Effectively Wild Episode 2357: Pinstriped Panic
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about umpire Jen Pawol’s promotion to the majors, whether the MLB Speedway Classic lived up to its name, Nathan Eovaldi’s Gibsonian season, another big blow to the practice of pitcher hitting, a “breakout” question, an optimistic Twins take, the Yankees’ concerning (to Yankees fans) slide, Roman Anthony’s extension, whether MLB’s playoff picture is boring, Andrew Vaughn’s hot hitting, and the accuracy of a baseball scene on The Gilded Age.
Audio intro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Rockies comeback
Link to Pawol news
Link to Speedway Classic problems
Link to Speedway Classic record
Link to Gibson/Eovaldi stat
Link to Central League news
Link to Central League stats
Link to Ben on pitcher hitting
Link to Adell breakout post
Link to Sheehan on the Twins
Link to Paine on the Yankees
Link to BaseRuns records
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to team baserunning
Link to team defense
Link to Sam on hustle
Link to Ben on hustle
Link to team wins since June 1
Link to MLBTR on Anthony
Link to Vaughn leaderboard
Link to Davy on the playoff odds
Link to TGA question
Link to TGA episode
Link to Richard’s Strike Four
Link to SP FIP stat
Link to notable episodes list
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to |
| 0:01.8 | Wild |
| 0:02.5 | Hello and welcome to |
| 0:03.6 | Give me Effectively Wild |
| 0:04.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 2357 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:08.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 2357 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:14.0 | A Baseball podcast from Fangraphs presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:18.2 | I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Raleigh and |
| 0:22.3 | like the Rockies after going down 9-0 against the pirates before beating them 17 to 16. |
| 0:28.6 | We have come all the way back to your podcast apps a little later in the week than usual. |
| 0:33.9 | I guess I should say, Meg, you are of fan graphs. |
| 0:37.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:56.1 | Just in case that has not changed since last week. Hello. It has not changed. I am still of fan graphs. That is what I am of. Hello, how are you? Okay. You are in fact fancraft yourself. I am. So, yeah. Well, so much has happened since it's been a bit since we have potted, so we have a lot to catch up on. |
| 1:00.5 | But a bit of breaking news just before we got on the mic here. |
| 1:04.0 | We are about to meet a major leaguer this coming weekend. |
| 1:05.2 | Quite an exciting one. |
| 1:13.2 | Jen Powell will make her debut on the bases first and then behind home plate as a major league umpire. |
| 1:18.6 | First woman to ump a major league game long overdue, obviously. |
| 1:21.6 | And she's been waiting in the wings for quite a while. And we've talked a bit about that at various times. |
| 1:24.1 | But finally, I guess I'm happy that this is happening. I'm also happy that we got |
| 1:29.9 | the first female ump before robot umps. It doesn't seem like too much to ask some form of robot |
| 1:36.9 | umps that is. So I never know whether to call it there. People say, no, it's not robot umps. It's, |
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