Effectively Wild Episode 2389: Max Effort

<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ewlogofi.png" alt="EWFI" width="590" height="206" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-242076" srcset="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ewlogofi.png 590w, https://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ewlogofi-300x105.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px" /><br /> Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about ALCS Game 4 and NLCS Game 3, with an emphasis on <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/max-scherzer/3137/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Max Scherzer&#8217;</a>s must-win mentality and why his hyped-up mound and start-day demeanor stops just short of scanning as <em>too</em> intense, the Dodgers&#8217; likeability (or lack thereof), and repetitive promos. Then (as Meg sporadically exclaims about the beginning of ALCS Game 5), they discuss how the Tigers should approach <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/tarik-skubal/22267...