WEBVTT - Episode 382 - Dahn on the Farm 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.880 Episode three eighty two, brought to you by Brave Bean 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:03.760 Coffee Company. 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:05.560 We are done on the Farm. 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:09.400 We're gonna recap everything that happened in the Pirates organization 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:13.640 this week. You're listening to the Bucco Banter Podcast, brought 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:16.400 to you by the Dress Baseball Media Network Key Music. 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:18.520 I feel one O one. You see a couple of 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:19.720 me in my tastes. 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:21.759 With he and my lemonade, because I let the way 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:24.400 taste best seats at the Pirates gaining. 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:25.240 Let me run the base. 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:27.440 Yeah, my time is like my money because I can't 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:28.240 afford to waste. 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:30.680 Oh, y see, is a lawyer? Take my date to 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:31.360 my dates? 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:34.280 Or to stick by the plate sending case peptic case, 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.160 run my race at my pace clinic Grass That is snick. 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:40.760 Welcome back to another episode of Down on the Farm, 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:43.839 our minor League segment. Here at Bucco Banter, Adam, we 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:47.519 have the Futures game yesterday. We're recording on a Monday, 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:52.640 July thirteenth. Seth Fernandez and Edward Florentino made their appearances. 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:57.120 A lot happening, especially with the trade deadline coming up. 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:59.319 A lot of speculation. We just had the draft this week. 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:02.360 Jay and I will have a separate episode out recapping 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:03.840 the whole draft in depth. 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:05.680 But what's up Man. 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.360 Excited that the Pirates were well represented in the Futures 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:12.360 Game because you've had a lot of guys there in 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.560 the past year, Connor Griffin, Tramar Johnson was there at 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:19.479 one point. But Seth Hernandez looked really good. Three ninety 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:21.640 nine to two hundred mile power fastballs and an eighty 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.840 eight mile per hour changeup. The most impressive thing about him, 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:27.640 Scott is Yeah, he could ramp it up. He's gonna 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.160 throw gas just like a lot of these other Pirates' pitchers. 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:31.600 But it's not his best pitch. 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:36.520 There's still rooms we work with the fastball shape with 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:39.480 this kid, the characteristics, you know, there are some good 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:40.560 underlying numbers, but. 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:41.880 There's still room to improve. 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:45.800 The secondaries are some of the most disgusting pitches you'll 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:46.440 ever see. 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:48.920 Yeah, the change, especially that, I mean that eighty eight 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.080 min hour change. I couldn't even throw my fastbay eighty eight. 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.360 That's why I'm podcasting, and he's a the Futures Game, 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:56.800 So yeah, it was great to see him. He got 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.320 two k's a pop out, He's struck out Blake Mitchell 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.120 the Royals, a big hitting catching prospect for the for 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.400 the Royals. I like Irish Auburn first round pick last 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:08.080 year for the Orioles, which was cool to see him 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:11.359 go up against his uh I guess more advanced minor 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:14.840 league talent, and then Edward Florentino gotten a bat. I 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:17.000 think he walked, scored a running It also had the 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.920 only stolen base for the nationally he got hit by 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:23.679 pitch okay, so that was cool to see him contribute 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.960 as well. I know things have started off really hot 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:28.560 for him in Bradenton and when we first got the 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:31.600 to Greensboro. I think he's adjusting. He's still very young 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.680 for the level. That swing is is a work in progress. 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:36.040 We know it has a lot of loft to it. 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.960 He's got he's got the you know, he wants to 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:40.720 put the ball in the air. That's very evident when 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.239 you're watching his swing. It's kind of Cody Bllinger esque. 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.960 As we've mentioned in the past. I think there's gonna 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:49.640 be adjustments level a level, and you know, we're starting 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:51.720 to see him get hot here in Greensboro recently too. 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.440 Scott, you've been covering the draft very well with producer 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:57.680 Jay Go check out that stuff on the Patreon and 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.560 then of course the episode this week. But the chances 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:02.840 that we see some of these names this year in 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:06.959 the minor league system, considering that they went on the 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:12.360 college arm college bat players, I mean, that's not very 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:15.280 like the Pirates when it comes to drafting. 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:17.920 No, you know, I'm interested to see how they handle 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.280 some of these college arms. They took twelve college arms 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:22.000 out of the fourteen arms they took out of the 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:22.960 twenty one picks. 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.519 They took a lot of college arms, and they took. 