Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

Paul “Hembo” Hembekides and Buster Olney play a game of “Trend or Blip,” looking at the Marlins, Rays and Rangers. Then, they discuss why Aaron Judge is the rising tide that lifts all boats for the Yankees, the most obvious trade-deadline match, how bad is this American League — historically speaking, and more on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s slog of a season. Then, Buster talks to longtime pro Rick Monday about snatching the American flag from field-invading protesters in 1976. Later, Sarah Langs plays The Numbers Game. And finally, Buster answers your questions during Bleacher Tweets.

0:00 Welcome

3:01 Hembo

4:13 Blip or Trend: Marlins

5:28 Blip or Trend: Yankees

7:10 Blip or Trend: Rays

9:16 Blip or Trend: Rangers

10:19 Blip or Trend: Cubs

11:39 Yankees sorely miss Aaron Judge

13:39 What happened to Austin Riley?

17:39 Bo Bichette back to Toronto?

25:50 Historically bad American League

28:50 Rick Monday saves the American flag

43:07 Sarah Langs plays The Numbers Game

44:33 Bleacher Tweets: PCA vs. Shohei Ohtani



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Tim Kurkjian and Buster Olney discuss the Red Sox sweep of the Yankees and if Boston can dream about the postseason, the Mets firing manager Carlos Mendoza and what it means for the GM David Stearns, why the Angels firing GM Perry Minasian probably won't change much in Anaheim, the Tigers falling out of playoff contention and looking likelier than ever to trade Tarik Skubal, Junior Caminero raking the Rays to the AL's best record, why Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is baseball's biggest mystery, and the Rangers losing Wyatt Langford.

4:01 Tim Kurkjian

24:16 Bleacher Tweets



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Buster Olney is joined by Jorge Castillo and Alden Gonzalez as they take a deep dive into the top World Series contenders and debate which team has the best chance to dethrone the Dodgers as World Series champions. Plus Sarah Langs and Todd Radom join!



0:00 Welcome + Thursday recap

2:50 State of the Dodgers, injuries + Shohei Ohtani greatness

8:39 Will the Dodgers land Tarik Skubal?

13:20 Atlanta Braves

15:40 New York Yankees

20:29 Seattle Mariners

23:02 Philadelphia Phillies

25:45 Milwaukee Brewers

30:07 Tampa Bay Rays

31:47 Toronto Blue Jays

32:25 San Diego Padres

33:22 Chicago Cubs

35:46 Sarah Langs Plays the Numbers Game

37:11 Todd Radom's best American baseball moments
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Paul “Hembo” Hembekides and Buster discuss the continued strangeness around Rafael Devers refusing to leave the game after being pinch run, Devers calling the situation a “misunderstanding,” Buster Posey not addressing it with the team, the Kansas City Royals’ Jac Caglianone finding his own, the Cincinnati Reds’ Chase Burns keeping the riverboat afloat, why the Seattle Mariners are the biggest challenger to the New York Yankees in the American League, and if New York Mets’ ace Freddy Peralta is worth the big money he wants. Later, Buster answers your questions during Bleacher Tweets.



0:00 Welcome

3:54 Paul “Hembo” Hembekides

5:52 Rafael Devers drama continues

13:35 Jac Caglianone summer

16:00 Chase Burns is the best tunnel baller in MLB

18:13 Buy Mariners stock now

24:24 Should the Mets pay Freddy Peralta big money?

27:22 Bleacher Tweets



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ESPN.com’s David Schoenfield joins Buster Olney to discuss Rafael Devers’ tantrum after being pinch run, the reality that MLB owners are ready to shut down the sport, the Marlins sweeping the Giants, Kyle Tucker being dropped to seventh in the Dodgers’ lineup, Kyle Schwarber’s three-homer Saturday, a fun series between the October-bound Brewers and Braves, if the Orioles are still alive and the Tigers hanging around in the Al Central. Then, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol stops by to talk about Jordan Walker as an NL MVP candidate, JJ Wetherholt’s enthusiasm, Dustin May finding his stuff, and which player he hates to game plan against in the box. Later, Buster answers your questions during Bleacher Tweets.



0:00 Welcome

0:23 Top of the First

3:23 ESPN’s David Schoenfield joins

4:37 Rafael Devers’ tantrum

10:31 Marlins sweep Giants

11:33 MLB owners’ latest draft overhaul

17:22 Kyle Tucker struggling

19:58 Kyle Schwarber hits three homers

22:46 Orioles take series vs. Dodgers

25:08 Tigers hanging around in AL Central

26:45 Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol joins

28:37 Jordan Walker NL MVP candidate?

31:28 JJ Wetherholt’s enthusiasm 

32:32 Dustin May finds his stuff

34:23 Cardinals contending for postseason

36:47 Toughest player to game plan against

39:53 Bleacher Tweets



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