Effectively Wild Episode 1238: Absolute Unit

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the joyous big-league debut and amazing minor-league history of Effectively Wild favorite and new Twins utility man Willians Astudillo , an awful Royals month, Jacob deGrom , a bobbled Raimel Tapia catch and tag-up confusion, Jon Gray ‘s perplexing demotion, Marlins who may be traded, a Vince Velasquez highlight, Michael Lorenzen ‘s hitting and Matt Davidson ’s pitching, a Ryne Stanek fun fact, and a historic, almost-unprecedented putout by the Pirates and Joe Musgrove . Then (50:54) they talk to mutual childhood favorite (and Hall of Famer) Randy Johnson about how he harnessed his stuff, making mechanical tweaks, the fellow legends he came up with in Seattle, his incredible Houston half-season, his surgical history, starter workloads, whether he could have continued pitching as a reliever, facing Albert Pujols , Barry Bonds , and Rickey Henderson , being snakebit in October, and more (plus a remembrance of Small World Sports). Audio intro : The Beach Boys, " Here Today " Audio interstitial : Big Thief, " Randy " Audio outro : Dolly Parton, " Randy " Link to Ben’s Astudillo article Link to Tapia tag-up play Link to Ben’s Jon Gray article Link to Ben’s Smith and Lorenzen interviews Link to Velasquez play Link to Pirates putout Link to Jeff’s post about the peaks of Pedro and Randy Link to Small World Sports article 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