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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley respond to the responses to their response to a recent listener email, discuss (14:38) the Blue Jays&#8217; <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/dylan-cease/18525/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Dylan Cease</a> deal (including a Stat Blast about pitchers with big ERA-FIP gaps at 34:11), <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/anthony-rendon/12861/stats?position=3B" target="_blank">Anthony Rendon</a>&#8217;s potential retirement (47:23), and the Orioles&#8217; <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ryan-helsley/18138/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Ryan Helsley</a> signing (1:05:37 ), before scrutinizing ESPN&#8217;s annual offseason survey of MLB executives (1:15:53).
Audio&nbsp;intro: Andy Ellison, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-zryFrA5vGf46iu7jSvWSrkrDXTfJ3zY/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;outro: Luke Lillard, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IdOM-zb7R8ln39HiJsfTKpQCOdvTF7fd/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;

<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2407-snap-judgements" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to EW Episode 2407</a>
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<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/blue-jays-render-unto-cease-what-is-ceases-210-million" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Baumann on Cease</a>
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<a href="https://www.ewstats.com/competitions/contracts" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to contracts draft results</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_dollar" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Canadian currency wiki</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b-Xlx8ZznO4ui5_pa4t65Wm6mBuZOxuD93W4I9qh7fg/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to ERA-FIP gap findings</a>
<a href="https://pitcherlist.com/the-relative-value-of-fip-xfip-siera-and-xera-pt-ii/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to ERA estimators study</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47110621/source-angels-talks-buy-final-year-anthony-rendon-deal" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Rendon report</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2061-preseason-team-goals-revisited/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Rendon EW episode</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8ftjdWw3xc" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to The Force Awakens scene</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/can-ryan-helsley-actually-start-or-are-we-just-not-eating-enough-protein/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Helsley starting post</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/ryan-helsley-is-primed-for-a-baltimore-bounce-back/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Helsley signing post</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/player/106129/ryan-helsley/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Helsley BP player card</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/leaderboards/pitching/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to BP pitching leaderboards</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2022/10/05/mlb/sandy-alcantara-cy-young-pitches-marlins" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on Alcantara in 2022</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/103198/keep-em-guessing/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Trueblood on predictability</a>
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