Effectively Wild Episode 1214: The Three-Time Tommy John

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter (and answer listener emails) about podcast personas, Dylan Bundy’s bad day, players’ favorite stats and a Joc Pederson conundrum, James Paxton and the recent rash of near-no-hitters, how scoring has bounced back from its slow start, the Reds’ and Mets’ Matt Harvey trade, the Robinson Cano contract so far, and things about baseball that are harder than they look, plus a Stat Blast about switch hitters. Then they talk to 33-year-old Rays reliever Jonny Venters (46:10) about his incredible comeback from repeated Tommy John surgeries, how the game changed while he was rehabbing, his heavy workloads, his record groundball rate, the mental toll of trying to return, why he stuck with Tampa Bay, and more. Audio intro : The Band, " Knockin’ Lost John " Audio interstitial : John Lennon, " Dear John " Audio outro : Men at Work, " Be Good Johnny " Link to Anthony Castrovince’s stats article Link to Tim Lincecum glove video Link to Ben’s near-no-hitters article Link to Jeff’s Shohei Ohtani pitching post Link to Jay Jaffe’s post on the three-time Tommy John club 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