Effectively Wild Episode 2026: Sound and Furries

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Andrew McCutchen’ s latest “furries” tweet, the Pirates playing through a high AQI and the need for a safety standard, Domingo Germán ’s perfect game and the state of the Yankees, Yandy Díaz turning back into Ground Beef, Shohei Ohtani lapping his league and strangely struggling at the plate with two strikes, and the Orioles’ Pride Night, then (1:02:25) answer listener emails about pointing giant fans at the field, an official scoring decision on a Luis Arraez single, whether the Reds should have called up Elly De La Cruz sooner, whether contending teams should aim for playoff matchups with the Central division winners, and whether playing MLB The Show could affect a player’s IRL performance, plus (1:34:46) a Future Blast from 2026. Audio intro : Alex Ferrin, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Liz Panella, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to latest “furries” tweet Link to McCutchen “furries” explainer Link to info on fursuit protectiveness Link to AQI concerns Link to Pirates’ game-delay tweet Link to Sheehan on Germán Link to Paine on the perfecto Link to “Her?” montage Link to Yankees offense post-Judge Link to FG playoff odds Link to xBAs from the perfecto Link to longest sub-100-pitch-GS streaks Link to list of perfectos Link to perfecto pitch counts Link to Félix-meme tweet Link to Germán apology article Link to other Germán apology article Link to MLBTR on O’Hearn Link to story about O’s Pride Night Link to O’s Pride Night tweet Link to O’s Pride Night montage Link to The Athletic on the Rangers Link to Yandy’s monthy splits Link to Ben’s Ohtani article Link to MLBTR’s Ohtani job listing Link to combined WAR leaderboard Link to wOBA with <2 strikes Link to wOBA with 2 strikes Link to story about Cameron and Félix Link to info on Félix and fastballs Link to more on Félix and fastballs Link to even more on Félix and fastballs Link to Passan on Pedro and Elly Link to story about Metrodome fans Link to Arraez play Link to info on DiMaggio streak scoring Link to MLB.com on Elly’s call-up Link to MLBTR on Elly’s call-up Link to Harris II’s Real 99 card Link to listener emails database Link to Rick Wilber’s website 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