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After a brief preamble about the betting scandal surrounding <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/shohei-ohtani/19755/stats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shohei Ohtani</a> and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the first game of the regular season, whether gloves have gotten more permeable, the odds of a DH-only Ohtani MVP season, Ohtani&#8217;s lucrative endorsements, whether the addition of in-app gambling info to NBA League Pass portends a similar future for MLB.TV, the pitfalls of pervasive sports-betting ads, the implications of <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/eury-perez/27768/stats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eury Pérez</a>&#8217;s elbow injury, the chances that Pérez will win multiple Cy Young awards, and the decimated Marlins rotation. Then (34:39) they answer listener emails about what makes pitchers aesthetically pleasing, whether <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/blake-snell/13543/stats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blake Snell</a> is effectively wild, whether coaches spend more time on stars or scrubs, moving the bullpen beneath the mound, whether MLB has too many multi-team markets, and joint broadcast booths, plus Stat Blasts (1:12:04) on the Dodgers&#8217; daunting top of the order and the Padres&#8217; profusion of shortstops, followed by (1:37:49) a real-time reaction to the Ohtani-Mizuhara news and a postscript with additional details and thoughts.
Audio&nbsp;intro: Liz Panella, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wNnie0fLF2HVQsb4d-w5OqxMzyqfvImV/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;outro: Ian H., &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3QzhMjO6frLGXRoKk-h4I9dkWw16wff/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;


<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-positional-power-rankings-shortstop/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to shortstop PPR</a>
<a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/aardman-cartoon-train-3oz8xtBx06mcZWoNJm" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Gromit GIF</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-score-after-ball-goes-through-jake-cronenworth-s-glove" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cronenworth play</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/gameday/dodgers-vs-padres/2024/03/20/745444/final/box" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to opener box score</a>
<a href="https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2023/07/25/royals-matt-duffy-brutal-error-glove-malfunction" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Duffy glove fail</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrpWCk6jAo0" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Vlad glove fail</a>
<a href="https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/mlb/nl-al-mvp-odds/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ohtani MVP odds</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/nelson-cruz-dh-mvp-case" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to DH MVP article</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?pos=all&stats=bat&type=fangraphsdc&team=&lg=nl" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to NL WAR projections</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/war?season=2023&teamid=&lg=AL" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2023 AL WAR leaders</a>
<a href="https://www.sportico.com/leagues/baseball/2024/mlb-highest-paid-players-2024-shohei-ohtani-yoshinobu-yamamoto-1234771469/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to endorsement leaders</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/03/eury-perez-to-undergo-imaging-due-to-elbow-soreness.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Eury</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-marlins-have-one-of-the-best-rotations-in-baseball-they-just-cant-use-it-right-now/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Baumann on Marlins SP</a>
<a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article286799495.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to article on Sixto</a>
<a href="https://theathletic.com/5352336/2024/03/20/2024-mlb-aces-project-starting-pitchers/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cy Youngs quote</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/greatest-pitchers-to-never-win-cy-young-award" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to non-Cy winners</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/enosarris/status/1768660842789425605" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Stuff+ ranking</a>
<a href="https://theathletic.com/5352720/2024/03/19/nba-league-pass-betting-odds/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to League Pass article</a>
<a href="https://dodgerblue.com/adam-silver-advice-rob-manfred-mlb-pace-of-play-sports-betting/2021/04/28/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Manfred-Silver story</a>
<a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/10/sports/mets-counting-on-depth-over-dominance-with-cy-young-aces-gone/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Hefner article</a>
<a href="https://effectivelywild.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_1885:_The_Pit_Clock" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to moving mound EW episode</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cities_with_teams_from_four_major_league_sports#Cities_with_two_teams_from_one_of_the_four_leagues" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to two-team cities wiki</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB_Sunday_Leadoff" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLB Sunday Leadoff wiki</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/02/27/masn-announces-end-of-split-booths-for-orioles-nats-games/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MASN booth article</a>
<a href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2018/09/17/yankees-john-sterling-joe-castiglione-switch-booths-inning/1332249002/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sterling-Castiglione swap</a>
<a href="https://theconversation.com/how-vin-scully-scored-his-dodgers-gig-at-22-years-old-188264" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 1953 Scully story</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-8lpspHQuR5GK7S_nNtGunLGrx60QnSa8XLG_wvRb4Q/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to listener emails database</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vvHCbRESmW9LWnEyohadR1ykIlHUB70a/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cory Brent&#8217;s Stat Blast cover</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2024/3/19/24105728/mlb-opening-day-games-2024-dodgers-padres-seoul-series-korea" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben&#8217;s Dodgers-Padres article</a>
<a href="https://stathead.com/sharing/Commn" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to highest leadoff OPS</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/best-mlb-leadoff-seasons-ever" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to leadoff power article</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aSTfAr_2POndKzq5YKjwRs1CyauroGt4h_5c480sfX8/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Stat Blast sheet 1</a>
<a href="https://imgur.com/OkYgb6R" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Stat Blast image 1</a>
<a href="https://imgur.com/3tkwoHI" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Stat Blast image 2</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/rsnelson23" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ryan Nelson&#8217;s Twitter</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/the-padres-are-set-to-field-a-lineup-of-shortstops/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cooper on the Padres</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BVP1BsKu_haX6siFZWLjsLQRi6pX0MKM_dV7Y-2ymCw/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Stat Blast sheet 2</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/kennyjackelen" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Kenny Jackelen&#8217;s Twitter</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrIeP798hiQ" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ron Swanson clip</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/shoheisaveus/status/1768303208550801889" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Shohei couples photo</a>
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-20/gambling-story" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to L.A. Times Ohtani report</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39768770/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-interpreter-fired-theft" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to ESPN Ohtani report</a>
<a href="https://theathletic.com/5357619/2024/03/20/shohei-ohtani-translator-theft-gambling/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to The Athletic Ohtani report</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/jacksonville-jaguars-employee-fraud-176075a2d6cffd292a856e87f7d9d81b" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Jaguars story</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E2nLa2270_fA-MFwxK_ey_8YD9A0mcSGs799YQsh-A4/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to ballpark meetup forms</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCKtVON5rZz20oZgyjUm9EJjcziWQNpap6AVloW-k8WIKzeA/viewform" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to meetup organizer form</a>

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Effectively Wild Episode 2140: Don’t Bet on It

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