Effectively Wild Episode 2281: Season Preview Series: Orioles and Royals

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Dodgers’ overstuffed 2025 bobblehead lineup, Ippei Mizuhara’s sentencing, and the Angels’ tireless pursuit of players who were good several seasons ago. Then they preview the 2025 Baltimore Orioles (35:55) with the Baltimore Banner’ s Danielle Allentuck , and the 2025 Kansas City Royals (1:08:21) with the Kansas City Star ’s Jaylon Thompson . 2025 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 : Cory Brent, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : Jonathan Crymes 2, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 2 : Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic) ” Audio outro : Gabriel-Ernest, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Dodgers promotions Link to Dodgers bobbleheads post Link to past bobbleheads Link to giveaway conditions Link to bobblehead data Link to Rockies bobblehead post Link to Angels bobbleheads Link to Ippei sentencing 1 Link to Ippei sentencing 2 Link to Knight thread Link to Angels additions Link to Ben on the Orioyals Link to Orioles depth chart Link to Orioles offseason tracker Link to offseason FA spending Link to FG on O’s spending Link to Camden Chat on O’s spending Link to Danielle’s author archive Link to Royals depth chart Link to Royals offseason tracker Link to Dan S. on the Royals Link to KC stadiums update Link to Moore for governor news Link to Jaylon’s author archive Link to EW gift subscriptions Sponsor Us on Patreon Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Spotify Feed Facebook Group Bluesky Account Twitter Account Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source