Effectively Wild Episode 2252: There’s Gold in Them Thar Bats

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December 4, 2024

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their obliviousness to Juan Soto signing rumors, what should count as a team claiming to have tried to sign someone, a rash of recent real signings, the strength of the free agent market so far, the Dodgers’ accounting tactics and misperceptions about deferrals, the decline in therapeutic use exemptions to MLB’s joint drug policy, and (44:17) the pros and cons of the controversial “golden at-bat” idea that was recently mooted by Rob Manfred.

Audio intro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Passan’s Soto tweet
Link to MLBTR’s Soto stories
Link to The Athletic’s Soto report
Link to MLBTR’s top 50 FA
Link to FG’s top 50 FA
Link to We Tried Tracker post 1
Link to We Tried Tracker post 2
Link to We Tried Tracker
Link to FG post on Montas
Link to FG post on Boyd
Link to Cubs spending rumor
Link to FG post on Higashioka
Link to FG post on Edman
Link to Becker on Snell
Link to Becker on Edman
Link to 2009 TUE story
Link to 2016 TUE story
Link to Russell on TUEs
Link to 2024 testing stats
Link to Bluesky bot
Link to pudding expression
Link to Delilah wiki
Link to Manfred pod appearance
Link to Stark article
Link to Bananas rule
Link to EW gift subscriptions
Link to Secret Santa sign-up form

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