Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley follow up on the contract over/unders draft and the “death ball,” banter about the signings of Rhys Hoskins and Matt Moore, weigh their current confidence levels in the A’s actually moving to Las Vegas, and consider a suggestion for a “pulling the goalie”-style tweak to baseball. Then (35:44) they talk to leading Hall of Fame election forecaster James Sardell about how and why he developed his probabilistic Cooperstown projection model, how it works, this year’s results and surprises, the public-private ballot split, the toughest players to project, his Hall of Fame philosophy, the shrinking of the Hall of Fame backlog, upcoming candidates and ballots, his non-baseball scientific pursuits, and much more.
Audio intro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to over/under draft resultsLink to MLBTR FA top 50Link to death ball BP articleLink to Leo on average fastballsLink to post on unique pitchesLink to Dead Man’s Curve wikiLink to Dave Andrews on HoskinsLink to Brewers offseason additionsLink to MLBTR on MooreLink to BP’s 2012 Top 101Link to Ben on pitching prospectsLink to 2023 team RP ranksLink to A’s updateLink to Vegas event videoLink to MLBTR on the A’s ballparkLink to “consequences” tweetLink to Meg on the penalty boxLink to Beltré videoLink to Mauer videoLink to Helton videoLink to Jason’s final projectionsLink to projections roundupLink to voting resultsLink to Lewie Pollis on the votingLink to Wagner interviewLink to Stark on WrightLink to Posnanski suggestionLink to SIS on SabathiaLink to ballot trackerLink to James on MLB NowLink to Ben on Mauer in 2018Link to Ben on Beltré in 2017Link to Ben on Hall of Framers
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