<html> Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the number of Opening Days/Nights at the start of the regular-season schedule and how long they think the challenge system will last, review some of their favorite offseason transactions, and do their annual draft of all 30 MLB teams in order of how fun they’ll be to follow this season.Audio intro: The Spaghettis, “<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KIeoBr9umeDgG2NCtot-YRv1emuJCNFT/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>” Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OsA2tZMe8hrgFONo1iYv7od0ZFea8mpx/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>” <a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/105581/deep-but-playable-do-you-know-when-opening-day-is/" target="_blank">Link to Craig on Opening Days/Nights</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7144726/2026/03/25/yankees-giants-mlb-opening-night-netflix-youtube-nbc/" target="_blank">Link to broadcast dilemma</a> <a href="https://www.theringer.com/2026/03/25/mlb/is-mlb-challenge-system-already-doomed-full-abs-balls-strikes-umpires" target="_blank">Link to Ben on the challenge system</a> <a href="https://www.theringer.com/2026/03/23/mlb/mlb-mlbpa-labor-battle-faq-lockout-work-stoppage-2027-season" target="_blank">Link to Ben on the labor situation</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/memmos/2016/06/09/605796769/chew-on-this-is-it-chomping-or-champing" target="_blank">Link to champing/chomping</a> <a href="https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-trevor-rogers-calvin-wooden-fan-tattoo-butt-CHL6KCDBUNAJLDTAYWUBQTNDBM/" target="_blank">Link to Rogers tattoo story</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2x5bs276hs2ibqgwzhnx2jae/post/3mhtofk26ls27" target="_blank">Link to Langs Giants stat</a> <a href="https://podduration.rknight.me/" target="_blank">Link to pod duration calculator</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1s23kz9/willy_adames_is_in_disbelief_that_the_sultanes/" target="_blank">Link to Adames challenge reaction</a> <a href="https://ewstats.com/competitions/predictions" target="_blank">Link to EWStats site</a> <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-is-going-freemium/" target="_blank">Link to freemium model announcement</a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c3ZJ21_5CSpH6fPsG-BNNahj2xmWSwxgMsJFXbnbgho/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Link to written explanation</a> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/effectivelywild" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.patreon.com/effectivelywild" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.patreon.com/effectivelywild" target="_blank">Sponsor Us on Patreon</a> <a href="https://patreon.com/effectivelywild/gift" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://patreon.com/effectivelywild/gift" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://patreon.com/effectivelywild/gift" target="_blank">Give a Gift Subscription</a>  Email Us: <a href="mailto:podcast@fangraphs.com" target="_blank">podcast@fangraphs.com</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/effectivelywild/" target="_blank"> Effectively Wild Subreddit</a> <a href="http://effectivelywild.wikia.com/wiki/Effectively_Wild_Wiki" target="_blank"> Effectively Wild Wiki</a> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/effectively-wild-daily-baseball/id545919715" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts Feed</a>  <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/18kbXy9p0jHw3o8f2cQlCj" target="_blank"> Spotify Feed</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXytxPs81CsUSJmN1mQMr526CdeDpf4vK" target="_blank"> YouTube Playlist</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/effectivelywild/" target="_blank"> Facebook Group</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ewpod.bsky.social" target="_blank"> Bluesky Account</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ewpod" target="_blank"> Twitter Account</a> <a href="https://breakingt.com/collections/fangraphs" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://breakingt.com/collections/fangraphs" target="_blank">Get Our Merch!</a><a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2457-the-2026-team-fun-draft/" target="_blank">Source</a></html>

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