Blake Snell and the loose body problem! Edwin Diaz implicated in illegal cockfighting ring! Is Tampa getting a new Rays stadium now!? (Episode 1457 Hour 2)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We have reached the loose body problem portion of the season. Blake Snell is now on the injured list. Blake Snell has loose bodies in his elbow. He is added to the long list of players dealing with this. (9:08) The Dodgers might have a slight Edwin Díaz problem. A report from USA Today exposed him as being part of an illegal cockfighting ring in Puerto Rico. Uh oh. (28:10) The Phillies are HOT! (33:50) The Tampa Bay Rays are closer to a new stadium in Tampa. Is this deja vu? Another announcement! Does this one mean anything more? (42:25) There’s another bill that was put forward in front of congress. This one is about private equity and the rising cost of youth sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.3	I'm
0:39.3	you Welcome back to nothing personal.
1:08.8	I'm David Samson.
1:13.2	I'm sorry, Coco. I can't stop laughing about this next story. It can't be true. It's too good to be true.
1:22.4	Blake Snell is having surgery. No, no, I'm not excited about someone having surgery. It's terrible because there's
1:28.2	risks of anesthesia. You don't want surgery. It's bad. It's all bad. But Blake Snell is a client of
1:35.0	Scott Boras. Blake Snell has the exact same issue that Terrick Scouple had. They're both
1:41.9	Boris clients. There's one major difference. What do you think?
1:48.6	We're going to play a game, which is super hard to do without a studio audience, but I know you're
1:52.6	out there, so we're going to play it. What's the difference between Blake Snell and Tarek Skubal?
1:58.8	What's the number one difference in your mind?
2:02.6	Ready? Reveal. Three, two, one. Contract length. Nailed it. Blake Snell got paid. Blake
2:13.7	Snell got paid. Terrick Scububa is going to be a free agent.
2:18.6	In Scott Boras's mind,
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