Effectively Wild Episode 2486: Has the Clutch Code Been Cracked?
6/2/20261 hr 49 min
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Fernando Tatis Jr.’s first home run of the season, injuries to Munetaka Murakami and Craig Kimbrel, a crotch-related suspension precedent, the mystery of Julio Rodriguez’s defense, Roki Sasaki’s surge, the phenomenon of National Anthem standoffs, Carmen Mlodzinski’s brief relief revolt, whether Victor Wembanyama would be a good pitcher, Aaron Ashby’s weirdly winning ways, (1:04:19) whether the Brewers have somehow solved clutch hitting, and the possibility of a Craig Breslow “interpreter.”
Audio intro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Tatis HR
Link to Tatis HR website
Link to Kimbrel injury news
Link to MLBTR on Murakami
Link to Murakami injury play
Link to BP on Gonzalez
Link to Elly injury news
Link to Pérez injury news
Link to gracilis muscle wiki
Link to Papelbon article 1
Link to Papelbon article 2
Link to Papelbon article 3
Link to Julio’s defense at Savant
Link to Julio’s defense at FG
Link to May leaders in pitcher WAR
Link to Wrobleski spreadies article
Link to standoff ejections article
Link to standoff ejections article
Link to Mlodzinski article 1
Link to Mlodzinski article 2
Link to Mlodzinski article 3
Link to team SP WAR
Link to team RP WAR
Link to Pirates pitcher WAR leaders
Link to Jaso EW wiki
Link to Jaso on EW
Link to Wemby baseball photo post
Link to Wemby baseball photo
Link to Shelob wiki
Link to Wemby’s Yankee Stadium visit
Link to Wemby’s first pitch video
Link to Wemby height article 1
Link to Wemby height article 2
Link to pitcher win leaders
Link to Ashby’s game log
Link to single-season RP leaders
Link to Face obit
Link to Sheehan on clutch
Link to Episode 2263 wiki
Link to Brewers clutch data
Link to 2026 tOPS+ w/RISP
Link to Brooklyn clutch streak
Link to New York clutch streak
Link to Philly clutch streak
Link to Gumbel distribution wiki
Link to Clay Davenport’s adjusted standings
Link to BaseRuns standings page
Link to Dan S. on the Brewers
Link to Brewers wOBA w/RISP
Link to Brewers wOBA w/no RISP
Link to Brewers xWOBA w/RISP
Link to Brewers xWOBA w/no RISP
Link to Brewers wOBA w/RISP at home
Link to Brewers wOBA w/RISP on the road
Link to Brewers BABIP w/RISP
Link to Brewers BABIP w/no RISP
Link to Brewers Whiff% w/RISP
Link to Brewers Whiff% w/no RISP
Link to Brewers Pull% w/RISP
Link to Brewers Pull% w/no RISP
Link to Super Saiyan wiki
Link to Marmol on Brewers sign-stealing
Link to Brewers sign-stealing rumor
Link to “man in white” story 1
Link to “man in white” story 2
Link to “man in white” story 3
EW sign-stealing history episode
Link to Healey on Breslow
Link to “anger translator” sketch
Link to Brown trade news
Link to Yankees scoring stat 1
Link to Yankees scoring stat 2
Link to Mlodzinski update 1
Link to Mlodzinski update 2
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First 90 secondsMeg Rowley· Host0:00
Effectively Wild, a FanGraphs baseball podcast. Listen, our emails that blast romantic baseball truth. Every weekday, break down your favorite pastime. Sit down, relax and unwind as we learn how Otani works.
Ben Lindbergh· Host0:22
Hello, and welcome to episode 2486 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from FanGraphs, presented by our Patreon supporters. I am Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer, joined by Meg Rowley of FanGraphs. Hello, Meg.
Meg Rowley· Host0:37
Oh, hello.
Ben Lindbergh· Host0:38
Well, a couple quick updates for everyone.
Meg Rowley· Host0:40
Mm.
Ben Lindbergh· Host0:41
First, last time we talked about how one of our listeners had created a website to inform everyone about whether Fernando Tatis Jr. had hit a home run, and that podcast was posted on Saturday, and that website had to be updated on Saturday because Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a home run.
Meg Rowley· Host1:02
He did.
Ben Lindbergh· Host1:02
So now if you go to hasfernandotatisjrhitaahomerunyet.streamlit.app, you will see in big glowing green letters, "Yes!"
Meg Rowley· Host1:10
Yes.
Ben Lindbergh· Host1:11
All caps. He finally did. Good for him. Good for you, Fernando. You finally went deep again.
Meg Rowley· Host1:16
Went deep again. He looked so relieved.
Ben Lindbergh· Host1:21
Yeah.
Meg Rowley· Host1:21
You know? The body language was that of a man who probably knew, like, with 95% confidence,