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Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 1637: The 2021 Minor League Free Agent Draft
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the experience of podcasting about baseball in 2020, what purpose they think the Hall of Fame serves, and w…
5 years, 2 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1636: A First-Ballot Hall of Fame Voter
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs Hall of Fame expert Jay Jaffe (the author of The Cooperstown Casebook) discuss Jay’s experience as a first-t…
5 years, 2 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1635: The Padres’ Wild Day
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen convene to discuss the latest epic Padres transaction spree (in which…
5 years, 2 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1634: Found in Translation
Ben Lindbergh talks to Jacky Bing-Sheng Lee, translator of the traditional Chinese edition of Ben’s book The MVP Machine, Hyunsung Kim, translator of…
5 years, 2 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1633: What the Insiders Say
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about why MLB reportedly isn’t interested in short-term expansion and an observation about Tyler Glasnow, Martin …
5 years, 2 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1632: The New Scouting Scale
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about ballpark renaming, follow up on their discussion about managers getting fired for their actions in a single…
5 years, 2 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1631: Ducks on the Walden Pond
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley follow up briefly on their recent Scott Boras banter, then answer listener emails about what a manager has to do to get …
5 years, 2 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1630: What’s Next for the Negro Leagues?
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the news that MLB is belatedly designating the 1920-1948 Negro Leagues as major leagues (with a word from 1948 N…
5 years, 2 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1629: One Hundred Years of Gratitude
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about secret baseball-playing robots and non-secret baseball-rooting robots, how coverage of NFL scoring changes …
5 years, 2 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1628: What MLB’s Remaking of the Minors Means
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about and the Phillies’ surprise hiring of Dave Dombrowski as their president of baseball operations, then (15:04…
5 years, 2 months ago