Effectively Wild Episode 2333: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the In-Game Interview
Effectively Wild Episode 2333: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the In-Game Interview  
Podcast: Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Published On: Wed Jun 11 2025
Description: 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 Link to Misiorowski pitch Link to Clarke catch Link to Arneson posts Link to A’s sprint speed leaderboard Link to FRV leaderboard Link to Clarke on-pace projection Link to Sam on Clarke Link to 2015 Trout robbery Link to GMJ robbery Link to White robbery Link to JBJ robbery Link to Pillar robbery Link to Schanuel bat training Link to worst wRC+ ranking Link to Weathers story Link to Weathers clip Link to fan-thrown-ball story Link to fan-thrown-ball clip Link to Jazz error Link to Ben on in-game interviews Link to Kershaw story Link to Kershaw clip Link to Kershaw velo Link to Panthers/Oilers fights Link to Bing Bong explainer Link to Hang Up and Listen Link to recent reinstatements Link to “Hometown Hero” wiki Link to “Hometown Hero” IMDb  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Give a Gift Subscription  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Spotify Feed  Facebook Group  Bluesky Account  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source