Effectively Wild Episode 2239: The Post-October Banter Backlog

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about offseason EW, Tommy Kahnle’ s love affair with changeups, the Yankees’ preparation and fundamentals, Aaron Boone’s managing, the Dodgers as a dynasty, the White Sox hiring Will Venable, Alex Kirilloff ’s retirement, two prediction anecdotes, glove flips as the new bat flips, the check-swing challenge system, the Premier12 tournament, the Women’s Pro Baseball League, Eric Adams and the World Series, a Yankees executive keeping things in perspective, a record sum for a historic baseball, Shohei Ohtani trumping One Piece , Dodgers parade comments, a no-show for NPB’s Sawamura Award, and more. Audio intro : Jonathan Crymes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Daniel Leckie, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to story on Kahnle’s changeups Link to Kahnle pitch types Link to pitch types Stat Blast Link to Boone report 1 Link to Boone report 2 Link to Sherman on the Yankees Link to 2015 Royals scouting story Link to Ben on the Dodgers Link to Dodgers dynasty story Link to dynasty system Link to MLBTR on Venable Link to MLBTR on Kiriloff Link to Kiriloff’s announcement Link to Gleeman tweet Link to elephants/mice info Link to Fernando prediction tweet Link to Fernando prediction story Link to Vientos prediction tweet Link to Vientos prediction story Link to glove flip clip Link to 2012 Chapman story Link to Baseball for All tweet Link to WPBL story Link to WPBL interview Link to Siegal EW episode Link to Premier12 roster Link to Premier12 wiki Link to challenge system story Link to challenge system video Link to Afterman comments Link to Adams attendance story Link to Ohtani ball auction Link to Ohtani ball auction 2 Link to Fat Joe comments Link to Ohtani shirt response Link to One Piece story Link to Sawamura Award story Link to Sawamura EW episode Link to Petriello on catching Link to “Something’s Coming” Sponsor Us on Patreon Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Spotify Feed Facebook Group Twitter Account Bluesky Account Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source