Effectively Wild Episode 2017: The 26-Under-25 Draft

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mets, the Padres, and the AL Central, Jacob deGrom’s UCL, Mike Trout’s slow (by his standards) start, and a Phillies pitch-clock controversy, then (23:32), in honor of Elly De La Cruz, draft the 26 best MLB players under 25 years old (see link below to vote!), followed by a Past Blast from 2017 (1:13:54), closing banter about the Blue Jays and Red Sox DFAing Anthony Bass and Matt Dermody, respectively (1:17:22), and updates. Audio intro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Rosenthal on the Mets Link to story on Phillies pitch clock Link to Sam Blum on Trout Link to Jay on Trout Link to Ben on deGrom Link to Baby Gronk explainer Link to giant baby meme Link to Elly’s prediction Link to Statcast on Elly Link to EW drafts/competitions Link to listener voting form Link to MLBTR on Bass Link to Toronto Star on Bass Link to The Athletic on Dermody Link to Bloom on Dermody Link to Dermody’s Twitter likes Link to 2017 Past Blast source Link to other Past Blast source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Blaseball EW episode Link to article on end of Blaseball Link to Greinke EW episode Link to new Greinke stories Link to Diekman EW episode Link to BP on Diekman Link to Judge fence article Link to Yankees super-error Link to Ohtani vs. RHP sweepers Link to Ohtani vs. LHP sweepers  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