WEBVTT - Ryan O'Hearn & Jake Mangum join FT 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:12.800 You're pulling back the curtain there now a member of 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:15.120 the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ryan, Great to be with you. I 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:18.040 see the helmet behind you. Man, a Packers fan. That's 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:20.279 tough this year. I'm a Broncos fan. Let's not get 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:22.840 me started on that. Good to be with you. Happy, 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:25.600 Happy that you're with us here on Fould Territory. What 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:28.440 are you most excited about as being a part of 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.520 the Pirates. I saw that you said, raise the Jolly Roger. 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:32.800 What are you looking forward to? 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:34.640 What's up? 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:37.080 Guys? Thanks for having me. That was a That was 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:41.600 a cool intro right there. That's new. Yeah, No, thinks 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:45.159 are good. Uh Packers at least, I mean they kind 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:46.800 of fall apart at the end, but they're always always 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:48.760 seemed to be in it most of the season, so 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:50.920 it'll keeps you entertained all off season and then just 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:56.720 that big letdown. But uh yeah, I'm excited Pirates are 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.760 you know, I think a sneaky good team and they've 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:01.920 made and moves this offseason, and you know, I don't 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.080 know what they got coming next that they're gonna do 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:08.279 anything else, but it seems to be a good group. 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:10.600 And uh yeah, everybody I've talked to has been great. 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:12.520 I'm looking forward to getting out of Bradenton. 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:16.679 Before we dig into baseball. Bear down Okay, I was 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:23.839 at that second, dude. Okay, that's it, that's all. Yeah, 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:25.640 Well they got him in the right year. Okay, they 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:27.759 beat him twice at the end of the year, and 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:30.800 that's all that matters. That's all that anybody remembers is 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.160 the Bears knocked the Packers out of the playoffs. Again. 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:36.600 That's the when you make the playoffs. 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:40.040 So per Packer fans look so much further than our 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:42.840 two games against the Bears, Like it's like whatever, it's 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:46.039 another game for you guys. It's like, if you lose, 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:47.880 it's the end of the world. If you win, you 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.640 know you're gonna have this great celebration after the other 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.760 head coach Like whatever, don't get me started on that. 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.240 My sister's married to a Bear fan, so I got 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:57.279 to hear about it all the time. 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.000 So he's a smart one in the family. That makes sense. 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.960 That makes sense. How excited for you for the Packers 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.840 to finish nine six and nine, seven and nine and 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:07.800 seven again last year and get the seventh seed losing 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:09.600 the first round. No, just kidding because we know that's 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.359 gonna happen. The Bears are going to win the division again. 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:12.200 It's fine, we get it. 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.000 Yeah, but at least will be in the playoffs. The 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.080 Bears may or may not make the playoffs like they 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:20.480 may define. Anyways, I'll see you. 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:22.560 I'm a Seahawks fan now. 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:26.880 Anyway for the Super Bowl, I'd love to see the 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:27.480 Seahawks win. 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:30.280 Anyways, we had a whole thing on it yesterday, so 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:33.320 because we had Adam Jude from Seattle on. So, how 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:35.200 honestly you said you're excited to get the brand? Didn't 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.240 What was it about the Pirates that made you want 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.560 to go there? Because for so long it has not 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:43.000 been a destination for veteran guys like you looking to win. 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.160 So what's changed about the Pirates When they called you? 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.640 Ben Sherrington calls your agent says we want you to 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.600 come to Pittsburgh and you said, yes, sir. 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.560 Yeah, I mean I could. That's fair. You know, the 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.400 Pirates have they won seventy one games last year they 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.840 didn't you know, they haven't been very good. But if 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:02.760 you look at the team, like there is a lot 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:07.240 of good players and starting with the Cy Young winner, 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:09.320 you know what I mean, Like that's a big deal. 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:11.800 And then on top of that, they have good arms 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.920 behind them. I think, you know, at the top of 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.680 my list was like I want to join a team 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:21.120 that a really wants me and thinks that I can 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:24.120 be like their guy in the middle of the lineup, 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:26.440 you know, and then on top of that a team 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.359 that could pitch well. So like I'm looking at my options, 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:31.600 and then I'm like really looking at this Pirates roster. 