Effectively Wild Episode 2290: Season Preview Series: Diamondbacks and Nationals

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the balletic strikeout celebrations of Rockies reliever Jefry Yan , Terry Francona’s selective opposition to ABS this spring, how frequently potential game-ending strikeouts will get challenged, and baseball in Season 2 of Poker Face . Then they preview the 2025 Arizona Diamondbacks (36:00) with The Arizona Republic’ s Nick Piecoro , and the 2025 Washington Nationals (1:24:35) with The Washington Post ’s Andrew Golden . 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 : Gabriel-Ernest, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : Harold Walker, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 2 : Josh Busman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Jimmy Kramer, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Yan article Link to Yan montage (Yantage?) Link to more Yan clips Link to Francona article Link to challenge strategy research Link to Oyster Analytics Link to 2024 Stripers game Link to Poker Face teaser Link to trumpet mute info Link to offseason spending Link to FG payrolls page Link to Nationals depth chart Link to Nationals offseason tracker Link to losses leaderboard Link to Lerner quote Link to MLBTR on MASN Link to Andrew’s author archive Link to Diamondbacks depth chart Link to Diamondbacks offseason tracker Link to bill passage Link to Nick’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