Successfully Wild Episode 2284: Season Preview Sequence: Astros and Cardinals

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s new sound-dampening home windows, listener defenses of MLB’s altered two-way-player rule, and the most recent insupportable “breakout” choose, adopted by Stat Blasts (15:49) concerning the groups with essentially the most winless, non-lossless pitchers and the all-time past-their-prime/time-travel groups. Then they preview the 2025 Houston Astros (32:41) with The Athletic’s Chandler Rome, and the 2025 St. Louis Cardinals (1:25:07) with The Athletic’s Katie Woo.

2025 EW Season Preview Sequence

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Audio intro: Ted O., “Successfully Wild Theme
Audio interstitial 1: El Warren, “Successfully Wild Theme
Audio interstitial 2: Liz Panella, “Successfully Wild Theme
Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Successfully Wild Theme

Hyperlink to home windows explainer
Hyperlink to breakout push notification
Hyperlink to Ragans article
Hyperlink to late-2023 pitcher WAR
Hyperlink to Stathead outcomes
Hyperlink to Kram’s Stat Blast
Hyperlink to 2005 payrolls
Hyperlink to Ryan’s Stat Blast information
Hyperlink to Michael’s Stat Blast information
Hyperlink to offseason spending
Hyperlink to FG payrolls web page
Hyperlink to Astros depth chart
Hyperlink to Astros offseason tracker
Hyperlink to Chandler’s creator archive
Hyperlink to Chandler’s podcast
Hyperlink to Cardinals depth chart
Hyperlink to Cardinals offseason tracker
Hyperlink to 2024 attendance change
Hyperlink to Katie’s creator archive
Hyperlink to Katie’s podcast
Hyperlink to MLBTR on Ragans
Hyperlink to EW reward subscriptions

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