Effectively Wild Episode 2060: Let’s Not Be Too Heston

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Patreon supporter Max Harris banter about Ben’s problems remembering Orioles rookie Heston Kjerstad ’s name, Baltimore’s lookalike offensive core, and Max’s history with the podcast and baseball, then (18:22) answer listener emails about seat fillers at MLB games, hypothetical players “Mr. Repeat” and “Mr. First Time,” centralizing MLB R&D, systemic vs. individual explanations for changes in the game, instituting minimum and maximum pitch counts, Kyle Schwarber vs. Nick Ahmed , the good-but-disappointing Blue Jays, the Mariners’ streak of not losing by a lot, and Theo Epstein pedantry, plus a Future Blast (1:27:39) from 2059 and a follow-up (1:30:31) about a tiered Hall of Fame. Audio intro : Beatwriter, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Justin Peters, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to first tweet about Orioles Link to second tweet about Orioles Link to Swanson/Culberson story Link to The Athletic on tech spending Link to Scouting Bureau story Link to Ben on Scout School Link to Swanson interview episode Link to Ben on Dunn and Pierre Link to Ben on defense vs. offense Link to offense vs. defense spending Link to Ben on pitcher limits Link to no-blowouts streaks Link to Sam Kennedy quote Link to listener emails database Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to Future Blast wiki Link to Kjerstad homer Link to Bill James proposal Link to Hall of Stats Link to career tiers 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