2,000 episodes

Ben Lindbergh (The Ringer), Meg Rowley (FanGraphs), and an array of guests talk about baseball with an analytical bent, covering a mix of timely topics from the serious to the absurd a few times per week.

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

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    • 4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

Ben Lindbergh (The Ringer), Meg Rowley (FanGraphs), and an array of guests talk about baseball with an analytical bent, covering a mix of timely topics from the serious to the absurd a few times per week.

    Effectively Wild Episode 2138: Our Favorite Offseason Moves

    Effectively Wild Episode 2138: Our Favorite Offseason Moves

    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Dylan Cease trade, the post-trade outlooks for the Padres and White Sox, and the incomparably chaotic Padres POBO A.J. Preller, then (31:22) discuss who the best pitcher in baseball is with Gerrit Cole on the shelf, Shohei Ohtani’s wife reveal (41:33), and (49:34) ESPN’s planned on-screen win […]

    • 1 hr 37 min
    Effectively Wild Episode 2137: Season Preview Series: Astros and Athletics

    Effectively Wild Episode 2137: Season Preview Series: Astros and Athletics

    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the latest on Gerrit Cole’s elbow and how his uncertain status might affect free agents Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery, then preview the 2024 Houston Astros (23:42) with The Athletic’s Chandler Rome, and the 2024 Oakland (for now?) Athletics (1:12:15) with The Athletic’s Melissa Lockard. Audio intro: Ian Phillips, […]

    • 1 hr 52 min
    Effectively Wild Episode 2136: Season Preview Series: Mariners and Royals

    Effectively Wild Episode 2136: Season Preview Series: Mariners and Royals

    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the uncertain state of Gerrit Cole’s elbow (and the larger UCL scourge), the Giants controversially releasing J.D. Davis, and the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts/Gavin Lux infield switcheroo, then preview the 2024 Seattle Mariners (29:12) with The Seattle Times’ Ryan Divish, and the 2024 Kansas City Royals (1:08:53) with The […]

    • 1 hr 48 min
    Effectively Wild Episode 2135: Season Preview Series: Rays and Pirates

    Effectively Wild Episode 2135: Season Preview Series: Rays and Pirates

    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the retirement of Meg favorite Mike Zunino, some teams’ mismatched gray jerseys and pants, whether Blake Snell is still unsigned in part because his pitching isn’t fun to watch (and whether he walks batters by accident or on purpose), and Joey Votto’s minor league deal with the Blue […]

    • 1 hr 52 min
    Effectively Wild Episode 2134: Season Preview Series: Orioles and Giants

    Effectively Wild Episode 2134: Season Preview Series: Orioles and Giants

    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the A’s Las Vegas ballpark renderings, Brayan Bello’s extension with the Red Sox, and MLB’s Spring Breakout games, provide an update on EW listeners’ MLB ballpark meetup events, then preview the 2024 Baltimore Orioles (28:59) with The Baltimore Banner’s Danielle Allentuck, and the 2024 San Francisco Giants (1:04:38) […]

    • 1 hr 49 min
    Effectively Wild Episode 2133: (Eternal) Rest Day

    Effectively Wild Episode 2133: (Eternal) Rest Day

    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Phillies’ Zack Wheeler extension, the Giants’ Matt Chapman signing, and a Scott Boras quote about free agency, then (17:35) bring on Patreon supporter Jay Wade Edwards to answer listener emails (26:41) about see-through players (and see-through pants), how different baseball would be if instead of a lineup […]

    • 1 hr 32 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
2.5K Ratings

2.5K Ratings

CLH1021 ,

Best baseball podcast

Best baseball podcast and it’s not even close. Great analysis, hosting, humor etc. can’t recommend enough if you’re a diehard fan of this great game

J.bird_27 ,

Politics podcast

Hope you like em

Cdwilco33 ,

Peerless Baseball Podcast

Perhaps the best distillation I can give of why I adore this podcast:

Seeing the title of Episode 2101 (“Eating Crow”) and wondering how Ben and Meg could dedicate so much time to breaking down the big Tyrone Taylor/Adrian Houser for Coleman Crow trade, and being delighted to realize that it was instead a discussion of grammar school pottery.

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