Effectively Wild Episode 1068: The Error-Prone Podcast
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Scooter Gennett and Cubs infield positioning, follow up on a Nelson Cruz question, and answer listener emails about defining “homegrown,” home-run league leaders, Liam Hendriks’ charity pledge, an official-scoring decision, the 40/40 club, the Cubs’ reputation, tracking warm-up pitches, the error-prone A’s, how to allocate extra runs, resting players, a baseball prophecy, the mysterious Sam Dyson, and more.
Audio intro: The Stone Coyotes, "Four Times Gone"
Audio outro: Neil Young, "Homegrown"
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I would say a player is “home-grown” if he had more service time in the minors of his current team than in the minors of some other team(s). If service time is too hard to calculate, you could just look at PAs for position players and IP for pitchers; if a player had more of those at the various levels of his MLB team than he had in the various levels of other MLB teams (combined, if he’s been traded more than once), he’s “home-grown.”
To achieve the label of “losers,” how many years will the Cubs need to go without winning the World Series? More than the Indians. More than the Rangers. More than the Astros. More than the Brewers. More than the Padres. More than the Nationals-Expos. More than the Mariners.