Effectively Wild Episode 1529: Presenting Future Value

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley speak to FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel about their new book, Future Value: The Battle for Baseball’s Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar, touching on topics including the best kinds of scouting stories, how technology and data have confirmed or overturned traditional scouting beliefs, how smart teams are spending, how to make a miserly owner invest in scouting and development, whether scouts should have access to data, whether scouts can accurately assess makeup, introverted vs. extroverted scouts, whether it’s good or bad for teams to have a “type,” how teams will train prospects if there isn’t a minor league season, whether it’s possible to predict injuries, Eric and Kiley’s scouting strengths and weaknesses, and much more. Audio intro: The Weakerthans, "Relative Surplus Value" Audio outro: Erick Dayz, "Scouting Report" Link to order Future Value Link to Future Value excerpt Link to Eric and Kiley’s scouting primer Link to Ben on Scout School Link to Kiley on the Yankees signing minor league free agents Link to Russell Carleton on adolescent cognitive development Link to Brandon Martin story Link to Toe Nash story Link to Ebert’s John Prine review Link to article about serial athlete impersonator Link to article about Joba impersonator Link to article about Pasqua impersonator Link to article about Mets/Marlins con man Link to Stark on Molina’s home run Link to order The Only Rule Is It Has to Work 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: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source