Effectively Wild Episode 2241: The Most Fascinating Free Agents and Offseason Storylines

Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs writer Ben Clemens banter about the latest batch of Scott Boras puns, position changes for Willson Contreras and Mookie Betts , surgery for Shohei Ohtani , Skip Schumaker’s move to Texas, and Buster Posey ’s front-office philosophy, then (47:21) discuss Other Ben’s top 50 free agents list—focusing on Juan Soto , Blake Snell , Corbin Burnes , Pete Alonso , Gleyber Torres , underrated/overrated options, and market trends—and (1:19:12) MLB’s most interesting offseason storylines. Audio intro : Guy Russo, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Harold Walker, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Boras puns Link to MLBTR on Contreras Link to MLBTR on Betts Link to Betts Statcast fielding Link to Betts Statcast running Link to MLBTR on Ohtani Link to MLBTR on Schumaker Link to MLBTR on Bregman Link to Baggarly tweet about Posey Link to Baggarly’s Posey profile Link to Ben C. on the top 50 FA Link to Sam on “seeking” Link to Boras on Soto 1 Link to Boras on Soto 2 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