The older guys tell me what it's all about

The older guys really got it all the time

Since we got the older guys it shows us how

I don't see why we can't stop right now

Good morning and welcome to episode 506 of Effectively Wild

The Daily Podcast from baseballperspectus.com

I'm Sam Miller with Ben Lindberg of Grantland. Ben, how are you?

Okay, although we got some sad news for fans of Ryan Webb over the weekend.

Well, first of all I would just like to know that sad news is sponsored by baseball references play index

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I don't consider it sad news everybody was replying to your tweet as though this were

As though this somehow like changed the game or something but

Ryan Webb, I mean he will lose everything if he gets a save

And so at a certain point it makes more sense for him to sit out the last day of the season

Basically when he's sitting on 400

I think it's probably the case that he needs to pad the lead

But I'm not convinced that he needs to pad the lead

So the news was that the Orioles traded for Andrew Miller from the Red Sox

One reliever in means one reliever out

And Ryan Webb was that reliever so he was designated off the 25 men roster

And option to triple A so he's still in the organization

Buck Shoalter said nice things about him and he's clearly the first guy on the you know call a pyroarchy

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