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.440 A lot of like major school aces, right, the Saint 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.400 John's A's and the Alabama is who dueled off in 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:35.960 the Super Regional Alabama versus Saint John's right, Liam O'Leary 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:39.360 and Tyler Fay out of Alabama. They took Grant Govill 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:43.640 from USC, Ryan Maron from ncs day a really decorated 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:48.840 NC State Arm or acc arm. Given their workloads this 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:52.080 year as the top dogs at their schools, I'm interested 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:54.320 to see how the Pirates, you know, work with them 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.640 here in minor league ball, if they even throw them 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.280 much at all. But I'm really interested to see Derek 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.320 Curiele I think he's a guy that could start in 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:04.480 Greensboro right away, and he's a very advanced college bat, 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:06.800 and I think the floor is super high, and I'm 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:07.520 really excited. 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:09.960 I'm becoming really bullish on Derek Curile. 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:16.279 You mentioned Steven Kwan esque characteristics bat the ball first, 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:18.840 could have a little bit more pomp in the bat. 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.719 Maybe there's room for improvement there, but I think you 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.360 could value an all around player like that. And if 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.400 I've also heard a ton of people say that his 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:29.000 baseball IQ is off the charts. 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.880 It seems like an awesome locker room guy too, Like 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:34.920 he seems pumped to be a Pittsburgh pirate and everything 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.640 I'm just saying online is something that I'm rooting for 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:39.560 the kid. And this was a kid that out of 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:43.279 high school a couple of years ago, was supposed to 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.360 be like end of the first round, second round pick 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.600 out of high school, decided to go to LSU instead 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:51.920 to go to school. And you know, I think we're 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.800 Jay and I were looking at some underlying metrics today, 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:56.560 some swing data. 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:58.440 I think there's more juice in the tank too. 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:01.280 Like I'm not saying like twenty five homers, but I 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.400 think he could get the double digit homers and provide 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:06.960 high averages in high obps, which is very valuable in 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:07.560 today's game. 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:10.760 I agree that starting him in Greensboro might be the 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:15.719 move because SEC ball is pretty advanced nowadays. You're seeing 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:20.640 consistent velocity, You're seeing consistent stuff on a weekly basis, 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:24.159 So challenge the kid. Let him prove that he could 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.719 be in the major sooner rather than later. You're seeing 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.640 that trend with a lot of guys that are four 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:33.400 year college guys whatever it may be, making it to 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:34.840 the league sooner rather than later. 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:38.000 And he's what twenty two, Scott twenty one, twenty two. 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:41.320 He's twenty one for sure. Yeah, I think he was 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:43.479 even young. He was young for his class as well, 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.440 because he was a draft eligible sophomore. If I'm not mistaken, it. 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:48.080 Could be wrong with that, but yeah, I mean it's 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.000 a guy that you could you could move quickly. Also, 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.400 another guy, Trey Phelps was taking a ninth round, a 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:56.120 guy that had consideration last year in the higher rounds, 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:59.400 but he had kind of a bad sophomore season at Georgia. 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.720 He was really hot this year. 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:07.120 Nineteen Homer's third basement electric player, like just very entertaining 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:07.719 on the field. 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:08.520 Trepe Phelps. 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:10.640 I think this is a guy that's gonna move quickly too, 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:15.000 and it's definitely going to hit. Defensive home is a 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.600 question mark, but this is like your Jared Jones pick 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:19.600 from last year in the ninth round, a decorated college 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.000 hitter out of the SEC who could move quickly. 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:24.840 Last one I want to talk about before we move 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.560 on to the performances this week, Malkai Washington now and 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:30.000 said he's going to LSU. 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:32.800 Now, that could change, could change. That's where I'm going 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:33.120 with it. 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:36.400 You've seen it before with guys who uses his head 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:38.400 as a kind of a strategy in order to sign 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:40.680 a little bit more over slaughter get more money and 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:42.960 just say hey, thank you, but no thank you, and 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.000 then they flip who knows where he's going to? 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.040 LSU's obviously a fantastic option. 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:50.680 But what do you see in Malachi Washington And if 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.159 they're able to sign him, what kind of player are 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:53.640 you getting. 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:57.599 I mean, you're getting just an elite athlete man, a 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:00.720 guy that's going to hit and hit for power, one 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.080 of the better high school bats in the country out 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:07.320 of a decorated high school in Georgia Park View, very 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:13.160 very quick, explosive hands, explosive hands, and eighteenth round there 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.040 was a few guys taken out of the high school rinks, 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:17.240 a few of them committed to LSU. LSU's gonna have 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:20.360 a juggernaut of a team next year. I think LSU's 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.960 baseball program is one of the few that puts out 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:26.000 crazy Nil Dill. So like I would bet on most 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:27.880 of these guys going to LSU, if not all of them. 