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May 20, 2014

BP Unfiltered: Baseball Prospectus at Fox Sports: Safety in Pitching Prospects?

by Sam Miller

Getting beyond the headlines--are pitching prospects as dangerous as they've always been?

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 453: The Continuing Effort to Counter the Shift

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam banter about position player pitchers and Andrelton Simmons, then discuss batters' latest attempts to bunt to beat the shift.

May 19, 2014

Pebble Hunting: How to Still Get Ejected

by Sam Miller

Despite replay, ejections aren't down (or aren't down by much) this year.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 452: The Exaggerated Demise of Managerial Ejections

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam banter about the Dodgers and run differential and then discuss a surprising trend in managerial ejections thus far.

May 16, 2014

Pebble Hunting: The Meaning of 3-0 Green Lights

by Sam Miller

Is swinging on 3-0 counts a stathead philosophy or an old-school staple?

BP Unfiltered: This Week's New Pitching Lines, 5/16

by Sam Miller

History made!

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 451: Cueto, Greinke, and Green Lights

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam reach into the topic grab bag and discuss Johnny Cueto, Zack Greinke, when to give hitters green lights, and more.

May 15, 2014

Pebble Hunting: Recent History's Most Cringe-Worthy Pitch Counts

by Sam Miller

Reviewing the most egregious starts of the last decade and a half, with an assist from Old Hoss Radbourn.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 450: Locking Up New Ligaments

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss whether it would make sense for a team to sign a recent Tommy John surgery sufferer to a long-term contract extension.

May 14, 2014

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 449: More Answers to Your Burning Baseball Questions

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about Tommy John surgery, velocity limits, rooting for minor-league teams, and more.

May 13, 2014

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 448: Why Can't We Have a Healthy Jose Fernandez?

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss the Jose Fernandez injury and talk to Corey Dawkins and Doug Thorburn about the Tommy John rehab process and why pitchers keep getting hurt.

May 12, 2014

Pebble Hunting: The Best Game of the 2014 Season So Far

by Sam Miller

And a division that's shaping up to be more fun than the Playoff Odds suggested.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 447: The Oddly Underperforming Dodgers and the Exciting NL West

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss the Dodgers' perplexingly slow start and the NL West race.

May 9, 2014

Pebble Hunting: Starling Marte and the Upside of Headfirst Slides

by Sam Miller

Headfirst slides are under fire (perhaps for good reason), but they aren't without their virtues.

BP Unfiltered: This Week's New Pitching Lines, 5/9

by Sam Miller

History being made! Actually, in Tim Hudson's case, sort of.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 446: Dissecting the Surprise Teams

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss two teams that have significantly surpassed expectations so far: the Colorado Rockies and the Miami Marlins.

May 8, 2014

Pebble Hunting: The Baseball Sandbox Experiment

by Sam Miller

You're running a terrible team, and you get to do (almost) anything you want with it in order to learn more for the future. What do you do?

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 445: Jay Jaffe on Team Entropy and the AL East

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam discuss the deadlocked American League East with Sports Illustrated author Jay Jaffe.

May 7, 2014

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 444: Questions of Science and Progress

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about replay and umpires, home field advantage, picking a front office to follow, and more.

May 6, 2014

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 443: Looking at Lineup Protection

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

Ben and Sam banter about hustle and drug suspensions, then talk about how Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, and Giancarlo Stanton have been pitched this season.