Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ha-Seong Kim and the perils of slipping on ice, the contrasting retirement comments of Mookie Betts and Rich Hill, more on the Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette signings, Goodhart’s law and baseball stats, the late Wilbur Wood, and the latest trends in Hall of Fame voting.

Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”

Audio outro: Sam Chess, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Kim story

Link to MLBTR on Kim

Link to Mateo signing

Link to team SS projection

Link to Cena/Mookie episode

Link to MLB.com on Mookie

Link to HUAL on Cena’s retirement

Link to Mookie’s other stream

Link to MLBTR on Hill

Link to “Retire” meme

Link to Hill on EW

Link to team LF projection

Link to team CF projection

Link to Dombrowski comment

Link to MLBTR on Jays offer

Link to Weaver’s Dodgers stat

Link to Clemens post

Link to barrels definition

Link to Andrews post

Link to Goodhart’s law wiki

Link to Baumann on nerdy players

Link to Wood obit

Link to Wood’s IP lead

Link to Sardell EW appearance

Link to Sardell’s penultimate projections

Link to Sardell’s final projections

Link to Jay’s results preview

Link to Jay on EW

Link to BBWAA announcement

Link to Jay on the results

Link to Jay’s Jones profile

Link to Jones battery report

Link to Jay’s Beltrán profile

Link to Felix leap stat

Link to Pettitte PEDs story

Link to Vizquel persuasion post

Link to Sam’s ballot

Link to Pollis on the results

Link to MLBTR on Robert

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a flurry of transactions and a three-team-trade dilemma, then break down the J.T. Realmuto, Bo Bichette, and Kyle Tucker deals, plus talk of baseball economics and Emmanuel Clase’s roosters.

Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG post on Castro

Link to MLBTR on three-team trade

Link to Passan on Tucker

Link to Passan on three-team trade

Link to two buttons meme

Link to Passan meme

Link to FG post on Realmuto

Link to FG post on Bichette

Link to FG post on Tucker

Link to Ben on Tucker

Link to Cohen tweet 1

Link to Cohen tweet 2

Link to FG quarter-zips

Link to over/under draft results

Link to Ben on free agency

Link to Passan on free agency

Link to offseason FA spending

Link to bad Tucker swing

Link to Ben on Yordan’s slump

Link to Roberts comments

Link to owner floor proposal

Link to floor proposal analysis

Link to Walker comment

Link to champion complacency

Link to FA fits episode

Link to team hitter age

Link to team OF WAR

Link to MLB execs poll

Link to Tucker persona story

Link to Tucker cWPA

Link to Teoscar in RF

Link to Teoscar in LF

Link to team depth chart projections

Link to team payrolls page

Link to Dodgers CBT tax spending

Link to 2006 team payrolls

Link to 2005 team payrolls

Link to 2003 Onion headline

Link to Kershaw WBC news

Link to Clase roosters story

Link to more on Clase roosters

Link to quotes about Clase

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley analyze the latest additions to the AL East: Ryan Weathers to the Yankees and Ranger Suárez to the Red Sox. Then (26:52) they bring on top-tier Patreon supporter Jon Norton to answer listener emails about players who’ve repeatedly signed one-year contracts, whether they would want to play in an MLB game, how impressive switch-hitting should be, WAR without players who took PEDs, and the all-time greatness of Star Trek legend Buck Bokai.

Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio interstitial: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG post on Weathers

Link to FG post on Suárez

Link to team SP depth charts

Link to team depth charts WAR

Link to over/under draft standings

Link to Cot’s Contracts

Link to 2018 Passan tweet

Link to Sam on playing in a game

Link to decline of switch-hitting

Link to holodeck wiki

Link to holodeck malfunctions

Link to Buck Bokai at Memory Alpha

Link to WWIII at Memory Alpha

Link to Star Trek Ringer MLB Show

Link to listener emails database

Link to scientific method wiki

Link to MLBTR on Tucker

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley break down the Cubs’ big Alex Bregman signing, Nolan Arenado’s trade to Arizona, Kauffman Stadium’s soon-to-be-cozier confines, and a former GM’s dismissal of advanced stats, plus a few follow-ups.

Audio intro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Andrews on Bregman

Link to Baumann on Bregman

Link to Langs on draftees

Link to Montgomery on Boras

Link to Kennedy comments

Link to Sheehan on the Sox

Link to Tucker rumors

Link to team depth charts

Link to team payrolls

Link to Baumann on Arenado

Link to Passan on Kauffman

Link to Royals announcement tweet

Link to ballpark homogenization

Link to LA Memorial Coliseum info

Link to Statcast park factors

Link to Pasquantino take

Link to Rooker retort

Link to Mack piece at BP

Link to Sam on where to put a pit

Link to Amaro wiki

Link to Amaro tweet 1

Link to Amaro tweet 2

Link to Bichette report

Link to Collins report

Link to stream Stove League

Link to Stove League pods

Link to Sea Unicorns article

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a breakup of baseball lookalikes, minor league free agent draft eligibility, and more players who unretired after becoming coaches, then break down the latest baseball broadcasting developments, Rob Manfred’s recent comments (about his priorities and future, an offseason signing deadline, and regular-season structure), Tarik Skubal’s historic arbitration case, and, inspired by sensational hockey streaming series Heated Rivalry (which they discuss without spoilers), when an active MLB player might publicly come out.

Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Horny)”

Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLBTR on Fitzgerald

Link to Sojo article

Link to Campbell hiring

Link to TV network news

Link to MLBTR on TV networks

Link to TV network news 2

Link to Entertainment Strategy Guy

Link to streaming revenue info

Link to more on streaming revenue

Link to Manfred on a signing deadline

Link to Rooker tweet

Link to Harper sales article 1

Link to Harper sales article 2

Link to Manfred’s tournament comments

Link to MLBTR on Skubal

Link to The Athletic on Skubal

Link to Passan on Skubal

Link to Ben on arbitration

Link to MLBTR on Kepler

Link to Heated Rivalry

Link to hockey culture article

Link to Outsports article

Link to Take Me Out wiki

Link to EW Episode 1776

Link to Unwritten Rules

Link to Manfred’s diversity comments

Link to Venezuela article

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