Effectively Wild Episode 2296: Season Preview Series: Yankees and White Sox
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about completing the season preview series, then preview the 2025 New York Yankees (7:48) with Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News, and the 2025 Chicago White Sox (1:04:41) with Sox Machine’s James Fegan.
Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to offseason spending
Link to FG payrolls page
Link to Yankees depth chart
Link to Yankees offseason tracker
Link to BaseRuns standings
Link to Gary’s author archive
Link to White Sox depth chart
Link to White Sox offseason tracker
Link to 2024 CWS WAR leaders
Link to Grifol eclipse story
Link to James’s author archive
Link to EW gift subscriptions
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It’s important to note: Cashman backed away from the ‘World Series’ or bust thing several years ago. It lives on in our collective consciousness mostly because Yankee fans want to believe it is the organization’s perpetual standard.