Archive for Effectively Wild

Effectively Wild Episode 657: The Switching Cities, Dealing Draft Picks, and Trading Divisions Edition

Ben and Sam banter about Mike Trout and answer listener emails about trading draft picks and divisions, saving failing franchises, limiting pitchers, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 656: How to Pick Breakout Players

Ben and Sam banter about Jon Lester and then talk to the entire TINO (There Is No Offseason) podcast crew about their breakout-player beliefs.


Effectively Wild Episode 655: Lester vs. Hamilton: The Pickoff Culmination

Ben and Sam banter about the weekend’s best plays and Mike Trout’s hidden hobby, then discuss the potential pickoff showdown between Jon Lester and Billy Hamilton.


Effectively Wild Episode 654: How to Talk About Offense in 2015

Ben and Sam talk about how we should talk about baseball’s latest decline in scoring.


Effectively Wild Episode 653: The First Sign of Statcast

Ben and Sam banter about time of game and Jon Lester, then discuss what to do with the first release of Statcast data.


Effectively Wild Episode 652: Revenue, Run Differential, and Ways to Win Now

Ben and Sam banter about Doug Melvin’s extension talks and then answer listener emails about run differential, the players’ portion of revenue, Kris Bryant, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 651: How Extensions Lost Their Intrigue

Ben and Sam banter about pace and time of game and then discuss why the structures of player extensions haven’t evolved.


Effectively Wild Episode 650: Hamilton, Lester, and Preller’s Latest Trade

Ben and Sam have an all-banter episode for Opening Day, discussing Jon Lester’s lack of pickoff attempts, the Angels’ statements about Josh Hamilton, and the Padres-Braves Craig Kimbrel trade.


Effectively Wild Episode 649: Our Most-Anticipated Storylines of 2015

Ben and Sam update the results of their ongoing contests, bemoan the predictions process, and discuss the storylines they’re looking forward to this season.


Effectively Wild Episode 648: The No-Tommy-John Draft

Ben, Sam, and guests Doug Thorburn and Jeff Zimmerman draft the pitchers they think will make the most starts and avoid Tommy John surgery in the next calendar year.