CAS 4-10-2-2026 Mike Meyer-Canaries Manager

April 10, 2026·26 min·2 clips

Canaries manager Mike Meyer explains why he splits his life between Arizona and Sioux Falls for baseball season.

The segment opens with station business. Sponsors get their time, the Masters is on in the studio, and the host follows the warm weather thread toward baseball. It has that local radio feel, where high school baseball, college games, golf weather, and Arizona heat all end up in the same doorway before the interview settles in. Mike Meyer joins from Arizona. The host gives him a little grief about the heat, then says he likes visiting but still wants real seasons. Meyer plays along, and that loose back-and-forth sets the tone before the baseball talk gets sharper. The main topic is roster building. The host asks whether teams really begin putting things together after major league spring training breaks and players get assigned through the system. Meyer pushes back gently. By then, he says, teams are usually chasing the last few pieces, not starting from zero. The old release market has changed. Before contraction and before COVID, independent clubs could sift through big waves of spring training cuts from all 30 organizations. That volume is not there now. MLB roster limits mean fewer players come into camp, so there are fewer releases to chase later. The work starts earlier. November carries more weight now, and another busy stretch comes near the end of February when players miss out on spring training invites. The practical read is simple: independent baseball still runs on timing, need, and opportunity, but the late spring scramble is not what it used to be. The close circles back to sponsors, local business thanks, Lewis Drug's long history, and the usual weekend sendoff.

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A relaxed baseball talk that makes roster-building feel immediate and worth following.

Calling All Sports follows a spring baseball check-in with Mike Meyer and keeps its focus on how roster work actually gets done. It moves from weather and golf into the messy, practical business of American Association teams chasing players, sorting through spring training…

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