Well, at this moment, that's the same place he started last year at this time.

You know, we think that if he's a starter or a closer, that the extra earnings,

you know, the time that he spent getting ready for the season,

helped his break-em-baw, helped his split finger, and it helped his control.

So, you know, we're going to the same thing now.

Quite frankly, I don't know exactly where the talk came from.

Good morning, and welcome to episode 162 of Effectively Wild,

the Daily Podcast from Baseball Prospectus.

In New York, New York, I am, Ben Lindbergh, in Long Beach, California.

You are Sam Miller.

Hello, Sam. How are you?

I'm okay. I watched a baseball game today.

A World Baseball Classic game.

I did. I was just going to update you on what the score was right now,

because I figured you wouldn't know.

No, I didn't know.

I found some way that kids watch things on the internet these days,

probably from Europe or something, and I don't know.

I mean, it's possible that I did something illegal, and this might be my last episode.

If the feds come tomorrow.

See, you're the sort of person that MLB should be reaching out to

and trying to get interested in their product.

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