Jack Leiter's first start of the 2025 season resulted in his first career MLB win. Can his fellow Vandy alum Kumar Rocker do the same tonight? Cory and Wolchuk discuss Leiter's impressive start against the Red Sox and what to expect from Rocker tonight against the Reds.
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00:00He's going up against Cincinnati and L.A. Dela Cruz this afternoon.
00:18How are you feeling about what Rocker's going to give us tonight?
00:20I think he's going to go out and perform much like Leiter did, man.
00:24He's a guy, the swing and miss stuff is just so real with him.
00:28He showcased that in the few starts he got at the end of last year.
00:30I think the big issue is just the command.
00:32There's times, and we saw it in the last exhibition right before the season started last week,
00:36I mean we're sitting here and I'm watching it with Bratis and Bratis is yelling, man,
00:40this dude just can't find the strike zone.
00:42And it's true.
00:43I think you brought up something though that was key and that's the defense behind these
00:47guys.
00:48There were some times last year in Leiter's starts where he didn't get helped.
00:53And there were some things that might have been, you know, he'd been able to get out
00:58of some jams and the ERA would have been much lower, but he didn't get the defensive support.
01:03I think that was huge for him on Friday and I hope that Kamar Rocker is able to benefit
01:08from that tonight.
01:10But I am excited to see what he can do.
01:12And on the road against this lineup, you mentioned Elie De La Cruz, but I think overall he might
01:17have some beneficial matchups to take advantage of.
01:20I don't think that he's going to probably go much past five.
01:23Maybe he can go six.
01:24I mean, it'll depend on pitch count a little bit for sure.
01:26But I think Boach is certainly trying to make sure these guys are leaving confident.
01:31I think there's a risk involved when Jack Leiter's going the third time through the
01:35order has been a little bit of an issue for him.
01:38So I think that you do, I mean, and Boach is aware of that, right?
01:40Do I want to spoil what is a good outing just because I want to see, hey, can you give me
01:46just a little bit more?
01:48Can I get one?
01:49Can I get three more outs from you?
01:51Maybe it's not worth it when it comes to some of the psychological stuff that goes into
01:54this.