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.600 There they had good pitching stats last year for a 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.160 team that took last place in the l Central. So 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:40.200 it's like, Okay, maybe they need some offense and I 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.120 could be that guy. And then that trade happens. They 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:46.040 add Brandon Lau, a hitter who I've admired for a while, 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:50.160 seen him a lot in the Al East, and and 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.760 so I'm like all right, And then you know, Ben's 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.600 been great. We have really good communication with him, and 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:57.840 he made it clear to me that like, hey, we're 0:03:57.920 --> 0:03:59.920 not done, We're still moving to you know, we're trying 0:03:59.920 --> 0:04:02.880 to make this team better. And you know what, agent, 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.160 I bought in and I'm fully bought in, and I'm 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:07.400 excited to be a Pirate. And I think we're gonna 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:08.400 go out surprising people. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:10.520 You're supposed to be bought in. 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:15.400 That's awesome, Like anybody that says, right, I wasn't. That 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.560 was my original team that I that I got called up. 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:19.839 I got caught up with all the really good players 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:26.320 that started that run. McCutcheon, Pedro Alvarez, Garrett Jones, Jamison 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:29.000 ty On was was later than that, but like you know, 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.880 Garrett Cole a little bit after that. So yeah, I was. 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:36.920 I was there. The fans are amazing. But the history 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:40.200 when when Ryan O'Hearn says, I had the largest free 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:43.279 agent contract in the history of the Pirates, did you 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.840 have to take a back a little bit when your 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:49.200 agent called and said, you'll never believe it, but the 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:52.039 Pirates are really in, like they might be one of 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:55.359 the top three here because it just hasn't happened. 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:57.320 It just hasn't happened. You've been in the game, you 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:58.080 watched the game. 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.640 Did were you a little taking a back before you 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:04.760 started really talking to Ben Cherrington and hearing what their 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:05.800 plan and vision was? 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:09.760 Uh? Yeah, for sure, because I mean, you know, like 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:14.080 you said, I don't remember I didn't even remember the 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:16.840 last multi year contract given to a free agent of 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.400 the Pirates. I was like, I mean, I know they 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.960 got O'Neil Cruz. I know they got Brian Reynolds, I 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.039 know they got Paul Schimes, and you know, I'm like 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:26.920 going down the list and I'm like, these are all 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:30.240 like homegrown guys. I couldn't remember the last time that 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:32.440 they went out and got like a And I'm not 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:34.520 a big free agent by any means. I don't want 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.640 to say like I'm just like massive free agent because 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.960 I wasn't. But I you know, I had a few options. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.640 It wasn't like that was my only option. I think 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.560 I was in that price range of like, hey, you know, 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.680 maybe I could A good amount of teams could come 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.960 after me. But yeah, I was a little bit surprised. 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:56.200 And then, you know, like you said, like initially, maybe 0:05:56.240 --> 0:06:00.320 you're my reaction wasn't like, oh yeah, I'm gonna like 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:02.800 this is a playoff team and like this is you 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:06.680 know it was. It took some digging, I think into 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:08.880 the team to realize like they're not as far away 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.479 as maybe the perception is. And then, like I said, 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:14.839 the loud trade, like that was a big deal for me. 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:19.200 That definitely moved the needle talking to like I said, 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:23.480 talking to Ben Cherrington and he was, you know, pretty 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.240 like straightforward, like, hey, we're not done. We want to 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:28.760 get better. And you know, as you guys know, like 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:30.320 you'd love to hear that as a player, like you 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.159 want to join a team that wants to continue to 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.640 add and you know, make the team good. Like I 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.240 want to be competitive. I want to get a chance 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:39.280 to win. I'm getting older. I don't know how many 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:40.880 years of this I have to go. So I want 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:42.359 to be on a team that's got a shot. And 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.320 I think it'd be really fun if I could, you know, 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.640 myself and Brandon lou could come to a team that 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:51.200 maybe needs some offense, that already had some good pitchers, 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.480 and you know, we could make something special happen. Right. 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.240 This is a lot of talking, but like we've got 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:00.000 to go play the games. So like, you know, I'm 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:03.200 hyping the Pirates all off season and I love it, 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:04.800 but every time I do it, I get off and 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.200 I go, yeah, we got to go play the games now, 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.000 Like that's yeah. 