Season 12 · Episode 36
First impressions: Cardinals top prospect JJ Wetherholt readies for debut at major-league spring training
Shortstop, the No. 7 pick in the recent MLB draft, joins BPIB for a conversation about tech, health, and much more with baseball writer Derrick Goold
Best Podcast in Baseball · Lee Enterprises
February 7, 202529m 16s
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Show Notes
<p>On the eve of his first major-league spring training with the St. Louis Cardinals, top prospect JJ Wetherholt joins the Best Podcast in Baseball for a discussion about his preparation, his health, his strides as a pro, his goals at shortstop, and his of a new technology to learn more about reaction time. He also details the trouble with the water temp in Florida. Wetherholt is a "brand ambassador" for Pison, a Boston-based biotech company that is launching a new product and expanded studies in baseball to help with reaction-time measurements and decision-making development. <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/how-jj-wetherholt-preps-for-his-1st-cardinals-spring-gets-a-quick-reaction-with-new/article_274d08ea-e32d-11ef-9429-67d59e883d61.html">Wetherholt spoke about Pison and much more with St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold for an article and this companion podcast</a>. </p>
<p>The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is available weekly wherever you find your podcasts and its a fixture of the constant Cardinals coverage at StlToday.com. A production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and host Derrick Goold, BPIB is approaching its 13th year as the leading podcast about baseball in St. Louis and the St. Louis Cardinals.</p>