Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast


Latest Episodes

Effectively Wild Episode 2158: Small Sausage Size
May 01, 2024

After a podcast preface by Ben Lindbergh about Mike Trouts knee injury (sigh), Ben and Meg Rowley banter (4:19) about a weekend White Sox sweep, the overdue news that Nike is supposedly fixing the mu

Effectively Wild Episode 2157: Sophomore Lumps
April 27, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether they believe the projections that peg the White Sox as merely a run-of-the-mill terrible team, this seasons sophomore slumps (so far), and more on ba

Effectively Wild Episode 2156: Pluses and Minuses
April 25, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how much dirt MLB players ingest in a season, the second-most-encouraging stat about Mike Trouts season, Shohei Ohtani, Earl Webb, and the single-season doub

Effectively Wild Episode 2155: Just for (Slow) Starters
April 24, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rockies (and their charter pilots) running afoul of the FAA, Jackson Hollidays slow start, whether the Astros or Twins has hurt their division-title chan

Effectively Wild Episode 2154: Sliding Doors and Sliding Home
April 21, 2024

Amid a wave of pitcher injuries, Ben Lindbergh talks to Dr. Rich Nye (4:20), a former major leaguer whose career-ending injury became a career-beginning injury when he decided to become an exotic-anim

Effectively Wild Episode 2153: Whoops it Up
April 18, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Carlos Correas nerdiness, the Pirates pulling phenom Jared Jones after 59 effective pitches, the zombie runner, what Jontay Porters lifetime NBA ban portend

Effectively Wild Episode 2152: The Worst Vibes in Baseball
April 17, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about MLB jerseys as Fremen stillsuits, an update on Blake Snell the self-perceived strike-thrower, Brent Suter and being the best teammate, which MLB team is las

Effectively Wild Episode 2151: The MLB Reboot
April 13, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the lack of an uptick in stolen bases this season, which of the teams that are off to surprisingly hot or cold starts has changed their minds the most, analog

Effectively Wild Episode 2150: Crime Doesn’t Ippei
April 12, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley react to news about Shohei Ohtanis former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara being charged with bank fraud, discuss the revelations in the governments stunning, detailed complai

Effectively Wild Episode 2149: Protective Eyewash
April 10, 2024

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about White Sox manager Pedro Grifols anti-eclipse eyewash, the shrinking moon, an eyebrow-raising quote by Blake Snell, the latest signature Elly De La Cruz game,