Effectively Wild Episode 2096: Sho Him the Money

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley react to Shohei Ohtani signing a titanic 10-year, $700 million deal with the Dodgers, covering every aspect of the news. Then (57:07) they recount the even-funnier-in-retrospect rumor-related frothing on Friday, when it briefly looked like Ohtani was en route to Toronto to become a Blue Jay. Audio intro : Nate Emerson, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Horny) ” Link to Ohtani’s Insta post Link to Dodgers payroll page Link to MLB payroll page Link to Dodgers depth chart Link to Dan S. on Ohtani Link to Baumann on Ohtani Link to Ben on Ohtani Link to LHB park factors Link to Angels mural photo Link to The Athletic on Ohtani Link to Passan on the dollar value Link to Becker on the dollar value Link to article on endorsements Link to article on Japanese media Link to Mintz’s Friday recap Link to Morosi’s morning tweet Link to N616RH shirt Link to opera singer tweet Link to reply to singer Link to story on Drake Link to Bowden tweet 1 Link to Bowden tweet 2 Link to Bowden tweet 3 Link to Bowden “Ralph” story Link to Domi tweet Link to Dodgers Nation report Link to Bemboom tweet Link to flight tweet Link to Morosi plane tweet Link to Nightengale tweet Link to Herjavec photo Link to Secret Santa sign-up sheet 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