WEBVTT - Episode 393 - Dahn on the Farm ft. Connor Wietgrefe 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.400 Episode three ninety three. 0:00:02.560 --> 0:00:06.440 Today we recap what's happening down on the farm and 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:10.640 we have a special interview with Pirates pitching prospect Connor Wickriff. 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:13.399 You're listening to the Bucco Banter Podcast, brought to you 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:15.200 by the Just Baseball Media Network. 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:16.600 Cue the music. 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:18.320 I feel one on one. You see a couple of 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:20.600 them in my taste with me and my limit ege 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:23.239 because I let the wait taste best seats at the 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:25.479 Pirates and he let me run the base. Yeah, my 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.120 time is like my money because I can't afford to waste. 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:31.120 Oh why see is a lawyers my date to my dates? 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:33.720 Or to stick by the plate? Sydy Kate keep the 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:36.440 case from my race at my pace cleared Grant That 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:36.960 is Snake. 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:40.839 Welcome back to another episode of Bucko Banner. Today. Like 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:43.120 Scott mentioned, we're gonna be recapping what's happening down on 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:44.960 the farm. Scott, the Parks has had a huge win. 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:48.720 We're feeling pretty good on the Wolf game. Uh, we're 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:50.599 riding high right now. We're gonna talk about some fun 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:52.520 prospects today. They're gonna help us in a few years 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:53.480 or down the line. 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:53.680 There. 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.320 I say, Uh, what's the bullpen arms in Indianapolis. But 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:58.240 there's lots to talk about today, Scott. 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.600 Yeah, I mean you're getting me post war game. I'm 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:03.160 the vibes couldn't be any higher. We're two and zero 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:07.080 Wolf games. We'll get into that probably midweek, but today 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.280 is dedicated to the minor leagues, to down the farm. 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.759 What's happening down there. And there's some things that are brewing, right, 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:15.400 some promotions, some news. 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:18.360 To discuss, to discuss. Let's let's start off with what 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:19.479 happened in the beginning of the week. 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:22.840 I'll field Carlos outfielder Carlos to hera a guy that 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:25.360 we've talked about quite a bit, a guy that kind 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:29.520 of blossomed in the DSL at the beginning of the summer, 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:34.600 enters the MLB pipelines pirates Top thirty prospect lists as 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.160 Maryland Valdez graduates. This is a guy that we're really 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:40.240 high on, A guy that I think could be another 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:41.240 is Maryland Valdez. 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.600 Let's just say it with more speed, right. 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.800 I think he's a guy that is, you know what, 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:49.560 one of your not one of your multimillion dollar signings, 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:56.600 but like someone that could emerge quickly and another positive 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:59.840 note down in an international scouting market here, Jay. 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.520 Yeah, they've done so well with these international prospects in 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:03.840 the last couple of years, so I think that this 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.560 is just another example of that you said. He mentioned. 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:09.280 You mentioned already that he raked this year the complex 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.480 and the DSL, I mean between both levels, twenty seven games, 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:16.040 three homers, scot ten stolen bases. He walked exactly as 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.000 much as he struck out and put up a four 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.400 to eleven on base between both levels one nineteen WRC plus. 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.120 This is a toolsy player they're going to be wanting 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.400 to look out for in the coming years, and somebody 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:28.240 that you should definitely keep keep on your radar. 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:29.960 Absolutely. 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:33.000 And then to Tuesday, we went into Chris Devenskin, Michael 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.280 Darryl Hicks and to the FCL for rehabbits. I mean, 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.720 they're working her way back up the Triple A. Maybe 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:39.560 one of those guys can help at the big league 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.640 level at some point or provide depth because they definitely 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.040 need it. And then Thursday, Ryan Butcher Dylan mathieson a 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.800 name that I've been wondering, where is he at? A 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.120 draft pick from last year out of Liberty. I think 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:54.679 thirteenth or fourteenth round. Him and Xander Meath were sent 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.440 to the to the FCL for rehab appearances. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.080 We'll get into that a little bit later. 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:01.960 The last day the FCL was actually this Thursday because 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:05.920 the Pirates did not move on and then Friday. Ashton Kennedy, 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:09.200 the Australian signee and the international signing market this year, 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.480 will be activated off the restricted list at the end 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.919 of this week and as signed to the DSL. This 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:16.600 is the guy that's gonna get an opportunity to hit 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:21.760 end pitch while beginning his pro career. A very exciting prospect. 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:25.079 We've talked about Robinson Smith, We've talked about Brandon Badoad. 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:29.320 This team has done really well in the Pacific RIM 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:33.919 and this is just another name there. Let's go Tuesday, 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.680 which is to which is the beginning of this week. 