Effectively Wild Episode 2102: The Dodgers Are Buying a Waaampionship
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2023
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Baseball Prospectus editor-in-chief Craig Goldstein discuss all the fallout from the Dodgers’ record-breaking signing of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, including how it affects fan perceptions of the Dodgers, whether it’s good for MLB to have a heel, whether there’s a more virtuous way to win, the terms of the contract and their expectations for Yamamoto, whether the Dodgers will make even more moves, the impact on the teams that missed out on Yamamoto, and much more.
Audio intro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to “most important signing”
Link to Craig on Yamamoto
Link to Craig on Glasnow
Link to Eric on Yamamoto
Link to previous EW on Yamamoto
Link to FG payroll page
Link to Dodgers depth chart
Link to Dodgers contracts list
Link to Eno on Yamamoto
Link to Rosenthal on Yamamoto
Link to Rosenthal on other offers
Link to Harris on Ohtani’s deal
Link to story on Dodgers spending
Link to Passan on Yamamoto
Link to criminals spreadsheet
Link to Ben on Japanese pitchers
Link to Ben on Mookie
Link to Ben on October Dodgers
Link to Kram on October Dodgers
Link to Ben on spending/winning
Link to Ardaya on Syndergaard
Link to Sam on sad Kershaw
Link to Zimmerman on pitcher height
Link to Grant on Yamamoto
Link to Berman tweet
Link to Giants’ Ohtani offer
Link to article on Red Sox
Link to Five and Dive
Link to PECOTA release
Link to Baseball Byways blog
Link to Arenado article
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| 0:00.0 | Romantic, pedantic, and hypothetical, semantic and frantic, real or theoretical, they give you the stats and they give you the news. |
| 0:09.1 | It's a baseball's podcast you should choose. |
| 0:12.2 | Effectively wild is here for you |
| 0:15.0 | about all the weird stuff that players do. |
| 0:18.0 | Authentically strange and objectively styled. |
| 0:21.0 | Let's play ball. |
| 0:23.0 | It's effectively wild. |
| 0:26.0 | It's effectively wild. |
| 0:29.0 | It's effectively wild. |
| 0:30.0 | It's effectively wild. Hello and welcome to episode 2102 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from |
| 0:40.6 | Fancrafts. I am Ben Lindbergh of the ringer. Not joined today by Meg |
| 0:44.4 | rally who is traveling. Also traveling from the Oric's buffaloes to the |
| 0:49.0 | Los Angeles Dodgers is Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Yes, the Dodgers have done it again, |
| 0:55.0 | signing him to a 12-year $325 million |
| 0:58.0 | deal that, some might say, is the most important signing |
| 1:01.0 | in Dodgers history since last week. And here to discuss that is a friend of the show, |
| 1:06.0 | Craig Goldstein, editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, co-host of Five and Dive, |
| 1:11.2 | and yes, it must be be said fan of the Los Angeles |
| 1:14.4 | Dodgers hello Craig. Hello Ben how are you doing today doing well just us guys |
| 1:19.4 | just broing out here we were joking about the masculine energy that we're bringing to this podcast just a moment ago. |
| 1:29.3 | The two of us dripping with testosterone as usual. |
| 1:32.1 | Very curious about whether you're going to embrace the heel roll here as a Dodgers fan or defend the Dodgers. |
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