Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about good news and bad news for Ben’s recent Meet a Major Leaguer subject Christian Montes De Oca, Craig Kimbrel’s short-lived return to Atlanta, the promotions of Roman Anthony and Jacob Misiorowski and a proposal for automatic call-ups, Denzel Clarke’s incredible catch and extreme stat line (and the nature of quantifying defense), Jhonkensy Noel’s offensive outage, two uncommon occurrences involving baseballs in strange places, Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s mic’ed-up error, Clayton Kershaw’s payback against the Cardinals, and (1:10:26) “Hometown Hero,” a baseball-themed episode of Poker Face.

Audio intro: Garrett Krohn, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MaML episode
Link to Montes De Oca debut
Link to MLBTR on Montes De Oca
Link to The Athletic on Kimbrel
Link to BP on Kimbrel
Link to MLBTR on Kimbrel
Link to Orioles/Braves episode
Link to O’s/Braves since 5/6
Link to Anthony homer
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