Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a silly kerfuffle involving Miles Mikolas, Willson Contreras, and Ian Happ, Triston Casas’s hot streak and previous unwritten-rules run-in, Bullet Rogan vs. Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge’s return and the Yankees’ underlying issues, the Mets trading David Robertson to the Marlins and the White Sox sending Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly to the Dodgers and Kendall Graveman to the Astros, White Sox historical franchise futility, which of this season’s most disappointing teams is most likely to bounce back in 2024, and Royals owner John Sherman’s claims about the economic impact of the team’s future ballpark, plus emails (1:19:45) about a homerless MVP and MLB ownership vs. NFL ownership, and a Future Blast (1:27:26) from 2039.Audio intro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to story about Cardinals kerfuffleLink to Cardinals broadcast commentaryLink to broadcaster ratingsLink to bottom-five broadcastersLink to post on lizard incidentLink to Mikolas vs. GalvisLink to Mikolas vs. SotoLink to Ben on the Soto shuffleLink to Casas/clubhouse articleLink to Cora on CasasLink to best hitters since 6/7Link to best hitters since 5/23Link to FG combined WAR leaderboardLink to FiveThirtyEight on RoganLink to Rogan wikiLink to previous EW on RoganLink to B-Ref Negro Leagues statsLink to FG Negro Leagues statsLink to Kram on JudgeLink to Paine on JudgeLink to FG on Kelly/LynnLink to FG on the Graveman tradeLink to 2021 Graveman trade articleLink to White Sox playoff appearancesLink to FG on the Robertson tradeLink to FG post on the CubsLink to John Sherman’s letterLink to BP on the Sherman letterLink to FB thread on MLB vs. NFL ownersLink to EW emails databaseLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Twanisha Terry wikiLink to MLBTR on Cronin 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