Effectively Wild Episode 1832: 2022 Division Preview Series: AL East

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about top prospects making Opening Day rosters, the Padres’ Sean Manaea trade and Eric Hosmer almost-trade, the A’s firesale and accurate and inaccurate payroll figures, Joe Davis replacing Joe Buck in the World Series broadcast booth, new broadcaster Carlos Beltrán’s comments about the Astros’ sign stealing, and Wilmer Font’ s attempt at the first KBO perfect game, plus a Stat Blast (25:36) about Zack Collins , Reese McGuire , and one-for-one trades of same-aged players at the same position, then (35:43) bring on The Ringer ’s Zach Kram and Bobby Wagner to preview the 2022 season in the American League East, team by team (followed by a few updates and postscripts). Audio intro : The Society of Rockets, “ Just Like You ” Audio interstitial : Filthy Friends, “ One Flew East ” Audio outro : Frankie Cosmos, “ Sinister ” Link to Rodríguez callup video Link to Dan Szymborski on the Manaea trade Link to MLBTR on the Hosmer non-trade Link to Baseball America on Padres trades Link to RosterResource payroll page Link to Joe Davis news Link to article about Beltrán comments Link to Ben Clemens on the catchers trade Link to Stat Blast trades data Link to article about 1985 trade Link to 30-30 Vlad quote Link to story about Blue Jays and vaccines Link to story about Romano’s injury Link to story about the Queen’s dorgis Link to Zeus’s “OK Blue Jays” Link to 30-30 Hicks story Link to Beltrán comments about Judge Link to story about NYC’s vaccine mandate Link to Yankees baserunning story Link to Baseball America on Rays affiliates Link to Red Sox Whitlock story Link to Orioles fence news Link to Orioles fence analysis Link to story on O’s pitches and the fence Link to story about minor league housing Link to tweet about Orioles housing Link to Tipping Pitches podcast Link to Ben on Britton in 2016 Link to study on “sinister right-handers” Link to story about “sinister” study Link to handedness proportions data Link to FanGraphs playoff odds 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