Effectively Wild Episode 1340: Season Preview Series: Rays and Padres

Ben Lindbergh and guest co-host Zach Kram of The Ringer banter about Clayton Kershaw ’s bum arm, a rash of semi-suspiciously-timed signings, the Atlantic League as a testing ground for MLB rules changes, the latest Bryce Harper rumors, extensions for Nolan Arenado , Miles Mikolas , and Aaron Hicks , the Marwin Gonzalez signing and its implications for Willians Astudillo , and Matt Wieters joining the Cardinals, then preview the 2019 Tampa Bay Rays (36:44) with The Athletic’ s Rays beat writer Josh Tolentino , and the 2019 San Diego Padres (1:03:53) with The Athletic’ s Padres beat writer, Dennis Lin . 2019 EW Season Preview Series AL BAL CHW ATH BOS CLE HOU NYY DET LAA TBR KCR SEA TOR MIN TEX NL ATL CHC ARI MIA CIN COL NYM MIL LAD PHI PIT SDP WSN STL SFG .intro-team, .intro-team td { font-family: lato, Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .intro-team .intro-header { /*display: none;*/ text-align: center; } .team-lg { text-align: center; width: 100%; } /* [class^="team-box-"] > div { display: inline-block; width: 48%; } [class^="team-box-"] > div table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; } [class^="team-box-"] > div td { background-color: #efefef; border: 1px solid #ccc; line-height: 2; text-align: center; cursor: default; } [class^="team-box-"] > div a { color: #000; text-decoration: none; display: block; width: 100% } [class^="team-box-"] > div a:hover { color: #50ae26; } [class^="team-box-"] > div a.link-inactive { color: #aaa; } */ Audio intro : Aaron Lee Tasjan, " The Rest is Yet to Come " Audio interstitial 1 : Frank Sinatra, " South – To A Warmer Place " Audio interstitial 2 : Sloan, " Have Faith " Audio outro : Wilco, " Please Be Patient With Me " Link to Atlantic League report Link to Zach’s Arenado post Link to Wieters projection article Link to Josh on the pitch clock Link to Ben on the Padres Link to Dennis on Stock Link to Passan report Link to preorder The MVP Machine iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source