Effectively Wild Episode 1972: The Prospects for the Prospects

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Prospect Week at FanGraphs, a deceptive e mail, and Ben’s daughter’s chilly, then focus on Alex Rodriguez as a budding e-book writer, social-media maven, and flawed (anti)hero (9:19), non-revelatory information about Shohei Ohtani’s future (24:07), a secret Mets spring coaching drill (32:07), and Ben’s critiques of two baseball books that had been lately into consideration to be banned in Duval County, Florida (46:07). After that (1:10:59), they carry on FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen to debate the location’s rating of the High 100 (properly, 112) prospects in baseball, relating the relative thinness of the highest of the category, evaluating injured pitchers (together with Daniel Espino), prospects who might make impacts in 2023 (similar to Eury Pérez and Andrew Painter), Gunnar Henderson vs. Corbin Carroll, fast-rising prospects, gamers Eric is larger on than the consensus, how rule adjustments have an effect on prospect rankings, notable farm programs, probably the most fascinating prospects to judge, and Noah Track becoming a member of the Phillies, adopted by a Previous Blast from 1972 (2:04:31).

Audio intro: The Plimsouls, “Harmful E-book”Audio interstitial: The Infamous B.I.G. (Feat. 112), “Sky’s the Restrict”Audio outro: Billy Joel, “Zanzibar”

Hyperlink to Phoenix inhabitants storyLink to U.S. media market rankingLink to A-Rod’s “e-book” imageLink to A-Rod’s bubble-bath imageLink to A-Rod’s mirror kissLink to ESPN’s Ohtani storyLink to Evan’s Mets tweetLink to Eagles push playLink to article on banning the playLink to Woodward on the Mets drillLink to Mets spring WS celebrationLink to information on Henry Aaron’s DreamLink to purchase Henry Aaron’s DreamLink to story of Aaron’s spring debutLink to Tavares on the e-book’s languageLink to Roberto Clemente on GoodreadsLink to Thank You, Jackie RobinsonLink to Clemente’s debut gameLink to Clemente’s 3000th hitLink to 2022 story about attainable bansLink to story about e-book removalLink to Duval County on legislation complianceLink to Jacksonville At present on DuvalLink to Steven Goldman on hiding historyLink to story about books underneath reviewLink to string about books underneath reviewLink to Tavares’s Twitter replyLink to PredictIt Presidential oddsLink to Cease WOKE Act WikiLink to The Guardian on the actLink to The Guardian on act injunctionsLink to The Guardian on e-book bansLink to WaPo on e-book bansLink to NYT on e-book bansLink to CBS ballot on e-book bansLink to Jemele Hill tweet @MLBLink to story about e-book approvalLink to Duval County responseLink to FG’s High 100 listLink to High 100 chatLink to Ben on 2023 prospect debutsLink to Ben on pitching prospectsLink to MLBTR on Espino’s injuryLink to Baumann on the “Rolen Zone”Hyperlink to ESPN on SongLink to 1972 story sourceLink to The Boys of SummerLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Topkin on Manfred’s commentLink to Rob Mains on PPP

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