Effectively Wild Episode 2060: Let’s Not Be Too Heston

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Patreon supporter Max Harris banter about Ben’s issues remembering Orioles rookie Heston Kjerstad’s identify, Baltimore’s lookalike offensive core, and Max’s historical past with the podcast and baseball, then (18:22) reply listener emails about seat fillers at MLB video games, hypothetical gamers “Mr. Repeat” and “Mr. First Time,” centralizing MLB R&D, systemic vs. particular person explanations for modifications within the recreation, instituting minimal and most pitch counts, Kyle Schwarber vs. Nick Ahmed, the good-but-disappointing Blue Jays, the Mariners’ streak of not shedding by rather a lot, and Theo Epstein pedantry, plus a Future Blast (1:27:39) from 2059 and a follow-up (1:30:31) a few tiered Hall of Fame.

Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to first tweet about Orioles
Link to second tweet about Orioles
Link to Swanson/Culberson story
Link to The Athletic on tech spending
Link to Scouting Bureau story
Link to Ben on Scout School
Link to Swanson interview episode
Link to Ben on Dunn and Pierre
Link to Ben on protection vs. offense
Link to offense vs. protection spending
Link to Ben on pitcher limits
Link to no-blowouts streaks
Link to Sam Kennedy quote
Link to listener emails database
Link to Rick Wilber’s web site
Link to Future Blast wiki
Link to Kjerstad homer
Link to Bill James proposal
Link to Hall of Stats
Link to profession tiers sheet

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