Effectively Wild Episode 1349: Wonder Hamster by Ben Lindbergh March 18, 2019 Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and Effectively Wild listener and Mike Trout Tier Patreon supporter Anthony Scheff banter about the Blue Jays raising salaries for minor leaguers, the team’s motivations for doing so, and whether other teams will follow suit, then answer listener emails about A.J. Hinch getting ejected in a split-squad spring training game, MLB’s demoralizing offseason and whether baseball is in any short-term trouble, and what qualifies as a pitcher’s “stuff,” plus Stat Blasts about the most two-year-old friendly game and the longest careers among players who only ever made the majors in September. Audio intro: Martin Solveig & GTA, "Intoxicated" Audio outro: Belle & Sebastian, "Lord Anthony" Link to recent episode with Emily Waldon on minor-league pay Link to Emily Waldon on minor leaguers’ lives Link to Emily and Ken Rosenthal on the Blue Jays raising salaries Link to John Lott on the Jays raising salaries Link to Jeff on intentional walks in spring training Link to Ben Bailey on intentional walks in spring training Link to Hinch explaining why he was thrown out Link to Bryan Curtis on baseball’s perceived decline Link to box score of most two-year-old-friendly game Link to instructions for finding MLB games on YouTube Link to John Poff’s SABR bio Link to live episode with Fernando Perez Link to Episode 323 with Adrian Cardenas Link to preorder The MVP Machine iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com https://media.blubrry.com/effectively_wild/p/cdn-podcasts.fangraphs.com/EffectivelyWildEpisode1349a.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS