Effectively Wild Episode 2135: Season Preview Series: Rays and Pirates
Effectively Wild Episode 2135: Season Preview Series: Rays and Pirates  
Podcast: Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Published On: Sat Mar 09 2024
Description: Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the retirement of Meg favorite Mike Zunino, some teams’ mismatched gray jerseys and pants, whether Blake Snell is still unsigned in part because his pitching isn’t fun to watch (and whether he walks batters by accident or on purpose), and Joey Votto’s minor league deal with the Blue Jays, then preview the 2024 Tampa Bay Rays (36:14) with MLB.com’s Adam Berry, and the 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates (1:09:21) with MLB.com’s Alex Stumpf. 2024 EW Season Preview Series ALBALCHWATHBOSCLEHOUNYYDETLAATBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG .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: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial 1: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial 2: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to MLBTR on Zunino Link to Meg on Zunino Link to “sad Zunino” Link to highest-K hitters Link to lowest-average hitters Link to Zunino HRD tweet Link to mismatched-grays report Link to FG on Snell Link to BP on Snell Link to PL on Snell Link to PL on Snell 2 Link to LOB% definition Link to LOB% since 2016 Link to LOB% leaders Link to “greatest thread” meme Link to Votto Insta post Link to MLBTR on Votto Link to Votto Jays interview Link to Rays offseason tracker Link to Rays depth chart Link to Jennings on the Rays Link to Verducci on the Rays Link to Clemens on the Rays Link to Rays pen improvement Link to Uwasawa story Link to Adam’s MLB.com archive Link to Ben on the Archer trade Link to Pirates offseason tracker Link to Pirates depth chart Link to Hayes breakout piece 1 Link to Hayes breakout piece 2 Link to Athletic Pirates article Link to team SS WAR Link to Skenes news Link to DotF on Jones Link to largest FA contracts Link to Alex’s MLB.com archive Link to MLBTR on Betts Link to MLBTR on Marte Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source