Effectively Wild Episode 2118: The Call-Up is Coming From Inside the House

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about what would happen if top prospects could promote themselves, the Mariners-Twins trade involving Jorge Polanco, Photoshop mockups of players in their new teams’ uniforms, Byron Buxton returning to center field, the Blue Jays signing Justin Turner, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. as an MLB The Show cover model, the surprising aspects of the Hector Neris and Adam Ottavino signings, the Tigers’ Colt Keith extension, follow-ups on the death ball and a Dick Monfort body swap, and whether we need a central sports history authority to provide perspective on every sports controversy. Audio intro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Morosi tweet Link to marshmallow test article 1 Link to marshmallow test article 2 Link to marshmallow test article 2 Link to FG on the Polanco trade Link to Twins depth chart Link to Mariners depth chart Link to Mariners’ Polanco tweet Link to Mariners’ Taylor tweet Link to Mariners’ Voth tweet Link to Twins’ trade tweet Link to Rosenthal on the Mariners Link to airbrushed baseball cards Link to Gleeman on the trade Link to Falvey comments Link to FG post on Julien Link to Davy’s Julien song Link to MLBTR on Buxton Link to FG post on Turner Link to ESPN on Vlad’s cover Link to Sportsnet Vlad story Link to FG post on Keith Link to Tigers’ Keith tweet Link to Sam on “seeking” Link to tweet about Neris Link to FG post on Neris Link to Rosenthal on Neris Link to MLBTR on Ottavino Link to Becker tweet about Ottavino Link to Seidler tweet about Ottavino Link to Monfort email episode Link to Barnwell on Campbell Link to Florio on Campbell Link to Kram on NBA scoring Link to EW on running backs Link to “arrow in the knee” Link to Ben’s TLOU podcast Link to Ben’s Palworld podcast Link to MLBTR on the Orioles Link to Rosenthal on the Orioles  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