Ben Lindbergh

New York

Senior Editor @ringer. Cohost: @EWPod/@RingerVerse. Coauthor: The MVP Machine, The Only Rule Is It Has to Work. Ex-@Grantland33, @FiveThirtyEight, @baseballpro.

Articles

Effectively Wild Episode 2320: Baseball Jobs (Dietician and Fun-Fact Finder)

4 days ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Ben Lindbergh

Ben Lindbergh and Ben Clemens of FanGraphs banter about the latest positional drama regarding Rafael Devers, then discuss whether and why pitchers leaguewide are Yu Darvish-ing and Tyler Holton-ing—that is, throwing more pitch types, and varying their pitch types more based on batter handedness—before answering listener emails about home strike zones and combining bad teams to make a good team.
Effectively Wild Episode 2319: Going By the Book

5 days ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Ben Lindbergh

It’s a baseball-book bonanza! Ben Lindbergh rounds up the authors of three new baseball books for conversations about their work and our relationships with the past. First he talks to John W. Miller about his biography of Earl Weaver, The Last Manager, Weaver’s wiring and sabermetric intuition, and the diminished role and reputation of managers. Then (48:16) he brings on Will Bardenwerper to discuss his book, Homestand, the contraction of the minor leagues, and baseball as a social bond.
Effectively Wild Episode 2318: It Was the Worst of Times, it Was the Worst of Times

1 week ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Ben Lindbergh

Ben Lindbergh brings on Brandon Uffner, an Orioles and Braves fan, to talk about his two teams’ slow starts to the season, his prescription for fixing them, how he came to root for them, managing his competing loyalties, and more. Then (36:01) he talks to Austin, a White Sox and Rockies fan, about both of his teams bottoming out and how that has or hasn’t affected his appetite for baseball. Finally, (1:04:59), Frequent Stat Blast Correspondent Ryan Nelson joins to deliver several Stat Blasts.
Bill Belichick and His Girlfriend Are Becoming A Problem for UNC.

1 week ago | slate.com | Ben Lindbergh |Alex Kirshner |Lindsay Gibbs

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Effectively Wild Episode 2317: Wake Up Babe (Ruth)

1 week ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Ben Lindbergh

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout’s latest injury, Pete Alonso’s renaissance, a Daulton Varsho recovery catch, Andrés Muñoz the cat guy, and the called strike zone (sort of) shrinking.
Effectively Wild Episode 2316: Brebbia is the Soul of Wit

1 week ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Ben Lindbergh

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the unexpected power of Meg’s Mariners (and Jorge Polanco, specifically), in contrast to the Rangers’ unexpectedly light-hitting lineup. They also discuss a Jackson Chourio comment about Julio Rodríguez, the long-awaited comeback of Lance McCullers Jr. and the thus-far-deflating comeback of Sandy Alcantara, the literally diminished Mookie Betts, Jose Altuve’s self-knowledge, a Rockies theory, and the existence of Maverick Handley.
Effectively Wild Episode 2315: Eight Bidets a Week

2 weeks ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Ben Lindbergh

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers’ bidets, baseball in The Last of Us, The Simpsons, and the (future) work of Lin-Manuel Miranda, walk-off groundouts, two possibly botched calls, Jesús Luzardo and how skilled teams are at evaluating medicals, a four-homer effort in a loss, the unexpectedly exciting NL West race, and Rob Manfred and Pete Rose, plus follow-ups on towering bat flips, players kissing, unequal leg lengths, and more.
Shedeur’s Sad, Messy and Misconstrued Fall.

2 weeks ago | slate.com | Ben Lindbergh |Alex Kirshner |Lindsay Gibbs

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Effectively Wild Episode 2314: Memento Mori

2 weeks ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Ben Lindbergh

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a new contender for the highest bat flip, meet major leaguers (14:28) Ryan Johnson and Alan Roden, and (48:35) answer listener emails about how different baseball would be if losses were free for fans and wins cost extra, whether the Rockies will finish in first before the Dodgers finish in last, whether umpires would stand somewhere else in a full-ABS situation, the record for career games pitched without a decision, catcher’s gear designed for a...
Effectively Wild Episode 2313: Great Sports Content

2 weeks ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Ben Lindbergh

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about old-pitcher comebacks (or dropoffs), James Wood’s inefficient excellence, Aaron Judge’s potentially unparalleled peak, whether pitching to contact pays, a possible Paul Skenes change, a base-stealing update, private equity’s MLB plans, and Rob Manfred’s feelings on fandom.