Exploring Player Comparisons and Game Strategies

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 problem
Link to MLBTR on Brebbia
Link to Cal >4 runs split
Link to league >4 runs split
Link to Judge >4 runs split
Link to Cal leverage split
Link to league leverage split
Link to Judge leverage split
Link to clutch comparison
Link to WPA leaderboard
Link to mistake hitting article
Link to most catcher HR
Link to Kingery vs. Kurtz
Link to exit velo responsibility
Link to Kingery vs. Kurtz pitches
Link to Mains on PPP
Link to slowest possible pitches
Link to average PPP velo
Link to slowest PPP pitch
Link to fasest PPP pitches
Link to PPP 45 and under wOBA
Link to PPP 80 and up wOBA
Link to PPP 79 and up wOBA
Link to PPP 45 and under RV/100
Link to PPP 80 and over RV/100
Link to PPP 79 and over RV/100
Link to LHP ERA- leaderboard
Link to LHP FIP- leaderboard
Link to 2025 RHP ERA
Link to 2025 LHP ERA
Link to Sawchik on LHP
Link to Crizer on LHP
Link to Crizer on LHP 2
Link to Nesbitt on LHP
Link to LHP horizontal release
Link to pitching fWAR leaders
Link to LHP pitch types
Link to LHP velo
Link to RHP velo
Link to wRC+ vs. LHP
Link to LHP TBH% by year
Link to LHP Stuff+
Link to LHP familiarity advantage
Link to Soto pitcher article
Link to Soto BP pitcher video
Link to Trammell bat update
Link to pitch-tipping article
Link to Whitecaps article
Link to HUAL episode

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