Effectively Wild Episode 2372: How Slow Can You Go?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s near no-hitter, the Effectively Wild bump, and the Orioles’ incredible comeback), then banter (and quasi-Stat Blast) about four subjects: whether Shohei Ohtani has been more or less valuable as a DH only or as a two-way player this season; whether Cal Raleigh hits a disproportionate number of homers in garbage time (compared to the league and to Aaron Judge); whether position-player pitchers are better when they throw very fast pitches than when they throw very slow ones; and why left-handed pitchers are having a historically strong season, plus (1:23:05) several postscript follow-ups. Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to YamamotO’s video Link to FG win expectancy Link to B-Ref gamelog Link to Pages robbery story Link to Mussina vs. Everett video Link to near no-nos Link to Ben on no-no umps Link to Ohtani two-homer game Link to one-way Ohtani Dodgers W-L Link to two-way Ohtani Dodgers W-L Link to one-way Ohtani WAR Link to two-way Ohtani batter WAR Link to two-way Ohtani pitcher WAR Link to publication bias wiki Link to file drawer problem Link to MLBTR on Brebbia Link to Cal >4 runs split Link to league >4 runs split Link to Judge >4 runs split Link to Cal leverage split Link to league leverage split Link to Judge leverage split Link to clutch comparison Link to WPA leaderboard Link to mistake hitting article Link to most catcher HR Link to Kingery vs. Kurtz Link to exit velo responsibility Link to Kingery vs. Kurtz pitches Link to Mains on PPP Link to slowest possible pitches Link to average PPP velo Link to slowest PPP pitch Link to fasest PPP pitches Link to PPP 45 and under wOBA Link to PPP 80 and up wOBA Link to PPP 79 and up wOBA Link to PPP 45 and under RV/100 Link to PPP 80 and over RV/100 Link to PPP 79 and over RV/100 Link to LHP ERA- leaderboard Link to LHP FIP- leaderboard Link to 2025 RHP ERA Link to 2025 LHP ERA Link to Sawchik on LHP Link to Crizer on LHP Link to Crizer on LHP 2 Link to Nesbitt on LHP Link to LHP horizontal release Link to pitching fWAR leaders Link to LHP pitch types Link to LHP velo Link to RHP velo Link to wRC+ vs. LHP Link to LHP TBH% by year Link to LHP Stuff+ Link to LHP familiarity advantage Link to Soto pitcher article Link to Soto BP pitcher video Link to Trammell bat update Link to pitch-tipping article Link to Whitecaps article Link to HUAL episode  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Give a Gift Subscription  Email Us: [email protected]  Effectively Wild Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  Apple Podcasts Feed   Spotify Feed  YouTube Playlist  Facebook Group  Bluesky Account  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source