Effectively Wild Episode 1986: Season Preview Series: Braves and Rockies

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about prospects who have ( Jordan Walker , Anthony Volpe ) and haven’t ( Grayson Rodriguez , Brett Baty ) made Opening Day rosters and MLB’s player-centric PSAs about the new rules, then complete their 2023 season preview series by discussing the Atlanta Braves (15:07) with Grant McAuley of 92.9 The Game, and the Colorado Rockies (53:50) with Danielle Allentuck of The Denver Gazette , plus a Past Blast from 1986 (1:26:07), trivia answers (1:30:00), a Stat Blast (1:31:34) about the biggest WAR gaps between Opening Day starters, the worst pitchers ever to start on Opening Day, and the best pitchers and hitters never to start on Opening Day, and a postscript (1:41:09). 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 : Benny and A Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic) ” Audio interstitial : Simon Waldram, “ What Were You Thinking? ” Audio outro : Benny and A Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Horny) ” Link to MLBTR on Volpe Link to MLBTR on Walker Link to Mains on Cardinals PECOTA Link to MLBTR on Turang Link to MLBTR on Baty/Vientos Link to FG post on Vientos Link to MLBTR on Rodriguez Link to Elias on Rodriguez Link to Ben on 2022 OD promotions Link to Ben on 2022 debuts Link to MLB rules PSA hub Link to Snell/Anderson spot Link to Vogelbach/Showalter spot Link to Cranston spot Link to FanGraphs playoff odds Link to FG payroll breakdown Link to Braves offseason tracker Link to Braves depth chart Link to MLB Pipeline rankings Link to From The Diamond Link to Rockies offseason tracker Link to Rockies depth chart Link to Sam’s Rockies essay Link to article on hangover effect Link to article on curing the hangover Link to Sarris on McMahon Link to Danielle’s author archive Link to Past Blast source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Braves-Rockies trivia answers Link to Stat Blast spreadsheet 1 Link to Stat Blast spreadsheet 2 Link to article about LBJ’s first pitch Link to Brown/Cole source 1 Link to Brown/Cole source 2 Link to Brown/Cole source 3 Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to Woodward on changeups Link to EW on seam-shifted wake Link to Forbes valuations Link to Mains on Forbes data 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