Effectively Wild Episode 1945: We Wish Carlos the Best
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2022
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley break down every incredible angle of the biggest twist of the MLB offseason: free agent Carlos Correa’s overnight pivot from a 13-year agreement with the San Francisco Giants to a 12-year deal with the New York Mets. After their incredulous Correa reactions, they close with a few thoughts on the Pirates’ latest innovation in the realm of announcing signings (this one involving Austin Hedges), Aaron Judge and the Yankees’ captaincy, and their intention to talk about Brandon Drury and the Angels, plus a Past Blast from 1945.
Audio intro: Fruit Bats, “Stunned One”
Audio outro: The Weakerthans, “Hymn of the Medical Oddity”
Link to Ben L. on Correa
Link to Ben C. on Correa
Link to Boras comments
Link to Verducci on Correa
Link to Heyman’s report
Link to Heyman on Cohen
Link to The Athletic on Correa
Link to Emma’s tweet
Link to team payrolls
Link to team depth charts
Link to 2003 Onion story
Link to Astudillo report
Link to R.J.’s Pirates tweet
Link to Jeter video
Link to MLBTR on McCann
Link to 1945 story source
Link to SABR on Robinson’s signing
Link to SABR on Wright
Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website
Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're a stun one, squinting to the morning sun |
| 0:06.6 | And hoping that it doesn't burn your eyes away |
| 0:12.8 | You're from the old God, but praying to the new God |
| 0:19.8 | And hoping for a thunderbolt to take the pain |
| 0:26.2 | The way you walk |
| 0:29.2 | Hello and welcome to episode 1945 of Effectively Wild, a fan-graphed baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:36.2 | I'm Meg Raleigh of FanGraphs and I'm joined as always by Ben Limberg of the Ringer |
| 0:40.2 | Ben! |
| 0:41.2 | What a... what a day! |
| 0:44.2 | This is a barn burner of a topic we've got to talk about today |
| 0:48.2 | Wow, wow! |
| 0:50.2 | That's so much to discuss, so much to discuss |
| 0:52.2 | This is one of those rare times, that's so rare |
| 0:55.2 | But probably should be rare when I am happy that I am awake at all hours |
| 1:00.2 | Because I can experience just the wildest baseball news from time to time in real time |
| 1:07.2 | So... |
| 1:08.2 | You're talking about Wollion's Estadios, right? |
| 1:12.2 | Well, yeah, that was the first news that... |
| 1:15.2 | Did I step on your joke? |
| 1:16.2 | I was, of course, going to mention it at some point |
| 1:18.2 | But, yeah, Haven broke the Wollion's Estadios, signing with the Softbank Hock's News |
| 1:23.2 | Immediately after, or not immediately, but it was the first non-carlos-carre news that he had broken |
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