Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 2008: Big Hack Attack

May 19, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The History of the Cheeseburger Phone

2min

The Cheeseburger Phone: The Origin Story

2min

The Rules of the Burger Phone

2min

The Importance of Recording Calls

5min

The Importance of Prop Comedy in Writing

1min

The Mets Celebrate Their Own Butts

5min

The Mets' Path Forward From Injury

3min

The Risks of an Expensive Roster

5min

10.

The Future of the Padres

5min

11.

The Padres Are Down to a 12% Chance to Win the Division

5min

12.

The Importance of Investing in Baseball

3min

13.

The Texas Rangers Are Doing Very Well

4min

14.

The Texas Rangers' Rebuilding Process

2min

15.

Kumar Rucker Removed From the Top 100 Prospects List

6min

16.

Kumar Rocker's First College Season

2min

17.

Kumar Rocker's Career Is Not a Meditation on Prospect Expectations

4min

18.

The Comfort of Surviving Tommy John Surgery

5min

19.

The Evolution of Baseball Prospects

5min

20.

The Orioles' Hardcore Tanking of 2019 to 2021

6min

21.

The Anti-Tanking Hardliners

5min

22.

The Risks of Intense Teardowns

2min

23.

The Orioles' Precarious Rebuild

4min

24.

The Importance of Lab League in Baseball

2min

25.

Jose Abreu: The Worst Signing in Major League Baseball

5min

26.

The Z Galen Curveball

3min

27.

The Ball That Moved Me

5min

28.

The Role of Replay in Baseball

4min

29.

The Orioles and the Reds

4min

30.

The Results of the First Effectively Wild Draft

4min

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the sesame-seer Cardinals using a cheeseburger phone to predict home buns (er, runs) by hitters who are dialed in, the varying fortunes of three offseason big spenders (the Mets, Padres, and Rangers) and the stakes of their success, Kumar Rocker’s Tommy John surgery, Dustin May’s flexor strain, the […]

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