WEBVTT - 08-24 The Tony V Show 

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<v Speaker 1>Son is shining the giantship back into San Francisco to

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<v Speaker 1>take on the Cincinnati Read the start of a seven

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<v Speaker 1>game homestand I'm John Miller with Tony Viitano, Giants manager.

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<v Speaker 1>And first off, the injury list keeps growing and yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of your guys ended up having to be

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<v Speaker 1>removed from the game. So let's start with Willia Damas.

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<v Speaker 1>How is he and what happened to him yesterday? And

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<v Speaker 1>how is he now?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think he's good in spirits. Unfortunately physically he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be down with an il stint because of

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<v Speaker 2>that elbow. It's his lead elbow, you know, on the swing,

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<v Speaker 2>it makes it very difficult, and it was something that

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<v Speaker 2>was completely out of his control. He makes a competitive

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<v Speaker 2>slide into home plate, catcher's knee kind of rammed into

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<v Speaker 2>his elbow, so's it's labeled as a sprain and then

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<v Speaker 2>there's some other more fancy words that doctors would add

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<v Speaker 2>to it, but essentially a sprain of the elbow. So

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<v Speaker 2>you'd hope it's it's no more than the ten day.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do think the I L is completely necessary.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, Barry Koto had to leave the game and

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<v Speaker 1>it looked kind of sureous. He was on the ground

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<v Speaker 1>there for a while after the fan interfered him that

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<v Speaker 1>wall along the sidewall.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the story with him, Yeah, so he's got, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>basically a hyper extension of his knee, and because it's

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<v Speaker 2>the knee area, you're always sensitive to that same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's almost impossible to get around anything other than making

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<v Speaker 2>it ten days down. So again, you hope to get

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<v Speaker 2>him back and in a swing of things to build

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<v Speaker 2>some confidence going into next year. If he can play

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the year and get back to

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<v Speaker 2>swinging it. He's one of those guys you'd like anybody

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<v Speaker 2>to come off the bench and perform right away, but

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<v Speaker 2>most guys are gonna be like Barakoda. Put him in

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<v Speaker 2>a rhythm, get him a bunch of at bats, and

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<v Speaker 2>you'll see the true version of him show up. And

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<v Speaker 2>I do think in the future he can really help

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<v Speaker 2>us with the bat.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, Bryce Albridge, the I guess the bereavement list. Is

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<v Speaker 1>he on the bereatment list.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the story for his grandfather? And you know, initially

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<v Speaker 2>just being a young guy, and also it's the same

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<v Speaker 2>for me. We had it come up earlier in the year, thought, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>why would you not miss one day for an important

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<v Speaker 2>event family situation. But it requires three days. So the

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<v Speaker 2>initial plan was to miss the day. He's already on

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<v Speaker 2>the East coast close to Virginia where he's from and

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<v Speaker 2>where all that that has taken place today. But three

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<v Speaker 2>days is necessary, so we'll get a bonus day with

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<v Speaker 2>his family and make it back here on Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so three guys that need to be replaced. Who

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<v Speaker 1>are the reinforcements?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, let's add one more.

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<v Speaker 1>JT.

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<v Speaker 2>Brew Baker from the dive on the bunt, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of some rib bruising there, So Brew will also

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<v Speaker 2>be on the il due to that situation. So with

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<v Speaker 2>all that, Walker comes up, Grant McCrae, and of course

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<v Speaker 2>Furman's going to play second base tonight. And then Shaye

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<v Speaker 2>wickhamb too will be added to the group.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, now, now that's a name that we've seen

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<v Speaker 1>these other guys that you just named earlier, what about

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<v Speaker 1>Wickhams wickeds toast about him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so he's a versatile infielder. You know, we claimed

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<v Speaker 2>him and we're not the only team interested in him.

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<v Speaker 2>Can play shortstop, is going to play third base today,

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<v Speaker 2>capable of playing left field, got a really good balanced swing.

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<v Speaker 2>He used to kind of have a lot of extracurricular

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<v Speaker 2>activity going on in this swing, and I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's been kind of a cut out the fat situation

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<v Speaker 2>for him, and so that's one thing I'm excited to

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<v Speaker 2>see is how that plays for him at this level

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<v Speaker 2>with an efficient swing. And then the cool thing about

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<v Speaker 2>him is he was WBC teammates with Jung hou Lee

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<v Speaker 2>with a little bit of his background, so those two

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<v Speaker 2>guys were excited to see each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Today. Cincinnati Reds are here started a three game series,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll talk about that when Today's Tony Bicello Show

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<v Speaker 1>continues Now more Tony by Tello and the Reds come

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<v Speaker 1>in a team that has one of the outstanding young

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<v Speaker 1>pitchers in the game this year, Chase Buruns. He's fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>and two. He was on the All Star team. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you give us a scaling reporter as to what your

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<v Speaker 1>hitters are gonna be up against with him?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean I coached him in college, so all

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<v Speaker 2>too familiar with them. And you know, lefties have always

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<v Speaker 2>been able to handle him better than righties, but he

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<v Speaker 2>has shored that up pretty well. So now it's righties

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<v Speaker 2>are barely getting into him, and lefties he's holding down

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<v Speaker 2>to a pretty good number. So when you combine those two,

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<v Speaker 2>he's got a great record. He has thrown to change

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<v Speaker 2>up a lot more than he did in college to

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<v Speaker 2>help with lefties and even occasional mix into righties. But

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<v Speaker 2>his bread and butter has always been a high v

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<v Speaker 2>low fastball and a nasty, nasty slider that's really tough

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<v Speaker 2>to see. It's one of those you know, Eric Miller's

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit like this. You could tell your hitters

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<v Speaker 2>don't swing at the slider, but they may swing because

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<v Speaker 2>they're seeing fastball up until the last minute. So a

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<v Speaker 2>high fastball and a hardbreaking slider down in the dirt

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<v Speaker 2>creates a pretty good length from top to bottom of

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<v Speaker 2>a zone that maybe isn't the strike zone, but the

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<v Speaker 2>zone he starts to create for a hitter. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be up to our hitter to squeeze that and

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<v Speaker 2>sandwich that down into a smaller strike zone and try

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<v Speaker 2>and do something with either of that fastball, which is

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<v Speaker 2>definitely more preferable than the slider, but either or So

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<v Speaker 2>here we go

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<v Speaker 1>The Giants and the Cincinnati Reds And that's the Tony

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<v Speaker 1>Biitano show for IT today