Spear: First Baseball Fight of the Season; Konnor Griffin Gets the Bag; How Two Players from Red Sox Country Made it to the Bronx

Our first baseball fight of the year! The Angels and Braves throw punches, and Atlanta manager Walt Weiss spears Jorge Soler! Plus, the Pittsburgh Pirates sign Konnor Griffin to a 9-year, $120M contract. Then, Buster Olney and Jesse Rogers discuss the messy state of the Cubs’ rotation, the Blue Jays’ rough start, and the Milwaukee Brewers throwing at Red Sox catch Willson Contreras again! Later, Yankees scout Matt Hyde talks about finding diamonds in the rough scouting Ben Rice and Cam Schlittler in Massachusetts, and taking them late in the draft. Finally, Buster answers your questions during Bleacher Tweets. 0:00 Welcome 0:45 Konnor Griffin, Pirates sign 9-year $140M deal 1:45 Angels-Braves brawl 3:17 Jesse Rogers joins 3:39 Cubs Cade Horton injured 7:11 Blue Jays rough start 11:25 Red Sox Willson Contreras hit by Brewers again! 19:36 Guardians José Ramírez 21:55 Yankees scout Matt Hyde 23:33 Scouting Ben Rice 30:00 Scouting Cam Schlittler 37:30 Bleacher Tweets CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: BleacherTweets@gmail.com REACH OUT ON X: Follow The Baseball Tonight Podcast on… YouTube: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Spear: First Baseball Fight of the Season; Konnor Griffin Gets the Bag; How Two Players from Red Sox Country Made it to the Bronx is an episode from Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney by ESPN Radio.

This episode is 46:33 long.

This episode was published on Apr 8, 2026.

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