Effectively Wild Episode 1943: Weird Decisions

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December 16, 2022

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Yankees signing Carlos Rodón, Rodón’s recent trajectory and future, New York teams at the top of the payroll leaderboard and starting-pitcher projections, the career of the late Curt Simmons, and the perfect pace of this offseason. Then (31:06) they answer listener emails about the best players to pick for a snowball fight, using the same baseball throughout a game, Steve Cohen and sportswashing, persuading Pirates owner Bob Nutting to spend, Nutting and A Christmas Carol, a lottery for a free agent Shohei Ohtani, and a baseball rope-a-dope strategy, plus a Past Blast from 1943, musings on the Red Sox designating Jeter Downs for assignment, and a postscript on late-breaking transactions and a pedantic observation about the term “DFA.”

Audio intro: The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, “New York”
Audio outro: The Orchids, “Mr. Scrooge”

Link to Ben Clemens on Rodón
Link to Jake Mintz on Rodón
Link to info on Rodón non-tender
Link to team payrolls
Link to SP depth charts
Link to Craig Wright on Simmons
Link to Pages From Baseball’s Past
Link to “The Homer They Fall”
Link to EW emails database
Link to 1943 story source
Link to info on Ullenberg
Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website
Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter
Link to MLBTR on Downs
Link to MLBTR on Benintendi
Link to MLBTR on Gallo
Link to MLBTR on Hosmer
Link to Secret Santa sign-up sheet
Link to Secret Santa FB thread

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