Effectively Wild Episode 2046: These Segments Are Underrated

With Ben Lindbergh in Sweden on Ringer business, FanGraphs’ Ben Clemens joins Meg Rowley for a turn in the co-host chair. Ben and Meg begin (1:40) by discussing the disturbing allegations made against Rays shortstop Wander Franco over the weekend. They then banter (5:00) about the experience of watching baseball while on vacation, before turning their attention to Ben’s Five Things series, the sneaky delights of mid-sized Midwestern cities, the Braves scoring big against Danny Mendick , chalk preseason predictions (and Ben’s beef with Other Ben’s prognostication choices), which teams’ World Series odds might be too light (or too heavy), a milestone Juan Soto walk, players being over and underrated, announcers’ refusal to discuss no-hitters, the joy of local commercials on baseball broadcasts, the Cardinals’ and Pirates’ recent runs of relative success and futility, and who might shake up the standings down the stretch. They close with a Future Blast from 2046 (55:20) and an invitation to play Magic: The Gathering, if you’re into that sort of thing. Audio intro : Alex Ferrin, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Ted O., “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Evan Drellich and Brittany Ghiroli on the likely next steps in MLB’s investigation into Franco Link to Ben’s Five Things I Liked (And Didn’t Like) Archive Link to 21-3 Braves/Mets Box Score Link to the FanGraphs Playoff Odds Link to the FanGraphs 2023 staff predictions Link to Chris Gilligan on shifting playoff odds Link to Ben’s piece on Michael Lorenzen ’s no-hitter Link to Ben’s (latest) Lars Nootbaar piece Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to Future Blast wiki 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