Astros Spotlight: Tatsuya Imai Gets Honest, Hunter Brown Gets Defensive

About this episode

The episode discusses Tatsuya Imai's struggles in MLB and Hunter Brown's defense against criticism from his GM.

Tatsuya Imai is struggling to adjust in Major League Baseball and Hunter Brown defended himself against his GM's assertion that he threw too hard in spring training. All in a day's work at Daikin Park. Tyler Stafford and The Athletic's Chandler Rome discuss Imai's viral comments, what the Astros can do to help him and how Dana Brown erred in his public analysis of Hunter Brown before previewing Spencer Arrighetti's return to the starting rotation. Go to  HelloFresh.com/FT10FM now to Get 10 Free meals + Free Nutribullet® Ultra Plus+ 2-in-1 Compact Kitchen System (a $189.99 value) on your 3rd box . Free meals applied as a discount on the first box, new subscribers only, varies by plan. Must order the 3rd box by May 31st, 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Tyler Stafford

Guests: Tatsuya Imai, Hunter Brown, Chandler Rome

Topics covered

• MLB adjustment
• player defense
• Astros analysis
• spring training
• starting rotation

Keywords

• Tatsuya Imai
• Hunter Brown
• MLB
• Astros
• spring training
• Daikin Park
• Chandler Rome

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Daikin Park, The Athletic

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