Effectively Wild Episode 2302: Opening Delay and the 2025 Team Fun Draft
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley react to assorted frustrations and delights of Opening Day, then (42:07) conduct the fifth annual Team Fun Draft, in which they draft all 30 teams in order of how fun they expect them to be to follow in 2025.
Wed, Apr 2
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Are The Brewers Going To Be Okay?
Tricky one here for Betteridge's Law of Headlines - a 'no' would be pretty unexpected, right?
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Torpedo Bats in Acquisition
A Bronx bombardment exploded torpedo bats into the public consciousness on Saturday.
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Kyle Tucker’s Walk Year Is Off to a Strong Start
The Cubs' new right fielder — and the potential head of the 2025–26 free agent class — has homered in four straight games.
Players:
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Ian Happ Addresses His 2017 FanGraphs Scouting Report
The Chicago Cubs outfielder had a promising bat and questions about his defensive home.
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A Refusal To Mourn the Retirement, by Podcast, of a Pitcher in St. Louis
In a sports culture that values the sleek, the flashy, the new, Lynn was husky and hirsute and as reliable as a KitchenAid stand mixer.
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Effectively Wild Episode 2304: You Say Suspension, I Say Extension
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about several oddities of the early season, including pitcher Ryne Nelson’s single and a drone encounter with an A’s bat boy, then discuss Jurickson Profar’s PED suspension, Garrett Crochet’s extension, and Jonathan Lucroy‘s reaction to Roki Sasaki’s apparent post-start tears, before bantering about whether full ABS would encourage even […].
Tue, Apr 1
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The Red Sox Hook Crochet With a Six-Year Extension
Boston wasted no time in signing its new ace to a long-term deal at a relatively affordable rate.
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Effectively Wild Episode 2303: Bat After This
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley have an in-depth discussion on all aspects of the sport’s topic du jour: torpedo/bowling-pin/juggling-pin(?