Effectively Wild Episode 1949: The Stories We Missed in 2022 (AL Edition)

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley close the book on 2022 by bantering about the year in Effectively Wild, the Marlins signing Jean Segura , the heretofore-unsuspected existence of Charles Leblanc , and the pitch-calling accuracy of 10 retiring umpires, plus followups on how the zombie runner affects plate appearance totals, Lars Nootbaar ’s pepper grinder, the year-to-year consistency of team replay-review success rates, and overlooked Rockies stories. Then (38:51) they discuss at least one listener-nominated topic about each American League team that they had previously overlooked on the podcast in 2022 (including mini Stat Blasts about the most unique team lineups used per season and Anthony Santander and team winning percentages when a player hits at least two homers), plus a Past Blast (1:46:52) from 1949. Audio intro : Other Lives, “ End of the Year ” Audio outro : Blue Rain Boots, “ 2023 ” Link to nVenue episode Link to MLBTR on Segura Link to projected team WAR Link to retiring umps story Link to Umpire Scorecards Link to Hallion punchouts video Link to story on ump improvements Link to story on ump age Link to EW episode on NL teams Link to pepper grinder story Link to tweets about Nootbaar Link to replay success rates Link to success-rate spreadsheet Link to stat correlations Link to SP stat correlations Link to more stat correlations Link to pitching stat correlations Link to xstats correlations Link to Freeland clip Link to Pint story Link to Rockies scoreboard Second link to Rockies scoreboard Link to 2022 SP WAR Link to Baker deli story Link to Craig Wright on Vogt Link to UPI Vogt story Link to Vogt homer video Link to Vogt ref impression 1 Link to Vogt ref impression 2 Link to Ringer best sports moments Link to highest BABIPs Link to OAA behind pitcher Link to FG on the righty shift Link to Jays Journal on Gausman Link to The Athletic on Gausman Link to Jay Jaffe on Gausman Link to FG on Jays shifting Link to Kwan pinball story Link to swing rate leaderboard Link to CtC on Gonzalez Link to story on Gonzalez’s swings Link to story on Harry Ford Link to story on Great Britain/WBC Link to 2+ home run spreadsheet Link to immaculate innings story Link to best second-half hitters Link to Harold Ramírez story Link to Boston.com on Eck Link to The Ecktionary on Twitter Link to Ecktionary glossary Link to The Athletic on Eckersley Link to Eck on “pair of shoes” Link to CBS Sports on Cuas Link to The Athletic on Cuas Link to Cuas MLBN video Link to Cuas on his debut Link to article on Meadows Link to Rodriguez report Link to Rodriguez return story Link to lineups spreadsheet Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to previous lineups Stat Blast Link to RP WPA leaders Link to fastest four-seamers Link to story on Cruz and Arraez Link to ultimate grand slams Link to Cabrera robbery Link to article on Cabrera Link to Pinstripe Alley on Cabrera Link to 1949 story source Link to Dodgertown site Link to story on Rickey innovations Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Sponsor Us on Patreon 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