Speaker 1: The Giants and the Rockies. It's the start of a
Speaker 1: three game series. I'm John Miller with Today's Tony Vitello
Speaker 1: Show with the skipper of the Giants and a couple
Speaker 1: of players added to the roster today, one coming from
Speaker 1: the injured list and healthy ready to go, Jonah Cox,
Speaker 1: and another whom we have not seen here yet named
Speaker 1: Turner Hill. And Tony. Let's start with Turner Hill. What
Speaker 1: can you tell us about him?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's exciting. I mean, he's kind of got that
Speaker 2: left handed hitting profile that you've seen in the big
Speaker 2: leagues before of you know, a little bit smaller frame,
Speaker 2: so a real compact swing, maybe a little bit of
Speaker 2: Brett Gardner type stuff in there. But he's really good
Speaker 2: at handling the bat. The thing I've liked in he's
Speaker 2: recent at bats is, even though different pitches can get
Speaker 2: your body in a different position, he really does a
Speaker 2: good job of keeping his hands back, And if you
Speaker 2: can keep your hands back, it allows you to deliver
Speaker 2: them and impact the ball a little bit more often.
Speaker 2: And he's been impacting the ball like crazy. So probably
Speaker 2: the best part of the whole story is him getting
Speaker 2: rewarded for his efforts because I think he had like
Speaker 2: a twenty six game hit streak. I mean, he's done
Speaker 2: everything he can do to put himself in this position,
Speaker 2: so now he's going to get the opportunity he earned.
Speaker 1: He got up to Triple A and was hitting three
Speaker 1: fifty there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the fact that he didn't slow down
Speaker 2: against going up a level. I was just talking with
Speaker 2: Kisner before the game, and he talked about how different
Speaker 2: it is climbing each level. But some guys have adjustability,
Speaker 2: you know, on the fly, and I do think he's
Speaker 2: kind of got that in his swing. And then you
Speaker 2: talk about base running and the ability to play defense.
Speaker 2: He's a real shifty athlete, so I think that served
Speaker 2: him well too, as he's kind of made this climb
Speaker 2: all right.
Speaker 1: Now, Jonah Cox comes back, and Jonah had been kind
Speaker 1: of setting the world on fire and this was kind
Speaker 1: of a new thing this year that he seemed to blossom.
Speaker 1: But he was at double A when the Giants brought
Speaker 1: him up. Now, since the injury and out in a rehabit,
Speaker 1: whatever has been happening with him, he's had a chance
Speaker 1: at Triple A, and from what I understand, he's done
Speaker 1: pretty well. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Well, the guys traded for him for a reason. They
Speaker 2: saw the speed and athleticism as did everybody else, but
Speaker 2: also an ability to hit, and he's shown all those things.
Speaker 2: I think the big challenge for him is this second
Speaker 2: go around, is can he truly be a big time
Speaker 2: impact center fielder. He was really good for us out there,
Speaker 2: but I think he's got a chance to be great
Speaker 2: on the defensive end and then offensively. When you do
Speaker 2: get to this level, the velocity creeps up, and so
Speaker 2: that's probably the biggest challenge for him is can he
Speaker 2: maintain that true ability to hit when the velocity goes
Speaker 2: up and the guy's arsenals are a little bit bigger
Speaker 2: at this level.
Speaker 1: So Jonah Cox in the lineup tonight and Turner Hill
Speaker 1: has joined the ball club, not in the starting lineup tonight.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about what Jonah Cox and the rest of
Speaker 1: the Giants are going to face tonight with the Rockies
Speaker 1: in town. Next now more twenty three hour with the
Speaker 1: Giants manager Tony Bicello and the Giants face the veteran
Speaker 1: left Tennis. Seems like he's every series against the Giants.
Speaker 1: He's going to be in there if he's healthy, and
Speaker 1: that's Kyle Freeland, the veteran and for a guy like
Speaker 1: Jonah Cox, this is a guy he doesn't overpower you,
Speaker 1: but he is pretty crafty.
Speaker 2: No, he is crafty, and he's kind of become more
Speaker 2: cutter iss or used his cutter more as he's gotten older.
Speaker 2: And one thing about that pitch is it comes into Jonah.
Speaker 2: And so if we're doing kind of an imagery thing,
Speaker 2: right handed pitchers often will be on their right handed
Speaker 2: side into a righty, and a lot of lefties stay
Speaker 2: away from righties, so it actually might serve as a
Speaker 2: really good matchup. If he's going to use that cutter
Speaker 2: coming into Jonah, that might be his bat path. That's
Speaker 2: kind of explaining those reverse split stats if it makes sense.
Speaker 2: But you know, either way, Freeland's not overpowering. He is crafty.
Speaker 2: So if you can kind of relax at the plate
Speaker 2: and take what he gives you, I think right or
Speaker 2: left handed guys can do damage against them.
Speaker 1: And landed rout for the Giants, and he was on
Speaker 1: a roll in his last jart and all of a
Speaker 1: sudden had that ending and that's been a sort of
Speaker 1: a regular occurrence lately. And he walked the bases loaded
Speaker 1: when you went out to take him out. What's been
Speaker 1: happening in those situations? Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think in order to improve stuff, the first step
Speaker 2: is self awareness, and I think he's definitely in tune
Speaker 2: to that. And I think, looking back at it, when
Speaker 2: I kind of made it a little project, it's happened
Speaker 2: in the varying forms, and that is the nature of
Speaker 2: baseball in the beginning. The biginning usually separates the winner
Speaker 2: and the loser on the scoreboard, so it's a part
Speaker 2: of the game. But it's turned up a little bit
Speaker 2: too much on the radar screen for him, and I
Speaker 2: would say the majority of the time are the most
Speaker 2: often occurrence is just him getting a little too fired
Speaker 2: up when things go wrong and not kind of having
Speaker 2: the poise that he typically does when it's rolling. And
Speaker 2: it's one of those things where a lot of times
Speaker 2: our greatest strength can burn us sometimes and he's so
Speaker 2: fiery and so intense. Again, that is what makes him
Speaker 2: fun to watch pitch and what makes him a true
Speaker 2: big league starter. But you gotta be careful that fire
Speaker 2: doesn't burn your house down. So I think composure when
Speaker 2: we make a mistake behind him, or he gets a
Speaker 2: bad call, or a guy gets a flair hit is
Speaker 2: the key to limiting that.
Speaker 1: So here we go, roop on the mound for the Giants,
Speaker 1: Giants Rockies, and that's the Tony Vytello Show for today.