Effectively Wild Episode 2280: Season Preview Series: Rays and Brewers

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mets re-signing Pete Alonso, the Twins signing Harrison Bader, and the compressed standings in the newly released FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus playoff odds. Then they preview the 2025 Tampa Bay Rays (31:35) with MLB.com’s Adam Berry, and the 2025 Milwaukee Brewers (1:09:55) with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Curt Hogg.

Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 1: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 2: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG post on Alonso
Link to 2021 Boras study
Link to FG post on Bader
Link to Byrd wiki
Link to FG playoff odds post
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to BP playoff odds
Link to Rays depth chart
Link to Rays offseason tracker
Link to Adam’s author archive
Link to Franco update 1
Link to Franco update 2
Link to Brewers depth chart
Link to Brewers offseason tracker
Link to Episode 2262
Link to Episode 2263
Link to MLBTR on Contreras
Link to Trueblood on Contreras
Link to Curt’s author archive
Link to EW gift subscriptions

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