Effectively Wild Episode 237: Stats That Won’t Last/No-Hitters and No-Walkers/The Worst Shortstop Ever/A Pitcher Who Can Hit/The All-Bunting Team/Trading Top Prospects for Trout/Pint-Sized Power Hitters
Jul 3, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 236: Analysts as General Managers/Hall of Fame Probabilities
Jul 2, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 235: Alex Rios’ Value/How the 2013 Pirates Were Built
Jul 1, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 234: Byron Buxton, Joe Mauer, and the Twins/Dylan Bundy, Tommy John Surgery, and PRP
Jun 28, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 233: Munenori Kawasaki and Clubhouse Chemistry/The Tigers, Strikeouts, and Defense
Jun 27, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 232: Will Park Effects Go More Mainstream?/Yasiel Puig and Hitting .400/Evaluating Player Development/Loaning Players
Jun 26, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 231: Revisiting Several Things We’ve Said
Jun 25, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 230: Deceptive Strikeout-to-Walk Ratios/Picking the Perfect Run Environment
Jun 24, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 229: Derek Jeter, Yasiel Puig, and the All-Star Game/The Royals and Blaming the Ballpark
Jun 21, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 228: Matt Harvey and Clubhouse Hazing/Albert Pujols at Present/Underrated Slash Line Stars
Jun 20, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 227: Julio Urias and Young Pitchers/Prospects Switching Positions/Jose Iglesias and High BABIPs/Goodbye Base Coaches
Jun 19, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 226: Predictions About Zack Wheeler/The Story of Signing Puig
Jun 18, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 225: Missing Out on Mariano Rivera/Scouting Scouts
Jun 17, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 224: The Evolution of On-Field Celebrations/The Home Run Derby Draft
Jun 14, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 223: Should College Pitchers Shut it Down After Being Drafted?/The Red Sox and Advance Scouting
Jun 13, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 222: Bloodlines and the Draft/Giving Up in Extras/Managers Telling the Truth/Moore, Molina, and Calling Pitches
Jun 12, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 221: Astros Pro Scouting Coordinator Kevin Goldstein on the Amateur Draft
Jun 11, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 220: Sick Starters, The Value of Hitting Coaches, and The Most Disappointing Team of 2013
Jun 10, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 219: The Mock Draft Mystery/Joey Votto’s Future/Scouts and Espionage/The New-Look Royals Lineup
Jun 7, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 218: Paralysis by Biogenesis
Jun 6, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 217: Umpires, Catchers, and Home Field Advantage/Forming a Wall/The Anti-DH Movement/Lengthening Games
Jun 5, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 216: Whither the White Sox?/Dissecting Yasiel Puig’s Debut
Jun 4, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 215: Does Money Still Make Teams Better?/Taking our Temperatures on Tim Lincecum and Chris Davis
Jun 3, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 214: B.J. Upton and Fixing Mechanical Flaws/Scouting and the International Draft
May 31, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 213: The Royals and Not Hitting Homers/The Physical Signs of Scouting
May 30, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 212: Doing Away with Errors/Rotating Positions/What Would Retired Players Hit?/Aesthetically Pleasing Players/3-0 Red Lights
May 29, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 211: The Phillies, the Blue Jays, and Selling/The Scary Side of Jose Canseco
Effectively Wild Episode 196: The New Scott Kazmir/The Future of the Angels
May 6, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 195: Bad Body Language/Upgrading Bullpens/Steroids and the Children/BABIP and Bad Luck
May 3, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 194: Outlawing Endless Games/Would Baseball Be Better Without Playoffs?
May 2, 2013
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
May 1, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 192: Stephen Strasburg’s New Injury Scare/The Underhyped Manny Machado
Apr 30, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 191: The Significance of the Blue Jays’ Slow Start/Justin Upton and Internet Gloating
Apr 29, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 190: The Ike Davis Enigma/Trading Prospects Straight Up for Stanton
Apr 26, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 189: Should Chad Billingsley Have Had Surgery Sooner?/Brendan Ryan, Robert Andino, and the Mariners
Apr 25, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 188: The Yankees and PECOTA/Earned Run Ratio/Least Likely MVP Candidates/When to Trust 2013 Stats
Apr 24, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 187: More About Velocity Loss/Baseball Players and Appendectomies
Apr 23, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 186: Deceptive Starters/Matt Harvey’s Improvement/The Blue Jays and Waiver Claims
Apr 22, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 185: Trading International Bonus Pool Space/Shortening the Time Between Pitches
Apr 19, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 184: Brett Gardner Makes an Adjustment
Apr 18, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 183: How to Set Up a Rotation/The DH of the Future/Batting Stanton Leadoff/Pitchers and Handwarmers/Quad-A Hitters
Apr 17, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 182: How Much Will Mark Appel Make?/Is Mike Scioscia’s Job Safe?
