Ben Lindbergh rumors, news

Ben Lindbergh news, rumors

  • Effectively Wild Episode 2259: Rated Rooker
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2259: Rated Rooker
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Cody Bellinger trade, the Yankees’ and Cubs’ next moves, Guaranteed Rate Field changing to Rate Field, and the results of MLB’s inquiry into pitcher injuries. Then (31:39) they bring back A’s slugger Brent Rooker to discuss his monster 2024, his work as a World Series correspondent, misconceptions […]...2024
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  • Effectively Wild Episode 2258: 99 Manfred Balloons
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2258: 99 Manfred Balloons
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the qualifications for being a superstar, the Kyle Tucker trade from the Astros’ and Cubs’ perspectives, the Devin Williams trade from the Yankees’ and Brewers’ perspectives, and various other transactions, including the A’s trading for Jeffrey Springs and the Orioles signing Tomoyuki Sugano, plus thoughts on Caleb Durbin̵...2024
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  • Effectively Wild Episode 2257: You Better Fried Your Mind Instead
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2257: You Better Fried Your Mind Instead
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the end of the Winter Meetings, then discuss the rest of what down in Dallas: the Max Fried signing and where the Yankees roster stands, the Garrett Crochet trade, referring to a single player as a “Red Sox,” the Andrés Giménez (and Spencer Horwitz) trades, the Rangers re-signing […]...2024
  • Effectively Wild Episode 2256: We’re So(to) Back
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2256: We’re So(to) Back
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Roki Sasaki’s destination, follow up on their previous discussion of the Juan Soto signing, and discuss several more transactions, including the Giants signing Willy Adames, multiple Dodgers and Orioles moves, and a trio of starting-pitcher signings, plus reactions to the Hall of Fame elections of Dick Allen and […]...2024
  • Effectively Wild Episode 2255: Oops! All Soto
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2255: Oops! All Soto
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss all the aspects of Juan Soto signing a record-breaking contract with the New York Mets. That’s it. That’s the episode. Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)” Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Dan S. on Soto Link to Ben C. on […]...2024
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  • Effectively Wild Episode 2254: Gods Do Not Answer Letters
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2254: Gods Do Not Answer Letters
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Tigers tweet about future first-pitch timing and other non-topical PSAs, provide a Secret Santa sign-up reminder, consider baseball authority figures who answer fan mail, discuss the impact that the changing economic landscape of college sports could have on MLB drafting and development, react to Danny Jansen’s deal […]...2024
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Ben Lindbergh injury and suspension

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2259: Rated Rooker
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2241: The Most Fascinating Free Agents and Offseason Storylines
    Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs writer Ben Clemens banter about the latest batch of Scott Boras puns, position changes for Willson Contreras and Mookie Betts, surgery for Shohei Ohtani, Skip Schumaker’s move to Texas, and Buster Posey’s front-office philosophy, then (47:21) discuss Other Ben’s top 50 free agents list—focusing on Juan Soto, Blake Snell, Corbin Burnes, […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2237: What a Difference Four Days Makes
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about and break down the lopsided first three games of the World Series: what went as expected, what was surprising, Aaron Judge’s postseason struggles, Freddie Freeman’s heroics, Shohei Ohtani’s injury, pivotal plays, Aaron Boone and Nestor Cortes, TV ratings, and much more, followed by (1:06:37) a brief, a not-about […]...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: LA Story
    • Outside The Confines: LA Story
    Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The Dodgers break out to a 2-0 lead in the World Series thanks to Freddie Freeman’s dramatic home run. The Yankees and Aaron Judge search for answers. And other news from the World Series and baseball. Good morning. Has anything in baseball happened since Friday? I’m going to assume you know how Game 1 ended and who won Game 2 and that Los Angeles has a two...2024
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2224: The 2024 Postseason Primer
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the 50th anniversary of the first Tommy John surgery and how baseball would be different if the procedure had never been pioneered, then (15:14) preview the 2024 postseason by pinpointing the biggest strength and weakness of each AL (21:40) and NL (1:00:17) playoff team. Audio intro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2222: Deuces (Effectively) Wild
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s return from vacation, Corbin Burnes’s cutter comeback, the demotion of CJ Abrams, the no-longer-dynamic duo of Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, the firing of Reds manager David Bell, the Tigers promoting Jackson Jobe, Shota Imanaga’s post-NPB performance, teams refusing to use injuries as an excuse, Charlie Blackmon’s [̷...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2201: The Jackson Three
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the White Sox and the etiquette and timing of firing the manager of one of the worst teams of all time, Logan O’Hoppe and performance anxiety, Brusdar Graterol and the most demoralizing kind of injury, the return of Anthony Gose, next season’s scheduled game at Bristol Motor Speedway, […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2199: A World Without Glove
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout’s latest season-ending injury, the Orioles’ latest top-prospect promotion, and a tweak to the postseason schedule, and answer listener emails (24:20) about ex-player umpires, eavesdropping on pitchers’ thoughts between pitches, whether and how they’d reintroduce baseball to a world without it, awarding belts or trophies f...2024
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2195: To Trade, or Not to Trade
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mason Miller’s hand fracture, the extremely slow pitches of Ildemaro Vargas, a Dylan Cease no-hitter, the punchless Mariners, the impending return of Rich Hill, what the teams with the toughest decisions at the trade deadline should do, updates on Clayton Kershaw (good!) and Mike Trout (not good!), Christian […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2187: It’s a Bold Strategy
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a genuine, no-foolin’ instance of “Strategy” (aka a mid-PA pitching change), Christian Walker’s affinity for Dodger Stadium, a Triple-A Waxahachie Swap, the Nationals optioning EW legend Joey Meneses, the Marlins DFA’ing Tim Anderson, and the latest Royce Lewis injury, plus follow-ups about bullpen-cart-driver tipping and fan ...2024
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Ben Lindbergh lifestyle

