Sunday Notes: A Yooper, Derrick Edington Was Tutored By an Erstwhile Closer
Plus new Brewer Tyler Alexander, some Spencer Arrighetti respect, remembering Raul Casanova, Paul Janish on his pitching record, facts and stats galore, and more.
Sun, Mar 30
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Sunday Notes: Toronto’s Alan Roden Is Looking For More Ideal Launch Angles
Plus Ben Shulman on Elly De La Cruz, Chaim Bloom's Boston legacy, Jameson Taillon on the ABS, Jung Hoo Lee on Do Yeong Kim, Whammy Douglas, facts and stats galore, and more.
Sat, Mar 29
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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.
Fri, Mar 28
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The Name’s Bonding, Team Bonding: National League
Teams frequently watch inspirational sports movies in spring training as a bonding exercise.
Players:
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We Are Invincible, We Are Already Dead
In which we explain both why your team will win it all and why your team will lose it all.
Players:
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Matt Chapman Addresses His 2015 FanGraphs Scouting Report
The Giants third baseman has lived up to his promise on both sides of the ball.
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MacKenzie Gore Kicked Major Butt on Opening Day
Gore wasn't the biggest name to start on Thursday, but he showed everyone else up.
