Wayne Bretsky and Mark Kaplan continue their trip around the diamond by previewing the starting pitcher position heading into the 2014 season. The boys also talk some relief pitcher strategy, catch up on the latest news out of Spring Training and take a dip into the mailbag.
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Box Score Baseball Podcast – Second Base Preview
News and Notes
- Yordano Ventura named the Royals’ fifth starter, Danny Duffy to the ‘pen
- Jenry Mejia to begin the year in the Mets’ bullpen
- Mat Latos and Doug Fister making progress
- Who will step in for Jarrod Parker and Patrick Corbin
Draft Strategy
- Avoiding relief pitchers
Position Preview – Starting Pitcher
- What we learned: a look at 2013’s top-10
- A look ahead: top options for 2014
- Value: Johnny Cueto, James Sheilds
- Bust: Anibal Sanchez, Felix Hernandez
- Digging Deep: Marco Estrada, Matt Harrison, James Paxton, Archie Bradley
- Wildcard: Clay Buchholz
Mailbag!
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