Effectively Wild Episode 1668: Season Preview Series: Twins and Tigers

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about weirdness and whimsy in spring training, the Giants and Cleveland playing an unnecessary bottom of the ninth (without umpires), the 22-pitch plate appearance between Jordan Hicks and Luis Guillorme , Jacob deGrom ’s ever-escalating velocity, and two recent research pieces, then preview the 2021 Twins (23:33) with Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic and the 2021 Tigers (59:27) with Evan Woodbery of the MLive Media Group. 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 : Fruit Bats, " The Bottom of It " Audio interstitial 1 : Joel Plaskett, " Catch 22 " Audio interstitial 2 : John Frusciante, " Central " Audio outro : Will Butler, " Finish What I Started " Link to story about Giants-Cleveland game Link to Jesse’s Giants-Cleveland Twitter thread Link to story about 22-pitch PA Link to RJ McDaniel on the 22-pitch PA Link to Forman tweet about timing the 22-pitch PA Link to Russell Carleton on full-count fouls Link to spring Statcast standouts Link to story about deGrom’s spring speeds Link to Matt Kelly on deGrom’s velo in 2020 Link to Travis Sawchik on deGrom’s velo in 2020 Link to Ben on moving the mound back Link to Rob Mains on the modern TTO penalty Link to Rob on the TTO penalty in the past Link to Matt Trueblood’s Twins preview Link to Aaron on impact Twins rookies Link to Aaron on the playoff losing streak Link to Aaron on the closer-less bullpen Link to Aaron on Cruz Link to Aaron on Colomé Link to Aaron on Simmons’s defense Link to Aaron on a Kirilloff extension Link to Travis on Garver’s framing Link to Dan Syzmborski on hitter bust candidates Link to Evan on the Tigers’ spending Link to Evan on Baddoo 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