Pitchers and catchers have reported to Port Charlotte, and on top of getting to talk with players an manager Kevin Cash and players on a daily basis, we’ll get a chance to see the first iteration of the mock Opening Day roster. Plus Fangraphs writer and sabermetric wizard Jason Collette joins the show to talk about how he got into next-generation statistics and how he thinks the American League East will work out.
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.