Effectively Wild Episode 1667: Season Preview Series: White Sox and Diamondbacks

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley pass the halfway point of their 30-team season preview series by previewing the 2021 White Sox with James Fegan of The Athletic and the 2021 Diamondbacks (46:45) with Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic , plus a brief postscript on the career and retirement of Nick Markakis . 2021 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 : Parquet Courts, " Black and White " Audio interstitial : The Hives, " Try it Again " Audio outro : Nick Lowe, " Halfway to Paradise " Link to Athletic article on teams developing velocity Link to James on Kopech Link to James on Crochet Link to James on La Russa and team unity Link to report about Reinsdorf and La Russa Link to James on Vaughn Link to James on Giolito Link to James on Lucroy Link to James on Cease Link to Dan Szymborski’s bust candidates Link to Szymborski’s breakout candidates Link to Nick on Lovullo’s contract Link to Jake Mailhot on Ketel Marte’s power Link to highest-WAR seasons without an MVP vote Link to highest-WAR careers without an MVP vote 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