Effectively Wild Episode 1430: To Win or Not to Win

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Kyle Lewis’s debut, Rich Hill’s brief return, Daniel Palka’s second hit of the season, the Braves and Dallas Keuchel, and the Diamondbacks’ Brewers-style rebuild, then (18:13) talk to Will Leitch about what (if anything) Dave Dombrowski’s firing says about MLB teams’ competitive priorities, how the Cardinals (and Jack Flaherty) became the NL’s most successful second-half squad, and the NL Central and NL wild card races. Audio intro: The Resonars, "Attention Here" Audio interstitial: Supertramp, "The Meaning" Audio outro: The Mountain Goats, "Bluejays and Cardinals" Link to Tony Wolfe on Keuchel Link to Ben Clemens on the Diamondbacks Link to Will’s Dombrowski column Link to Rob Arthur on Dombrowski Link to Evan Drellich on Dombrowski Link to Peter Gammons on Dombrowski Link to Zach Kram on Flaherty Link to Andrew Simon on Flaherty Link to Craig on the Cardinals’ defense Link to Will’s Cardinals podcast Link to Will’s newsletter Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source