Effectively Wild Episode 1340: Season Preview Series: Rays and Padres
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2019
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and guest co-host Zach Kram of The Ringer banter about Clayton Kershaw’s bum arm, a rash of semi-suspiciously-timed signings, the Atlantic League as a testing ground for MLB rules changes, the latest Bryce Harper rumors, extensions for Nolan Arenado, Miles Mikolas, and Aaron Hicks, the Marwin Gonzalez signing and its implications for Willians Astudillo, and Matt Wieters joining the Cardinals, then preview the 2019 Tampa Bay Rays (36:44) with The Athletic’s Rays beat writer Josh Tolentino, and the 2019 San Diego Padres (1:03:53) with The Athletic’s Padres beat writer, Dennis Lin.
Audio intro: Aaron Lee Tasjan, "The Rest is Yet to Come"
Audio interstitial 1: Frank Sinatra, "South – To A Warmer Place"
Audio interstitial 2: Sloan, "Have Faith"
Audio outro: Wilco, "Please Be Patient With Me"
Link to Atlantic League report
Link to Zach’s Arenado post
Link to Wieters projection article
Link to Josh on the pitch clock
Link to Ben on the Padres
Link to Dennis on Stock
Link to Passan report
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, it's easy, my friend, the rest is yet to come |
| 0:10.5 | Yeah, we're out in the bin, but there's still work to be done |
| 0:21.5 | You got a few weeks for yourself |
| 0:26.0 | You can't lean on anybody else |
| 0:30.0 | So sleep yourself |
| 0:33.0 | The rest is yet to come |
| 0:36.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1340 of Effective Wild |
| 0:40.0 | Who is well-fied catchment |
| 0:42.0 | Bandgrass presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:44.0 | I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer |
| 0:46.0 | And today I am joined by a guest co-host, Zach Kram |
| 0:50.0 | My friend and colleague from the Ringer Hollowsack |
| 0:53.5 | Not the real co-host, hello |
| 0:55.5 | Yeah, I realize I'm probably putting you in a tough spot here |
| 0:58.5 | Because if you've been looking at the Facebook group |
| 1:00.5 | Which hopefully for your peace of mind you haven't |
| 1:02.5 | The fanbase is in a furor right now |
| 1:04.5 | Wondering who the next co-host is |
| 1:06.0 | I think there are three separate polls |
| 1:08.0 | Or bets about who it will be |
| 1:09.5 | And meanwhile here you are just waltzing in in the middle of all of this |
| 1:13.5 | Just innocently being asked to guest co-host today |
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