Effectively Wild Episode 1151: Performance-Enhancing Antlers
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2017
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter (and bantler?) about more Marlins trade requests, the Yankees’ outlook for 2018, antler-rubbing bats vs. bone-rubbing bats, and a scout quote about Shohei Ohtani, then discuss the financial implications of the weekend’s big Braves-Dodgers trade, the effects of the luxury tax, and the latest Manny Machado trade rumors.
Audio intro: Midlake, "Chasing After Deer"
Audio outro: The Tragically Hip, "The Luxury"
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| 0:00.0 | You're always chasing after a deer. |
| 0:06.0 | Oh my dear. |
| 0:09.0 | Oh my dear. |
| 0:13.0 | And through the meadow I can hear my fears. |
| 0:25.0 | Oh my fears. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1151 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from |
| 0:33.0 | Fan Gras was presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Jeff Sullivan of Fan Gras. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello. |
| 0:41.0 | Hello. |
| 0:42.0 | Just before we started recording, I saw a rumor or maybe it's news reported by Craig Misch, |
| 0:48.0 | the host for a serious XM, and it made me think of our buddy Laz from last week, |
| 0:53.0 | evidently, according to his source, JT Ryle Mudo has requested a trade from the Marlins |
| 0:59.0 | and wasn't he one of the ones that Laz is particularly attached to and was hoping |
| 1:04.0 | would not go anywhere. |
| 1:05.0 | Yep. |
| 1:06.0 | Yeah, he wants to go somewhere. |
| 1:08.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.0 | All of the good ones do. |
| 1:10.0 | Why wouldn't they? |
| 1:11.0 | I mean, if you're a Christian Yell, if he's under the most control, right? |
| 1:15.0 | He's got, what, five more years, four more years? |
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