Effectively Wild Episode 2202: The Hierarchy of Versatility

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the appeal of deflected balls caught on the fly, the lack of variety in MLB.TV highlights, Aaron Judge ’s bases-empty intentional walks, the Braves falling out of playoff position (for now), and the surprising team with a trio of young, above-average, qualified hitters. Then (40:44) they rank the types of baseball versatility and Stat Blast (56:18) about the decline of switch-hitting, Maury Wills and switch-hitter slumps, how often managers are fired following a loss, and whether intra-division trades are getting more common. Audio intro : Moon Hound, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Ted O., “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Rockies-Mets play Link to Bogaerts/Kelly play Link to Stark on Judge Link to Tango on Judge Link to Jaffe on the Braves Link to Ben C. on depth Link to Ben C. on depth 2 Link to Ben C. on depth on EW Link to preseason playoff odds Link to BP IL Ledger Link to young hitters query Link to query without minimums Link to Ben on Twins.com Link to Twins.com sale news Link to Venditte rule article Link to Mike Temple Stat Blast cover Link to Athletic SH article Link to Fox Sports SH article Link to WSJ SH article Link to LAT SH article Link to youth sports specialization Link to switch-hitting data Link to SH graph 1 Link to SH graph 2 Link to Ben on bad switch-hitters Link to FG on bad switch-hitters Link to Mullins article 1 Link to Mullins article 2 Link to Mullins article 3 Link to Victorino article 1 Link to Victorino article 2 Link to Victorino article 3 Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to Steiner/Wills clip Link to Wills SH OPS graph Link to switch-hitter correlations Link to stat stabilization points Link to Dr. Dog album Link to Ferguson SABR bio Link to Ferguson wiki Link to “Death to Flying Things” Link to “Death to Flying Things” 2 Link to SH origin story 1 Link to SH origin story 2 Link to previous SH Stat Blast Link to 2024 switch-hitters Link to Twins Daily on SH Link to Crashfish Boxes on SH Link to 1985 LAT article on SH Link to Year of the Balk article Link to Berkman/Jones SH quotes Link to MLB Showalter ad Link to Ben on caliber of play Link to managerial firings data Link to manager data by decade Link to managers fired after Ws Link to trades data Link to interleague trades data Link to interleague trading history Link to trades graph 1 Link to trades graph 2 Link to Betances injury article 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