Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs authors Michael Baumann and Ben Clemens play “Character Who Appears in Shōgun the Novel (but Not the TV Series) or International Amateur Baseball Player” (3:13), banter about an MLBPA power struggle (8:37) and the life of late Orioles owner Peter Angelos (16:51), and then explain the second annual preseason predictions game (22:38) and make 10 bold predictions apiece (29:00) about baseball in 2024, to be voted on by listeners.

Audio intro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Horny)”

LINK TO VOTE ON PREDICTIONS
Link to Sasaki article
Link to Jarvis singing video
Link to Passan on the MLBPA
Link to Drellich on Flaherty
Link to latest on the MLBPA
Link to Drellich on McHugh
Link to Meyer letter
Link to MLBTR on Angelos
Link to Angelos wiki
Link to Rubenstein story
Link to last year’s predictions pod
Link to predictions recap pod
Link to last year’s results
Link to wiki on last year
Link