Early takeaways and freak out factors with MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This early in the baseball season, what’s really happening with the White Sox and the rest of the AL Central? Chuck Garfien speaks with MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince for some early takeaways and freak out factors here in the month of April. Should White Sox fans be concerned about the rash of injuries, Liam Hendriks struggles in the ninth, and the play of Leury Garcia? They also talk about the White Sox challenging April schedule and cover the freak out factors in the rest of the division. Another injury to Byron Buxton, multiple players hurt with the Tigers, the Guardians front office attempt to win, and more.(5:23) - Should Sox fans be concerned about the injuries?(10:32) - Is Liam Hendricks' struggles in the ninth going to be an issue this year?(13:30) - Will Leury Garcia remember how to play baseball?(30:00) - How good will the Guardians be this year?(38:10) - Should Twins fans be concerned about Byron Buxton's injury?

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:09.3	Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you.
0:12.7	As always, by our great friends, Edwin Trust.
0:16.7	All right, the month of April is easily the corkiest month of the baseball season,
0:22.8	because many times what happens in April is a total outlier and doesn't necessarily reflect
0:30.5	what's going to happen with a team or a player after that.
0:33.9	I mean, look at your mean Mercedes last April.
0:36.9	He won the AL rookie of the month. He seemed
0:39.5	like a bona fide all-star, but then as the baseball schedule continued and pitchers found his
0:45.1	weaknesses, April was quickly forgotten and Yermine was in the minor leagues by the end of June.
0:52.0	Now, Mercedes is an extreme example of April oddities, but as we
0:57.1	reach the midway point of the month, what are we seen from the White Sox and the rest of the
1:03.2	AL Central? What's real? What's not? What's just April? And what's much more than that?
1:11.1	On the podcast, we've got one of our favorite guests.
1:14.4	Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com and MLB Network for his early season freak out factors.
1:22.1	Everything from White Sox injuries, Liam Hendricks and the ninth, and the struggles of Leary Garcia,
1:29.4	the Byron Buckson getting hurt again.
1:31.4	The Guardians giving all their money to Jose Ramirez and nobody else.
1:35.3	The Tigers putting Javi Baez and Casey Mize on the injured list,
1:40.0	and more.
1:41.8	So it is early season takeaways and freak out factors
1:46.8	with Anthony Castrovince.
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