Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Ben Clemens banter about the Astros signing Tatsuya Imai to a smaller-than-expected deal. Then (18:20) they continue a cherished podcast tradition by conducting the 13th annual Effectively Wild Minor League Free Agent Draft, in which they select 10 minor league free agents each and compete to see whose roster will accumulate the most combined MLB playing time in 2025 (followed by a postscript at 1:31:23).

Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to guest appearances sheet

Link to FG post on Imai

Link to MLBTR on Imai

Link to Feinsand tweet

Link to The Athletic on Imai

Link to minor league free agents

Link to MLBTR on MiLB FA

Link to last year’s draft

Link to MiLB FA draft wiki

Link to EWStats page

Link to dynasty FA draft sheet

Link to Brebbia on EW

Link to MLBTR on Baddoo

Link to 2025 MLB average SP

Link to MiLB IP leaders

Link to Can’t Hardly Wait scene

Link to this year’s draftees

Link to first Stathead query

Link to second Stathead query

Link to Boob McNutt

Link to Mutt and Jeff

Link to Gink and Boob

Link to Bucco Bricks tweet

Link to Lile’s Reddit response

Link to MLB.com on Lile

Link to car service jingles

Link to Conjunction Junction

Link to “certain point of view” scene

Link to “Old Ben” clip

Link to Slate on prediction markets

Link to Bloomberg on prediction markets

Link to Sporcle quiz

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