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May 13, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 201: Drafting Age-25-and-Under Starters/Still No No-Hitters

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam draft starting pitchers age 25 and under, then discuss whether there's any significance to the fact that we haven't seen a no-hitter yet this season.

May 11, 2013

BP Unfiltered: Mark Reynolds and a Very Suspicious Break

by Sam Miller

Mark Reynolds and seeing: Can he?

May 10, 2013

Pebble Hunting: A Week of Watching Manny Machado

by Sam Miller

Visual confirmation that the Orioles' young third baseman is already good at baseball, and going to get better.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 200: Will Leitch on Media, Fans, and Media and Fans

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam talk to Sports on Earth Senior Writer Will Leitch about the evolution of baseball coverage and the fan's relationship with sports media.

May 9, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 199: Pitchers Putting on Sunscreen/The Astros and Clubhouse Chemistry

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss the sunscreen scandal and how much clubhouse chemistry matters to the Astros.

May 8, 2013

Pebble Hunting: Every Thing That's Been Wrong with the Angels

by Sam Miller

It's Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton, but it's not just Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 198: Hitters with the Yips/Power vs. Contact/Starlin Castro's Future/Reinhart-Rogoff and Sabermetrics

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam answer emails about what it would look like if a hitter got the yips, what Starlin Castro could turn into, errors in sabermetric research, and more.

May 7, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 197: Our Incredibly Premature All-Star Picks

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

With All-Star voting officially underway, Ben and Sam make their incredibly premature picks, with Jason Wojciechowski joining them to settle any disputes.

May 6, 2013

Pebble Hunting: What Scott Kazmir Looks Like Now

by Sam Miller and R.J. Anderson

Reviewing Kazmir's performance in his first victory since 2010.

BP Unfiltered: Why The Angels, Blue Jays, and Dodgers Have Non-Zero Playoff Odds

by Sam Miller

Bad stretches happen.

BP Unfiltered: The Week In Albert Pujols Playing Through Pain, April 29-May 5

by Sam Miller

Albert Pujols is in pain and slow.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 196: The New Scott Kazmir/The Future of the Angels

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss Scott Kazmir's win over the weekend, then talk about the Angels' outlook for the rest of this season and beyond.

May 3, 2013

Pebble Hunting: Baseball Out of Context

by Sam Miller

What assorted still images suggest about how baseball is played.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 195: Bad Body Language/Upgrading Bullpens/Steroids and the Children/BABIP and Bad Luck

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss whether a pitcher's body language can cost him strikes, whether it's worth trading for relievers early in the season, a study about perceptions of steroid use, and whether a low BABIP is always unlucky.

May 2, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 194: Outlawing Endless Games/Would Baseball Be Better Without Playoffs?

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss whether the league will ever take steps to prevent extremely long games, then talk about what baseball would be like without playoffs.

May 1, 2013

Transaction Analysis: Cardinals Un-Rzep

by Sam Miller

The Cardinals demote a struggling reliever, Casper Wells lands again, the Marlins will be without Stanton, and Shelley Duncan gets a DFA.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 193: AAA Teams vs. the Marlins and Astros/The Braves and Strikeouts/Pickoffs and Pitch Counts/John Farrell and the Jays/Non-Superstar HOFers

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about whether good minor-league teams could beat bad major-league teams, the Braves and Ks, whether the Jays should regret letting John Farrell go, and more.

April 30, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 192: Stephen Strasburg's New Injury Scare/The Underhyped Manny Machado

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss the news about Stephen Strasburg's forearm and talk about why Manny Machado's performance this season hasn't gotten more attention.

April 29, 2013

Pebble Hunting: Ross Detwiler and Baseball's Most Extreme BABIP

by Sam Miller

What can we learn about hitting from a pitcher with five career hits?

BP Unfiltered: The Week In Albert Pujols Playing Through Pain, April 22-April 28

by Sam Miller

Albert Pujols slowly continues to be slow.