Like the heat after a truck full of stolen Lucky Strikes in Detroit in 1984, the shift is on in Major League Baseball in 2016. Defensive shifts range from mild to heavy, but there’s no… Read more »
Fans lately have gotten used to the idea that players come up to the big leagues fully baked, and ready to rake. This didn’t used to be the case, but after seeing player after player… Read more »
On episode 3 of An NL Central Podcast, Eric Roseberry (@ericdroseberry), Ross Bukouricz (@rossbukouricz), and Brandon Lee (@bleeinternets) talk Brewers, Reds bullpen, and Jake Arrieta, with considerable Brewers trivia throughout the recording. The Cubs are… Read more »
Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits. Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for each… Read more »
So I’d saved the best for last. My team’s best pitcher against the game’s best pitcher. Madison Bumgarner vs Clayton Kershaw. Giants vs Dodgers, on the first Saturday of the season. What better way to… Read more »
On episode 2 of An NL Central Podcast, Rob Mains, Alex Crisafulli, and Brandon Lee discuss the happenings in the division over the past month, including an assessment of the Pittsburgh Pirates so far, how… Read more »
Nick Strangis and Tyler Baber join Ryan Sullivan to talk about Rich Hill, Adam Conley, Dee Gordon, tanking teams, and early surprises (recorded Sunday afternoon).
Although we had flown into San Francisco to start our trip in late March, the first thing we’d done upon picking up our hire car was to head south to Monterey, before embarking on a… Read more »
Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits. Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for… Read more »
I’ve been following baseball for around eight years now, ever since I inexplicably agreed to join a fantasy baseball league despite not knowing anything about baseball. That decision led me to the wonderful world of… Read more »
Darius Austin and Ross Bukouricz join Ryan Sullivan to talk about Darius’ opening week trip to Oakland and San Francisco, and Jake Arrieta’s no-hitter.
Prediction season is over, and the regular season has begun, which means it’s time for the second instalment of our win total prediction analysis. Last year, I gathered all of the win predictions from Effectively Wild… Read more »
Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits. Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for… Read more »
In the first episode of An NL Central Podcast, Alex Crisafulli, Eric Roseberry, and Brandon Lee discuss the virtues of a divisional podcast in 2016, your current WAR leaderboards, how this year’s Reds aren’t at all like the 1996 Bulls, why Cardinals fans should consider booing Jason Heyward, and “Christian EDM.”
On Effectively Wild episode 857, which aired April 7, former Baseball Prospectus staffer and founding member, and current Sports Illustrated and newsletter writer, Joe Sheehan discussed the emergence of 12- and 13-man pitching staffs, and how they’ve… Read more »
Two years ago I devised a plan to better evaluate front offices besides the typical wins and losses used by many casual fans. I perform this evaluation by creating specific metrics using preseason projected statistics and… Read more »
During this past off-season I’d been thinking a lot about why it appears major league teams can’t perpetuate success once they have experienced it. By success, I mean making it to the playoffs. There are… Read more »
It seems a majority of teams like to play the market. This can work, considering there is always the potential to find undervalued prospects, but the market is becoming increasingly efficient. By this I mean… Read more »
In 2015, the A’s acquired Marcus Semien in a trade with the Chicago White Sox. Despite reservations from what seemed like the entire world, the A’s elected to start him every day at shortstop. The… Read more »
When I hear the name Vince Coleman, this is the first image that comes to mind. With apologies to the California Angels’ very own speedster Gary Pettis, Coleman is RBI Baseball’s premier leadoff man; all… Read more »
Julien Assouline and Tim Livingston join Ryan Sullivan to talk about the Stompers, MLB announcers, AJ Pollock, Pablo Sandoval, and 2016 predictions.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, by now you should already know that Baseball Prospectus has unleashed their new game “Beat PECOTA.” You can find the game, and all… Read more »
There are dozens of Cubs previews out there, but as far as I can google, none that are set to a soundtrack of Mountain Goats songs. John Darnielle was on Effectively Wild’s Cubs preview this… Read more »
This is not the greatest song in the world, no This is just a tribute – “Tribute,” Tenacious D The 2015 Los Angeles Dodgers were expected to be a powerhouse. A world beater. A… Read more »
The Tampa Bay Rays will celebrate their 20th season in 2017, and for much of that history they’ve been defined by their off-field actors: original team owner Vince Naimoli oversaw some very poor teams and alienated any potential fans in the first several years of ownership before being bought out by Stuart Sternberg.
Congratulations to Ned Garver on winning the 2nd annual Effectively Wild Tournament Bracket Classic! The pride of Ney, Ohio got the best of Ryan Webb (pride of Clearwater FL) and Matt Albers (pride of Houston TX), receiving 67% of the final 124 votes.
Heading into 2015, the Cleveland Indians were one of the most confusing teams for projection systems. The roster had a superstar level performer on either side of the ball in Michael Brantley and Corey Kluber,… Read more »
We’re down to the championship round of the 2016 Effectively Wild Tournament. In the semi-finals, #1 Ned Garver defeated #1 Gonny Jomes 70%-30%, and #1 Webb-Albers defeated #2 “If Baseball Were Different” 59%-41%.
Let’s remember the World Series last year, ending at Citi Field after game five on a chilly night in November. The Royals defying the odds and PECOTA, making their second appearance in a row, and… Read more »
Alex Crisafulli and Eric Roseberry join Brandon Lee (not in a car due to scheduling conflicts), talking about cubs, Cubs, Cards, Reds, Roseberry Twitter, John Lackey, winning a World Series, and the Effectively Wild Tournament finals.
