MLB commissioner meets the media! Mets owner Steve Cohen is fed up with losing! Aaron Judge was happy with the Yankees signings? (Episode 1414 Hour 2)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Baseball season is in full swing. Not regular season. But, you get it. Rob Manfred met with the media. More CBA negations. More prediction markets. The usual for commissioners these days. (15:34) Mets owner Steve Cohen met with the media. He is tired of losing. He will never have a captain. But he will spend and spend and spend. (33:30) The Yankees MVP had problems with the team’s offseason, but then he didn’t. Is he really okay with the team running it back? (41:25) Nick Castellanos is no longer a Phillie. He’s San Diego bound. The end of his tenure in Philadelphia was an absolute mess. (47:50) Casey Wasserman is selling his agency. Casey Wasserman has been asked to stepped down as head of LA28. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to nothing personal.
0:38.9	Last week, Major League Baseball held its quarterly owners meetings.
0:43.8	And on Thursday of last week, Rob Manford met the media.
0:49.6	And it's what commissioners have to do at the end of every owner's meeting.
0:53.5	So they meet the media four
0:54.7	times year to minimum. They meet the media during the postseason. They will meet the media
0:59.6	around opening day, All-Star Game. There's certain points, and especially this year, with
1:07.8	collective bargaining starting because the agreement ends in December of
1:13.6	2006 after this current season. Everyone is going to be very interested in what the commissioner has to say.
1:23.1	The meetings were held in Palm Beach at the breakers.
1:32.0	I want to go over a few things that Rob talked about
1:36.0	and explain why they matter.
1:39.4	Let's start with prediction markets.
1:42.4	This is a real thing, folks.
1:45.4	It's been addressed by the NBA. It's been addressed by the NBA.
1:48.1	It's been addressed by Major League Baseball now.
1:52.2	Remember that baseball had an initial view of prediction markets.
1:53.9	Hey, let's not.
1:56.2	You know, please, let's be smart here.
1:57.6	Let's stay away.
2:04.0	The leagues have partnered, much as we have,
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