Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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Effectively Wild Episode 288: The Appeal of Year-to-Year Contracts/Ranking Contenders By Rootability Sep 17, 2013

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Ben and Sam discuss why players don’t choose year-to-year contracts, then rank contending teams by rootability.

Effectively Wild Episode 287: Preparing for Postseason Narrative-Building/Guerrero, Helton, and the Hall of Fame Sep 16, 2013

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Ben and Sam discuss the onslaught of articles about which teams are best-suited for October, then talk about the Cooperstown cases of Vladimir Guerrero and Todd Helton.

Effectively Wild Episode 286: Picking Comeback Players for 2014/Top Team Improvements of the Past Decade Sep 13, 2013

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Ben and Sam pick potential comeback players for next season, then discuss Bill James’ list of the ways in which teams have improved over the last 10 years.

Effectively Wild Episode 285: Was the Marlins’ Season a Success?/Finessing Derek Jeter’s Final(?) Season Sep 12, 2013

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Ben and Sam discuss whether 2013 was a success or failure for the Marlins relative to expectations, then talk about how the Yankees should approach Derek Jeter’s age-40 season.

Effectively Wild Episode 284: The Best Damn Listener Email Show Period Sep 11, 2013

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Ben and Sam answer listener emails about Mariano Rivera’s workload, rarely applied rules, FIELDf/x and shifts, quality starts, and more.

Effectively Wild Episode 283: An Upper-Minors Inefficiency/The Slippery Definition of Performance Enhancement Sep 10, 2013

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Ben and Sam talk about whether teams should step up advance scouting in the upper minors, then discuss the difference (or lack thereof) between the PEDs MLB bans and the procedures it allows.

Effectively Wild Episode 282: Reassessing Trout vs. Harper/Top Pitchers Versus Top Position Players Sep 09, 2013

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Ben and Sam discuss (again) whether Mike Trout or Bryce Harper will have the better career, then talk about where they would rank today’s top pitchers and position players for the future.

Effectively Wild Episode 281: The Soft-Tossing Starter Draft/Harry Pavlidis Explains All PITCHf/x Sep 06, 2013

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Ben, Sam, and guest Harry Pavlidis draft slow-throwing starters, and Harry explains the intricacies of classifying pitches and scouting pitchers from PITCHf/x.

Effectively Wild Episode 280: Is Billy Hamilton Worth a Roster Spot?/Five Free Agents Finishing Make-or-Break Years Sep 05, 2013

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Ben and Sam discuss the debatable value of Billy Hamilton, then forecast the free agencies of Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann, Phil Hughes and others.

Effectively Wild Episode 279: You Have Questions, and We Have Answers to Some of Them Sep 04, 2013

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Ben and Sam answer listener emails about PED placebos, deceptively bad seasons, advanced stats in fantasy baseball, and more.

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