Effectively Wild Episode 1883: Know Your Value

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs writer Ben Clemens banter about a flummoxing fun fact, Justin Verlander’s career vs. Max Scherzer’s career, and Max Meyer’s Tommy John surgery, then (24:55) discuss the Andrew Benintendi trade, Joey Gallo’s struggles, and the biggest questions surrounding the trade deadline before (45:53) reviewing “other” Ben’s work on the annual FanGraphs Trade Value series, focusing on the list-making process, players who just missed the cut, Juan Soto, Shohei Ohtani, Oneil Cruz, the surprisingly underperforming top three, Julio Rodríguez, Yordan Alvarez, Mike Trout, the relative lack of pitchers, and more. After that, they end (1:30:57) with a Stat Blast about big leaguers on minor league rehab assignments, plus a Past Blast from 1883 and a postscript. Audio intro: Frank Sinatra, “(I Offer You the Moon) Señorita” Audio outro: The Bens, “Just Pretend” Link to first fun fact Link to cached second fun fact Link to Dan S. on the Benintendi trade Link to Boone’s “fake news” quote Link to Lindsey Adler on Gallo Link to Gallo Stathead query Link to Eric L. on the Naquin trade Link to Dan S. on the playoff format Link to Neil Paine on the deadline Link to Trade Value intro Link to Trade Value conclusion Link to Ohtani report Link to Ben on Harper’s defense Link to Emma on promotional jerseys Link to Stathead Link to Stat Blast data Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1883 story source Link to Evan on Manfred’s letter Link to article on Trout’s back Link to Facebook post about the EW wiki Link to “How to Help” wiki page  Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20)  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