Tonight’s MLB episode of Productive Conversations w/ Matt Brown is loaded from top to bottom. We open with the biggest storyline hanging over the sport — owners and players officially kicked off CBA negotiations today, with a salary cap front and center and a potential work stoppage looming at the end of this season. Then we get into the on-field chaos: Shohei Ohtani is in the middle of a real offensive funk, hitting .241 with an 0-for-17 skid that had the Dodgers sitting him out of the DH spot on pitching days. Cal Raleigh — last year’s AL MVP runner-up — is hitting just .161 and is hitless in his last 36 plate appearances, calling his slump “really ugly.” Spencer Jones finally made his big-league debut Friday for the Yankees, giving them two 6-foot-7 sluggers in the same outfield. Carlos Correa tore a tendon in his ankle swinging in a batting cage and is done for the year. And we close out by paying tribute to John Sterling, the legendary Yankees radio voice who passed away May 4th at 87. Plus Name That Player — easy, medium, and hard.

Tap into Episode 741 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube

Owners and PA meeting (8:20)
Ohtani has been struggling (16:34)
Cal Raleigh Struggling (26:18)
Spencer Jones Debut (31:45)
Correa Season Ending Injury (36:48)
Rip John Sterling (40:35)
Name That Player (49:06)
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