A conversation about the long road to the big leagues. Whit spent six years in the minor leagues, watched his father retire from professional baseball without ever reaching the majors, and was close to walking away himself before his call-up at twenty-seven. We want to talk honestly about what those six years actually felt like, who and what kept him going, and what he would tell a twelve-year-old who is starting to suspect they are not on the timeline they expected.

Whit Merrifield: Why I almost quit, and didn’t.