146: Carlos Rodon’s breakout summer

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Carlos Rodon speaks with Chuck Garfien about his dominant stretch of starts and how he’s started to figure things out as a major league pitcher. Rodon talks about controlling his temper on the mound and how he’s learned to win on days he doesn’t have his best stuff. He explains why he doesn’t miss any of Daniel Palka’s at-bats, how he’s impressed with Michael Kopech, why he sympathizes with Kopech being in Triple-A, why he’s not wearing an undershirt during games and much more.

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0:15.5	Hey, everybody. This is Chuck Arfine, and you are listening to the White Sox Talk podcast, brought you by WinTrust, Community Bank, home of White Sox checking with free HCMs nationwide. Hey, Matt Davidson, who just threw gum at me. This is going to be interesting podcast. It's a conversation I had with Carlos Rodon, and I will be, oh, thank you. Thank you. You're just jealous. You don't have a podcast to put out right now.
0:39.0	Is that what this is all about? Yeah. You don't, yeah, thanks. Thanks for the Sunflower Seeds.
0:45.4	So on this podcast, you're going to be hearing me interview Carl Srodon. I will be interrupted not only by Matt Davidson, but Yommer Sanchez and Nikki Delmonico.
1:00.0	That is going to be coming up, but let's get to what this podcast, which was all about, and it is about my conversation with, oh, now, Omar Arvayas.
1:03.0	Hi, how, Omar?
1:05.0	Okay, so, in a conversation with Carlos Rodan coming up, an insightful one where he talks about his recent success, seven straight starts, where he's been really good.
1:14.6	I think this is the best stretch of starts we've seen from him in his major league career and his last two starts.
1:19.6	Eight innings in both of them.
1:21.6	He talks about his temper.
1:23.6	If you've watched Rodan recently, you might have heard a profanity or two get picked up on the microphone.
1:31.3	We delve into that. We talk about Chris Sale, what he learned from watching Chris Sale.
1:37.3	Michael Copac. What's interesting for me is Rodon was drafted by the White Sox, came straight up to the major leagues basically, 34 innings than he was here.
1:50.9	Michael Copac's been a different story and some interesting thoughts from Rodon about Copac's current situation.
1:58.8	And also, why doesn't Carlos wear a shirt under his jersey? What's that all about?
2:04.9	So, here is my interview with Carlos Rodan and a few more interruptions. I guess I need to stop
2:12.2	doing the podcast right here in the dugout as players are coming through here because they just want to
2:18.9	mess with me. Is that what it's come to? Steve, our photographer, says yes. That's what it's come to.
2:24.9	All right, so here is my conversation with Carlos Rodan on the White Sox Talk Podcast.
2:29.7	So Carlos, pictures are just trying to figure things out, figure things out when they get up here.
2:34.5	And over time, you figure more things out.
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