Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs authors Michael Baumann and Ben Clemens play “College Baseball Player or Musician Who’s Performing at Sea.Hear.Now 2025” (4:53), and then explain the third annual preseason predictions game (11:53) and make 10 bold predictions apiece (18:57) about baseball in 2025, to be voted on by listeners.

Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to vote

Link to music festival

Link to Ben on festival posters

Link to previous scores

Link to 2024 predictions

Link to 2023 predictions

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to Ohtani max velo

Link to .500 teams data

Link to Waldron article

Link to Lewis article

Link to knuckleball qualifiers

Link to Ben on knuckleballs

Link to Other Ben on sliders

Link to slider rates

Link to highest bullpen WPAs

Link to Rob on stolen bases

Link to Corbin signing article

Link to Dan S. booms/busts

Link to 3B sends data

Link to Savant 3B sends

Link to Patrick on 3B sends

Link to Russell on 3B sends

Link to Oyster Analytics on 3B sends

Link to 2024 attendance

Link to Ben on risk aversion

Link to vote

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