Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the USA World Baseball Classic roster’s so-so starting pitching, the difficulty of recruiting top pitchers for the tournament, and Japan’s staff, Meg’s college baseball weekend and Juan Soto sighting, Orioles owner John Angelos’s latest comments, and MLB’s new Economic Reform Committee, plus a Stat Blast (31:56) about the greatest players who were never the best player on their team and an observation about the spread of projected win totals in the AL and NL. Then they continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the Milwaukee Brewers (41:34) with Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Miami Marlins (1:21:34) with Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald, plus Past Blasts from 1971 (1:58:43) and a postscript (2:05:13).
2023 EW Season Preview Series
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Audio intro: Willie Nelson, “Second Fiddle”Audio interstitial 1: Slade, “Don’t Blame Me”Audio interstitial 2: Sci-Fi Soldier, “I Am in Miami”Audio outro: Camera Obscura, “The False Contender”Link to USA WBC rosterLink to DR roster breakdownLink to Japan roster breakdownLink to SP projectionsLink to Rosenthal on recruiting pitchingLink to L.A. Times on WBC insuranceLink to Ben on WBC injuriesLink to Wash U on WBC injuriesLink to draft prospect rankingsLink to unrecognized GreinkeLink to Angelos commentsLink to Middleton commentsLink to Drellich on new committeeLink to Stat Blast spreadsheetLink to FG playoff oddsLink to Brewers offseason trackerLink to Brewers depth chartLink to Todd’s spring training previewLink to Todd’s author archiveLink to Burnes commentsLink to Jay Jaffe on BurnsLink to Burnes’s 2022 splitsLink to team payroll rankingsLink to Marlins offseason trackerLink to Marlins depth chartLink to Jordan on Pérez and AlcantaraLink to Jordan’s author archiveLink to “Marlins Will Soar”Link to MLBTR on De La CruzLink to MLB.com on De La CruzLink to 1971 article sourceLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to sportslogos siteLink to bannermark articleLink to second bannermark articleLink to third bannermark articleLink to fourth bannermark articleLink to fifth bannermark articleLink to sixth bannermark articleLink to 1984 MVP trophyLink to Phillies redesign logoLink to ’76 centennial logoLink to more on centennial logoLink to info on Pepsi logoLink to FG’s LF projectionsLink to FG on Grossman signingLink to FG’s 2B projectionsLink to Randy Johnson commentLink to Henry Q&ALink to other Henry Q&ALink to info on NESN editsLink to Werner on booingLink to Rosenthal on arbitration 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