Joe Trezza from MLB.com

12/20/18 • 32 min

Joe Trezza (@JoeTrezz) is the beat writer for the Baltimore Orioles on MLB.com and he is here to tell us how he got into his career, his time with the Cardinals, and how he thinks Brandon Hyde will do as the new Manager.

In This Episode:

His path in baseball [3:00]
Culture shock after moving to the Midwest [4:30]
The Cardinals organization. Joe gives credit from top to bottom [12:00]
How Joe will rise to the challenge of replacing Brittany Ghiroli as the Orioles Beat Writer [17:00]
New manager of the Orioles, Brandon Hyde! [21:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

In This Episode:

His path in baseball [3:00]
Culture shock after moving to the Midwest [4:30]
The Cardinals organization. Joe gives credit from top to bottom [12:00]
How Joe will rise to the challenge of replacing Brittany Ghiroli as the Orioles Beat Writer [17:00]
New manager of the Orioles, Brandon Hyde! [21:00]

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

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In This Episode:

Hall of Fame Ballots [4:00]
Top 50 Free Agents #30 - 11 [13:00]
Top 10 - [52:00]

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

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In This Episode:

The Twins sign Nelson Cruz to a 1 Year deal [2:30]
What does the rest of free agency look like for the Twins? [8:00]
Potential trade targets? [12:30]
Brandon has a revelation inside of Target [23:00]
Twins bullpen/relief options [29:00]
Free agent signings across the MLB [37:00]
Ryan spends New Year's Eve watching videos of Yusei Kikuchi [49:00]
Predicting the remainder of the off season for the Twins [58:00]

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.