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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about MLB&#8217;s new experimental minor league rules, and the potential downsides of trying to skip straight to a desired on-field result, then complete the 14th annual season preview series by previewing the 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers (35:35) with <em>The Athletic</em>&#8217;s <a href="https://x.com/FabianArdaya" target="_blank">Fabian Ardaya</a>, and the 2026 Colorado Rockies (1:30:13) with Rockies Insider&#8217;s <a href="https://x.com/PatrickDLyons" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Patrick Lyons</a>.
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<strong>Audio&nbsp;outro</strong>: Ian H., &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3QzhMjO6frLGXRoKk-h4I9dkWw16wff/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
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<p><a href="https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2026/03/red-sox-version-of-rickey-henderson-picks-up-base-to-celebrate-spring-training-record-for-the-boys.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ward article 1</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/exclusive-mlb-to-implement-experimental-minor-league-rule-changes-for-2026/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Longenhagen on the new rules</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7123746/2026/03/16/minor-league-rule-changes-2026/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Stark on the new rules</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3212654/2022/03/28/why-baseball-is-moving-second-base-and-what-this-experiment-could-mean-for-the-game/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Stark on second base</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/glossary/rules/balk" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to disengagement rules</a>
<a href="https://www.sbnation.com/2012/1/4/2679318/gifs-20-16#:~:text=18.%20Finally%2C%20a%20balk%20for%20the%20layman" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Bois on balks</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/breakdowns/payroll" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to team payrolls page</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/offseason-tracker/dodgers?transactiontype=&teamchange=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Dodgers offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/dodgers" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Dodgers depth chart</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/i-hope-hes-not-broke-i-sasaki/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Baumann on Roki</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7106014/2026/03/10/dodgers-roki-sasaki-spring-training-camp/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Fabian on Roki</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?team_ID=LAD&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_round" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Dodgers first-rounders</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/fabian-ardaya/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Fabian&#8217;s author archive</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/offseason-tracker/rockies?teamchange=&transactiontype=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Rockies offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/rockies" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Rockies depth chart</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&month=0&ind=1&rost=&age=&filter=&players=0&sortcol=18&sortdir=asc&team=19%2Cts&startdate=&enddate=&season1=1993&season=2025&pagenum=1" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Rockies team wRC+ by year</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/victor-vodnik-comes-from-family-of-plumbers" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to article on Vodnik&#8217;s family</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/victor-vodnik-showcases-the-classic-team-mexico-on-social-media" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to article on Vodnik at the WBC</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2316-brebbia-is-the-soul-of-wit/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Brebbia on EW</a>
<a href="https://linktr.ee/patrick.d.lyons" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Patrick&#8217;s work</a></p>
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