Effectively Wild Episode 2123: Season Preview Series: Red Sox and Padres

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about former Mets GM Billy Eppler’s suspension for fabricating injuries, then Stat Blast (15:25) about players who amassed the most WAR for their secondary, tertiary, quaternary (etc.) teams, Hall of Famers who played with their hometown teams, and uniform numbers assigned to different players with the same surname on the same team. Then they preview the 2024 Boston Red Sox (33:13) with The Boston Globe ’s Alex Speier and the 2024 San Diego Padres (1:16:44) with MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell . 2024 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 : The Gagnés, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : The Shirey Brothers, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 2 : Alex Ferrin, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Daniel Leckie, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Eppler press release Link to The Athletic on Eppler Link to Stat Blast sheet 1 Link to Stat Blast sheet 2 Link to Stat Blast sheet 3 Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to Kenny Jackelen’s Twitter Link to Red Sox offseason tracker Link to Red Sox depth chart Link to Alex’s Boston Globe archive Link to Padres offseason tracker Link to Padres depth chart Link to AJ’s MLB.com archive Link to Opening Day boycott 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