Just a couple of baseball nights.

It could be Sam for Jeff or Sam and Ben unless he goes on paternity leave again.

In which case Peg will find someone great to fill in.

But whoever it is, they'll still be just a couple of baseball names.

They'll still be speaking statistically, rambling, romantically, pontificating pedantically banter and bodily

drafting discerningly giggling giddily equaling effectively while hello Italy Equalingaling Effectively Wild.

Hello and welcome to episode 2143 of Effectively Wild,

a Baseball Podcast from fan graphs presented

by our Patreon supporters. I am Bellemberg of The Ringer.

Joined by Meg Rowley of fan graphs. Hello Meg.

We are joined by two members of your staff, two friends, two colleagues, two favorites of

effectively wild. Michael Boughman is here. Hello, Michael. Hello, and other Ben, Ben Clemens,

also in the house.

Hello, other Ben.

Hey, how's it going Ben?

And if you know that Bauman and other Ben are here,

it must be because the time has come

for our second annual bold preseason predictions game or is it

pre-season bold predictions game I don't know we'll figure that out for the third

annual edition but this is already, I think,

one of the most anticipated episodes of Effectively Wild.

I've seen Chatter people looking forward

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