Raleigh and Ohtani SLUMPING! What is the Skubal Scope? Mets desperation! Phillies rebounding! (Episode 1454 Hour 2)

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David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

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🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Cal Raleigh is slumping. Cal Raleigh cannot hit. Doesn’t matter what he did last year. Could have been an MVP. Relax! It’s a slump! (6:48) What is going on with Tarik Skubal? According to Scott Boras he is the first person to ever undergo this new surgery! Is Skubal going to come back sooner!? (18:53) The Mets still have the worst record in baseball. It’s all still going badly. Are they thinking sell sell sell? (27:00) The Phillies are hot. Rob Thomson is out. Don Mattingly in. And the Phillies are HOT! (36:00) I need to talk about a moment from Sunday that I got wrong. (42:10) The World Cup is almost here. And it is littered with drama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm I'm I love baseball.
0:40.8	I love overreactions in baseball.
0:42.6	It's one of my favorite things.
0:44.2	Total panic.
0:47.4	Cal Raleigh, oh for his last 36.
0:50.3	The sky has fallen.
0:54.2	O for 36, that's nine games.
0:55.6	Nine games.
0:56.6	Four at bats a game.
0:57.6	You can do the math.
0:59.8	Could be a three in there, maybe a five.
1:01.9	But I'm going to just say nine games of four.
1:04.6	Ugly strikeouts.
1:07.5	16 of them over 36 at bats.
1:17.3	A whiff rate approaching 50%. Last year, 60 home runs, anomaly. All-world catcher, top defensive catcher, doesn't miss a game, should have been the MVP, and now
1:22.7	look at me, stinks. There is nothing better than a fan and media overreaction to a slump in baseball for whatever reason
1:35.4	and i don't know maybe our wires are our brains are wired this way maybe it's how we can survive
1:43.1	maybe it's how we can deal with trauma and tragedy.
1:47.0	But for whatever reason, we've got very short memories when it comes to players and their
1:54.1	actions on the field. Do you think that an 0 for 36 slump that you should just release the player?
2:02.0	Is that the plan?
2:03.7	Is that what you would do?
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