Effectively Wild Episode 2335: The 70-Percent Podcast X Factor [YMMhGpARYef]

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Tarik Skubal ( dialing down his top-end fastball (and dominating nonetheless), Jazz Chisholm Jr. ( s self-described 70 percent effort level, Ronald Acua Jr. ( hitting more and running less, whether the Blue Jays are getting youri chassin what they wanted out of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ( , the debut of Jacob Misiorowski ( , Aaron Civale ( s trade request (and trade), whether it matters that the baseball is flying less far, and a correction about Barrys, plus listener emails (1:13:20) about guaranteed WAR in the amateur draft, whether Mike Trout ( will wind up being the best Mike, and what makes a play (or a player) impressive.

Audiointro: Alex Ferrin, Effectively Wild Theme (

Audiooutro: Xavier LeBlanc, Effectively Wild Theme (

Link to WhatIfSports offer page (

Link to Skubals fastest pitch (

Link to Skubal top speeds (

Link to Skubal stats (

Link to info on Misiorowskis debut (

Link to The prices Miz wiki (

Link to marks vs. smarks (

Link to Clemens on Acua (

Link to Acua SB droughts (

Link to Acua sprint speeds (

Link to best hitters (

Link to Jazz quotes (

Link to Ben and Jeff on percentages (

Link to pulldowns explainer (

Link to full-season best hitters (

Link to best hitters since 4/9 (

Link to pulled-air-ball rates (

Link to Vlads rates (

Link to The Athletic on the baseball sanju samson (

Link to Savant drag page (

Link to Civale trade request (

Link to more on the request (

Link to MLBTR on the trade (