Effectively Wild Episode 1408: The Best Players of the Decade

Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and Meg Rowley banter about “minimum innings,” striking out the side, and an anecdote about Barry Larkin bunting, then spend the rest of the episode answering a listener request to name the five best hitters and five best pitchers of the decade—but to make matters more interesting, they do so without looking at WAR and then compare their picks to the stats at the end. Audio intro : Hot Snakes, " This Mystic Decade " Audio outro : The Muppets, " Mah Na Mah Na " Link to Larkin bunting story Link to spring training Greinke story Link to Joe Posnanski’s Greinke story Link to Jeff’s Greinke tweet Link to Jay on Greinke’s HOF trajectory Link to Ben’s Beltré story Link to 2010-19 B-Ref batting WAR leaderboard Link to 2010-19 FanGraphs batting WAR leaderboard Link to 2010-19 B-Ref pitching WAR leaderboard Link to 2010-19 FanGraphs pitching WAR leaderboard Link to order The MVP Machine iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source