About this episode

Cam Schlittler discusses his season and the impact of walk-off home runs in baseball.

Yankees pitcher and AL Cy Young frontrunner Cam Schlittler joins the show to discuss his mindset, his epic postseason debut against the Red Sox last year, how he learned to hit 100 mph, and he shares a great story about how Aaron Judge helped him in a time of need. Jorge Castillo then joins to discuss Schlittler's dominance, the storybook walk-off home runs from Bryce Eldridge and Braden Montgomery, the Cardinals surprising season, and if Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns is on the hot seat. Plus Sarah Langs and Bleacher Tweets! 0:00 Welcome 0:51 Cam Schlittler joins 1:43 Postseason game against the Red Sox 3:00 Memories of being drafted by the Yankees 5:35 First time hitting 100 mph 8:15 The key to his 3-pitch fastball arsenal 9:19 Aaron Judge being a good captain 11:08 Giancarlo Stanton's role 12:11 A Massachusetts native playing for the Yankees 14:08 Jorge Castillo joins, Cam Schlittler's dominance 17:02 Bryce Eldridge walk-off Grand Slam 22:31 Braden Montgomery walk-off home run in debut 25:26 Jordan Walker's impressive year for St. Louis 27:27 Trade Deadline Outlook 30:18 The State of the Mets: Is David Stearns' job safe? 38:47 Sarah Langs plays the numbers…

People in this episode

Host: Buster Olney

Guests: Cam Schlittler, Jorge Castillo

Topics covered

• Cam Schlittler
• walk-off home runs
• Yankees
• postseason
• baseball operations
• David Stearns
• player development

Keywords

• Cam Schlittler
• walk-off home runs
• Yankees
• postseason debut
• Aaron Judge
• David Stearns
• baseball

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals, Mets

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