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:28.480 We got. 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.680 We got a left handed arm, Spencer Evans in eleventh round, 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.760 who I think will sign, but he's also committed to LSU, 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.080 so as there's a question work. They're really interesting left 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:38.360 handed arm who's probably gonna be an overslought deal at eleven. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.760 But it takes you back to Brylan Bishop who didn't 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:43.160 work out for the Pirates. But this guy who was 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.640 taking the eleventh round out of out of Arkansas, I 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.960 think in the Arkansas Prepscein was committed to Arkansas. 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:50.880 Posted that he was going to Arkansas. 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:52.600 I did the same thing and they were able to 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:56.160 sign him away kind of at the last minute. I 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.880 would bet on that not happening. With Malachi Washington, I 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:01.480 think he's gonna go to l I think that was 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:01.960 just a. 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.200 You know, a let's see if it works kind of pick. 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.440 And they're also not going to get Andrew Duncan, the 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:09.840 nineteenth round pick, who was a really good hitter out 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:11.560 of Right State last year in the Horizon League. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.400 He's gonna he announced today. 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.520 That he's going to go to Tennessee, transferring to Tennessee 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.320 to play finish his last year in college. So I'm 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:21.400 sure he's getting good nil money, but one of the 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:25.280 better bat toball guys in college baseball this year. Yeah, 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:28.000 LSU's is going to be ridiculous next year, Adam and 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.000 if Malki Washington signs, that's going to be the story 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.319 of the draft, getting him out of the eighteenth round 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:34.839 to sign as one of the better prep bats in 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:35.320 the country. 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.000 I think if you're going to call this draft to success, 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.200 not saying that they haven't drafted good players, they have, 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.559 but if you're going to call this draft a true success, 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.160 you're gonna have to sign a majority of these guys, right. 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:47.040 Yeah, one hundred percent. 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:48.720 Like I think two of them are probably I would 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.000 bet on two of them not signing, but I could 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:52.960 see them signing mostly like all these college arms are 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:56.200 going to sign, and uh, you know, I think the 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.720 high school guys took taken at the top of the draft, 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.719 like Aiden Ruiz hopefully have another Longhouse Ervante's situation. 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.240 He signs the prep short stuff out of New York. 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:08.560 Andrew Giles on Nevadas looks like he's gonna sign. Trey 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:10.880 Phelps already posted a picture of himself in a Pirates 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.079 uniform the college bat out of Georgia. So I do 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.400 see them draft signing most of these guys. But I 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:22.320 will say we saw the impacts of nil affecting this 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.800 draft more than any other draft in the past. A 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:27.920 lot of these high school guys that I had circled 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:32.000 at the top didn't get taken on Day one and 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.520 tenth round comes around like they're going to college. 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:37.000 They're absolutely going to college. 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.520 And I think teams were being a little bit conservative 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:42.640 with their money, saying like I am going to pick 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:46.720 this guy because I know he's gonna signs. It's just 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.440 a different ballgame now, and how the teams navigate these 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:51.120 drafts going forward is going to be interesting. 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:53.560 Scott, just at the top of the hour, we've got 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.600 some news Wednesday, Pirates signed infeud or Gray Kessinger to 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:59.200 a minor league Daily goes to Triple A. Brenton right 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:02.520 handed picture Yachi Garcia place on the seven day I 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.200 L Monday, Michael Wallace friend of the Show, and then 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:08.240 left handed pitcher Hunter Barco sent to the FCL for rehab, 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:13.280 and then catcher Omar Alfonso assigned to the Florida Coast 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.520 League so or the Florida Complex League. I apologize, so 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:18.960 a little bit of news. Not much going on going 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:21.000 into the All Star break here, but Scott, what's going 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:22.120 on in Indianapolis? 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:23.520 We have some top performers here. 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:27.920 Yeah, we do a big week for the Password. Who's 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:29.600 starting to hit the ball more that averages up to 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:31.720 two sixty eight now. He was ten for twenty one 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.160 this week with two doubles at home run, six RBIs, 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.200 two stolen bags, more walks. 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:36.760 Thanks. 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:38.319 I think the Caves have been a little bit of 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:41.079 a problem to start the season here, but seems to 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.760 be turning the tide. Tamar Johnson in another home run, 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:46.000 but it was only four for twenty four, three stolen backs. 