Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary
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May 14, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 202: Bryce Harper Hits the Wall/Albert Pujols’ Pain
Ben and Sam talk about how a player’s willingness to crash into walls affects their expectations for him, then discuss whether Albert Pujols can improve if he keeps playing.
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May 13, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 201: Drafting Age-25-and-Under Starters/Still No No-Hitters
Ben and Sam draft starting pitchers age 25 and under, then discuss whether there’s any significance to the fact that we haven’t seen a no-hitter yet this season.
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May 10, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 200: Will Leitch on Media, Fans, and Media and Fans
Ben and Sam talk to Sports on Earth Senior Writer Will Leitch about the evolution of baseball coverage and the fan’s relationship with sports media.
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May 9, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 199: Pitchers Putting on Sunscreen/The Astros and Clubhouse Chemistry
Ben and Sam discuss the sunscreen scandal and how much clubhouse chemistry matters to the Astros.
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May 8, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 198: Hitters with the Yips/Power vs. Contact/Starlin Castro’s Future/Reinhart-Rogoff and Sabermetrics
Ben and Sam answer emails about what it would look like if a hitter got the yips, what Starlin Castro could turn into, errors in sabermetric research, and more.
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May 7, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 197: Our Incredibly Premature All-Star Picks
With All-Star voting officially underway, Ben and Sam make their incredibly premature picks, with Jason Wojciechowski joining them to settle any disputes.
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May 6, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 196: The New Scott Kazmir/The Future of the Angels
Ben and Sam discuss Scott Kazmir’s win over the weekend, then talk about the Angels’ outlook for the rest of this season and beyond.
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May 3, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 195: Bad Body Language/Upgrading Bullpens/Steroids and the Children/BABIP and Bad Luck
Ben and Sam discuss whether a pitcher’s body language can cost him strikes, whether it’s worth trading for relievers early in the season, a study about perceptions of steroid use, and whether a low BABIP is always unlucky.
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May 2, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 194: Outlawing Endless Games/Would Baseball Be Better Without Playoffs?
Ben and Sam discuss whether the league will ever take steps to prevent extremely long games, then talk about what baseball would be like without playoffs.
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May 1, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 193: AAA Teams vs. the Marlins and Astros/The Braves and Strikeouts/Pickoffs and Pitch Counts/John Farrell and the Jays/Non-Superstar HOFers
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about whether good minor-league teams could beat bad major-league teams, the Braves and Ks, whether the Jays should regret letting John Farrell go, and more.
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