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2222: Deuces (Effectively) Wild
    2024
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  • BCB After Dark: Should we widen the field?
    • BCB After Dark: Should we widen the field?
    Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if MLB should move out the foul lines Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the swinging spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and celebrate with us. We’ve got no cover charge this evening. Let us know if we can do anything for you. There are still a couple of tables avai...2024
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  • • 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
    2016
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "During the offseason, Meg Rowley and Ben Lindbergh on the Effectively Wild Podcast discussed the purely negative aesthetics of watching a Blake Snell start."

  • 2023
    "In the fourth incarnation of a time-honored tradition that recurs every 500-ish episodes, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by former co-hosts Sam Miller and Jeff Sullivan, and The Athletic’s Grant Brisbee, to draft assorted things that they like about baseball, followed (1:37:06) by a Past Blast from 2000."

  • 2022
    "Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley reconnect with former cohost Sam Miller to discuss what he’s been up to since he stopped working for ESPN in December 2020, how the 2021 Giants rekindled his fandom, the pros and cons of paying attention to projections, what (if anything) he’s missed about covering baseball professionally, his plans for […]"

  • 2021
    "Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s return from podcast paternity leave, the quality of the 2021 postseason, whether the Braves were underrated or simply overperformed, what teams might learn from and emulate about Atlanta’s success, postseason pitcher usage and game length, the career and retirement of Buster Posey, their upcoming discussion of TV […]"

  • 2017
    "However, Manship told Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer it was a “no-brainer” to head to the Korea Baseball Organization, where he’ll play for the NC Dinos."

  • 2016
    "As recounted in Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller's book about running the 2015 Stompers, The Only Rule Is It Has to Work, Conroy came out to his parents when he was a teenager."

  • 2015
    "It's not surprising to see them atop the list, as Grantland's Ben Lindbergh noted back in May that pounding hitters low and away is a house specialty in Houston."

  • 2014
    "As noted by Grantland's Ben Lindbergh, Sabermetricians have long criticized Jeter's defense, and both Tom Fornelli of CBSSports."

