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The Baseball Bar-B-Cast team is on the road for this episode of the podcast, coming live from Chase Field in Arizona, where Major League Baseball is holding the 2024 edition of the Draft Combine. Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman talk about their experience watching potential draft picks go through drills, the importance of the combine for teams and why more attention needs to be paid to this event for baseball.
Then, West Virginia baseball’s JJ Wetherholt joins the guys to talk about his time at the combine. The first-round pick discusses why his brother influenced him to become a left-handed hitter, his history at shortstop, what he has learned about the style of baseball played in Korea and how he implemented it into his game and what What else do you expect? to become a professional player.
Later, Jake and Jordan talk about a major change coming midseason at the Triple-A level to their replay system and why that system could show up in the majors sooner rather than later.
(0:59) – A few words about this special episode.
(3:09) – Thoughts from the combine
(10:12) – The importance of being in Arizona
(12:15) – Who is JJ Wetherholt?
(14:13) – Interview with JJ Wetherholt
(19:42) – JJ on playing shortstop
(28:50) – Impact of Korean baseball on his career
(31:26) – More excited about professional baseball
(33:44) – Triple-A Changing Review System
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