Effectively Wild Episode 2114: Weekend WARriors

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the offseason doldrums and this winter’s free-agent activity compared to last year’s, the Josh Hader and Robert Stephenson signings (with a contract over/under draft update), a bleak week in sports (and non-sports) media, pitcher/catcher technique and the automated strike zone, and the invasion of players named Jackson, followed by Stat Blasts (1:14:48) about Hader’s strikeout splits by out count, “minimum journeymen,” the longest palindromic win-loss sequences, and the most consecutive games started at catcher. Audio intro : Ian H., “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Tom Rhoads, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Lobner Facebook post Link to Jake/Jordan FA tweet Link to MLBTR on Graveman Link to MLBTR on Hader Link to MLBTR on Uwasawa Link to MLBTR on Stephenson Link to RP K% post-6/2 Link to over/under draft results Link to The Ringer on SI Link to apocalypse sign article Link to The Atlantic on Pitchfork Link to L.A. Times layoffs story Link to Axios on media layoffs Link to Defector on VC greed Link to The Nation on ESPN/NFL Link to Tango on intended location Link to Ben on Lincecum in 2014 Link to Eno on command in 2018 Link to Tango on catcher location Link to Tango on catcher lunges Link to Tango on framing Link to EW Episode 2054 Link to EW Episode 1851 Link to BA on Jacksons Link to Jackson baby name data Link to strikeout splits Stathead Link to leaguewide strikeout splits Link to minimum journeymen sheet Link to palindrome Reddit question Link to palindromic records sheet Link to C start streak sheet Link to C start % averages Link to catcher ironmen page Link to FG post on qualified catchers Link to Ben on catcher fatigue Link to study on player rest Link to FG post on qualified catchers Link to Stat Blast on qualified hitters Link to Frankie Hayes SABR bio Link to Young Sheldon spinoff story Link to Stat Blast song cover Link to all Stat Blast covers 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