Tarik Skubal's trade destinations | Cardinals pitcher Michael McGreevy joins

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Hembo joins the show to discuss Houston's no-hitter and if it might impact their "seller" status at the trade deadline. Buster and Hembo also discuss Tarik Skubal's potential destinations, including the team Buster thinks will land him. They also hit on JJ Wetherholt's rise, Jacob Misiorowski's dominance, and Nolan McLean's struggles. Cardinals pitcher Michael McGreevy then joins the show to discuss his game, why he was upset about his college coach's decision to move him from a two-way player to solely a pitcher, and the Cardinals quicker-than-expected rise. 0:00 - Top of the First: Hitters, Uribe, Skubal 2:55 - Hembo joins the show 3:36 - Does Astros no-hitter change their "seller" status? 6:35 - Rangers approach to the trade deadline 7:35 - What team could trade for Tarik Skubal? 13:15 - Cardinals rookie JJ Wetherholt is already impressive 15:34 - What has spurred Jacob Misiorowski's rapid improvement? 19:30 - Mets pitcher Nolan McLean's struggles 22:33 - Cardinals pitcher Michael McGreevy joins the show 22:44 - McGreevy's oulook on the NL Cy Young race 23:55 - Pitchers' strategic changes 25:12 - McGreevy's wide pitching arsenal 26:24 - Pitchers McGreevy tries to emulate 29:05 - Change from SS to pitcher in college 30:28 - Tarps Off Section has given energy to Cardinals 32:20 - Inside the Cardinals success 33:35 - JJ Wetherholt's rapid rise 34:38 - Question for Cam Schlittler 35:35 - Job if not playing baseball 37:11 - Bleacher Tweets: Yankees, Jen Pawol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:05.0	Mom!
0:06.0	Up the stairs for something.
0:08.0	Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.
0:12.0	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:14.0	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:17.0	Hello Fresh can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:23.4	So its phones down, forks up.
0:25.6	Hello Fresh.
0:26.5	Bring back dinner time.
0:31.7	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Wednesday, May 27, 2006, presented by Lakeita by Wyndham.
0:41.6	Buster only working from Boston, where my partner Liz, her son is getting his PhD this week.
0:48.1	Kenny Ligon is producing from Bristol, Connecticut.
0:51.3	The top of the first is presented by Lakeinta by Wyndham. On Tuesday,
0:56.8	hitters went absolutely crazy. Look, the other day in Kansas City, I had a great conversation
1:01.9	with Cody Bellinger. A lot of the Yankees were taking batting practice. Cody Bellinger was not,
1:07.0	but because it was such a nice day, it was like 80 degrees, he was basically out on the bench just sunning himself.
1:13.7	He said, man, this feels great.
1:15.7	And it feels like hitters around baseball, they took to the warm weather on Tuesday.
1:21.0	The Yankees got 24 hits in Kansas City.
1:23.8	You had Michael Harris getting four hits, hitting a home run, pushing his batting average at 304 in Boston.
1:29.6	And he pahe's had a huge day.
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