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Effectively Wild Episode 2030: Deadline Dilemmas and Needs

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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The Effect of Trout on Pitching

The book concluded that at least in some situations where you might have some incentive to pitch around a batter if you have a good hitter hitting behind that guy then he's not going to walk as much. Mike Trout has the most played appearances of any angels hitter over that span behind O'Tani after him it's Rendon Taylor Ward Luis Redhefo Phil Goslin Jared Walsh Hunter Renfro who looks like trout but doesn't hit like him David Fletcher Justin Upton Brandon Drury Max Dassie Joe Adele Matt Duffy Jose Iglesias David McKinnon Jack Mayfield and so on. The future blast comes from Rick Wilbur an award-winning writer editor and college professor who has

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