Effectively Wild Episode 2136: Season Preview Series: Mariners and Royals

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the uncertain state of Gerrit Cole’ s elbow (and the larger UCL scourge), the Giants controversially releasing J.D. Davis , and the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts / Gavin Lux infield switcheroo, then preview the 2024 Seattle Mariners (29:12) with The Seattle Times’ Ryan Divish , and the 2024 Kansas City Royals (1:08:53) with The Kansas City Star ’s Jaylon Thompson . 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 : Jonathan Crymes 2, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : Michael Baumann, “ What Would Jerry Dipoto Do? ” Audio interstitial 2 : Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic) ” Audio outro : Beatwriter, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to MLBTR on Cole Link to MLBTR on Cease Link to Ben on roster limits Link to Bill James pitcher study Link to EW Episode 2055 Link to max-effort-injuries article Link to The Athletic on injuries Link to Ben on spring TJs Link to Russell on roster shuffling Link to Ben on pitching prospects Link to IP since 2018 Link to Baggarly on Davis Link to MLBTR on Davis Link to Ardaya on Mookie’s move Link to Petriello on Mookie at SS Link to Mariners offseason tracker Link to Mariners depth chart Link to Divish on the offseason Link to Divish on Julio Link to Kirby’s knuckleball Link to MLBTR on M’s injuries Link to Ryan’s Times archive Link to Royals offseason tracker Link to Royals depth chart Link to Ragans breakout feature Link to Ben C. on Ragans Link to Ragans leaderboard Link to “Raid the Zone” Link to “Reign the Zone” Link to Jaylon on the slogan Link to Jaylon on Royals P dev Link to Jaylon on Melendez Link to Jaylon on Salvy’s goal Link to Salvy deadline story Link to Royals lettering story Link to “Jr.” jersey story Link to Royals stadium coverage Link to FG Top 100 prospects Link to Jaylon’s Star archive Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form 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