Effectively Wild Episode 2272: Leagues of Their Own

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley react to the news that Roki Sasaki is signing with the Dodgers (shocker!), breaking down how the posting process played out, the Dodgers’ ridiculous rotation, whether L.A.’s talent-acquisition advantage is good or bad for baseball, the runners-up for Roki, and more. Then they explore how softball and baseball are joining the women’s sports boom via the expansion/launch of professional leagues this year and next by talking to Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated about the Athletes Unlimited Softball League and AU’s innovative scoring model (49:15), and Kiri Oler of FanGraphs about the Women’s Professional Baseball League and her work as a data scientist on MLB: The Show (1:25:28). Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Sasaki’s announcement Link to MLBTR on Sasaki Link to previous Sasaki episode Link to Ben on Sasaki Link to Ben on the Dodgers in 2015 Link to Ben on the Dodgers’ advantage Link to Rob Mains on the Dodger dynasty Link to Dodgers depth chart Link to team SP projections Link to team WAR projections Link to Emma’s book post Link to Emma’s author archive Link to Hannah/Lindsey episode Link to Emma on AU in 2021 Link to Emma on Olympic softball Link to AUSL wiki Link to AU scoring system Link to AUSL announcement Link to Emma on baseball dying Link to Emma on the Players’ League Link to Emma on the WPBL Link to AUSL announcement Link to Justine Siegal EW episode Link to WPBL wiki Link to Kiri’s LinkedIn Link to Ben on The Show Link to EW gift subscriptions  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