Effectively Wild Episode 1986: Season Preview Series: Braves and Rockies

March 28, 2023

in Baseball

Reading Time: 3 mins read

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about prospects who’ve (Jordan Walker, Anthony Volpe) and haven’t (Grayson Rodriguez, Brett Baty) made Opening Day rosters and MLB’s player-centric PSAs concerning the new guidelines, then full their 2023 season preview sequence by discussing the Atlanta Braves (15:07) with Grant McAuley of 92.9 The Sport, and the Colorado Rockies (53:50) with Danielle Allentuck of The Denver Gazette, plus a Previous Blast from 1986 (1:26:07), trivia solutions (1:30:00), a Stat Blast (1:31:34) concerning the largest WAR gaps between Opening Day starters, the worst pitchers ever to begin on Opening Day, and the very best pitchers and hitters by no means to begin on Opening Day, and a postscript (1:41:09).

2023 EW Season Preview Collection

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