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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 2137: Season Preview Series: Astros and Athletics

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Baseball, Sports

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the latest on Gerrit Cole’s elbow and how his uncertain status might affect free agents Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery, then preview the 2024 Houston Astros (23:42) with The Athletic’s Chandler Rome, and the 2024 Oakland (for now?) Athletics (1:12:15) with The Athletic’s Melissa Lockard.

Audio intro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme
Audio interstitial 1: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme
Audio interstitial 2: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme
Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme

Link to Post report on Cole
Link to MLBTR on Cole
Link to MLBTR on Cease
Link to Astros offseason tracker
Link to Astros depth chart
Link to Dusty’s comments
Link to Ruby’s website
Link to BP on Framber
Link to Chandler on McCormick
Link to Chandler’s Athletic archive
Link to A’s offseason tracker
Link to A’s depth chart
Link to Gelof leaderboard
Link to Miller’s velo
Link to BA farm rankings
Link to BP farm rankings
Link to KLaw farm rankings
Link to A’s ballpark coverage
Link to Rooker EW episode
Link to Ballers EW episode
Link to Melissa’s Athletic archive
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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0:00.0

Hey folks, just a quick note before we get started, as we'll soon become apparent.

0:03.7

We recorded the rest of this episode before the San Diego Disruptor A.J. Preller traded three of the team's

0:09.1

top ten prospects, Drew Thorpe, Samuel's Vala, and High wrote Uriarte.

0:13.0

Plus reliever Stephen Wilson to the White Sox for Dylan Cease.

0:16.5

In the intro today we do talk a bit about Cease as a possible alternative to signing,

0:21.0

one of Scott Boris's big pitching clients, Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery,

0:24.0

well now that alternative is taken. So for any team that's on the market for a replacement

0:28.1

for a pitcher who's suffering from say elbow woes, Scott's gotcha where he wants you.

0:32.4

You'll also hear us implore the executive is involved. say elbow woes. wows, Scots gotcha where he wants you.

0:32.6

You'll also hear us implore the executive is involved

0:35.0

in all of these negotiations

0:36.2

to consummate their transactions.

0:37.8

Prior to our recording the podcast,

0:39.8

clearly that didn't happen here.

0:41.3

Though we hadn't published the pod yet, so they hadn't heard our plea.

0:43.7

Most of what we said holds up just fine, and of course we'll be back tomorrow to discuss this

0:47.5

Padres White Sox trade and much more.

0:49.5

On with the episode. put them in this in the people talk I want to hear about baseball with new ones and both the instats.

1:07.0

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

1:10.0

Give me, give me, give me, give me, give me,

1:13.2

give me, effectively wild.

1:14.6

Give me, give me, give me effectively wild.

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