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.880 But they've done things, they've done things, They've done things 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.240 every year. We're like, golly, if you can build a 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.000 team around around Paul Skins. I mean, look at what 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:18.520 the Tigers did. I'm not saying the guys on the 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:23.280 Tigers aren't good. I'm saying with Arrek Scugle, they've built 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:26.880 a team around Trek scouble and they don't have elite superstars. 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:30.240 They don't have you know, the craziest dudes that are 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.800 out there. They have good players, but you can build 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.120 a team around a pitcher like Paul Skeen. So they 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.480 have done that. But we are friends here. You need 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.560 to tell us what the other teams were that. 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.560 Were on you. What is the what were the options 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:48.000 and how did that come? Because I asked everybody, I. 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:49.760 Don't know what the protocol is on that. I feel 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:54.280 like that's I can't say. I feel like that's like why, 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:55.760 I don't know why it's like that, but you know 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:57.840 it's like that, like I can't sit here and be like, well, yeah, 0:07:57.880 --> 0:07:59.480 this team offered me this, and the offer me that 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:01.840 I know you would love to know. Maybe I'll tell 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:02.400 you off. 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:06.920 Camera, Okay, text me. That's fine. I won't tell anybody 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.760 because it's some like great dark secret to me. I 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:11.760 think that grows the game. Obviously, I'm not going to 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.360 go on a soapbox. But I think it's like, oh crap, 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.560 like we were Team X is a fan that they're 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:18.440 watching and they're. 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:19.760 Like, oh, we almost have Rhyan o'harn. 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:21.720 And then when Ryan O'Hearn makes the All Star team 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:25.119 halfway through the year, would have loved that left handed 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:25.920 bat in our lineup. 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:28.280 And it kind of creates some intrigue and it makes 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:29.720 your team cry in. 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.040 I get it. I don't want to be the first 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:32.800 guy to be. 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:38.880 Like right, I'm not mad. 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.120 He's always trying to get dudes in trouble all the time. 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:42.480 That's there. 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.520 I know it, both of them, both Aj and Craft. 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:48.880 I will not do that to you. 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:50.400 I will not do that to you. What do you 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:52.520 prefer place outfield? 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:53.120 D H. 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:55.400 You're one of those guys that can bring several gloves 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.600 to the field, your versatile. People love that pencil you 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.440 in because you constantly put But if you had to 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:03.920 choose something that you really enjoy playing, what is it? 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:09.320 I like playing first? Uh? Yeah, I've always liked playing first. 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.920 I think it's a position I'm like the best at. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:13.040 You know. 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.080 I'm not like I can go out there and play 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:18.760 right field if need be, But I would definitely prefer 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:21.120 to play first base. And then you know, you sprinkle 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:22.920 in like a day game d H every now and then. 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:23.720 I'm not mad at it. 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:25.439 Get you off. 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.439 Yeah, there's nothing better than a spa day before a 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:32.599 day game. DH. 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:35.000 Wow, spoken like a true superstar. 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:35.560 Look at me. 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:36.960 I got a deal. 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.920 I get it, I get it. There's there's a lot 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.360 going on around in Pittsburgh. You were just at the 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.040 fan fest. Correct, you're at Pirate Fest. 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.160 No, I didn't make it because we had a snowstorm, Bunce, 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:50.839 I couldn't get out. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.280 Yeah, okay, okay, so you didn't make it. But there's 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:56.959 a lot of talk about the fact that Cutch hasn't 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.600 signed back yet from the guys that you've talked about, 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:02.480 because you there's a bunch of really good dudes that 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:06.080 are up there that that are in Pittsburgh. Like what 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:08.760 have you heard as far as like, hey, we really 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:11.800 love as players, we'd really love to have cutchback because 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:15.200 he did this, or you watching him from Afar, a 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:19.760 guy that's a previous a former MVP, like watching him 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.880 and what he could add to a team, even if 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:24.200 it's on a one year deal. 