Effectively Wild Episode 2015: Sweeping Statement

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Shohei Ohtani is throwing too many sweepers to opposite-handed hitters, the MLB debut of flamethrowing Ben Joyce , the extreme walk/strikeout stylings of George Kirby and Spencer Strider , the states of the Central divisions, the offense and defense of Ke’Bryan Hayes , the return of Jon Singleton , whether the pitch clock is responsible for this season’s uptick in attendance, and the taken-for-granted greatness of Mookie Betts , answer listener emails about baseball’s version of a hockey goon, players singing during the seventh-inning stretch, and whether it would make umpires more accurate to give them a PitchCom device, plus a Past Blast (1:18:33) from 2015. Audio intro : Jonathan Crymes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Andy Ellison, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Ohtani sweeper RV vs. RHB Link to Ohtani sweeper RV vs. LHB Link to sweeper leaderboard Link to Ohtani pitch usage Link to SP sweeper usage Link to Ben C. on sweepers Link to Ohtani sweeper HR vs. LHB Link to Joyce’s debut Link to Joyce pitch speeds Link to story on Joyce’s record pitch Link to Strider/Kirby spreadsheet Link to Kirby command plot Link to Kirby fun fact Link to Strider fun fact Link to Herbstreit Reds Twitter war Link to Hayes’s defensive ratings Link to MLBTR on Singleton Link to annual attendance Link to 2023 team attendance Link to spring ratings story Link to early-season ratings story Link to Ben on the pitch clock Link to Mookie gamer Link to FG WAR leaderboard Link to hockey enforcer wiki Link to Brault EW episode Link to Jeff on Brault Link to Brault’s album Link to Brault’s OF conversion Link to Alberto singing Link to EW emails database Link to 2015 Past Blast source Link to other 2015 source Link to TORIIHTW book website Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Dan S. on pitcher zStats 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