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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Inside the new pitch that might transform Davis Martin’s career

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4612 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien sits down with pitcher Davis Martin at spring training to talk about the “kick change” pitch he started throwing at the end of last season and how it has become a game changer for the White Sox right-hander. They discuss the impact veteran Martin Perez is having on the clubhouse, why Sean Burke is a pitcher to watch this year, his impressions of Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine. Welcome back to another edition of the White Sox podcast.

0:07.3

I am here at Canelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona for White Sox spring training.

0:11.5

As our spring training coverage continues, and on the podcast today, it's a picture who I think is flying under the radar with the White Sox and not as Davis

0:22.7

Martin. He came back last season after having Tommy John surgery, found a new pitch. The kick

0:28.9

change. And he became a new pitcher with this new weapon. Now don't look at his win-loss

0:37.2

record from last season because,

0:39.2

let's be honest, in 10 starts, the White Sox scored only 22 runs for him. He didn't get

0:45.5

much run support, but this new pitch is something else. And he's going to show us and explain

0:53.0

to us what this pitch is all about,

0:56.0

what's behind the new and improved Davis Martin. We're going to talk about how this pitch

1:01.0

might transform his career. Plus, we'll talk about some of his teammates like Sean Burke,

1:08.0

Noah Schultz, and Hagen Smith. And what Martine Perez said here about the White Sox,

1:15.3

Martine Perez says these guys should believe that they can contend.

1:21.4

What does Davis Martin think about that?

1:24.1

It's coming up here on the White Sox podcast.

1:26.4

Let's do it.

1:31.3

I bought him. that. It's coming up here on the White Sox podcast. Let's do it. I thought it deep way back. There's a blast. Deep to left.

1:37.3

Holy cow! Carl Penn has put the White Sox ahead.

1:43.3

Straightens this one out

1:45.0

Back he goes

1:47.0

See ya

1:47.8

You can put it on the board

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