WEBVTT - NL 1st half grades + Spencer Schwellenbach on MLB pitching evolution 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:03.480 Pitchers are thrown harder than ever. They're chasing strikeouts, so 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:05.520 I think that with how the game is going, we 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:09.520 might not be seeing many complete games. 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:18.520 First half grades, we're at the mid season mark. Let's 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:21.439 cover the National League. We did the American League already, 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:23.040 and if you want to check that out, you know 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:26.400 where to find it on our YouTube channel. But for 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:30.160 the National league grades, we'll go from the a's down 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:34.120 to the f's. So let's start with who received an A. 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:35.720 And what I want you guys to do is just 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.080 either give some praise or disagree, agree whatever you want. 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.280 Slice through these grades, which we're put together by CBS 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:45.800 Sports in an article. The Cubs get an A, the 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:49.519 Dodgers get an A, the Brewers get an A, the 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:52.800 Phillies grab an A, the San Francisco Giants get an A. 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:55.400 They were very very gracious with their a's. And then 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:58.280 there's one ANUS to the New York Mets. Anything you 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:01.600 definitely like or don't like there, I mean, I got. 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:02.920 The standings up in front of me that I'm looking 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:06.520 at too. Just to kind of go off with some 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:10.000 like that, that kind of seems pretty pretty straight. 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:12.640 Really, Like Milwaukee gets an A. 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:13.479 I don't know. 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:17.520 I mean that's good, but like what. 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.640 I might move the Mets up to a straight A. 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:26.000 They got the ten agree with that degrees? There should 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:30.080 be no minus on that one. I think Milwaukee, maybe 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:31.920 you switch those, maybe you get the minus on the 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:32.640 Milwaukee side. 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:39.560 Then yeah, yeah, Like I thought Milwaukee was gonna be good, 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:43.240 and they are good, but they're not blowing the National 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:45.480 League Central away. And I know the Cubs obviously have 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:49.520 been playing ball, so for me put them more in 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.400 the B range. I know your boy Murph, your old coach, 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:54.560 Pat Murphy, would put them in the B range. He's 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.680 been a little grumpier with the boys this year. He's 0:01:56.680 --> 0:02:00.680 expecting more after his first year went so swimmingly. Maybe 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:02.720 I'm being hard on the Brewers. I thought I picked 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:04.760 the Brewers to win the division. Obviously, the Cubs have 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.400 been a jugger and I didn't see Pete crow Armstrong coming. 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:09.360 I thought those two would be going at it for 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:13.080 the division. So I just I think for the Brewers, 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.880 based on what they've done for years, roster didn't change 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:18.800 that much. That's a bee for me in terms of 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:19.560 their first half. 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:24.279 I don't hate it, Okay, And then. 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:25.320 You want to move to the Bees. 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:28.440 I mean San Diego and San Franz are not that 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.040 too far apart, Like I don't know, I know, I felt. 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:32.720 Like, but this has to do with expectations. 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:34.639 So these grades are given out based on what they 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.880 thought teams were going to do right and what public 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:40.120 perception was, and then how it performed for people that 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:41.840 they're like, oh, I didn't. A lot of people had 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:43.480 the Giants as the fourth best team in the National 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:47.160 League West, and they've certainly exceeded expectations. Got to give 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:49.840 the front office credit for devers. So here's the Bees, 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:52.919 the Padres got to be the Red's got to be minus, 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.000 and the Saint Louis Cardinals get to be plus. 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:56.280 See. 0:02:56.280 --> 0:03:02.120 Actually, for me, you would move the Reds up. 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:03.160 I would move the Reds down. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:04.800 I would move them down. 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:06.520 Yeah. 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.480 Maybe, I guess I just had lower expectations off the 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:10.200 jump for them. 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:11.160 That could be it. 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.800 Well, yeah, that's one hundred percent. If it was expectations 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:15.320 for the Reds. A lot of people are choosing them 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:17.200 to win the division. They're what six, I got it 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:18.320 right here, there's six and. 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:22.880 A half and they're like five hundred, right, Yeah, they're 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:23.200 two and. 