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Effectively Wild Episode 2434: Hold Your Dark Horses
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast›
Jan 31, 20261:37:27
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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the oddly timed end of Derek Falvey’s rein as POBOth for the Twins, Jacob Wilson’s extension and the promising but lopsided A’s, pillow contracts vs. trampoline contracts, which teams have had the most frustrating offseasons, dark-horse-candidate teams for 2026, and listener responses to their previous discussion of a Fellowship of the Ring baseball team.
Audio intro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to The Athletic on Falvey
Link to Favley Zoom meeting detail
Link to FG payrolls page
Link to MLBTR on Wilson
Link to 2025 team batting WAR
Link to 2025 team pitching WAR
Link to team WAR projections
Link to sowing/reaping meme
Link to team offseason spending
Link to FG offseason tracker
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"Effectively Wild Episode 2434: Hold Your Dark Horses" is an episode of Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast. Runtime 1 hr 37 min. Published January 31, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
