Effectively Wild Episode 1750: The Gift of the Maggi

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Cardinals being unbeatable, the Giants setting a record for outperforming PECOTA, the Orioles’ and Diamondbacks’ race to MLB’s worst record, the White Sox and Yankees also having identical records (and the vagaries of unbalanced schedules and divisional assignments), the saga of Drew Maggi ’s call-up and demotion and the phenomenon of “phantom ballplayers,” the Phillies’ weird ways of winning, and Shane Baz in the playoffs, then answer listener emails about a Jays and Rays Cardgate conspiracy, a team of Triple-A players vs. a team of inactive ex-MLB players, completing every long extra-inning game in an end-of-season marathon, what would happen if teams could literally refuse to lose, hitters gleaning pitch locations from where the catcher sets up, and MLB’s World Series rings vs. Australian rules football’s premiership medals. Audio intro : Daniel Johnston, " Phantom of My Own Opera " Audio outro : The Cars, " I Refuse " Link to Kevin Goldstein on the Cardinals Link to Rob Mains on PECOTA overperformers Link to Patrick Dubuque on the Giants Link to Jay Jaffe on Wade Link to Jay on the Orioles Link to Phil Miller on Maggi Link to Do-Hyoung Park on Maggi Link to phantom ballplayers wiki Link to Craig Goldstein on Borucki Link to “family portrait” tweet Link to Carleton College softball game Link to Ben on Kratz and catching Link to 2021 peeking controversy Link to Jason Turbow on peeking 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