Effectively Wild Episode 2289: Season Preview Series: Mets and Angels

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about some members of last year’s Yankees and Dodgers still sniping about the World Series, Max Scherzer’ s objection to the challenge system, how ABS has broadly been received so far, and assorted tactical considerations concerning when to challenge. Then they preview the 2025 New York Mets (29:08) with The Athletic’ s Tim Britton , and the 2025 Los Angeles Angels (1:20:24) with The Athletic ’s Sam Blum . 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 : Justin Peters, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : Philip Tapley and Michael Stokes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 2 : Andy Ellison, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Beatwriter, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to 2024 WS stats Link to Nestor comments Link to Boone comments Link to latest Kelly comments Link to November comments Link to Ben on WS Game 1 Link to WS Game 5 recap Link to ABS permutations Link to Scherzer challenges Link to Scherzer on ABS Link to catcher dekes episode Link to challenge strategy research Link to Oyster Analytics Link to replay review analysis Link to replay review episode Link to offseason spending Link to FG payrolls page Link to Mets depth chart Link to Mets offseason tracker Link to M&M Boys wiki Link to Tim’s author archive Link to Angels depth chart Link to Angels offseason tracker Link to Angels-inspired Stat Blast Link to Bender EW episode Link to Sam’s Bender article Link to Sam’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