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

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Manny Machado’s extension, whether or not the Padres have spending constraints, and what the group’s future would possibly seem like, then (18:51) focus on their impressions of the pitch clock in spring coaching to this point and supply a short 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

Audio intro: Robyn Hitchcock, “1974”
Audio interstitial 1: Ween, “Stay Forever”
Audio interstitial 2: Rotten Thoughts, “Serpent Eyes”
Audio outro: David Crosby, “1974”

Link to Dan S. on Machado
Link to MLBTR on Machado
Link to WaPo on the Padres
Link to payroll breakdown
Link to next year’s FA class
Link to Colbert Stat Blast
Link to game-ending violation video
Link to game-ending violation story
Link to Sawchik’s game-time thread
Link to Ben on spring training
Link to Jeff on spring training pace
Link to FanGraphs playoff odds
Link to Cardinals offseason tracker
Link to Cardinals depth chart
Link to Katie’s spring preview
Link to Katie on players to watch
Link to Katie on bounceback players
Link to Katie’s author archive
Link to D-backs offseason tracker
Link to Diamondbacks depth chart
Link to BJOL regression article
Link to Nick’s spring preview
Link to Nick’s author archive
Link to 1974 article source
Link to 1959 article source
Link to Trueman’s CSUN page
Link to Trueman’s book
Link to Trueman’s other book
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Britton on Mets pickoffs
Link to Woodward on Mets pickoffs