Effectively Wild Episode 1940: Shipping Out of Boston by Ben Lindbergh December 9, 2022 Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their AI chatbot counterparts, then discuss the ramifications of the Padres signing Xander Bogaerts (12:58), the significance of the Red Sox losing Bogaerts and the trend toward very long-term contracts (51:26), and a report about multiple models of the baseball being used during the 2022 season (1:19:59), plus updates and a Past Blast from 1940 (1:49:43). Audio intro: Pixies, “Get Simulated” Audio outro: Parker Gispert, “Life in the Goldilocks Zone” Link to ChatGPT Link to OpenAI Link to ChatGPT intro script Link to Dan S. on Bogaerts Link to Nightengale tweets Link to team payroll breakdown Link to story on Bogaerts leaving Link to story on Bloom Link to story on Story Link to Kram on the Meetings Link to Stark on long contracts Link to hitter aging curves Link to Kovalchuk story Link to new baseballs report Link to last year’s report Link to last year’s EW episode Link to 1940 story source Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Link to over-30 lineups study Link to 1985 automatic runner ref Link to other 1985 ref Link to giant Turner tweet Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com https://media.blubrry.com/effectively_wild/cdn-podcasts.fangraphs.com/EffectivelyWildEpisode1940.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS