Shuckin' Around: Recent Episodes
Biloxi Shuckers & Garrett Greene
A podcast dedicated to covering current and former Biloxi Shuckers players, hosted by Shuckers' play-by-play announcer Garrett Greene.
2021 Brewers' Minor League Pitcher of the Year Ethan Small joins the podcast. He discusses his outstanding 2021 season, recovering from an injury in the middle of the year and what makes his changeup so effective.
2:08 - Introduction
2:22 - What it meant to be named Brewers’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year
3:01 - Finger Injury
4:11 - Slider now
5:56 - Frustration of having to shut down in the middle of the season
07:25 - How he ended up pitching in the Dominican Winter League
8:02 - Did he speak any Spanish when he went to the Dominican?
9:40 - Competitiveness of the Dominican Winter League
11:14 - Playing with Albert Pujols
12:53 - Biggest lesson from the 2020 Brewers’ Alternate Site
14:32 - Keeping the positive trend rolling
16:17 - Why he is so comfortable throwing his changeup
17:52 - Throwing a high percentage of changeups
19:30 - Pitching repertoire goals for 2022
20:26 - What metrics he uses to gauge pitches
22:08 - Getting ready for 2022
23:32 - Advice on the transition to the Majors
25:11 - Mississippi State
Korry Howell joins the podcast for the third episode and discusses his breakout 2021 season, his goals for 2022 and how important his coaching staff from Kirkwood Community College has been for his development.
2:40 - Offseason
3:17 - Get to use Kirkwood facility for offseason
4:23 - Experience playing at Kirkwood CC and value of it
5:45 - Don’t have to go to a D1 school to get noticed
6:28 - Coaching staff at Kirkwood developing him and still helping
7:47 - His ‘team’ and how important they are
8:20 - Biggest improvement
10:10 - First experience at Double-A and changes that he made when he got to Double-A
12:03 - Players pushing up levels at the same pace as you
13:05 - Strength goals during the offseason
13:45 - Playing in the outfield
15:28 - Working with Mike Guerrero
17:00 - Mike always trying to make you better
18:23 - Goals to be better in 2022
19:35 - Footrace between Mitchell, Turang, Hamilton and him
20:12 - Stealing bases
22:06 - Speed throughout the organization
22:40 - Do players look at stats?
24:43 - Mentality of ‘Never Be Satisfied’
26:14 - Favorite memories from 2021
28:10 - Just a step away from The Show
29:21 - Homer off Jansen Junk and not giving up at bats
31:30 - Pitcher in the Brewers’ org he’s glad he doesn’t have to face
It's the second episode of the Shuckin' Around podcast! First, INF/C David Fry joins Garrett to talk about his recent wedding & honeymoon, a look back at the 2021 season and how he ended up at Northwestern State.
Then, Carolina Mudcats broadcaster Greg Young hops on to recap the six Organizational All-Stars that passed through Carolina in 2021.
David Fry
2:50 - Honeymoon to Hawaii
4:15 - Ending the season at Triple-A
5:30 - Learning from veterans at Triple-A
6:30 - Hitting the ball the other way
7:40 - Getting promoted to Biloxi during the SL Championship Series in 2019
9:02 - Favorite memories of 2021
10:11 - Best non-Biloxi ballpark in the Double-A South
11:12 - Food experience in Biloxi
12:43 - Comfort catching and throwing out base runners
13:30 - Coach that helped him the most as a catcher
15:40 - How he ended up at Northwestern State
16:44 - Late growth spurt
17:58 - Tommy John surgery in college
19:27 - When he felt like his arm had fully recovered
20:24 - Relation to pitchers because of Tommy John Surgery
21:45 - Short list of former Northwestern State players in the Major Leagues
23:10 - Off season plans
26:10 - Prospect of being taken in the Rule 5 Draft
Greg Young
27:51 - Ending up with 6 Organizational All-Stars
29:05 - Joe Gray Jr.
31:42 - Zavier Warren as a catcher
34:26 - Catchers Balk in 2021
35:38 - Felix Valerio
39:33 - Valerio as a stealing threat
41:02 - Pickoff Rule at Low-A in 2021
43:42 - Ashton McGee
48:22 - Someone different always stepping up/mindset in clubhouse as a result
49:20 - Freddy Zamora Fielding
52:40 - Freddy Zamora Hitting
53:49 - Joey Wiemer
58:36 - Did anyone ever intentionally walk Wiemer?
1:01:37 - Alex Binelas
1:04:19 - Sal Frelick
1:04-52 - Abner Uribe
1:06:09 - Brandon Knarr
In the first episode of the Shuckin' Around podcast, Sam Dykstra from MLB.com joins Garrett to discuss the Arizona Fall League and how the Brewers' prospects performed. Plus, who was left unprotected from the Rule 5 Draft and what prospects from other teams in the Double-A South that might pass through the league in 2022.
2:31 - Sam Dykstra
4:15 - 15 second pitch clock in AFL
7:05 - Joey Wiemer in the Fall League
10:24 - Assignment for Joey Wiemer
12:21 - Abner Uribe
16:28 - Ethan Small in the Dominican League
17:47 - Joe Gray Jr.
20:56 - Mario Feliciano
23:00 - David Hamilton
24:33 - J.T. Hintzen
27:26 - Korry Howell left unprotected
30:10 - J.J. Bleday
32:46 - Prospects possibly coming to the Double-A South in 2022
38:00 - Nelson Velazquez
39:24 - Caleb Killian
41:29 - Brett Baty
44:04 - Corbin Burnes