Effectively Wild Episode 2378: MLB’s Big Finish

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the standings and stakes of an unexpectedly wild last week of the regular season, whether there’s such as a thing as a playoff team that can’t make a deep run, why Cal Raleigh is the player of the year regardless of whether he wins MVP, whether it still makes sense to say that fan-favorite players will never have to buy a meal/drink in their team’s city, the unique celebrations of Pirates pitcher Dauri Moreta, the official arrival of the ABS challenge system, the Marlins calling pitches from the dugout, the extent to which coaches should influence games, and Mike Trout’s barehand catch with a fan.

Audio intro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ben on the last week
Link to latest HUAL episode
Link to Jay on playoff permutations
Link to largest lost leads
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to BaseRuns standings
Link to team payrolls
Link to The Phantom Menace scene
Link to player of the year award
Link to historic achievement award
Link to FG mailbag
Link to Moreta video
Link to Moreta nickname story
Link to challenge system explainer
Link to Marlins story 1
Link to Marlins story 2
Link to 2016 Dodgers story
Link to Trout article/video
Link to Petriello post