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I think he gives us a 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:42.800 good at bat, and regardless of how it goes, I 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:44.720 feel like he kind of sets the tone a little bit. 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:47.120 He's coming more and more out of his shell and 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:49.600 really starting to see the competitor that he is. But 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:52.080 he kind of set the tone for you know, the 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:54.240 game with the first app bat that one would I 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.920 would put the asterisk to even more so, and then 0:00:57.320 --> 0:00:58.840 you're getting on base in front of Raffie. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:02.440 So yeah, it was huge. There is Tony V talking 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:06.240 about well, probably his favorite giant, right Drew Gilbert, who 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:08.440 continues to put out there and every thought it's like 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:13.000 basically Tennessee volunteer nepotism that he keeps playing him so much, 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:15.039 and yet here it is Drew Gilbert in the month 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:19.040 of August hitting two fifty. No it's not three hundred, 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:22.679 but it ain't one to fifty with a ops of 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:26.240 seven ninety, which you know, that's that's party don good. 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:29.399 He's drawn seven walks in the month of August, is 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:31.679 on basis three twenty four in the month of August, 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.280 So all numbers that you can kind of handle as 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:37.760 a numbers even better in July two sixty four, batting average, 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:42.120 three point thirty nine on base, little less power, you know, 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:44.040 all things that you can handle. As we talked to 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:47.440 him last week about a possible greg Or Blanco type 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.400 role where he plays against right handed pitching and man 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.960 center field defensively pretty well, it's funny this, he says. 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:54.520 Some of the metrics are that he doesn't play center 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.640 field as well this year, but I still like him 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:59.880 out there. He's got a pretty good arm and uh so, yeah, 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.480 I mean this is what we're talking about ever He's like, wait, Mante, 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.360 you guys are actually talking Giants. But yeah, we're gonna 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:06.520 talk to Daynekyper in just a few minutes here, and 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.440 Marcusardi took us down the road of the Fourth Wing Night, 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.400 which was bonkers insane. But I mean, you know, I mean, 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:15.320 are you there's a pack of forty nine or Giants 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:17.720 fans that are like, I don't need to see Drew Gilbert. 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:21.680 He's Tony's pet from Tennessee, blah blah blah. There's some people 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:23.679 that are angry, Yes, there definitely are, and there's others 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:25.400 who are like, huh. And we had him on the 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.280 show last week talking about he's a more serious player, 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.920 less nonsense and producing more and that maybe there's a 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:35.120 role or almost certainly there's a role for him on 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:35.920 next year's Ross. 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:37.120 I would agree with that, Murph. 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:39.840 Now, I'd say people are angry and they have a 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:42.480 right to be since the Giants are fifty three and 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:45.320 seventy eight, and I'm sure there's a portion of the 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:48.000 Giants fan base that has just completely checked out and 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.480 he's done watching Giants games, So maybe that's why they 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:52.880 don't want to see Drew Gilbert. I'm not in that camp. 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.239 I was still at the ballpark last night for Fourth 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:59.680 Wing Night, hanging with all the romantic novel enthusiast and 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.640 I'm not gonna say I'm a chili goober enthusiast. But 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:04.040 he's one of the guys that was actually in the 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.600 lineup last night that I do want to see more from. 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:08.760 He's the guy that I think has a chance to 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.079 potentially be on the opening day roster next year, and 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.280 everything that you just said about his ability to bad 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:17.840 against righty's and how his bats have gotten better each 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:20.280 and every week, especially when you break down some of 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.280 his numbers since the All Star break. Obviously there's a 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:27.240 huge glaring hole in his swing against lefties. The lefty 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.920 on lefty numbers are still bad, even though he's shown 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:32.680 some flashes throughout the year that maybe he can get 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.640 more competitive in those bats against lefties as well. And 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:38.080 I would even add on top of it everything you 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.400 just said about him defensively as well, Like I don't 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.480 really agree with the metrics saying he's a bad center fielder. 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:44.880 I thought he's played a pretty damn good center fielder, 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.200 so I think there's value there. I'm not saying this 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:48.960 is a guy that I want to see hitting lead 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.240 off and playing center field next year. But there's a 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:53.800 role on the roster for a fourth outfitter, a guy 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.280 that can be a late game defensive replacement, and a 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:57.920 guy that can give you a little bit of speed 0:03:57.920 --> 0:03:58.560 on the base path. 