Effectively Wild Episode 2336: All Your Future Devers
Episode description
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the Rafael Devers trade in depth, covering why Boston made the move, the resulting fan frustration, and the Giants impact. Then (57:56) they cover bad news about Christian Montes De Oca, John Brebbia, and Johnny O’Brien before bantering about Shohei Ohtani’s return to the mound, the Rays rotation, Charlie Morton’s turnaround, Patrick Corbin, why the Astros are still good, Aaron Boone, and tennis-style boundary reviews.
Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Ben L. on Devers
Link to Ben C. on Devers
Link to MLBTR on Devers
Link to MLBTR on Devers fallout
Link to other teams report
Link to Mookie reaction
Link to MLBTR on Van Belle
Link to MLBTR on Montes De Oca
Link to MLBTR on Brebbia
Link to Brebbia on EW
Link to EW Episode 1153
Link to Jeff on Johnny
Link to Johnny obit
Link to Ohtani article
Link to Ohtani cleaning clips
Link to Laurila on the Rays
Link to team SP IP
Link to Rangers IP
Link to Morton splits
Link to boundary call article
Link to Pope tweet
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!