Effectively Wild Episode 1371: What is Sabermetrics?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Noah Syndergaard ‘ s True Win, an 81-pitch complete game for Kyle Hendricks , the AL Central after Corey Kluber ‘s injury and the Twins’ hot start to the season, Tyler Glasnow ’s breakout, the Chris Archer trade in review, the impermanence of coaching success, and the latest comments about the baseball by David Price and Rob Manfred, then (28:43) talk to Jeopardy! phenom James Holzhauer about how sabermetrics influenced his future career, his history of betting on baseball, his former (and future?) aspirations of working for an MLB team, how his Jeopardy! strategy (and the backlash to his success) is analogous to baseball, the future of gambling on baseball, how other contestants treat him, how he studies baseball and follows baseball, what other game shows he’d excel at, how Jeopardy! could stop contestants like him, and more. Audio intro : Yo La Tengo, " If it’s True " Audio interstitial : Dan Mangan, " Jeopardy " Audio outro : Shout Out Louds, " Too Late Too Slow " Link to Sam on Syndergaard Link to Ben Clemens on Glasnow Link to Baumann on Glasnow Link to Laurila on Glasnow Link to article about the baseball Link to 2015 Jeopardy! video Link to MGL interview about betting on baseball Link to Marc on Holzhauer Link to cranky column about Holzhauer Link to FiveThirtyEight on Holzhauer’s strategy Link to FiveThirtyEight on Holzhauer vs. Jennings 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