Off The Pike with Brian Barrett cover image

Hopkins Hype! Plus, Top Players From the Red Sox–Yankees Rivalry With John Jastremski.

Off The Pike with Brian Barrett

00:00

The Misperception of Dave Dombrowski

Dombrowski is very good at identifying the talent in the farm system that was okay to part ways with. That's an underrated skill of a general manager, and Dave Dombrowski was outstanding in that. Garrett Whitlock on Wednesday night goes seven innings, seven punch outs and he gave up just two earned runs. This is what you needed. Your bullpen had been overtaxed because you played three consecutive extra inning games. And so basically you just went from Whitlock to when Kowski for two hours to close out the game. So Whitlock is stepping up when the team desperately needs him to step up. They need a good starting pitch. Right now Whitlock has answered

Play episode from 01:06:05
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app