Effectively Wild Episode 2365: MVP? Wait and See
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about sports equivalents to baseball’s bat crack, Colson Montgomery’s torpedo bat, reserving judgement on the MVP race, Francisco Alvarez’s minor league reset (and subsequent injury), a Kyle Tucker slump/injury update, the hot hitting of Giancarlo Stanton and Jakob Marsee, the Twins’ new knuckleballer, Pierson Ohl, and the ramifications of MLB’s impending deal with ESPN (and other broadcast partners), followed by (1:19:16) listener emails about a baserunner catching a pickoff throw, an ill-timed umpire sneeze, and the post-realignment future of MLB awards, plus (1:36:36) follow-ups.
Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to O’Neil clip
Link to bat-crack article 1
Link to bat-crack article 2
Link to bat-crack article 3
Link to bat-crack article 4
Link to bat-crack article 5
Link to tennis strings wiki
Link to catgut wiki
Link to WaPo on Changeover
Link to Changeover
Link to Nathan on Hang Up
Link to James on Montgomery
Link to previous Alvarez banter
Link to Alvarez leaderboard
Link to Tucker injury article
Link to Stanton leaderboard
Link to Marsee leaderboard
Link to Baumann on Marsee
Link to article on Ohl
Link to Yahoo broadcast report
Link to The Athletic broadcast report
Link to WSJ broadcast report
Link to The Athletic on ESPN’s plan
Link to MLBTR summary
Link to Hang Up on ESPN/NFL
Link to Cooper’s post
Link to enshittification wiki
Link to listener emails database
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | How do you calculate more? |
| 0:04.0 | Does it come from the heart? |
| 0:08.0 | Should we use defensive runs saved? |
| 0:14.0 | Or follow the OAA way? |
| 0:18.0 | Who's gone running with their quicks Hello and welcome |
| 0:21.1 | With their quips and opinions |
| 0:26.2 | It's Effectively Wild |
| 0:29.1 | Hello and welcome to episode 2365 |
| 0:33.1 | Of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from fan graphs |
| 0:36.4 | presented by our Patreon supporters. I am Ben Lindberg of The Ringer, a baseball podcast from FanGraphs presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:39.1 | I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Rally of FanGraphs. |
| 0:42.8 | Hello, Meg. |
| 0:43.5 | Hello. |
| 0:44.4 | Tried to inject a little suspense into there after the presented by. |
| 0:48.1 | Who is it presented by? |
| 0:49.2 | Who presented it? |
| 0:50.2 | Now, it's our Patreon supporters, as always. |
| 0:52.9 | Often them, you know? |
| 0:54.6 | It's just like really them since a while. |
| 0:58.5 | I don't know. |
| 0:59.3 | Several years. |
| 1:00.4 | Couldn't have done it with Adam. |
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