Effectively Wild Episode 1271: The Stretch Run

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Willians Astudillo and Jacob deGrom (as usual), the perception of the Cubs vs. the reality of the Cubs, the dramatic, puzzling increase in infield shifting against Mike Trout , the checkered career of honest but pugnacious umpiring legend Tim Hurst, the future of two-way players, Joel Sherman’s column about new stats driving fans away from baseball, and the end of the American League’s interleague winning streak. Audio intro : Sloan, " Same Old Flame " Audio outro : Neil Young & Crazy Horse, " The Losing End (When You’re On) " Link to Craig Wright’s newsletter Link to Joel Sherman’s column Link to Joe Posnanski’s response post Link to Jeff Fletcher on the Angels’ two-way players 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