Effectively Wild Episode 1265: Home Runs Per Homestand

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Trevor Story ‘s improvement, Brady Feigl vs. Brady Feigl , Joe West vs. Austin Davis and an information card, a Carter Capps update, the Mariners’ clubhouse brawl, the continued dominance of Edwin Diaz , the disconcerting pitching return of Shohei Ohtani , and Kyle Schwaber’s lack of clutchness this season, then answer emails about Jack Ryan’s fantasy advice, Alex Bregman as AL MVP, attendance and home-field advantage, the value of a pitcher who always produces the minimum quality start, velocity and the three true outcomes, unexpected team results vs. unexpected player results (and Greg Bird ), the effects of fatigue, baseball with headsets, and the most pitchers used in a nine-inning shutout, plus a Stat Blast about Jacob deGrom ’s splits by decision and hard-luck loser Eddie Smith . Audio intro : Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, " I Ain’t Never " Audio outro : Koufax, " Offering Advice " Link to Jeff’s post about Story Link to Levi’s Feigl tweet Link to scene from Jack Ryan Link to updated study about velocity and pitcher results Link to MGL’s first post about projections vs. surprising players Link to MGL’s second post about projections vs. surprising players Link to MGL’s third post about projections vs. surprising players Link to MGL’s post about player fatigue Link to Smith’s SABR bio 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