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.520 He's at one ninety three to finish the week. It'd 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:52.160 be nice to see him get over that Mendoza line here, Adam, 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.640 and then we had an outing from Christian Curtis. 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.640 On Saturday. He went four and a third, no earn, 0:10:57.760 --> 0:10:59.400 only one hit, but five walks. 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.240 The walks seem to be a problem here and there, 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:07.240 not consistently. It's like off and on, But I think 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:08.760 that's something that he's going to want to iron out 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:12.880 over the next year. In Triple A, Connor ri writ 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.160 Griff had a big week. And this is a guy 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.000 that I compared to a lot of the picks that 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.199 they took in this draft, especially Brian Maron from nc's 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:23.360 aid to the left, who's over pitchability guy, taking these 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:27.080 surefire college pitchers that were, you know, maybe the top 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:31.520 of the rotation that are more mature than the other arms. 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:33.040 Like, this is a pitchability guy. 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.200 He's not gonna beat you with he's not going to overpower, 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:36.880 you're going to beat you a speed or anything like that, 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.959 but he's gonna pick you apart, hit the corners of 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.199 the zone. And we saw that on Sunday. He went 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.520 eight innings, one hit, no or no walk, six k's. 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.320 He had fifteen whiffs too, So I think he's a 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.160 guy that can get by with deception and the pitch 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:56.000 ability and could be a very interesting prospect going forward. 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:57.000 I think this is a guy that you're going to 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.720 see in Pittsburgh at the latest next year. 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:01.240 One hundred percent. 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:03.720 It reminds me of kind of what Hunter Barco was 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:08.000 doing last year in terms of just being absolutely dominant, 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:09.600 and you might not be seeing the same from Connor 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.760 wickgriff here. But when you talk about pitch ability and 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.360 deception not overpowering, but the kid is able to get 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.679 a ton of swing and myths, that shows advanced development 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.320 Scott and a guy that really understands his game, not 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.720 trying to do too much. I really need to go 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.960 see him pitch in person, because this is somebody who 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.960 we were intrigued with last year and now you're starting 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:33.680 to see that quick riser that he is. He's in 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.320 triple A man, and he hasn't really slowed down since 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:37.120 he's been called up. 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:39.360 This was like a seventh round pick out of Minnesota. 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.200 Big big ten is it's d one, but like big 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.320 ten pitching is, usually when you're looking at a hitter 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:45.480 in a. 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.280 Big ten, you're like, oh, he's faced Big ten pitching. 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:49.920 So like take that with a great AsSalt So coming 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.480 out of a good program in Minnesota and rising up 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:54.480 as quickly as he has, it's been really impressive. I 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:57.320 also want to shut up hosting r Kidi has pitched 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:58.680 really well as of recently. 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:01.240 He's been going deep into game, which has been positive. 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:01.920 I know he was. 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:05.640 A question mark to say the least at the beginning 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.040 of the season in the Big League clubhouse. But seven ings, 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.800 five hits, one earned seven k's on Thursday, that has 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.920 been a positive. We saw Noah Murdoch come up on 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:18.000 the it's the twenty seventh man the doubleheader this Saturday. 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:19.920 I expect to see more of him in Pittsburgh in 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:20.520 the second half. 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.880 Yeah, let's go to al Tuna and speaking about bullpen 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:25.560 arms and guys that you're going to see in the 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.240 second half, I think the biggest news out of Altuna 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:32.120 is wilburd Totel pitching on Tuesday. Two innings, one hit, 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:36.520 no earned four k's, which is awesome. Antoine Kelly was 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:39.040 optioned right before the break. We talked about that on 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:43.920 our episode on Monday. Maybe don't agree so much with 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.560 kind of sending him up and down in terms of 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.880 his development, But that could mean that Wilbert Hotel was 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:51.200 ready to come back after the break. 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.440 Scott, I think so too, And I think they're banking 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:57.280 on that man, because I think they do trust what 0:13:57.320 --> 0:13:59.640 they've seen from Wilbur more than Angeline Kelly, and I 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.360 think in Kelly's ceiling maybe a little bit higher. But 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:05.280 like he's been giving up the he's been susceptible thelong 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:08.839 ball this year. The fastball characteristics are insane. But it's 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:10.679 gonna work on that fastball command, and I think he's 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:12.800 gonna He's got a bright future in the big leagues. 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:14.600 But I think Wilbert, to tell, is a guy that 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.080 they trust a little bit more at this at this juncture. 