1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: This is ESPN fifteen thirty moegg Or opening day three 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: days away. 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:06,519 Speaker 2: I cannot imagine. 4 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: How excited our next guest is, our guy Jeff Carr 5 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: locked on Reds podcast. 6 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 2: Uh kind enough to join us. 7 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: We had them on at the beginning of spring training, 8 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: midway through spring training, and I promised I would get 9 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,159 Speaker 1: him again right before the season started, to kind of 10 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: put a bow in the Cactus League and look ahead 11 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: of the season. 12 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 2: Here he is, Hi, Jeff, what's up. 13 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 3: Oh, I'm so stoked. I know I'm going down around 14 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 3: nine nine thirty. It looks like probably gonna be posted 15 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 3: of different places on the banks, and you know, I 16 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 3: keep the weather thing. You're supposed to do that super early. 17 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 3: I know, I know, but I mean I have so 18 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 3: I'm really excited right now. 19 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: Well, we know you're going to stop by the banks. 20 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: Maybe you'll make your way across the river to see 21 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: your friends Tony, Austen and Mo. 22 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: That just just a suggestion. Okay, might have to do that. 23 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: I have to do that. 24 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: What was your. 25 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: Biggest takeaway from what they did with the roster to 26 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: end the Arizona portion of the preseason? 27 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 3: Man, and my lad that Nate Low was available. 28 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: I don't. 29 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 3: I don't really know why, and I've dug into it 30 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 3: and I can swore to see some struggles that he 31 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 3: had last season. But Ni Crawl is living right, because 32 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 3: this dude is gonna be an asset for them. I 33 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 3: keep telling folks like Santiago Espinal got three hundred and 34 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 3: twenty eight play appearances last year, if you'd have just 35 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 3: asked a random Reds fan that they'd be like, yeah, 36 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 3: he probably got like I don't know, like a hundred 37 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 3: or so. 38 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 2: It's like, no, it felt like he had twenty. As 39 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: far as I'm concerned. 40 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 3: Oh there's too many. But those three hundred twenty eight, 41 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 3: I mean they're going to go to better players. Gavin 42 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 3: Lux's played appearances are going to go to better players. 43 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 3: But like, I just look at the depth of the 44 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 3: lineup right now, and I feel like, for once, the 45 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 3: bench is full of guys who can actually hit and 46 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 3: not just guys who can play in the field when 47 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 3: they need them. 48 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: Matt McClain had an awesome spring. What does it mean. 49 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 3: I really liked the play discipline from him in the spring. 50 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna go too crazy. He's about hitting five 51 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: hundred and leaving the world in batting average and stuff 52 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 3: like that. Although I think that's important, you know, get 53 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 3: that confidence up and stuff, but not going to all 54 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 3: of a sudden pencil him in for three hundred, four 55 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 3: hundred and five hundred slash line and you know, MVP votes. 56 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 3: But I am encouraged by the different things that I saw. 57 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 3: The number that I care about with him, his chase 58 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,679 Speaker 3: rate was down to seventeen percent, which is almost eight 59 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 3: percent lower than his career average. So he's seen the 60 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 3: ball well and that is something that can translate across 61 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 3: all seasons. As we know from Armie and Joseph Daniel Vado. 62 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: In the way that he approached spring training, that's what 63 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 3: he did. He tried to see the pitches that he 64 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 3: could hit, and he tried to see the pitches that 65 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 3: he lay off. And I felt like we saw that 66 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: a lot with Matt McLay. 67 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: Tito Francona has publicly flirted with the idea of Sal 68 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: Stewart batting forth. I love this a. I like the 69 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: idea Tito acknowledge separating the two high strikeout guys b 70 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: sal Stewart at his best is a more multi dimensional 71 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: offensive player than a U Haaneo Suarez, so I won 72 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: him getting more at bads. How do you feel about 73 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: Sal batting fourth? 74 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 3: I do like the idea of and I think that 75 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 3: he can eventually get there. I'm intrigued that Tito already 76 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 3: believes this, and I thought it was I thought it 77 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 3: was cool. Charlie Goldsmith posted a stat that the most 78 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 3: at bats that Terry Francona as a manager has ever 79 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 3: given to a rookie in a cleanup spot with Scott 80 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 3: Rolling back in nineteen ninety seven. And I didn't start 81 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 3: on Opening Day, right, And I think that there's a 82 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 3: chance that could happen because Sal just looks like a 83 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 3: really talented, really confident dude at the play against any 84 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 3: pitch or whatsoever. I mean, his most recent and a 85 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 3: lot of folks like to say well spring training and 86 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 3: spring training, yeah, but like his last that last year 87 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 3: was in Los Angeles and he went two for three, 88 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: you know, with an rbid. So I think that there's 89 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 3: something to this dude, the kind of swagger that you 90 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 3: want to see from a big time hitter. And while 91 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 3: he's not going to crack the top three because we 92 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 3: feel like we know who they are, there's definitely a 93 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 3: chance for him to be number four, and I think 94 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: ultimately a year or two from now, he can be 95 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 3: their number two hitter. 