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:29.360 Yeah, I mean, I think one thing is like, as 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.959 it stands right now, I'm the oldest guy on the team, 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.680 and I hate that, Like I think, and I'm not 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.080 that old, So I mean, I think there is something 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:41.560 to be said for adding you know, veteran guys. Also 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:46.920 like Andrew McCutcheon is like, you know, his he should 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.680 have a retired number in the stadium. So like a 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:52.760 guy like that, you know, obviously commands the respect of 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.600 guys in the clubhouse, the fans love him, things like that. 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.160 So I mean, it's I'm at the GM. I'm not 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.480 gonna you know, tell be like we need to sign 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:03.160 this guy or we need to not like that's not 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.839 my job. But I will say I would love to 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:07.840 play with Cotch and like I got a lot of 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:10.680 obviously got a ton of respect for him, and I've 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:15.160 watched him, you know, forever, going back as a pirate, 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:20.280 you know. And then yeah, I feel like it's weird 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:23.720 to see him in any other Jersey. But yeah, no, 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.240 I would love to play with Catch. I would love 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:28.120 to play I'd love to play with any guy who's 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.719 like that level of established. Obviously you don't even want 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.200 to play with players that you grew up in. 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:37.840 Myrine that that leads me into my next question. Who. 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:39.920 I feel like I know the answer, but maybe you'll 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:43.520 have a creative answer. Who do you want to see 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.480 consistently for one hundred and sixty two games? And I 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:48.400 get it, Schiens doesn't play one hundred and sixty two 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:50.880 if you make it Schimes. But I think there's some 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.680 guys on other teams that you're like, go Lee, like 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.200 that dude on this roster, Like I wonder what he 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:01.000 really looks like day in and day you only see 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.320 him six times a year, three times a year or whatever. 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:08.040 I mean, I think there's an obvious answer in O'Neil Cruz, 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.360 like who I want to see the guy that hits 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.000 up all one hundred and twenty five miles an hour 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:13.600 up close? I want to see what that looks like, 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:16.360 you know, and like just on a day to day 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.360 it was his cage routine. Look like I know he's 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:21.320 got an absolute hose. I want to see him throw 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:25.880 the ball from centerfield. So that's one, And I mean 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.720 that's pretty obvious. I don't I'm not a huge like 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:35.480 prospect guy, like I'm you know, I love the prospect thing, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:37.600 like I've got a chance to play with quite a 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:40.600 few number one prospects, and it's kind of like, yeah, 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.840 I see, I'll see when you get here. Connor Griffin. 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:45.840 The stuff that I've seen from this guy, he looks 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.120 like an absolute free show. So I think it'll be 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.160 fun to see him in spring training and just kind 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:54.600 of see, you know what it looks like taking ground balls. 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:56.120 I want to see. I want to see all of it. 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:59.360 You know, he's apparently he's got like tools for days. 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:01.080 There was some quote the other day that I saw 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.040 that was like, he reminds me of a young a 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:05.640 Rod and he's gonna be like Bobby Witt in the show, 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:09.400 which is like, Uh, It's kind of stresses me out 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:13.640 for him because that's such a like, you know, put 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.640 add so much pressure. But I just want to watch 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.720 him go play, no pressure or nothing like that, just 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:21.640 like see the tools come out, and I'm excited to 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:22.600 see him in spring training. 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.600 You came from Birdland, but some people would have called 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:30.320 it prospect Land. So you're talking about you're talking about Jackson, 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.120 you're talking about Gunner, you're talking about Adlie, you're talking 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:37.560 about what do you need to see from Connor Griffin 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.960 to say that's a little bit different. That's a little 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:44.080 bit of Gunner, that's a little bit of ADLEI like, 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.640 if you could take a if you could take a 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:48.839 snap or a little piece of each of those guys 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:50.839 and be like, wow, that would make because each of 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.880 those guys has had their moments, but Gunner is the 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.440 only one that has like top three MVP votes. And 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.080 it's like this guy they're talking about him as Mike 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.280 Trout as a short stop. What do you need to 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:05.439 see from Connor that you're like, Okay, I saw some prospects, 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:06.960 but this is a real deal. 