BASEBALL IS BACK! And... so are the injuries for every team! Are the Mavericks for sale again!? (Episode 1412 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘shocked’ as in MLB as in spring training as in injuries. Let me explain. Kris Bryan is hurt. Anthony Santander is hurt. Spencer Schwellenbach is hurt. Hurt, hurt, and hurt. Why are these announcements happening on Day 1? Why are players waiting to get surgery? (14:15) Justin Verlander is back with the Tigers! Can you believe it!? (22:46) The Blue Jays were hit by the injury bug. So many major red flag injuries. An injury to Santander. An injury to Shane Bieber. (29:45) MLB meetings are taking place in Palm Beach. What are they discussing? (34:00) Review: The Alabama Solution. (38:25) NPPOD. (40:53) Are the Dallas Mavericks for sale? Is Mark Cuban getting the team back? Are the Adelsons leaving for Vegas? Limited Time Offer – Get Huel today with my exclusive offer of 15% OFF online with my code SAMSON15 at huel.com/SAMSON15. New Customers Only. Thank you to Huel for partnering and supporting our show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Shocked. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Wednesday, February 11th,
0:43.7	2026. Shocked is how all of you are, and I don't know why. I'm going to be very helpful
0:50.9	explaining why you're reading all about injuries in Major League Baseball
0:56.1	and how shocked that people are, oh my God, Chris Bryan of the Rockies is going on the 60-day
1:04.0	injure list. I don't know if anyone in Denver can believe it. Chris Bryan signed a seven-year, $182 million contract with the Rockies.
1:17.0	He's played in 170 games total in four years. But the only reason why this interests me, two reasons.
1:32.1	One, his agent is Scott Boris. Scott Boris is on a PR mission right now to tell all of you why the current system is so unfair to players, why players are
1:40.7	so badly underpaid for the first six years of their careers that once they hit
1:46.7	free agency it is finally time for them to get theirs why it's so important to get to the last
1:55.9	year of arbitration because then you can compare yourself to any player anywhere like Terrick Scouble did
2:03.6	trying to somehow excuse the reality that teams are getting absolutely screwed by the
2:14.6	overwhelming majority of free agent contracts.
2:20.3	But I don't blame Scott Boris.
2:23.3	You know this.
2:24.3	I blame me.
2:26.3	I blame executives.
2:27.3	I blame owners.
2:29.3	Chris Bryant doesn't get paid by the Rockies
2:31.3	unless the Rockies agree to pay Chris Bryant.
2:34.3	It is not a 50-50 relationship.
2:39.4	And when you sign a player and then are surprised that that player is injured or doesn't perform, it's on you.
2:50.1	Chris Bryant won the World Series with the Chicago Cubs,
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