Side Retired Podcast

Our tour around the diamond continues as Dylan Campione & Nicho Fernandez are joined by the second baseman for the Ohio State University Miles VandenHeuvel to discuss the best at the position. From Jose Altuve, Ketel Marte, Marcus Semien and so much more, the guys break down who they think will thrive in 2026! 

Pitching Coach for the Washington Nationals and Georgetown University alum Simon Mathews joins Dylan Campione & Coach Edwin Thompson on today's version of Talkin' with T. Almost a month after joining the Nationals, Simon takes us through his baseball journey from the Hilltop to the coaching world and now to the big leagues! 

Our tour around the diamond continues at first base as Dylan Campione & Nicho Fernandez are joined by starting first baseman for the University of Pittsburgh Carter Dierdorf as the guys break down the best first baseman in the league! Freddie Freeman, Vlad Guerrero Jr. Bryce Harper, Pete Alonso and so much more discussed! 
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Contributing writer for Sports Illustrated Logan VanDine joins Dylan Campione on today's episode to discuss a career in journalism and the two teams he's covered for SI, the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles. The guys talk about the recent signings of Pete Alonso, Luke Weaver, Jorge Polanco and so much more! Thanks so much to Logan for joining us! 
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9 year MLB Veteran and current Assistant Coach at the University of Nebraska Omaha Darin Ruf joins Dylan Campione & Matt Potter to discuss his baseball journey. From making his debut with the Phillies, to playing overseas, post-season heroics with the Giants and concluding the journey back where it started in Omaha, Darin covers it all! 
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A Regis High School Baseball reunion occurs on today's episode as Dylan Campione & Matt Potter are joined by fellow Regian and former DI ballplayer at William & Mary and St. Joe's Luca Trigiani. Hear all about Luca's baseball journey from 84th street to playing at college to becoming a Coach and winding back up at Regis. 
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Our Annual Top 10 Series Returns! This year Dylan Campione & Nicho Fernandez will be joined by a special analyst at each position. Kicking things off at the catcher position, the guys are joined by former catcher at the University of Pittsburgh Jayden Melendez to discuss the best backstops entering the 2026 season. 
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MLBPA Certified Agent / MLB Draft Advisor and Founder of Kares Sports Management Preston Chapman joins Dylan Campione & Nicho Fernandez on today's episode! Hear all about Preston's journey to become an agent, launch his own firm, the day to day operations of an agent and his favorite movie that inspired the journey. Really appreciate all the time and insight Preston gave us today and looking forward to having him and his clients back on our show soon! 
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He made his professional baseball debut at 51 years old?! Dan Clemens joins the show to discuss his unique baseball journey with Dylan Campione & Nicho Fernandez from college ball to a 30 year gap to independent leagues! All that and the development of a new baseball movie packed into today's episode. 
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Dylan Campione, Nicho Fernandez & Gavin Anderson break down the latest signings, trades and rumors as the Winter Meetings kick off. All the latest around Kyle Schwarber, Tarik Skubal, Cody Bellinger plus our analysis on the Devin Williams, Harry Ford and Jose Ferrer transactions! All that and more as the Winter Meetings kick off!