Effectively Wild Episode 1664: Season Preview Series: Red Sox and Reds by Ben Lindbergh March 6, 2021 Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’s first home run and pitching appearance of spring training, follow up on their previous discussion about the abominable baseball scene in Tom & Jerry, and recap the results of a Baseball America study about the number of big leaguers (and good big leaguers) in the average farm system, then preview the 2021 Red Sox (31:32) with Alex Speier of The Boston Globe and the 2021 Reds (1:13:42) with C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic. 2021 EW Season Preview Series ALBALCHWHOUBOSCLELAANYYDETOAKTBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG Audio intro: Real Estate, "It’s Real" Audio interstitial 1: The Style Council, "All Gone Away" Audio interstitial 2: Cordovas, "Step Back Red" Audio outro: Fiona Apple, "Red Red Red" Link to Ohtani splitter GIFs Link to story on Ohtani’s homer Link to Fabian on Ohtani having fun Link to Tom & Jerry clip Link to actual Gordon fly ball Link to Tom & Jerry director interview Link to Baseball America prospects study Link to earlier BA study about future all-stars Link to Jeff on good players and prospects Link to Jeff on good players who weren’t prospects Link to Alex on Martinez rebuilding himself Link to Alex on Cora Link to Alex on Cordero Link to Alex on Boston’s outfield Link to Homegrown paperback Link to Trent on Greene Link to Trent in 2020 on Driveline Link to Redleg Nation post on Reds’ unlucky offense Link to Reddit post on Reds’ unlucky offense Link to Trent on Farmer Link to Trent on the Reds’ payroll Link to Redleg Nation post on Votto’s adjustment Link to Trent and Eno on Votto 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/EffectivelyWildEpisode1664.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS