Effectively Wild: A Fangraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben and Russell talk to Scout.com National Baseball Analyst Kiley McDaniel about the strategic approach to the international free agent market and why the Yankees are spending so much.

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about meaningless splits, data leaks, exploiting unwritten rules, and more.

Ben and Sam discuss the significance of the Astros’ leaked internal trade notes.

Ben and Sam talk about three things that could inspire new unwritten rules (as if there weren’t enough unwritten rules already).

Ben and Sam banter about the Astros, then discuss what a realistic return would be in a package for David Price.

Ben and Sam banter about seeing no-hitters and team philosophies, then discuss potential solutions for each contender’s biggest need.

Ben and Sam banter about the Diamondbacks, then answer listener emails about David Price’s peripherals, favorite batter-pitcher matchups, evaluating defense, and more.

Ben and Sam banter about the Nationals, then discuss where the Padres went wrong and whether Josh Byrnes deserved his dismissal.

Ben and Sam discuss whether Major League Baseball should ban chewing tobacco, mandate that pitchers wear protective caps, and fund research about elbow injuries.

Ben and Sam talk to Will Woods about soccer conventions that might improve baseball.

Ben and Sam identify the players who’ve most overperformed or underperformed their PECOTAs and discuss what they’ll do next.

Ben and Sam answer listener email questions about players who take pitches, catcher defense, spotting terrible teams a run, tool grades, and more.

Ben and Sam talk about the legacy of the late, great, Tony Gwynn.

Ben and Sam discuss the players they drop everything to watch on MLB.TV.

Ben and Sam discuss the significance of the large number of teams still in contention.

Ben and Sam talk to Matt Dennewitz about his efforts to archive sabermetric research.

Ben and Sam banter about unpredictability, then answer listener emails about Google Glass, split seasons, time travel, Austin Hedges, and more.

Ben and Sam discuss whether the Rays are doomed if they don’t deal at the deadline.

Ben and Sam discuss the weekend’s unwritten rule violations, then talk about the teams with the best records in baseball, the A’s and Giants.

Ben and Sam talk to Nick J. Faleris about the best values and most surprising picks on the first day of the amateur draft.