Effectively Wild Episode 2230: The Best-of-Seven (Stat Blasts) Series

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about not sleeping on the less star-studded but still exciting AL Central Division Series, a David Fry prediction, the reliever familiarity effect, an abhorrent TV shot, the Yankees’ ALDS victory, when the Royals will return to October, the Braves firing a few coaches, the future of Tropicana Field, and how MLB will weather climate change. Then (1:00:24) Ben clears out a backlog of seven Stat Blasts, on: Jon Berti and starting at a position for the first time in the playoffs; Beau Brieske and equal counts of games started and finished; the evolution of position-player pitching; Aaron Judge and the most- and least-clutch hitters in the postseason relative to the regular season; Luis Tiant, Pete Rose, and the hitters and pitchers who played the longest at the same time without ever facing each other in the regular season; the Trajekt effect and a century of the times-through-the-order penalty; and the average length of playoff series; plus a postscript. Audio intro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Fry prediction report Link to observer effect wiki Link to reliever familiarity effect info Link to Trueblood on the effect Link to TBS screenshot Link to Defector on broadcasts Link to Sheehan on Fry and K.C. Link to FG preseason playoff odds Link to article on Mahomes at ALDS Link to best team offenses Link to MLBTR on Atlanta firings Link to Seitzer wiki Link to The Athletic on the Trop Link to ESPN on the Rays Link to DRaysBay on ballparks Link to Keyser on climate change Link to story about Berti Link to 2003 Cabrera article Link to Cabrera 2003 RF game log Link to GS=GF leaders Link to Rob Mains on PPP 1 Link to Rob Mains on PPP 2 Link to Rob on PPP in September Link to PPP velo by year Link to Jeff on PPP BABIP Link to PPP stats since 2008 Link to all pitchers stats since 2008 Link to PPP stats 2008-17 Link to all pitchers stats 2008-17 Link to PPP stats 2018-24 Link to all pitchers stats 2018-24 Link to FG postseason leaderboards Link to postseason hitters, min. 50 PA Link to postseason hitters data Link to Ben on Reddick Link to Ben on Yordan Link to Tiant NYT obit Link to Angell on Tiant Link to Savannah Tiant hiring news Link to Ben on Rose Link to Mutombo obit Link to no-matchup players Link to no-matchup players, interleague Link to ESPN on Trajekt Link to EW Trajekt discussion Link to Ben on pitching machines Link to TTOP graph 1 Link to TTOP graph 2 Link to TTOP graph 3 Link to TTOP data 1 Link to TTOP data 2 Link to Mains on Smoltz Link to Mains on past TTOP Link to Mains on first-inning HFA Link to all DS Link to all LCS Link to all WS Link to Kenny Jackelen’s Twitter Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to listener emails database Link to Thomson and Thompson Link to epenthesis wiki Link to Wendy’s ad Link to Lindbergh Burrito Method Link to NJ/NY Gotham wiki Link to NYCFC wiki Link to first-night effect article  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Email Us: [email protected]  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Spotify Feed  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  Bluesky Account  Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source