Effectively Wild Episode 2192: Both Sides Now?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the highlights of the All-Star Game, a hypothetical Evan Longoria unretirement scenario, the newly announced 2025 regular-season schedule (featuring Tokyo contests and a “Rivalry Weekend”), a baseball movie-mention conspiracy theory, players possessed by Gameday 3D, the timing of Martín Maldonado ’s DFA, and the potential effect of moving the foul lines. Then (36:54) they bring on FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen to break down the standout trends, teams, and players of the amateur draft, the demographics of amateur baseball, trading draft picks, and more. Audio intro : Kite Person, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial : Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic) ” Audio outro : Grant Brisbee, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Skenes ASG highlights Link to Ohtani ASG highlights Link to 2025 schedule Link to featured rivalries Link to Cubs promo video Link to Longoria quote Link to Superman news Link to Caught Stealing Link to Ben on movie sequels Link to Gittell on EW Link to Gittell’s book Link to A Quiet Place scene Link to Gameday 3D explainer Link to possessed player clip 1 Link to possessed player clip 2 Link to Maldonado leaderboard Link to MLBTR on Maldonado Link to Ben on the foul lines Link to Eric’s Day 1 recap Link to Eric’s Day 2 recap Link to Condor HR record Link to college offense article 1 Link to college offense article 2 Link to Nightengale tweet Link to ESPN top 100 athletes Link to Manfred on draft picks Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form 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