Nashville Sounds - Rounding Third

MLB umpire supervisor and former MLB ump Ed Rapuano joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to talk about the umpire's perspectives on the automatic ball/strike system and ball/strike challenge systems MLB is testing at Triple-A.

Sounds manager Rick Sweet joins Jeff Hem for his weekly appearance on the pregame show and discusses the team's two-week road trip, the return of '22 Sounds MVP Brice Turang, the rehab assignments so far for Eric Lauer, Jesse Winker, Matt Bush and J.B. Bukauskus, and the upcoming two-week homestand when the Sounds hope to get Sal Frelick, Keston Hiura and Josh VanMeter back from the injured list.

Sounds outfielder Roman Quinn joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to talk about his time so far with the Sounds, signing with the Brewers, what he's learned in his 200 games in the major leagues the past few years, being a Florida native and playing in Jacksonville, and how his skillset of speed and defense is aided by new rule changes throughout the game.

Sounds infielder Noah Campbell joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to talk about getting called up from Double-A at the start of the road trip, how his season was going down there, his two-homer six-RBI game on Wednesday in Jacksonville and his memories of signing with the Brewers in '20 when the amateur draft had been shortened to just five rounds.

Sounds bullpen coach Patrick McGuff joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to discuss his role with the team before and during games, working with pitching Jeremy Accardo, his time coaching in college and the opportunity he had earlier this season to tell a Sounds pitcher they were getting called up to the big leagues.

Sounds outfielder Michael Reed joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to talk about his first few weeks with the Sounds, signing with the Brewers after being released by the Dodgers, and his path of growing up in the Bronx, NY to playing high school hockey in Rhode Island to playing college baseball at Florida.

Sounds manager Rick Sweet joins Jeff Hem for his weekly appearance on the pregame show and talks about Jon Singleton's Brewers call-up and impact on the Sounds, the Sounds' comeback win on Saturday in their first game without Singleton, and the great week of starting pitching the Sounds have gotten in Charlotte entering Sunday's finale.

Sounds hitting coach Al LeBoeuf joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to give his perspective about the Brewers' call-up of Sounds first baseman Jon Singleton and what has made Singleton such a dynamic part of the Sounds' offense the past season and a half.

Sounds coach Ned Yost IV joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to talk about the Sounds season so far and how his roles as third base coach, outfield coach and bench coach are affected by some of the recent rule changes across baseball.

Sounds reliever Thyago Vieira joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to talk about his terrific start to the season with the Sounds, his excitement to sign with the Brewers in the off-season, his ability to speak four languages, and the importance for him to pitch with personality and passion.