Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Yankees signing Carlos Rodón, Rodón’s recent trajectory and future, New York teams at the top of the payroll leaderboard and starting-pitcher projections, the career of the late Curt Simmons, and the perfect pace of this offseason. Then (31:06) they answer listener emails about the best players to pick for a snowball fight, using the same baseball throughout a game, Steve Cohen and sportswashing, persuading Pirates owner Bob Nutting to spend, Nutting and A Christmas Carol, a lottery for a free agent Shohei Ohtani, and a baseball rope-a-dope strategy, plus a Past Blast from 1943, musings on the Red Sox designating Jeter Downs for assignment, and a postscript on late-breaking transactions and a pedantic observation about the term “DFA.”Audio intro: The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, “New York”Audio outro: The Orchids, “Mr. Scrooge”Link to Ben Clemens on RodónLink to Jake Mintz on RodónLink to info on Rodón non-tenderLink to team payrollsLink to SP depth chartsLink to Craig Wright on SimmonsLink to Pages From Baseball’s PastLink to “The Homer They Fall”Link to EW emails databaseLink to 1943 story sourceLink to info on UllenbergLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on TwitterLink to MLBTR on DownsLink to MLBTR on BenintendiLink to MLBTR on GalloLink to MLBTR on HosmerLink 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