Archive for Effectively Wild

Effectively Wild Episode 793: The Emergency Mailbag Edition

Ben and Sam banter about Kenta Maeda’s physical, then consult an official scorer and answer emails about a market correction, the Dodgers’ spending, the Yankees’ and Cubs’ bullpens, and Dave Stewart.


Effectively Wild Episode 792: What We Learned from This Year’s Hall of Fame Voting

Ben and Sam review the greatness of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza and talk about their other takeaways from the Hall of Fame voting results.


Effectively Wild Episode 791: Brewster’s Emails

Ben and Sam banter about Justin Upton and answer listener emails about baseball movies, rap lyrics, restructuring divisions, free-agent demands, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 790: The Non-Hilarious Haren

Ben and Sam banter about dress codes and the recent lack of rumors, then discuss Dan Haren’s revelatory tweets.


Effectively Wild Episode 789: Premature Takes on the Kenta Maeda Contract

Ben and Sam banter about the unusual number of unsigned position players, then share their initial reactions to the Dodgers’ signing of Kenta Maeda.


Effectively Wild Episode 788: The Deepest Mailbag Dive

Ben and Sam banter about player privacy concerns, then dig (very) deep into the mailbag for questions that time forgot.


Effectively Wild Episode 787: He Knows if Your Hall of Fame Ballot Has Been Bad or Good

Ben and Sam talk to Ryan Thibodaux about what he’s learned from his effort to track Hall of Fame ballots.


Effectively Wild Episode 786: The Longest-Awaited Listener Email Answers

Ben and Sam banter about a fictitious player from TV, then answer listener emails about Mike Trout, opt-ops, paying players not to play, persuading a parent to value Barry Bonds, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 785: The Tantalizing 2018 Free Agent Class

Ben and Sam discuss whether the awe-inspiring 2018 free agent class is something MLB teams should be planning for already.


Effectively Wild Episode 784: The Cubs Are Kinda Good

Ben and Sam discuss whether signing Jason Heyward makes the Cubs the best team in baseball.