Why the NL is so much better than the AL, Yankees bullpen issues | Mariners exec Jerry Dipoto

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

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Welcome back to the Baseball Tonight podcast! Hembo joins us to talk about the National League's dominance over the American League, the Mets youth movement, Brice Turang stating claim to the best 2nd baseman in baseball, the Yankees bullpen issues, and the Giants historically low walk percentage. Then Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry DiPoto joins to discuss top prospect Colt Emerson's booming big league arrival, Julio Rodriguez's early-season success, why Cal Raleigh is struggling, and his approach to the trade deadline. 0:00 - Intro + last night 1:37 - Hembo joins the show 2:30 - National League's dominance over the American League 6:18 - Mets youth movement 10:37 - Brice Turang, best 2nd baseman in baseball? 13:10 - What's wrong with the Yankees bullpen? 18:30 - The Giants are taking walks at a historically low percentage 22:07 - Is Cam Schlittler running away with the AL Cy Young? 24:41 - Mariners exec Jerry Dipoto joins the show 25:00 - Rookie Colt Emerson's big week 29:46 - State of the Mariners season so far 31:48 - Julio Rodriguez's best start to a season of his career 35:00 - Cal Raleigh's struggles 37:26 - Trade deadline outlook 43:41 - Bleacher Tweets (Phillies, Yankees) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.1	today by Kenny Ligin, and we've got a fun show for you today after a great night of baseball last night.
0:41.5	In Arizona, Catelle Marte hitting a three-run homer to walk it off against San Francisco.
0:46.8	The Giants right now, 20 and 29.
0:49.5	A lot of conversation about what's next for the Giants.
0:52.3	The Dodgers dented Mason Miller that one of the few
0:55.8	teams is score against the Padres closer. They get a run to win their game five to four.
1:02.6	And later this week, we're going to be talking with Anthony Gwynn, of course, the great Padres
1:07.2	broadcaster, about what happened in this series. We'll be able to look back and assess
1:12.0	and see where these two teams are. But first, today we're going to be talking with Jerry
1:16.0	Depoto, the president of baseball operations with the Seattle Mariners. He's got great stories
1:20.3	about the first day in the big leagues for Colt Emerson, the struggles of Cal
1:24.1	Raleigh, and some great trade advice that he got from a baseball legend.
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