Effectively Wild Episode 2413: Allons-y, Alonso
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2025
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Garrett Stubbs and the latest example of eyebrow-raising off-the-field Phillies behavior (content warning: adult breast milk consumption), then (14:58) discuss the Pete Alonso signing from the Orioles’ and Mets’ perspectives, Stat Blast (47:09) about teams losing long-tenured/productive players and rapid roster turnover among title winners, and recap (1:05:25) a smattering of transactions to put a bow on the week of Winter Meetings.
Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to cursed Stubbs TikTok
Link to info on breast milk drinking
Link to bodybuilders and breast milk
Link to Stubbs on EW
Link to Phillies himbo article 1
Link to Phillies himbo article 2
Link to FG post on Alonso
Link to Alonso’s career splits
Link to O’s vs. LHP
Link to Sheehan on the O’s
Link to O’s offense sim
Link to team SP projections
Link to Post cover 1
Link to Post cover 2
Link to “Headless Body in Topless Bar”
Link to Stat Blast spreadsheet
Link to FG post on Suarez
Link to FG post on Yastrzemski
Link to FG post on Finnegan
Link to FG post on Thomas
Link to over/under draft results
Link to MLBTR on Garcia
Link to MLBTR on Rogers
Link to Hughes/Fitzy story
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, the curveballs bend and the home runs fly. |
| 0:03.6 | More to the game that meets the eye to get the stats compiled and the stories filed. |
| 0:09.8 | Fans on the internet might get riled, but we can break it down on Effectively Wild. |
| 0:18.1 | Hello and welcome to episode 2413 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Fangraphs, presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:27.7 | I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Rally of Fangraphs. Hello, Meg. |
| 0:32.3 | Hello. Meg, I'm mad at you. |
| 0:34.9 | Oh, no, why? What did I do? |
| 0:36.6 | Well, I was blissfully unaware that Philly's backup catcher and former effectively wild guest, |
| 0:43.2 | Garrett Stubbs, had posted a TikTok. |
| 0:45.4 | I forgot he was on the pod. |
| 0:47.4 | He was on the pod. |
| 0:49.0 | I forgot he was on the pod. |
| 0:51.8 | He posted a TikTok of himself taking a shot of his wife's breast milk. |
| 0:57.5 | And I did not know that. |
| 1:00.2 | And I might have forever remained unaware of that. |
| 1:04.3 | If you hadn't signal boosted it on blue sky and brought it to my attention, I guess now I am committing the same crime against our listeners, |
| 1:13.9 | because now I'm making all of them aware of this against their will. |
| 1:18.1 | Are the Phillies okay? |
| 1:19.8 | No. |
| 1:20.5 | The answer is that, no, they're not okay. |
| 1:23.3 | They're not. |
| 1:23.7 | What is happening in this clubhouse? |
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