Archive for Effectively Wild

Effectively Wild Episode 97: Why Couldn’t Koji Uehara Get a Bigger Contract?

Ben and Sam discuss Koji Uehara’s signing with the Red Sox and attempt to figure out why he doesn’t make more money and high-leverage appearances.


Effectively Wild Episode 96: What the Winter Meetings Were Like

Ben and Sam recap Ben’s experiences on his first trip to the Winter Meetings.


Effectively Wild Episode 95: Switch-Hitters Who Shouldn’t Switch-Hit/What We Learned from The Book/Dan Haren vs. Edwin Jackson/The Yunel Escobar Trade and the Yankees

Ben and Sam answer listener emails mostly (but not entirely) about things that happened on day two of the Winter Meetings.


Effectively Wild Episode 94: The Perplexing Trade Value of R.A. Dickey and Billy Butler

Ben and Sam discuss the trade value of two of the players whose names were most often bandied about in rumors on the first day of the Winter Meetings.


Effectively Wild Episode 93: Behind the Scenes of the Blue Jays-Marlins Blockbuster

Ben and Sam discuss and pick out the most interesting parts of Bob Elliott’s article on how the big Blue-Jays Marlins trade went down.


Effectively Wild Episode 92: Why the Twins’ New Prospect Isn’t Their Type/Why Didn’t Russell Martin Make More Money?

Ben and Sam discuss why prospect Alex Meyer isn’t the Twins’ usual type, then wonder why teams didn’t think Russell Martin was worth more than the Pirates paid him.


Effectively Wild Episode 91: What Will the Braves Get from B.J. Upton?

Ben and Sam break down the Braves’ signing of B.J. Upton and discuss the discrepancy between different appraisals of his value.


Effectively Wild Episode 90: The Cheapskate Approach to Aroldis Chapman/The Phillies and Framing/Ranking Baseball Figures By Historical Importance

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about how the Reds might save some money on Aroldis Chapman, whether certain teams might benefit more from framing than others, and where we would rank Marvin Miller in the pantheon of important historical baseball figures.


Effectively Wild Episode 89: The Evan Longoria Extension, the Rays, and Why Players Aren’t Holding Out for More Money

Ben and Sam discuss Evan Longoria’s second extension and why players aren’t holding out for a bigger slice of the revenue pie.


Effectively Wild Episode 88: Wil Myers, the Royals, and Rumors About Trading Top Prospects

Ben and Sam discuss what we can learn from the rumors that Royals prospect Wil Myers is available via trade.