Effectively Wild Episode 2254: Gods Do Not Answer Letters

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Tigers tweet about future first-pitch timing and other non-topical PSAs, provide a Secret Santa sign-up reminder, consider baseball authority figures who answer fan mail, discuss the impact that the changing economic landscape of college sports could have on MLB drafting and development, react to Danny Jansen’s deal with the Rays, and answer a question about defining “division rivals,” then (57:10) bring on Michael Mountain to Stat Blast about his new Wins Above Average-based Hall of Fame metric, BOOG, plus updates. Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2” Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Tigers tweet Link to Monfort email 1 Link to Monfort email 2 Link to Manfred email Link to Manfred autograph 1 Link to Manfred autograph 2 Link to Manfred autograph 3 Link to Manfred autograph 4 Link to Selig email quote Link to Updike quote Link to NIL Athletic article Link to MLBTR on Jansen Link to tweet about Jansen Link to Tango Bluesky post Link to Tango blog post Link to Michael’s Stat Blast cover Link to HoF pace for hitters Link to HOF pace for pitchers Link to tiered HOF by BOOG score Link to BOOG graphs site Link to MLBTR on Holmes Link to MLBTR on Bieber Link to MLBTR top 50 FA Link to over/under draft score Link to ABA article Link to Manfred backtrack Link to EW gift subscriptions Link to Secret Santa sign-up form  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Email Us: [email protected]  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Spotify Feed  Facebook Group  Bluesky Account  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source