Effectively Wild Episode 1683: The Unlikely Leadoff Man

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the brief lifespan of the soccer Super League, the gift of the Padres-Dodgers rivalry and Blake Snell vs. Joe Musgrove , position-player-pitching overload and the pitching performance of Willians Astudillo , whether the slow-starting Yankees are really doomed, the retirement of Jay Bruce , the end of Tim Locastro’ s stolen-base success streak (and the unlikely basestealing prowess of an ancient Albert Pujols ), player switcheroos in the minor leagues, whether MLB would air replay review deliberations, the celebration of Jean Segura ’s 200th career double, the MLB return of Sean Kazmar Jr. , the possibly precedent-setting NPB debut of Carter Stewart, and more, plus a Stat Blast about the most common and uncommon combinations of fielding position and lineup position. Audio intro : Belly, " Super-Connected " Audio outro : Hippo Campus, " Way it Goes " Link to The Athletic on the Super League Link to Ingenuity helicopter news Link to Mookie catch video Link to Emma Baccellieri on position players pitching Link to video of Astudillo pitching Link to Astudillo’s Instagram post Link to video of Mercedes pitching Link to video of Locastro caught stealing Link to story about Pujols stealing third Link to Lindsey Adler on the Yankees and Yankees fans Link to Jay Jaffe on the Yankees Link to Brendan Gawlowski on Bruce’s retirement Link to video of Segura’s celebration Link to video of Santana’s celebration Link to story about Kazmar’s comeback Link to another story about Kazmar’s comeback Link to story about Stewart’s debut Link to Stat Blast data Link to 1900-2020 lineup spot chart Link to 2015-2020 lineup spot chart Link to DH era lineup spot chart GIF Link to Trout’s hard-hit homer Link to Ohtani return game story 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