Effectively Wild Episode 2145: Opening Daze and the 2024 Team Fun Draft

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Opening Day naps, a Bryce Harper pandering update, Nelson Cruz’s Mariners retirement and the one-day-contract tradition, and Yusei Kikuchi’s latest intriguing revelation, then (21:16) share some highlights and lowlights of Opening Day action, report the results of listener voting on the preseason predictions game, analyze Will Smith’s extension, marvel at this season’s compressed projections, and (1:05:27) conduct the fourth annual Team Fun Draft, in which they draft all 30 teams in order of how fun they are to follow in 2024. Audio intro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to FG staff predictions Link to Ringer staff predictions Link to Ramírez Opening Day quote Link to Harper jacket Link to Cruz Mariners tweet Link to Levine on one-day contracts Link to one-day-contracts thread Link to Kikuchi on sleeping Link to Kikuchi on reading Link to Soto throw Link to Ichiro throw Link to Cespedes throw Link to Mays catch Link to Mariners salmon run Link to salmon run video Link to preseason predictions pod Link to listener voting results Link to MLBTR on Lewin Díaz Link to MLBTR on Smith Link to Jaffe on Smith Link to FG playoff odds Link to payroll disparities Link to Paine on net WAR Link to load management info Link to Ben on Arraez 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