Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs authors Michael Baumann and Ben Clemens (accompanied by podcast scorekeeper Chris Hanel) play “College Baseball Player or Driver in a Formula 1 Support Series” (5:07), banter about an auction for Team Italy’s WBC espresso machine (10:09), explain the fourth annual preseason predictions game (19:20), and then make 10 bold predictions apiece (22:20) about baseball in 2026, to be voted on by listeners.

Audio outro: Kite Person, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to vote on predictions

Link to preseason predictions game wiki

Link to Anton’s mash-up song

Link to original song

Link to EW Episode 2383

Link to “College Baseball Player or” games

Link to Baumann on Herta

Link to espresso machine auction

Link to other Team Italy items

Link to Ohtani Cy Young story

Link to Ohtani email episode

Link to Sam on Gsellman

Link to For All Mankind

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to Artemis II story

Link to Perry/moon landing story

Link to Neckzilla

Link to Schulte’s SABR bio

Link to Manfred/Harper/DeRosa story

Link to AO3

Link to new managers story

Link to team WAR projections

Link to 2024 2B innings leaders

Link to active postseason droughts

Link to 2025 Royals WAR leaders

Link to Garcia breakout comment

Link to old-SP leaders

Link to Quinn’s SABR bio

Link to Verlander outing article

Link to young, homegrown SP leaders

Link to Pirates SP article

Link to Baumann on Mlodzinski

Link to MLB partnership announcement

Link to MLB partnership announcement info 1

Link to MLB partnership announcement info 2

Link to MLB partnership announcement info 3

Link to vote on predictions (do it!)

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