Effectively Wild Episode 2059: The Bloom is Off the Bloom

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the firing of Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and the extension of Nationals president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo, injuries to Max Scherzer and Sandy Alcantara and MLB’s UCL scourge, and a proposed tier system for the Hall of Fame and single-season awards, then Stat Blast (1:08:33) about Zack Greinke ’s win-loss record, Matt Olson and players with more homers than their team has losses, the most team innings with a homer to start a game, two players 40 or older homering in the same game, walk-off balks, high-WAR seasons for multiple teams, and Ian Happ and the longest on-base streaks against a team, plus a Future Blast (1:38:32) from 2059 and a follow-up. Audio intro : Andy Ellison, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Jonathan Crymes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Sox press release Link to MLBTR on Bloom Link to Alex Speier on Bloom Link to Speier on Boston’s ’22 deadline Link to story on Bloom and Dermody Link to FG farm rankings Link to FG payroll rankings Link to MLBTR on Rizzo Link to CBS Sports on Rizzo Link to Rizzo on Strasburg Link to Lerner’s Stras statement Link to MASN agreement Link to DiPuglia resignation story Link to scout firings story Link to Alcantara UCL story Link to story on velo and UCLs Link to Sam on UCLs Link to Ben on pitcher limits Link to Bill James answer Link to Posnanski on James Link to Topps Now Link to Greinke W-L spreadsheet Link to Paine on Greinke Link to Jaffe/Laurila on Greinke Link to starter run support Link to EW 1855 Stat Blast Link to Olson club sheet Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to team innings w/HR doc Link to Ryan on 40+ HR hitters Link to walk-off-balks sheet Link to story on second WO balk Link to Stat Blast on balks Link to high-WAR multi-team seasons Link to Drake EW interview Link to story on Happ’s streak Link to tweet about Happ’s streak Link to info on DiMaggio scoring Link to Sam on on-base streaks Link to on-base-streak sheet Link to on-base-in-starts streaks Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to Future Blast wiki Link to Edman article Link to switch-SH sheet 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