Effectively Wild Episode 2145: Opening Daze and the 2024 Team Fun Draft

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EWFI Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Opening Day naps, a Bryce Harper pandering update, Nelson Cruz’s Mariners retirement and the one-day-contract tradition, and Yusei Kikuchi’s latest intriguing revelation, then (21:16) share some highlights and lowlights of Opening Day action, report the results of listener voting on the preseason predictions game, analyze Will Smith’s extension, marvel at this season’s compressed projections, and (1:05:27) conduct the fourth annual Team Fun Draft, in which they draft all 30 teams in order of how fun they are to follow in 2024.

Audio intro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme (Horny)”

Link to FG staff predictionsLink to Ringer staff predictionsLink to Ramírez Opening Day quoteLink to Harper jacketLink to Cruz Mariners tweetLink to Levine on one-day contractsLink to one-day-contracts threadLink to Kikuchi on sleepingLink to Kikuchi on readingLink to Soto throwLink to Ichiro throwLink to Cespedes throwLink to Mays catchLink to Mariners salmon runLink to salmon run videoLink to preseason predictions podLink to listener voting resultsLink to MLBTR on Lewin DíazLink to MLBTR on SmithLink to Jaffe on SmithLink to FG playoff oddsLink to payroll disparitiesLink to Paine on net WARLink to load management infoLink to Ben on ArraezLink to ballpark meetup formsLink to meetup organizer form

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