Effectively Wild Episode 2156: Pluses and Minuses

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how a lot grime MLB gamers ingest in a season, the second-most-encouraging stat about Mike Trout’s season, Shohei Ohtani, Earl Webb, and the single-season doubles file, Cody Bellinger and whether or not the Cubs ought to pad the partitions at Wrigley Field, whether or not replay overview ought to privilege the decision on the sector, Matt Waldron’s knuckleball, the disparate seasons of Elly De La Cruz and Oneil Cruz, Francisco Lindor’s celebrity standing, José Ruiz’s pursuit of Ryan Webb’s file for video games completed and not using a save, and Tigers broadcaster Jason Benetti’s request for a baseball plus/minus stat (and whether or not baseball can be higher with extra player-interaction results).

Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to dirt-consumption information
Link to FG publish on Trout’s working
Link to BP on Trout’s swings
Link to Trout’s pitch-type efficiency
Link to Trout’s plate-discipline stats
Link to Trout’s dash speeds
Link to Posnanski on Ohtani
Link to Webb SABR bio
Link to Maris Jr. article 1
Link to Maris Jr. article 2
Link to Bellinger play
Link to Bellinger quote
Link to Bellinger IL information
Link to MLBTR on Bellinger
Link to 1991 Wrigley padding article
Link to information on the ivy
Link to information on Veeck’s function
Link to article on Reiser
Link to second Reiser article
Link to ballpark homogenization information
Link to Adell play
Link to Sheehan on replay
Link to replay overview guidelines
Link to Waldron article
Link to BP on Waldron’s newest
Link to Waldron sport highlights
Link to Thrice band wiki
Link to Ben on knuckleballs
Link to Jannis EW look
Link to Lindor’s massive sport
Link to post-2020 hitter WAR
Link to Webb/Albers wiki
Link to Webb/Ruiz leaderboard
Link to plus/minus wiki
Link to MLB protection plus/minus
Link to hockey plus/minus issues
Link to NBA plus/minus issues
Link to Russell on lineups
Link to Ben on batter vs. pitcher stats
Link to catcher ERA article
Link to article on Jeter research
Link to all-22 movie information
Link to Jeff on time of possession
Link to ballpark meetup varieties
Link to meetup organizer type