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:41.520 Brandon Nick a guy that was a Rule five pick 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:46.440 this past year from the Dodgers. Jay correct, Yeah, Lefty, 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:48.760 He's done really well out of the bullpen. Promoted to 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:52.920 Triple A Indy another interesting bullpen arm to keep an 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:53.320 eye on. 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:56.640 Jay. Why don't you tell us what's happening in Indianapolis 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:58.320 this week? Any highlights here? 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:00.320 Got a lot of fun stuff going on. I mean, 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.560 we're catching Justin ce Garcia kind of in the middle 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.160 of it here right here. Uh, he had double in 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:08.040 a homer. It looks like this week duce Gorson four 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.560 for twenty three in his first or is his first 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:11.960 or second weekend triple a for him? 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.840 That can probably gotcha first and a half. Yeah, something 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:15.200 like yeah. 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.279 Jack Brady get three for fourteen and Tamar John said 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:21.400 three for twenty Scott Also Connor Wickgriff threw a pretty 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.720 nice outing on Tuesday, five point two innings, pitched five hits, 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.480 zero earned runs, one walk, four strikeouts. This is a 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.560 guy that you're gonna hear from later in this episode 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:31.400 that you and I could not be more fired enough 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:34.160 to talk about, because he's somebody that's just dominated every 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.240 single level this year. And it's not crazy stuff, but 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:37.960 it just works every single time he goes out there 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.479 on the mound. Clean mechanics, smooth, easy delivery, just somebody 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:43.039 that's able to hide the ball pretty well and be 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:46.120 kind of just a weird look for lefties and right 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:47.880 he's alike, but especially left handers. 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:50.000 Something I want to talk about with Indianapolis has Mitch 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:53.280 jeb like figured out how to do he might have. Yeah, 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.160 put impact to ball like it's incredible. He's got four 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.839 hum runs in Triple A and he just got back 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.719 this week and has hit two already, which has been 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:02.960 really impressive to see. 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:06.080 He's hitting four twenty four in Triple A. Unbelievable. Some 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.640 bad news Christian Curtis at the IL. 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:14.159 I don't know the reasoning exactly at this juncture, but yeah, 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:15.840 they haven't said just yet, but he was he was 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:18.560 placed in the IL. We saw Antoine Kelly pitch some 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:22.520 no hit, no run ball on Saturday. Derek berg Is 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.039 back up to Triple A as Sean Ross made his 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:26.000 way to the big leagues. 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:27.960 Later got DFAD today. 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.360 But other than that, Jay, I think that's that's all 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:33.960 that's happening. Oh, jose a Erri Kty, let's talk about 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:35.800 Jose Aero Kitty. Jose Aero Kitty was tricked. 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:37.280 To the White Sox after being dffade. 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:41.039 We got back an interesting arm from the White Sox, 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:43.919 a six to six arm with some projection already up 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:45.600 to ninety five on the complex. 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:47.640 Yeah, I feel like anytime you can get an arm 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:49.919 back like that's just projectable and you can see what 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:52.200 you have there. I immedily got a text from one 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.320 of my White Sox guys, Adrian from Just Baseball, who 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:57.119 was telling me about how he's a guy that caught 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:59.640 his He caught his eye earlier this year as somebody 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:01.400 to watch and there's lower levels, a little bit older 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:02.720 for the level. I'm pretty sure he was like what 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:05.560 twenty one years old down in the complex leagues, but 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.440 still nonetheless somebody that you can keep an eye on. 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.440 And again, I feel like that your kid's time here 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.039 was kind of coming to an end, and that writing 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:14.400 has been on the wall since that first series at 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.280 the end of the season. So just being able to 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:18.440 get a prospect back for him period is going to 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.080 be something that you should be excited about. Not much 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.080 else to really say there, though, Let's. 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.720 Go to Double A Altoona near and Dear to your 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:27.960 heart Jay. They were in Akron, though they weren't at home. 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:31.360 They were playing the rubber Ducks of Guardians Double A affiliate. 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.680 I feel like we saw some slug from murfh and 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.760 Lonnie this weekend, especially Lonnie. Lonnie had three home runs 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:41.400 a double six RBIs. Murph hit two home runs as well. 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:44.320 But I want to talk to you about Connor Oliver. 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:46.760 I bet you didn't expect me to say that. 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:48.440 I did not. I really didn't. 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.240 What do you see in Connor Oliver? This guy wasn't 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:53.000 drafted by the parts. I believe he was drafted by 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:58.120 the Raid Royals and we acquired him elsewhere. But he 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:01.799 has been very productive, one of the more productive arms 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.960 in the system this year. Wednesday, six innings, two hits, 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.280 no earned, three walk, six k's. I know the era 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.040 is four or five nine, but the results speak for 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.720 themselves in Greensboro and for the most part now Tuna, 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.200 since these men moved up, what have you seen from 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:15.800 him so far? 