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Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs writer <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/dszymborski.fangraphs.com" target="_blank">Dan Szymborski</a> banter about how much spring training stats matter, which players improved their projections the most this spring, whether prospects really have a harder time making the transition to MLB from Triple-A today, their spring training award winners, the five-ish biggest questions/storylines for each of them this MLB season, and a smattering of &#8220;bold predictions&#8221; from EW listeners. Then (1:23:29) Ben brings back the &#8220;Baseball Jobs&#8221; series by interviewing <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jtkantor.bsky.social" target="_blank">Josh Kantor</a>, longtime Fenway Park organist, to talk about how he got his gig, his side projects, the ins and outs of his in-game responsibilities, the upcoming season, and much more, followed by a brief keyboard performance.
Audio&nbsp;intro: The Gagnés, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RfWSunUgqlpqIEFR2LYWjwsb3nNYyBWx/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme 2</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;interstitial: Josh Kantor and Nancy Faust, &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6WFy6NZP20" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Sweet Caroline</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;outro: Liz Panella, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wNnie0fLF2HVQsb4d-w5OqxMzyqfvImV/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;


<a href="https://www.economist.com/game-theory/2015/03/04/spring-forward" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2015 spring study</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6179460/2025/03/07/mlb-spring-training-standout-players/#:~:text=Jed%20Hoyer%2C%20president%20of%20baseball%20operations%3A%20%E2%80%9CSpring%20is%20meaningless.%20I%20assume%20whoever%20looks%20good%20will%20have%20a%20.520%20OPS%20in%20April.%E2%80%9D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Hoyer quote</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2025/03/26/mlb/mlb-prospect-promotions-minors-to-majors-gap-triple-a-mlb-jackson-holliday" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben&#8217;s new prospects article</a>
<a href="https://grantland.com/the-triangle/mlb-preview-exploring-minor-league-hitters-major-league-struggles/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben&#8217;s old prospects article</a>
<a href="https://x.com/MLBONFOX/status/1904206004457230346" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to spring champions</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/pitching/wins/spring-training" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to ST team wins</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/spring-training?pos=all&level=0&lg=33&stats=bat&qual=y&type=1&team=&season=2025&seasonEnd=2025&org=&ind=0&splitTeam=false&players=&sort=19,1" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to FG ST leaderboards</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/five-big-questions-about-the-2025-season/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to five Clemens questions</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ewstats.com/post/3ll57bbqtcc27" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to listener bold predictions</a>
<a href="https://www.ewstats.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to EW predictions ballot</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2269-baseball-jobs-bullpen-catcher-and-baseball-ops-analyst/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to previous Baseball Jobs pod</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kantor" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Josh Kantor wiki</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2028-baseball-band/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Baseball Project pod</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Al8VuJKOs" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Baseball Project song</a>
<a href="https://www.everand.com/podcast/419142651/Ep-25-The-State-of-Statcast-and-How-to-Be-Baseball-s-Best-Organist" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Kaminski pod</a>

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