Effectively Wild Episode 2173: Five Men Out

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss MLB’s clearing of Shohei Ohtani and banning of five other players for betting on baseball (including Tucupita Marcano’s permaban), touching on MLB’s culpability (or lack thereof), gambling ads, the future, and more. Then (39:32) they banter about the latest instance of Tommy Pham going aggro, which demotion is more surprising, Spencer Torkelson’s or Edouard Julien’s, leaguewide parity and a purported lack of good teams, a Garrett Crochet trade rumor, a memorable Brewers-Phillies game, a skills competition at the Futures Game, the Rangers’ resistance to Pride Night (1:16:18), a suggested Kyle Tucker nickname, a Reed Garrett update, a decrease in position-player pitching, why mid-PA pitching changes haven’t caught on, and SABR’s new determination about which Negro Leagues were major-league quality. Audio intro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Davy Andrews, “Edouard Julien, Are You Gonna Rule Again?” Link to MLBTR on Ohtani Link to MLB bans press release Link to Marcano MaML Link to Baumann on the ban Link to 2015 Cosart story Link to naming rights story Link to regulation article 1 Link to regulation article 2 Link to regulation article 3 Link to regulation article 4 Link to regulation article 5 Link to Weaver on Pham Link to latest Pham play Link to Statcast on the send Link to 2022 Pham play Link to Pham-Pederson dispute Link to Pham wiki Link to Pham tweet Link to Pham on the Mets Link to Pham in AZ info 1 Link to Pham in AZ info 2 Link to Dan S. on Tork/Julien Link to preseason Julien post Link to preseason projections Link to MLBTR on Suwinski Link to Sam tweet Link to Sheehan on the ALC Link to end of Pac-12 baseball Link to indy Oregon team Link to Ben on team mediocrity Link to EW on team mediocrity Link to Ben on Morgan quotes Link to FJM Link to Crochet rumor Link to Hoskins/Dahl game Link to skills comp info Link to KBO bunt derby clip Link to Levi on the website slogan Link to Levi on Pride Night Link to Ghiroli on Pride Night Link to AP on Pride Night Link to LAT on Pride Night Link to Rob Mains on PPP Link to article on Tucker Link to Clemens on mid-PA changes Link to Ben L. on mid-PA changes Link to SABR on the Negro Leagues Link to Lester/Thorn on EW 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