Effectively Wild Episode 2038: The Angels Are Sho-ing for It. What Will They Have to Sho for It?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about watching Shohei Ohtani play while they podcast, the Angels’ decision not to trade Ohtani and subsequent trade for Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López , whether the Cubs should buy or sell, the Guardians’ and Dodgers’ perplexing Amed Rosario -for- Noah Syndergaard swap, the Brewers acquiring Carlos Santana , and Rob Manfred’s extension. Then (45:05) they answer emails about dugout punching bags and whether the ABS system could help umps (and players) learn the strike zone, react (59:44) to the rest of Ohtani’s doubleheader exploits, Stat Blast (1:06:55) about the Orioles’ sweepless streak, the most hits recorded by the fewest batters when that number of hits is the team’s total, first career hits that are also first career hits allowed, player homerless streaks, the high-scoring fifth game after the All-Star break, and players being traded together twice, plus a Future Blast (1:27:39) from 2038 and a few follow-ups. Audio intro : Justin Peters, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Jonathan Crymes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Verducci’s Ohtani report Link to Minasian quote Link to Ben C. on the Giolito trade Link to FG staff Ohtani post Link to FG playoff odds Link to BP IL Ledger Link to Britton on buy/sell decisions Link to Shohei doubleheader story Link to Shohei doubleheader fun facts Link to Wise no-no Link to Wise second homer Link to FG on Dodgers-Guardians trade Link to FG on Hernández trade Link to team SS WAR leaders Link to Dodgers SS WAR leaders Link to Sheehan on the Cubs Link to Brewers 1B leaders Link to Manfred extension article Link to Athletic article on ABS Link to sweepless streaks tweet Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to most hits by fewest players Link to first-career-hits data Link to homerless streaks data Link to trade pairs list Link to 5th post-ASB game image Link to 5th post-ASB game image 2 Link to Craig Wright on 1894 Link to Ben on moving the mound Link to EW emails database Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to EW Ohtani trading game Link to Ohtani trading game responses 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