effectively what? Effect Wild. Hello and welcome to episode 225 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from

fan graphs presented by our Patreon supporters. I am Ben Lindbergh of the

ringer joined by Meg Rally of fan graphs. Hello. Hello. So we talked last time about whether

Juan Soto was getting less attention than he deserves maybe because he has teammates with someone who is getting even more

attention deservedly so but Aaron Judge having an other world a year Juan

Soto having an almost as otherworldly year.

So no sooner had we talked about that,

then Juan Soto was walked to get to Aaron Judge.

Yeah.

A little respect for W Soto showed by Grady Seismore, newly minted manager of the White Sox, who I guess was sick of seeing

Soto because Soto had hit three homers against them the day before and then had

hit a homer in that game. And then he decided to pick his poison and he picked Aaron Judge and

Aaron Judge was pretty poisonous too. He had a home run so that's kind of a no-win situation for anyone who is facing the Yankees. You know, you could choose one or the other. It's just not going to go well for you regardless.

Yeah, I mean, the White Sox are familiar with no one situations, aren't they?

Yes. Roo. are familiar with no one's situations, aren't they? Boud, just kind of rude of me, but mine did it anyway.

I do wonder about the psychology of that moment, because I'm sure you're right that he was just like I can't with this anymore like I'm enough enough one like enough with you already but like is it better or worse that it was Aaron judges was

this is 300th career home run this fairy one fewest games two three hundred

fewest at bats two three hundred ever this was the one so I I wonder

how the possibility of that factors for you as a manager because you're like I'm sick

on soo enough with this guy I'm tired of him

beating us I'd instead have the a l mb p beat us probably probably the a l mbPP. But the thing is like if you are the team that gives up a landmark home run to a guy

your failure isn't contained to that moment, you know, your failure is going to

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