Summary[]
Ben and Sam discuss Aroldis Chapman’s role and how much control players should have over the way they’re used by their teams.
Topics[]
- Aroldis Chapman conversion to starter
- Cincinnati Reds
Banter[]
- Sam watched a World Baseball Classic game. On streaming the game, he said "it's possible I did something illegal and this might be my last episode."
- Sam notes that 162 is a significant baseball number. "I guess I never realized quite how long a baseball season was, until I did a daily podcast for what seems like eternity."
- No Reds Talk
Notes[]
- Chapman's conversion to a starter was also discussed in Episode 81.
- Ben is skeptical of if the Reds are properly handling Chapman's conversion to the rotation.
- Chapman has publicly said he would prefer to be a closer.
- In 1991 Randy Johnson walked 152 batters. All but 20 pitchers in baseball had under 152 strikeouts on the season. That season he walked more batters than he gave up hits. This has been done 5 times since 1980.