Effectively Wild Episode 2240: We’ve Got Options

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about team/player option/opt-out decisions involving Gerrit Cole, Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell, and Eugenio Suárez, the Royals re-signing Michael Wacha, the players who received qualifying offers, the Minasian brothers as rival GMs (and potential PoBros), Carlos Santana’s historic Gold Glove, an international signing scandal (on multiple levels), evidence of racial bias in player development, a Japan Series upset, and more, plus a postscript. Audio intro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to MLBTR on Cole 1 Link to MLBTR on Cole 2 Link to pitcher WAR since 2020 Link to P RA-9 WAR since 2020 Link to MLBTR on Snell Link to Snell leaderboard Link to MLBTR on Bellinger Link to MLBTR on Suárez Link to Suárez leaderboard Link to Suárez Stathead search Link to MLBTR on Wacha Link to FG on Wacha Link to qualifying offer list Link to FG top 50 FA Link to Rob Arthur article Link to Rob on racial bias in 2020 Link to Rob on Black catchers in 2020 Link to Ringer scouting reports series Link to MLBTR on Minasian Link to LAT on the Minasians Link to USA Today on the Minasians Link to Langs Santana stat Link to ESPN on signing scandal Link to MLBTR on signing scandal Link to Rob Arthur article Link to Rob on racial bias in 2020 Link to Rob on Black catchers in 2020 Link to Ringer scouting reports series Link to Climax Series wiki Link to Climax Series bracket Link to BayStars win 1 Link to BayStars win 2 Link to Jim Allen tweet Link to Ben on the BayStars Link to Hank Hill promo  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Email Us: [email protected]  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Spotify Feed  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  Bluesky Account  Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source