Summary[]
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about parity in the NL and imbalance in the AL, then preview the 2019 Dodgers (7:08) with Los Angeles Times national baseball writer Andy McCullough, and the 2019 Kansas City Royals (1:02:45) with The Athletic’s Royals beat writer, Rustin Dodd.
Topics[]
Dodgers[]
- Switching to national coverage
- Players relationship with local vs national coverage
- Farhan Zaidi and his fantasy football prowess
- Why does it seem the Dodgers avoid big stars?
- Depth
- Are the Dodgers concerned about the tax threshold?
- Are the Dodgers more “clutch”
- Dave Roberts
- All the allegations that surrounded the Dodgers this offseason
- Clayton Kershaw
- Walker Buehler v Clayton Kershaw in 2019
- Kenley Jansen
Royals[]
- Are these Royals really going to be bringing back the 80’s
- Mitch Myer
- Ned Yost
- Adalberto Mondesi
- Where are the Royals in their rebuild
- The catchers
- Terrance Gore
- Kyle Zimmer
- Most common Royals question
- Under the radar Royal
Interstitial[]
- Mark Olson, "National Express"
- Gorillaz, "Kansas"
Banter[]
- The length of the interviews
- How much more fun the NL seems to be
Notes[]
- “Why is it a criticism of the manager if the players play like shit?” - Andy
- “Covering Rich Hill makes me think about the endless possibilities of life… and Clayton Kershaw makes me think of death” - Andy
- Andy predicted the Dodgers will win 93 games this year.
- Rustin predicted the Royals will win 68 games this year.
- Rustin predicted the Royals will steal 177 bases this year.
Links[]
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-1347-season-preview-series-dodgers-and-royals/
Link to Ben’s AL/NL parity article
Link to Andy’s Farhan article
Link to preorder The MVP Machine