Effectively Wild Episode 1381: Minnesota Surprise

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about the Rays’ four-man outfield against Cavan Biggio and the gradual ascendance of four-man outfields across the league, Sam’s belated thoughts on the Mets and baseball in Avengers: Endgame , a few underappreciated aspects of the late Bill Buckner ’s career, and the record number of MLB debuts this decade by sons of former big leaguers (including the return of star-caliber sons), then discuss the origins and sustainability of the Minnesota Twins’ best-in-baseball start to the season, what makes the Twins an entertaining team, Cleveland’s comparatively disastrous first two months, and more. Audio intro : Garcia Peoples, " Four Walls " Audio outro : Weezer, " Trampoline " Link to picture of four-man outfield against Biggio Link to article about Biggio’s swing change Link to four-man-outfield instances per season Link to Ben on the history of four-man outfields Link to Buckner on the Fielding Runs leaderboard Link to Buckner on the Defensive WAR leaderboard Link to examples of the Mets in post-apocalyptic movies Link to Travis on MLB fathers and sons Link to Stubbs interview episode Link to Foley’s book-signing event 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