Effectively Wild Episode 2129: Season Preview Collection: Twins and Tigers

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter in regards to the Boras Four behind the scenes, Hyun Jin Ryu’s salary-cap-skirting KBO contract, and a research on the effectiveness of complaining about umps, plus a Stat Blast (22:51) about an inaccurate, unkillable Greg Maddux enjoyable truth and extra musings (34:52) on clear pants. Then they preview the 2024 Minnesota Twins (41:02) with The Athletic’s Aaron Gleeman, and the 2024 Detroit Tigers (1:12:50) with The Athletic’s Cody Stavenhagen.

Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 1: Davy Andrews, “Edouard Julien, Are You Gonna Rule Again?”
Audio interstitial 2: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLBTR on the Boras Four
Link to article about Boras
Link to Boras amenities
Link to Ryu tweet
Link to Ryu article
Link to MLBTR on Judge provide
Link to Harper provide report
Link to Kovalchuk veto
Link to Yoo’s EW look
Link to umpire research
Link to EW on ump choice fatigue
Link to Boone EW hypothetical
Link to Ryan’s Maddux truth thread
Link to Maddux’s depend splits
Link to Maddux Stat Blast knowledge
Link to Maddux scouting stories
Link to Maddux 93 mph declare
Link to MLB pants assertion
Link to Twins offseason tracker
Link to Diamondbacks depth chart
Link to Pohlad feedback
Link to Aaron’s Athletic archive
Link to Gleeman and the Geek
Link to Tigers offseason tracker
Link to Tigers depth chart
Link to Cody on engagements
Link to Cody’s Athletic archive
Link to Skubal fWAR leaderboard
Link to article on MLB exec trend
Link to Turning the Corner