Effectively Wild Episode 2143: The 2024 Preseason Predictions Game

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs authors Michael Baumann and Ben Clemens play “Character Who Appears in Shōgun the Novel (but Not the TV Series) or International Amateur Baseball Player” (3:13), banter about an MLBPA power struggle (8:37) and the life of late Orioles owner Peter Angelos (16:51), and then explain the second annual preseason predictions game (22:38) and make 10 bold predictions apiece (29:00) about baseball in 2024, to be voted on by listeners . Audio intro : Luke Lillard, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Horny) ” LINK TO VOTE ON PREDICTIONS Link to Sasaki article Link to Jarvis singing video Link to Passan on the MLBPA Link to Drellich on Flaherty Link to latest on the MLBPA Link to Drellich on McHugh Link to Meyer letter Link to MLBTR on Angelos Link to Angelos wiki Link to Rubenstein story Link to last year’s predictions pod Link to predictions recap pod Link to last year’s results Link to wiki on last year Link to combined WAR leaderboard Link to Ben on 2022 Pujols Link to jacked players list Link to slim Stanton video Link to FG top 100 Link to 2024 oldest players Link to 40+ PA by year Link to batter age by year Link to multi-year RoY vote-getters Link to tiebreaker rules Link to FG playoff odds Link to Bananas cruise Link to total SB by year Link to Sam on SB Link to Russell on pickoffs Link to obstruction enforcement Link to enforcement explainer Link to obstruction call video Link to Lindor play piece 1 Link to Lindor play piece 2 Link to MiLB FA draft projections Link to Thames GIF Link to Ben on Shohei Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form LINK TO VOTE ON PREDICTIONS 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