Effectively Wild Episode 1550: Make Me Your Worst Offer

MLB Draft Week 2020 Mock Draft 2.0Beyond Round 5: The Best Later-Round Draftees, Part 1Let’s Field an All Late-Round TeamThe 2020 Draft PrimerBeyond Round 5: The Best Later-Round Draftees, Part 2Statistical Diamonds in the RoughOpportunities Missed: Which Teams Have Failed to Sign the Most TalentMock Draft 3.0: The Day OfDay 1 Mega Draft Night ChatDay 1 Draft RecapEffectively Wild:Draft DayDraft Odds & Ends Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the continued standstill over starting the season, MLB’s series of superficially different, substantively identical, and equally unproductive proposals, public perceptions of the owners’ and players’ positions, the difference between a 50-game season and an 80-game season, and how the “negotiations” seem destined to end, plus a Stat Blast about repeatedly drafted players. Then (27:01) they talk to FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen about which teams did and didn’t appear to do well in the 2020 draft, how limiting the draft to five rounds affected team strategy, how the pandemic changed draft prep and draft predictions, the potential of Tigers top pick Spencer Torkelson and other notable names, what will happen to the hundreds of players who didn’t get drafted, and the latest on when and where prospects will play in 2020. Audio intro: Mates of State, "My Only Offer" Audio interstitial: I Was a King, "Eric" Audio outro: Wild Flag, "Short Version" Link to latest Craig Edwards analysis Link to Jeff Passan report on most recent MLB offer Link to Eno on season length Link to Angus Kellett’s Stat Blast song cover Link to spreadsheet about most-drafted players Link to Eric’s 2020 draft primer Link to Eric’s Day 1 draft recap Link to Eric’s draft odds and ends Link to story about amateurs signing with NPB teams  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