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:24.880 A half out of the wild Card. They're forty two 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:30.639 and thirty nine. I yeah, I would say plus. 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:34.560 Yeah, I'm going C for the Reds. How about for 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:38.000 me the Cardinals getting a B plus C. I think 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:39.840 that's a team that deserved to be in the A's 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:42.800 because most people thought the Cardinals were gonna suck this year, 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:44.600 and they do not suck. 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.000 You're right, They're only one game out of the Wildcard too, So. 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:51.440 If we're giving San Francisco an a right, there's a 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:55.960 little bit of gracious grading here. The Cardinals were supposed 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.440 to be worse than the Giants according to many. 0:03:58.920 --> 0:03:59.720 The Cardinals are. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:01.400 In the thick of it, so I know they took 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:03.960 a step back since their hot start, but they're still 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:05.839 in the thick of a wild card race. I would 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:06.960 throw an A their way. 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:09.080 I feel like this is the kind of Cardinals team 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:10.840 they were expecting out of them last year. That's why 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:13.960 I was such a letdown last year for them. 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:16.360 Right, and then they keep the same roster, they roll 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.960 it out again this year and it's much better. I mean, obviously, 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.520 you know when you're plugging in computer models, and last 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:25.560 year didn't go well. They dinged them and brought them 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:28.800 down a notch. But there's guys who took another step forward. 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.400 So there's your list on the a's and the b's, 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:36.240 and let's start to get to the crap. So here's 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:39.760 here's your c's, okay, and one team for me stands 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:40.720 out in this greer. 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:42.480 Okay. 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:46.120 So the Diamondbacks get a C minus, the Nationals get 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:49.200 a C minus, the Marlins get a C minus. 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:51.159 They all should be lower. 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:52.600 They all should be lower. 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:56.239 The Backs are in the wildcard race and they don't 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:58.000 have half their pitching staff anymore. 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:01.320 The Diamondbacks are three games out but a wildcard. I 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.520 don't think they're making it. I don't think I know, 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:07.200 But we're not talking about expectations. The expectations. They should 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.840 be one of the top right in that division. You're right, 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:13.560 I would give them. I would give the Nationals struggle bus, 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.200 Miami struggle bus. I see them all as a D. 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.760 But you you thought the Marlins were going to be bad, 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:21.200 and they're bad, but they're not as bad. So maybe 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.520 that that I mean, that's how they explain they're grading. 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:27.000 They're twelve and a half out of a wildcard, eleven 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:31.920 games under five no wildcard, no they are excuse me, 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.120 they are nine and a half pretty much the same. 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.560 Right, so to me that I mean you C minus. 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.359 I can see the Nationals were supposed to be a 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.640 little bit better than this and they're in a similar spot. 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.640 No, yeah, no, they're they're right, they're right there too. 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:47.599 The Nationals are eleven and a half games out, so 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:49.240 they're actually behind that. 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:50.200 That's a D for me. 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:51.520 All three D. 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:54.120 This is off expectations. 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.080 Yes, like what you thought of these teams going into 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:59.400 the season, Like, I'll give you the perfect example. 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:01.839 Right, right to be a sports stop. 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.320 But Kip, yesterday when we did the A L, the 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.680 White Sox got like a B or a B minus 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.240 because they were, like we thought you get rid of Crochet. 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:12.160 They might be even worse and they're bad, but they're 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:13.400 not the worst team ever. 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:15.600 That's what I'm gonna say. Where it's like it's Colorado 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:18.080 and Pittsburgh like seized because they're exactly where we thought 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:19.280 they might be. Kind of. 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:22.600 Yeah, you're right, that makes sense. 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:29.880 Well yeah, okay, so so do you have any problems though? Arizona, Washington, 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:31.600 Miami And then I'll get to the three f's here. 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.200 I'm I'm Todd a little bit. I think Arizona could 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:37.920 be almost indeed, just because you have such high hopes 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:39.360 coming off as a World Series last. 