Effectively Wild Episode 2356: The Trade Lifeline

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about where they stand on two competing perceptions of this year’s trade deadline activity and why it turned out not to be a dudline, then discuss all the major storylines—including A.J. Preller’s all-in antics, the Twins’ teardown, Carlos Correa’s Houston reunion, and the closer carousel—before going through moves on […]

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0:00.0	Keep your company, they'll keep your sane.
0:05.9	A long bike ride or a slow work day.
0:11.2	Making Benwax about a playoff race.
0:17.1	Who's bats hide?
0:21.6	It's effectively wild
0:26.6	So stick around you'll be well beguiled
0:32.6	It's effectively wild
0:35.6	Like Nolan Ryan was
0:40.3	Sometimes
0:42.3	Hello and welcome to episode 2356 of Effectively Wild
0:47.3	A FanGravs baseball podcast
0:49.3	Brushed you by our Patreon supporters
0:50.3	I'm Meg Raleigh of Fangraphs and I am joined by Ben Limf. Almost, almost made it.
0:58.1	Made it about halfway through the name. Actually, more than halfway, halfway through the last name.
1:04.0	Ben Lindberg. That's it. How are you, Ben?
1:08.2	How are you? Which I was going to ask before that minor introductory stumble there.
1:14.6	Yeah.
1:15.2	You've been busy.
1:16.3	You just shepherded, what, 20-something posts to publication in the past day or so?
1:22.0	Well, I would be wildly remiss if I claimed shepherding as if I were the only shepherd.
1:29.9	Yeah, it doesn't preclude other shepherds being involved.
1:32.9	Oh, yeah.
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