Effectively Wild Episode 2452: Season Preview Series: Braves and White Sox

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March 14, 2026

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about speedster Braiden Ward’s record spring, whether there’s a baseball equivalent of Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game, and Paradise being a baseball show, then preview the 2026 Atlanta Braves (38:00) with From the Diamond’s Grant McAuley, and the 2026 Chicago White Sox (1:29:45) with Sox Machine’s James Fegan.

2026 EW Season Preview Series

Audio intro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 1: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 2: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ward article 1
Link to Ward article 2
Link to Ward video
Link to Adebayo article 1
Link to Adebayo article 2
Link to Adebayo article 3
Link to Adebayo article 4
Link to SGA record article
Link to Adebayo Facebook thread
Link to stream Paradise
Link to Paradise clip
Link to Ben on the Castellanos meme
Link to Minor’s 200th K article
Link to Minor’s 200th K video
Link to team payrolls page
Link to Braves offseason tracker
Link to Braves depth chart
Link to spring standings
Link to Strider velo article
Link to 2025 team SS WAR
Link to BravesVision wiki
Link to From the Diamond site
Link to From the Diamond podcast
Link to Wax Packing Nostalgic
Link to White Sox offseason tracker
Link to White Sox depth chart
Link to 2025 team RP stats
Link to Reinsford/Ishbia article
Link to James at Sox Machine
Link to James at FanGraphs
Link to James at Baseball America
Link to Sox Machine podcast

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