Effectively Wild Episode 2138: Our Favorite Offseason Moves

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March 15, 2024

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Dylan Cease trade, the post-trade outlooks for the Padres and White Sox, and the incomparably chaotic Padres POBO A.J. Preller, then (31:22) discuss who the best pitcher in baseball is with Gerrit Cole on the shelf, Shohei Ohtani’s wife reveal (41:33), and (49:34) ESPN’s planned on-screen win probability graphic on Sunday Night Baseball. Finally (1:01:58), they draft (or at least list) their favorite trades and signings of the winter.

Audio intro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Clemens on Cease
Link to Rosenthal on Cease
Link to Getz quote about Cease
Link to DotF on the Cease trade
Link to BA on Preller’s prospect trades
Link to Padres farm rankings
Link to Kram on trading prospects
Link to Eric on Sox prospects
Link to team SP projections
Link to MLBTR on Kopech
Link to payrolls page
Link to Langs tweet
Link to Sam on best pitchers
Link to Ben on innings eaters
Link to non-pitcher projections
Link to pitcher projections
Link to Strider’s curve
Link to Shohei photo
Link to ESPN win probability tweet
Link to “calculating win probability”
Link to EW nVenue episode
Link to story on Toles
Link to story on Blooper
Link to Blooper wiki
Link to Longenhagen on Fedde
Link to MLBTR’s Cole update
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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Pat ListachioMember since 2020
1 year ago

Meg. I believe you did use “mid” correctly! As far as I can tell it’s a derisive term for “average,” which sure seems to describe the Red Sox.

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