Effectively Wild Episode 2167: All Tuckered Out

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the hype surrounding Paul Skenes starts and how Skenes has leveled up since he was drafted, whether Kyle Tucker could finally shed his “most underrated player” label, Gunnar Henderson vs. Bobby Witt Jr. (and the Orioles’ infield/outfield future), the resurgent Royals, Jo Adell’s (maybe?) breakout, Joey Gallo’s ever-stranger stats, the Yankees’ success without Gerrit Cole, the powerhouse Phillies, Chris Sale’s bounceback, Ketel Marte’s unspectacular hitting streak (and Orlando Cabrera’s unspectacular on-base streak), disputes about pitch usage featuring Framber Valdez and Jhoan Duran, Alek Manoah’s strong starts, pitchers facing themselves via advanced pitching machines, Javy Báez tags, stripping out luck from batter WAR, and more. Audio intro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Longenhagen on Skenes Link to Woodward on Skenes Link to top 100 prospects update Link to Baumann on Tucker Link to combined WAR leaderboard Link to Rome on Tucker Link to Rosenthal on Witt/Gunnar Link to Sheehan on shortstops Link to Sheehan on shortstops 2 Link to Ben on Machado/Arenado Link to EW on Freeman/Goldschmidt Link to Holliday CF rumor Link to Clemens on Ortiz Link to Sheehan on the Royals Link to BaseRuns standings Link to Sheehan on the Phils Link to Phillies smooches Link to Tango on net FA spending Link to Jaffe on Sale Link to Jaffe on Adell Link to Adell wall ball Link to Cole update Link to team framing Link to Ben on Gallo in 2014 Link to Gallo’s Savant page Link to Marte streak story Link to longest 1-hit streaks Link to Cabrera streak post Link to tweets about Valdez Link to story on Duran Link to blog about Duran Link to Duran curve xWOBA Link to Duran pitch values Link to team fastball % Link to pitch sequencing post Link to Rob Arthur on pitch usage Link to Rob on pitch usage 2 Link to Angels pitching machines Link to Ben on pitching machines Link to BABIP explainer Link to Tango on xWOBA Link to Richard on “on deck” 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