The 3 Best Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast Episodes
1) Effectively Wild Episode 1502: Running Interference
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about walk-off balks, a Zack Greinke oral history, and how teams will use the new 26th roster spot, break down the responses to a Jayson Stark survey of baseball in...Show More
2) Effectively Wild Episode 1543: The Best Baseball Spectator Experiences
Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and Meg Rowley banter about MLB’s proposed in-game distancing measures and what degree of difference from the norm would prevent the game from still looking like baseball, t...Show More
3) Effectively Wild Episode 1515: The Waiting Game
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about life during self-isolation and delayed media consumption and explore some of the long-considered and ultimately rejected article ideas in Sam’s tickler file, ...Show More
4) Effectively Wild Episode 2422: The 2026 Minor League Free Agent Draft
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Ben Clemens banter about the Astros signing Tatsuya Imai to a smaller-than-expected deal. Then (18:20) they continue a cherished podcast tradition by conducting the 13th...Show More
5) Effectively Wild Episode 2421: The Stories We Missed in 2025 (AL Edition)
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the potential risk to sports prediction markets pose and then (24:00) discuss at least one listener-nominated topic about each American League team that wasn’...Show More
6) Effectively Wild Episode 2420: The Stories We Missed in 2025 (NL Edition)
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a smattering of recent transactions and then (20:17) discuss at least one listener-nominated topic about each National League team that wasn’t previously cove...Show More
7) Effectively Wild Episode 2419: TJ and TK in Triple-A
Ben Lindbergh talks to two pitchers who topped out at Triple-A in 2025, which was a demotion for one and a promotion for the other. First, he brings back Rangers pitcher Declan Cronin, the only major ...Show More
8) Effectively Wild Episode 2418: The Challenge System Challenge
Ben Lindbergh, Craig Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus, and Joe Sheehan of The Joe Sheehan Baseball Newsletter break down teams’ last-minute Christmas shopping—including the White Sox signing Mun...Show More
9) Effectively Wild Episode 2417: Just Passan Time
Ben Lindbergh brings on ESPN senior MLB insider Jeff Passan to discuss the ins and outs of the newsbreaking business—how he reports and announces news, how newsbreaking in baseball differs from newsbr...Show More
10) Effectively Wild Episode 2416: Oh Say Can You WBC
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about an “oppo taco” mention in Wake Up Dead Man, a run on free-agent relievers and the lack of late-inning options remaining on the market, when big fr...Show More