Apr 16, 2013
Effectively Wild 181: Giancarlo Stanton’s Lineup Protection Problem
Apr 15, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 180: Carlos Quentin vs. Zack Greinke/Why Catcher Height Matters for Framing
Apr 12, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 179: Extending Barry Zito/The First-Place Royals
Apr 11, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 178: Batter-Pitcher Matchups/Outfield Alignments/A Player Who Can’t Play Defense/The End of Innings
Apr 10, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 177: How Much Does Velocity Loss Matter?/The Astros’ Runaway Strikeout Rate
Apr 9, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 176: Jose Fernandez and Service Time/Jose Bautista and Umpire Payback
Apr 8, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 175: Brian Roberts’ Injury, Baserunners Passing Baserunners, and the Pros and Cons of Trade Speculation
Apr 5, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 174: More Week One Reactions
Apr 4, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 173: Should Contract Size Influence Our Projections for Players?/Revisiting Our Pre-Offseason Predictions/What Started the Sabermetric Revolution?
Apr 3, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 172: The Confirmation Biases of Opening Day
Apr 2, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 171: Extensions for Everyone!
Apr 1, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 170: Jason Parks on Podcasting, Prospect Ranking, and Player Development
Mar 29, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 169: The Retirement of Tim McCarver/Is Clubhouse Chemistry Less Important Than it Used to Be?
Mar 28, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 168: Projections for the Yankees and Blue Jays/If the Amateur Draft Were an Auction/Lifetime Contracts for Generational Talents
Mar 27, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 167: Yasiel Puig’s Explosive Spring
Mar 26, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 166: Is the Internet Too Optimistic About the Astros?
Mar 25, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 165: The Worst Team to Work For/Baseball Without Outfield Fences/When to Give Up on Top Draft Picks/Would Mariano Rivera Make an All-Time Team?
Mar 22, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 164: Dan Evans on Being a Baseball Renaissance Man and His New Job with the Blue Jays
Mar 21, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 163: All About the International Draft
Mar 20, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 162: Aroldis Chapman and Player Preferences
Mar 19, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 161: Breaking Down the WBC
Mar 18, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 160: The Outlooks for Tim Lincecum and Roy Halladay
Mar 15, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 159: The Carlos Gomez Extension and the 2013-14 Free Agent Class
Mar 14, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 158: Combining Bad Teams/Blocking the Plate/The 26-Man Roster
Effectively Wild Episode 156: 2013 Season Preview Series: Colorado Rockies
Mar 8, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 155: 2013 Season Preview Series: San Diego Padres
Mar 7, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 154: 2013 Season Preview Series: Arizona Diamondbacks
Mar 6, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 153: 2013 Season Preview Series: Los Angeles Dodgers
Mar 5, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 152: 2013 Season Preview Series: San Francisco Giants
Mar 4, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 151: 2013 Season Preview Series: Chicago Cubs
Mar 1, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 150: 2013 Season Preview Series: Pittsburgh Pirates
Feb 28, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 149: 2013 Season Preview Series: Milwaukee Brewers
Feb 27, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 148: 2013 Season Preview Series: St. Louis Cardinals
Feb 26, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 147: 2013 Season Preview Series: Cincinnati Reds
Feb 25, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 146: 2013 Season Preview Series: Miami Marlins
Feb 22, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 145: 2013 Season Preview Series: New York Mets
Feb 21, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 144: 2013 Season Preview Series: Philadelphia Phillies
Feb 20, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 143: 2013 Season Preview Series: Atlanta Braves
Feb 19, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 142: 2013 Season Preview Series: Washington Nationals
Feb 18, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 141: 2013 Season Preview Series: Houston Astros
Feb 15, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 140: 2013 Series Preview: Seattle Mariners
Feb 14, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 139: 2013 Season Preview Series: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Feb 13, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 138: 2013 Season Preview Series: Texas Rangers
Feb 12, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 137: 2013 Season Preview Series: Oakland Athletics
Feb 11, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 136: 2013 Season Preview Series: Minnesota Twins
Feb 8, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 135: 2013 Season Preview Series: Cleveland Indians
