Podcast:Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast Published On: Wed Aug 13 2025 Description: Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a few of this year’s WAR leaders dropping off their previous paces, Dave Roberts’ critiques of Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ playoff pitching, Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander’s self-deception, the early hot streaks of Luke Keaschall and Warming Bernabel, Carlos Correa returning to form as an Astro, the AL West race, Brandon Woodruff and the Brewers, alumni home run derbies, Josh Naylor’s low-speed stealing, Luis Arraez’s batting average, the Padres’ failed hidden-ball trick, and pitch-tipping skepticism. Audio intro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to FG combined WAR leaderboard Link to Roberts quotes Link to Kershaw/Scherzer story 1 Link to Kershaw/Scherzer story 2 Link to Verlander story Link to Verlander’s stuff stats Link to Keaschall fun fact Link to FG playoff odds Link to FG post on Woodruff Link to Brewers derby story Link to Sam on derbies Link to Naylor’s Savant page Link to Padres HBT article Link to pitch-tipping story Sponsor Us on Patreon Give a Gift Subscription Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Effectively Wild Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki Apple Podcasts Feed Spotify Feed YouTube Playlist Facebook Group Bluesky Account Twitter Account Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source