Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Latest Episodes
Effectively Wild Episode 2260: What We Might Remember About 2024
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Pebble Huntings Sam Miller banter about Michael Lorenzen embracing an Effectively Wild hypothetical, Ben and Sams past predictions about baseball in the 2020s, and Pau
Effectively Wild Episode 2259: Rated Rooker
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Cody Bellinger trade, the Yankees and Cubs next moves, Guaranteed Rate Field changing to Rate Field, and the results of MLBs inquiry into pitcher injur
Effectively Wild Episode 2258: 99 Manfred Balloons
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the qualifications for being a superstar, the Kyle Tucker trade from the Astros and Cubs perspectives, the Devin Williams trade from the Yankees and Brewer
Effectively Wild Episode 2257: You Better Fried Your Mind Instead
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the end of the Winter Meetings, then discuss the rest of what down in Dallas: the Max Fried signing and where the Yankees roster stands, the Garrett Crochet t
Effectively Wild Episode 2256: We’re So(to) Back
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Roki Sasakis destination, follow up on their previous discussion of the Juan Soto signing, and discuss several more transactions, including the Giants signin
Effectively Wild Episode 2255: Oops! All Soto
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss all the aspects of Juan Soto signing a record-breaking contract with the New York Mets. Thats it. Thats the episode. Audiointro: Benny and a Million Shetland Po
Effectively Wild Episode 2254: Gods Do Not Answer Letters
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Tigers tweet about future first-pitch timing and other non-topical PSAs, provide a Secret Santa sign-up reminder, consider baseball authority figures who an
Effectively Wild Episode 2253: Show Me the Money (Eventually)
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the As signing Luis Severino and year-end podcast-listening stats, follow up on the golden at-bat and Hall of Fame plaques, and (1:07:46) discuss the history
Effectively Wild Episode 2252: There’s Gold in Them Thar Bats
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their obliviousness to Juan Soto signing rumors, what should count as a team claiming to have tried to sign someone, a rash of recent real signings, the stren
Effectively Wild Episode 2251: The Playoff Payoff
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Nolan Arenado rumor, then (5:15) answer listener emails about fandoms that are overrepresented in baseball media, Formula 1-style pay players in MLB, whet