Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mets re-signing Pete Alonso, the Twins signing Harrison Bader, and the compressed standings in the newly released FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus playoff odds. Then they preview the 2025 Tampa Bay Rays (31:35) with MLB.com’s Adam Berry, and the 2025 Milwaukee Brewers (1:09:55) with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Curt Hogg.

2025 EW Season Preview Series

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Audio interstitial 1: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio interstitial 2: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG post on Alonso

Link to 2021 Boras study

Link to FG post on Bader

Link to Byrd wiki

Link to FG playoff odds post

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to BP playoff odds

Link to Rays depth chart

Link to Rays offseason tracker

Link to Adam’s author archive

Link to Franco update 1

Link to Franco update 2

Link to Brewers depth chart

Link to Brewers offseason tracker

Link to Episode 2262

Link to Episode 2263

Link to MLBTR on Contreras

Link to Trueblood on Contreras

Link to Curt’s author archive

Link to EW gift subscriptions

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