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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.
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"Astros Spotlight: Tatsuya Imai Gets Honest, Hunter Brown Gets Defensive" is an episode of Crush City Territory: A Houston Astros Podcast. Runtime 46 min. Published April 15, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.