Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley recap news and transactions from over the holidays, including Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s thoughts on San Francisco and Yu Darvish’s thoughts on the Dodgers signing his WBC teammates, the Mariners signing Mitch Garver, the Reds signing Frankie Montas, a smattering of Blue Jays and White Sox signings, the Estevan Florial trade, and the retirement of Andrelton Simmons. Then (49:19) they discuss the Lucas Giolito signing and the Chris Sale trade before segueing into a Stat Blast (1:07:05) about the evolution of starting-pitcher workloads, volume vs. efficiency, and what an “innings eater” is in 2024.

Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”
Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to EW Episode 2102
Link to Yamamoto comment
Link to story about sad Darvish
Link to Garver FG post
Link to Krall comment
Link to offseason spending leaders
Link to Jays signings FG post
Link to Florial FG post
Link to Simmons Stathead query
Link to Simmons highlights video

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