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.840 If you care about baseball, Savant's red and blue stuff. 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.280 His arm strength is in the eightieth percentile and his 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:06.840 range is in the seventy fourth percentile, So he's top 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:10.080 half of baseball in terms of range and arm strength. 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:14.000 The other marks where he shows well are his chase percentages, 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:17.200 now in the seventy second percentile. The only thing that 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:19.760 comes off really poor is average exit vilo. He's in 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:23.680 the eleventh percentile. He had a long stretch where I 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.400 was like, bro, is he hitting? Is that a wet 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:27.640 Sporting News? There was a time in April, May and 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:29.599 June he was just hitting weak ground ball after weak 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:31.760 ground ball. I would like to see if his average 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:33.719 exit VELO in the last month and a half. 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:35.120 Well, I was gonna say the last month and a half. 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:36.760 Hell, the last couple of weeks he's got two or 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:38.480 three bombs locked out, So. 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.800 He's one of the guys we talked about at the 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.479 t's like you know, last night's because last night's lineup 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:47.920 was Rafael Devers, Jung Houley and seven Strangers, seven Dwarves, 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:50.760 Drew Gilbert being one of them. We talked about others. 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:52.520 You know, well, Drew Kavanaugh's becoming a little bit of 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.200 a regular. And by the way, I got no beef 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.800 with Drew Kavanaugh. He could be my backup catcher. Yeah, 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.880 I'm okay with Drew Cavin. Yeah, right now, I'd say 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.599 he's probably the league Kennon. It to be that combination 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.960 with Daniel Sussac going further next year from behind the plate, 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.160 with the guys putting it down in the squad. I mean, 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.360 Shae Whitcomb's just you know, he's a guy that picked 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:11.640 up Off Waivers ten days ago. Former Triple A phenom, 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.280 Graham McCrae, I love him. I want it to work. 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:17.920 He's gonna have to really dramatically prove that he strikes 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.200 out Christian costs is you know, he is who he is. 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:22.320 Nate Furman was a guy that got in the Alex 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:25.200 Cobb trade. But the guy I think maybe last night 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.960 that might be most interesting. And you guys are gonna scream, man, 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:33.680 don't crash your car. Ryan Walker. Wow, Ryan Walker, he's back. 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:35.839 I mean curly sent out a text of the group. 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:40.200 You know, given the Buddy Kennedy treatment. Ryan Walker, Ryan Walker. 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.719 But I said, to be honest, I'm interested to see 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.440 the stuff has been there. We've seen him get big 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.520 league hitters out. It was twenty twenty four, it was 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:51.440 two years ago. And then we've seen the downfall. We've 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.520 seen the mental downfall, the physical downfall. So he needed 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:58.760 a long stretch of mental and physical tinkering. Came back 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:02.680 last night new pants, yeah, pants down, pants on the 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:06.120 ground and through two innings of shut out baseball. Now 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.440 again the Reds, you know, not the best batting average 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:10.400 team in the league, seventy lost team. But still, dude, 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.719 that's a guy I'm gonna keep an eye on. I'm 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:15.880 willing to give him another chance. Am I crazy? 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:16.120 No? 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.920 I would not say you're crazy, because coming into the season, 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.320 you're not the only guy that thought Ryan Walker had potential. 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.680 Shout out bus or Posey who went into the season 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.480 with Ryan Walker penciled in to be their closer, and 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:32.119 that wasn't just praying and hoping on strategy that Ryan 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.719 Walker would suddenly emerge as a dominant closer. It was 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:37.800 based on some of the stuff that we've seen from 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:39.840 Ryan Walker over the last couple of years, and that 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:43.920 crossfire action, the combination with that slider that sweeps across 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.960 his own with that two seam four seamer combination that 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:48.560 he can run inside like, he's. 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:49.120 Got good stuff. 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:50.720 We just don't want to see it in the ninth 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.200 inny Like closing out ball games. We've talked to so 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:56.200 many different closers on this show. It's a different mentality. 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.479 It's different getting those last three outs. Ryan Walker's number 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:01.400 is in the sick or seventh inning throughout his career 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.960 have been pretty damn good. He's not an eighth inning guy. 