Effectively Wild Episode 1366: The Cooperstown Crossover

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about the numbers behind the Yankees’ historic injury stack, an inspired piece of pitch-framing by Francisco Cervelli , Ramon Laureano as a human highlight machine, how often hitters would (and should) swing if they knew every pitch would be in the strike zone but still be called a ball, and the hitters they’re paying particular attention to, then discuss how Christian Yelich elevated himself onto a Hall of Fame trajectory, how the Marlins’ latest round of trades looks in retrospect, the Brewers’ WAR without Yelich, how every new breakout burnishes the greatness of Mike Trout , and the fastest and slowest runners of the season so far (plus an update on the Royals’ base-stealing). Audio intro : Ben Folds Five, " Missing the War " Audio outro : MGMT, " Someone’s Missing " Link to list of most players on the IL Link to list of most WAR on the IL Link to Yankees injury timetables Link to video of Cervelli frame Link to Jeff on Molina frames Link to video of Laureano play Link to FanGraphs Guts! page Link to MLB.tv GameChanger Link to Ben on GameChanger Link to Ben on Harper’s hot streak Link to Sam on Hall of Fame probabilities Link to Sam on Yelich Link to preorder The MVP Machine iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source