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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 2438: Season Preview Series: Pirates and Twins

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

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Meg Rowley shares her euphoric reaction to the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win, while Ben Lindbergh largely listens and occasionally interjects with bits of baseball commentary. Then (29:14) they discuss Buck Martinez’s retirement, Terrance Gore’s untimely death, and a purported catching super-prospect, before previewing the 2026 Pittsburgh Pirates (44:23) with Roundtable Sports’ John Perrotto, and the 2026 Minnesota Twins (1:25:07) with The Athletic’s Aaron Gleeman.

Audio intro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme
Audio interstitial 1: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme
Audio interstitial 2: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme
Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme

Link to HUAL Super Bowl episode
Link to Acuña Jr. at the halftime show
Link to Mercy wiki
Link to Pratt article
Link to Bad Bunny insurance article
Link to Ben on the KC OF
Link to Buck announcement
Link to Buck saying Schlittler
Link to Andy on Gore
Link to Woodrum on Gore
Link to Gore on EW
Link to catching prospect video
Link to scout quote about Robert
Link to baserunning leaderboard
Link to team payrolls
Link to Pirates offseason tracker
Link to Pirates depth chart
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to Post-Gazette closure
Link to MLB.com layoffs
Link to John’s author archive
Link to Twins offseason tracker
Link to Twins depth chart
Link to Trueblood on Bell
Link to Pohlad political comments
Link to player political comments
Link to Aaron’s author archive
Link to Aaron’s podcast
Link to Witherspoon post 1
Link to Witherspoon post 2
Link to Teasley obit
Link to Teasley on EW

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0:00.0

Hello,

0:01.8

A fan gosh baseball podcast

0:05.1

Hello and welcome to episode

0:20.0

Hello and welcome to episode 24 down relaxing unwind as we learn how a tiny word

0:21.6

hello and welcome to episode 2438 of effectively wild a fan grafts baseball podcast brought to you by

0:29.4

our patreon supporters i'm meg rowley of fan graphs and also your super bowl winning seattle sea hacks

0:36.4

and i'm joined by ben limburg of the Ringer, who despite being a sports knower, does not, as far as I know, have an NFL affiliation.

0:46.1

Ben, how are you?

0:48.1

Yeah, I would describe myself as a football follower, but not a football fan.

0:52.3

And so they are not my Super Bowl winning Seahawks, but they are yours.

0:58.0

And everyone else is.

0:59.6

Yes, all of Americas, at least anyone who is rooting against the Patriots, which is most of

1:04.1

Americas.

1:04.8

But I know that this is a baseball podcast, not a football podcast.

1:09.0

But we have sadly not had the opportunity to talk about

1:12.8

your baseball team winning a championship. So I must give you a moment to luxuriate to take a

1:19.1

victory lap here. I'll say this because sure, this is a baseball show. This is a baseball show.

1:24.6

But by our definition of baseball shows, I think the Super Bowl is now a baseball show because of Ronald Cunia Jr.

1:33.1

Yes. Yes. And his cameo in the halftime show. That's exactly right. That's exactly right. It's true.

1:38.1

Bad Bunny did a little like, like, imitating like he was hitting a, you know, knock out of here. And also, let me, let me say this.

1:45.2

This is not the most meaningful way or the most telling way the bad bunny is great.

1:52.9

I'll admit to that.

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