Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the advisability of suspending the pitch clock in certain high-stakes situations, some last-minute spring-training tweaks to the clock’s operation, and MLB’s marketing campaign about the new rules, then continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the San Diego Padres (30:15) with AJ Cassavell of MLB.com, and the Cincinnati Reds (1:15:40) with C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic, plus a Past Blast from 1985 (1:54:31), trivia answers (1:59:57), and a few followups (2:01:33).
2023 EW Season Preview Series
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Audio intro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio interstitial 1: Anthony Parker, “Cloud 9”Audio interstitial 2: Steve Wynn, “Sustain”Audio outro: Manther, “1985”Link to Nitkowski threadLink to Trout’s HRD call to OhtaniLink to Schoenfield articleLink to Drellich articleLink to ESPN on the clock tweaksLink to MLBTR on the clock tweaksLink to Darren Baker videoLink to Darren Baker ruleLink to Cranston adLink to Cranston on Hot OnesLink to FanGraphs playoff oddsLink to FG payroll breakdownLink to Padres offseason trackerLink to Padres depth chartLink to story on Cruz’s eyeLink to AJ on position battlesLink to Seidler on sustainabilityLink to article on Forbes valuationsLink to Forbes valuationsLink to Reds offseason trackerLink to Reds depth chartLink to Trent’s author archiveLink to Trent on CastelliniLink to Trent on IndiaLink to Trent on GreeneLink to farm system improvementLink to Sidd Finch storyLink to story about Finch storyLink to Sidd Finch wikiLink to April 15 followupLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Padres-Reds trivia answersLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to “The Comeback” Seinfeld clipsLink to “The Burning” Seinfeld clipsLink to 20-80 scale explainer 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