Effectively Wild Episode 2139: Season Preview Series: Braves and White Sox

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Giants signing Blake Snell, whether Snell is now underrated, San Francisco’s offseason, Scott Boras’s offseason, leaguewide spending, an MLBPA power struggle, and (39:03) a 150-year-old message about baseball players in spring, then preview the 2024 Atlanta Braves (45:42) with 92.9 The Game’s Grant McAuley, and the 2024 Chicago White Sox (1:24:54) with Sox Machine’s James Fegan. 2024 EW Season Preview Series ALBALCHWATHBOSCLEHOUNYYDETLAATBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG .intro-team, .intro-team td { font-family: lato, Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .intro-team .intro-header { /*display: none;*/ text-align: center; } .team-lg { text-align: center; width: 100%; } /* [class^="team-box-"] > div { display: inline-block; width: 48%; } [class^="team-box-"] > div table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; } [class^="team-box-"] > div td { background-color: #efefef; border: 1px solid #ccc; line-height: 2; text-align: center; cursor: default; } [class^="team-box-"] > div a { color: #000; text-decoration: none; display: block; width: 100% } [class^="team-box-"] > div a:hover { color: #50ae26; } [class^="team-box-"] > div a.link-inactive { color: #aaa; } */ Audio intro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial 1: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial 2: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to positional power rankings Link to Baumann on Snell Link to MLBTR on Snell Link to Anderson on Snell Link to Nightengale on Snell Link to Feinsand on Snell Link to Snell sim game Link to Farhan tweet Link to Giants PR problems Link to Grant on Brooks-Moon Link to MLBTR on Felipe Link to Rosenthal on Boras Link to Dan S. thread Link to Drellich on MLBPA Link to MLBTR on MLBPA Link to Giamatti essay Link to Harwell recording Link to 1874 column 1 Link to 1874 column 2 Link to reading soundtrack Link to November trade Link to Braves offseason tracker Link to Braves depth chart Link to Strider curve article Link to AA extension article Link to Ryan Nelson tweet Link to SP projections Link to RP projections Link to From the Diamond site Link to From the Diamond podcast Link to White Sox offseason tracker Link to White Sox depth chart Link to Crochet precursors Link to Ben on ex-player GMs Link to November Getz quote Link to February Getz quote Link to Battlestar quote Link to Sox ballpark coverage Link to team defense projections Link to James’s Sox Machine archive Link to Sox Machine Patreon Link to Sox Machine podcast Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form  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