We are only a couple of weeks away from the start of the 2021 regular season, and Steve Carney discusses how the biggest obstacle players may have to deal with this year isn’t the health and safety protocols, but the grind of going through a six-month, 162-game slate dealing with the protocols. He talks with infielder Brandon Lowe about what sort of preparations he’s made for going back to a 162 game marathon.
Also, a pair of injuries could significantly change the projections for the Opening Day roster. Finally, former Rays pitcher and Tampa Bay area youth baseball coach Seth McClung stops by to talk about the experiments Major League Baseball is conducting with rules in the minors, and how it could alter not only how pros play the game, but how those players looking to become professionals get coached.
Listen to this week’s episode below!
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
