Effectively Wild Episode 1988: The 2023 Team Fun Draft

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the joy of Opening Day and other news, including early reactions to the new rules, Rob Manfred’s comments about the ball-strike challenge system, Aaron Judge’s first homer, the Angels’ Tungsten Arm game, a good/bad Hunter Renfroe no-look catch, a Taylor Ward name mix-up, the Giants’ latest new left fielder, a Cristian Pache press release, Buck Martinez, George Santos’s message for the Mets, the minor league CBA, an on-field proposal gone wrong (but also sort of right), and more. Then (58:11) they conduct the third annual Team Fun Draft, in which they draft all 30 teams in order of how fun they are to follow in 2023, plus a Past Blast (1:56:06) from 1988 and a few follow-ups. Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Needy Visions, “Havers of Fun” Link to Opening Day press release Link to Opening Day stats Link to Manfred on the zone Link to Judge homer Link to Grant’s Judge tweet Link to Ward/Wade wiki Link to story on Giants LF Link to info on Ohtani outing Link to Tungsten Arm story Link to Renfroe’s catch Link to Renfroe catch probability Link to Pache press release Link to Baumann’s Pache tweet Link to Buck’s booth return Link to Buck impression Link to MLBTR on Verlander Link to Santos video Link to info on the CBA Link to CBA ratification news Link to Baumann on the CBA Link to Russell on Cost in 2012 Link to Russell on cost in 2013 Link to Russell on cost in 2021 Link to proposal video 1 Link to proposal video 2 Link to TMZ on the proposal Link to other proposal report Link to Yankees uni numbers story Link to Cruz homer Link to Bard anxiety story Link to 1988 Past Blast source Link to Triple-A Classic wiki Link to Triple-A Alliance wiki Link to Sam on 1988 Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Ben on the pitch clock Link to Ben’s preseason predictions Link to Meg’s preseason predictions Link to EW prediction voting results Link to double-draft episode Link to before/after WS odds Link to FanDuel OD WS odds Link to DraftKings OD WS Odds Link to EW drafts/competitions sheet Link to expanded playoffs incentives Link to Forbes on Ohtani Link to sped-up Trout/Ohtani video Link to side-by-side Trout/Ohtani 1 Link to side-by-side Trout/Ohtani 2 Link to The Sun on Angelos Link to Sun editorial on Angelos Link to Angelos radio quotes Link to Defector on Angelos Link to The Shirey Brothers Bandcamp  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: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source