Effectively Wild Episode 2025: You’ve Got a Friend in Ohtani

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the three Taylor Ward s, the truth and multiple untruths about Elly De La Cruz’ s twin brother, the dominance of 20-year-old Eury Pérez and the Marlins’ usage dilemma, Luis Arraez ’s plate predictions, MVP odds, and underestimation as a prospect, the Mets’ struggles and Buck Showalter’s morbid mind, the Orioles’ prospect cornucopia, the debut of part-time knuckleballer Matt Waldron , the Angels’ odd series loss and infield trades, how Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani are like Woody and Buzz from Toy Story , why the anti-shift rules are increasing strikeouts, whether it’s bad for baseball that Rob Manfred acknowledged regret about his handling of the sign-stealing scandal, and the latest sign of the sports-betting apocalypse, plus a Future Blast from 2025. Audio intro : Ian Phillips, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Harold Walker, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Ward scoreboard image Link to Ward/Wade wiki Link to tweet about Elly’s brother Link to photo of Elly’s brother Link to misinfo about Elly’s brother Link to Elly’s “fastest man” quote Link to Sam on Hamilton’s speed Link to Ben Clemens on Pérez Link to best 9-start starts Link to clip of Schumaker Link to player predictions wiki Link to 2019 Twins top prospects Link to Ben on HUaL Link to Showalter quote Link to rigor mortis quote Link to Cohen tweet Link to playoff odds Link to tweet about Orioles prospects Link to Jay on Waldron Link to Waldron GIF Link to Jannis on EW Link to Ben on the knuckleball Link to Langs tweet Link to Dan S. on Angels trades Link to Escobar citizenship Link to episode on Escobar and Fogo Link to Rob on the shift ban Link to Lewie on the shift ban Link to Manfred’s Time interview Link to the WSJ on Shams Link to Awful Announcing on Shams Link to WaPo on gambling/sports media Link to stretching article Link to other stretching article Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to Sam on single-game WAR Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source