Effectively Wild Episode 1507: Season Preview Series: Mets and Blue Jays

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about passing the halfway point of the season preview series, Zach Eflin ’s spring training feedback on a possibly less lively baseball, the effect of sign stealing on the average time between pitches, a recent rash of spring pitcher injuries, and the incredible career trajectory of former Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. , then preview the 2020 Mets (19:06) with The Athletic’s Tim Britton , and the 2020 Blue Jays (58:23) with Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith . 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 : Aceyalone & RJD2, " Junior " Audio interstitial 1 : Yo La Tengo, " Meet the Mets " Audio interstitial 2 : Guided By Voices, " Blue Jay House " Audio outro : Crowded House, " Now We’re Getting Somewhere " Link to Eflin story Link to Ben on sign stealing and pace Link to Kershaw’s comments on 2017 Link to post about Amaro Link to story about Mets fans and Venmo Link to Tim on Ramos Link to Ben on the one-knee catching trend Link to The Resisters Link to The Cactus League 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