Dugout Discussions with Chris Rose

Chris Rose spent years as the face of MLB Network's Intentional Talk, and that experience shows in every episode of Dugout Discussions. Produced by Jomboy Media, the show is built around one simple concept: Rose goes to ballparks and sits down with players for real conversations. Not the rehearsed media-day stuff, but actual talks about their careers, their personalities, the weird rituals they keep in the clubhouse. The results are consistently entertaining. Rose has a broadcaster's gift for making guests comfortable, and players tend to open up with him in ways they do not on other shows. The guest list reads like a who's who of current MLB talent -- Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Vinnie Pasquantino, Miguel Rojas, Austin Hedges. Episodes vary in length quite a bit, from quick 13-minute chats to longer 45-minute deep dives depending on the player and the moment. The show previously operated as The Chris Rose Rotation with a fixed panel of six active players as rotating co-hosts, and the pivot to the interview-focused Dugout Discussions format happened in early 2025. That shift seems to have worked: the podcast carries a 4.9-star rating from nearly 700 reviewers, making it one of the highest-rated baseball shows on Apple Podcasts. Some longtime listeners miss the longer-form rotation format and have noted more ads in recent episodes. But the player access remains unmatched. With over 300 episodes in the archive and weekly Monday drops, it is a reliable source of personality-driven baseball content that reminds you these are actual humans playing the game.