The Funnville Nine

On today's episode, Blaine McCormick sits down with Richmond Flying Squirrels third baseman Casey Schmitt, who hit two homers in Thursday night's win over the Harrisburg Senators, his first two homers at The Diamond.

On today’s episode, Blaine McCormick talks with Flying Squirrels reliever Evan Gates. They talked about his Double-A debut this week against the Senators, coming back to the east coast, heading to junior college and later North Carolina A&T, his season to date so far and more.

On today’s episode, Blaine McCormick talks with Richmond Flying Squirrels pitcher Nick Avila. They talked about rotating between long relief and late-game appearances, adjusting to Double-A, his path through baseball and more.

On today’s episode, Blaine McCormick talks with new Flying Squirrels pitcher Keaton Winn. They talked ahead of tonight’s start in Akron, which is his second Double-A outing. They discussed adjusting to Double-A and switching to east coast time, growing up in small-town Iowa and more. 

On today’s conversation, Blaine McCormick chats with Richmond Flying Squirrels reliever Ryan Walker. They discussed his sharp outing on Tuesday night at Akron, working out of runners-on situations all season, increasing strikeouts in recent outings and more. 

On today’s episode, Blaine McCormick talks with Richmond Flying Squirrels pitcher Matt Frisbee. They chatted about working out to the bullpen for the first time this year on Sunday afternoon, Frisbee’s new changeup and more.  

On today's episode, Blaine McCormick talks with Richmond Flying Squirrels shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald, who has been on a hot stretch over the last few weeks. In Saturday night's win over Binghamton, Fitzgerald hit a pair of homers, including the franchise's first inside-the-park home run since 2014.

On today's episode, Blaine McCormick talks about Richmond Flying Squirrels outfielder Jacob Heyward. They flashed back three years ago today, when Jacob Heyward hit a pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam in a win over the Erie SeaWolves at The Diamond. 

On today’s episode, Blaine McCormick talks with San Francisco Giants catching coordinator Lance Burkhart, who is in town with the Flying Squirrels this week. They discussed some of what his role is with the Giants, some of the work he is doing with catchers in Richmond and more. 

On today's episode, Trey Wilson chats with Flying Squirrels relief pitcher Chris Wright, who has worked back-to-back electric outings during Richmond's trip this week to Portland, Maine, which is not far from Wright's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. They discussed Wright's time as a two-way player at Bryant University, growing up watching baseball and more.

On today's episode, Trey Wilson talks with Flying Squirrels infielder Riley Mahan, who joined the Giants organization earlier this year. They discussed his adventurous first day with the Flying Squirrels, growing up playing baseball and football near Cincinnati, heading to the University of Kentucky and much more.

On today's episode, Trey Wilson sat down with new Flying Squirrels infielder Casey Schmitt, who joined the team from High-A Eugene earlier this week. Ahead of Schmitt's Double-A debut for Richmond in Portland, they discussed his journey through baseball, from growing up in San Diego, attending San Diego State, getting drafted by the San Francisco Giants, moving into pro baseball, his sta...

For today's pregame conversation, Blaine McCormick talked with Flying Squirrels pitcher Wil Jensen, who joined the team late last month. Jensen worked six scoreless innings in last week's series at New Hampshire, which earned him Eastern League Pitcher of the Week honors.

On today's episode, Flying Squirrels broadcaster Trey Wilson chats with outfielder Tristan Peters, who was traded to the San Francisco Giants from the Milwaukee Brewers before the MLB trade deadline on Tuesday. They talked about the wild journey Peters has been on over the last few days, growing up playing baseball in Canada, coming to the United States to play college ball and moving into th...

On today's episode, Trey Wilson talks with Flying Squirrels catcher/infielder/outfielder Brett Auerbach about his recent hot stretch at the plate, playing primarily on the infield in games lately, his assortment of gloves and more.

On today's episode, Trey Wilson talks with Flying Squirrels infielder Carter Aldrete, who hit his first Double-A home run on Tuesday night at New Hampshire. They talked about the homer, getting called up to Double-A, travel woes in the minors and more. 

On today's episode, Trey Wilson sat down with Flying Squirrels manager Dennis Pelfrey to look back at the last few weeks coming out of the mid-season break and look ahead to this two-week road trip to New Hampshire and Portland, which kicks off tonight against the Fisher Cats. 

For today’s episode, Blaine McCormick chatted with Flying Squirrels reliever Solomon Bates, who recently returned back to the active roster after spending a few weeks on the injured list. Bates talked about working his way back into games, his strong stretches this year and more. 

For today’s episode, broadcaster Trey Wilson talked with Flying Squirrels left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison, who will represent the San Francisco Giants in tonight’s SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Dodger Stadium, the annual game showcasing some of the top prospects in baseball as part of MLB’s All-Star festivities. 

On today's episode, Trey Wilson talks with Flying Squirrels outfielder Michael Gigliotti, who made an incredible catch in yesterday’s game in Altoona, running on a full sprint and diving to catch the ball before throwing back to the infield for a double play. That play was selected for ESPN’s SportsCenter Top-10, and was the No. 2 play of the day. 

On today's episode, Flying Squirrels broadcaster Trey Wilson talks with San Francisco Giants outfield and baserunning coordinator Tim Leiper, who was in town last week working with the Flying Squirrels. They talked about when he worked in this league as the manager of the Altoona Curve, his work in the Giants minor league system this year and more. 

On today's episode, Trey Wilson chatted with Flying Squirrels third baseman Sean Roby, who tied the Richmond single-season franchise record with his 20th homer of the season at Bowie last night. Remarkably, he has evened that record just over halfway into this season, but Roby isn’t focusing too much on where he ranks on those lists. 

On today’s episode, Trey Wilson caught up with new Flying Squirrels pitcher Clay Helvey, who was promoted from High-A Eugene earlier this week. They talked about returning home to the east coast, his path from college through pro ball and now up to Double-A. 

Today, Blaine McCormick talks with Flying Squirrels first baseman Frankie Tostado, who has been near the league leaders in a handful of offensive categories again this year. 

On today’s episode, Blaine McCormick chats with a new member of the Flying Squirrels, catcher Ricardo Genovés, who joined the team during last week’s road trip to Harrisburg.