Effectively Wild Episode 1942: Get Interested in Interest Rates!

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Pirates’ Vince Velasquez hype video, a “mutant option” for Cody Bellinger, and a Francisco Rodríguez-only Hall of Fame ballot, then (22:09) discuss Carlos Correa’s 13-year contract with the Giants and its implications for the NL West, the Twins and Cubs, and the future of old-player production, along with musings on the state of the Dodgers’ rotation after their signing of Noah Syndergaard. After that (51:24), FanGraphs writer Ben Clemens joins to get everyone interested in interest rates and explain why the CBA and economic conditions have encouraged teams to sign so many free agents to extremely lengthy deals this winter. They close (1:22:40) with a Past Blast from 1942. Audio intro: The Luxembourg Signal, “Ramblin’ Rodriguez” Audio interstitial: The Hold Steady, “On With the Business” Audio outro: PUP, “Grim Reaping” Link to Velasquez video Link to signing tweet Link to Priester video Link to laptop tweet Link to Pirates’ winter moves Link to “mutant option” tweet Link to Foolish tweet Link to Belisle mutual option Link to bad ballot Link to Dan S. on Correa Link to Mallory Pugh wiki Link to Eisert on Syndergaard Link to Dodgers depth chart Link to SP depth charts Link to Simon on Correa Link to Olney on Judge Link to Ricketts comment Link to Ben on long deals Link to Rosenthal on long deals Link to EW on long deals Link to Kovalchuk article Link to NPR on interest rates Link to 1942 story source Link to FDR’s letter Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Link to Carlin video Link to Carlin transcript Link to Secret Santa sign-up sheet Link to Secret Santa FB thread  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