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August 26, 2013

Premium Article Pebble Hunting: Five Myths About the Angels' Impending Shakeup

by Sam Miller

Why it's hard for us to decide whether managers or GMs deserve to be fired.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 273: The State of Seattle's Front Office/The Decline of CC Sabathia

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss Jack Zduriencik and the future of the Mariners, then talk about CC Sabathia's dismaying season.

August 23, 2013

Premium Article Pebble Hunting: Free Agent Alternate History

by Sam Miller

Why timing is everything when it comes to buying big free agents.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 272: Picking Each Team's Perceived Clubhouse Leader/Delmon Young and Players with Moral Warts

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam pick a perceived clubhouse leader for each team, then talk about whether teams should ever refuse to sign certain players on moral grounds.

August 22, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 271: Disciplining Puig/Trade Deadline Do-Overs/Mistaken Sabermetric Assumptions

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben, Sam, and guest co-host Russell Carleton discuss whether and how the Dodgers should discipline Yasiel Puig, teams that would want to take mulligans on their trade deadlines, and things sabermetricians are still getting wrong.

August 21, 2013

Pebble Hunting: Appreciating Andrelton Simmons

by Sam Miller

A close watching of five of the Braves shortstop's most impressive plays.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 270: Listener Email Answers in Search of a Theme

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about when every team will have won a World Series, the best baseball Kickstarters, rooting for draft picks, one-pitch pitchers, and more.

August 20, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 269: Revisiting the Jose Fernandez Call-Up/Handicapping Cano's Suitors

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam reevaluate whether the Marlins' early promotion of Jose Fernandez made sense, then talk about where Robinson Cano will end up.

August 19, 2013

Premium Article Pebble Hunting: My Book Report on a Video of the Longest Home Runs Hit

by Sam Miller

In which Sam is struck by the fact that these hitters hit these home runs far.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 268: Clayton Kershaw and Cooperstown/Xander Bogaerts and Historic Years for Young Talent

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam banter about the Saber Seminar, then discuss Clayton Kershaw's odds of induction into the Hall and the best-ever years for young players.

August 16, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 267: Why We're Happy About Expanded Replay Review

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam (mostly) celebrate the impending arrival of a new replay review system.

August 15, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 266: How the A's Were Built/Why the Dodgers Are Winning

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam talk about how the A's are winning in an unusual way for a small-market team, then discuss why the Dodgers have been the exception to the trend of money not leading to wins.

August 14, 2013

Pebble Hunting: The Balk: The Black Sheep of the Baseball Rulebook

by Sam Miller

Watching 50 balks to get a read on an imprecise rule, arbitrarily applied.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 265: Answers to Your Burning Baseball Questions

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about baseball with clockwise bases, whether in-game managerial moves help or hurt, who pays players who get released, and more.

August 13, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 264: Four Questions About Miguel Cabrera/World Series Odds Update

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben, Sam, and guest Zachary Levine mull over four questions about Miguel Cabrera, then talk about the World Series odds of the Tigers and other teams.

August 12, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 263: Jose Dariel Abreu and the Future of Cuban Baseball/The Unmade Wil Myers Trade

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss the next potential star from Cuba and the future of Cuban baseball, then revisit a trade for Wil Myers that didn't happen.

August 9, 2013

Premium Article Transaction Analysis: Extending Utley (and Ryan Raburn)

by Sam Miller and Ben Lindbergh

Two players get guaranteed two-year deals.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 262: The All-Banter Episode

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam do a grab-bag episode on an assortment of topics, including Kenley Jansen's hidden perfect game, Phillies outfielder updates, teams that own other teams, and a comment by Kerry Wood.

August 8, 2013

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 261: Mike Trout and Becoming the Best Ever/Chase Utley's Aging Outlook

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss Mike Trout's chances of becoming the best player ever, then talk about how the Phillies' Chase Utley extension will work out.

August 7, 2013

Premium Article Pebble Hunting: Sean Doolittle and Doing What Works

by Sam Miller

An update on Sean Doolittle's extreme sophomore season.

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