Effectively Wild Episode 2508: Deadline Deliberations

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben&#8217;s ongoing jury service and meet major leaguers Zac Thornton and Tyron Guerrero, who used to be—but also never really were?—named Zach Thornton and Tayron Guerrero, respectively. Then (35:29) they attempt to diagnose Cal Raleigh&#8217;s offensive ills, check in on Patrick Bailey&#8217;s bat, examine how the Red Sox and Phillies wound up where they were supposed to be by a very roundabout route, assess the state of trade-deadline speculation, and consider where they would want a few top trade candidates to go. Audio&nbsp;intro: Philip Tapley and Michael Stokes, &#8220;Effectively Wild Theme&#8221; Audio&nbsp;outro: Luke Lillard, &#8220;Effectively Wild Theme&#8221; Link to Meet a Major Leaguer wiki Link to Newsday on Thornton Link to Thornton&#8217;s Grand Canyon page Link to Guerrero call-up article Link to Cotillo&#8217;s Guerrero tweet Link to Guerrero name pronunciation Link to Guerrero wiki Link to MLBTR on Guerrero Link to The Land Before Time characters Link to Soroka name tweet Link to Varland name article Link to Lovelady name article Link to Stanton name decision Link to Carmona/Hernández name change Link to Jerry Gergich wiki Link to Raleigh batted-ball profile Link to Sam&#8217;s Raleigh posts Link to Raleigh&#8217;s 2025 splits Link to Raleigh&#8217;s 2026 splits <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2477-can-clev