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Podcast: Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Episode: Effectively Wild Episode 2098: A Team Deferred
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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley call for a listener referendum on how to treat Shohei Ohtaniâs unprecedented contract in the EW free-agent-contract over/under draft, then (20:43) banter about the Royalsâ recent pitching additions and a wizardly Will Smith. After that (33:32), they talk to FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen about the players from Asian leagues who have enlivened the MLB free-agent market (including reports on new Giants addition Jung Hoo Lee ě´ě í, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga, Yuki Matsui, and Yariel RodrĂguez), Ericâs process for evaluating international players, how perceptions of Asian leaguesâ strengths and top talents have evolved, E...