Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their coming deliverance from a slow baseball news period, spring training as a spectator experience, and how the prelude to Opening Day has changed, then (12:43) answer emails about the many meanings of “back end” in baseball, an outfielder who repels batted balls, whether all rule violations constitute cheating, a playoff team composed of spoilers, and which positions the members of the Fellowship of the Ring would play, followed (1:16:01) by a Stat Blast about the Mets’ roster reconstruction and the history of high turnover.

Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”

Link to back end definitions
Link to Magneto wiki
Link to Magnetokinesis wiki
Link to X-Men baseball history
Link to Ben’s Mets article
Link to Stat Blast data 1
Link to Stat Blast data 2
Link to Ben on turnover history
Link to more on turnover history
Link to Clemens on the Mets
Link to Sherman on the Mets
Link to Mets offseason history
Link to Mets depth chart
Link to projected pitcher playing time
Link to projected hitter pla