Angry at Your Catcher: Framber Valdez Does Something Buster’s Never Seen; The Phillies’ Nick Castellanos Problem

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Tim Kurkjian and Buster discuss Framer Valdez crossing up his catcher, Jason Adams going down for the Padres, the Red Sox extending Aroldis Chapman, the best team in the American League, Shane Bieber looking phenomenal and the Tigers slowing down. Then, Hembo stops by to talk about why the Mets stretch run will be defined by their rookie starters, Kyle Schwarber’s career year and what it means for his next contract, and the Phillies’ Nick Castellanos problem. CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS 10:10 Tim Kurkjian 31:39 Hembo 53:46 Bleacher Tweets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	way out of here this is baseball tonight the podcast this is the baseball tonight
0:13.4	podcast for wednesday september 3rd 2025 and today will be better than yesterday and i just want to
0:19.3	give a shout out to my older sister hannah. It's her 64th birthday today, and I just love saying her age. I'm Buster Only. I'm working for my home in Montana. Taylor Swink is working from the Swink Studios back in Connecticut. Taylor, how you doing? I'm great, Buster. Wait, you ate three lobsters in one sitting on Sunday.
0:38.8	Three lobsters in one sitting.
0:40.6	That is insane.
0:41.8	Buster, I told you that in confidence.
0:45.9	Yeah, you know, it was like a, you know, sort of an all you can eat situation.
0:50.5	I paid, you know, a high price for that to put myself in that scenario.
0:54.9	So I thought, well, you know, when in Rhode Island on Labor Day?
0:59.8	Am I right?
1:00.5	Let's indulge.
1:01.3	So they were there.
1:02.8	I consumed them.
1:04.0	Was Joey Chestnut sitting next to and you guys were in a major competition right there?
1:09.3	Good Lord.
1:10.3	No.
1:27.8	But my wife just like eggs me on. She's like, yeah, you got, you have to. Like, look at, there's so many over there. You have to go have another one. So, yeah. Wow. Well, that, uh, that, it sounds absolutely fantastic. Good times. Sounds a lot better than what we saw in the Giants of Rockies game last night.
1:29.5	Raphael Devers was at the plate.
1:31.9	Kyle Freeland was on the mound, and this happened.
1:35.8	Devers swings and drives it high and deep.
1:38.3	Right field on its way.
1:40.1	It is gone.
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