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:05.440 He's not a ninth inning guy. He's not a high 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.960 leverage situation. But when your bullpen's been this bad this year, 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:11.280 you need to figure out if you have any pieces 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:12.040 moving forward. 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:12.880 I mean next year. 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:14.960 I'm looking at a guy like Dylan Smith as a 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.480 guy that's locked himself into a bullpen roll, not sure 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.840 where any he's gonna be pitching, But that's the point 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:21.800 you start. You got to start stacking those guys up. 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.040 So that you don't go into next season with so 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:25.080 many questions in the bullpen. 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:27.240 I said it to you a week or two. I've 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.200 loved Dylan Smith from the jump. The first time I 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:30.640 saw him, I say, here's a guy who attacked the 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:32.640 strike zone. I like it. And yeah, he's had some 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:36.520 bad fortune and some blown losses like little Rory Murphy says. 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.840 It was not little anymore. He said he's going forward. Dad, 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.640 I'm like, nothing means less than a reliever's one loss record. 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:43.040 Do not throw that out the window. I said, there 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:44.760 are other things. I said, just watch him pitch. He 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.960 attacks that said, I had a small bone to nitpick. Yeah, 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:49.760 I was watching the ninth inning of a fifty three 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:52.960 and seventy eighteen. Yes I was. I didn't think that. Actually, 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.560 Tony should have pitched Dylan Smith last night. I'm like, 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:57.840 we're trying to sweep a series, trying to build a 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.680 winning culture. You might need him Tuesday Wednesday. You didn't 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.119 need him in a five to nothing game. I actually 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.120 was a little miffed. I was a little myft. 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:09.160 Imagine how I felt sitting at the stadium, still still 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:12.400 hanging out with the fourth wingers, trying to a fourth 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.000 wing gown. Yeah, you know, I was hanging out, take 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.800 my rounds around the ballpark looking for a fourth wing 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.320 angel myself. But I was hanging out, wanted to watch 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:21.160 the end of the game. And all of a sudden, 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.640 I hear a walk of Flokka through the pieces and 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.400 I'm like, wait, Dylan Smith's coming out. We're about to 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.400 go hard in the paint now. I do get hyped 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.240 up when I hear a little walka at the ballpark. 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:33.600 Not your traditional baseball music, that's for sure, shout out 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:35.600 brick Squad. But yeah, I was a little surprised to 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:37.280 see Dylan Smith in that situation last night. 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.680 It's that small nitpick, but I like him so anyway, 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:41.760 that's the deal, man. It was a crazy night. Remember 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.760 the Giants still have not swept a series. They are 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.360 one third of the way there. Uh and tonight they 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.600 go against Cincinnati again. And who do we got tonight? 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:49.199 I had the U. 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:54.600 I had the tonight's pitching matchup. But it's it. I 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:55.880 got it, Marcus, I got it. 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:56.400 You got it? 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:56.560 Is it? 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.960 Adrian Howser? You got Adrian? Will he open or will 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:02.480 will they open for him? Or will they straight pitch? 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:02.679 Him. 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:04.560 He's listed as he started today. 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:07.120 As we saw yesterday with the roster moves, it will 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:08.760 not be Tugbow as the opener. 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:10.520 He was optioned back down to Sacramento. 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.360 Yeah, which although Tony said he could be back this 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.480 week and they get a double header again, I think 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.560 he's gonna be back there. They planned two against Arizona 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.400 on Saturday and nothing on Sunday? Is that right? 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.360 So I believe they moved that to a double header 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:22.920 so that they could travel to Atlanta on Monday because 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.120 they have this make because of the makeup game, So 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:26.400 no Giants game on Sunday. 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:27.040 How about that? 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:27.360 Weird? 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:27.920 That is odd? 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:32.000 Dwayne Kiper Next on the Sports Leader, Listen to v 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:39.120 sports Leader anytime anywhere Downloade, knbr B Sports Leader app 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:44.080 Murphin Marcus continued live from the Casino Matrix Progressive Jackpots Studios, 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:48.600 Casino Matrix Progressive Jackpots are here. 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You got and we got one Giants 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:33.960 five red zero with a wild lineup, Kype. 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.720 So, good morning, Hey morning Pipe. 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:37.720 Yeah, good morning. 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:38.400 I H. 