Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast


Latest Episodes

Effectively Wild Episode 2239: The Post-October Banter Backlog
November 02, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about offseason EW, Tommy Kahnle’s love affair with changeups, the Yankees’ preparation and fundamentals, Aaron Boone’s managing, the Dodgers as a dynasty, the Whit

Effectively Wild Episode 2238: That’s a (World Series) Wrap
November 01, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Games 4 and 5 of the World Series, with an emphasis on Game 5s error-plagued fifth inning, managerial moves and bullpen performance, the significance of the

Effectively Wild Episode 2237: What a Difference Four Days Makes
October 30, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about and break down the lopsided first three games of the World Series: what went as expected, what was surprising, Aaron Judges postseason struggles, Freddie Fre

Effectively Wild Episode 2236: The 2024 World Series Preview
October 25, 2024

Meg Rowley and guest co-host Craig Goldstein, editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, discuss the passing of Fernando Valenzuela, and his importance to both the Dodgers and baseball more generally. Th

Effectively Wild Episode 2235: Arizona Fall League Bits and Baldwins
October 23, 2024

Meg Rowley and guest co-host Eric Longenhagen, FanGraphs lead prospect analyst, discuss some of the eliminated playoff teams, Megs grand unified theory of Grimace, and a few of the things they are l

Effectively Wild Episode 2234: Swing States
October 22, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Bens surprise presence and PitchCom conspiracies, recap the big moments (and big swings) from the end of the ALCS and NLCS, compare and contrast Juan Soto an

Effectively Wild Episode 2233: Cleveland Classics
October 19, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Game 3 of the ALCS and Game 4 of the NLCS, follow up (39:05) on replay review, fly-ball classifications, and executive titles, answer listener emails (53:22)

Effectively Wild Episode 2232: Get Out the Vogt
October 18, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a report that Jerry Reinsdorf might be willing to sell the White Sox, then (13:22) discuss the tactics and storylines of ALCS and NLCS Game 2, including contr

Effectively Wild Episode 2231: Baseball Bothsidesism
October 16, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a mayoral Yankees/Mets cap and the history of politicians flubbing comments about baseball, tease their next playoff livestream, and discuss when its accepta

Effectively Wild Episode 2230: The Best-of-Seven (Stat Blasts) Series
October 12, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about not sleeping on the less star-studded but still exciting AL Central Division Series, a David Fry prediction, the reliever familiarity effect, an abhorrent TV