Effectively Wild Episode 2132: Season Preview Series: Blue Jays and Reds

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk to FanGraphs writer Ben Clemens about the site’s ongoing efforts to model team depth and factor it into projections, then preview the 2024 Toronto Blue Jays (30:46) with The Athletic’ s Kaitlyn McGrath , and the 2024 Cincinnati Reds (1:16:31) with The Athletic ’s C. Trent Rosecrans . 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 : Gabriel-Ernest, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : Cory Brent, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 2 : Xavier LeBlanc, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : MulderBatFlip, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Other Ben’s blog about depth Link to Ben’s depth tables Link to bullpen chaining explainer Link to projection limitations Link to Ben on odds calibration Link to Ben on odds calibration 2 Link to “model talk” pods Link to Jays offseason tracker Link to Jays depth chart Link to Stark on Ohtani’s flight Link to Sheehan on Rogers Centre Link to Kaitlyn on Varsho Link to Statcast park factors Link to OF OAA leaderboard Link to OF DRS leaderboard Link to Kaitlyn on Berríos Link to 2019 FG cutter post Link to cutter tweet Link to Ben on new pitches Link to Kaitlyn’s fan survey Link to Mattingly beard Link to Kaitlyn’s Athletic archive Link to Reds offseason tracker Link to Reds depth chart Link to FG payrolls leaderboard Link to 2023 Senzel article Link to team SP projections Link to team RP projections Link to story about Reds bunting Link to 2023 bunt hit leaders Link to BP on Friedl Link to bunting Stat Blast Link to story about bench coaches Link to Reds bench coach story Link to conservation of matter Link to C. Trent’s Athletic archive 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