Archive for Effectively Wild

Effectively Wild Episode 343: Some Questions Asked

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about the high-strikeout era, baseball with soccer scoring, unintentional walks and reaching on error, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 342: Should Teams Stop Spending?/Industry Theories About the Transaction Spree

Ben and Sam talk about the idea that trying to win is costing teams money, then discuss what the industry says about this week’s transaction activity.


Effectively Wild Episode 341: Hot Stovepocalypse

Ben and Sam discuss the year’s busiest day for big baseball news.


Effectively Wild Episode 340: Attempting to Make Sense of the Doug Fister Deal

Ben and Sam try to puzzle out the Tigers’ motivation for making the Doug Fister trade.


Effectively Wild Episode 339: Alex Rodriguez, Bud Selig, and Hard-Boiled Baseball

Ben and Sam discuss the latest details of the exquisitely seamy A-Rod story.


Effectively Wild Episode 338: Giving Thanks for Your Emails

Ben and Sam discuss the Hall of Fame and answer listener emails about brawls with Brian McCann, catcher framing, park effects, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 337: Free Agent Spending So Far/The McCann, Molina, and Smith Signings

Ben and Sam discuss the early movement on the free agent market, then break down the Jose Molina, Brian McCann, and Joe Smith signings.


Effectively Wild Episode 336: Paying Peralta, and Punishing PED Users

Ben and Sam discuss Jhonny Peralta’s contract with the Cardinals, and whose responsibility it should be to publish PED users.


Effectively Wild Episode 335: Your Questions, Our Answers

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about switching positions between batters, specialist scouts, risk-averse skippers, a team of top prospects, and more.


Effectively Wild Episode 334: The Fielder-Kinsler Trade/Australia’s Asia Series Cinderella Story

Ben and Sam discuss the Ian Kinsler-Prince Fielder trade, then talk to Baseball South Australia’s Drew Samuelson about the incredible Canberra Cavalry.