Effectively Wild Episode 1849: When the Whiff Hits the Fan

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a wave of baseball ads for cryptocurrencies and NFTs coinciding with crashes in the crypto and NFT markets, injuries to Bryce Harper and Clayton Kershaw , the dominance of the Dodgers, Yankees, and (especially of late) Astros, the early NL West race, Robinson Canó getting a job as Jarred Kelenic loses one, the Mariners’ player development and the franchise’s future, the managerial line of succession and an unlikely player-manager scenario, and Devin Williams and the limits of effective wildness, plus three “How can you not be pedantic about baseball?” terminology questions about describing scoring and strikeouts and recalling players, and a few closing followups. Audio intro : Joan Armatrading, “ Down to Zero ” Audio outro : The Byrds, “ Take a Whiff on Me ” Link to story about crypto sell-off Link to story about crypto/NFT crash Link to more on the crypto/NFT crash Link to luna crash explainer Link to Nationals tweet Link to Ad Age story about Nats tweet Link to Marlins NFT press release Link to MLB/MLBPA NFT press release Link to MLB’s Gehrig NFT Link to Ohtani crypto press release Link to Harper injury news Link to Kershaw injury news Link to fun fact about Astros Link to Jay Jaffe on Yankees homers Link to BaseRuns records/run differential Link to Jay on the Canó signing Link to Kelenic news Link to Mariners prospect list Link to EW email questions database Link to effectively wild pitchers spreadsheet Link to 2018 story about emergency goalie Link to 2018 episode about emergency goalie Link to FanGraphs on emergency catcher rules Link to SI on emergency catcher rules Link to Ohtani prankster story Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source