BIB on the Go: Pitching Roles, Super Bowl Picks, WBC Eligibility... Mike Vasil Is Figuring It All Out
episodePreviously titled “BIB on the Go: Roles. Super Bowl picks. WBC eligibility. Mike Vasil Is Figuring It All Out” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 2, 2026
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So like you mentioned, and I think we know this obviously from your season last year, that you were in a lot of roles, right?
What roles is Mike Vasil expected to play in the upcoming season?
Yep. Clubs games, you started, you spot started, you middle relieved. I mean, you were kind of all over the place. Do you feel like with the new additions that the White Sox have made, and let's be honest, there's been some pubs surrounded by the White Sox, not just with Murakami, but some of the other moves as well. Do you anticipate your role being more streamlined now compared to last year or any feedback on that so far? I mean, I know it's not, you know, where we got a spring training.
Yeah, yeah. So I talked to Will and, uh, Zach Bove, uh, uh, our new pitching coach. So I know I'm going to be going into camp as a starter competing for a starting, starting role. Um, they, they had told me that, um, you know, which I think is a great opportunity.
How have recent White Sox additions impacted team dynamics?
Will let me know. He said, you know, I think you, you've kind of earned the opportunity to do this and you, you know, you threw a lot of innings, but he said on the phone, you know, he's like, I want you to be a guy that just pitches a lot. Anyway, just a pitch a lot guy. So, you know, for me, it's like, I just want to pitch regardless and like help the team win. You know, like I don't think I'm in necessarily a position right now to, oh, I need to pitch in this. Like I haven't done enough or been that type of guy yet. And it's too much fun right now pitching in the big leagues with these guys and with the opportunity to win. So, you know, for me, but I definitely think there will be a lot more clarity for everybody.
You know, like we have Sir Anthony Dominguez, this guy that's, you know, pitched in very high leverage situations in two World Series. Grant Taylor's another year further. Jordan Leisure pitched unbelievably down the stretch last year. You know, and you just have a lot of guys coming back where I feel like we all now have a better idea of, okay, how do we win games? And, like, that's what I look back on is kind of how we finished the year last year. We go into Detroit and we take two out of three against a team that's making a playoff push, and we won close games. Yes. Yep. To a lot of people that might not seem like much, but to a guy that's younger with a lot of younger teammates – Learning how to win those games on the road, that means something like that is that is meaningful baseball for us in our development.
So, you know, yeah, I for me, in terms of my role, I know I'm going in competing for a starting role. But to me, I just love pitching. I just want to go pitch regardless. So starting school, though. It is very cool. It is very cool. I know. Starting is awesome. I also love closing. I'm not going to lie. Closing is... I don't know what it is. I think it's just something about when the game is on the line, you just have to go to a certain place. I love that. Knowing that I can have the ball in my hands when it I will legitimately win the game for my team. It's like the best feeling ever. What was your walk in music? It was, so Sean Burke and I, it was a song called Music Sounds Better With You, but I just like, it wasn't like a closer song per se, but Sean Burke and I had picked the same song, so I think they gave me like a remix version.
But honestly, a lot of the time coming out of the pen, like there could be ads going on there could be some you know it's it's you know like yeah like they could be doing something on the scoreboard like we're kind of just like you're coming in it's not like the same especially because sometimes like you come in with a clean inning they're doing something in between innings it really depends you know what they're gonna do they're gonna have
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:29
2
What roles is Mike Vasil expected to play in the upcoming season?
0:29–1:13
3
How have recent White Sox additions impacted team dynamics?
1:13–7:45
4
How does Mike Vasil feel about his role in the White Sox pitching lineup?
7:45–9:34
5
What insights does Mike Vasil share about his experiences in high-pressure game situations?
9:34–18:49
Speakers
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