Effectively Wild Episode 1501: Season Preview Series: Braves and Phillies

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the latest developments in the escalating player war of words over the Astros sign-stealing scandal, José Altuve ‘s alleged unfinished tattoo, Rob Manfred’s roundly criticized comments, Shohei Ohtani ’s new driver’s license, and a modest pay hike for minor leaguers. Then they preview the 2020 Braves (34:29) with From the Diamond host Grant McAuley , and the 2020 Phillies (1:13:37) with The Athletic’s Meghan Montemurro . 2020 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 : The Who, " Tattoo " Audio interstitial 1 : The Replacements, " Someone Take the Wheel " Audio interstitial 2 : Cayetana, " South Philly " Audio outro : Bud Light, " Mr. Fake Tattoo Inventor " Link to story about Correa, Altuve, and Bellinger Link to story about minor league pay hike Link to possible Altuve tattoo sighting Link to Darvish tweet Link to Ben on the Braves rebuild Link to post about Ozuna Link to Grant’s Braves positional previews Link to story on the Phillies’ spending Link to story on the Phillies’ bullpen usage Link to story on the Phillies’ sports science department Link to Ben on the Phillies’ framing turnarounds Link to Roger Angell interview Link to order 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