Effectively Wild Episode 1517: Show Minor Leaguers the Money

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about advice for working from home, Chris Sale ’s Tommy John surgery, concerns about pitcher health in a shortened season, the possibility of playing more doubleheaders when baseball comes back, how late would be too late for the season to start, the overuse, injury, and treatment of pitcher Wes Ferrell , how COVID-19 could affect MLB service time, rewatching old games and FOX Sports Detroit re-airing 2019 Tigers games, and baseball coming back in Japan and South Korea, then (39:58) talk to former minor league pitcher-turned-attorney Garrett Broshuis about the ongoing legal fight for improved pay for minor leaguers, how the pandemic has impacted minor leaguers, grassroots efforts to support temporarily unemployed players, the effect of public pressure on teams and MLB, the potential for a future minor league union, and his new organization, Advocates for Minor Leaguers (plus a postscript on two sets of same-named players). Audio intro : Mapache, " Life on Fire " Audio interstitial : Margo Price, " Pay Gap " Audio outro : Smoke N Bones, " Nobody Knows " Link to latest FG COVID-19 roundup Link to Eno on injury spikes Link to Pages From Baseball’s Past Link to Wes Ferrell story Link to article about MLB and ballpark workers Link to article about lost service time Link to story about re-airing Tigers games Link to info on MLB games on YouTube Link to FG games to rewatch, Part 1 Link to FG games to rewatch, Part 2 Link to article about doubleheaders Link to article about baseball in Japan and South Korea Link to Advocates for Minor Leaguers site Link to Advocates for Minor Leaguers press release Link to MLB press release about minor league pay Link to ESPN article on minor league pay Link to NYT article on Advocates for Minor Leaguers Link to LAT article on Advocates for Minor Leaguers Link to Adopt a Minor Leaguer Link to More Than Baseball Link to story on the two Mike Smiths Link to order 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