Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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Effectively Wild Episode 98: Zack Greinke and the Dodgers’ Bottomless Bankroll Dec 10, 2012

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Ben and Sam discuss the Zack Greinke signing and the Dodgers’ astronomical payroll with Mike Petriello of Dodgers blog Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness.

Effectively Wild Episode 97: Why Couldn’t Koji Uehara Get a Bigger Contract? Dec 07, 2012

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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 Dec 06, 2012

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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 Dec 05, 2012

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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 Dec 04, 2012

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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 Dec 03, 2012

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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? Nov 30, 2012

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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? Nov 29, 2012

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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 Nov 28, 2012

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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 Nov 27, 2012

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

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