NEW DETAILS about Tarik Skubal's surgery that could be "life-changing" for the game of baseball

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Welcome back to the Baseball Tonight podcast, publishing a day early because of breaking news surrounding Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal. His agent, Scott Boras, joined us to give us the details surrounding this first-time surgical procedure on an MLB player that could cut Skubal's recovery time in half. He also shares his memories about the late Bobby Cox. ESPN's Jesse Rogers then hops on to discuss the surprising reason for the Cubs early-season success, and who they could target at the trade deadline. We then switch to the AL where he tells us which playoff-favorite teams he's most concerned about. We finish the segment discussing some concerns about Boston's Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow. Finally, Royals broadcaster Eric Hosmer joins us to react to the Skubal news from Boras and why it could be a life-changing for the game of baseball. He then also shares his AL teams he's most concerned about. We finish with the state of sign-stealing in today's game. We end the show with Bleacher Tweets and Buster's memories about Bobby Cox. 0:00 Welcome 0:57 Scott Boars joins 1:31 Details on Skubal's surgery 4:27 Skubal's new timeline for returning to baseball 5:52 Update on Skubal post-surgery 6:22 Why Skubal can return much quicker than expected 7:25 Nerves for a new surgery? 8:32 How this surgery might impact Skubal's free agency 9:15 Bobby Cox memories 11:21 Jesse Rogers on the Cubs success 13:25 How Pete Crow-Armstrong is taking control 15:37 Cubs potential trade-deadline targets 18:27 Concern: Orioles, Red Sox, Mariners, Tigers, Blue Jays, Royals 22:07 Questions about Craig Breslow 26:51 Eric Hosmer joins the show 28:01 Reaction to Skubal surgery news 31:21 Concern: Orioles, Red Sox, Mariners, Tigers, Blue Jays, Royals 33:25 Trouble in Detroit 34:47 Royals are on the rise 35:52 Sign-Stealing discussion 40:28 Bleacher Tweets: Andy Pages + Cubs 42:57 Remembering Bobby Cox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.6	I'm Buster Only working from my hotel room in Kansas City Sunday night.
0:48.0	He had the radio broadcast of the game between the Royals and Tigers.
0:50.7	Kenny Lagan is producing filling in for Taylor Schwink.
0:52.8	And we got a lot to get to today. We are going to be hearing from agent Scott
0:56.2	Boris talking about the surgery that was done on Terrick Scoobel. A new surgery, Scott Boris
1:02.5	will tell you why it could shorten the time frame for Terrick Scoble to come back. We're going to
1:07.8	be hearing from Jesse Rogers, Eric Hosmer. They're going to handicap the
1:11.2	American League races for you. I also wanted to mention at the top of the show, the sad news about
1:15.7	Bobby Cox, the longtime manager of the Atlanta Braves passing on. I've got thoughts about him at
1:20.6	the end of the show. I know Scott also knew Bobby well. All right, let's get to it. Scott Boris is an agent to many players, and among those is Terrick School Bowl, the two-time
1:32.0	Syong Award winner. Scott, how you doing?
1:34.3	Great, boss, are you?
1:36.2	Doing well. So obviously, the big news in baseball in the last week, when we heard about
1:41.6	Terrick having those loose bodies in his elbow, we need surgery.
1:46.4	Not only is he important for the Detroit Tigers, but he's eligible for free agency in the fall,
1:52.4	potentially, and everyone's wondering how, you know, this might impact that.
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