Effectively Wild Episode 2291: Season Preview Series: Phillies and Guardians

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether the challenge system will inevitably pave the way for full ABS, the degrees of difficulty for two-way Travis Hunter vs. two-way Shohei Ohtani , and (very briefly) reinstating Pete Rose . Then they preview the 2025 Philadelphia Phillies (36:58) with The Athletic ’s Matt Gelb , and the 2025 Cleveland Guardians (1:19:49) with The Athletic’ s Zack Meisel . 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 : Grant Brisbee, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial 1 : Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “ Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic) ” Audio interstitial 2 : Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to post on the two zones Link to Hunter clip Link to Hunter article Link to Colorado pronunciation Link to Ben on goalie goals Link to Manfred/Rose report Link to Ben on Rose Link to EW on Rose Link to offseason spending Link to FG payrolls page Link to Phillies depth chart Link to Phillies offseason tracker Link to Harper/milk post Link to hydrogen water explainer Link to team WAR projections Link to team SP projections Link to team RP projections Link to Matt’s author archive Link to Matt’s podcast Link to Guardians depth chart Link to Guardians offseason tracker Link to BaseRuns standings Link to Mario Kart article Link to Thomas trade quote Link to 20-homer OF article Link to Zack’s author archive Link to Zack’s podcast 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