Effectively Wild Episode 2222: Deuces (Effectively) Wild

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s return from vacation, Corbin Burnes’s cutter comeback, the demotion of CJ Abrams, the no-longer-dynamic duo of Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, the firing of Reds manager David Bell, the Tigers promoting Jackson Jobe, Shota Imanaga’s post-NPB performance, teams refusing to use injuries as an excuse, Charlie Blackmon’s career and home-road splits, Matt Chapman’s long, non-homer hits, and whether to discount Shohei Ohtani’s power-speed exploits for 2024’s scoring environment.

Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”
Audio outro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Orr on Burnes
Link to Kostka on Burnes
Link to Burnes monthly splits
Link to Burnes at Brooks Baseball
Link to ESPN on Abrams
Link to Abrams monthly splits
Link to Verlander update
Link to Scherzer update
Link to 44/60 aging study
Link to MLBTR on Bell
Link to AP on Bell
Link to FG on Bell
Link to Bell ejections story
Link to 2023 BaseRuns records
Link to 2024 BaseRuns records
Link to Reds offseason review
Link to projected record changes
Link to MLB.com on Jobe
Link to BP on Jobe
Link to Jobe/Price story
Link to Sussman on Imanaga
Link to DeltaGraphs
Link to “no excuse” quote
Link to BP IL Ledger
Link to MLBTR on Blackmon
Link to Blackmon home/road splits
Link to biggest splits (OPS points)
Link to biggest splits (%)
Link to Coors hangover article 1
Link to Coors hangover article 2
Link to Coors hangover article 3
Link to Coors hangover article 4
Link to Coors hangover article 5
Link to Rockies road pre-2020
Link to Rockies home pre-2020
Link to Rockies road post-2020
Link to Rockies home post-2020
Link to non-Rockies road post-2020
Link to non-Rockies home post-2020
Link to Blackmon road pre-2020
Link to Blackmon home pre-2020
Link to Blackmon road post-2020
Link to Blackmon home post-2020
Link to Chapman homer
Link to Chapman game story
Link to non-HR distance leaderboard
Link to Jason Bernard’s Twitter
Link to latest HUAL
Link to highest one-game RE24
Link to RE24 glossary
Link to power-speed number wiki
Link to power-speed number by year
Link to adj. power-speed leaders 1
Link to adj. power-speed leaders 2
Link to adj. power-speed data 2
Link to adj. power-speed leaders 3
Link to adj. power-speed data 3
Link to Ken Williams history
Link to 1920s hitter WAR leaders
Link to Superman hair info
Link to EW on sliding
Link to SIS sliding story
Link to 2018 Angels sliding story
Link to Bud Black video