Effectively Wild Episode 2156: Pluses and Minuses

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how much dirt MLB players ingest in a season, the second-most-encouraging stat about Mike Trout’ s season, Shohei Ohtani , Earl Webb , and the single-season doubles record, Cody Bellinger and whether the Cubs should pad the walls at Wrigley Field, whether replay review should privilege the call on the field, Matt Waldron’ s knuckleball, the disparate seasons of Elly De La Cruz and Oneil Cruz , Francisco Lindor’ s superstar status, José Ruiz’ s pursuit of Ryan Webb ’s record for games finished without a save, and Tigers broadcaster Jason Benetti’s request for a baseball plus/minus stat (and whether baseball would be better with more player-interaction effects). Audio intro : Harold Walker, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Luke Lillard, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to dirt-consumption info Link to FG post on Trout’s running Link to BP on Trout’s swings Link to Trout’s pitch-type performance Link to Trout’s plate-discipline stats Link to Trout’s sprint speeds Link to Posnanski on Ohtani Link to Webb SABR bio Link to Maris Jr. article 1 Link to Maris Jr. article 2 Link to Bellinger play Link to Bellinger quote Link to Bellinger IL news Link to MLBTR on Bellinger Link to 1991 Wrigley padding article Link to info on the ivy Link to info on Veeck’s role Link to article on Reiser Link to second Reiser article Link to ballpark homogenization info Link to Adell play Link to Sheehan on replay Link to replay review rules Link to Waldron article Link to BP on Waldron’s latest Link to Waldron game highlights Link to Thrice band wiki Link to Ben on knuckleballs Link to Jannis EW appearance Link to Lindor’s big game Link to post-2020 hitter WAR Link to Webb/Albers wiki Link to Webb/Ruiz leaderboard Link to plus/minus wiki Link to MLB defense plus/minus Link to hockey plus/minus problems Link to NBA plus/minus problems Link to Russell on lineups Link to Ben on batter vs. pitcher stats Link to catcher ERA article Link to more on catcher impact Link to article on Jeter studies Link to all-22 film info Link to Jeff on time of possession Link to Trial By Content pod 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