Effectively Wild Episode 1970: Season Preview Series: Mariners and White Sox

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the release of FanGraphs’ playoff odds and the biggest differences between the FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus playoff and World Series odds, then continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the Seattle Mariners (18:28) with Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times and the Chicago White Sox (1:03:48) with The Athletic ’s James Fegan , plus a Past Blast (1:49:08) from 1970 and a postscript. 2023 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 : Spiritualized, “ Do it All Over Again ” Audio interstitial : Superchunk, “ Low F ” Audio outro : The Stooges, “ 1970 ” Link to Ohtani’s FA comments Link to FG playoff odds announcement Link to FG playoff odds Link to Ben C. on the playoff odds Link to PECOTA-based odds Link to odds differences spreadsheet Link to MASN statement Link to Mariners offseason tracker Link to Mariners depth chart Link to Ryan’s spring training preview Link to Ryan’s author archive Link to 2023 draft order Link to Vogt hiring news Link to White Sox offseason tracker Link to White Sox depth chart Link to The Athletic ’s offseason grades Link to James’s spring training preview Link to James’s author archive Link to FG’s 2B projections Link to 1970 article source Link to 1970 Winter Meetings info Link to SABR’s source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to McCarver’s NYT obit Link to Angell’s McCarver profile Link to Angell on McCarver again Link to FG’s Negro Leagues stats Link to info on racetrack Link to info on photography Link to more info on photography Link to third photography article Link to fourth photography article Link to fifth photography article Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source