Effectively Wild Episode 1881: Antitrust Us

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a convoluted fun fact, the Cardinals’ anti-vaccination contingent, a historic Red Sox slump, an injury to top draftee Druw Jones, and a Willians Astudillo double-play pitch, Stat Blast (16:00) about Bryan Shaw and late-starting starters (plus an update on zero-RBI cleanup hitters), and share a Past Blast from 1881. Then (30:48) they talk to The Athletic senior writer Evan Drellich about what the end (for now) of negotiations over an international draft portends for the future of the concept and relations between MLB and the MLBPA, the latest legislative challenge to MLB’s antitrust exemption, a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over minor league pay, Rob Manfred’s comment about living wages for minor leaguers, MLB’s broadcasting and blackout plans, and more. Audio intro : Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, “ First to Finish, Last to Start ” Audio interstitial : Television Personalities, “ Evan Doesn’t Ring Me Anymore ” Audio outro : The New Pornographers, “ Chump Change ” Link to fun fact tweet Link to Goldschmidt/Arenado comments Link to Mikolas comments Link to Red Sox slump story Link to Stathead Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to first-start data Link to updated zero-RBI records Link to story about Shaw Link to Shaw game box score Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1881 story source 1 Link to 1881 story source 2 Link to story on Astudillo double play Link to Jones injury report Link to Evan on the international draft Link to Ken and Maria on the draft Link to James Wagner on the draft Link to Evan on the antitrust exemption Link to Evan on extended spring pay Link to Forbes on the lawsuit settlement Link to Hannah Keyser on MiLB pay Link to Facebook post about the EW wiki Link to “How to Help” wiki page Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source