{"podcast":{"title":"Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney","slug":"baseball-tonight-with-buster-olney-583299","podcast_index_feed_id":583299,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ESP1723897648","website_url":"http://www.espn.com/podcenter","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/91cb3ba6-5efd-11ea-9305-3bea5c28f7c5/image/2757c429473e5fd114493bfc8bd192c1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"ESPN Radio","episode_count":200,"summary":"ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney leads the baseball discussion alongside other top analysts.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T06:18:10.603600+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/baseball-tonight-with-buster-olney-583299"},"episode":{"title":"Owners formally propose a salary cap. What that means for a potential lockout next season 🤔","slug":"owners-formally-propose-a-salary-cap-what-that-means-for-a-potential-lockout-next-season","published_at":"2026-05-29T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/baseball-tonight-with-buster-olney-583299/owners-formally-propose-a-salary-cap-what-that-means-for-a-potential-lockout-next-season","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/baseball-tonight-with-buster-olney-583299","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP9029300169.mp3?updated=1780021292","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP9029300169.mp3?updated=1780021292","summary":"Jesse Rogers joins the show to discuss the news today that MLB owners formally proposed a salary cap for the first time since the 1994 strike. He and Buster dive into how the players union feels about it, and how it affects the prospects for a lockout when the current CBA expires on Dec. 1. They also discuss how the Brewers continue to be successful year-after-year, and where Tarik Skubal might end up. Sarah Langs joins as she does every Friday for The Numbers Game, and Todd Radom tells us about his new book. 0:00 Intro 0:43 Owners Salary Cap proposal. Lockout next season? 13:06 How do the Brewers keep winning? 14:47 Why is offense down? 16:58 Tarik Skubal trade destinations 20:52 Sarah Langs Plays The Numbers Game 22:06 Todd Radom's new book 26:40 Bleacher Tweets: Padres and Fantasy Baseball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Jesse Rogers joins the show to discuss the news today that MLB owners formally proposed a salary cap for the first time since the 1994 strike. He and Bust…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1984,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/baseball-tonight-with-buster-olney-583299/episodes/owners-formally-propose-a-salary-cap-what-that-means-for-a-potential-lockout-next-season/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/baseball-tonight-with-buster-olney-583299/owners-formally-propose-a-salary-cap-what-that-means-for-a-potential-lockout-next-season.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}