Drafting brawlers and chatting with Nick Castellanos

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This week on the StewPod, we're talking to one of this season's breakout players and discussing another much-talked-about baseball brawl. It's a fun one. Nick Castellanos of the Detroit Tigers joins the show to talk about his breakout season. The 24-year-old third baseman is finally fulfilling the potential the Tigers saw in him when they traded Prince Fielder and gave him the third base job. Castellanos is hitting .316 this season with 11 homers, adding another dangerous bat to the Tigers lineup. Did you know Castellanos grew up in Florida as a fan of Miguel Cabrera and even attended Miggy's first game? Now they're teammates. We talk about that and a lot more. We also dig into the Manny Machado-Yordano Ventura brawl. Since it's draft week, we figured we'd draft which MLB players we'd want alongside us in a brawl. Tweet your answers to @bigleaguestew. Our buddy Bad News Ramen also swings through for another installment of Three Strikes. Here's the full rundown of the show: • Brawler draft • Were the suspensions for Machado and Ventura fair? • Nick Castellanos interview: fulfiling his potential, why he's not on social media, what it's like playing with Miguel Cabrera after being a fan, his draft experience and lots more. • Three Strikes with Bad News Ramen on the brawl, "Game of the Thrones" and David Ortiz • Important questions [Music: "Last Dayz" by Onyx]