BWB 002 - Baseball players are humans, too

Welcome to Breakfast with the Beats with Mike Carter and Dave Funnell. On today's episode,

Mike and Dave go over their best free agent pickups of the week:
1. Dave - Jeremiah Jackson
2. Mike - Max Muncy
Beat writer round-up:
1. Does Yankees manager Aaron Boone view Ben Rice as a platoon player? 'Hell no'
  https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7196965/2026/04/15/ben-rice-yankees-platoon-aaron-boone/
  by Chris Kirschner
2. Once a far-away dream, the Pirates' talented, homegrown rotation has become reality
  https://www.mlb.com/pirates/news/pirates-are-mlb-s-team-with-an-entirely-homegrown-starting-rotation
  by Jason Mackey
3. 'He crushed it': Schultz K's 4 in MLB debut as proud family cheers him on
  https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/noah-schultz-makes-mlb-debut-for-white-sox?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
  by Scott Merkin
4. Hoerner's minor swing adjustments paying major dividends for Cubs
  https://www.mlb.com/news/nico-hoerner-has-career-high-five-rbis-to-lead-cubs-to-win
  by Jordan Bastian
Help!
1. What should Mike do with Matt McLain?
Major League Mental Health: Kazuma Okamoto vs Tatsuya Imai
1. How Okamoto is handling the Major League learning curve
  https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/kazuma-okamoto-adjusts-to-his-major-league-life-in-toronto
  by Keegan Matheson
2. Houston Astros' Tatsuya Imai 'not able to adjust to the American lifestyle,' interpreter says
  https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7196880/2026/04/14/astros-tatsuya-imai-injury-adjustment/
  by Chandler Rome
Listener Question:
1. Carlos Estévez or Kirby Yates?
Mental Health Moment:
1. How do we handle the struggles of work? How do we make it through the day?

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