Kyle McClellan Weekend

If you wanted to find out about the Cardinal reliever that's looking to be the fifth starter in 2010, this was your weekend.

First, the Post-Dispatch put out an article with quotes from Kyle McClellan.  Then Brian Walton over at The Cardinal Nation Blog had a post up on him as well.

However, if you wanted to hear from the man himself, you had the UCB Radio Hour.

Nick from Pitchers Hit Eighth and I had the opportunity to speak with McClellan Saturday afternoon and found it a completely enjoyable time.  Kyle reiterated that he never necessarily requested to be a starter, but that's something he'd like to do and is fired up about trying it.  Obviously, he's good with whatever the team chooses, but he's glad to have a competition for that fifth slot.

It didn't seem to bother him to bounce back and forth, though I'm sure he'd like to have a set role during the season.  The fact that he's already down in Jupiter shows, in my mind, that he's ready to play some ball.

If you haven't listened to the interview, I'd suggest that you do so.  Nick especially asks some great questions about the difference between starting and relieving and how prepared he is for the new role, if he gets it.  McClellan believes he could throw 150 innings in the bigs without much trouble now, which is a good sign.

Also, you get to find out something about Fredbird that I bet you never knew and the location of the bullpen motorized cooler.  So get over there and give it a listen!


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