Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh (The Ringer), Jeff Sullivan (FanGraphs), and an array of guests talk about baseball with an analytical bent, covering a mix of timely topics from the serious to the absurd a few times per week.
- Website
- https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs
- Description
- Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-01-06 19:58
- last episode published
- 2025-01-04 06:55
- publication frequency
- 2.01 days
- Contributors
- Ben Lindbergh, Jeff Sullivan
- Owner Author
- davidappelman@gmail.com (Ben Lindbergh, Jeff Sullivan)
- Managing editor
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 2267
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Professional Sports & Recreation
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2025-01-04 | 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 about per-game stats, “advanced” stats, tel... |
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| 2025-01-03 |
Effectively Wild Episode 2265: What We’re Anticipating in 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 projected positions on contending teams and the ... |
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| 2025-01-02 | 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 the 2024 season preview series. Audio intro: K... |
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| 2024-12-29 |
Effectively Wild Episode 2263: The Stories We Missed in 2024 (NL Edition) 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 creative fulfillment. Then (45:27) Ben and Han... |
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| 2024-12-28 |
Effectively Wild Episode 2262: The Stories We Missed in 2024 (AL Edition) 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 average, the Tigers signing Gleyber Torres, an... |
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| 2024-12-24 |
Effectively Wild Episode 2261: Rickey Broke Records, and the Mold 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!), and his impact on the modern game and media, ... |
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| 2024-12-21 |
Effectively Wild Episode 2260: What We Might Remember About 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 and the ERA title, then discuss what will b... |
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| 2024-12-19 | 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. Then (31:39) they bring back A’s slugger Brent ... |
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| 2024-12-18 | 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’ perspectives, and various other transactions, inc... |
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| 2024-12-13 |
Effectively Wild Episode 2257: You Better Fried Your Mind Instead Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the end of the Winter Meetings, then discuss the rest of what down in Dallas: the Max Fried signing and where the Yankees roster stands, the Garrett Crochet trade, referring to a single player as a “Red Sox,” t... |
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