Effectively Wild Episode 1269: Best in the Business

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the unlikely championship season of the Northwest League’s Eugene Emeralds, Jacob deGrom ‘s latest hard-luck loss, and maintaining perspective about the Phillies’ late-season swoon, then answer listener emails about an MLB ballpark sleepover, whether making ballparks bigger would counter the three true outcomes, Chris Davis ’s strikeouts vs. batting average and the worst seasons of all time, Javier Baez and “creating chaos,” the value and cost of good and bad third-base coaches, and clutchness, Dansby Swanson , and Giancarlo Stanton , plus a Stat Blast about the odd batted-ball effects of Citi Field and a last-minute Willians Astudillo update. Audio intro : Lord Huron, " Emerald Star " Audio outro : Rakim, " Flow Forever " Link to Emeralds walk-off balk Link to Craig Edwards on Baez Link to Russell Carleton on third-base coaches Link to Jeff’s post on Citi Field Link to Carson Cistulli on the best hitters in space Link to first Astudillo video Link to second Astudillo video 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