Zach Eflin's 2025 struggles and recovery

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about hamate fractures and other deflating spring training injury announcements, Zack Wheeler’s preserved rib, Chris Getz and Luisangel Acuña, a profusion of salary cap coverage, and more, and then preview the 2026 Baltimore Orioles (38:50) with The Baltimore Banner’s Andy Kostka, and the 2026 San Diego Padres (1:27:28) with MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell.

Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 1: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 2: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to hamate injuries story
Link to “bird bones” wiki
Link to hamate research 1
Link to hamate research 2
Link to Walcott news
Link to Acuña 200% story
Link to >100% wiki entry
Link to Casas “dry swings” story
Link to rib story
Link to Castellanos post
Link to Gelb on Castellanos
Link to Castellanos release news
Link to Craig on Castellanos
Link to Stubbs milk post
Link to Kimbrel photo
Link to Kimbrel photo thread
Link to Tong photo
Link to Getz/Acuña montage
Link to Getz/Acuña story
Link to Sam on Getz/Acuña
Link to Murakami misspelling
Link to prediction markets story
Link to Passan cap story
Link to previous Passan cap story
Link to Drellich cap story
Link to previous Drellich cap story
Link to Rubenstein/Epstein story
Link to team payrolls page
Link to Orioles offseason tracker
Link to Orioles depth chart
Link to team SP projections
Link to team RP projections
Link to team offseason spending
Link to Elias quote
Link to O’s catchers
Link to Andy’s author archive
Link to Padres offseason tracker
Link to Padres depth chart
Link to AJ’s last 2025 post
Link to AJ’s first 2026 post
Link to Padres sale story 1
Link to Padres sale story 2
Link to Padres sale story 3
Link to Manfred quote
Link to team RP WAR
Link to team ISO
Link to ESPN farm rankings
Link to BP farm rankings
Link to BA on Padres prospects
Link to Shildt story
Link to AJ on Preller
Link to AJ’s author archive
Link to Stathead query 1
Link to Stathead query 2
Link to Stathead query 3

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