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Ben and Meg banter about the benefits of baseball supporting longer careers than some other sports (inspired by LeBron James becoming the first NBA player to make it to a 23rd season), the Mariners re-signing <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/josh-naylor/18839/stats?position=1B" target="_blank">Josh Naylor</a>, four free agents accepting qualifying offers, the Orioles and Angels swapping <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/grayson-rodriguez/24492/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Grayson Rodriguez</a> and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/taylor-ward/17548/stats?position=OF" target="_blank">Taylor Ward</a>, whether teams will find/develop the next <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/kyle-hendricks/12049/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Kyle Hendricks</a>, MLB&#8217;s unveiling of its new/old broadcast partners, and some news about the WPBL.
Audio&nbsp;intro: Alex Ferrin, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PG05TBt19rOUlQMuYgF5mNllQ3yEc5Tx/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;outro: Harold Walker, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_u1OHC8kumMkTfl2QWSo4FRlkFWvOcHB/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/lakers-lebron-james-season-debut-2436bf0de1c85bfe46181fe27aceeb5d" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to LeBron gamer</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_most_seasons.shtml" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to B-Ref seasons leaderboard</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/josh-naylor-reunites-with-seattle-on-a-five-year-deal/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to FG post on Naylor</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46999006/mlb-2025-26-offseason-passan-predictions-free-agency-kyle-tucker-schwarber-alex-bregman" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Passan&#8217;s Pirates report</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-we-tried-tracker-is-back-and-open-for-business/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to We Tried Tracker return</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dont-freak-out-but-four-guys-accepted-the-qualifying-offer/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Baumann on the QOs</a>
<a href="https://www.ewstats.com/competitions/contracts" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to over/under draft tracker</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/orioles-add-taylor-ward-send-grayson-rodriguez-west/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to FG post on O&#8217;s-Angels trade</a>
<a href="https://x.com/JoezMcfLy/status/1945121350164599189" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Judge&#8217;s former teammates</a>
<a href="https://x.com/JimRussellSD/status/1989137527123652865" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Judge/Wade sighting</a>
<a href="https://xkcd.com/37/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to xkcd comic</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/three-executives-on-developing-the-next-kyle-hendricks/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Laurila on Hendricks</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dispatches-from-the-gm-meetings-matt-arnold-paul-depodesta-chaim-bloom/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Bloom quote</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-mike-hazen-on-azs-middle-infield-and-more-from-the-gm-meetings/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Toboni quote</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2023/08/14/mlb/luis-arraez-batting-average-scouting-miami-marlins" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on Arraez</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-forms-new-three-year-media-rights-agreements-with-espn-nbcuniversal-and-netflix" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLB rights release</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6820362/2025/11/19/mlb-tv-deals-espn-nbc-netflix-peacock/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Marchand on the rights deals</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6818905/2025/11/19/mlb-espn-tv-deal-rob-manfred/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Marchand on the rights deals 2</a>
<a href="https://frontofficesports.com/womens-pro-baseball-springfield-illinois/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to WPBL news 1</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6808743/2025/11/17/wpbl-robin-roberts-stadium-illinois-venue/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to WPBL news 2</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2018/01/17/video-games/esports-the-overwatch-league-debut-new-york-excelsior" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on the OWL</a>
<a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81343880" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Hot Stove League on Netflix</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-1559-forgotten-greats/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to initial praise of the show</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-1774-in-defense-of-fip/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to first recap pod</a>
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