Effectively Wild Episode 2080: The Most Interesting Offseason Storylines

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about which MLB franchise will win its first championship next, the postseason “second-chance issue,” Clayton Kershaw’ s shoulder surgery and other Dodgers decisions, a change in Astros primary catchers, the Braves re-signing Joe Jiménez , and Nelson Cruz ’s career and retirement, then (1:05:20) discuss the stories they’re most interested in following this winter. Audio intro : Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Ian Phillips, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Chris Gilligan’s FG post Link to preseason prediction scores Link to Sheehan on second chances Link to MLBTR on Kershaw Link to MLBTR on Jiménez Link to Jiménez press release Link to MLBTR on Lynn Link to MLBTR on Muncy Link to Jay Jaffe on Muncy Link to MLBTR on Diaz Link to MLBTR on Cruz Link to 2020 EW episode on Cruz Link to Cruz retirement tour tweet Link to WAR from age 28 on Link to HoF WAR from age 28 on Link to offseason schedule FG post Link to MLBTR on Counsell Link to Law’s top 50 FA list Link to Sam on pitch-clock exceptions Link to pitch-clock-exceptions rule Link to postseason time of game Link to article on streaming NPB Link to article on Yamamoto Link to info on the Curse of the Colonel Link to EW on the Curse of the Colonel 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