Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Yu Darvish’s extension, then continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the Los Angeles Angels (10:11) with The Athletic’s Sam Blum and the Boston Red Sox (59:32) with The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, plus a Past Blast (1:47:29) from 1967, an impromptu chat between Ben and former MLB umpire Joe West about whether/why West edited his own Wikipedia page (1:50:12), and a few follow-ups (2:11:42).
2023 EW Season Preview Series
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Audio intro: Lord Huron, “Not Dead Yet”Audio interstitial: The Thrills, “This Year”Audio outro: Frank Sinatra, “Maybe This Time”Link to MLBTR on DarvishLink to MLBTR on YamamotoLink to Baumann on FA pitchersLink to FG team projectionsLink to payroll rankingsLink to Angels offseason trackerLink to Angels depth chartLink to Sam on NetoLink to Sam’s previous EW episodeLink to Petriello on the AngelsLink to Heyman on MorenoLink to Sam’s author archiveLink to Red Sox offseason trackerLink to Red Sox depth chartLink to Alex’s author archiveLink to Alex on DeversLink to Alex on the bullpenLink to Alex on YoshidaLink to Eno on the volatile SoxLink to HomegrownLink to 1967 article sourceLink to other 1967 article sourceLink to Stanky Draft EW episodeLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Joe West Reddit threadLink to West’s Wikipedia pageLink to Crewchief22 talk pageLink to Carew ejection storyLink to NFLPA logoLink to baseball exceptionalism wikiLink to guest/predictions spreadsheetLink to prediction averages spreadsheet 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.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source