Effectively Wild Episode 1651: Split Decision

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley recap the Rockies’ press conference about the Nolan Arenado trade and GM Jeff Bridich claiming the belt as the game’s most-maligned GM, then discuss Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway’s suspension and Andrelton Simmons’ comments about his mental state in 2020, analyze the Twins re-signing Nelson Cruz and signing Alex Colomé , the Rays reuniting with Chris Archer , the Reds adding Sean Doolittle , and the Brewers landing Kolten Wong , touch on A.J. Preller’s promotion and extension and examine the potential conflict between Theo Epstein’s MLB consultancy and his new private-equity job, and conclude with a Stat Blast about the incredible consistency of Leroy Stanton . Audio intro : Earth Girls, " Only Human " Audio outro : Matthew Sweet, " Split Personality " Link to Emma Baccellieri on the Rockies Link to Marc Carig on the Rockies Link to Nick Groke on the Arenado trade Link to story about Monfort’s 94-win prediction Link to Ben Clemens on Arenado’s new deal Link to The Athletic report about Callaway Link to Ginny Searle on Callaway Link to Jeff Passan on Drew Robinson Link to Jeff Fletcher on Simmons Link to Kevin Goldstein on the Cruz signing Link to Clemens on Cruz last September Link to EW episode about Cruz Link to Tony Wolfe on the Archer signing Link to Ben on the Archer trade Link to story about Archer’s sinker usage Link to report about Epstein’s new gig Link to Dan Fox on platoon splits Link to Stanton’s career splits page iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source