From Phenom To The Farm: Former MLB Pitcher Matt Wisler On Life As A Journeyman Reliever
In this episode of Phenom To The Farm, former MLB pitcher Matt Wisler talks about becoming a journeyman after achieving early career success.
Kyle Bandujo
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Jimmy Serrano Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm:’ Episode 109
Jimmy Serrano took the path less traveled out of high school on several occasions, but still reached the big leagues as a pitcher.
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Iowa State Rep. J.D. Scholten Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 108
Iowa State Rep. and Sioux City Explorers righthander J.D. Scholten tells the incredible story of his improbable return to pro baseball.
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Justin Masterson Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 107
Former MLB pitcher Justin Masterson joins the podcast to recall how an untimely bout of food poisoning changed his career and life forever.
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Derrick Loop Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 106
Eighteen years after the fact, pitchers from the 2006 draft are largely unaccounted for in professional baseball. No. 1 overall pick Luke Hochevar hasn’t pitched…
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Travis Snider Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 105
Travis Snider always hit. He hit during his standout career at Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek, Wash., enough so that the Blue…
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Pat Venditte Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 104
The journey that led Pat Venditte to MLB history started with a really simple thought. “It was just an idea that came from my father…
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Stephen Schoch Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 103
If you follow college baseball, you’ve likely seen the bearded face of Stephen Schoch in one way or another. Perhaps it was during his viral…
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Mike Lieberthal Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 102
Typically, being drafted early in the first round of the MLB Draft leads to outsized expectations, but for Mike Lieberthal, the third overall pick of…
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Nathan Kirby Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 101
Heading into the 2012 draft, Nathan Kirby was a BA Top 200 prospect, with a chance to go as high as the top two rounds.…
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Kevin Cron Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 100
Fresh off setting the Arizona high school career (60) and single season (27) records for home runs, first baseman Kevin Cron had a plan for…
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Josh Kusnick Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 99
Former MLB Agent Josh Kusnick joins the latest episode of ‘From Phenom to the Farm’ to discuss becoming an agent as a college student, signing…
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Jesse Goldberg-Strassler Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 98
If you ask Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, the longtime voice of the Lansing Lugnuts, a baseballbroadcast well-done doesn’t stem from natural talent—it’s instead the result of a…
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Clinton Hollon Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 97
Clinton Hollon has never known what it feels like to fail on a baseball mound. He was a high school star, high draft pick and…
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Jeremy Affeldt Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 96
When Jeremy Affeldt’s career finished up following the 2015 season, he’d put together a fantastic run as a lefthanded reliver. Debuted at age 22. Three…
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Dominic Cotroneo Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 95
Dominic Cotroneo is your live, sleep, breathe sports type. When talking to him and specifically hearing his passion for baseball and golf, it’s not surprising…
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Brian Reinke Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 95
The physical adjustment for freshmen in college baseball is a difficult one. Competing from day one against experienced college players—sometimes four to five years older,…
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Aiden McIntyre Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 94
Aiden McIntyre’s career in professional baseball was extremely unlikely. McIntyre went from junior college walk-on to topping out at Double A, something he credits to…
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Lane Adams Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 93
Lane Adams’ professional baseball career required patience. Known more as a basketball player as an amateur (he’d signed with Missouri State), Adams was instead drafted…
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Chuckie Fick Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 92
Former big league righthander Chuckie Fick grew up with a great baseball dad. His father Chuck, an MLB scout for over thirty years, coached Chuckie…
