Effectively Wild Episode 1939: It All Happened

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December 7, 2022

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley break down the rest of the action from the Winter Meetings, including Arson Judge not signing with the Giants, Aaron Judge re-signing with the Yankees, the Padres missing out on Judge and Trea Turner, the Dodgers’ lack of interest in Carlos Correa, the Giants signing Mitch Haniger, the Cardinals signing Willson Contreras, the Cubs signing Jameson Taillon and Cody Bellinger, the going rate for mid-rotation starters, the Phillies signing Taijuan Walker and Matt Strahm, the secret to Dave Dombrowski’s owner cajoling, the Mets signing José Quintana, whether Steve Cohen has a spending limit, the Rangers signing Andrew Heaney, the Guardians signing Josh Bell, the Red Sox signing Kenley Jansen, Chris Martin, and Masataka Yoshida, the first draft lottery, the podcast’s thirstiness, and more, plus a Past Blast from 1939.

Audio intro: Eleventh Dream Day, “The Arsonist”
Audio outro: Queen, “’39”

Link to Manfred comments
Link to more Manfred comments
Link to Rob on competitive balance
Link to Arson Judge saga
Link to “the grink” tweet
Link to Heyman “grink” tweet
Link to Jay on Judge
Link to Dan on Judge
Link to Padres/Judge rumors
Link to Rosenthal on Correa
Link to Time feature on Judge
Link to Ben Clemens on Haniger
Link to Baumann on Contreras
Link to Justin Choi on Taillon
Link to qualifying offer decisions
Link to Chris Gilligan on Bellinger
Link to EW on Bellinger’s bat
Link to Laurila on Walker
Link to Walker tweet
Link to FG post on Martin
Link to SIS on Yoshida
Link to Baumann on Bell
Link to projected payrolls
Link to draft lottery results
Link to ChatGPT explainer
Link to Rule 5 scouting reports
Link to thirstiness tweet
Link to Ohtani pillow
Link to Insider baseballs report
Link to 1939 story source
Link to The Baseball Reliquary
Link to Baseball Reliquary article
Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website
Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter

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JCCfromDCMember since 2016
2 years ago

Shout out for the use of “39” as the outro. It was the song that turned me on to Queen many, many years ago. I was listening to it and suddenly realized that this bouncy little tune was about the personal cost of the time dilation effect of near-lightspeed travel. Mind. Blown. Turns out that rock guitar god Brian May is also a PhD astrophysicist. Eat your heart out, Buckaroo Banzai.

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