Effectively Wild Episode 1939: It All Happened

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley break down the rest of the action from the Winter Meetings, including Arson Judge not signing with the Giants, Aaron Judge re-signing with the Yankees, the Padres missing out on Judge and Trea Turner, the Dodgers’ lack of interest in Carlos Correa, the Giants signing Mitch Haniger, the Cardinals signing Willson Contreras, the Cubs signing Jameson Taillon and Cody Bellinger, the going rate for mid-rotation starters, the Phillies signing Taijuan Walker and Matt Strahm, the secret to Dave Dombrowski’s owner cajoling, the Mets signing José Quintana, whether Steve Cohen has a spending limit, the Rangers signing Andrew Heaney, the Guardians signing Josh Bell, the Red Sox signing Kenley Jansen, Chris Martin, and Masataka Yoshida, the first draft lottery, the podcast’s thirstiness, and more, plus a Past Blast from 1939. Audio intro: Eleventh Dream Day, “The Arsonist” Audio outro: Queen, “’39” Link to Manfred comments Link to more Manfred comments Link to Rob on competitive balance Link to Arson Judge saga Link to “the grink” tweet Link to Heyman “grink” tweet Link to Jay on Judge Link to Dan on Judge Link to Padres/Judge rumors Link to Rosenthal on Correa Link to Time feature on Judge Link to Ben Clemens on Haniger Link to Baumann on Contreras Link to Justin Choi on Taillon Link to qualifying offer decisions Link to Chris Gilligan on Bellinger Link to EW on Bellinger’s bat Link to Laurila on Walker Link to Walker tweet Link to FG post on Martin Link to SIS on Yoshida Link to Baumann on Bell Link to projected payrolls Link to draft lottery results Link to ChatGPT explainer Link to Rule 5 scouting reports Link to thirstiness tweet Link to Ohtani pillow Link to Insider baseballs report Link to 1939 story source Link to The Baseball Reliquary Link to Baseball Reliquary article Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter  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: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source