About this episode
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley lament and discuss Shohei Ohtani’ s UCL injury and its ramifications for the rest of his season, his two-way future, his free agency, the Angels, and the continued happiness of baseball fans and podcast co-hosts, followed by conversations about Stephen Strasburg’ s retirement (59:17), Wander Franco ’s placement on administrative leave (1:11:30), and whether players are required to wear pants (1:21:06), plus a Future Blast from 2050 (1:31:37). Audio intro : Ted O., “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Ian H., “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Ben’s Ohtani article Link to Evan Drellich on Ohtani Link to Jay Jaffe on the Angels Link to Sam on the Angels Link to FA class Link to Ohtani and Elly Link to TJS study Link to Stat Blast on max-effort pitching Link to Ben on pitcher roster limits Link to WaPo report on Strasburg Link to Drellich on Franco Link to Jeff Passan on Franco Link to Jay Cuda pants tweet Link to CBA Link to high-socks study 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