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:40.720 Year two years ago. 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:44.560 But yees, I mean last year though eighty nine wins 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:48.960 the actually yeah, yeah, they had Corbyn Burns, but here's. 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:50.320 The the ian tying the Diamondbacks. 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:56.359 I'm just I'm just saying. 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Why 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:38.280 they're done. 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:40.840 You have Colorado and A because they're supposed to be bad. 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:44.240 Yeah, but they're gonna be They might be the worst 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:44.720 team ever. 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.600 Yeah, but they didn't expect to do good either, so 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.960 they my expectations of them has do bad. So they 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.840 should get an eight plus. They should be the highest one, 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:54.560 you know, if we're going by that. 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:58.840 But that's right, they're living up to expectations. They're exceeding 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.080 expectations in terms of how bad they are. 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:02.199 You've been one hundred and one? 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.800 Yes, what about the other two? 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.840 Atlanta F because where they're supposed to be and Pittsburgh 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:12.560 should be in the middle of the packs C minus. Yeah. 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:14.880 See, there you go. That's a big, great difference. Though 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:16.959 they're getting an F. I was gonna say either a 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.959 D or nobody's I mean not nobody, but most people 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.600 aren't expected. Paul Skeins doesn't pitch every day, No, he 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:24.920 does not. 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.760 And yeah, you just need a team to try every 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:30.280 day too, and they don't even have that. 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:30.920 It looks like. 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.520 I could be singling out with a person, but you 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.160 guys know what I'm talking about. But it's just that 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.920 that's a that's just an organization that needs a complete makeover. 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:42.920 How would you feel if you've been on a team, 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:46.199 Kip for five six years that has not been competitive 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.120 the entire time period, doesn't it start to like become 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:53.160 the norm where you're showing up to work in a 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.680 different way if that makes sense. Obviously you want you're 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:57.720 playing for your stats and for your contract and for 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:00.960 your quote for your team. But it's not sufficient roster. 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:03.040 It's been like that for a long time now, and 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.600 there's no buying from the front office. 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.040 You're gonna start to want out of that organization. But 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.280 even before then, you're gonna want to like put your 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.360 foot down and be like enough is enough? Can we 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:15.360 do something about this? As the people who are here 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.240 like this isn't good enough? Can someone like you got 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:19.600 to step up and just be like this is not 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:22.959 good enough guys and go from there. But yeah, it's 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.880 all all roads and to you want to know that organization. 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:27.840 If you don't see change for five six years, will 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:28.400 you've been there. 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.520 And there's two things that you can muster up and 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:33.719 do well. One one, you can muster up you can 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:35.560 look yourself in the mirror and say, hey, I got 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:37.199 to play for myself here. Every once in a while, 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.000 I gotta come out and try and do my best, 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:43.120 not worry about what everybody else is doing or can't 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.080 wait till football season comes, fantasy football the off season. 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:50.800 Like there's two jurstic things you can do. You know, 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:52.200 how long do you want to play this game for? 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.040 Because I'll just find somebody else if you're not going 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:56.520 to push it to the envelope and get after you know, 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.439 whether it's a ground ball, pop fly, you know, all 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.360 little things. Just just give effort. You know, it doesn't 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:03.920 mean you got to go one hundred percent, but just 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:04.640 give some effort. 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:09.080 Yeah, trying to see any there's your your finalist of 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:12.200 grades here and trying to see if we've got anybody 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:15.920 on here that that heavily disagrees or agrees. Boo in 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:22.360 the chat said DBAC should be second. Yeah, D plus 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:26.040 they said, ISN'TD plus not an actual grade? Isn't it 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:26.760 just D n F? 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:27.360 Yeah? 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.400 That's is that how it works? 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:30.760 I don't know, Yeah, I think it is. 