Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary
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Nov 18, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 769: Rich Hill, Jerry Dipoto, and David Ortiz
Ben and Sam discuss the Rich Hill signing and more Mike Trout punctuation, then answer listener emails about Jerry Dipoto and David Ortiz and do a double Play Index.
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Nov 17, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 768: The Angels’ Simmons Incentives and the Braves’ Odd Rebuild
Ben and Sam discuss why three free agents accepted qualifying offers, then break down both sides of the Andrelton Simmons trade.
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Nov 16, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 767: The Non-Cookie-Cutter Craig Kimbrel Reaction
Ben and Sam discuss the Craig Kimbrel trade and the way to talk about closers in 2015.
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Nov 13, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 766: The Second Annual Free-Agent-Contract Over/Under Draft
Ben and Sam draft the free agents they think will make more or less money than predicted.
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Nov 12, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 765: MLB’s MBA Future
Ben and Sam talk to BP author Jeff Quinton about how baseball teams could benefit from design thinking.
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Nov 11, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 764: Award Apathy and Splashy Stats
Ben and Sam banter about daily-fantasy ads, then answer listener emails about Barry Bonds and splash hits, end-of-season awards, when to spend on free agents, baseball and the metric system, and more.
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Nov 10, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 763: Predicting the GM Predictions
Ben and Sam banter about Mike Trout and Brian Cashman, then predict and discuss the results of Jerry Crasnick’s annual executive poll.
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Nov 9, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 762: The Best Barry Bonds Facts
Ben and Sam talk about the best Barry Bonds facts with Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman of Cespedes Family Barbecue.
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Nov 6, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 761: An Offseason Friday Gallimaufry
Ben and Sam discuss free agents, qualifying offers, the Rays-Mariners trade, Alex Anthopoulos’ departure from Toronto, and Mike Trout Twitter.
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Nov 5, 2015 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 760: Andy McCullough Reveals Every Royals Offseason Move
Ben and Sam talk to Kansas City Star Royals beat writer Andy McCullough about why the Royals won the World Series and what their offseason might look like.
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