Yermin Mercedes wants to be a team player in 2022

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with Yermin Mercedes about his wild 2021 season: coming out of nowhere to win AL Rookie of the Month in April, his old school vs. new school controversy with manager Tony La Russa, and temporarily quitting the game in July. He reveals that he's come to spring training with a new mindset of being a team player. "Everything I'm doing right now, I'm doing it for the White Sox." (3:15) -What was it like winning Rookie of the Month last year?(5:20) - The controversy between Yermin and LaRussa on missing a take sign(10:40) - Yermin on what he's worked on and gotten better at(21:13) - Tony LaRussa on the difficulties of putting Yermin in the lineup

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0:00.0	Now I have a new mentality.
0:05.0	I had the mentality of the teammate,
0:09.0	teammate mentality and play for my team.
0:13.0	So everything I'm doing right now, I do it for the White So
0:17.0	I do it for my teammates.
0:19.0	I'll always be focused right now. It don't matter
0:22.6	what happened. It don't matter what decision they make it. I just need to be focused and keep
0:28.8	working hard. Well, there is a new Yermine Mercedes in camp this year, and he's here to tell you all about that and more on the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you by WinTrust.
0:47.7	Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:50.1	And last spring, Your Mean was the talk of baseball when he shocked everybody by batting
0:57.8	415 in April and was named the AL Rookie of the Month.
1:04.6	But as his celebrity grew, he upset some of his teammates by putting me over we.
1:12.4	Arriving late to the clubhouse at times on game days was one sticking point in particular.
1:20.4	And then he had that massive old school versus new school controversy with Tony LaRusa when he homered on a 3-0 pitch with an 11-run lead
1:29.5	against the twins.
1:31.2	And that story, as you know, went viral.
1:35.0	And then in July, when he was in AAA, he announced on Instagram that he was leaving
1:40.2	the game posting the words, it's over.
1:44.6	So what happened last year with your mean?
1:49.0	The highs and the lows.
1:50.7	And where is he now?
1:52.1	And why is he promising to be a different teammate in 2022?
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