Archive for Effectively Wild

Effectively Wild Episode 476: How Far Should MLB Go to Protect Players?

Ben and Sam discuss whether Major League Baseball should ban chewing tobacco, mandate that pitchers wear protective caps, and fund research about elbow injuries.


Effectively Wild Episode 475: What Baseball Could Borrow from Soccer’s Structure

Ben and Sam talk to Will Woods about soccer conventions that might improve baseball.


Effectively Wild Episode 474: The Rest-of-Season Projections Test

Ben and Sam identify the players who’ve most overperformed or underperformed their PECOTAs and discuss what they’ll do next.


Effectively Wild Episode 473: Never Stop Asking Questions

Ben and Sam answer listener email questions about players who take pitches, catcher defense, spotting terrible teams a run, tool grades, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 472: The Greatness of Gwynn

Ben and Sam talk about the legacy of the late, great, Tony Gwynn.


Effectively Wild Episode 471: The All-MLB.TV Team

Ben and Sam discuss the players they drop everything to watch on MLB.TV.


Effectively Wild Episode 470: The Unprecedented Parity of 2014

Ben and Sam discuss the significance of the large number of teams still in contention.


Effectively Wild Episode 469: Preserving Sabermetrics for Posterity

Ben and Sam talk to Matt Dennewitz about his efforts to archive sabermetric research.


Effectively Wild Episode 468: Questions of a Questionable Nature

Ben and Sam banter about unpredictability, then answer listener emails about Google Glass, split seasons, time travel, Austin Hedges, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 467: What’s Next for the Tampa Bay Rays?

Ben and Sam discuss whether the Rays are doomed if they don’t deal at the deadline.