Longtime ESPN baseball writer Tim Kurkjian joined the K&C Masterpiece to talk about MLB's international appeal in Japan and other countries, what Rangers storylines he's tracking for this season, how he thinks youngsters Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker will fare in their first full big league seasons, and more!
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00:00What's the confidence level around baseball?
00:17Maybe what's your confidence level in lighter and rocker because it feels like a lot is
00:22going to be put on them this season as well.
00:25Yeah, I think, I'm not sure they're ready, ready, but I'm a big believer that the light
00:32goes on.
00:33It's the hardest game in the world to play.
00:34I've seen people struggle at this at young age, at older age, and you've got to give
00:39both of these guys some time.
00:41Lighter has been up, of course, struggled mightily at times.
00:45Rocker's been up and down, minor leagues, everywhere else, but I'm a big believer.
00:50You have a great arm.
00:51You come from a college program that they came from.
00:54It's only a matter of time before both of those guys are not just good, but really,
01:00really good.
01:01They just need some time to figure this out, and again, you're facing big league hitters
01:06on a daily basis.
01:08You make a mistake to those guys, they don't hit a line drive single to left field.
01:12They hit it 30 rows up, but there's no doubt with the level of talent both those guys have,
01:18they will be number one and number two starters in this rotation sooner rather than later.