Effectively Wild Episode 2288: Season Preview Series: Red Sox and Athletics

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether certain injuries can improve players, old-but-good guys not getting gigs, the offensive disparity between the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues, and Bryce Harper’ s Phanatic tattoo. Then they preview the 2025 Boston Red Sox (31:16) with The Boston Globe ’s Alex Speier , and the 2025 Sacramento Athletics (1:25:13) with Jason Burke of Inside the A’s. 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 : Kite Person, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : Ian H., “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 2 : Xavier LeBlanc, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : The Shirey Brothers, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Keaschall article Link to Mets camp count Link to MLBTR on Iglesias Link to Belt article Link to aging curve 1 Link to aging curve 2 Link to Verlander article Link to spring training parks Link to homers/humidity Link to 2024 FL ST wOBA Link to FL teams’ RS wOBA Link to 2024 AZ ST wOBA Link to Link to AZ teams’ RS wOBA Link to overall ST wOBA Link to overall RS wOBA Link to Phanatic tattoo story Link to offseason spending Link to FG payrolls page Link to Red Sox depth chart Link to Red Sox offseason tracker Link to Netflix series story Link to Werner quote Link to Alex’s book Link to Alex’s author archive Link to Athletics depth chart Link to Athletics offseason tracker Link to Jason’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