Effectively Wild Episode 2015: Sweeping Assertion

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether or not Shohei Ohtani is throwing too many sweepers to opposite-handed hitters, the MLB debut of flamethrowing Ben Joyce, the intense stroll/strikeout stylings of George Kirby and Spencer Strider, the states of the Central divisions, the offense and protection of Ke’Bryan Hayes, the return of Jon Singleton, whether or not the pitch clock is liable for this season’s uptick in attendance, and the taken-for-granted greatness of Mookie Betts, reply listener emails about baseball’s model of a hockey goon, gamers singing throughout the seventh-inning stretch, and whether or not it will make umpires extra correct to provide them a PitchCom system, plus a Past Blast (1:18:33) from 2015.

Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ohtani sweeper RV vs. RHB
Link to Ohtani sweeper RV vs. LHB
Link to sweeper leaderboard
Link to Ohtani pitch utilization
Link to SP sweeper utilization
Link to Ben C. on sweepers
Link to Ohtani sweeper HR vs. LHB
Link to Joyce’s debut
Link to Joyce pitch speeds
Link to story on Joyce’s file pitch
Link to Strider/Kirby spreadsheet
Link to Kirby command plot
Link to Kirby enjoyable reality
Link to Strider enjoyable reality
Link to Herbstreit Reds Twitter conflict
Link to Hayes’s defensive rankings
Link to MLBTR on Singleton
Link to annual attendance
Link to 2023 group attendance
Link to spring rankings story
Link to early-season rankings story
Link to Ben on the pitch clock
Link to Mookie gamer
Link to FG WAR leaderboard
Link to hockey enforcer wiki
Link to Alberto singing
Link to EW emails database
Link to 2015 Past Blast supply
Link to different 2015 supply
Link to TORIIHTW e book web site
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Dan S. on pitcher zStats

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