Effectively Wild Episode 2164: The Batcast Era

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the “effectively wild” debut of Paul Skenes and the Pirates’ bases-loaded walkathon, an in-development TV series about Ippei Mizuhara, the demotion of Craig Kimbrel and possible trade dangling of Mason Miller , the continued success of Davis Schneider , the impact of replay review on the increase in catcher’s interference calls, and whether teams should go back to rearranging their rotations based on opponent quality, then (39:14) bring on Mike Petriello of MLB.com to explain and discuss the present and future of MLB’s new Statcast-based bat-tracking metrics, plus (1:27:51) a few follow-ups. Audio intro : Guy Russo, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial : Andy Ellison, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : The Shirey Brothers, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Grandal interview Link to Skenes gamer Link to Skenes game box score Link to 1959 game box score Link to Ippei show story Link to Uncut Gems wiki Link to Kimbrel story 1 Link to Kimbrel story 2 Link to Sheehan on Kimbrel Link to Rosenthal on Miller Link to Schneider Reddit post Link to Schneider article Link to SIS on CI calls Link to Craig Wright on SP opponents Link to EW Episode 812 Link to Darius Austin on SP opponents Link to Matt Berry saying “bat” Link to Mike on EW in 2022 Link to Mike on new metrics Link to bat-tracking leaderboard Link to fastest bats Link to team leaders Link to Contreras story Link to Yankees slugger stats Link to Ohtani bat stats Link to Passan on bat stats Link to Eno on bat stats Link to Matan on bat stats Link to Ben C. on bat stats Link to Ben C. on bat stats 2 Link to Ben on second-guessing Link to Tango on switch-hitters Link to Tango on predictiveness Link to Paine on bat stats Link to Woodward on bat stats Link to Russell on shortening up Link to Dril tweet Link to KK play story Link to EW on the KK play Link to new fake-out catch Link to Ryan Nelson tweet 1 Link to Ryan Nelson tweet 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