Effectively Wild Episode 1529: Presenting Future Value

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley speak to FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel about their new book, Future Value: The Battle for Baseball’s Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar, touching on topics including the best kinds of scouting stories, how technology and data have confirmed or overturned traditional scouting beliefs, how smart teams are spending, how to make a miserly owner invest in scouting and development, whether scouts should have access to data, whether scouts can accurately assess makeup, introverted vs. extroverted scouts, whether it’s good or bad for teams to have a “type,” how teams will train prospects if there isn’t a minor league season, whether it’s possible to predict injuries, Eric and Kiley’s scouting strengths and weaknesses, and much more.

Audio intro: The Weakerthans, "Relative Surplus Value"
Audio outro: Erick Dayz, "Scouting Report"

Link to order Future Value
Link to Future Value excerpt
Link to Eric and Kiley’s scouting primer
Link to Ben on Scout School
Link to Kiley on the Yankees signing minor league free agents
Link to Russell Carleton on adolescent cognitive development
Link to Brandon Martin story
Link to Toe Nash story
Link to Ebert’s John Prine review
Link to article about serial athlete impersonator
Link to article about Joba impersonator
Link to article about Pasqua impersonator
Link to article about Mets/Marlins con man
Link to Stark on Molina’s home run
Link to order The Only Rule Is It Has to Work
Link to order The MVP Machine

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