Effectively Wild Episode 2140: Don’t Bet on It

After a brief preamble about the betting scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the first game of the regular season, whether gloves have gotten more permeable, the odds of a DH-only Ohtani MVP season, Ohtani’s lucrative endorsements, whether the addition of in-app gambling info to NBA League Pass portends a similar future for MLB.TV, the pitfalls of pervasive sports-betting ads, the implications of Eury Pérez ’s elbow injury, the chances that Pérez will win multiple Cy Young awards, and the decimated Marlins rotation. Then (34:39) they answer listener emails about what makes pitchers aesthetically pleasing, whether Blake Snell is effectively wild, whether coaches spend more time on stars or scrubs, moving the bullpen beneath the mound, whether MLB has too many multi-team markets, and joint broadcast booths, plus Stat Blasts (1:12:04) on the Dodgers’ daunting top of the order and the Padres’ profusion of shortstops, followed by (1:37:49) a real-time reaction to the Ohtani-Mizuhara news and a postscript with additional details and thoughts. Audio intro : Liz Panella, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Ian H., “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to shortstop PPR Link to Gromit GIF Link to Cronenworth play Link to opener box score Link to Duffy glove fail Link to Vlad glove fail Link to The Atlantic on flying Link to Ohtani MVP odds Link to DH MVP article Link to NL WAR projections Link to 2023 AL WAR leaders Link to endorsement leaders Link to MLBTR on Eury Link to Baumann on Marlins SP Link to article on Sixto Link to Cy Youngs quote Link to non-Cy winners Link to Stuff+ ranking Link to League Pass article Link to Manfred-Silver story Link to Hefner article Link to moving mound EW episode Link to Emma on bullpen brawlers Link to two-team cities wiki Link to MLB Sunday Leadoff wiki Link to MASN booth article Link to Sterling-Castiglione swap Link to 1953 Scully story Link to listener emails database Link to Cory Brent’s Stat Blast cover Link to Ben’s Dodgers-Padres article Link to highest leadoff OPS Link to leadoff power article Link to Stat Blast sheet 1 Link to Stat Blast image 1 Link to Stat Blast image 2 Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to Cooper on the Padres Link to Stat Blast sheet 2 Link to Kenny Jackelen’s Twitter Link to Ron Swanson clip Link to Shohei couples photo Link to L.A. Times Ohtani report Link to ESPN Ohtani report Link to The Athletic Ohtani report Link to Jaguars story Link to Jaguars story 2 Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form 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