Effectively Wild Episode 2058: The POBO That Was Promised

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about baseball comps for the season-ending injury of quarterback Aaron Rodgers four snaps into his New York Jets career, the Rip Van Winkle-esque return of Orioles starter John Means after Tommy John surgery, the Mariners’ rough stretch, Meg’s pennant-race anxiety, and George Kirby ’s comments about not being pulled earlier from a start, the Yankees’ unlikely extra-innings win and loss of Jasson Domínguez , the Mets finally hiring David Stearns to run their baseball operations department, the promotion of Pete Crow-Armstrong and why so many top prospects are coming up late in the season, what Mike Trout would bring back (if anything) on the trade market, and more, plus a few follow-ups from last week and a Future Blast (1:36:43) from 2058. Audio intro : Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Jimmy Kramer, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to The Ringer on Rodgers Link to The Ringer on Rodgers again Link to FB thread of baseball comps Link to MLBTR on Means Link to 30/30 fun fact Link to Kirby video Link to story on Kirby Link to Divish tweet about Kirby Link to Clemens tweet about Kirby Link to Mulder tweet about Kirby Link to McCarthy tweet about Kirby Link to Weaver tweet about Kirby Link to 2014 Weaver story Link to Rob Mains on the TTOP Link to Mains on the TTOP again Link to Jay on Domínguez Link to story on Yankees’ 13-inning win Link to MLBTR on Stearns Link to Crow-Armstrong call-up piece Link to Sheehan on prospect promotions Link to aging-curves research Link to Nightengale on Trout Link to Yamamoto no-hitter story Link to Ben Clemens on Suzuki Link to Lee Maye wiki Link to Scott Radinsky wiki Link to Edman story 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