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Analysis of Episode 2216 of the Effectively Wild podcast: Exploring Baseball’s Unconventional Strategies.

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Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs’ Michael Baumann play a game of “College Baseball Player or Vuelta a España Stage Winner?”, discuss Kumar Rocker’s potential and path to the majors, and meet major leaguers Tyler Jay and Richard Fitts, before talking to Marlins reliever Big Mike Baumann about becoming the second major leaguer ever to play for five teams in one season. After that, Ben chats with Baumann’s teammate Declan Cronin about how he’s held hitters homerless all season, the high-BABIP blues, the latest trends in pitching development, player paperwork, and more. Then Ben brings on writer Lakshmi Gandhi to discuss Rocker’s significance as the first MLB player of Indian descent, before finishing with several follow-ups.

Audio intro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 1: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 2: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 3: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme”