Effectively Wild Episode 2179: Missed Connections

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Nike’s City Connect uniforms have run their course, the Dodgers’ double whammy of injuries to Mookie Betts and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (and Kyle Bradish going back on the IL), the approaching returns of Gerrit Cole , Max Scherzer , and Clayton Kershaw , Carlos Correa’ s hot streak, Elly De La Cruz and the excitement of scoring unexpectedly, a better way to handle a hypothetical hitter who only hits grand slams, David Fletcher’ s strange season and transition to true two-way play, the potential fallout from umpire Pat Hoberg’s gambling scandal, a dead ball in NPB, and how pitching phenom Roki Sasaki ’s lack of durability could affect his future free agency. Audio intro : The Shirey Brothers, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Ian Phillips, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Meg’s tweet Link to Facebook post Link to Dodgers uni Link to Mets uni explainer Link to City Connect wiki Link to new FG player pages Link to FG post on the Dodgers Link to MLBTR on Mookie Link to combined WAR leaders Link to hamate study 1 Link to hamate study 2 Link to MLBTR on Yamamoto Link to Passan on Yamamoto Link to MLBTR on Bradish Link to MLBTR on Cole Link to MLBTR on Scherzer Link to MLBTR on Miller/Kershaw Link to EW on Kershaw book Link to Elly play Link to slams hypothetical Link to Vieira intentional balk Link to Jansen intentional balk Link to Sam on balks Link to Bois on balks Link to WaPo on Fletcher Link to Fletcher batting game log Link to Fletcher pitching game log Link to Cosart fine info Link to MLBTR on Waldrep Link to MLBTR on Hoberg Link to EW episode on Hoberg Link to NPB ball scandal Link to Allen on old ball scandal Link to Allen on Sasaki Link to Allen’s tweet Link to Ben on NPB pitchers Link to WaPo on Sasaki Link to MLBTR on Sasaki Link to JPPL offense 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