About this episode

Brian and Charlie discuss Terry Francona's management of the Reds' season and the focus on young players.

Terry Francona has managed the stretch run of the season in an interesting way as the Reds play more of the young guys. Brian and Charlie dive into how it’s gone and what the priorities have been, and hear from Francona on the process. Brian and Charlie also discuss Spencer Steer, and Charlie shares his biggest fears. Power Stacks is presented by Joseph Toyota of Cincinnati. Visit our friends at josephtoyota.com Reach them at 513-385-1800 or go see them at 9101 Colerain Ave. Send your questions, comments and sponsorship inquiries to powerstackspod@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian, Charlie

Topics covered

• Terry Francona
• Cincinnati Reds
• young players
• season management
• Spencer Steer
• baseball strategy

Keywords

• Terry Francona
• Cincinnati Reds
• Spencer Steer
• baseball
• young players
• season management

Sponsors

Joseph Toyota of Cincinnati

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