Effectively Wild Episode 2131: Season Preview Series: Phillies and Angels

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’ s surprise marriage announcement (5:15), and Portia of Ohtani fan account @shoheisaveus returns (18:13) to tell Ben how the news was received by the Shobae community. Then Ben and Meg Stat Blast (36:49) about the biggest year-to-year changes in WAR produced by different players who wore the same uniform number for the same team, preview the 2024 Philadelphia Phillies (44:20) with The Athletic’ s Matt Gelb , and preview the 2024 Los Angeles Angels (1:21:51) with The Athletic ’s Sam Blum . 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 : Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Horny Version) ” Audio interstitial 2 : The Shirey Brothers, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Tom Rhoads, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to thread on Cal’s stats Link to anti-Streak take Link to owner Cal article Link to Ohtani’s Insta post Link to Portia’s first appearance Link to Ohtani comments Link to Ichiro dog secrecy Link to Matsui marriage Link to Matsui wife drawing Link to “Ohtani loss” tweet Link to other Ohtani tweet Link to John on Ed Sullivan Link to Dozier tweet Link to Stat Blast data Link to Stat Blast song cover Link to Kenny Jackelen’s Twitter Link to Phillies offseason tracker Link to Phillies depth chart Link to Matt’s Athletic archive Link to himbo article 1 Link to himbo article 2 Link to Harper offer report Link to Harper extension article Link to Matt on Realmuto Link to Tango on Realmuto’s framing Link to Eno on Dombrowski pens Link to Laurila on Dombrowski pens Link to Sam on Bryant Link to Moreno report Link to Angels offseason tracker Link to Angels depth chart Link to Sam on Percival Link to Sam on Rendon Link to EW on Rendon Link to Sam’s Athletic archive Link to Sam on broadcasts Link to Sam on Schanuel Link to FG top 100 Link to MLB top 100 Link to BP farm rankings Link to Soto/Bradley report 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