Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about baseball comps for the season-ending injury of quarterback Aaron Rodgers four snaps into his New York Jets career, the Rip Van Winkle-esque return of Orioles starter John Means after Tommy John surgery, the Mariners’ rough stretch, Meg’s pennant-race anxiety, and George Kirby’s comments about not being pulled earlier from a start, the Yankees’ unlikely extra-innings win and loss of Jasson Domínguez, the Mets finally hiring David Stearns to run their baseball operations department, the promotion of Pete Crow-Armstrong and why so many top prospects are coming up late in the season, what Mike Trout would bring back (if anything) on the trade market, and more, plus a few follow-ups from last week and a Future Blast (1:36:43) from 2058.Audio intro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to The Ringer on RodgersLink to The Ringer on Rodgers againLink to FB thread of baseball compsLink to MLBTR on MeansLink to 30/30 fun factLink to Kirby videoLink to story on KirbyLink to Divish tweet about KirbyLink to Clemens tweet about KirbyLink to Mulder tweet about KirbyLink to McCarthy tweet about KirbyLink to Weaver tweet about KirbyLink to 2014 Weaver storyLink to Rob Mains on the TTOPLink to Mains on the TTOP againLink to Jay on DomínguezLink to story on Yankees’ 13-inning winLink to MLBTR on StearnsLink to Crow-Armstrong call-up pieceLink to Sheehan on prospect promotionsLink to aging-curves researchLink to Nightengale on TroutLink to Yamamoto no-hitter storyLink to Ben Clemens on SuzukiLink to Lee Maye wikiLink to Scott Radinsky wikiLink to Edman storyLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Future Blast wiki 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