Effectively Wild Episode 2186: José, Can You Save?
Effectively Wild Episode 2186: José, Can You Save?  
Podcast: Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Published On: Thu Jul 04 2024
Description: Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Phillies reliever José Ruiz threatening Ryan Webb’s career record for games finished without a save, Aaron Judge’s Hall of Fame case, the Mariners having a .540 winning percentage, just as Jerry Dipoto foretold (sort of), Dallas Keuchel being back in the big leagues, the White Sox, weirdly, dictating the trade deadline, and the collective performance of the Boras Four (or Five), then (54:27) answer a listener email about catchers fooling pitchers into issuing bad challenges under the challenge system, and (1:01:13) meet major leaguers Spencer Bivens, Jake Bloss, and Jacob Bosiokovic. Audio intro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to GF with no saves leaders Link to Webb/Albers wiki Link to Ben on Webb/Albers Link to Webb/Albers on EW Link to Triple Crown redundancy EW Link to EW on Dipoto and .540 Link to Dipoto clip Link to Dipoto follow-up Link to .540 spreadsheet Link to MLBTR on Montgomery Link to MLBTR on Luzardo Link to MLBTR on Flaherty Link to 2023 ABS article 1 Link to 2023 ABS article 2 Link to 2024 ABS article Link to MaML wiki Link to B-Ref’s new debuts Link to Buchanan on Bivens Link to Bivens on Twitter Link to Bivens on Insta Link to Bloss call-up article Link to Eric’s Astros prospects Link to Georgetown major leaguers Link to “The” OSU explainer Link to “Hoya Saxa” explainer Link to Cronin on EW Link to MLBTR on Bosiokovic Link to MLB.com on Bosiokovic Link to Dispatch on Bosiokovic Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source