Effectively Wild Episode 1974: Season Preview Series: Cardinals and Diamondbacks

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Manny Machado ’s extension, whether the Padres have spending constraints, and what the team’s future might look like, then (18:51) discuss their impressions of the pitch clock in spring training so far and offer a brief update on their podcast editor search (30:42). After that, they continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the St. Louis Cardinals (33:55) with Katie Woo of The Athletic , and the Arizona Diamondbacks (1:09:31) with Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic , plus a Past Blast from 1974 (1:44:41). 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 : Robyn Hitchcock, “ 1974 ” Audio interstitial 1 : Ween, “ Stay Forever ” Audio interstitial 2 : Rotten Mind, “ Serpent Eyes ” Audio outro : David Crosby, “ 1974 ” Link to Dan S. on Machado Link to MLBTR on Machado Link to WaPo on the Padres Link to payroll breakdown Link to next year’s FA class Link to Colbert Stat Blast Link to game-ending violation video Link to game-ending violation story Link to Sawchik’s game-time thread Link to Ben on spring training Link to Jeff on spring training pace Link to FanGraphs playoff odds Link to Cardinals offseason tracker Link to Cardinals depth chart Link to Katie’s spring preview Link to Katie on players to watch Link to Katie on bounceback players Link to Katie’s author archive Link to D-backs offseason tracker Link to Diamondbacks depth chart Link to BJOL regression article Link to Nick’s spring preview Link to Nick’s author archive Link to 1974 article source Link to 1959 article source Link to Trueman’s CSUN page Link to Trueman’s book Link to Trueman’s other book Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Britton on Mets pickoffs Link to Woodward on Mets pickoffs 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