Effectively Wild Episode 2427: Holo Victory
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley analyze the latest additions to the AL East: Ryan Weathers to the Yankees and Ranger Suárez to the Red Sox. Then (26:52) they bring on top-tier Patreon supporter Jon Norton to answer listener emails about players who’ve repeatedly signed one-year contracts, whether they would want to play in an MLB game, how impressive switch-hitting should be, WAR without players who took PEDs, and the all-time greatness of Star Trek legend Buck Bokai.
Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to FG post on Weathers
Link to FG post on Suárez
Link to team SP depth charts
Link to team depth charts WAR
Link to over/under draft standings
Link to Cot’s Contracts
Link to 2018 Passan tweet
Link to Sam on playing in a game
Link to decline of switch-hitting
Link to holodeck wiki
Link to holodeck malfunctions
Link to Buck Bokai at Memory Alpha
Link to WWIII at Memory Alpha
Link to Star Trek Ringer MLB Show
Link to listener emails database
Link to scientific method wiki
Link to MLBTR on Tucker
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Joey Ministers, Bobby Shans, Bobby Shans, Bobby Shans, |
| 0:04.7 | Effectively Wild |
| 0:06.5 | Joey Manessus, walk off three-run digger. |
| 0:12.4 | Stop it. |
| 0:13.4 | Walk off three-run shot. |
| 0:15.2 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:16.7 | Meg, he's the best player in baseball. |
| 0:20.5 | Unfactively wild. Effectively Wild, wild. |
| 0:23.6 | Hello and welcome to episode 2427 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Fangraphs, presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:32.9 | I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Raleigh of FanGraphs. |
| 0:36.2 | Hello, Meg. |
| 0:37.1 | Oh, hello. |
| 0:38.1 | We will be joined shortly by one of said Patreon supporters, John Norton, one of our top-tier supporters who will join us in a bit to answer some emails from other listeners. |
| 0:49.1 | Before we get to him, though, we have two transactions to discuss. |
| 0:52.9 | And as is often the case this offseason, they both involve acquisitions by American League East teams. |
| 1:00.7 | So one was the Yankees who finally awakened from their offseason slumber. |
| 1:07.9 | Brian Cashman has been disturbed from his hibernation and has made a trade with the |
| 1:13.8 | Marlins for starting pitcher Ryan Weathers. And the Red Sox have responded to that acquisition. |
| 1:21.4 | Probably not actually a response to that acquisition, but they did make their own acquisition. |
| 1:26.0 | Subsequently, they signed Ranger Suarez |
| 1:28.7 | free agent to a five-year deal worth $130 million. So it's kind of in keeping with a lot of |
| 1:34.6 | what we've seen this offseason in the sense of ALE's teams that were already good getting |
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