We’ve gotten a taste of what life is like on an MLB field this week, thanks to ESPN miking up various players in multiple games.
Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo were mic’d up for Monday’s Cubs-Angels game, which produced a gold mine of content. Rizzo took a jab at the Astros’ cheating scandal; he successfully predicted an incoming pitch — and drilled it for a hit; he did his best Selena Gomez impression and discussed road trip aliases with Bryant and manager David Ross.
Rizzo has quite the personality, a notion Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman backed up on Friday.