Effectively Wild Episode 2469: Tanks for Nothing

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about vagueposting screenshots of Baseball Savant percentiles, a Ron Darling comment during the Mets&#8217; 12th consecutive loss about why pitchers shouldn&#8217;t apologize to batters for throwing inside, team-level changes in pitch usage and results this season, why MLB partly escaped the NBA&#8217;s tanking epidemic, why relievers are struggling so far, baseball parallels to track&#8217;s quest to produce lighter shoes, and an EW listener meetup tool (password: EW2026), then Stat Blast (1:25:12) about player home run totals that outstripped team win totals, winning streaks built from other teams&#8217; losing streaks, and batting orders with jersey numbers that matched lineup slots, plus (1:39:40) a postscript. Audio&nbsp;intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, &#8220;Effectively Wild Theme (Horny)&#8221; Audio&nbsp;outro: Alex Ferrin, &#8220;Effectively Wild Theme&#8221; Link to vagueposting wiki Link to Buxton/McLean matchup Link to pitch before homer Link to home run pitch Link to Clemens on McLean Link to Clemens on hard in, soft away Link to Ben on the Pirates Link to Sawchik on the Pirates Link to THT on the Pirates Link to Dan S. on the Mets Link to SNY ritual clip Link to MLB.com on SNY ritual Link to Baumann on Lumineers curse Link to Mr. Met/Lumineers post Link to NYT on Mamdani curse Link to Rosenberg Mr. Met story Link to team pitching changes Link to 2025 team FA% <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=9&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=0%2Cts&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=0&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;sortcol=2