Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the White Sox walking Juan Soto to face Aaron Judge, how Judge’s season could’ve been even better, the world’s untapped baseball talent, Shohei Ohtani’s run at a 50-50 season, ways to discourage intentional walks, a proposal to mandate six-inning outings for starting pitchers, a changing of the guard atop the FanGraphs farm system rankings, the extraordinary defense of Austin Hedges, and the nature vs. nurture debate about MLB fathers and sons. Then (1:10:07) they meet major leaguers Daniel Robert, Yilber Diaz, and Michael Petersen, plus (1:34:35) several postscript updates.

Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Judge/Soto article 1
Link to Judge/Soto article 2
Link to Judge/Soto article 3
Link to Davy Andrews on the IBB
Link to Judge mechanical changes
Link to Ben/Sam on global talent
Link to Ohtani splits by month
Link to Ohtani pitching progress
Link to listener emails database
Link to six-inning-starts article
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