Effectively Wild Episode 1633: What the Insiders Say

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about why MLB reportedly isn’t interested in short-term expansion and an observation about Tyler Glasnow , Martin Shkreli, and Cillian Murphy, then review the accuracy of last year’s annual ESPN MLB insiders survey, predict and assess the responses to the just-released, latest edition of the survey, answer a listener email about the cutoff for “young” players, and share a Stat Blast about Byron Buxton and the lowest on-base percentages by league-average hitters (plus an addendum on the longest baseball player Wikipedia pages). Audio intro : Oasis, " Stay Young " Audio outro : The Just Joans, " No Longer Young Enough " Link to Stark’s story about Dombrowski Link to story about NBA expansion Link to Sam on the Crasnicks in 2012 Link to Sam on the Crasnicks in 2014 Link to last year’s Rogers MLB insiders survey Link to this year’s Rogers MLB insiders survey Link to Ben on young hitters and aging curves Link to lowest OBP list Link to lowest OBP+ list Link to longest baseball player Wikipedia pages 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