Ep. 213: How Blake Rutherford went to baseball school with MVP Christian Yelich

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

White Sox prospect Blake Rutherford speaks with Chuck Garfien about working out this offseason with Christian Yelich, Ryan Braun, Mike Moustakas and Tyler Saladino (3:50) why Yelich is like a big brother to Rutherford (6:20) where he fits in the logjam of White Sox outfield prospects (9:00) how and why he added strength this offseason (11:40), what made the Winston-Salem Dash so special in 2018 and more.

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0:23.1	Hey everybody, I'm Chuck Arfine and you are listening to The White Sox Talk Podcast, brought
0:28.3	you by Win Trust, Community Bank.
0:30.6	And I want you to imagine you're 21 years old.
0:34.2	You're trying to make it to the big leagues and you get to spend the winter going to
0:38.6	baseball school with reigning MVP Christian Yellich. And not only with Yelich, but you've got
0:44.2	former MVP Ryan Braun there, an all-star Mike Mustakis, as well as Tyler Saladino and
0:49.4	Trevor Plouffe. That's what Blake Rutherford got to do this offseason.
0:55.3	It was those five guys and Blake working out and hitting together in Southern California.
1:02.4	Today on the podcast, Blake talks about what that experience was like.
1:06.4	Why Yelich is like a big brother to him, where he might fit in with the White Sox out white socks outfield in the future why Blake added so much strength to his frame in
1:14.8	the offseason and what made the Winston-Salem dash so special in 2018 some great
1:21.2	great stuff and great insight in there and a whole lot more we taped this earlier in the
1:26.4	week the day after he had three hits in a spring training
1:29.1	game against San Diego.
1:30.8	This is a great kid with a bright future.
1:34.5	And I hope you enjoy my conversation with Blake Rutherford on the White Sox Talk
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