Effectively Wild Episode 2067: The Playoff Frankenstein Draft

October 3, 2023

EWFI
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mariners, the Cubs, and other teams that just missed the playoffs, discuss the firings of Giants manager Gabe Kapler and Mets manager Buck Showalter (19:21), and then (32:51) bring on FanGraphs writers Michael Baumann and Ben Clemens to assemble an ultimate playoff team by drafting components of existing playoff teams: hitting, baserunning, defense, starting pitching, relief pitching, and managing.

Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Raleigh comments
Link to Raleigh apology
Link to Woodruff update
Link to FG playoff predictions
Link to BP on Framber
Link to study on waiting in line
Link to Petriello on the Rays pen
Link to Petriello on playoff Castellanos
Link to more on playoff Castellanos
Link to even more on playoff Castellanos
Link to preseason predictions pod
Link to preseason predictions standings