Effectively Wild Episode 1976: Season Preview Series: Dodgers and Cubs

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Kenta Maeda pitching well despite PitchCom giving away his signs, spring training injuries (5:26), the upsides and downsides of pitchers beginning to call their own pitches with PitchCom (9:03), and the reasons why hitters collectively seem to swing more often than they should (20:18). Then they continue (and pass the halfway point of) their 2023 season preview series by discussing the Los Angeles Dodgers (40:01) with Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic, and the Chicago Cubs (1:19:32) with Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic, plus a Past Blast from 1976 (2:07:56). 2023 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: Faye, “Swing State” Audio interstitial 1: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Requiem K. 626 – Lux Aeterna” Audio interstitial 2: Andy Fairweather Low, “Halfway to Everything” Audio outro: Lucy Dacus, “Triple Dog Dare” Link to ESPN on Maeda Link to Turner-Hernández video Link to EW shart discussion Link to Rob Arthur on sign-stealing Link to article on training w/o games Link to Greinke calling own pitches Link to Maddux calling own pitches Link to old EW on calling own pitches Link to Scherzer on PitchCom legality Link to ESPN on pitchers calling pitches Link to article on Padres pitch calls Link to article on Burnes pitch calls Link to article on Giants pitch calls Link to tweet about Ohtani pitch calls Link to article on Cole pitch calls Link to article on Severino pitch calls Link to video of Scherzer pitch calls Link to hitter run values on swings Link to Tom Tango thread on swings Link to Devan Fink on swings Link to Eno Sarris on swings Link to Swing decision Run Value Link to Vargas not swinging Link to Tango on approaches by count Link to Tango on sliders Link to Tom Verducci on sliders Link to Rob on playing deeper Link to Rob on BABIP/defense Link to Russell on OBP > BA Link to FanGraphs playoff odds Link to FG payroll breakdown Link to Dodgers offseason tracker Link to Dodgers depth chart Link to Ben Clemens on the Dodgers Link to Fabian on Syndergaard Link to article on Heyward’s swing Link to Fabian’s spring preview Link to Dodgers first-round picks Link to Fabian’s author archive Link to Cubs offseason tracker Link to Cubs depth chart Link to EW preview series wiki Link to 2019 Pitch Lab piece Link to 2022 Pitch Lab piece Link to Sahadev on Hendricks Link to Sahadev on Ricketts Link to Sahadev on Bellinger Link to Sahadev on Madrigal Link to Sahadev on Taillon Link to Sahadev on sweepers Link to EW Bellinger roundtable Link to Woodward on back-picks Link to Sahadev’s spring preview Link to Sahadev’s author archive Link to 1976 article source Link to HoF site on the shorts Link to Paul Lukas on the shorts Link to Chris Creamer on the shorts Link to Costanza uniforms video Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to MLBTR on Painter Link to NPB triple-digit uniform Link to CPBL no. 999 Link to triple-digit ump uniforms Link to Spaceman uni source Link to Lee wearing 337  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