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Effectively Wild Episode 985: Three Topics for Winter-Meetings Week

Ben and Sam banter about the possibly unprecedented complete lack of luddite teams, then discuss the Royals as sellers, the reliever market, and Braves trade rumors.


Effectively Wild Episode 984: Advice for Teams With Too Much Money

Ben, Sam, and BP’s Russell Carleton banter about Nolan Ryan as a reliever, the possibility of a strike in 2021, and how teams should use the money the new CBA prevents them from spending.


Effectively Wild Episode 983: The Non-Endless-Lockout Edition

Ben and Sam banter about an endless lockout and an A.J. Ellis rumor, then answer listener emails about odd MVP votes in Japan, peak Pedro vs. peak Koufax, what they would bid for Charley Kershaw’s baseball career, and mo


Effectively Wild Episode 982: Scouting the Yankees and Signing the Cespedes

Ben and Sam banter about a scene from Major League, an Adam Jones tweet, and the return of Nora Morse, then talk to BP’s Jeff Paternostro about the Yankees’ farm system, the Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes signing, and the future of international free agency.


Effectively Wild Episode 981: The New-GM Job Check

Ben and Sam banter about a baseball TV trope and a Roger Angell passage, then discuss how they would have asked and answered interview questions for the Twins and Diamondbacks GM jobs and what they thought of the Mariners’ and Diamondbacks’ Jean Segura-Taijuan Walker trade and the Twins’ Jason Castro signing.


Effectively Wild Episode 980: The Baseball-Book Draft

Ben, Sam, and Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times draft a few of their favorite baseball books.


Effectively Wild Episode 979: Mike Trout and the Post-MVP Era

Ben and Sam banter about Kyle Gaedele, then share their thoughts on Mike Trout’s second MVP Award and what it does and doesn’t say about both Trout and the BBWAA.


Effectively Wild Episode 978: Broken Bones and Broken Records

Ben and Sam banter about four pitchers with a broken bone, then answer listener emails about Ichiro, Bryce Harper, catchers, throwing games, whether players are making the most of their skills, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 977: Indy Outliers

Ben and Sam reprise their “multiple Andrew Millers” conversation for the final time, banter about the AL Rookie of the Year Award and the NL Platinum Glove Award, and spotlight some of 2016’s most eye-catching indy league stat lines.


Effectively Wild Episode 976: Which Way Will the World Series Odds Go?

Ben and Sam revisit their conversations about Cubs-parade attendance and multiple Andrew Millers, banter about Eddie Gaedel, and discuss which teams will see their World Series odds improve or decline by the most before Opening Day.