Effectively Wild Episode 2372: How Slow Can You Go?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s near no-hitter, the Effectively Wild bump, and the Orioles’ incredible comeback), then banter (and quasi-Stat Blast) about four subjects: whether Shohei Ohtani has been more or less valuable as a DH only or as a two-way player this season; whether Cal Raleigh hits a disproporionate number of homers in garbage time (compared to the league and to Aaron Judge); whether position-player pitchers are better when they throw very fast pitches than when they throw very slow ones; and why left-handed pitchers are having a historically strong season, plus (1:23:05) several postscript follow-ups.

Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to YamamotO’s video
Link to FG win expectancy
Link to B-Ref gamelog
Link to Pages robbery story
Link to Mussina vs. Everett video
Link to near no-nos
Link to Ben on no-no umps
Link to Ohtani two-homer game
Link to one-way Ohtani Dodgers W-L
Link to two-way Ohtani Dodgers W-L
Link to one-way Ohtani WAR
Link to two-way Ohtani batter WAR
Link to two-way Ohtani pitcher WAR
Link to publication bias wiki
Link to file drawer pro