Feb 7, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 134: 2013 Season Preview Series: Kansas City Royals
Feb 6, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 133: 2013 Season Preview Series: Chicago White Sox
Feb 5, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 132: 2013 Season Preview Series: Detroit Tigers
Feb 4, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 131: 2013 Season Preview Series: Boston Red Sox
Feb 1, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 130: 2013 Season Preview Series: Toronto Blue Jays
Jan 31, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 129: Why the Latest Steroids Scandal Isn’t That Scandalous/2013 Season Preview Series: Tampa Bay Rays
Jan 30, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 128: 2013 Season Preview Series: Baltimore Orioles
Jan 29, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 127: 2013 Season Preview Series: New York Yankees
Jan 28, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 126: Justin Upton is Actually Traded
Jan 25, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 125: The Umpire-Manager Relationship
Jan 24, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 124: A World Without Easily Injured Pitchers/Hitter BABIP, and Whether Mike Trout Was Lucky/What We Think About Booing
Jan 23, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 123: How Far Away Are the Astros?/The MLBPA is Mad at the Marlins/Is A-Rod’s Surgery Suspicious?/The Future of Baseball on the Radio
Jan 22, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 122: PECOTA Projects Elite Draft Picks from the Past/Should Scouts Fear FIELDf/x?
Jan 18, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 121: The Three-Way Trade and the Mariners’ Quest for a Big Bat
Jan 17, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 120: Quantifying PED Effects/Best Farm Systems in Baseball/Roleplaying Trade Talks
Jan 16, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 119: Chris Sale’s Scary Mechanics/The Tigers and Justin Upton/AL Breakout Players/Trading Ryan Braun/Edwin Encarnacion’s Future
Jan 15, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 118: All About Pitchouts!
Jan 14, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 117: Justin Upton Update: Still Not Traded
Jan 11, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 116: Has the Sabermetric Movement Helped or Hurt Jack Morris?
Jan 10, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 115: The Alternate-History Hall of Fame/Are NL Teams Stockpiling Position Players for Interleague Play?/Is 162 Games Too Many?/Preserving Parity
Jan 9, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 114: The One Where We Talk About the Hall of Fame
Jan 8, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 113: Three Trade Rumors We Read This Weekend
Jan 7, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 112: The Kyle Lohse Quandary
Jan 4, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 111: How Do Major-League Managers Differ from Non-Baseball Bosses?
Jan 3, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 110: Players with Criminal Pasts/How Much Do Pitcher Hitting, Fielding, and Baserunning Matter?
Jan 2, 2013
Effectively Wild Episode 109: Eight Questions (and Answers) for the End of the Year
Dec 28, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 108: What Position Should Ian Kinsler Play?/How Do You Know When You Need a New GM?
Dec 27, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 107: Edwin Jackson, the Cubs, and Qualifying Offers
Dec 21, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 106: How Good is the Angels’ Offense?/What We Think About the Yips/Does Pitcher Pace Matter?
Dec 20, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 105: Will R.A. Dickey’s Knuckleball Be Better in the Dome?/Do the Red Sox Have a Consistent Philosophy?
Dec 19, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 104: Our Least-Favorite Offseason Signings So Far
Dec 18, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 103: The R.A. Dickey Deal and Trading Top Prospects (With Jason Parks)
Dec 17, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 102: Josh Hamilton and Whether a Potentially Bad Contract is Worse Than No Contract at All
Dec 14, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 101: Learning to Like Youkilis/What the Diamondbacks Got Back for Bauer/Why Do Teams Love Lefty Starters?
Dec 13, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 100: Astros Pro Scouting Coordinator Kevin Goldstein on Being Inside Baseball
Dec 12, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 99: Two More Reactions to the Rays-Royals Trade
Dec 11, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 98: Zack Greinke and the Dodgers’ Bottomless Bankroll
Dec 10, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 97: Why Couldn’t Koji Uehara Get a Bigger Contract?
Dec 7, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 96: What the Winter Meetings Were Like
Dec 6, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 95: Switch-Hitters Who Shouldn’t Switch-Hit/What We Learned from The Book/Dan Haren vs. Edwin Jackson/The Yunel Escobar Trade and the Yankees
Dec 5, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 94: The Perplexing Trade Value of R.A. Dickey and Billy Butler
Dec 4, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 93: Behind the Scenes of the Blue Jays-Marlins Blockbuster
Dec 3, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 92: Why the Twins’ New Prospect Isn’t Their Type/Why Didn’t Russell Martin Make More Money?
