Effectively Wild Episode 2278: We Shall Not Look Upon Their Like Again
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2025
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Max Scherzer and Jorge Polanco signings, Scherzer vs. Justin Verlander, and the changes in pitcher usage over the course of those pitchers’ careers. Then (20:17) they discuss stricter restrictions on the size of fielders’ gloves, and the merits of a tax in Meg’s county to help pay for the Diamondbacks’ ballpark renovations. Finally (55:54), they answer listener emails about designated “jersey guys,” rotating, pre-assigned pennant winners, and factors that could differentiate teams in their pursuits of free agents.
Audio intro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to FG post on Scherzer
Link to MLBTR on Polanco
Link to Ben on innings eaters
Link to article on headlights
Link to Patrick on gloves
Link to Ben on the foul lines
Link to Ben on pitcher limits
Link to Sam on errors
Link to AZ tax article
Link to deMause on the tax
Link to better-than-average effect
Link to franchise tag wiki
Link to Verducci on Burnes
Link to listener emails database
Link to Pete Rose Baseball
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| 0:00.0 | Stadblast, pass, blast and better for free. |
| 0:06.0 | Three new episodes for us each week. |
| 0:13.0 | Defectively, wild, bio, bio. Wilde, Higho, Wilde Wilde Fat in Me |
| 0:22.6 | Ohio, |
| 0:24.0 | Ohio, |
| 0:24.5 | Ohio, |
| 0:25.4 | Ohio, |
| 0:25.4 | wow and welcome to |
| 0:27.1 | episode 2278 of Effectively Wild, |
| 0:29.7 | a Fangraphs baseball podcast |
| 0:30.9 | brought to you |
| 0:31.4 | by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm Meg Rally of Fangraphs |
| 0:33.8 | and I am joined by |
| 0:34.5 | Ben Lindberg of the ringer. |
| 0:35.9 | Ben, |
| 0:36.3 | how are you? |
| 0:37.2 | I'm okay. Friday Pod. |
| 0:39.1 | Friday Pod. |
| 0:40.1 | Friday Pod. |
| 0:41.3 | Friday Pod. |
| 0:42.0 | Last pod, which was a Thursday pod, we talked about teams that had had the most demoralizing off-seasons. |
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