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  • Effectively Wild Episode 2372: How Slow Can You Go?
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2372: How Slow Can You Go?
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s near no-hitter, the Effectively Wild bump, and the Orioles’ incredible comeback), then banter (and quasi-Stat Blast) about four subjects: whether Shohei Ohtani has been more or less valuable as a DH only or as a two-way player this season; whether Cal Raleigh hits a disproporionate number of […]...2025
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  • Effectively Wild Episode 2344: Shutout Shoutouts
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2344: Shutout Shoutouts
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Paul Skenes’s new interest, Clayton Kershaw and the evolution of 3,000-strikeout celebrations, and the deepening deadball era in Japan. After that (24:37), frequent Stat Blast Correspondent Ryan Nelson joins to discuss why there have been so many team shutouts this season and then deliver several Stat Blasts, followed […]...2025
  • Effectively Wild Episode 2273: Dodgers Dominance Discourse Redux
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2273: Dodgers Dominance Discourse Redux
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley revisit and update their recent discussion on the Dodgers, competitive balance, and what’s good for the game in light of L.A.’s latest additions, then (1:06:18) discuss the Blue Jays’ signing of Anthony Santander and the outlook for Pete Alonso, followed by (1:20:02) a Stat Blast on Bob Uecker and the […]...2025
  • Effectively Wild Episode 2233: Cleveland Classics
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2233: Cleveland Classics
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Game 3 of the ALCS and Game 4 of the NLCS, follow up (39:05) on replay review, fly-ball classifications, and executive titles, answer listener emails (53:22) about retiring numbers for both home and road teams and correctly labeling bat “flips,” and Stat Blast (1:03:46) about postseason despair, ball […]...2024
  • Effectively Wild Episode 2213: (Get) Out of Left Field
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2213: (Get) Out of Left Field
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Giants extending Matt Chapman and Manny Machado’s pursuit of Nate Colbert’s Padres home run record, Stat Blast (20:42) about Luis Arraez’s extreme three-true-outcome avoidance, Ben Joyce’s potentially unprecedented pitch speeds, and whiff-averse flamethrowers, and then discuss (54:31) the Yankees’ left-field dilemma(?) inv...2024
  • Effectively Wild Episode 2196: Trades, Valued
    • Effectively Wild Episode 2196: Trades, Valued
    Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Ben Clemens break down the Randy Arozarena, A.J. Puk, James Paxton, and Austin Hays trades (plus real-time reactions to the Yimi García and Zach Eflin deals), Stat Blast (29:21) about the most WAR ever dealt at a trade deadline, banter (54:45) about Garrett Crochet’s extension desire and the MVP cases […]...2024

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Stat Blast injury and suspension

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2125: Baseball 101
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about injuries at spring training (specifically the Orioles’) and Jorge Soler and the Giants’ offseason, Stat Blast (21:04) about Kenley Jansen and the age of active career leaders in pitching appearances and recording five or six hits in a game against five or six different pitchers, and then talk […]...2024
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2123: Season Preview Series: Red Sox and Padres
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about former Mets GM Billy Eppler’s suspension for fabricating injuries, then Stat Blast (15:25) about players who amassed the most WAR for their secondary, tertiary, quaternary (etc.) teams, Hall of Famers who played with their hometown teams, and uniform numbers assigned to different players with the same surname on […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2059: The Bloom is Off the Bloom
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the firing of Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and the extension of Nationals president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo, injuries to Max Scherzer and Sandy Alcantara and MLB’s UCL scourge, and a proposed tier system for the Hall of Fame and single-season awards, then Stat Blast […]...2023
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1881: Antitrust Us
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a convoluted fun fact, the Cardinals’ anti-vaccination contingent, a historic Red Sox slump, an injury to top draftee Druw Jones, and a Willians Astudillo double-play pitch, Stat Blast (16:00) about Bryan Shaw and late-starting starters (plus an update on zero-RBI cleanup hitters), and share a Past Blast from […]...2022
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "’s latest additions, then (1:06:18) discuss the Blue Jays’ signing of Anthony Santander and the outlook for Pete Alonso, followed by (1:20:02) a Stat Blast on Bob Uecker and the […]"

  • 2024
    "Then Ben and Meg Stat Blast (36:49) about the biggest year-to-year changes in WAR produced by different players who wore the […]"

  • 2023
    "Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the USA World Baseball Classic roster’s so-so starting pitching, the difficulty of recruiting top pitchers for the tournament, and Japan’s staff, Meg’s college baseball weekend and Juan Soto sighting, Orioles owner John Angelos’s latest comments, and MLB’s new Economic Reform Committee, plus a Stat Blast (31:56) about the […]"

