Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether MLB should implement an NHL-esque holiday transaction freeze, then (5:53) answer listener emails about Bryce Harper, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, and tampering, abandoning the Angels, what to do after visiting every MLB and MiLB ballpark, when the last-place finishers of 2023 will be 90-win true-talent teams, “prep” prospects, valuing a player with a knack for inspirational speeches, and applying a college-football-style playoff-selection process to MLB, followed by Stat Blasts (1:12:29) about Bobo Newsom and the most inveterate team-changers, a 13-year-old Ben’s all-time Yankees lineup, and whether the balanced schedule contributed to 2023’s MLB attendance boost.

Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to tweet about transaction freeze
Link to Harper/Trout tampering
Link to Major League Rules
Link to Ortiz tampering
Link to Judge/Machado tampering
Link to FG on legalizing tampering
Link to Harper/Stanton tweets
Link to EW Episode 1053
Link to EW on abandoning the A’s
Link to Negro Leagues parks
Link to EW Episode 419
Link to BaseRuns records

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