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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Edgar Quero dreaming about his major league debut

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4612 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with catcher Edgar Quero about his journey from Cuba to the United States, the importance of learning English, modeling his game after Yadier Molina, and how he dreams of playing in the major leagues every night he goes to sleep. Plus, Chuck shares one stat the White Sox should be much better at this season.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Do you go to that place of what that'll be like when they say, Edgar, coming to Chicago?

0:06.0

Yeah, I dream with that every night.

0:08.0

You dream of that every night?

0:09.0

Yes.

0:10.0

Every night when I go to the bed, just think about that moment.

0:16.0

And sometime in 2025, Edgar Caro will very likely get to experience that moment.

0:24.2

He's knocking on the door for the major leagues, and he joins me on the White Sox podcast to talk about that and a whole lot more.

0:31.7

Hey, everyone, it's Chuck Garfine.

0:33.4

And the more I have watched Edgar Carroll play, and the more that I've spoken to him,

0:39.4

he was on the podcast back in June,

0:41.7

the more I'm impressed with who he is as a player,

0:44.8

as a person, and as a competitor.

0:48.9

We spoke over the weekend at Sox Fest,

0:51.4

and we talked about a whole bunch of things like

0:54.0

what it was like defecting

0:56.0

from Cuba, saying goodbye to his family members and friends, and then coming to the United States,

1:02.9

not speaking the language and quickly learning English so we could be a better catcher and

1:10.4

better teammate.

1:12.1

I mean, back in 2021, Edgar did not speak any English, and you're going to hear what he sounds like now.

1:19.9

Also, how he wants to be a leader, like Yadir Molina, why he was a better hitter last year in AAA versus double A

1:29.3

and why he sees

1:31.1

a bright future for

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