TBT: Lucas Giolito and Cody Bellinger's Journey To 'The Show'
If you’re reading this, chances are you dreamed of playing Big League baseball at one point in your life. The thing is, 99.99% of us realized that dream was gonna fall short sometime in high school or prior.
One of the best parts of my job is talking to players about their journey to The Show. Just really pick their brains, both on and off the record. Each player has a separate journey. Some players are 1st round picks and fizzle out somewhere in the minors like Jared Mitchell. Other players are JUCO guys and late round guys that don’t have big time shit that have to find their own separate path like a Mark Buehrle who was drafted in the 38th round.
Lucas Giolito was neither, as he was a potential 1-1 pick before getting TJS his senior year of HS. Though he had his ups and downs before becoming the ace that he has been this year, this video gives a little glimpse of what like was like on his ascension to The Bigs.
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We’ve interviewed a lot of Big Leaguers for Red Line Radio and each one is of a different mold. I say this without embellishment; Lucas Giolito is the smartest, most polished person we’ve interviewed. Carl and I left the interview absurdly impressed with how cerebral he is and knew that his 2019 first half was just the start of things to come.
You can listen to that entire interview here:
In the interview he goes into great detail on his 2017-18 struggles, what he did to improve his thought process and plan of attack along with the physical changes he made in order to achieve his success.
And if you’re a baseball junky, these quick videos are fucking fantastic. Here’s one of Cody Bellinger:
It’s similar to Gio’s, but is more focused on his Dodgers debut. It’s straight up baseball porn.
Goddamnit I love this game. Life ain’t all gumdrops and rainbows for minor leaguers; they’re living with host families, making shit money and *hopefully* doing everything in their power to get on a 25 man one day. It’s a good way for any baseball fan to live vicariously through super stars.