Effectively Wild Episode 1676: New Season, Who Dis?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about immersing themselves in Opening Day action, Opening Day highlights and oddities, early-season optimism, the divisive automatic-runner rule, the Francisco Lindor extension and why it matters so much for the Mets, the perception of players’ positive COVID tests today compared to last season, what they’re most looking forward to this season, and much more. Audio intro : Hippo Campus, " Baseball " Audio outro : Paul Weller, " Brand New Start " Link to Sam on the automatic-runner rule Link to Cabrera home run video Link to Trout on his swing Link to Jay Jaffe on Cabrera Link to FanGraphs staff predictions post Link to Ringer staff predictions post Link to video of Turner/Bellinger play Link to list of runners passing runners Link to Yang’s Yankees scarf tweet Link to Ben on the Lindor extension Link to Reddit thread on Bally scorebug Link to Ben on the ball in spring training Link to latest Ringer MLB Show episode Link to Darius Austin on preseason predictions 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