Effectively Wild Episode 1990: Week 1 Non-Overreactions

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Ben should apply for a full-time job covering Shohei Ohtani , MLB seeking a pitch-clock sponsor, the brilliance of Sandy Alcantara , clock violations leading to ejections, post-Opening Day call-ups for top prospects (most notably Grayson Rodriguez ), Alcantara compared to Jacob deGrom , the feud between Tyler O’Neill and Oli Marmol, whether teams in last place will stay there, early playoff odds changes, neither overreacting nor underreacting to early-season stats, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:18:31) from 1990. Audio intro : Tom Rhoads, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : SAVAK, “ Reaction ” Link to Ohtani job listing Link to clock-sponsor story Link to Ben on pitch-clock history Link to Ben on Alcantara Link to Machado ejection Link to Anderson ejection Link to Ohtani violations Link to Ohtani and Hoberg Link to Elias on Rodriguez Link to Rodriguez debut video Link to story on O’Neill and Marmol Link to tweet about Bader/Marmol Link to Ben C. on Ohtani’s stuff Link to playoff odds changes Link to Joe Sheehan on stats so far Link to quotes about ball Link to study on spring training stats Link to Rob Arthur on batted balls Link to James on signature significance Link to “whelmed” quote Link to 1990 Past Blast source Link to 1989 Hadley paper Link to Sale scissors story Link to Turn Ahead the Clock Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to drag dashboard 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