Injuries, Interesting Stats and an Interview with Guardians P prospect Peyton Battenfield

Guardians of the Future

Justin Lada and Willie Hood of Cleveland Guardians Baseball Insider are joined by Cleveland Guardians pitching prospect Peyton Battenfield. We discussed many topics with Peyton, including the baseballs at Triple-A, the pitch clock, how he applies data and metrics in his approach to pitching, what he's working on with his pitches right now, how he spends his free time, and a quick scouting report on a potential Guardians draft prospect pitching at his alma mater (Oklahoma State).

Before the interview, Justin and WIllie also discuss

• Are we worried about Daniel Espino’s knee injury
• Impact of Gabriel Arias’ injury
• Tyler Freeman is back
• Oscar Gonzalez keeps crushing
• Interesting starts by Milan Tolentino, Jake Fox, Marcos Gonzalez, Will Benson
• Hunter Gaddis is crushing it
• Gavin Williams/Doug Nikhazy starts over the weekend
• GBI and NorthSide Bound's 2022 MLB Mock Draft

https://guardiansbaseballinsider.com/2022/05/03/2022-gbi-mock-draft-version-1-part-1/

https://northsidebound.com/2022/05/03/two-heads-are-better-than-one-a-collaborative-mock-draft/

https://guardiansbaseballinsider.com/2022/05/03/justinside-baseball-5-3-22-daniel-espinos-dominance-and-injury-logan-t-allens-new-pitch-jake-fox-in-cf-and-more-%ef%bf%bc/