Kimbrel, NPB players pushing for a faster path to domestic and international free agency, and the NWSL abolishing its draft. Then (42:45) they’re joined by Patreon supporter Sam Horton to answer listener emails about active future Hall of Fame pitchers, Mike Trout and Bryce Harper, major and minor leaguers swapping parks, a desperate outfield tactic, penalizing catcher glove movement, and the ethics of returning milestone homers to hitters, followed (1:48:30) by a postscript Stat Blast about scoring at least 11 unanswered runs. Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2” Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)” Link to MLBTR on Servais Link to The Athletic on Servais Link to MLBTR on Minasian Link to MLBTR on Votto Link to Dan S. on Votto Link to C. Trent on Votto Link to Votto’s retirement post Link to McGrath on Votto Link to Votto quotes Link to Buchanan on Votto Link to 2016 Votto story Link to Votto in the booth Link to Votto on media offers Link to Baltimore Sun on Kimbrel Link to post-ASB RP WAR Link to post-ASB RP WPA Link to RP WPA since 2019 Link to Drellich on NPB players Link to NWSL news Link to Sam on HoF players Link to Petriello on HoF pitchers Link to Jaffe on HoF pitchers Link to SP JAWS Link to highest career K rates Link to EW Episode 282 Link to EW Episode 771 Link to EW Episode 867 Link to EW Episode 2159 Link to Kiermaier deke play Link to Tango on glove movement 1 Link to Tango on glove movement 2 Link to Tango on glove movement 3 Link to story on Santana’s HR Link to tweet about Santana’s HR Link to listener emails database Link to story on Ohtani HR ball Link to Ohtani bobblehead Link to MLBTR on Waldron Link to Reds-Jays game Link to Stephenson quote Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to 2006 game Link to 1922 game Link to Stat Blast data 1 Link to Stat Blast data 2 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