Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the highlights of the All-Star Game, a hypothetical Evan Longoria unretirement scenario, the newly announced 2025 regular-season schedule (featuring Tokyo contests and a “Rivalry Weekend”), a baseball movie-mention conspiracy theory, players possessed by Gameday 3D, the timing of Martín Maldonado’s DFA, and the potential effect of moving the foul lines. Then (36:54) they bring on FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen to break down the standout trends, teams, and players of the amateur draft, the demographics of amateur baseball, trading draft picks, and more.Audio intro: Kite Person, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio interstitial: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”Audio outro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Skenes ASG highlightsLink to Ohtani ASG highlightsLink to 2025 scheduleLink to featured rivalriesLink to Cubs promo videoLink to Longoria quoteLink to Superman newsLink to Caught StealingLink to Ben on movie sequelsLink to Gittell on EWLink to Gittell’s bookLink to A Quiet Place sceneLink to Gameday 3D explainerLink to possessed player clip 1Link to possessed player clip 2Link to Maldonado leaderboardLink to MLBTR on MaldonadoLink to Ben on the foul linesLink to Eric’s Day 1 recapLink to Eric’s Day 2 recapLink to Condor HR recordLink to college offense article 1Link to college offense article 2Link to Nightengale tweetLink to ESPN top 100 athletesLink to Manfred on draft picksLink to ballpark meetup formsLink to meetup organizer form 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