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.720 The biggest takeaway on Connor Oliver is that loopy curveball 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:20.720 that he has. It doesn't dialod up eigh in the 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.960 velocity rusty area, but he doesn't really have to. I 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.760 talked to him a lot one day just about how 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:28.800 it seems to be a really tough pitch for lefties. 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.400 Is se in his double he got so many whips 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:34.240 curveball just because he basically throws it from behind these 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.960 lefties and it ends up finishing over the hard so 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:38.640 they either have to swing or just end up taking 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:41.119 it for strikes all the time. And I mentioned to him, 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:45.000 this curve ball is so good, like how many lefties 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:46.600 with it just all the time because I don't know 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.000 anybody can see that arm slot and all these things. 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.680 And he's like, like I do, but it's I feel 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.760 like it's almost more right to swing over, which I 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.040 found it'd be pretty interesting because this is a pitch 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.640 that I feel like is almost designed to get out lefties. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:01.440 If he's able to get out some of these right 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.320 handers as well, that's that's just something else to keep 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.000 in mind with him, it's gonna be super interesting. But 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.000 another arm is like very in that Connor Wick Griffy 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.400 tier of just not guys that don't have crazy stuff, 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.360 but they're able to blow you away just because the 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:14.600 delivery and arm slot and some of the pitch ability 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:17.760 is kind of what takes this game to another level. Yeah. 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:19.800 Absolutely, I was gonna say, could he be another Caleb 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.080 Ferguson type of arm in the big leagues? Positively, if 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:27.160 not a long man, But the results speak for themselves 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:30.080 and Easton Carmichael made his double a debut on Friday, 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.960 went two for four with one k this week two 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:38.280 for seven total and Altoona Anything in terms of other 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:41.319 arms like Matt Aiger Kyle Robinson was required for Alica 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:45.559 Williams from the A's Anything of note there because they've 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.720 had interesting results so far this season. 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.360 Matt Ager has really impressed me. I mean, the same 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.000 thing goes for him as a lot of these guys, 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.160 just kind of a funky delivery, also doesn't dial it 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:56.760 up too much with the velocity. He's like a left 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.040 handed version of the two starting pitchers. I feel like 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.640 we've keyed in on in this episode, Scott, but somebody 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:03.120 to definitely keep an eye on. And I want to 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:04.720 bring this up real quick in case you're about to 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:06.240 go in the mrth Gray direction, because I feel like 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.440 we almost have to before we get into Lonnie White. 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:11.600 I'm just looking through the data right now as we're 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.440 talking about this. Looks like he only hasn't gotten on 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:17.200 base in one Double A game so far, which is 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:19.840 just ridiculous, and he's still slugging. This is somebody that 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.679 I remember talking to arm about at Just Baseball as well, 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:24.120 and he was saying about how like, I don't want 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.200 to be super pessimistic on Murph Gray, But I feel 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:27.520 like I got to see him do it at double A, 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:29.120 and I feel like we're seeing him do it a 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:30.160 double A, Scott. 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.640 I mean, he's absolutely doing a double A. He continues 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:34.240 to slug. 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.360 He's got what twenty five plus homer's already this he's total, 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:39.160 Like that's absurd. 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:40.920 Like the first full. 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:45.800 Season he's produced or performed at in Major League baseball 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:50.719 has been quite impressive for a Mountain West guy at 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:53.400 of Fresno State, right, And that's not a program to 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:54.760 laugh at by any means. 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.720 But you know, I don't think we expected this. 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:00.920 I don't think you can expect this from SEC guys 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.920 necessarily in their first full season. So he continues to 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:09.720 produce and continues to slug. What do you see defensively? 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:11.440 I think that's gonna be the big question mark for me, 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.679 because we see the batting average, we see the home runs, 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:18.760 we see the offensive outputs as outsiders in Pittsburgh here 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:22.560 looking at the farm system, But defensively, is he gonna 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:24.760 be able to manage third base at the big league level? 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:27.320 So admittedly I haven't got my first live looks at 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.520 Earth Grade just yet. I'll get to see him tomorrow 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:31.000 and hopefully be able to give you a better answer 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:32.560 of this next time. I'm on down on the farm. 