AJ Hinch calls out his own pitcher!? Can the Orioles turn the season around? Can the Dodgers afford to not hit Ohtani? (Episode 1451 Hour 1)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘intentional’ as in the Detroit Tigers as in Framber Valdez as in AJ Hinch as in the Red Sox as in Trevor Story. Valdez got smoked. He got mad. He hit Story. The benched cleared. After the game AJ Hinch did not back his pitcher. Uh oh. (11:45) Is Sandy Alcantara now untradable? He has been so bad! (15:30) The Orioles can’t pitch. The Orioles can’t hit. The Orioles need to fix this. (22:30) Can the Dodgers afford to not let Shohei Ohtani hit? He’s pitching like an ace, but the team cannot hit. Why is this happening? (31:00) Review: Jerry West - The Logo. (34:30) The NBA playoffs are going strong! The Pistons shut down the Cavaliers. The Thunder smoked the Lakers without Luka still. (39:30) The Houston Astros are dealing with so many injuries. It’s crazy. Carlos Correa just went down in batting practice. (46:40) NPPOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Intentional.
0:23.6	Intentional.
0:39.3	That's the nothing personal word of the day.
0:41.8	It is Wednesday, 5-626.
0:45.3	Today's episode is brought to you by Draft Kings.
0:48.3	Draft Kings, the crown is yours.
0:51.3	A.J. Hinch and the Detroit Tigers have a situation that they are going to have to deal with,
0:58.0	especially with the injury to Terrick Scuba, who is getting those loose bodies removed as the
1:05.0	tigers are trying to rise above the mediocrity of the American League. They went into the free agency market in a rather significant way in order to have a running
1:16.8	partner with Scoobel for this year and then a starter to take over next year when Scuba
1:23.4	leaves in free agency.
1:25.3	And his name is Framber Valdez. You may know Framber Valdez you may know Framber
1:29.9	Valdez as the former Astro you may know Framber Valdez from the actions that he
1:35.9	did last night and that is not a positive thing I'm saying it's a very simple in baseball. When you give up two home runs in a row
1:48.6	and then you hit the next batter the way Valdez did against the Red Sox yesterday, you are going to
1:56.5	cause a brouhaha. In this case, Trevor's story gets hit and he decides that he is going to say
2:05.5	something to Valdez as he should. But here's what happens next that interests me so much.
2:14.8	The bench is clear. The bullpen's clear.
2:19.5	You know my view of the bullpen's running side by side.
2:22.7	It drives me crazy, but the bullpens run side by side.
2:26.6	They get to the area between home plate and first base.
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