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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 1939: It All Happened

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley break down the rest of the action from the Winter Meetings, including Arson Judge not signing with the Giants, Aaron Judge re-signing with the Yankees, the Padres missing out on Judge and Trea Turner, the Dodgers’ lack of interest in Carlos Correa, the Giants signing Mitch Haniger, the Cardinals signing Willson Contreras, the Cubs signing Jameson Taillon and Cody Bellinger, the going rate for mid-rotation starters, the Phillies signing Taijuan Walker and Matt Strahm, the secret to Dave Dombrowski’s owner cajoling, the Mets signing José Quintana, whether Steve Cohen has a spending limit, the Rangers signing Andrew Heaney, the Guardians signing Josh Bell, the Red Sox signing Kenley Jansen, Chris Martin, and Masataka Yoshida, the first draft lottery, the podcast’s thirstiness, and more, plus a Past Blast from 1939.

Audio intro: Eleventh Dream Day, “The Arsonist
Audio outro: Queen, “’39

Link to Manfred comments
Link to more Manfred comments
Link to Rob on competitive balance
Link to Arson Judge saga
Link to “the grink” tweet
Link to Heyman “grink” tweet
Link to Jay on Judge
Link to Dan on Judge
Link to Padres/Judge rumors
Link to Rosenthal on Correa
Link to Time feature on Judge
Link to Ben Clemens on Haniger
Link to Baumann on Contreras
Link to Justin Choi on Taillon
Link to qualifying offer decisions
Link to Chris Gilligan on Bellinger
Link to EW on Bellinger’s bat
Link to Laurila on Walker
Link to Walker tweet
Link to FG post on Martin
Link to SIS on Yoshida
Link to Baumann on Bell
Link to projected payrolls
Link to draft lottery results
Link to ChatGPT explainer
Link to Rule 5 scouting reports
Link to thirstiness tweet
Link to Ohtani pillow
Link to Insider baseballs report
Link to 1939 story source
Link to The Baseball Reliquary
Link to Baseball Reliquary article
Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website
Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter

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0:00.0

Some suspect there was an arsonist

0:04.0

Through hand drawn to releases

0:08.0

That's the case, that's someone else

0:14.0

With it taken up these pieces

0:18.0

I wish I could leave

0:24.0

With enough alone

0:26.0

Right fire in ghosts and losses

0:30.0

Stolars in my bones, flolars in my bones

0:34.0

Hello and welcome to episode 19-39 of Effectively Wild

0:38.0

The photographs baseball podcast brought to you by Patreon supporters

0:42.0

I'm Meg Raleigh, and I'm joined as always by Ben Lemberg of the Writer Ben, how are you?

0:46.0

I am glad that you're back just in time

0:48.0

Because we are taking on transactions faster than we can bail over here

0:52.0

And over there where you are

0:54.0

I'm also happy you're back just because you're not as sick as you were

0:58.0

So glad you're doing a bit better

1:02.0

Yeah, thanks, you know, I'm here to tell you me too

1:06.0

I appreciate, I feel like I've been gone a lot, I like it

1:10.0

You know, the holidays are like good

1:12.0

It's because you had the flu, that's not as good a reason

1:16.0

Exactly

1:16.0

To see a family or take a trip or something

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