Effectively Wild Episode 1343: Season Preview Series: Cubs and Rangers

Ben Lindbergh and guest co-host Steven Goldman of The Infinite Inning banter about Luis Severino’ s injury and the perils of spring training, Sonny Gray ’s slider problem and the perils of player development, and Ben’s series at The Ringer about scouting past and present, then preview the 2019 Cubs (34:19) with The Athletic’ s Cubs beat writer Sahadev Sharma , and the 2019 Texas Rangers (1:13:15) with The Athletic’ s Rangers beat writer, Levi Weaver . 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 : Slothrust, " Baby One More Time " Audio interstitial 1 : The Bangles, " Under a Cloud " Audio interstitial 2 : Hop Along, " Texas Funeral " Audio outro : Teenage Fanclub, " Live in the Moment " Link to article on Gray’s sliders Link to first part of Ben’s scouting series Link to second part of Ben’s scouting series Link to Ruffcorn reports Link to Levi’s story on Clyde and pensions Link to Infinite Inning podcast 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