Tim Kurkjian Tough: Framber Valdez Lingering; Offseason Losers; Stephania Bell on Injuries to Watch Heading Into Spring

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Tim Kurkjian, Jesse Rogers and Buster discuss the thought process behind Hall of Fame voting with the news of Bill Belichick's NFL first-ballot snub, Tim's tales of new Hall of Famers Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltran, Cody Bellinger bolstering the Yankees, why Framber Valdez could go unsigned for weeks, potential suitors for the Cardinals' Brendan Donovan, and the offseason's biggest losers (so far). Then, ESPN injury expert Stephania Bell stops by to share updates on Gerrit Cole, Zack Wheeler, Nathan Eovaldi, Austin Riley, and Carlos Rodon. CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: BleacherTweets@gmail.com REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS 4:40 Tim Kurkjian & Jesse Rogers 33:03 Stephania Bell 50:35 Bleacher Tweets 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	What are you in a lot?
0:07.0	Did you say someone got to stop?
0:09.0	Brian Patta, senior defensive lineman from Miami, gunned down.
0:14.0	The key to this case, it's Brian.
0:17.0	Boy, he's breath there.
0:18.0	An hour before he died, he was on the phone. Argued what about this might be a hit.
0:22.8	You want the truth.
0:23.8	Biggest one of conviction.
0:24.6	Being placed him to arrest.
0:26.4	We had a killer amongst us.
0:28.2	Murder at the U.
0:29.0	Listen now.
0:33.9	Way out of here.
0:36.8	This is baseball tonight, the podcast. This Baseball Tonight, the podcast.
0:41.7	This is the Baseball Tonight podcast for Wednesday, January 28, 2006, and today will be better than yesterday.
0:50.0	Taylor Swink is working from the Swink Studios back in Connecticut.
0:53.4	I'm Buster Only, and soon are going to be joined by Tim Kirchin and Jesse Rogers on a roundtable. Taylor, I suspect that, you know, this is like one of those rare moments where the baseball writers are not being yelled at the most. It's the Hall of Fame voters for the NFL that are getting yelled at the most. It's kind of a banner day for baseball
1:11.6	writers. Do you love this? You're going to revel in this here. You're totally, you and Jesse and
1:16.8	Tim, you're going to be like, ha ha, we're not the butt of the joke today. I can already see it now.
1:22.4	Yeah. I would say this, the Belichick voting and the fact that he'd get in the Hall of Fame, but just, Taylor, you're going to agree with me. He should absolutely be in the Hall of Fame. Buster, if Bill Belichick is not a Hall of Famer, who is a Hall of Famer? Tell me. Answer that question for me and I'm good, but until you can. I know. Yeah, that process that the NFL has, I think, underscores some of the issues that we see in the Baseball Hall of Fame voter. At least I do. And I'm going to be talking with Tim and Jesse about those. And Stefania Bell, ESPN's injury expert, is going to join us to give her her list of the most impactful injury question going into the season.
2:04.0	I suggested maybe Garrett Cole could be one.
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