96 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: I feel better about the offense than I did a 97 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: month and a half ago. I don't feel as good 98 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: about the pitching as I did a month and a 99 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: half ago. A. 100 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 2: Do you agree, B? What does that mean for this team? 101 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 3: I think that ultimately the only thing I'm worried about 102 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 3: with the pitching staff is the fact that we've seen 103 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 3: injuries crop up already. I'm not too worried about the 104 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 3: performance in spring training. I think that spring training went 105 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 3: exactly as we could have hoped from the standpoint of 106 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 3: how this team is set up. This pitching staff knows 107 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 3: what it can do. They've got the confidence of what 108 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 3: they have been in years past, and they see where 109 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 3: they can go this year, next year, and down the road. 110 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 3: This lineup, on the other hand, has been a much 111 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 3: maligned group of hitters, where it's like, who are they, 112 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 3: what are they going to provide you? What kind of 113 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 3: production can they give? They all seem to be going 114 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 3: into this season with a lot of confidence with how 115 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 3: their spring training has gone. So if you were to 116 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 3: ask me how production wise, spring training could go, I 117 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 3: would want the lineup to have a sort of overinflated 118 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 3: confidence like it's going into with all the guys that 119 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 3: have just been going off in spring training. And I 120 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 3: don't necessarily worry so much about the numbers that we've 121 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 3: seen from the pitching staff. 122 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: I think most of us going into spring training thought 123 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: they've done a good job of acquiring established relievers to 124 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: fill specific roles. How much has it been compromised by 125 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: not having Caleb Burginson. 126 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 3: I think it's been compromised a little bit. But I 127 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 3: think that the floor is higher than people would expect 128 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 3: with Sam Mall because Sam Mall looks like his old self. 129 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: I feel like his spring training has proven to me 130 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 3: that he's gotten the stuff that that we saw in 131 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four, and that was 132 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 3: a guy that did a really good job of every 133 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 3: time out limiting base runners and getting strikeouts. And that's 134 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,119 Speaker 3: something that I would expect to see from him early on. Also, 135 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 3: the other part about the Caleb Ferguson injury for me 136 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 3: is that I kind of feel like the six man 137 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 3: rotation plan is earmarked to end whenever he is healthy 138 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 3: and ready to go. And some believe that he will 139 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 3: miss the minimum amount of time that you would need 140 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 3: to put somebody on the il. So you probably look 141 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 3: at just a couple of weeks of the six man 142 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 3: rotation thing, and then you send down whoever it is 143 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 3: that you feel is the least ready at that point, 144 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 3: and you just add Caleb Ferguson to a bullpen that 145 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 3: now includes three left handers that could get you the 146 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 3: outs that you need late in the ball game. So 147 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 3: I think that ultimately, while there is a bit of 148 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 3: that in stress with the six man rotation to a 149 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 3: smaller bullpen early on, that plan is not going to 150 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 3: last long enough to really damage the bullpen like I 151 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 3: fear it could. And I still think that we will 152 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 3: see that improved bullpen that we were so happy about 153 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 3: a month ago. 154 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,559 Speaker 1: If there's one major reason for a concern, an area 155 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: of concern that stands out above the others, what is it? 156 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 2: It's still the outfield For me. 157 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 3: I don't know that I feel much better about it. 158 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 3: Like I like the fact that they put a lot 159 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 3: of confidence on Will Bentson, and I like the fact 160 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 3: that they added some insurance behind DJ Friedel so that 161 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 3: he doesn't have to play one hundred and sixty two 162 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 3: ball games for you to feel good about at least 163 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 3: one of the outfield spots. But I still need to 164 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 3: see Noel V. Marte be a defensive right fielder. I 165 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 3: know he's got the best player of the Year last year, 166 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 3: but I also remember plenty of bugs bunny moments where 167 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 3: he's just scrambling around the outfield trying to find a book. 168 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 3: And I didn't really see anything in spring training as 169 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 3: much as you could see with all the games that 170 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 3: were televised. But you know, as you can hear about 171 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 3: the different games that noelv. Marte played in, I didn't 172 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 3: hear a lot of confidence in his game out in 173 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 3: right field. So I've still got to see that for 174 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 3: me to be super excited about the trajectory of the 175 00:07:58,640 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 3: Reds outfield. 