Effectively Wild Episode 2042: Pure Happenstance

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Robin Ventura truthers defending Ventura on the 30th anniversary of his brawl with Nolan Ryan , Shohei Ohtani ‘s 2023 WAR matching his full-season 2021 WAR and whether this Ohtani season would’ve won him an MVP award in 2022, the Yankees’ handling of Anthony Rizzo ’s belatedly diagnosed post-concussion syndrome, whether this year’s shift restrictions are leading to more pitchers being hit by baseballs, and what winning or losing the trade deadline is actually worth, then (52:44) Stat Blast about players with the highest and lowest percentages of pulled homers (and the longest streaks of pulled homers), players who bat righty and throw lefty, the most matching pitch counts and speeds in one game, a record date for MLB birthdays, and the players traded the most times at the trade deadline, followed by (1:11:54) a conversation with former major leaguer J.A. Happ (and FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen ) about what it’s like to be dealt at the deadline, Happ’s extensive trade history, the retirement of Cole Hamels , and more, plus (1:51:26) a Future Blast from 2042. Audio intro : Andy Ellison, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Xavier LeBlanc, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Ventura/Ryan video Link to Ventura/Ryan story Link to Drellich’s Ventura tweet Link to Langs on Ohtani’s game Link to FG WAR leaderboard Link to B-Ref WAR leaderboard Link to Fletcher’s EW interview Link to Ben on Ohtani and Judge Link to The Athletic on Rizzo Link to Rosenthal on Rizzo Link to Lindsey on Germán Link to Jay on Rizzo and Germán Link to Rizzo fatigue quote Link to other Rizzo quote Link to MLB.com story on Rizzo Link to SIS comebackers tweet Link to Pudge cheek story 1 Link to Pudge cheek story 2 Link to Down on the Farm post Link to Dan S. on the 2023 deadline Link to Dan S. on the 2022 deadline Link to Dan S. on the 2021 deadline Link to career pulled HR rates Link to pulled HR streaks Link to Russell Carleton’s Twitter Link to weird-ass starter record Link to weird-ass starter record (no P) Link to weird-ass player record Link to weird-ass player record (no P) Link to all AL/NL weird-ass hitters Link to pitch speed/count sheet Link to Lucas Apostoleris’s Twitter Link to MLB birthdays bar chart Link to MLB birthdays heat map Link to MLB relative age effect Link to relative age effect wiki Link to listener emails database Link to trades on deadline day Link to trades within 3 days Link to trades within 1 week Link to trades within 2 weeks Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to Happ’s wiki Link to “J Day” story Link to Happ’s transactions Link to Hamels retirement info Link to IronPigs wiki Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to Future Blast wiki 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