Effectively Wild Episode 1382: Pitchus Interruptus

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about a small way in which Willians Astudillo made the world better, baseball as a conversational icebreaker, Cody Bellinger ’s incredible WAR pace, whether Bellinger is overshadowing the rest of the Dodgers (and Clay Bellinger ), and a few of 2019’s other breakout batters, present a Stat Blast about Statcast no-hitters (and Statcast hitting streaks), then answer listener emails about whether playoff odds are fair to teams that appear out of the race and why we don’t see more pitchers pulled in the middle of plate appearances. Audio intro : The Flying Burrito Brothers, " Cody, Cody " Audio outro : Stephen Malkmus, " The Hook " Link to Petriello on Bellinger’s possibly best-ever season Link to Sam on Bellinger’s possibly best-ever season Link to Sam on Statcast no-hitters Link to MLB.com on Statcast hitting streaks Link to Sam on alternate timelines Link to Sam on season simulations Link to Sam on season simulations again Link to Sam on out-of-contention teams Link to Nate on FiveThirtyEight forecast calibration Link to FiveThirtyEight forecast calibration interactive tool Link to Ben on matchup decisions Link to article about Girardi pitching change Link to 2015 podcast conversation about Girardi pitching change 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