Inside Pitch Podcast

A new column from Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports details a number of players that could see their careers come to an end because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Steve Carney wonders if a certain Rays pitcher may decide enough is enough and hang it up after 2020. Plus, South Korea isn't the only country looking to start up their baseball season.

Steve Carney talks about two ways that we can talk about baseball: playing MLB The Show, and watching KBO, which is still on Pace to return in late April. Tyler Glasnow then speaks about the agreement between the league and players association regarding service time during the shutdown.

There was no baseball played at Tropicana Field Thursday, but Steve Carney brings you two different perspectives of the day, as his boss John Mamola talks about playing the Opening Day matchup against Pittsburgh on MLB The Show 20, and Rays manager Kevin Cash discusses roster decisions and how he has kept in contact with his players during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Today should have been Opening Day in Major League Baseball, but the COVID-19 pandemic has kept players away from camp for a couple of weeks. Steve Carney talks about what makes Opening Day his favorite sports day of the year and some of the things as a reporter he finds most enjoyable and amusing.

Steve Carney ran into former Rays first-round pick Richie Shaffer on Twitch streaming MLB The Show, and it got him wondering: what ever happened to Shaffer and Casey Gillaspie, two first-round position players picked out of college, and why did neither of them pan out?

Steve isn't talking about four players that were from Oakland, but rather three Rays that had massive success at the Triple-A level, winning the International League MVP award, but being unable to replicate that success at the big league level: Kevin Witt, Dan Johnson, and Russ Canzler

He may have only been with the Rays for a season and a half, but Tommy Pham's influence will be felt by Rays players and coaches, as well as the fanbase, for years to come. Steve tells his favorite stories about when Tommy was traded to the Rays, his time on the field, and how upset his teammates were when he was traded to San Diego.

Steve goes through the first big trade the Rays made in order to bring success to the franchise: dealing Delmon Young to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett.

Steve Carney takes a break from Rays stories as he remembers his friend and former collaborator Scott Ledger, who passed away Tuesday. Steve and his former intern Charles "Gonzo" Gonzalez discussed creating a local nighttime sports show with Scott and how important the nearly 30-year veteran of Tampa Bay radio was to each of them

After having perfect games by Mark Buehrle and Dallas Braden and a no-hitter by Edwin Jackson in the span of the previous calendar year, we wondered when the Rays would throw their own no-hitter. Steve Carney tells his recollection of Matt Garza's gem in July of 2010 and why of all the pitchers in the Rays rotation, Garza was the most likely to throw one.