Effectively Wild Episode 2350: Back in the Swing-Off Things
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a rare prediction by Ben, related to two players who were recently swapped by the Pirates and Royals, Adam Frazier and Cam Devanney. Then (13:52) they mark the podcast’s 13th birthday and launch a “2025 in 2025” plea for Patreon support before (24:19) discussing several of the most intriguing storylines of the rest of the season. After that (1:11:35), they wrap up with listener emails about non-MLB Home Run Derby prospects and the Royals’ perfect pitch-clock management.
Audio intro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
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| 0:00.0 | With Ben Lindberg and McRolley, come for the ball, and the banters free. |
| 0:08.1 | Baseball is a simulation. |
| 0:10.9 | It's all just one big conversation. |
| 0:17.6 | Effectively Wild. |
| 0:20.7 | Hello and welcome to episode 2350 of Effectively Wild, a fan grafts baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:27.5 | I'm Meg Raleigh of Fangraps, and I am joined by Ben Lindberg of the ringer. |
| 0:30.6 | Ben, how are you? |
| 0:31.7 | I am moved to make a prediction, which you know I'm loath to do. |
| 0:36.8 | Your least favorite. |
| 0:37.8 | I think I'm going to take the plunge and make a minor low stakes prediction. |
| 0:42.8 | It's almost a bet, but a bet without stakes, but predicting and betting both things that I rarely do. |
| 0:49.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:49.7 | But I'm going to do one, I think, related to the Royals who have still not called up Rich Hill, |
| 0:56.3 | who struck out 10 Toledo mudhens in five innings of one run ball before the break, |
| 1:02.1 | becoming the first 45-year-old with double-digit Ks in a pro game since Nolan Ryan, |
| 1:07.9 | according to MLP.com, yeah. |
| 1:10.5 | But this prediction is not actually related to Rich Hill. |
| 1:13.6 | I just wanted to support him and take a shot at the Royals for letting him languish in AAA. |
| 1:19.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:19.8 | But I guess he will not have a new teammate now, but a former teammate of Rich Hills will be on the move to the Pirates because the Royals |
| 1:30.0 | and Pirates made a trade. |
| 1:31.7 | I know it's about the least exciting start to the post-all-Star break trade deadline |
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