Effectively Wild Episode 2429: Retire Rich

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January 21, 2026

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ha-Seong Kim and the perils of slipping on ice, the contrasting retirement comments of Mookie Betts and Rich Hill, more on the Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette signings, Goodhart’s law and baseball stats, the late Wilbur Wood, and the latest trends in Hall of Fame voting.

Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”
Audio outro: Sam Chess, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Kim story
Link to MLBTR on Kim
Link to Mateo signing
Link to team SS projection
Link to Cena/Mookie episode
Link to MLB.com on Mookie
Link to HUAL on Cena’s retirement
Link to Mookie’s other stream
Link to MLBTR on Hill
Link to “Retire” meme
Link to Hill on EW
Link to team LF projection
Link to team CF projection
Link to Dombrowski comment
Link to MLBTR on Jays offer
Link to Weaver’s Dodgers stat
Link to Clemens post
Link to barrels definition
Link to Andrews post
Link to Goodhart’s law wiki
Link to Wood obit
Link to Wood’s IP lead
Link to Sardell EW appearance
Link to Sardell’s penultimate projections
Link to Sardell’s final projections
Link to Jay’s results preview
Link to Jay on EW
Link to BBWAA announcement
Link to Jay on the results
Link to Jay’s Jones profile
Link to Jones battery report
Link to Jay’s Beltrán profile
Link to Felix leap stat
Link to Pettitte PEDs story
Link to Vizquel persuasion post
Link to Sam’s ballot
Link to Pollis on the results
Link to MLBTR on Robert

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