Jul 1, 2026 · 48 min · 10 segments
On this episode of GET IT DONE LEAGUE, Josh Donaldson, Arash Madani and Russell Martin break down the insane Ohtani Rushing drama, talk about their experiences in the club house, and get real when…
Josh DonaldsonHost
Russell MartinHost
Arash MadaniHost
I mean, it's become the story in baseball over the last, I don't know, week or so.
The narrative has been that the catcher is showing up Shohei Ohtani? Like it, just how that whole thing all shook down, and then Dave Roberts kind of puts his arm around Rushing in the dugout afterwards.
Freddie Freeman goes and has a chat with a young 25-year-old just finding his way in the big leagues.
But Russ, you see something like that shakedown with a young catcher, what's, what's your kind of reaction to this?
Well, your job as a catcher is to protect your pitchers, right? You never wanna show-- You're never supposed to, you know, show your pitchers up.
Just like pitchers, if somebody makes an error behind them, you know, y- you don't wanna see your pitcher throw his hands up or, you know, bark at you or whatever.
And if there's one guy that you probably should never, ever show up, it's Shohei.
I mean, he's, you know, ar- arguably one of the best talents that, that has ever played the game, and he seems like a great teammate and, and a good dude, and I don't think he would ever show anybody up, ever.
I, I'd like to know what the real conversation was like, you know, before they talked to the media afterwards.
Like when, when the catcher went up to Shohei, even before the translator got there, even before Mark Pryor, the pitching coach, got there.
Like JD, I, I can't remember the last time on the field I've seen Ohtani that animated.
Yeah, well I think, I think there's a couple layers to this, right? I think one of the layers that I will talk about first is Shohei kind of has been giving up a few runs leading up to this, and I even saw earlier in the week where he's, like, throwing another bullpen to try to get some feel for some pitches and work on some things.
And if you know Shohei, I don't think he, like, it's not that he doesn't work, but I don't think he puts his body through more than what he should because of ... him hitting and pitching, right? Or whatever he thinks.
So I think he's kinda feeling a little bit like he wants to right the ship, and then when he's going out there and he's got this young kid that's either getting crossed up or, and he's showing him up and it doesn't look good on TV, it doesn't look good to Shohei, like, uh, because the game, if there is one game that the guy's about, everybody's talking about, it's Shohei.
I mean, it's become the story in baseball over the last, I don't know, week or so.
The narrative has been that the catcher is showing up Shohei Ohtani? Like it, just how that whole thing all shook down, and then Dave Roberts kind of puts his arm around Rushing in the dugout afterwards.
Freddie Freeman goes and has a chat with a young 25-year-old just finding his way in the big leagues.
But Russ, you see something like that shakedown with a young catcher, what's, what's your kind of reaction to this?
Well, your job as a catcher is to protect your pitchers, right? You never wanna show-- You're never supposed to, you know, show your pitchers up.
Just like pitchers, if somebody makes an error behind them, you know, y- you don't wanna see your pitcher throw his hands up or, you know, bark at you or whatever.
And if there's one guy that you probably should never, ever show up, it's Shohei.
I mean, he's, you know, ar- arguably one of the best talents that, that has ever played the game, and he seems like a great teammate and, and a good dude, and I don't think he would ever show anybody up, ever.
I, I'd like to know what the real conversation was like, you know, before they talked to the media afterwards.
Like when, when the catcher went up to Shohei, even before the translator got there, even before Mark Pryor, the pitching coach, got there.
Like JD, I, I can't remember the last time on the field I've seen Ohtani that animated.
Yeah, well I think, I think there's a couple layers to this, right? I think one of the layers that I will talk about first is Shohei kind of has been giving up a few runs leading up to this, and I even saw earlier in the week where he's, like, throwing another bullpen to try to get some feel for some pitches and work on some things.
And if you know Shohei, I don't think he, like, it's not that he doesn't work, but I don't think he puts his body through more than what he should because of ... him hitting and pitching, right? Or whatever he thinks.
So I think he's kinda feeling a little bit like he wants to right the ship, and then when he's going out there and he's got this young kid that's either getting crossed up or, and he's showing him up and it doesn't look good on TV, it doesn't look good to Shohei, like, uh, because the game, if there is one game that the guy's about, everybody's talking about, it's Shohei.
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