Retire The Number: Rays Chandler Simpson Stops By; Struggling Stars

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The Rays’ Chandler Simpson is a menace on the bases. He joins Buster Olney to discuss what other players say about his speed during games, his on-base obsession, pregame bunting regimen, Tony Gwynn, and Jackie Robinson’s on the field fearlessness. Then, ESPN’s David Schoenfield stops by to talk about star players batting under .200 to start the season and Garrett Crochet’s eyebrow raising game. Plus, on a scale of 1-10, how worried are they about the Blue Jays, Mets and Astros. Later, Buster is joined by former National League President Leonard Coleman Jr. to share the story of how Robinson’s No. 42 was retired across MLB. Finally, Buster answers yours questions during Bleacher Tweets. 0:00 Welcome 0:30 Rays OF Chandler Simpson joins the show 1:07 Catchers telling him to “slow down” 2:10 Obsessed with getting on base 3:34 On bunting 7:39 Watching Tony Gwynn highlights 8:40 Wearing No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day 10:40 David Schoenfield joins the show 13:17 Star players batting under .200 16:15 Garret Crochet’s 10 ER outing 18:15 Level of concern for the Toronto Blue Jays 20:16 New York Mets 25:28 Houston Astros 28:22 Story behind retiring No. 42 across MLB 35:23 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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0:32.3	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Wednesday, April 15th, 2026, and today will be better than yesterday.
0:39.9	I'm Buster Only working from Los Angeles.
0:42.4	We're on Wednesday night.
0:44.1	We have the Jackie Robinson Day game between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
0:49.3	Taylor Swank is back in Bristol producing today.
0:52.9	And coming up, Danler Simpson is an outfielder with the Tampa Bay raise,
0:57.4	and he's off to a great start this year.
0:59.1	Chandler, how you doing?
1:00.6	How you doing?
1:02.0	Good.
1:02.4	It's good to talk to you again.
1:03.4	I remember meeting you at spring training at Ray's Camp in 2025.
1:07.5	It was a great conversation.
1:09.1	So thanks for taking the time to join us again.
1:12.0	I watched you in that series against the Yankees over the weekend, and I was thinking,
1:16.4	man, you are the type of player, maybe like a pitcher who throws a nasty breaking ball or a hitter who has big power.
1:23.9	Because of your speed, I'm guessing you get a lot of reaction from your peers.
1:29.3	What are some of the things that you had, whether it was catchers or first baseman or,
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