Effectively Wild Episode 2290: Season Preview Series: Diamondbacks and Nationals
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 […]
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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.
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 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
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