Twins outfielder Harrison Bader on playing with Aaron Judge, center field defense, NYC baseball and WBC announcement

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

4:23 Harrison Bader joins the show!

6:30 Harrison’s baseball journey

17:06 Coming up with Cardinals

21:00 Center field defense

26:44 Playing with Byron Buxton/Carlos Correa

31:31 Aaron Judge 62 HR and Albert Pujols 700 HR chase

33:44 Playing in New York vs. the midwest

36:49 Swag as part of identity

40:44 How Harrison has developed since being a rookie

43:23 Being traded to Yankees

48:06 Biomechanics of swinging

54:55 Jewish culture

58:40 ANNOUNCEMENT!

Diamondbacks prospect Jacob Steinmetz joins the show to discuss his unique career, Orthodox Jewish challenges in baseball, and striking out Manny Machado in the World Baseball Classic

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
2:36 Diamondbacks spring training stories
5:55 Jacob’s baseball journey
11:54 Pitching philosophy
20:00 Being an Orthodox Jew in baseball
27:42 Playing for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic

Yankees prospect Harrison Cohen joins the show to tell his story of signing with the Yankees, fun Ben Rice stories, his Jewish heritage and plenty more.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:40 2020 draft + getting signed by Yankees

8:38 Playing with Ben Rice

16:00 Evolution of relationship with baseball

24:25 Meeting Yankees legends at camp

30:00 Coping with going undrafted

33:30 Baseball as a constant in life

38:09 Baseball as a Jewish sport

45:50 Studying film of pitchers growing up

Fast-rising Yankees prospect Eric Reyzelman joins the show to discuss spring training, his journey from college to the Yankees, pitching philosophy, the facial hair policy change and much more.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:40 Yankees Spring Training stories

9:00 Lessons from injury struggles

18:10 Why we love baseball

25:38 Yankees pitching development + analytics

33:34 Coaching styles at each level

40:17 LSU memories + Paul Skenes/Dylan Crews

44:39 Yankees facial hair policy change