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:44.800 So I'm driving to the park and uh, you know, look, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:46.760 I did not make the trip to Cleveland or Boston, 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.240 so I'm I can't wait to get to the park. 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.040 It's sitting next to Mic for another month and a 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:55.160 half and you know, and every once in a while 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:56.840 that pops in my head that oh yeah, there's a 0:10:56.880 --> 0:11:00.720 Monday night game. I have the show tomorrow. And then 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:05.760 I looked at the lineup and I thought, yeah, this 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:12.600 is really funny, nice, nice try, right, and uh and 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:17.160 what do they do? They play a perfect game? Uh, 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.400 you know when we fill out our scorecards before the game. 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:24.880 And now, I mean, we've done it together for the 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:28.560 last thirty five years and it gives us a chance 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:32.440 to talk and you know, write some numbers down. So 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:36.840 we always write down the average home runs and RBIs 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:40.880 and I started to look, and I looked at the 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:49.040 Reds from their cleanipitter down at Stevenson Sworerez McLean the day, 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:55.360 Travino Johnson, they had sixty five combined home runs. And 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:59.120 then I looked at the Giants. Now Trent Hill is 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:07.120 your cleanupitter, followed by Kavanaugh, Furman, Whitcomb, McCrae, Costs. They 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:13.240 had three. So here we go, sixty five big flies 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:16.800 to three. And what do they do? They play a 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:21.520 perfect game. And the one thing that you know, Mike 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.440 and I realize throughout the course of a game that 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:29.600 you have to be really careful that you don't I 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:32.600 want to use the word make fun, but that you 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:37.040 don't make fun of this lineup, because then you're taking 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.800 credit away from the guys that finally got to the 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:44.960 big leagues like these young players did and started last night. 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.559 I mean, look, when choey Otani gets up in the morning, 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.280 he looks in the mirror, he can say, look, I'm 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:56.120 a big leaguer, and so can Nate Furman. And I 0:12:56.120 --> 0:13:00.000 think that's important to realize that these guys did something, 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:03.439 and maybe more than something, a lot to get to 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.760 where they're at and deserve to be in that lineup. Now, 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:11.000 it takes injuries and trades and you know, other things 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:15.480 sometimes to give a guy a chance, but you have 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.960 to take advantage of that chance and be prepared, and 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.120 these guys have done that. So I mean, look after 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.480 that game last night, I mean, I'm looking forward to 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:29.160 this game as much as if all the regulars were 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.079 healthy and in the lineup. I mean, I want to 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:35.160 see these guys run around. And the other thing I 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:39.400 thought of is is this is the perfect lineup for 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:44.880 my radio partner on Tuesday mornings, mister Murphy, because this 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:48.320 is what he's been crying about for years. Play the 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.600 young guys, play him. And there you have it in 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:52.640 that game last night. 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.199 Well that is true to a degree. For sure. I'm 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.880 thinking a little bit more Joe swar Gonzalez, you know. 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:00.760 But hey, listen, you're right all these guys are. And 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:04.120 that actually leads to the question Dwayne that Marcus and 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:05.680 I were kicking around right before you came on, is 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:07.199 how many of these guys do you think are a 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.160 legit part of the story in twenty twenty seven. Now, 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.319 we all assume there's going to be a twenty twenty seven, 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:16.400 but you know, and we identified two. We identified Gilbert, 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:19.600 and I believe it or not, I extended an olive 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:23.400 branch to Ryan Walker with his pants down. Now, and 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:28.240 you know this, but there may be others take those 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.840 two and others that you think can be really a 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:32.560 part of the story in twenty twenty seven that we 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:33.240 saw last night. 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:38.720 Well, I think he'll can be. I mean, I mean, 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:40.720 if you want to put a label on him and say, well, 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:45.040 you know what is good at ball contact as he 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:47.840 makes and as good as he is at all three 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:51.560 opticals positions, you know, he could be your perfect fourth 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:55.640 or fifth outfielder. But don't get me wrong, I mean 0:14:55.680 --> 0:15:00.040 he may actually play into some people's minds that he 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:03.040 can play every day. So I think, I mean, I 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:04.920 really think that he's got a shot. And I know 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:10.360 that the catcher does for sure, you know, And I 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:12.520 don't know if he'll ever be a guy that's going 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.280 to catch one hundred and thirty games, but he certainly 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.400 could be a guy that could catch fifty or sixty 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:21.200 and do very very well. I mean he's he showed 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.840 signs of being a good receiver and that he's act 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:27.000 and plus he's a left handed hitter. Every organization looks 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:31.120 for catching, that's that's where their hitter is left handed. 