I recently kicked open Pandora’s Box and conducted my first player interview, with Myrtle Beach pitcher Matt Swarmer. Many thanks to Myrtle Beach Pelicans Broadcaster/Media Relations Manager Scott Kornberg for helping get this to reality.
Swarmer was the Cubs’ 19th-round choice in 2016 from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. Unheralded at the time, the 6-foot-5 righthanded starting pitcher is among a handful of Cubs minor-league pitchers having rather nice starts to the season. My hope, as with interviews I hope to conduct in the future, will lean a bit more toward getting to know the person, rather than the player.