Effectively Wild Episode 2290: Season Preview Series: Diamondbacks and Nationals
Effectively Wild Episode 2290: Season Preview Series: Diamondbacks and Nationals  
Podcast: Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Published On: Sat Mar 01 2025
Description: 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 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: 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