Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Pirates’ Vince Velasquez hype video, a “mutant option” for Cody Bellinger, and a Francisco Rodríguez-only Hall of Fame ballot, then (22:09) discuss Carlos Correa’s 13-year contract with the Giants and its implications for the NL West, the Twins and Cubs, and the future of old-player production, along with musings on the state of the Dodgers’ rotation after their signing of Noah Syndergaard. After that (51:24), FanGraphs writer Ben Clemens joins to get everyone interested in interest rates and explain why the CBA and economic conditions have encouraged teams to sign so many free agents to extremely lengthy deals this winter. They close (1:22:40) with a Past Blast from 1942.Audio intro: The Luxembourg Signal, “Ramblin’ Rodriguez”Audio interstitial: The Hold Steady, “On With the Business”Audio outro: PUP, “Grim Reaping”Link to Velasquez videoLink to signing tweetLink to Priester videoLink to laptop tweetLink to Pirates’ winter movesLink to “mutant option” tweetLink to Foolish tweetLink to Belisle mutual optionLink to bad ballotLink to Dan S. on CorreaLink to Mallory Pugh wikiLink to Eisert on SyndergaardLink to Dodgers depth chartLink to SP depth chartsLink to Simon on CorreaLink to Olney on JudgeLink to Ricketts commentLink to Ben on long dealsLink to Rosenthal on long dealsLink to EW on long dealsLink to Kovalchuk articleLink to NPR on interest ratesLink to 1942 story sourceLink to FDR’s letterLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on TwitterLink to Carlin videoLink to Carlin transcriptLink to Secret Santa sign-up sheetLink to Secret Santa FB thread 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.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source