Effectively Wild Episode 2098: A Team Deferred

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley call for a listener referendum on how to treat Shohei Ohtani’s unprecedented contract in the EW free-agent-contract over/under draft, then (20:43) banter about the Royals’ recent pitching additions and a wizardly Will Smith. After that (33:32), they talk to FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen about the players from Asian leagues who have enlivened the MLB free-agent market (including reports on new Giants addition Jung Hoo Lee 이정후, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga, Yuki Matsui, and Yariel Rodríguez), Eric’s process for evaluating international players, how perceptions of Asian leagues’ strengths and top talents have evolved, Erick Fedde and other players who’ve improved after going overseas, the best Asian players who are still years away from MLB, stylistic differences among leagues, and more. Audio intro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to vote on the Ohtani contract Link to latest over/under draft Link to over/under draft wiki Link to EW drafts/competitions sheet Link to AP on Ohtani’s deal Link to L.A. Times on Ohtani’s deal Link to Sportico on Ohtani’s deal Link to Clemens on Ohtani’s deal Link to Zaidi on Ohtani Link to FG post on Royals signings Link to FG SP depth charts Link to BaseRuns standings Link to Gonny Jomes wiki Link to article on Smith’s streak Link to article on Hinske’s streak Link to article on swimming witches Link to wizard vs. warlock Link to Lee cheer song Link to EW guest appearance data Link to DeltaGraphs Link to Ben on DeltaGraphs Link to Synergy Sports Link to Eric on Lee Link to SIS on Lee Link to study on velocity splits Link to SIS on Yamamoto Link to info on Yamamoto meeting Link to Eric on Fedde Link to Bannister on Fedde Link to Jyun Yue Tseng news Link to Davenport on league strength Link to Ben on NPB teams’ scouting Link to Eric’s Board update  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