Effectively Wild Episode 2510: The Desire to Acquire

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben&#8217;s daughter&#8217;s first MLB game, and Ben briefly interviews the four-year-old Sloan about her spectator experience. Then they discuss the MVP races (with an emphasis on Pete Crow-Armstrong&#8217;s status as the NL frontrunner over Shohei Ohtani), the Nationals and Red Sox swapping Curtis Mead and Connelly Early, a Kerry Wood trick pitch, John Kruk&#8217;s Sunday Night Baseball attire, teams&#8217; tendency to covet Tarik Skubal vs. their reluctance to trade top prospects for rental players, and the biggest pre-deadline positional strengths for non-contenders and positional weaknesses for contenders. Audio&nbsp;intro: Grant Brisbee, &#8220;Effectively Wild Theme&#8221; Audio&nbsp;outro: Jimmy Kramer, &#8220;Effectively Wild Theme&#8221; Link to Dodgers vs. Mets game Link to &#8220;if baseball were different&#8221; wiki Link to Goodnight Baseball Link to Decoy Saves Opening Day Link to Moana box office Link to Maui&#8217;s nipples article 1 Link to Maui&#8217;s nipples article 2 Link to Disney nipples history Link to Mario nipples article Link to FG WAR leaderboard Link to B-Ref WAR leaderboard Link to Roberts on MVP Ohtani Link to Ohtani pen session news Link to top baserunners Link to Paine on PCA <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/bobby-witt-jr-to-injured-list-with-lower-back-tightness" rel="noop