Effectively Wild Episode 1971: Season Preview Series: Brewers and Marlins

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the USA World Baseball Classic roster’s so-so starting pitching, the difficulty of recruiting top pitchers for the tournament, and Japan’s staff, Meg’s college baseball weekend and Juan Soto sighting, Orioles owner John Angelos’s latest comments, and MLB’s new Economic Reform Committee, plus a Stat Blast (31:56) about the greatest players who were never the best player on their team and an observation about the spread of projected win totals in the AL and NL. Then they continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the Milwaukee Brewers (41:34) with Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Miami Marlins (1:21:34) with Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald , plus Past Blasts from 1971 (1:58:43) and a postscript (2:05:13). 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 : Willie Nelson, “ Second Fiddle ” Audio interstitial 1 : Slade, “ Don’t Blame Me ” Audio interstitial 2 : Sci-Fi Soldier, “ I Am in Miami ” Audio outro : Camera Obscura, “ The False Contender ” Link to USA WBC roster Link to DR roster breakdown Link to Japan roster breakdown Link to SP projections Link to Rosenthal on recruiting pitching Link to L.A. Times on WBC insurance Link to Ben on WBC injuries Link to Wash U on WBC injuries Link to draft prospect rankings Link to unrecognized Greinke Link to Angelos comments Link to Middleton comments Link to Drellich on new committee Link to Stat Blast spreadsheet Link to FG playoff odds Link to Brewers offseason tracker Link to Brewers depth chart Link to Todd’s spring training preview Link to Todd’s author archive Link to Burnes comments Link to Jay Jaffe on Burns Link to Burnes’s 2022 splits Link to team payroll rankings Link to Marlins offseason tracker Link to Marlins depth chart Link to Jordan on Pérez and Alcantara Link to Jordan’s author archive Link to “Marlins Will Soar” Link to MLBTR on De La Cruz Link to MLB.com on De La Cruz Link to 1971 article source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to sportslogos site Link to bannermark article Link to second bannermark article Link to third bannermark article Link to fourth bannermark article Link to fifth bannermark article Link to sixth bannermark article Link to 1984 MVP trophy Link to Phillies redesign logo Link to ’76 centennial logo Link to more on centennial logo Link to info on Pepsi logo Link to FG’s LF projections Link to FG on Grossman signing Link to FG’s 2B projections Link to Randy Johnson comment Link to Henry Q&A Link to other Henry Q&A Link to info on NESN edits Link to Werner on booing Link to Rosenthal on arbitration 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