Effectively Wild Episode 2099: The Artful Dodgers

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’ s introductory press conference and getting closure on contract/canine questions, the audience verdict on how to handle Ohtani in the free-agent-contract over/under draft (20:22), the Dodgers-Rays Tyler Glasnow trade (32:09), the latest Royals signings ( Michael Wacha , Hunter Renfroe ), the Tigers adding Jack Flaherty , and the AL Central, Max Scherzer , Tyler Mahle , and the Rangers rotation, and Buster Posey ’s comments about free agents being wary of San Francisco (1:01:30), plus a Stat Blast (1:09:49) about the longest gap between being minor league teammates and becoming big league teammates, and an Andre Braugher baseball rec (1:27:31). Audio intro : The Shirey Brothers, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to article on Ohtani’s elbow Link to article on Ohtani’s dog Link to Ohtani’s dog answer Link to Portia EW interview Link to info on negotiations Link to “key man” clause Link to Lindsey on the dog Link to Ohtani on SNLA Link to over/under draft wiki Link to Rosenthal/Drellich article Link to Sam Blum on Ohtani/Angels Link to article on Ohtani/Glasnow Link to Clemens on Glasnow Link to Sam on the trade tree Link to Laurila on Picollo Link to Baumann on Mahle Link to Posey’s comments Link to Morgan/Burgmeier article Link to Phillips/Raines article Link to Kenny Jackelen’s Twitter Link to Robinson in the Army Link to Robinson movie on YouTube Link to Robinson movie on IMDb Link to Robinson book 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