
Effectively Wild Episode 2035: Hot Streaks and Cold Spells
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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The Importance of Wide Shots in Plays
Jason Hayward is hitting 251, 350, 465 with a 123 WRC plus nine homers this season. The Dodgers are using him almost exclusively against Rides so it may be more strategically than truly making him better. If Jason Hayward went from getting released by the Cubs to then bouncing back with the Dodgers, that would just be at the stage of his career. It's not like every view is perfectly unobstructed, but it does give you something. And there are definitely places where you'll sit in the ballpark and you're like, I don't know what's going on.
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