Effectively Wild Episode 1561: Season Preview Series: Rays and Marlins by Ben Lindbergh July 8, 2020 Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about baseball dreams and a holiday weekend in MLB marred by testing delays, canceled practices, concerned players, and other impediments to a safe and smooth season, then pick up where they left off four months ago in their season preview series by previewing the 2020 Tampa Bay Rays (16:05) with The Athletic’s Josh Tolentino and the 2020 Miami Marlins (57:10) with the Miami Herald’s Jordan McPherson. 2020 EW Season Preview Series ALBALCHWHOUBOSCLELAANYYDETOAKTBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG Audio intro: Warren Zevon, "Disorder in the House" Audio interstitial 1: Superchunk, "Florida’s on Fire" Audio interstitial 2: Modest Mouse, "Florida" Audio outro: Mac DeMarco, "Dreams From Yesterday" Link to Jay Jaffe’s summary of MLB’s testing mess Link to story on Chaim Bloom’s cardigan Link to Yandy Díaz workout Link to story on Jonathan Erlichman Link to Josh’s Rays return-to-play guide Link to Josh on the Rays’ farm system Link to FanGraphs’ Rays prospect rankings Link to Jordan on the Marlins’ furloughs Link to Jordan on the Marlins’ COVID-19 concerns Link to Jordan on Marlins roster decisions Link to FanGraphs’ Marlins prospect rankings Link to Roster Resource Team Info Tracker iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com https://media.blubrry.com/effectively_wild/p/cdn-podcasts.fangraphs.com/EffectivelyWildEpisode1561.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS