Effectively Wild Episode 1550: Make Me Your Worst Offer
Episode description
- Mock Draft 2.0
- Beyond Round 5: The Best Later-Round Draftees, Part 1
- Let’s Field an All Late-Round Team
- The 2020 Draft Primer
- Beyond Round 5: The Best Later-Round Draftees, Part 2
- Statistical Diamonds in the Rough
- Opportunities Missed: Which Teams Have Failed to Sign the Most Talent
- Mock Draft 3.0: The Day Of
- Day 1 Mega Draft Night Chat
- Day 1 Draft Recap
- Effectively Wild:
Draft Day - Draft Odds & Ends
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the continued standstill over starting the season, MLB’s series of superficially different, substantively identical, and equally unproductive proposals, public perceptions of the owners’ and players’ positions, the difference between a 50-game season and an 80-game season, and how the “negotiations” seem destined to end, plus a Stat Blast about repeatedly drafted players. Then (27:01) they talk to FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen about which teams did and didn’t appear to do well in the 2020 draft, how limiting the draft to five rounds affected team strategy, how the pandemic changed draft prep and draft predictions, the potential of Tigers top pick Spencer Torkelson and other notable names, what will happen to the hundreds of players who didn’t get drafted, and the latest on when and where prospects will play in 2020.
Audio intro: Mates of State, "My Only Offer"
Audio interstitial: I Was a King, "Eric"
Audio outro: Wild Flag, "Short Version"
Link to latest Craig Edwards analysis
Link to Jeff Passan report on most recent MLB offer
Link to Eno on season length
Link to Angus Kellett’s Stat Blast song cover
Link to spreadsheet about most-drafted players
Link to Eric’s 2020 draft primer
Link to Eric’s Day 1 draft recap
Link to Eric’s draft odds and ends
Link to story about amateurs signing with NPB teams
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