Effectively Wild Episode 1234: The First Baseman Who Blogs

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June 22, 2018

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Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Coors Field, Domingo German, the amazing Max Scherzer, Tyler Chatwood, Kole Calhoun‘s comeback, the writing process, Marcell Ozuna‘s catch attempt, Ichiro and the Home Run Derby, and the AL playoff picture, then bring on 31-year-old MLB-player-turned-FanGraphs-writer Nate Freiman (20:22) to talk about his recent embrace of advanced stats, coding, and blogging, his record-setting college career, his short-lived attempt at being a two-way player, how being 6-foot-8 affects hitting (and catching), getting picked in the Rule 5 draft, being a platoon player, why pinch-hitting is hard, pressure and clutchness, clubhouse chemistry, the WBC, the 2014 AL wild card game and Jon Lester’s pickoff yips, playoff shares, coordinating pickoff attempts, hitting stats vs. pitching stats, playing in indy ball and Mexico, deciding to stop playing, interacting with the media, golfing vs. hitting, and more.

Audio intro: The Jayhawks, "Comeback Kids"
Audio interstitial: XTC, "Ten Feet Tall"
Audio outro: The Baseball Project, "Twilight of My Career"

Link to Jeff’s Domingo German post
Link to J.P. Hoornstra’s Kole Calhoun article
Link to Marcell Ozuna play
Link to Meg Rowley’s AL playoff picture article
Link to Jeff Passan’s report on the Mexican League
Link to Nate’s xWOBA post
Link to Nate’s bullpens post
Link to Ben’s Mexico City altitude post
Link to Nate’s WBC post

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