Effectively Wild Episode 2460: The Arc of History Bends Toward .500
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Joey Wiemer, Colt Emerson’s contract, the concept of “sticking at shortstop,” and pre-arbitration (and pre-debut) extension trends, then (29:11) answer listener emails about A.J. Preller trading himself, Harrison Bader and the press conference threshold, plotting to prevent a switch-hitter from batting from both sides, no-selling a World Series ring ceremony, giveaway promotions at every game, a Craig Kimbrel PitchCom hypothesis, the top five MLB owners, pitch-count limits in a World Series perfect game bid, technical fouls in baseball, the aesthetic appeal of platooning, and lifetime .500 franchises.
Audio intro: Garrett Krohn, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Baumann on Wiemer
Link to MLB.com on Wiemer
Link to FG combined WAR leaderboard
Link to “small sample” song
Link to Voros’ Law
Link to “WDJDD?” (short)
Link to “WDJDD?” (long)
Link to MLBTR on Emerson
Link to Nichols’ Law of Catcher Defense
Link to Passan tweet about Emerson
Link to FG post on Pratt
Link to Sam on extensions
Link to Bader story
Link to Seinfeld “sponge-worthy” clips
Link to Kiri on promotions
Link to “Things Fitting Perfectly Into Other Things”
Link to Meg on the baseball penalty box
Link to Diamondbacks bullpen story
Link to “Maddux” stat
Link to Ben on ex-player execs
Link to franchise W-L records
Link to listener emails database
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're gonna crunch those stats |
| 0:04.4 | We're gonna talk about baseball |
| 0:07.3 | Sticky stuff and Torpedo Bats |
| 0:10.0 | We'll talk about it all |
| 0:12.9 | If you want good takes |
| 0:15.4 | On baseball in life |
| 0:18.0 | Just tune in a bed And his lovely co-host. |
| 0:24.5 | Ben and Meg, it's Effectively Wild. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 2460 of Effectively Wild. |
| 0:34.8 | FanGrafts Baseball podcast to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:38.1 | I'm Meg Raleigh of Fangraphs and I am joined by Ben Lindberg of the Ringer. Ben, how are you? |
| 0:42.4 | I'm doing okay. I am disappointed and relieved that Joey Weamer has made an out or even |
| 0:48.8 | multiple outs maybe on the season because it was entering. I saw Balman blogged about this. |
| 0:54.9 | Yes. |
| 0:55.2 | About how long could this have continued before you suspected some shadowy outside forces? |
| 1:00.9 | Right. Or if this were an effectively wild hypothetical, which it has been, I'm sure. |
| 1:05.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:06.0 | It's just something supernatural happening here. |
| 1:09.6 | Right. |
| 1:09.8 | But no, just natural, just the natural talent of Joey Weamer, which we all knew. |
| 1:15.7 | And he is still at the top of the Fangraph's War Leaderboard. |
| 1:19.1 | So that's something, at least another day in the sun. |
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