Nov 30, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 91: What Will the Braves Get from B.J. Upton?
Nov 29, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 90: The Cheapskate Approach to Aroldis Chapman/The Phillies and Framing/Ranking Baseball Figures By Historical Importance
Nov 28, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 89: The Evan Longoria Extension, the Rays, and Why Players Aren’t Holding Out for More Money
Nov 27, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 88: Wil Myers, the Royals, and Rumors About Trading Top Prospects
Nov 26, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 87: Baseball and the BCS/Halladay vs. Lee/Does the “Success Cycle” Still Exist?
Nov 21, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 86: Should the Commissioner Have the Ability to Overturn a Trade?
Nov 20, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 85: Manny Acta and the Blue Jays’ Managerial Job
Nov 19, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 84: Jose Molina and What the Quantification of Catcher Framing Might Mean
Nov 16, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 83: Astros vs. Marlins in 2013/The Next Farewell Tour/Yasmani Grandal’s Suspension/Mark Trumbo, Center Fielder
Nov 15, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 82: The Marlins-Blue Jays Blockbuster
Nov 14, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 81: The Angels, the Reds, and Two Conflicting Closer Philosophies
Nov 13, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 80: Could Josh Hamilton Be a Bargain?/Are the Financially Responsible Yankees for Real?
Nov 9, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 79: Are Teams Becoming More Willing to Trade Their Young Players?
Nov 8, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 78: Quantifying Coaches/Why Some Fielders Look Better Than They Are/How Do We Know What Pitchers Should Weigh?
Nov 7, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 77: The Teams in the Winter Spending Sweet Spot
Nov 6, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 76: The Free Agents the Internet Can’t Agree On
Nov 5, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 75: The David Ortiz Decision and the Offseason Outlook for the Red Sox
Nov 2, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 74: The Ervin Santana Trade, the Royals’ Rotation, and the Pitching Market/Rick Hahn and the Future of Front Offices
Nov 1, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 73: Did the Dodgers Overpay for Brandon League?/Are Gold Glove Voters and Defensive Stats Learning to get Along?
Oct 31, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 72: How Many Members of the Angels’ Rotation Will Be Back?/Predicting the First- and Last-Place Teams of 2013
Oct 30, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 71: The Giants Win the World Series/Assessing Brian Sabean
Oct 29, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 70: World Series Game Two/Protective Gear for Pitchers
Oct 26, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 69: The Weirdness of World Series Game One/Delmon Young’s Surprising Career
Oct 25, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 68: The Obligatory World Series Preview Episode
Oct 24, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 67: Did Our Opinions of Players Change in the NLCS?
Oct 23, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 66: Performing a Post-Mortem on the Yankees
Oct 19, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 65: The Impact of the ALCS Rainout/The Strange Appearance of Hunter Pence/Do We Dislike Any Players or Teams?
Oct 18, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 64: Should Joe Girardi Have Pinch-Hit in Game Three?
Oct 17, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 63: The Slide Heard ‘Round the World/Why Does Everyone Hate the Cardinals?/Ryan Vogelsong Rewards Bruce Bochy
Oct 16, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 62: Yankees-Tigers ALCS Update/How Hard is Pitching on Short Rest?/October Bullpen Strategy
Oct 15, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 61: Division Series Round-Up/Giving Darren O’Day His Due
Oct 12, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 60: Ibanez Pinch-Hits for A-Rod/The Strasburg Debate That Won’t Die
Oct 11, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 59: Does the 2-3 Playoff Format Affect Home Field Advantage?/Can the A’s Defeat Detroit?
Oct 10, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 58: How Accurate Have the Postseason Narratives Been So Far?/Not Jim Tracy Returns
Oct 9, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 57: The Teams That Will Win a World Series in the Next Five Years/Are Beat Writers Becoming More or Less Important?/The O’s Start Saunders
Oct 5, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 56: A Very Special Simulpodcast with FanGraphs Audio
Oct 4, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 55: Shrinking Safeco/The Unpredictability of Japanese Players
Oct 3, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 54: Jeff Luhnow’s Season-Ending Interview Idea/Why Players and Executives Disagree About the AL MVP
Oct 2, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 53: Is the Second Wild Card Working?/Explaining Mainstream Screeds Against Advanced Stats