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:34.000 But I feel like that this is a guy that, 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.679 even if his glove isn't super impressive, you can kind 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.600 of almost hide him at third base, just because that's 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.520 kind of the nature of corner infield positions, right, and 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:43.760 especially if he just is able to hit like he has, 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:45.720 you're gonna be able to find a place for him defensively, 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:47.920 regardless of how strong the glove is, even if it's 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:51.560 maybe more average or slightly below average in the long run. 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:52.680 For sure. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:54.800 For sure, let's go to Greensborough. They are playing the 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:58.160 Winston Salem Dash the High a affiliate of the White Sox. 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:02.559 As always just some slug. There's some offense here in 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:07.240 North Carolina. But they're in Winston Salem and we have 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.520 Sammy Sefira continuing to slug. He's got seventeen home runs 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:15.000 on the year this year. Jay, Like, that's not something 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:16.840 that we scripted, right. 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.600 He missed like a good bit of time there. 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:20.960 He missed a good bit of time. 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:22.840 I feel like he was rehabbing for most of the 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.640 first two months. Jack Anchor had a really good outing 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.000 on Tuesday, five innings, three hits, one earned, two walk, 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:33.080 six k's. You had some Seth Hernandoz on Friday before 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:36.480 he bad news went on the IL with obleique entry 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:42.720 prayer circle for Seth Hernandez. Obleaque better than arms, shoulder, elbow, right, 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:44.600 But you've got to be. 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:47.360 Impressed with his first full season as a pro. If 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:48.400 that is the end of it. 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:51.120 Three innings, one hit, no earned, no walks, five k's. 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:56.800 On Friday, Tony Bloco Junior returned as well from the IL. 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:58.360 Had a mammoth and a shot. 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.120 A friend of mine, who is a hitting coach for 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.000 the Winston Sale La Dash, texted me it was just 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.560 like Tony Blanco just hit the furthest ball I've ever seen. 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:10.160 That was his thirteenth home run as a grasshopper. And 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:12.360 then Johnny Severino is a guy I think we need 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:15.760 to highlight fangrafts to have. Yeah, absolutely, all. 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:17.240 Right, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.760 We'll spend some time on Johnny Severino because this is 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.160 a guy that we acquired for Carlos Santana to trade 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:26.320 deadline two years ago. Was a lottery pick, a great trade, 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:30.200 probably one of Ben's best. He has twenty four home 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.920 runs in Greensboro this year. Is that a product product 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:37.400 of Greensboro or is that a product. 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:39.840 Of him making an adjustment or is it a little 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:40.240 bit of both. 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:43.000 I feel like that's the question. Yeah, I feel like 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:44.400 it can absolutely be both. I don't mean to cut 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.440 you off right there, by the way, but it seems 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:48.400 like he's never hit more than sixteen home runs in 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:50.160 a season in his minor league career, So this is 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.319 something that you're definitely seeing a lot more power from. 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:54.000 And I mean, you bring up a good point with 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:56.600 that being potentially an effective greens Row just because that 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.679 ballpark in that league as a whole is so hit 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:00.880 or friendly that you almost want to be scared of that. 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:02.599 And I alo just want to say this too. I 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:04.360 feel like that Separino is one of those guys that 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:07.640 could just be like one small adjustment away from really 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:09.640 breaking out and taking his game to another level. Because 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.320 this is somebody that just doesn't walk very much. There's 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.800 a lot of power in this profile, but only walks 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:16.520 five point nine percent of the time. The on base 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:18.640 right now is only at three ZHO three Scott, which 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.240 I mean has ended up making the WRC plus just 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:23.400 above league average. But if he's able to hit for 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:25.240 power and maybe find his way on a little bit 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.439 more often just via free basis, this is something that 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:30.840 you could be looking at as a potential top prospect 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:33.600 of the system going into next season or even at 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:34.440 this point next year. 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.000 I know they started to deploy him in the outfit 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:37.520 a little bit. 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:40.840 Maybe that's a route that he could take to expedite 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.160 his his path the big leagues, right because you know, 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:47.000 there's there's ample amount of shortstops in this in the 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:50.360 system right now, or middle infielders, or or just infielders 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:51.640 in general. Because I think this is a guy that 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:53.480 was eventually going to grow off a short stop anyway 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:56.880 and maybe be at third basement. But I think he's 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.679 got the positional flexibility is going to be huge for him. 