On Episode 2143 of the Effectively Wild podcast, Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, Ben Clemens, and Michael Baumann each made 10 "bold" predictions about baseball in 2024. Which ones will come true?
Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2143-the-2024-preseason-predictions-game/
Most of, but not all, the predictions are about the MLB season itself. Some are about college baseball. But they will all be resolved by the end of the MLB World Series in early November.
Resolution arbitration of all 40 questions will be determined by official MLB results, the Effectively Wild prediction contest, and the Associated Press.
@LukeW seeking clarification on "At least one of the Giants' free agent additions from the 2023–24 offseason will have a higher fWAR than Shohei Ohtani or Yoshinobu Yamamoto": does the FA addition need to have a higher fWAR than BOTH Ohtani and Yamamoto, or does this resolve YES if one of the additions beats Yamamoto, but not Ohtani, in fWAR