Stuffiness: Jurickson Profar Suspended 162 Games; Concern for Roki Sasaki; Mariners Preview

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Atlanta Braves’ outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for the entire 2026 season, leaving the Braves in a hole as the season nears. Buster Olney, Karl Ravech and Eduardo Perez discuss. Plus, what is the level of concern for Roki Sasaki, their takeaways after a day with the Detroit Tigers, and who they’re picking to win the World Baseball Classic. Then, Hembo stops by to talk about the most important pitching skill in an ABS world, why he’s betting on a MacKenzie Gore breakout with the Texas Rangers, the star who’s hiding in plain sight and his WBC pick. Later, Buster previews the Seattle Mariners. Finally, he answers a listener question during Bleacher Tweets 0:00 Karl Ravech & Eduardo Perez 20:55 Hembo 36:38 Mariners preview 38:03 Bleacher Tweets CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: BleacherTweets@gmail.com REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From 30 for 30 Podcasts.
0:04.0	Are you in a lot?
0:06.0	He's going to fly on me.
0:07.0	Did you say someone got to stop?
0:09.0	Brian Patta, senior defensive lineman from Miami.
0:12.0	Gunned down.
0:14.0	The key to this case, it's Brian.
0:17.0	Boy, he's grabbed that.
0:18.0	An hour before he died, he was on the phone. This might be a hit.
0:22.8	You want the truth.
0:23.8	The biggest one of conviction being placed him to arrest.
0:26.4	We had a killer amongst us.
0:28.2	Murder at the U.
0:28.9	Listen now.
0:32.3	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Wednesday, March 4th,
0:35.8	2006, and today will be better than yesterday on Buster
0:39.6	only.
0:41.2	Working from my hotel room down in Fort Myers, Florida.
0:44.5	On Wednesday, we have the next exhibition broadcast, Red Sox and Yankees.
0:49.9	Taylor Schwink is working from the Schwink Studios.
0:51.8	And joining me now for the top of the first, Carl Ravich, Ravich, Eduardo Perez, who, of course, we did the game together on Monday. We've got another game tomorrow, guys. Good to see you. Buster, it is great to be seen, and it's great to be doing baseball again. I mean, that was a pervasive feeling when you had kind of a B.C. lineup
1:12.4	from both the Braves and Tigers. It's baseball. A lot of people are dealing with winter. A lot of
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