Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary
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Nov 26, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 337: Free Agent Spending So Far/The McCann, Molina, and Smith Signings
Ben and Sam discuss the early movement on the free agent market, then break down the Jose Molina, Brian McCann, and Joe Smith signings.
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Nov 25, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 336: Paying Peralta, and Punishing PED Users
Ben and Sam discuss Jhonny Peralta’s contract with the Cardinals, and whose responsibility it should be to publish PED users.
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Nov 22, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 335: Your Questions, Our Answers
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about switching positions between batters, specialist scouts, risk-averse skippers, a team of top prospects, and more.
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Nov 21, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 334: The Fielder-Kinsler Trade/Australia’s Asia Series Cinderella Story
Ben and Sam discuss the Ian Kinsler-Prince Fielder trade, then talk to Baseball South Australia’s Drew Samuelson about the incredible Canberra Cavalry.
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Nov 20, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 333: How Teams Are Bridging the Gap Between Front Office and Field Staff
Ben and Sam discuss the new kind of coach being hired by big-league teams this offseason.
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Nov 19, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 332: Will Jay Z Revolutionize Being a Baseball Agent?
Ben and Sam discuss Jay Z’s potential to be a new kind of agent, and whether they’d want to be one of his clients.
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Nov 18, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 331: Jason Parks on the Best Farm System in Baseball
Ben and Sam talk to Jason Parks about why he thinks the Minnesota Twins have the best minor-league talent in baseball.
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Nov 15, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 330: A Lengthy Listener Email Show
Ben and Sam answer a strong selection of listener emails on award voting, the BBWAA, defensive stats, Phillies analytics, lefty catchers, free agent compensation systems, and more.
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Nov 14, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 329: The Debate About Buying a Hall of Fame Vote
Ben and Sam discuss Deadspin’s offer to purchase a Hall of Fame vote.
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Nov 13, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 328: Chris Jaffe on Evaluating Managers and the Latest Trends in Managerial Hiring
Ben and Sam talk to Evaluating Baseball’s Managers author Chris Jaffe about how to assess managers and what the latest managerial hirings mean.
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