Effectively Wild Episode 1614: The Most Difficult Free-Agent Contracts Draft

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Jeff Luhnow’s lawsuit against the Astros and Max Muncy’s and Joe Kelly’s comments about MLB’s permeable postseason quasi-bubble, then conduct their sixth annual free-agent-contract over/under draft. Audio intro: The Clash, "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" Audio outro: The Electric Prunes, "Sold to the Highest Bidder" Link to […]

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0:00.0	Everybody wants a fumble right?
0:03.0	On the rock and roll the cold style
0:06.0	And we went out and got on with it
0:09.0	It's for print on the poster
0:12.0	A cozy, got a manager
0:15.0	Oh yeah, I'm happy yeah
0:18.0	A contract is a contract
0:21.0	When the girl out on girl
0:24.0	Hello and welcome to episode 1614 of Effectively Wild
0:29.0	baseball podcast from FanGraphs presented by our Patreon supporters on the
0:33.0	Limpurg of the Ringer joined by Yes PNs Samueler
0:37.0	Hello Sam
0:38.0	Hello
0:39.0	Hi
0:40.0	One of the reasons I was sort of pessimistic about this offseason was the
0:44.0	prospect of relitigating the sign stealing scandal again
0:48.0	But I was not expecting actual litigation which is now what's happening
0:52.0	So Jeff Luna sued the asteris on Monday morning for breach of contract
0:58.0	And he is alleging that he should not have been fired for cause
1:03.0	He should have been fired just like most GMs are fired where they're entitled to
1:08.0	Whatever their contract called for and because he was fired for cause
1:12.0	The asteris got out of the money that he was owed which he says in the suit
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