Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Opening Day naps, a Bryce Harper pandering update, Nelson Cruz’s Mariners retirement and the one-day-contract tradition, and Yusei Kikuchi’s latest intriguing revelation, then (21:16) share some highlights and lowlights of Opening Day action, report the results of listener voting on the preseason predictions game, analyze Will Smith’s extension, marvel at this season’s compressed projections, and (1:05:27) conduct the fourth annual Team Fun Draft, in which they draft all 30 teams in order of how fun they are to follow in 2024.

Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG staff predictions

Link to Ringer staff predictions

Link to Ramírez Opening Day quote

Link to Harper jacket

Link to Cruz Mariners tweet

Link to Levine on one-day contracts

Link to one-day-contracts thread

Link to Kikuchi on sleeping

Link to Kikuchi on reading

Link to Soto throw

Link to Ichiro throw

Link to Cespedes throw

Link to Mays catch

Link to Mariners salmon run

Link to salmon run video

Link to preseason predictions pod

Link to listener voting results

Link to MLBTR on Lewin Díaz

Link to MLBTR on Smith

Link to Jaffe on Smith

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to payroll disparities

Link to Paine on net WAR

Link to load management info

Link to Ben on Arraez

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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