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Successfully Wild Episode 2243: Roki of the 12 months

13 November 2024

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen banter about learn how to abbreviate Twins government Derek Falvey’s new twin function as president of each baseball and enterprise operations, then (5:23) focus on Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki from a scouting perspective, relating how good he might be, how a crew may ease him into MLB, what tweaks he may make to his repertoire, the bonus pool system that might assist decide the place he indicators, and extra. After that (50:16), Ben and Meg speak to NPB journalist Jim Allen about Sasaki’s posting from a Japan-based perspective, exploring why Sasaki was posted now, how Japanese followers really feel about his departure, and what the implications might be for NPB. Lastly (1:21:01), Ben does a bonus Stat Blast about baseball overrepresentation in crossword puzzles.

Audio intro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Successfully Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Liz Panella, “Successfully Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Kite Particular person, “Successfully Wild Theme”

Hyperlink to Falvey information
Hyperlink to Trueblood’s Falvey tweet
Hyperlink to Eric’s Roki replace
Hyperlink to Eric on Roki in August
Hyperlink to Ben’s Roki replace
Hyperlink to Ben on Roki in 2022
Hyperlink to Kiley on Roki
Hyperlink to Passan on Roki
Hyperlink to Coskrey on Roki
Hyperlink to 2024 bonus swimming pools
Hyperlink to Cooper on draft picks
Hyperlink to Ardaya on courting Ohtani
Hyperlink to Ohtani courtship
Hyperlink to Jim on Roki’s state of affairs
Hyperlink to Jim on the Marines
Hyperlink to Jim on Hirooka
Hyperlink to Jim on Roki’s future
Hyperlink to NPB union article
Hyperlink to Jim’s podcast
Hyperlink to Dangle Up and Hear
Hyperlink to newest HUaL
Hyperlink to Raymond’s spreadsheet
Hyperlink to Rooker EW episode