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.280 I think of all this group, the guy that's probably 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:39.280 got the most overall talent is the kid in right field, 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:44.800 Grant McCrae. But we've said this before about him, is 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:48.440 he just needs to make a little bit more contact. 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:51.960 I mean, gosh, he's a fabulous defender, and he's got 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.280 a great arm, and he can run, and he's a 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:58.680 left handed hitter. So you have to be really careful 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.360 that you don't give up on these guys too soon 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:03.640 and then all of a sudden you find them in 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:09.040 another organization and you go what we had him and 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:10.760 and I don't want Grant McCray to be one of 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:14.080 those guys where he goes off to the Washington Nationals 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:16.600 and now he's their starting center fielder. I think you 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:19.480 have to give some of these guys a long rope 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:24.120 before you know, you start to offer them to other teams. 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:28.320 I think Christian Koss is always going to be a 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.440 guy that you think about being on the roster because 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:34.360 of his ability to play short and he's a grinder. 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.760 So I mean, I don't know that much about wickhamb. 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:43.360 I do know that when we started looking into his 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.840 past that you know, he's played in the big leagues. 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:48.640 He's got a couple of home runs. It just doesn't 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:53.960 look like he's taken advantage of the seventeen games maybe 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:58.480 that he's played in. So I'm sure I've missed a few, 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:01.840 but I think you might be surprised at the number 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.439 of people. And I agree with you with Walker. I 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:09.880 think Walker figured it out. And Mike actually said that 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:13.679 before I did. When you saw him pitch in a 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:17.560 triple A game this past week, he said, Jesus didn't 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:20.280 look like the same guy. I mean, even forget about 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:25.160 the haircut. So yeah, I mean you might be surprised 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:29.119 at the number of people that are on this that 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:32.320 was in the lineup last night, that could dot at 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:35.320 some point the roster next year, given the fact that 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:37.400 we're all hoping there is next year. 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.119 Kai, what do you think the mentality or the approach 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:43.000 is for some of these guys that are trying to 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:44.800 make their name at the big league level. Because you 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:46.600 can look at it through the lens of Oh, there's 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:49.240 additional pressure. They're fighting for their jobs, they're trying to 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:51.320 stay at the big league level. Or you can look 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.520 at it, Hey, maybe this is a weight off their shoulder. 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:55.200 There's not a lot of pressure to win right now, 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:57.920 is it? Maybe give them more of a carefree attitude 0:17:57.960 --> 0:17:58.760 and approach. 0:17:58.400 --> 0:17:58.800 At the plate. 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.280 You better even have a care free attitude at all 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:08.080 ever you know, and then care free. I get it. 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:10.879 You're not saying that these guys aren't taking it serious. 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:14.320 But you do have to play like this is the 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:16.840 last game you're going to play in, and you have 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.040 to play like your hair's on fire. You really do. 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:25.960 And because everybody's watching, not just mom and dad and 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:30.280 brothers and sisters and girlfriends and wives. Everybody's watching, and 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:34.440 everybody's going to have their own opinion. And one part 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.040 of the opinion you want people to have is this 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:40.760 guy busts his tail wherever he goes. And that's why 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.520 you have to take I mean, these guys that were 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:46.879 in the line of last night, you may not have 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:50.520 heard many of them, but it's up to them that 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:54.159 after the game you might remember their name so that 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:57.280 you can cheer for him tomorrow and that's what some 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:58.720 of these guys did. Last night. 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.120 You mentioned Turner Hill. I was in the car during 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:05.560 the third inning when Dave Fleming was he was kind 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:07.879 of making a case for the guy. He was like, 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:10.040 I you know, it's on even thirteen at bats, all 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:13.920 these asterisks, and he's a little older, but he said, 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.359 you know, merrit Buster Posty says, it's a meritocracy. This 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:18.320 guy hid his way into the big They say he 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:21.200