About this episode
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their long weekends, birthday boy (and two-way All-Star) Shohei Ohtani , MLB’s perplexing timing when it comes to announcing awards and All-Star honors and scheduling special events such as the Futures Game and the amateur draft, the Yankees’ continuing troubles, pitchers who’ve struggled since the sticky stuff crackdown began, and Kyle Schwarber falling prey to the hamstring-injury epidemic. Then (35:34) they “Meet a Major Leaguer” up close by bringing on Mickey Jannis , right-handed knuckleball pitcher for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides, who discusses making his major league debut for the Baltimore Orioles last month, his journey from the 44th round to indy ball to the O’s, how he learned the knuckleball, how high-speed video has helped him refine his unusual pitch, being inspected for sticky stuff, the future of the knuckler, and more. Audio intro : The Decemberists, " Down on the Knuckle " Audio outro : Hinds, " Finally Floating " Link to story about all-Star Ohtani Link to video of Ohtani steal/walkoff Link to video of Walsh/Ohtani hug Link to video of Ohtani whiff Link to story about the Yankees and analytics Link to Lindsey Adler on Cole and Chapman Link to video on Cortes Link to video of Cortes vs. Ohtani Link to Devan Fink on Richards Link to BP article on hamstring strains Link to Derek’s hamstring injury visualization Link to Ben on Jannis and the knuckleball Link to Jannis’ Twitter account Link to Jannis’ first MLB out (and K) Link to Jannis’ spring training knuckler Link to Jannis’ knuckler grip Link to Jannis’ knuckler on high-speed video Link to story on Jannis’ “perfect” loss Link to Ben on the Castellanos meme Link to new Castellanos clip 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