Effectively Wild Episode 994: The 2017 Minor League Free Agent Draft

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

For the fourth consecutive year, Ben and Sam draft the 20 minor league free agents they hope will earn the most major league playing time next season.

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0:00.0	A love in the Super 1 know, a love in the Super 1 know, a love in the Super 1 know, a love in the Super 1 know,
0:10.0	as we steal the mother, as we steal the mother.
0:14.0	Good morning and welcome to episode 994 of Effectively Wild,
0:18.0	daily podcast from baseball perspectives brought to you by the Play of X,
0:22.0	baseballreference.com and our Patreon supporters,
0:26.0	Pam Miller of the ESPN along with Ben Lindbergh of Ringer.
0:30.0	How are you Ben? That ESPN.
0:32.0	Yeah, I spoonerized my articles there.
0:36.0	Good well, I'm excited. This is a big day.
0:40.0	Yeah, so I'm going to just throw some names out here.
0:42.0	Wade Kirkland, Tyler Layden Dorf, Kasey, Serna, Justin Masterson,
0:52.0	Jonathan Escudero, Silphrey, and Garcia.
0:56.0	I've seen recently. I read all of these names.
0:58.0	Kerwin's Velasco.
1:00.0	What are we talking about, Ben? What are we talking about here?
1:04.0	Minor League Free Agent Draft.
1:06.0	Fourth annual Effectively Wild Minor League Free Agent Draft.
1:10.0	This is a big day. One of our favorite episodes of the year.
1:14.0	Was this our first draft? Was this our original draft?
1:16.0	You know, probably wasn't right.
1:18.0	Yeah, I think we must have done something before this.
1:20.0	But this goes back aways.
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