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Ben Lindbergh trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2255: Oops! All Soto
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2254: Gods Do Not Answer Letters
    2024
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2253: Show Me the Money (Eventually)
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the A’s signing Luis Severino and year-end podcast-listening stats, follow up on the golden at-bat and Hall of Fame plaques, and (1:07:46) discuss the history of deferred payments in sports contracts. Audio intro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to FG pos...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2252: There’s Gold in Them Thar Bats
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their obliviousness to Juan Soto signing rumors, what should count as a team claiming to have tried to sign someone, a rash of recent real signings, the strength of the free agent market so far, the Dodgers’ accounting tactics and misperceptions about deferrals, the decline in therapeutic use […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2249: Our Bold Preseason Predictions, Revisited
    Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, Ben Clemens, Michael Baumann, and podcast scorekeeper Chris Hanel convene to play “College Baseball Player or Fictional Republican Politician?” and reveal the victors of the 2024 minor league free agent draft and bold preseason predictions game, including recaps of each prediction. Audio intro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio ...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2245: Diamond Sports Group in the Rough
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the resolution of the Diamond Sports Group bankruptcy hearing, how declining broadcast revenue could lead to labor strife, and the Pirates’ reward offer for a baseball card that comes with a patch from Paul Skenes’s debut jersey, then (28:42) bring on Patreon supporter Craig Wingbermuehle to discuss his […]...2024
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2242: The 10th Annual Free Agent Contract Over/Under Draft
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a listener proposal to artificially designate (and trade) a two-way player, then (19:28) conduct the 10th annual free agent contract over/under draft, plus closing banter (1:09:45) about the new Sacramento team’s city designation, a Philly front-office shuffle, and POBO priority. Audio intro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme” ...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2241: The Most Fascinating Free Agents and Offseason Storylines
    2024
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2240: We’ve Got Options
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about team/player option/opt-out decisions involving Gerrit Cole, Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell, and Eugenio Suárez, the Royals re-signing Michael Wacha, the players who received qualifying offers, the Minasian brothers as rival GMs (and potential PoBros), Carlos Santana’s historic Gold Glove, an international signing scandal (on multiple levels), evidence o...2024
  • Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card
    • Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card
    Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A manager comes out of a short retirement. Pete Alonso hits a clutch home run to send the Mets to the NLDS. And other news from the Wild Card round. Part of the problem with doing a links post during the postseason is that some of your links can be out of date by the time you post them. Before we get to the games, there was breaking news last night...2024

