Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 1976: Season Preview Series: Dodgers and Cubs

Mar 4, 2023

02:19:53

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Is Eric Hosmer a Great Player?

02:56

Swing Less Is Better Than Swinging

01:36

Shohio Tani Wins Dodgers Season Preview

02:31

Introduction

2min

I Pushed My Pants. That's a Bad Thing.

3min

Is There a Better Way to Do Spring Training?

2min

Baseball Games - It's Good to Play Games

3min

Is It Better to Have Two Minds Than One?

4min

Taking Game Calling Away From Catchers and Back Picks

2min

I Like Calling My Own Pitches

2min

How Much Pitching Can You Do to Improve Your Game Calling?

2min

The Dodgers Have the Best Plate Discipline in the Majors, Right?

4min

10.

Hitters Are Swinging Too Much, Right?

3min

11.

Do Not Swing, Don't Swing

2min

12.

Swing or Not Swing?

2min

13.

Is It Better Not to Swing?

2min

14.

Is There a Limit to Counterintuitive Messages to Baseball Players?

2min

15.

Swing Less Is Better Than Swinging

2min

16.

We Don't Value on-Board Strikes, Right?

2min

17.

Is It a Sticky Conversation Moment to Moment?

2min

18.

The Dodgers, You Got a Chance, Guys.

2min

19.

The Dodgers' Exodus This Offseason

3min

20.

Dodgers Shortstop - Is Gavin Luxe a Good Option?

2min

21.

Can David Peralta Be a Stable Option?

2min

22.

Can the Cubs Rehabilitate Cody Bellinger?

2min

23.

Is Mookie a Superstar or a Non Superstar?

2min

24.

Dodgers - I'm Not a Fan of Clayton Kershaw but I Think He's a Good Player to Be Around

2min

25.

What's the Biggest Thing for the Dodgers This Year?

2min

26.

The Dodgers Are Trying to Turn Everything Into Gold So Hopefully He'll Put His Trust in Them

2min

27.

Can I Bet on Julio Ras or Tony Gonslin?

3min

28.

Peppio Is a Young Pitcher in the Dodgers Rotation

3min

29.

Is the Dodgers Bullpen Going to Be Different This Season?

2min

30.

Justin Turner - Can JD Martinez Occupy That Same Sort of Veteran Professional Hitter Type Role?

3min

31.

Is Miguel Vargas a High Level Pitching Prospect for the Big Leagues?

2min

32.

Is the Dodgers Going to Be Able to Dip Below the First Luxury Tax Threshold?

2min

33.

Dodgers Farm System Ranking

3min

34.

The Dodgers' Season Preview

3min

35.

Shohio Tani Wins Dodgers Season Preview

3min

36.

The Cubs Per Game Attendance

2min

37.

Are Our Fans Excited After This Offseason?

3min

38.

Phillies Draft Draft Preview Preview

3min

39.

Cubs Win the Cody Belanger One Year Pillow Contract Sweepstakes

5min

40.

SaaS Suzuki's Opening Day

3min

41.

The Cubs Are Looking for a Catcher in First Base

4min

42.

Cardinals vs Cubs Preview

2min

43.

Is Eric Hosmer a Great Player?

3min

44.

Cubs Pitchers and the Pitch Lab

2min

45.

Getting the Best Out of the Cubs in 2021

4min

46.

I Think It's a Huge Step Forward for the Major League Baseball Team

2min

47.

Then Neske Is 88th on Our Top 100 as a 50 Future Value Prospect

3min

48.

I Think They're Not Panicking and Saying We Need to Get Kyle Hendricks Here to Compete in the Spring Training Game or Not I Think So.

3min

49.

Can Justin Stearns Be Like a Cubs Pitcher?

4min

50.

The Cubs Are in the Top 25 in MLB and I'm a Strikeout Guy

5min

51.

The White Socks and the Past Blast

5min

52.

I Still Think It Would Be Bad to Slide in Shorts

2min

53.

The Shorts and the Shorts in the 1980's

2min

54.

Triple Digit Uniform Numbers in Major League Baseball

4min

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Kenta Maeda pitching well despite PitchCom giving away his signs, spring training injuries (5:26), the upsides and downsides of pitchers beginning to call their own pitches with PitchCom (9:03), and the reasons why hitters collectively seem to swing more often than they should (20:18). Then they continue (and […]

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