Effectively Wild Episode 2151: The MLB Reboot

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the lack of an uptick in stolen bases this season, which of the teams that are off to surprisingly hot or cold starts has changed their minds the most, analogs to baseball’s epidemic of UCL tears in tennis and women’s soccer, whether MLB would/should allow a hypothetical UCL-strengthening steroid, and whether MLB will ever reboot its continuity, then Stat Blast (1:02:31) about players with inside-the-park homers and over-the-fence homers in the same game, games in which one team threw many pitches faster than its opponent’s fastest pitch, and the highest player winning percentages in starts. Audio intro : El Warren, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Justin Peters, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Ben C. on stolen bases Link to birds and bees study Link to playoff odds changes Link to BaseRuns standings Link to MLBTR on Schumaker option Link to team defense projections Link to Jontay Porter story Link to NPR on tennis injuries Link to WaPo on soccer injuries Link to NYT on soccer injuries Link to article on soccer cleats Link to UEFA initiative Link to artificial ligament wiki Link to Mark McGwire comments Link to Andy Pettitte comments Link to EW on sports history authority Link to comic-book reboots wiki Link to EW on “modern era” Link to AFI movies list wiki Link to tweet about Babe Ruth’s wife Link to EW listener emails database Link to Garrett Krohn’s Stat Blast cover Link to Langs tweet about Elly Link to OptaSTATS tweet about Elly Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to inside-the-park graph 1 Link to inside-the-park graph 2 Link to Statcast Era both HR list Link to both HR, both sides list Link to story on Nimmo game Link to inside-the-parker data Link to both HR types leaderboard Link to Lucas Apostoleris on Twitter Link to Foley tweet Link to lopsided team velos sheet Link to player winning percentage sheet Link to Craig Wright on Lou Klein Link to Moonfall wiki Link to add EW on YouTube Music 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