Effectively Wild Episode 1985: Season Preview Series: Padres and Reds

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the advisability of suspending the pitch clock in certain high-stakes situations, some last-minute spring-training tweaks to the clock’s operation, and MLB’s marketing campaign about the new rules, then continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the San Diego Padres (30:15) with AJ Cassavell of MLB.com, and the Cincinnati Reds (1:15:40) with C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic , plus a Past Blast from 1985 (1:54:31), trivia answers (1:59:57), and a few followups (2:01:33). 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 : Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : Anthony Parker, “ Cloud 9 ” Audio interstitial 2 : Steve Wynn, “ Sustain ” Audio outro : Manther, “ 1985 ” Link to Nitkowski thread Link to Trout’s HRD call to Ohtani Link to Schoenfield article Link to Drellich article Link to ESPN on the clock tweaks Link to MLBTR on the clock tweaks Link to Darren Baker video Link to Darren Baker rule Link to Cranston ad Link to Cranston on Hot Ones Link to FanGraphs playoff odds Link to FG payroll breakdown Link to Padres offseason tracker Link to Padres depth chart Link to story on Cruz’s eye Link to AJ on position battles Link to Seidler on sustainability Link to article on Forbes valuations Link to Forbes valuations Link to Reds offseason tracker Link to Reds depth chart Link to Trent’s author archive Link to Trent on Castellini Link to Trent on India Link to Trent on Greene Link to farm system improvement Link to Sidd Finch story Link to story about Finch story Link to Sidd Finch wiki Link to April 15 followup Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Padres-Reds trivia answers Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to “The Comeback” Seinfeld clips Link to “The Burning” Seinfeld clips Link to 20-80 scale explainer 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