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:33.920 No students, Like Michael. 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.120 Came back, I said, come on, frase, Ben Rice says 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.840 no business in the all. That's a different time, John, Michael, 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.200 you talk a lot of Yankees on there. Brother, I 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.360 love you, but I have to strongly disagree with you. 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:47.600 He needs either to be a reserve for sure. I 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:49.200 don't have all the numbers in front of me, but 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:50.960 i've I've seen with my eye. 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:57.480 Here's Vince said cards seven games over five hundred elite. 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:01.360 No but deaf uh not the twenty twenty three cards 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:03.600 or twenty four is probably what he means. So yeah, 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:05.520 I'm with you there. I think I think they deserve 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.319 an A. I'm big on that one, all right. So 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:11.160 if you disagree with anything, or you agree with anything 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.600 from either what CBS put out or what we put 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.839 out there, let us know. Thank you very much. And 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:21.680 apparently oh D plus n D minus our grades F 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:26.920 minus never not quite Okay, great, there're three best students 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:30.840 here on a Friday. Hey, we've got Spencer schwellenback joining 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.000 us from the Braves right now. I think second time. 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:36.200 I think joined us last year on ft SUS. Spencer's back. Spencer, 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:39.240 Great to see you. How's your sophomore season going, Man. 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:41.720 It's going good. Thanks for having me on guys. 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:42.840 Yeah, of course. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.160 Now I have to start here just because we're fresh 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.199 off this series and I'm from the area. So as 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.480 Todd father, did you know that you're the nicest, most 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:54.280 hated player for Mets fans. 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:56.960 I did not know that. 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:03.680 You know why though? Yeah, tell everyone what do you got? 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:05.280 What do you got on the Mets that you just 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:06.720 absolutely carve him up? 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:12.960 And I don't know, it's like like pitching against good 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:18.280 teams and like like pitching against good players. So it's 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:21.160 fun pitching against that team. 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.360 I want to ask, Yeah, that's funny. You know you 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:27.160 think in New York queens like you are the nice 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.280 one of the nicer guys. You know, you don't talk smack, 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:31.880 You just get after you've been having a really good season. 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:33.599 What do you what do you attest that too? Is 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.320 there some is there like a mentor there? You know 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.120 guys that you know that are taking you by the wings, 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.040 Like who's a guy right now that you talk to 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:43.280 after a game before a game and try and get 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.960 either that mental approach ready or that grind like all right, 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:47.800 this is what I need to do. Let's let's have 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:48.320 a chat. 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:51.040 Yeah. I mean, first guy that comes to mind is 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:51.680 Chris Sale. 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.400 I mean he's he's done it for a long time 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:57.520 at a really high level, and you know, he's been 0:13:57.760 --> 0:13:58.800 through a lot of injuries. 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.480 He's he said, a lot of success. 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:05.479 And he's the guy that I go to with any questions, 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:09.640 with any concerns. And then Spencer Strider has been a 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:13.640 huge help having him back this year, just watching bullpens 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.079 and picking his brain on certain things. 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:17.760 And you know it, he. 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.880 Knows a lot about the game, a lot about pitch design, 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:24.120 pitch grips, you know how it should look. So just 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:27.640 kind of leaning on those guys and trusting in the 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:32.120 coaches and the catchers, and just trusting to myself as well. 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.200 Did you tell Sale that it's okay to have just 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:38.600 a little bit meat on those bones that might protect 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.480 you when you lay out for a ball. Maybe an 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:43.240 ounce of fat might give you a little cushions. 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:49.840 Yeah, you can't pull fat. I think he might be starting. Yeah, 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:51.840 he's scared he's gonna lose the Gold Glove this year, 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.960 so he's trying to make up for it by diving 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:56.000 foot balls. 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:03.000 When he's so he's on the eel. Now, who have 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.040 you thought, Because you've got some great pitchers to pick from, 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:06.160 and you kind of just hint it on it a 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.640 little bit. So who have you been learning the most from? 