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Effectively Wild Episode 2400: There’s No Such Thing As a Free Agent
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast›
Nov 13, 20251:39:17
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Ben and Meg banter about a hotel-lobby shrine to Addison Barger and Scott Boras wordplay at the GM meetings, Stat Blast (25:50) about Paul DePodesta’s comeback, POBO percentage, postseason questions, and Mike Greenwell, and (1:01:07) conduct the 11th annual free agent contract over/under draft, plus a Boras postscript.
Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”
Link to Barger story
Link to Marriott love story
Link to Boras quote round-up
Link to Boras on Skubal
Link to Boras on Alonso
Link to Boras on Bregman
Link to Boras on Bellinger
Link to Boras on Kim
Link to Boras on EW
Link to Ben on the
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"Effectively Wild Episode 2400: There’s No Such Thing As a Free Agent" is an episode of Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast. Runtime 1 hr 39 min. Published November 13, 2025. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
