Effectively Wild Episode 2359: I Am Familiar With Winning
Effectively Wild Episode 2359: I Am Familiar With Winning  
Podcast: Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Published On: Sat Aug 09 2025
Description: Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Mike Trout has become a boring baseball player, Paul Skenes almost perfectly replicating his sensational rookie season, and recent trends in pre-arb extensions, answer a listener email (57:39) about becoming a fan of the whole league instead of (or in addition to) one team, and (1:14:49) meet major leaguers Josh Simpson and Dugan Darnell. Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Trout hypotheticals Link to 2025 TTO% leaders Link to Trout TTO% by year Link to leaguewide TTO% Link to older hitters wRC+ Link to Trout’s Savant page Link to Trout’s $ value Link to Dalton photo Link to pitcher WAR since 2024 Link to Skenes pitch-type splits Link to Paine on extensions Link to listener emails Link to new debuts Link to Simpson wiki Link to Simpson interview Link to phantom ballplayer wiki Link to 2024 Simpson article Link to 2025 Simpson article Link to ERA-xERA leaders Link to Dartmouth draftees Link to Princeton draftees Link to Yale draftees Link to UPenn draftees Link to Harvard draftees Link to Brown draftees Link to Columbia draftees Link to Cornell draftees Link to Ivy draftees ranking Link to Darnell wiki Link to Darnell article 1 Link to Darnell article 2 Link to Darnell article 3 Link to Darnell article 4 Link to Darnell article 5 Link to team RP WAR  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Give a Gift Subscription  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com  Effectively Wild Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  Apple Podcasts Feed   Spotify Feed  YouTube Playlist  Facebook Group  Bluesky Account  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source