Archive for Effectively Wild

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.


Effectively Wild Episode 975: And Here’s the Pitch from Trout

Ben and Sam review listener responses to their skepticism about Cubs-celebration attendance figures, then answer emails about the offseason outlook, changes in closer usage, Times on Base, Edwin Jackson, identical Andrew Millers, Mike Trout and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 974: Survey Says

Ben and Sam review the results from Jerry Crasnick’s 2015 MLB executive survey and discuss the latest installment in his long-running survey series.


Effectively Wild Episode 973: The Potential Lasts of 2016

Ben and Sam banter about the attendance at the Cubs’ World Series celebration, then discuss several things we may (or may not) have seen for the last time during the 2016 season.