Effectively Wild Episode 2329: In the Zone
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2025
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the most exciting prospects who haven’t yet made the majors but should soon (including Jac Caglianone, Roman Anthony, Bubba Chandler, and Andrew Painter), the struggles of once-ballyhooed trade targets Sandy Alcantara and Luis Robert Jr., the recent rebounds of Emmanuel Clase and Devin Williams, the returns of Mike Trout, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Spencer Strider, the differing trajectories of former Reds relievers Fernando Cruz and Alexis Díaz, the surprisingly successful and homegrown Yankees, the looming specter of Craig Kimbrel, watching Paul Skenes, what baseball would be like with man defense, not zone, and teams whose playoff odds have increased or decreased the most in the season’s first two months.
Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to WhatIfSports offer page
Link to Passan on prospects
Link to MLBTR on Caglianone
Link to MiLB leaderboard
Link to FG prospect rankings
Link to Pipeline rankings
Link to team OF WAR
Link to FG Royals prospects
Link to Dan S. on Jac
Link to BaseRuns standings
Link to team SP WAR
Link to SB leaders
Link to team wRC+
Link to FIP since 4/26
Link to MLBTR on Jobe
Link to MLBTR on Díaz
Link to ERA-FIP gap
Link to Kimbrel contract info
Link to Tobias clip
Link to playoff odds changes
Link to Contreras article 1
Link to Contreras article 2
Link to Maldonado article
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| 0:00.0 | Effectively Wild, Effectively Wild, Effectively Wild. |
| 0:10.0 | Effectively Wild. |
| 0:12.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 2329 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from FanGraphs, presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:25.7 | I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Rally of FanGraphs. Hello, Meg. |
| 0:30.4 | Hello. |
| 0:31.5 | Which would you say are the most exciting prospects who have not yet been promoted, but will probably be promoted this season. |
| 0:42.0 | Well, it's so funny that you asked that, Ben, because I feel like there are two obvious answers to this question. |
| 0:48.8 | The first is Roman Anthony of the Bastion Red Sox who are, they're having a rough little time here, those Red Sox. |
| 0:59.2 | They're making all of the optimistic fangrass writers who picked them for things, including me for the World Series win, look foolish. |
| 1:08.5 | 27 and 31. |
| 1:11.2 | Get it together, Boston. |
| 1:13.0 | I'm nice to you one time. |
| 1:15.7 | You learned your lesson. |
| 1:17.3 | Yeah, never again. |
| 1:18.8 | But Roman Anthony is perhaps the most obvious answer. |
| 1:25.0 | Roman Anthony who is batting 309, 441, 514 at AAA at this moment. As we record on |
| 1:34.1 | Friday the 30th, he's a 158 WRC plus there walking 19% of the time, striking out 21% of |
| 1:40.9 | the time. Seems good. You know, that seems good. Eight home runs, three steals. |
| 1:44.7 | That'll play. |
| 1:46.3 | You know, he's a consensus top guy. |
| 1:48.2 | Number one prospect for some. |
| 1:50.6 | I think number two for us at this moment. |
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