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Back to Podcast EpisodesEffectively Wild Episode 2320: Baseball Jobs (Dietician and Fun-Fact Finder)
Ben Lindbergh and Ben Clemens of FanGraphs banter about the latest positional drama regarding Rafael Devers, then discuss whether and why pitchers leaguewide are Yu Darvish-ing and Tyler Holton-ing—that is, throwing more pitch types, and varying their pitch types more based on batter handedness—before answering listener emails about home strike zones and combining bad teams to make a good team. Then (44:42) Ben continues the “baseball jobs” series by bringing on Adam Auer, major league dietician for the Brewers and former minor and major league strength and conditioning coach, to talk about how teams are improving player performance through nutrition, exercise, and recovery, followed (1:41:49) by Emory Brinkman, senior editor for Stats Perform, who discusses generating viral fun facts, parsing statistical qualifiers, and data-wrangling.
Audio intro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 1: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”
Audio interstitial 2: Philip Tapley and Michael Stokes, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to WhatIfSports offer page
Link to MLBTR on Devers
Link to Ben on adaptation score
Link to adaptation score sequel
Link to BP on Holton
Link to BP on Brown
Link to Ben L. on Rays changeups
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