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.000 Who have you been taking the most from on how 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:15.880 to approach pitching this year and your second year round. Yeah, 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:19.480 so just leaning on Rick Kranitz pitching coach. 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:23.160 He's you know, old school, but there's a lot to 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.000 learn with that. 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:27.480 You know, I grew up in today's game. 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:29.160 You have a lot of a lot of metrics and 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:34.120 track man data, and sometimes you kind of overlook what 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.600 it's like to actually pitch. And he's one of the 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:43.120 best in the game at at understanding swings, understanding certain counts, hitters, 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:47.880 and he's he's helped me a lot with that, and 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:52.680 then going on with other pitchers like Pierce Johnson's got 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:56.280 one of the best curveballs I've ever seen, just talking 0:15:56.280 --> 0:16:00.160 to him about different release points and Grant Holmes, he's 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:04.240 he's a when you look at his slider, his curveball 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.240 he's got. He spins the ball with the best of 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.800 them as well. So when I'm when I'm in going 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.000 wrong with the slider, when the slider's not moving right, 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:14.960 those are some of the guys that you know I 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:15.640 talked to with that. 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.320 I want to bring up a little bit. Ten games 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:23.320 out of the NL East. You know it wasn't the start. 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:27.240 You guys wanted. Ronald Kuna has been absolutely dominant. You 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:28.920 see this team making a run here, or do you 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:31.280 see this team you know, trade deadline coming up? Do 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.360 you hear anything about what's going on with the Braves 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:36.640 you think a trader too? Or how you feeling about 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:37.480 the squad right now? 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.080 I mean, we trust in each and every one of us. 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.920 We know that we got a team that can get 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:46.440 it done and it's just just a matter of time. 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:53.200 Spencer, the All Star Games coming up, obviously it's in Atlanta, 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.120 and speaking of Akunya, he's going to be doing the 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:59.120 derby there, which is cool. I know most guys are 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:01.080 not are going to be folks on the season, but 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.719 this is your sophomore season. How special would it be 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.720 to get there because you know, probably for the rest 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:10.760 of your career and I'm gonna have another Atlanta All 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:13.000 Star hosting situation like this. 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.560 Yeah, I mean it would definitely be special, and it 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:19.200 being in Atlanta, I'd be a really good one to 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.919 be in. But like you said, I mean, we got 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:23.760 a lot of games left before the All Star break 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:26.560 and we're trying to win some games, get back to 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:28.879 five hundred, to get a set up to have a 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:29.720 good second half. 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:32.560 I want to switch gears here just for a second. 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:37.200 Saw you from Saginaw, Michigan. Was hockey ever something big 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:40.320 for you out there? Because I know in that Midwest 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:42.359 area there's some good hockey out there. Talk to me 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:44.840 a little about if not, what are some activities you 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:45.800 like doing besides that? 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:52.720 So I never competitively played hockey, but every winner, the 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:55.680 pond would freeze, and me and all my friends would 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:59.040 go out with the two nets and ten of us 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:01.200 would go play on the frozen pond. 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:03.399 So that was a lot of fun. 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:07.200 But both my parents were basketball players, so that was 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:09.280 kind of during the same season, so I never got 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:13.479 to play hockey. But other than that, love every sport 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:19.879 pick a ball, tennis, golf, basketball, football, soccer, you know, 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:23.359 literally anything that it has a ball or a puck 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:23.959 or whatever. 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:24.840 Like playing. 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:31.480 Well, if you're a normal human, you can't speak English 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:35.280 to your pup. But what you can do to understand 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.000 what they love, which is Spontan tango on kibble, is 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:40.920 to see how they react when you put the unkibble 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:44.439 in the bowl. And my pup, pinal Lope, loves it. 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:45.359 So does Bella. 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:51.160 Well, Bella speaks Spanish, so she says, Maybeen, I love 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:51.840