Effectively Wild Episode 1974: Season Preview Series: Cardinals and Diamondbacks

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Manny Machado’s extension, whether or not the Padres have spending constraints, and what the staff’s future may appear to be, then (18:51) talk about their impressions of the pitch clock in spring coaching up to now and provide a quick replace on their podcast editor search (30:42). After that, they proceed their 2023 season preview sequence by discussing the St. Louis Cardinals (33:55) with Katie Woo of The Athletic, and the Arizona Diamondbacks (1:09:31) with Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic, plus a Previous Blast from 1974 (1:44:41).

2023 EW Season Preview Sequence

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Audio intro: Robyn Hitchcock, “1974”Audio interstitial 1: Ween, “Keep Without end”Audio interstitial 2: Rotten Thoughts, “Serpent Eyes”Audio outro: David Crosby, “1974”

Hyperlink to Dan S. on MachadoLink to MLBTR on MachadoLink to WaPo on the PadresLink to payroll breakdownLink to subsequent 12 months’s FA classLink to Colbert Stat BlastLink to game-ending violation videoLink to game-ending violation storyLink to Sawchik’s game-time threadLink to Ben on spring trainingLink to Jeff on spring coaching paceLink to FanGraphs playoff oddsLink to Cardinals offseason trackerLink to Cardinals depth chartLink to Katie’s spring previewLink to Katie on gamers to watchLink to Katie on bounceback playersLink to Katie’s writer archiveLink to D-backs offseason trackerLink to Diamondbacks depth chartLink to BJOL regression articleLink to Nick’s spring previewLink to Nick’s writer archiveLink to 1974 article sourceLink to 1959 article sourceLink to Trueman’s CSUN pageLink to Trueman’s bookLink to Trueman’s different bookLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Britton on Mets pickoffsLink to Woodward on Mets pickoffs

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