Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the uncertain state of Gerrit Cole’s elbow (and the larger UCL scourge), the Giants controversially releasing J.D. Davis, and the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts/Gavin Lux infield switcheroo, then preview the 2024 Seattle Mariners (29:12) with The Seattle Times’ Ryan Divish, and the 2024 Kansas City Royals (1:08:53) with The Kansas City Star’s Jaylon Thompson.

2024 EW Season Preview Series

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Audio interstitial 2: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”

Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLBTR on Cole

Link to MLBTR on Cease

Link to Ben on roster limits

Link to Bill James pitcher study

Link to EW Episode 2055

Link to max-effort-injuries article

Link to The Athletic on injuries

Link to Ben on spring TJs

Link to Russell on roster shuffling

Link to Ben on pitching prospects

Link to IP since 2018

Link to Baggarly on Davis

Link to MLBTR on Davis

Link to Ardaya on Mookie’s move

Link to Petriello on Mookie at SS

Link to Mariners offseason tracker

Link to Mariners depth chart

Link to Divish on the offseason

Link to Divish on Julio

Link to Kirby’s knuckleball

Link to MLBTR on M’s injuries

Link to Ryan’s Times archive

Link to Royals offseason tracker

Link to Royals depth chart

Link to Ragans breakout feature

Link to Ben C. on Ragans

Link to Ragans leaderboard

Link to “Raid the Zone”

Link to “Reign the Zone”

Link to Jaylon on the slogan

Link to Jaylon on Royals P dev

Link to Jaylon on Melendez

Link to Jaylon on Salvy’s goal

Link to Salvy deadline story

Link to Royals lettering story

Link to “Jr.” jersey story

Link to Royals stadium coverage

Link to FG Top 100 prospects

Link to Jaylon’s Star archive

Link to ballpark meetup forms

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