Ben Lindbergh stats and results

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2259: Rated Rooker
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2253: Show Me the Money (Eventually)
    2024
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2248: Target Acquired
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how much Shohei Ohtani’s teammates helped him win his third MVP award, his incredible four-season stretch, whether Dekopin/Decoy is really his dog, the other MVP and Cy Young results, a Joey Meneses signing, Austin Slater and the virtues of being a team’s “top target,” the Rays’ confounding stadium […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2238: That’s a (World Series) Wrap
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Games 4 and 5 of the World Series, with an emphasis on Game 5’s error-plagued fifth inning, managerial moves and bullpen performance, the significance of the Dodgers’ victory and the future of the franchise, puzzling stats about sweeps and teams that fall behind 3-0 in best-of-seven series, cluttered […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2225: The White Sox Unfun-Fact-Off
    In (dis)honor of the 2024 White Sox displacing the 1962 Mets atop the modern-era single-season losses leaderboard, Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, FanGraphs’ Ben Clemens, and Yahoo Sports’s Jordan Shusterman conduct a draft of facts and stats about this record-setting Sox season, scored by Sox Machine White Sox reporter James Fegan, who also describes covering the […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2221: 50-50 Shot
    Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs’ Ben Clemens dissect the glorious game in which Shohei Ohtani founded the 50-50 and 51-51 Clubs, Ohtani’s most awe-inspiring feats, and his future, followed (29:51) by banter about the state of defensive stats, the mystery of Salvador Perez’s swing decisions, questionable kudos for Bud Black, whether Victor Robles made the worst […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2194: The Breakout Fakeout
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the likenesses, word counts, and stat citations on Hall of Fame plaques, what would happen if all past stats disappeared, the impending returns of Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw (and the recent return of J.T. Realmuto), the end of James Paxton’s time with the Dodgers, Jo Adell’s breakout […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2183: .500 Days of Summer
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Nolan Schanuel’s aversion to day games, the Astros reaching .500 and coming for the Mariners, Houston’s weekend opponent (the Mets) making it back to .500 and nearing a playoff spot, the success (and good fortune) of Reynaldo López, the bad fortune of Adam Duvall, and how “expected” stats […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2177: Remembering Rickwood
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about this season’s giant cluster of wild card contenders, the potential for an inactive trade deadline, the role the White Sox will play, whether the compression of the standings is good or bad for baseball, and expanded-playoffs incentives. Then (33:46) they talk to NPR producer Alana Schreiber, creator and […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2172: No LOLMetsing Matter
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley bring on FanGraphs associate editor Matt Martell to discuss the scenes at Citi Field that kicked off the Mets’ Jorge López saga, the resulting DFA and fallout, and what this silly/sad sequence of events suggests about the potential for player intent to be lost in translation, how off-the-field issues can […]...2024
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Ben Lindbergh parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Outside The Confines: LA Story
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2234: Swing States
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s surprise presence and PitchCom conspiracies, recap the big moments (and big swings) from the end of the ALCS and NLCS, compare and contrast Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton, consider the 2025 outlooks for the Guardians and Mets, discuss the implications of a World Series matchup between big […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2228: Clear and Convincing
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the latest home run predictions (by Carlos Estévez and Lawrence Butler), top closers blowing leads, the compelling, competitive postseason, highlights of recent games, broadcasters invoking momentum, replay controversies, and Padres-Dodgers bad blood, plus follow-ups on green screens (or the lack thereof) on baseball broadcasts, fun-fact qualifiers, and th...2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card
    2024
  • • BCB After Dark: Should we widen the field?
    2024
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  • Baseball has an injury problem with plenty of questions and no real answers
    • Baseball has an injury problem with plenty of questions and no real answers
    Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Star pitchers are going on the injured list for extended periods of time at an alarming rate. It’s the worst kind of problem: One with no clear and immediate solution. The sport of baseball — and this includes not just Major League Baseball but all levels of the sport — is in a serious pickle at the moment. After seeing the likes of Shane ...2024
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for March 15, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for March 15, 2024
    Salvy Splashes are not just for MLB | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Asia Baseball Previews start today! Max was, of course, all over the notable news that last couple of days. On Wednesday, the big story was that Bo Jackson would be inducted into the Royals HOF. Yesterday, it was announced that former GMs Cedric Tallis and John Schuerholz would join him. Just wanting to link to some st...2024
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  • • 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 […]...2024
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  • Outside the Confines: Welcome to the Cold Stove
    • Outside the Confines: Welcome to the Cold Stove
    Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images All the news from around baseball as we wait for the Hot Stove to unthaw itself. I hope everyone across the Midwest is staying warm and staying safe. And much of the rest of the country as well. The Hot Stove has been as cold as the weather outside, but it’s really heating up since the Mets traded outfielder Cooper Hummel to the Giants...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    • Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!
    Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The first two games of the World Series have been completed and the signs are pointing to a classic battle in the Fall Classic. And speaking of signs . . . Plus other news from the Word Series and MLB. Good morning. We’ve got a tied World Series and a really classic Game 1. Game 3 goes tonight. Are the Snakes still alive? Or will the Rangers continue t...2023
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Top Ben Lindbergh news

  • • Derek Jeter vs. Orioles: Highlights, Twitter Reaction from Star's Last Home Game
    2014
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  • • Can MLB's Best Rotations Stop Donaldson-Bautista-Encarnacion Power Trio?
    2015
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  • • St. Louis Cardinals Boast 1 of History's Best Pitching Staffs
    2015
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  • • Astros Certainly Can Continue to Live by the Home Run in the Postseason
    2015
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  • • Orioles vs. Royals: Game 4 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2014 MLB Playoffs
    2014
  • • Royals' Under-the-Radar Offense Outshining Star-Studded Blue Jays
    2015
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  • • 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
    2016
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  • • Why the Kansas City Royals Could Repeat as American League Champions
    2015
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Ben Lindbergh fantasy rankings and news

  • • Andrew Miller Has Become the Mariano Rivera of New Postseason Age
    2016
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  • • 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
    2016
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  • • MLB Rumors: Latest Trade Buzz on Chris Archer, Andrew Cashner and More
    2016
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  • • Dallas Keuchel Is the AL Cy Young Award Front-Runner so Far This Season
    2015
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  • • Can Micah Johnson Defy The Odds?
    The allure of a roadrunner, a true game-changer with blazing speed and monster stolen base upside at the top of a batting order, captivates the imagination of fantasy owners every offseason. Sadly, it seems like every time we invest in the top speedsters in the minor leagues, they fail to live up to the hype and leave us feeling like Wile E. Coyote after his latest purchase from the Acme Corporati...2015
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  • • Yu Darvish Injury Should Speed Up Power Phenom Joey Gallo's MLB Path
    2015
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Ben Lindbergh schedule, game

