Effectively Wild Episode 2313: Great Sports Content
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about old-pitcher comebacks (or dropoffs), James Wood’s inefficient excellence, Aaron Judge’s potentially unparalleled peak, whether pitching to contact pays, a possible Paul Skenes change, a base-stealing update, private equity’s MLB plans, and Rob Manfred’s feelings on fandom.
Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Ella Black series
Link to Ella Black event details
Link to MLBTR on Hill
Link to MLBTR on Chavez
Link to team SP WAR
Link to projected SP WAR
Link to MLB.com on Wood
Link to pulled air balls
Link to Wood’s Savant page
Link to Jay on Judge
Link to The Bandwagon on Judge
Link to strikeouts study
Link to Sam on Skenes
Link to Skenes max velos
Link to Clemens on steals
Link to CNBC salary cap piece
Link to CNBC private equity piece
Link to latest Manfred comment
Link to earlier Manfred comment
Link to BP on Manfred and fandom
Link to cricket popularity piece
Link to Rogers statue story
Link to Curse of the Colonel
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Does baseball look the same to you as it does to me? |
| 0:07.0 | When we look at baseball, how much do we see? |
| 0:13.0 | Well, the curve balls bend and the home runs fly. |
| 0:17.0 | More to the game that meets the eye To get the stats compiled and the stories filed |
| 0:22.9 | Fans on the internet might get riled |
| 0:25.9 | But we can break it down on Effectively Wild |
| 0:31.4 | Hello and welcome to episode 2313 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:36.5 | A baseball podcast from Fangraphs presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:41.0 | I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer, joined by Meg Raleigh of FanGraphs. |
| 0:44.4 | Hello, Meg. |
| 0:45.1 | Hello. |
| 0:46.2 | So Jesse Chavez is back on the Braves big league roster. |
| 0:50.2 | Maybe he will save them in his latest return. |
| 0:53.5 | But more interesting to us, I think, in old pitcher news, is that Rich Hill still is one. |
| 1:01.8 | He is still planning to pitch this year. |
| 1:04.6 | He is still throwing. |
| 1:06.1 | He is hoping to sign soon. |
| 1:08.3 | There was an update this week. |
| 1:10.3 | Reportedly, multiple teams have shown interest |
| 1:13.6 | in Rich Hill, who turned 45 last month. I don't know what that interest consists of or how |
| 1:21.3 | ardent the interest is, but apparently one of the teams, I mean, multiple teams, that means one of |
| 1:26.2 | them is not the Red Sox. |
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