A.J. Pierzynski talks White Sox calling up Noah Schultz, Cubs' cold start
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What insights does A.J. Pierzynski share about Noah Schultz's call-up?
Now coming to bat, a two-time All-Star and World Series champion with your Chicago White Sox, please welcome A.J. Brzezinski! People just like to hate me. A 1-1, A.J. Swing and a high fly ball. Right field. This is going to go. Three-run homer. Sox down to their last strike. Go ahead. Light it up. Who's fifth of the season.
Usually the first thing that comes to their mind is, man, I really hate that guy. Number 12, A.J. Brzezinski. Where's Jonah Hines? Oh, by the way, your guy's charging the mound. Isn't that your number one job as a catcher to not let that guy get there?
With Rahimi Harrison-Grote on 104.3 The Score.
Really a good Jonah Heim point. We are happy to bring in our next guest. You know his music. You know his intro. That is A.J. Pierzynski, the all-star catcher, 2005 World Series champion, host of Foul Territory. And he joins us not only on our hotline, but on Twitch, twitch.tv slash the score Chicago. A.J., how are you? Good. I can't believe how fancy y'all are now. I mean, it used to just be a radio call-in show.
How does A.J. evaluate the White Sox's current pitching strategy?
Now I got to put clothes on to do this thing. I mean, don't you host a show today? What's going on with fellow territory today? Oh, no, we do have a show today, but, I mean, you know, it's a little early for me to – I can't peak too early. I got to kind of try to control my peaking. So, you know, it's a little early to already put a shirt and a hat on.
Yeah, peaking is better than peacocking, so I guess you're halfway there. But thank you for allowing us to siphon some of your on-camera presence for this interview.
Yeah, it's changed. Like I said, people change. You know, you guys change. You guys get bigger and bigger and bigger. And now we have TV cameras involved. Here we are with the WrestleMania-style intro. You know what's happening in Vegas this weekend. I thought you'd at least be happy with the wrestling side of it. Oh, of course. I mean, WrestleMania, by the way. WrestleMania, I don't think it's doing so good right now. They're struggling, I think, with ticket sales. So maybe you guys can buy me a couple tickets and fly me to Vegas this weekend. We were just in Vegas. Our timing is off. Unbelievable. We were at Circa in the meantime, AJ, we get some, we get some good news. I feel like at least as far as a pitcher is concerned, I haven't been this excited about the white socks calling up a prospect.
I want to say for me, since Michael Kopech, you know, we get the news about Noah Schultz coming up local guy, a big name prospect, even when he was drafted by the socks, you know, how do you feel about them doing this given their record and their performance so far this year? Well, they have to have somebody that can pitch. Grant Taylor can't start every game for him. I mean, it's like, holy cow, I thought he was one of your seventh or eighth inning guys, and he's out there opening every game.
What challenges does the White Sox offense face early in the season?
I think it's great. Noah Schultz, first-rounder, been there for a while. We'll see what he can do. He looked like he cleaned up his walk issues, which he's had in the past this year, at least early. early on so far so if he can throw it over the plate he's going to be tough the biggest thing for him is the walks that's always been a question for him and deep deep counts large pitch counts early um you know i said for years noah schultz was three years in his professional career he never pitched into the fifth inning so he did that last year which was a good step for him in the right direction we'll see i hope he does really well he's about a six what is he six nine yeah six nine lefty I mean, I don't want to face – I faced Randy Johnson.
That was tough. I don't want to face a 6'8", 6'9", whatever he's listed at, lefty kind of side sling. And so if he can throw it over the plate, he's got a chance to be really special. We'll see. Hopefully it works out.
Back to the aforementioned player that you just talked about, Grant Taylor. Now, he pitched two innings in being the opener yesterday, which is a stretch because he'd only been pitching one inning at a time. Do you feel like this is the gateway for him to becoming starting pitcher sooner rather than later?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does A.J. Pierzynski share about Noah Schultz's call-up?
0:00–1:16
2
How does A.J. evaluate the White Sox's current pitching strategy?
1:16–2:53
3
What challenges does the White Sox offense face early in the season?
2:53–5:02
4
How does A.J. assess the Cubs' slow start this season?
5:02–6:41
5
What factors contribute to the Cubs' offensive struggles?
6:41–8:14
6
How does the weather affect player performance in early baseball games?
8:14–10:04
7
What are A.J.'s thoughts on the new ABS technology in baseball?
10:04–11:21
8
What upcoming events does A.J. mention related to the White Sox?
11:21–17:12
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