Why Keynan Middleton is having a breakout season with the White Sox

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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With a 1.45 ERA in 20 games, Keynan Middleton has been one of the big surprises this season for the White Sox. Chuck Garfien sits down with Middleton to talk about his unique, up and down journey to the majors, why he’s having a breakout season with the White Sox, the great advice Pedro Grifol gave him during spring training, why he really dislikes Carlos Correa and everyone who cheated on the Houston Astros and more.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Chuck Arfine. Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you, as always, by our great friends at WinTrust. So it has been a rough season for the White Sox. Wednesday's loss to the Angels was the latest punch in the gut.
0:24.7	The AL Central is keeping them alive, but as the calendar has now hit June, you pretty much
0:31.1	are who you are.
0:33.0	And the White Sox have not been a good baseball team after they buried themselves in April going
0:38.7	7 and 20 they went 15 and 14 in May. They're going to have to be better in June. And while many
0:45.9	things are not working out for the White Sox, one of the biggest surprises has been Kenan Middleton,
0:52.1	who has come essentially out of nowhere to become one of their
0:56.4	best relievers. So what is behind his breakthrough with the White Sox? How did he try out for a
1:03.5	baseball team in college and get drafted by the Angels three months later? And why does he have
1:10.2	so much disdain for those who cheated on the Houston Astros,
1:15.2	specifically Carlos Correa? You're going to want to hear that. So it's a conversation with
1:20.7	Keenan Middleton. It's coming up next.
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