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2256: We’re So(to) Back
    2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: LA Story
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2234: Swing States
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2231: Baseball Bothsidesism
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a mayoral Yankees/Mets cap and the history of politicians flubbing comments about baseball, tease their next playoff livestream, and discuss when it’s acceptable to call a game “winner take all,” the conclusion of the Division Series round, José Ramírez the motivator, the Tigers’ 2025 outlook, nobody believing in […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2227: A Triple Short of the Scalpel
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Pete Alonso’s huge homer off of Devin Williams, the chaos and colorful characters surrounding the Mets, the difficulty of counting the qualifiers in an Alonso fun fact, Alonso’s free agency, the compelling nature of the Division Series matchups, previews of each series, the front-office shake-ups of the Cardinals […]...2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2226: The Hug Heard ’Round the World
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about distracting digital and between-pitch ads and ever-present win probability graphs on playoff broadcasts, the concept of controlling your own destiny, Orlando Arcia hugging Manny Machado, consternation about postseason small samples, Monday’s memorable Mets-Braves doubleheader, Carlos Mendoza’s Edwin Díaz decision, the most compelling postseason...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2224: The 2024 Postseason Primer
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2223: Oakland’s Last (Home)stand
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about MLB’s oddly extended YouTube highlight videos, the league’s handling of a crucial, rained-out Mets/Brave series, the zombie runner rearing its ugly head in games with playoff implications, teams that are well-positioned for an especially free-for-all October, Emmanuel Clase’s Cy case, the value of top position players vs. top […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2219: The Potential Playoff Fumbles
    Ben Lindbergh and Joe Sheehan banter about high school, the persistent, befuddling allure of Craig Kimbrel, the Orioles’ recent struggles, the playoff-fumble potential of four teams that previously possessed 90-plus-percent playoff odds, their prediction philosophies, the potential for legislation to curb the excesses of sports betting, and what the surprise “retirement” of Adria...2024
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Ben Lindbergh rumors, scandals

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2240: We’ve Got Options
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2141: What Did Sho Know?
    In an in-depth discussion that became a bonus episode, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley explore the state of the sports-betting scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, breaking down the stakes, the most pressing sources of uncertainty, and the many possible outcomes and consequences. Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio&...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: We have a problem
    • Outside The Confines: We have a problem
    Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A major gambling scandal breaks out with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. A recap of the Seoul Series. A revolt in the MLBPA. And other news from MLB. I’m going to assume that you’ve already heard about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. I’m going to try to give you some links that will allow you to do some furth...2024
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2140: Don’t Bet on It
    After a brief preamble about the betting scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the first game of the regular season, whether gloves have gotten more permeable, the odds of a DH-only Ohtani MVP season, Ohtani’s lucrative endorsements, whether the addition of in-app gambling info to NBA […]...2024
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 15, 2024
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1826: Last Call for Free Agency
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Reddit description of the podcast, the pleasures of watching spring training games, and the possibly excessive coffee consumption of White Sox DH Gavin Sheets, before discussing the last burst of big free-agent signings, including Carlos Correa’s shocking contract with the Twins, Trevor Story to the Red Sox, […]...2022
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1807: The Principle of the Thing
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the latest lockout stalemate and how to decide where to lay blame, a changing of the umpirial guard in which Joe West (finally) leaves and John Libka enters, and whether there could be an MLB equivalent of the NFL’s current tanking scandal, then answer listener emails about watching […]...2022
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  • • Quick Hits: Analytics, Reds, Phillies, Sano
    Now that the Cardinals/Astros data breach scandal has seemingly come to an end, The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh contacted several sources in various organizational jobs around baseball to ask how various teams protect their proprietary data and intellectual property.  This extends not just to hacking and other illegal accessing of a team’s information, but also what…...2017
  • • Andrew Miller Has Become the Mariano Rivera of New Postseason Age
    2016
  • • 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
    2016

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