Effectively Wild Episode 1657: The Stars Were Bright, Fernando
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2021
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Baltimore Orioles trending on Twitter because of their 0.0 percent FanGraphs playoff odds, what that figure really signifies, and how teams tend to respond to pessimistic projections, then break down why the record-breaking 14-year extension signed by superstar shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. is a windfall for him, great news for fans of the Padres, and a boon to baseball. After that (35:10), they celebrate Prospect Week at FanGraphs by bringing on lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen to discuss his brand-new ranking of the top prospects in baseball, which organizations’ prospect strengths stand out, the potential of Wander Franco, Jasson Dominguez, and other intriguing talents, which prospects were most affected by the pandemic, whether there were any developmental upsides to playing at alternate sites, the upcoming draft classes, why Tatis was originally underrated, the now-complete career of Tim Tebow, and more.
Audio intro: Guns N’ Roses, "14 Years"
Audio interstitial: Hinds, "San Diego"
Audio outro: Matthew Sweet, "Coming Soon"
Link to @MLB playoff odds tweet
Link to Means on the Orioles’ playoff odds
Link to Ben Clemens on the Tatis extension
Link to Big League Advance EW interview episode
Link to Sportico on Tatis and BLA
Link to Ken Rosenthal on Tatis and BLA
Link to Eric’s Top 100-ish prospects
Link to Kevin on pandemic-hampered prospects
Link to Eric and Kevin’s 2022 picks to click
Link to Eric’s draft rankings
Link to story about Daniel Lynch
Link to NASA Perseverance press release
Link to Pinstriped Prospects Dominguez tweet
Link to Fernando Perez EW interview episode
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| 0:00.0 | You just don't step inside to the bottom of your team yet |
| 0:07.0 | So hot to keep my order |
| 0:10.0 | That's what I say to you |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm laughing with the light |
| 0:16.0 | I'm hanging on your street |
| 0:20.0 | I was a dog |
| 0:23.0 | And I tried to bait |
| 0:26.0 | And I tried to bait |
| 0:30.0 | And I tried to bait |
| 0:34.0 | And I tried to bait |
| 0:38.0 | And I tried to bait |
| 0:42.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1657 |
| 0:46.0 | Effectively wild a baseball contest from Bandraffs presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:50.0 | I am Ben Minberg of the ringer joined by Meg Rally of Bandraffs |
| 0:54.0 | Hello Meg |
| 0:56.0 | Earlier this week I noticed on Twitter that the Baltimore Orioles were trending |
| 1:00.0 | And I thought to myself, why in the world? |
| 1:02.0 | With the lowly Baltimore Orioles be trending today |
| 1:06.0 | And it turns out it was your fault |
| 1:08.0 | I mean not you personally |
| 1:10.0 | But you the editorial second person plural |
| 1:14.0 | It was fangrass fault because MLB, the MLB Twitter account tweeted out the fangrass playoff odds |
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