Effectively Wild Episode 2041: The Trade Deadline Deals, Pt. 2
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2023
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
After the trade-deadline dust settles, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley break down the big deals from deadline eve and deadline day, starting with high-level trade-season takeaways (reunions, top prospects, hitters vs. pitchers, missing star power) and then zooming in on almost every team as they discuss the Justin Verlander trade, the AL West arms race, and Framber Valdez’s no-hitter, the Mets’ sell-off, the Padres’ non-sell-off (and the itinerant Rich Hill), the Mariners’ middle course, the Orioles’ prospect-hugging, a number of contending teams’ lack of activity, and more, plus pedantry, follow-ups, and a Future Blast (1:21:57) from 2041.
Audio intro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to FG trade-post roundup
Link to FG post on unmade trades
Link to Langs on division leads
Link to Jay on the Valdez no-no
Link to BP on Valdez
Link to tweet about Hill in 2024
Link to February Angelos comments
Link to Elias quote 1
Link to Elias quote 2
Link to Elias quote 3
Link to Boone deadline quote
Link to Bloom comment
Link to Rodriguez veto explanation
Link to Kram on deadline W+L
Link to Clemens on deadline W+L
Link to FG farm rankings
Link to Elks record story
Link to Milwaukee punching bag
Link to Mikolas EW episode
Link to Josh Beck EW episode
Link to Rick Wilber’s website
Link to Future Blast wiki
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| 0:00.0 | Number one fan grabs baseball hardcasts |
| 0:04.7 | The stack casts the stack blasts |
| 0:07.3 | T-O-P-S plus when the stats need contrast |
| 0:11.6 | Zips and steamer for the forecats |
| 0:14.4 | Carming the high, big boss on a hovercraft |
| 0:18.4 | No notes, minor league free agent draft |
| 0:22.0 | Burn the ships, flames jumping, pouring down |
| 0:25.4 | Count FEMA, boning on the bad shaft |
| 0:28.6 | Fingers on the buck feet, deficit your heart and seat |
| 0:32.0 | Games always better with the pivot A-Roo spread sheet |
| 0:35.8 | No ads, subscribers will support us |
| 0:38.8 | Room, room fast, so you can slog the rig of mortis |
| 0:42.6 | Hello and welcome to episode 2041 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:45.9 | A fan grabs baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:48.9 | I'm Meg Raleigh, a fan grabs and I'm joined as always |
| 0:51.1 | by Ben Limberger of the ringer Ben, how are you? |
| 0:53.5 | We're in the calm after the storm |
| 0:55.8 | That post-trade deadline refractory period |
| 0:59.3 | Where all the teams are spent just lying around |
| 1:02.8 | It's sweating, fans are basking in the glow of the transaction activity |
| 1:07.6 | Just asking each other was it as good for you as it was for me |
| 1:11.2 | And for some fan bases it was better than others |
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