Effectively Wild Episode 2067: The Playoff Frankenstein Draft

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mariners, the Cubs, and other teams that just missed the playoffs, discuss the firings of Giants manager Gabe Kapler and Mets manager Buck Showalter (19:21), and then (32:51) bring on FanGraphs writers Michael Baumann and Ben Clemens to assemble an ultimate playoff team by drafting components of existing playoff teams: hitting, baserunning, defense, starting pitching, relief pitching, and managing. Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Raleigh comments Link to Raleigh apology Link to Woodruff update Link to FG playoff predictions Link to BP on Framber Link to study on waiting in line Link to Petriello on the Rays pen Link to Petriello on playoff Castellanos Link to more on playoff Castellanos Link to even more on playoff Castellanos Link to preseason predictions pod Link to preseason predictions standings  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