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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 2267: The Breakout Breakdown

Tue Jan 07 2025

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley rant about the practice of picking “breakout” players who have already broken out, react (22:20) to the Orioles’ Charlie Morton signing and discuss (38:24) Morton as one of the...

Effectively Wild Episode 2266: Where to Put the Pit Stop

Sat Jan 04 2025

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Patreon supporter Jordan Smith banter about Jordan’s baseball background, the Tigers’ 2025 hopes, the Dodgers signing Hyeseong Kim, and more, then (30:48) answer listener emails...

Effectively Wild Episode 2265: What We’re Anticipating in 2025

Fri Jan 03 2025

As the halfway point of the offseason approaches, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the relative merits of the first half of the offseason vs. the second half of the offseason, assess the weakest...

Effectively Wild Episode 2264: Team Performance Review

Thu Jan 02 2025

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the latest on Roki Sasaki’s posting process, the NL-AL imbalance, and why the active homer leader doesn’t have more homers, then (50:44) review the team goals from...

Effectively Wild Episode 2263: The Stories We Missed in 2024 (NL Edition)

Sun Dec 29 2024

Ben Lindbergh, Lindsey Adler, and Hannah Keyser talk about Lindsey and Hannah’s evolving relationships to baseball writing, near-simultaneous Substack-starting, and (ongoing) pursuits of self-discovery and...

Effectively Wild Episode 2262: The Stories We Missed in 2024 (AL Edition)

Sat Dec 28 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann play “College Baseball Player or U.S. Army Air Forces Pilot Who Took Part in Operation Vengeance,” banter about Jake Burger’s three consecutive seasons with a .250 batting...

Effectively Wild Episode 2261: Rickey Broke Records, and the Mold

Tue Dec 24 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the career and life of Rickey Henderson, focusing on changes in public perceptions of his play and personality, how underrated he was (even though he was highly rated!),...

Effectively Wild Episode 2260: What We Might Remember About 2024

Sat Dec 21 2024

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Pebble Hunting’s Sam Miller banter about Michael Lorenzen embracing an Effectively Wild hypothetical, Ben and Sam’s past predictions about baseball in the 2020s, and Paul Skenes...

Effectively Wild Episode 2259: Rated Rooker

Thu Dec 19 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Cody Bellinger trade, the Yankees’ and Cubs’ next moves, Guaranteed Rate Field changing to Rate Field, and the results of MLB’s inquiry into pitcher injuries....

Effectively Wild Episode 2258: 99 Manfred Balloons

Wed Dec 18 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the qualifications for being a superstar, the Kyle Tucker trade from the Astros’ and Cubs’ perspectives, the Devin Williams trade from the Yankees’ and Brewers’...

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