  • 2022
    "Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about new details about Freddie Freeman and Kris Bryant’s contracts, Stat Blast about players not touching the ball, and then (18:59) bring on Effectively Wild listener and Patreon supporter Kevin Brotzman to discuss being an Orioles fan and season-ticket holder and answer listener emails about whether Goodhart’s law will […]"

  • 2021
    "Ben Lindbergh follows up on a Stat Blast that generated a lot of listener emails, then (13:04) talks to former major leaguer and current Angels catching coach José Molina about his unparalleled receiving skills, fooling umpires, the importance of framing compared to throwing, blocking, and game-calling, whether stealing strikes can be taught, aspects of catcher […]"

  • 2015
    "Stat Blast: Where Lions Rookie Ameer Abdullah Did His Damage in Week 1"

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Stat Blast trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2196: Trades, Valued
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2129: Season Preview Series: Twins and Tigers
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Boras Four behind the scenes, Hyun Jin Ryu’s salary-cap-skirting KBO contract, and a study on the effectiveness of complaining about umps, plus a Stat Blast (22:51) about an inaccurate, unkillable Greg Maddux fun fact and more musings (34:52) on transparent pants. Then they preview the 2024 Minnesota […]...2024
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1964: Our Favorite Transactions
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about pre-Opening Day milestones and the upcoming EW season preview series, then (7:59) draft and discuss their favorite offseason transactions (and non-transactions), followed by a Past Blast from 1964 (1:16:19) and a Stat Blast addendum (1:21:18) about Pinky Higgins, Roxie Lawson, and hits-related records. Audio intro: Marshall Crenshaw, “You’...2023
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1881: Antitrust Us
    2022
  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1825: Boom, Ghosted
    2022
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Stat Blast stats and results

  • • Stat Blast: Where Matt Forte Did His Damage in Week 1
    2015
  • • Stat Blast: Where Lions Rookie Ameer Abdullah Did His Damage in Week 1
    2015
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Top Stat Blast news

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1738: Molina and the Mound
    2021
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1739: Poff Piece
    Ben Lindbergh talks to The Ringer’s Zach Kram about how the red-hot Yankees have salvaged their season, mounted their longest winning streak in 60 years, and put themselves in playoff position. Then (27:33) Ben brings on John Poff, former major leaguer and Stat Blast star, to discuss his brief big league career, walking away from […]...2021
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1825: Boom, Ghosted
    2022
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1809: How Harmful Would a Longer Lockout Be?
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about baseball equivalents of a stat about the New York Nets’ former big three, review Rob Manfred’s comments to the press about the labor situation (with an emphasis on his assertion about MLB teams being bad investments), Stat Blast (29:05) about players who batted at the bottom of the […]...2022
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  • • Stat Blast: Where Lions Rookie Ameer Abdullah Did His Damage in Week 1
    2015
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1827: 2022 Division Preview Series: AL Central
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the beginning of the 2022 division series preview series, rant about the reinstitution of the zombie runner, applaud the advent of the Ohtani Rule, follow up on a previous Stat Blast by recounting the most consecutive defensive plays a fielder has ever been involved in, and relate an […]...2022
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2131: Season Preview Series: Phillies and Angels
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’s surprise marriage announcement (5:15), and Portia of Ohtani fan account @shoheisaveus returns (18:13) to tell Ben how the news was received by the Shobae community. Then Ben and Meg Stat Blast (36:49) about the biggest year-to-year changes in WAR produced by different players who wore the […]...2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1881: Antitrust Us
    2022
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Stat Blast schedule, game

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2125: Baseball 101
    2024
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1971: Season Preview Series: Brewers and Marlins
    2023
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1881: Antitrust Us
    2022
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1872: A Moderate Amount of Hijinks
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley rant and banter (ranter?) about MLB’s approach to promoting the Futures Game, then (17:33) discuss superheroes throwing baseballs, the latest exploits of the semi-superpowered Shohei Ohtani and Sandy Alcantara, and Ohtani’s chances against Aaron Judge (and others) in the AL MVP race, Stat Blast (39:03) about losing teams with two […]...2022
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  • • Effectively Wild Episode 1739: Poff Piece
    2021
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Stat Blast rumors, scandals

  • • Effectively Wild Episode 2084: The Sexiest Free Agents Alive
    Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about norovirus derailing the GM meetings, leftover Boras quotes, and the baseball players deemed sexiest by People magazine, Stat Blast (18:47) about a possible bunting comeback and whether age is correlated with pitch-clock violations, and then (43:39) talk to FanGraphs writer Ben Clemens about the free-agent market and his […]...2023
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