176 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: I feel like there's gonna be moments where you're like, 177 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: you know what, this is working, and there's going to 178 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: be moments where you're like, you know what, they put 179 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: a guy in right field who had never played right field. 180 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: Before, and this is what it's supposed to look like. Right. 181 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 3: I mean, he's got two months under his belt because 182 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 3: he really didn't start until the beginning of August. I 183 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 3: know he played like a handful of games out there beforehand, 184 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 3: and I mean, my hope it's not as if it's 185 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 3: a carbon copy easy to just copy paste sort of 186 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 3: things for the cincinnatia As to do this. But my 187 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 3: hope is that he turns into you know, Fernando tatis Light, 188 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 3: not that he's going to be a platinum glove guy, 189 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 3: but that he can take that that athleticism that led 190 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 3: him to be a shortstop prospect and use it to 191 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 3: his advantage and understand the nuances of playing in the 192 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 3: outfield and playing right field. Because it's clear he's got 193 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 3: the arm, it's clear he's got the athleticism. He's just 194 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 3: got to put the game knowledge to work and we 195 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 3: will see a good right fielder. 196 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: I still wish they didn't have a corner in old 197 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: guy who is expected to be an offensive zero. What 198 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: does key Brian Hayes have to hit? What do the 199 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: numbers have to look like to make everybody go, you 200 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: know what, forget about the bat, take what you can 201 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: get and just let the guy do his thing on defense. 202 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 3: Give me in the stat that I love to use 203 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 3: with this as ops. Plus, give me a ninety ops plus. 204 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 3: I don't think he needs the B league average. He's 205 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 3: only done that one time in his career as far 206 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 3: as a full season is concerned, and that was a 207 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 3: year in which he had MVP votes. I think that 208 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 3: is as long as he's just ten percent below league average, 209 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 3: which probably translate to somewhere around a two to forty 210 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 3: batting average and maybe like a I don't know, three 211 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 3: eighty three ninety slugging percentage. Like we're never going to 212 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 3: see him hit fifteen home runs. I'm not expecting that 213 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 3: we're never going to see him be a twenty twenty 214 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 3: guy or anything close to that. I just want to 215 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 3: see him hit two forty and not be an absolute 216 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 3: negative to the lineup that he was in the month 217 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 3: of September, because you know, we talked about the fact that, oh, 218 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 3: the Reds acquired him and he was a much better 219 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 3: hitter for them. Yeah, he was for a couple of weeks, 220 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 3: and then things came back down to earth where they 221 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 3: were in Pittsburgh for him in twenty twenty five. So 222 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 3: I just want to see a dude that's ten percent 223 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 3: below league average, and then ultimately I kind of want 224 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 3: to see Tito manage this almost as if it's the 225 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 3: opposite of a defensive replacement. There's a moment in the 226 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 3: late ends of the game where you've got to have 227 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 3: somebody get a hit. Then he came out and put 228 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 3: in that guy. 229 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm almost treating him like a picture, you know. 230 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: And look, I get it. You typically put your best 231 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: gloves in the game late in the game. But I'm 232 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: almost treating his spot of the batting order like a picture. 233 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 2: And it's worth mentioning. 234 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: He did walk a bunch during the spring, but when 235 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,599 Speaker 1: he wasn't walking, he wasn't making hard contact very consistently. 236 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: I think I think that. I think having a guy 237 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: at a quarter infield position who's an offensive negative by 238 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: and large doing that is interesting. But the glove is amazing. 239 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,839 Speaker 1: We'll see how it plays out. Can thank you enough. 240 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll do it again soon. Man, thanks so much. 241 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, appreciate you so much. 242 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 2: Go Rid, that's our guy. 243 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: Jeff Carr locked on Reds Podcast twenty seven from four o'clock. 244 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: One of the most amazing Cincinnati sports storylines continues to 245 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: unfold that in ten minutes on ESPN fifteen. 246 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 3: Thirty, Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty traffic from. 247 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 4: The UC Health Traffic Center. The UC Health Women's Sports 248 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 4: Medicine Program provides specialized care for female athletes at all levels. 249 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 4: Schedule and appointment online at UCHealth dot com. 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