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:03.640 And I would like to see that power output translate 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.160 to oultuna for me to really buy in. But twenty 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:09.880 four home runs, nonetheless, is nothing to sneeze at. Let's 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.719 go to Bradenton. They were home or they were home 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:17.199 against the Danean Blue Jays. Blue Jays low a affiliate. 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.720 We had a tremendous series from Richard Ramirez, and no, 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.000 not that Richard Ramirez the Bradenton Marauder. 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.160 Richard Ramirez seven. 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.080 For twenty this week, two doubles, three home runs eight, 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:33.640 RBIs hitting two eighty six on the season. Great series 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:37.400 from him, you got Breyln Berzobin, Johan delos Santo's up 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:39.920 from the complex full time. I feel like Braylon Beersobin 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.880 is definitely going to have to fix the approach because 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:46.760 he's can quite a bit. And that's nothing I'm concerned about, 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:50.240 because I think there's some electric upside there in terms 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:51.640 of bat speed and power. 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:57.000 But something to note. And then rain On Navarro continues 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:57.600 to stay hot. 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.960 Tuesday, he went two and two third, four hits, three earned, 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:05.200 two walk, six k's. I mean, it's just the k's 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:08.920 are coming in on one and after another. Sunday in 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:11.160 the doubleheader, two and two thirds, three hits, one earned, 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.680 three walk, six k's, another six k's. This guy just 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:17.280 misses bats. He is a feel for missing bats. 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:19.560 I gotta say, two man, I feel like even though 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:21.960 there's still like four walks between those two outings and 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.840 like what six ish innings, I feel like there's still 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.280 trending downward just a little bit, which I feel like 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:28.880 is all you were kind of asking for at the 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.560 end of the season from a guy like this who 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.800 has already impresses plenty with his stuff. I mean, we 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:35.760 talk about the fastball so often being this kind of 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.280 unicorn pitch for him. So if he's just able to 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.400 keep guys off base a little bit more via free passes, 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.240 this is somebody like I think has closer upside in 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:45.640 the long run. Like I think that he's going to 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:49.160 be a pretty strong relief option, but if he's able 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.920 to stop walking some guys and get some length on 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:53.880 his outings, this could be a really nice starter for 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:54.400 them too. 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:58.880 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. And then let's let's look at a 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.600 guy like Levi Sterling. Levi Sterling is a guy that 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:04.880 I think could be that pitcher to take the next 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.080 step forward. Five innings, three hits, one earn, three walks, 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:11.360 seven k's on Sunday in the first game of the doubleheader, 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.640 works really well north to south with that fast wap 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.120 in the zone and that true swell twelve to six 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.160 curve ball. And then you look at a guy like 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:24.360 Erwin Ramirez, an arm out of the international market. He 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:28.120 pitched on Saturday. The fastball touches one hundred plus. He 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.640 has two secondary pitches that generate plus rooughway with rates. 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:33.600 I think this is an arm that is going to 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:37.560 be on our radars even more next year, right, and 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:41.400 a name that we're gonna circle. But four innings, two hits, 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:45.800 two earns, two walks, five or four k's on Saturday 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:49.560 and a seven to five win raw. But like the 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:52.400 stuff is hard to ignore as it is with like 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.960 a Raino Navarro and some other of these young arms 0:16:54.960 --> 0:17:00.800 like Carlos Matteo, Right, Jay, any anything else from Bredonton 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:02.960 that you want to highlight before we move on to 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:04.359 the rookie levels. 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.360 It really feels like if there's just one big takeaway 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:09.320 from this level in general and the pitching at this 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:12.080 level especially, it's just that the Pirates have so many 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:15.680 guys with such electric stuff in this rotation in Bradenton 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.000 right now. I mean, you just talked about like three 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.040 separate arms including Navarro and Sterling and some other guys 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.720 here that just have crazy stuff. They just need to 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:25.120 learn how to harness it. And I feel like that's 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:27.200 what you're starting to see guys like Levi Sterling start 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.320 to do. I mean, this season's starting to rack up 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.920 k's like we haven't seen before and previously from him 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:35.119 ninety four and eighty four innings on the season while 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:38.240 keeping walks to a relative minimum, which Scott, if you remember, 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.120 that was like the biggest that was like the biggest 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:41.960 problem for him in years past, which is that he 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:44.720 couldn't keep guys off base. And if he's able to 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:47.560 start to control his pitches, learn to pitch ability a 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:50.359 little bit better, he could end up taking that turn 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:51.600