Sox Pop on the Farm Podcast 54 — Breaking down the first-place Barons — 2024-05-14
Brett Ballantini travels back to Birmingham to talk with Jonathan Nelson about his best-in-Southern League ballclub
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Show Notes
It’s Brett Ballantini’s favorite week of the month, when he gets to again call on president and GM of the first-place Birmingham Barons, Jonathan Nelson. Even after a tightly-fought series in Pensacola didn’t go Birmingham’s way, the club is still tops in the Southern League.
- Despite losing five of six to the Blue Wahoos, the Barons have won five of their last 10 and remain a half-game better than their fellow division-leading counterparts, Pensacola
- How manager Sergio Santos has handled the first tough turn of the season
- Inside baseball: How Jonathan works hand-in-hand with this field manager
- A preview of this week’s home series hosting the Chattanooga Lookouts, worst in the Southern League
- Bryan Ramos’ call-up and delightful character
- Will Brooks Baldwin ever stop hitting
- The phenom, Wilfred Veras
- The most terrifying offensive weapon in Birmingham? It could very well be a healthy Duke Ellis and his speed demonry
- How is catcher Edgar Quero shaping up as a leader and game-caller?
- Three quick speed-round questions with Jonathan off-the-field
- Is Mason Adams the surprise ace of the Barons?
- Eric Adler arrives in town to give Birmingham another late-inning killer
- The southpaw starting pair of Jake Eder and Ky Bush
- How the Barons brass on the ground in Birmingham plays into any promotion/demotion decisions
- Do these podcasts provide the good luck for the team, meaning that soon Brett may need to be packing his bags for Birmingham?
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