If baseball were different, how different would it be?

And if this thought haunted dreams will stick around and see what

Ben and Meg have to say philosophically

And penantically, it's effectively wild

Effectively wild!

Hello and welcome to episode 2040 of Effectively Wild

A baseball podcast from Vangrass, presented by our Patreon supporters

I am Ben Benberg of the ringer joined by Meg Rally of Vangrass, hello Meg

Hello Ben

So I've talked in the past about my admiration, appreciation for players

Who manage to stay on major league rosters without actually playing

And somehow they keep that roster spot, it's valuable real estate

And yet teams carry them for one reason or another and Charlie Culberson

I think has potentially, he has broken new ground when it comes to being a big leaker

Without ever being seen in a game

So I've talked about some notables when it comes to this in the past

I know last year we talked about Guillermo Heredia of Atlanta

Who himself was very much in this category

He spent the entire 2022 season on the active roster

He was on the roster I think 167 of 172 games or days

But barely played, he got 82 played appearances in 74 games

Which was just really like by far the fewest played appearances

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