Who is the best pitcher in baseball? + Judge's injury and what that means for him and the Yankees

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Eric Hosmer joins Buster Olney to talk about Jacob Misiorowski's latest firecracker outing where he threw 45 pitches over 101 mph! Is he the best pitcher in baseball over Paul Skenes, Shohei Ohtani, and Cristopher Sanchez? They also talk through: Aaron Judge's injury and what it means for him and the Yankees this season, Fernando Tatis Jr's struggles, and the AL Wild Card Race. David Schoenfield then stops by to chat Misiorowski, Houston's recent surge, and Roki Sasaki's emergence for the Dodgers. Plus Bleacher Tweets where Buster discusses what's happening with the Red Sox organization. 0:00 Top of the First 0:54 Alex Bregman takes accountability for Cubs' struggles 1:56 Kevin McGonigle shines for Detroit 2:25 Reds bullpen woes 2:55 Atlanta Braves on 110-win pace 3:36 Jacob Misiorowski's dominance with Eric Hosmer 10:48 Aaron Judge's injury 13:35 AL MVP Race (Yordan Alvarez, Bobby Witt Jr) 15:20 Cody Bellinger fits well in New York 16:22 Padres offense is MIA 19:06 AL Wild Card Race 21:46 Dave Schoenfield joins, how bout those Knicks?! 23:50 Is Misiorowski the best pitcher in baseball? 26:18 The Houston Astros are not out of it 29:21 Louis Varland dominating for Blue Jays 30:11 Roki Sasaki blooming for Dodgers 33:46 Bleacher Tweets (best fan bases, Red Sox woes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.0	I'm muster only working from my home in Montana.
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0:45.6	Today we're going to be talking with Eric Hosmer, the Haas, who's going to talk about
0:49.9	Jacob Mizorowski, the Miz, who on Saturday was setting records for velocity.
0:56.2	But Haas is going to tell you why with Mizorowski, it's not just about velocity.
1:00.3	We're also going to talk about the American League MVP race now that Aaron Judge is out
1:05.3	and presumably not going to win that award this year.
1:08.1	Haas has some interesting thoughts about other candidates who could step forward.
1:11.8	We'll be speaking also with David Schoenfield of ESPN.com about some of the races we're
1:18.1	seeing in the American League.
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