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Back to Podcast EpisodesEffectively Wild Episode 2366: The Post-Toss Toss
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the early start to the 2026 regular season and MLB’s schedule in a warming world, tossing snacks after tossing a bat, this year’s potential trio of 50-homer hitters (including a Cal Raleigh update), the virtues of players who have high floors (with check-ins on Bobby Witt Jr. and Trea Turner), the (dubious?) merits of the BBWAA’s new reliever of the year award, Tyler Phillips’s anti-hitter mentality, new large relievers Zach Maxwell and Drew Sommers, Brady Singer in Cincinnati, Juan Soto’s basestealing, Zack Wheeler’s prognosis, the latest on Shane Bieber and Kyle Tucker, and Samuel Basallo’s extension, plus responses about other sports’ significant sounds.
Audio intro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Audio outro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to schedule announcement
Link to Contreras ejection video
Link to Contreras ejection quotes
Link to suspension news
Link to pre-September HR stat
Link to 50-homer-seasons query
Link to FG WAR leaderboard
Link to Seinfeld scene
Link to Zoolander clips