Big Fish: Mike Trout Joins the Show!; Andrew Painter Debuts; Shohei Sizzles; Should the Cubs be Worried?

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Angels center fielder Mike Trout joins Buster to discuss a strong start to the season, reflecting on the past few season, striving for the postseason, his relationship with new manager Kurt Suzuki, and his first impressions of the ABS System. Then, Hembo talks about Phillies prospect Andrew Painter impressing in his debut, Shohei Ohtani’s outrageous first outing, what’s behind prospects Colt Emerson Cooper Pratt signing big deals, the Blue Jays’ terrific start, the White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami playing like he has something to prove, and the worrisome Cubs starting pitching. 0:00 Welcome 0:36 Mike Trout 3:35 Reflecting, slowing down the process 8:23 Putting together a healthy season 9:41 Striving for a postseason return 10:50 On manager Kurt Suzuki 12:06 ABS first impressions 14:20 Hembo, Phillies Andrew Painter debuts 19:06 Dodgers Shohei Ohtani throws 6 scoreless innings 22:35 Prospects Colt Emerson, Cooper Pratt sign big deals 27:58 Blue Jays, Dylan Cease off to terrific start 31:02 Mets Bo Bichette’s rough start 33:48 White Sox Munetaka Murakami can rake 37:51 Cubs pitching is worrisome 39:50 Bleacher Tweets CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: BleacherTweets@gmail.com REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS Follow The Baseball Tonight Podcast on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHeL6O-A-ASmSMwbSCFvPKEq1Cslo_lrw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FG6xCcd338SgZjZ9urHRI Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-tonight-with-buster-olney/id137699414 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From 30 for 30 Podcasts.
0:04.0	What are you in a lot?
0:07.0	Did you say someone got to stop?
0:09.0	Brian Patta, senior defensive lineman from Miami, gunned down.
0:14.0	The key to this case, it's Brian.
0:17.0	Boy, he's breath there.
0:18.0	An hour before he died, he was on the phone. This might be a hit.
0:22.8	You want the truth.
0:23.8	Biggest one of conviction being placed him to arrest.
0:26.4	We had a killer amongst us.
0:28.2	Murder at the U.
0:28.9	Listen now.
0:32.1	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Wednesday, April 1st,
0:35.9	2026, and today will be better than yesterday.
0:39.1	I'm Buster Only, and I'm talking to Taylor Schwink, who's working at ESPN today. Taylor, how you doing? I'm excellent Buster. We have a top-not show today. I'm very, very excited. Want to tell them who we got? Yeah. So Pauline Bucatius is going to join us.
0:52.6	We have a lot to talk about, you know, great rookies.
0:55.6	But first we're going to start us, so we have a lot to talk about, you know, great rookies.
0:55.6	But first, we're going to start out with a Hall of Famer, Mike Trout, who's off to a great start with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
1:04.6	Mike Trout plays for the Angels. He's off to a great start, and he joins us now.
1:09.9	Mike, how you doing? I'm doing great. I'm doing great. I read your
1:14.7	quotes at the outset of spring training. I was excited because you were telling reporters,
1:19.0	you felt good going into spring training. Tell me what you were feeling. Yeah, no,
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