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.280 Starting to see duce Gorson get a little bit hotter 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.080 with the bat as well. Only four hits on the 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.280 week before runs two doubles in a home run for 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.320 RBIs what started off last year at the end of 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:28.560 last year, going into camp as a guy that could 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:32.320 potentially play a really good utility role on this team 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.240 and the bat was going got off to a slow 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.840 start here, but there's still some names that you could 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.920 talk about in al Tuna to be really high on 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.640 and to dream about obviously Callum Moss, you know how 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:45.280 we feel about him. Lonnie White Junior has hit a 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:47.880 bit of a skin. Not too worried about that right now. 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:51.480 Still room for development, but at some point you're going 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:53.720 to have to make a decision with a lot of 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:56.760 these guys this year, especially guys in Altuna, when it 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:01.280 comes to Rule five eligibility, and Lonnie White's one of those. Yeah. 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:05.080 Absolutely, I mean I wouldn't mind seeing him challenge and 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.600 triple A for the last month of the season. I 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.680 know he was had a little bit of a hiccup 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:12.000 after an injury here in Altuna. He was really hot, 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:13.760 so that he's probably still recovering from that. I think 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:18.320 this break will do him some good. Adam going into Greensboro, 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.360 unless you have anything else to say on Altuna, because 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.840 I think we've covered all the all the bases there. 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.520 But I do have one thing to say about Altuna. 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:29.560 It's just not a good place to hide out if 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:33.760 you're committing crimes, because if you know, you'll probably caught 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:34.880 a McDonald's if you're. 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:35.720 Hiding out in now Tuna. 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:37.960 Don't commit crimes, but if you do, you should call 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.560 the fine folks over at Farrell Weaver in Oakin because 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.560 they fight for your rights, providing aggressive criminal defense and 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:47.600 appellate representation when the stakes are highest, when it counts 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:51.480 most experience matters. Call Feral Weaver in Oakin today for 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.840 any of your legal needs and get a free consultation. Again, 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:59.360 that's Feral Weaver and Oakin Again. Like McDonald, it's not 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:03.200 the best place hideout, Scott, I'll proven place to get caught. 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:06.320 But if you do, Phil Weaver and Noken will drive 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:07.760 out there and they will represent you. 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:10.720 So give the fine folks over there a call. 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:11.880 They've always had my back. 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:16.440 They got your back. Greensboro. 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.320 Greensborough was home this week against the Greenville Drive Red 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:20.680 Sox High A affiliate. 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:23.000 The story of the week here, Well, there's a lot 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:23.480 of sorces. 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.880 The bats are just insane there. I'm just waiting for 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:29.920 most of these to get moved to Altoona, right. But 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:31.800 Sammy Safira is who we got to talk about. I 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:33.480 put out a tweet about him this week because I'm 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.440 going through all these games this week and especially since 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:39.760 the end of June, it's like every box scorts safire 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:41.840 home run, home run, home run, home run, home run. 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:45.120 Guess nine since June twenty six, but Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.640 Friday home runs get four home runs this week five 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.520 hits for home runs. He slowed down at the end 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.800 of the week. Ten RBIs He's het in two ninety 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.440 four that ops is in above eight point fifty, which 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.680 is good to see. This is a prospect who we 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:01.160 acquired from in the Kobra Heyes trade, and this trade 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:03.920 is starting to look better and better every day because 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.159 Sammy is a guy that is a plus runner and 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:10.240 a plus defender up the middle. But if that bat 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:15.200 takes another step, man that does something magical to this prospect. 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:18.119 Stock here for Sammy Sipira, so gotta keep rooting for 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:21.639 him to produce. He's had some big time clutch homers 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.560 two over the past two weeks and gotta love what 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.959 you're seeing from him. Seth Hernandez went Wednesday, three innings, 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.639 two hits, one earned, four ks. You got three seventy 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:35.119 three ERA in Greensboro. I also want to highlight Eastern 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:39.359 Carmichael because he continues to hit and hit for power. 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:41.600 Fifteen home runs as of this week. 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:45.000 Two this week in Greensboro, but fifteen home runs on 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:47.600 the season. He's got three oh six average. And then 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.560 Johnny Severino, the piece that we've been talking about a lot. 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:53.960 That power surge is ruin and I want to see 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:55.920 it tested in Altuna soon because this is a guy 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.760 that we acquired in a trade for Carlos Santana in 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:01.160 the deadline two years ago or three years ago. 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:04.040