James Karinchak’s ‘filthy’ curveball and James Hoyt’s take on ‘unethical’ Astros: Indians spring training podcast

Cleveland Indians Spring Training day 2, February 18, 2020

Cleveland Indians pitcher James Karinchak throws during the second full squad day of spring training in Goodyear, Arizona. Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Indians hitters faced live batting practice for the first time on Tuesday, and cleveland.com’s Paul Hoynes was in Goodyear, Ariz. to watch as Francisco Lindor smacked a home run against teammate Carlos Carrasco.

Hoynsie also watched as rookie reliever James Karinchak delivered a few ‘filthy’ curveballs that had sluggers such as Franmil Reyes shaking their heads. Day 2 of full-squad workouts felt like the Tribe was really putting in the work as Cactus League games are right around the corner.

On the latest special spring training edition of the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast, Paul sets up Wednesday’s next round of live BP with Shane Bieber, Zach Plesac and Emmanuel Clase ready to pitch.

We also delve into Hoynsie’s interview with ex-Astros reliever James Hoyt, who had some rather controversial takes on his 2017 teammates in Houston.

Other areas we explore on this special edition of the podcast include:

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