What can Cardinals learn, borrow, take from Tampa Bay's pitching approach?

Best Podcast in Baseball

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On the same night Matthew Liberatore makes his first start against Tampa Bay, the team that identified his talent and drafted him 16th overall in the 2018 draft, the Best Podcast in Baseball visits with Tampa Bay Times' baseball writer Marc Topkin, the longtime baseball writer who covered big-league baseball in this area before there was a big-league team. With BPIB host Derrick Goold, Topkin details how the Rays have rebuilt, replenished, and retooled a pitching staff each year to contend in the robust American League East. Can the Cardinals as they revamp their rotation learn anything from the Rays' commitment to pitching and willingness to experiment? The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold.

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0:00.0	The best podcast in baseball is brought to you by Closets by Design.
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0:12.6	Call 1-800 by design.
0:14.4	That's 1-800 by design.
0:16.9	The fact that Matthew Libitor was as young as he was when he was traded,
0:21.0	you know, Randy's now established himself, you know, 20-20-postseason rookie of the year,
0:24.8	two 2020 seasons, All-Star this year.
0:27.4	But sure, could that change a couple years?
0:29.1	No, absolutely.
0:29.8	I think the fact that he hasn't clicked yet, the race probably breathed a little easier.
0:34.2	But sure, there could be a period of time where they regret this trade, no doubt about it.
0:45.0	Hello, everybody, and welcome to the best podcast in baseball brought to you by closet
0:47.9	by design of St. Louis.
0:48.9	I'm St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derek Gould joined today, and I'm thrilled because
0:52.5	the last time we tried to do this,
0:58.7	it was awful over Zoom in the bubble of 2020 World Series.
1:04.0	So that, of course, is a hint that it's Mark Tompkin, who has been covering Major League Baseball in the Tampa Bay area for the Tampa Bay Times longer than there's been a Major League Baseball team.
1:09.3	Mark, thank you very much for joining me here at the TROP.
1:12.9	America's ballpark, as it's known locally here, Derek.
1:15.6	But, yeah, very happy to join you.
1:17.4	I do remember that.
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