Effectively Wild Episode 2277: The Most Demoralizing Offseasons

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the overwhelming listener response to their previous conversation about cover models for baseball video games, and Ben issues some “Bo Nos” in support of his previous Royals reporting. Then (18:19) they talk about the Rays signing Ha-Seong Kim , Roki Sasaki “prospect” rankings, a recent leaguewide run on relievers, trade-based brother breakups, Hal Steinbrenner’s unconvincing attempt at anti-Dodgers-spending solidarity, and minor league name matches for major leaguers, plus (51:42) an in-depth discussion about the teams that have had the most demoralizing (and/or inactive) offseasons (so far). Audio intro : Philip Tapley and Michael Stokes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Horny) ” Link to Episode 2276 Link to Bo Game Boy game Link to Bo NES game Link to Bo handheld game Link to Soto cover Link to Prime Time Football Link to FG on Kim Link to over/under draft Link to Rogers screenshot Link to Rural Juror Link to Pressly/Sewald post Link to Kahnle/Stanek post Link to Estévez post Link to Steinbrenner comments Link to other-Castillo signing Link to other J-Rod Link to Ben C. on the Pirates Link to Paine on payroll/playoffs Link to offseason spending list Link to teams without ML signings Link to MLBTR on Scherzer Link to MLBTR on Polanco Link to EW gift subscriptions 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 Bluesky Account Twitter Account Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source