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Joe Sheehan
Publisher of The Joe Sheehan Baseball Newsletter and longtime baseball analyst and writer, offering detailed roster, transaction, and rules debate commentary.
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Dec 24, 2025
• 2h 17min
Effectively Wild Episode 2418: The Challenge System Challenge
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Craig Goldstein, an Editor at Baseball Prospectus, and Joe Sheehan, publisher of The Joe Sheehan Baseball Newsletter, dive into the latest baseball transactions, including the White Sox's intriguing signing of Munetaka Murakami and a three-team trade involving the Pirates. They passionately debate the merits of the challenge system versus full automated balls and strikes (ABS), with Joe advocating for ABS to promote offense while Craig finds value in the challenge system's compromise. The duo also discusses the implications of Emmanuel Clase's mid-game phone use.
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