Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Mike Trout has become a boring baseball player, Paul Skenes almost perfectly replicating his sensational rookie season, and recent trends in pre-arb extensions, answer a listener email (57:39) about becoming a fan of the whole league instead of (or in addition to) one team, and (1:14:49) meet major leaguers Josh Simpson and Dugan Darnell.Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Trout hypotheticalsLink to 2025 TTO% leadersLink to Trout TTO% by yearLink to leaguewide TTO%Link to older hitters wRC+Link to Trout’s Savant pageLink to Trout’s $ valueLink to Dalton photoLink to pitcher WAR since 2024Link to Skenes pitch-type splitsLink to Paine on extensionsLink to listener emailsLink to new debutsLink to Simpson wikiLink to Simpson interviewLink to phantom ballplayer wikiLink to 2024 Simpson articleLink to 2025 Simpson articleLink to ERA-xERA leadersLink to Dartmouth drafteesLink to Princeton drafteesLink to Yale drafteesLink to UPenn drafteesLink to Harvard drafteesLink to Brown drafteesLink to Columbia drafteesLink to Cornell drafteesLink to Ivy draftees rankingLink to Darnell wikiLink to Darnell article 1Link to Darnell article 2Link to Darnell article 3Link to Darnell article 4Link to Darnell article 5Link to team RP WAR Sponsor Us on Patreon Give a Gift Subscription Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Effectively Wild Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki Apple Podcasts Feed Spotify Feed YouTube Playlist Facebook Group Bluesky Account Twitter Account Get Our Merch!var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source