Effectively Wild Episode 2335: The 70-Percent Podcast

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June 14, 2025

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Tarik Skubal dialing down his top-end fastball (and dominating nonetheless), Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s self-described 70 percent effort level, Ronald Acuña Jr. hitting more and running less, whether the Blue Jays are getting what they wanted out of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the debut of Jacob Misiorowski, Aaron Civale’s trade request (and trade), whether it matters that the baseball is flying less far, and a correction about Barrys, plus listener emails (1:13:20) about guaranteed WAR in the amateur draft, whether Mike Trout will wind up being the best Mike, and what makes a play (or a player) impressive.

Audio intro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to WhatIfSports offer page

Link to Skubal’s fastest pitch
Link to Skubal top speeds
Link to Skubal stats
Link to info on Misiorowski’s debut
Link to The Miz wiki
Link to marks vs. smarks
Link to Clemens on Acuña
Link to Acuña SB droughts
Link to Acuña sprint speeds
Link to best hitters
Link to Jazz quotes
Link to Ben and Jeff on percentages
Link to pulldowns explainer
Link to full-season best hitters
Link to best hitters since 4/9
Link to pulled-air-ball rates
Link to Vlad’s rates
Link to The Athletic on the baseball
Link to Savant drag page
Link to Civale trade request
Link to more on the request
Link to MLBTR on the trade
Link to team SP WAR
Link to team SP projections
Link to league wOBA/xwOBA
Link to first overall picks
Link to more on no. 1 picks
Link to no. 1 pick WAR
Link to more on no. 1 pick WAR
Link to loss aversion wiki
Link to B-Ref’s Skenes post
Link to RoS ZiPS projections
Link to 2026 ZiPS projections
Link to 2027 ZiPS projections
Link to Schmidt leaderboard
Link to Barrys game
Link to Muñoz cat photo
Link to Muñoz cat story
Link to Pillar catch
Link to listener emails database

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JustinPBGMember since 2018
5 months ago

Actually Judge used to go all out for swings when he was still establishing himself. But part of his improved durability is he’s much more controlled.

Easy to say with his skills tho

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