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Effectively Wild Episode 2435: Oddsball Ideas

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about MLB owners avoiding the Epstein files, preview the season preview series, bemoan the insurance issues preventing some stars from playing in the WBC, and break down the Luis Arraez and Eugenio Suárez signings, the Brendan Donovan trade, the latest White Sox moves, and their major takeaways from the release of the 2026 playoff odds. Then (1:22:00) Ben brings on historian Richard Hershberger to discuss the 150th anniversary of the National League’s founding, followed by (1:41:02) a postscript.

Audio intro: Philip Tapley and Michael Stokes, “Effectively Wild Theme
Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme

Link to Epstein files sports roundup
Link to season preview series wiki
Link to insurance article
Link to Ben on WBC injuries
Link to Arraez signing FG post
Link to Dan S. on Arraez
Link to Sam on Arraez
Link to team 2B projections
Link to Arraez offers report
Link to Arraez defensive stats
Link to Moneyball quote
Link to Washington hiring
Link to Ben on Arraez
Link to “gotta hand it to them” tweet
Link to “It’s Been Awhile”
Link to Suárez signing FG post
Link to over/under draft tracker
Link to palindrome post
Link to Donovan trade post
Link to Dipoto trade story
Link to “WWJDD?”
Link to Dipoto hospital story
Link to Cijntje specialization story
Link to Cijntje splits
Link to Becker on three-team trades
Link to Rays ballpark funding info
Link to Sam’s trade post
Link to Sam’s original Rays post
Link to “White Soxer” post
Link to FG offseason tracker
Link to Baumann on the White Sox
Link to BP on the White Sox
Link to Slater “top target” quote
Link to Murakami bidets story
Link to Sasaki bidets story
Link to Mamdani bidets story
Link to Ben on bidets
Link to team payrolls
Link to Dan S. on beating the Dodgers
Link to Dan on the Pirates/A’s
Link to the playoff odds
Link to Clemens on the playoff odds
Link to projected team WAR
Link to Strike Four
Link to Richard’s SABR work
Link to projected team WAR
Link to Past Blast wiki
Link to Richard’s NL post 1
Link to Richard’s NL post 2
Link to 1876 NL
Link to prediction markets update
Link to team broadcasts update
Link to 2025 player earnings data
Link to original Stat Blast
Link to new Stat Blast data
Link to $/WAR by year

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