Effectively Wild Episode 2249: Our Bold Preseason Predictions, Revisited

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Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, Ben Clemens, Michael Baumann, and podcast scorekeeper Chris Hanel convene to play “College Baseball Player or Fictional Republican Politician?” and reveal the victors of the 2024 minor league free agent draft and bold preseason predictions game, including recaps of each prediction.

Audio intro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme
Audio outro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme

Link to minor league FA draft pod
Link to draft wiki
Link to past draft research
Link to 2024 bold predictions pod
Link to 2024 bold predictions wiki
Link to 2023 predictions recap
Link to preseason predictions wiki
Link to drafts/competitions sheet
Link to “WDJDD?” song
Link to Ohtani scrum count
Link to EW guests spreadsheet
Link to Baumann on 300 Ks
Link to Chris’s website
Link to Support Class
Link to Patreon gift subs
Link to Secret Santa sign-up form

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seattlefan68Member since 2018
10 days ago

For the Minor League FA, do only the BF from the original team they were on count? I ask because I noticed that Daulton Jefferies and Ricky Vanasco’s total BF in the sheet only match their total for one team rather than their season total. Wouldn’t affect this season’s results but more of a curiosity.

TwinkiePowerMember since 2020
10 days ago
Reply to  seattlefan68

Thanks for catching that, that was a small code bug that wasn’t properly parsing totals when players were on multiple teams. I’ll update the numbers on the wiki and the competitions sheet. -Chris