Effectively Wild Episode 1260: Waiver? I Hardly Know Her!

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about a listener-created tool to determine the first big leaguer to be born after and the last big leaguer to be born before any given date, the waiver-claim process, the Nationals’ trades, disastrous season, and hazy outlook, the Cubs acquiring Daniel Murphy and the Rockies opting not to, the Mariners’ second annual Women in Baseball Night, and Michael Kopech ‘s turnaround, plus listener emails about Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ’s talent and future, adjusting stats for position players pitching, the disadvantage of hitting at altitude, Chris Davis with fewer fielders, and the cost to a team of an NL manager managing like an AL manager, plus Stat Blasts about the adjustments Mike Fiers has made in Oakland and the Cubs’ historic solo-homer streak. Audio intro : Koufax, " Younger Body " Audio outro : Poco, " Flyin’ Solo " Link to MLB Endcaps calculator Link to Jeff’s Murphy/Rockies post Link to Craig’s post about Vlad Jr. batting .400 Link to Jeff’s post about position players pitching Link to Sam’s post about position players pitching Link to Purple Row post about the Rockies’ home/road splits Link to Jeff’s post about the Coors Field hangover Link to Rob’s article about solo homers Link to Sheryl’s post about Davis vs. Palmeiro 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