Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the retirement of Meg favorite Mike Zunino, some teams’ mismatched gray jerseys and pants, whether Blake Snell is still unsigned in part because his pitching isn’t fun to watch (and whether he walks batters by accident or on purpose), and Joey Votto’s minor league deal with the Blue Jays, then preview the 2024 Tampa Bay Rays (36:14) with MLB.com’s Adam Berry, and the 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates (1:09:21) with MLB.com’s Alex Stumpf.

2024 EW Season Preview Series

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Audio interstitial 1: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio interstitial 2: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLBTR on Zunino

Link to Meg on Zunino

Link to “sad Zunino”

Link to highest-K hitters

Link to lowest-average hitters

Link to Zunino HRD tweet

Link to mismatched-grays report

Link to FG on Snell

Link to BP on Snell

Link to PL on Snell

Link to PL on Snell 2

Link to LOB% definition

Link to LOB% since 2016

Link to LOB% leaders

Link to “greatest thread” meme

Link to Votto Insta post

Link to MLBTR on Votto

Link to Votto Jays interview

Link to Rays offseason tracker

Link to Rays depth chart

Link to Jennings on the Rays

Link to Verducci on the Rays

Link to Clemens on the Rays

Link to Rays pen improvement

Link to Uwasawa story

Link to Adam’s MLB.com archive

Link to Ben on the Archer trade

Link to Pirates offseason tracker

Link to Pirates depth chart

Link to Hayes breakout piece 1

Link to Hayes breakout piece 2

Link to Athletic Pirates article

Link to team SS WAR

Link to Skenes news

Link to DotF on Jones

Link to largest FA contracts

Link to Alex’s MLB.com archive

Link to MLBTR on Betts

Link to MLBTR on Marte

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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