Effectively Wild Episode 2039: A Miles in Someone Else’s Bruise

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a silly kerfuffle involving Miles Mikolas , Willson Contreras , and Ian Happ , Triston Casas’ s hot streak and previous unwritten-rules run-in, Bullet Rogan vs. Shohei Ohtani , Aaron Judge ’s return and the Yankees’ underlying issues, the Mets trading David Robertson to the Marlins and the White Sox sending Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly to the Dodgers and Kendall Graveman to the Astros, White Sox historical franchise futility, which of this season’s most disappointing teams is most likely to bounce back in 2024, and Royals owner John Sherman’s claims about the economic impact of the team’s future ballpark, plus emails (1:19:45) about a homerless MVP and MLB ownership vs. NFL ownership, and a Future Blast (1:27:26) from 2039. Audio intro : Ted O., “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Harold Walker, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to story about Cardinals kerfuffle Link to Cardinals broadcast commentary Link to broadcaster ratings Link to bottom-five broadcasters Link to post on lizard incident Link to Mikolas vs. Galvis Link to Mikolas vs. Soto Link to Ben on the Soto shuffle Link to Casas/clubhouse article Link to Cora on Casas Link to best hitters since 6/7 Link to best hitters since 5/23 Link to FG combined WAR leaderboard Link to FiveThirtyEight on Rogan Link to Rogan wiki Link to previous EW on Rogan Link to B-Ref Negro Leagues stats Link to FG Negro Leagues stats Link to Kram on Judge Link to Paine on Judge Link to FG on Kelly/Lynn Link to FG on the Graveman trade Link to 2021 Graveman trade article Link to White Sox playoff appearances Link to FG on the Robertson trade Link to FG post on the Cubs Link to John Sherman’s letter Link to BP on the Sherman letter Link to FB thread on MLB vs. NFL owners Link to EW emails database Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to Twanisha Terry wiki Link to MLBTR on Cronin Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source