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:09.520 You know. What I want to see is I want 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.240 to see him come in and just like completely be himself. 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.240 I don't want to see a guy that like looks 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:17.960 like he's trying to like impress somebody or please you know, 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:19.920 coaches or whatever. I want to see a guy who 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.680 comes in, he knows he's the dude, and he just 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:25.400 does it and he's just him and it's easy and 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:27.160 that's how goes. I want to see great at bats. 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.960 Obviously he's got stupid tools. So if there was like 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.040 one like tangible thing, it's like I'd like to see 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.200 him like get into an O two count battle, you know, 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.720 his ass off and then get a knock like put 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:43.160 together quality, tough at bats. But as far as like 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.080 the whole package, like just come in and be yourself, man, 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:47.720 let it fly. I want to I want to see 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:50.480 what it looks like at close. That's a guy I'm 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.520 really excited for. Did you guys think I was going 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.600 to ask that answer that because you got all these 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:55.880 graphics of him ready to go. 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.680 Every show, every show we talk about, we talk about 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.640 Connick Griffin. He's I mean, we had take Magnemon yesterday, 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:06.200 Like we're we're talking, we're chatting. 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.160 My prospect knowledge isn't very good, so that's that's cool 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.040 to hear. I mean, I just know he's like the 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:12.760 number one guy. 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.240 We've had a lot of pirates on lately, a lot 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:16.840 of pirates, a lot of powers. 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:18.360 I love it. 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:23.800 Ryan, which current or former teammate of yours has the 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:25.520 craziest workout routine? 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:26.160 And why is it? 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:26.960 Tyler O'Neill. 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:34.360 Yeah, he's got biceps for sure. Uh yeah, it's I mean, 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.720 it could definitely be him. He Unfortunately, he was hurt 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:38.960 quite a bit last year, so I don't think I 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:42.200 got to see the full show but yeah, that guy's 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:43.280 absolutely shredded. 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:49.040 Have you been to the Roberto Clemente Museum in Pittsburgh yet? 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:51.800 No, I need you. 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:56.960 It is a top absolute, top top five, top three 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:59.080 thing you have to do on an off day if 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:02.280 you have an opportunity. It's just it's just super super 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:04.520 super cool. And Pittsburgh, let me tell you, is a 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.680 very underrated city. It is a sneaky, sneaky cool city. 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.920 Yeah I was. I mean, I've only played there three times, 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.160 so like that's my excuse for not having been to 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.440 the museum. But I will go to the museum, I promise, 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:23.600 And yeah, I would agree. The city is beautiful, the rivers, 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:27.360 the bridges like it's it's a cool place, and I'm 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:29.640 you know, I'm excited to get out there and kind 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:32.880 of get the full experience. I like the division, like 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.000 it's a great place is to hit in that division. 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:37.640 I think PNC itself is a great place to hit. 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:39.640 The idea of like hitting a ball into the river 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:44.080 is really fun. I never hit a ball in Utah Street, unfortunately, 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:45.560 and that's gonna bother me. So I got to get 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:46.120 one in the river. 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:50.000 By the way, French Fries belong on sandwiches or on 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:50.560 the side. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:52.640 Yeah, what's the deal with that? 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:53.240 Is that? 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:55.400 That's just like you. 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.400 Do they belong on the sandwich or do they belong 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:58.160 on the side? Are they? 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.080 Man, I'm gonna make the people Pittsburgh mad, I think, 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:03.080 but they belong on the side. What are we doing? 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:05.000 Listen, you made the rest of the world mad by 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:06.919 being a Packers fan, so I mean we might as 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:08.160 least Pittsburgh to the list too. 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:10.159 I'm not gonna both. By the way, I did a 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:13.359 zoom call on the Pirates vest and for like in 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.000 front of a crowd. They put me up and I 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:18.400 was getting like booed for this right here. Uh huh, 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:20.920 it's not moving. It's gonna be there. I can scoot 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.720 over a little bit, but it's now. Don't don't. 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:26.480 Just like you said, Connor needs to be himself. You 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.800 be yourself and tell them when they start mowing, tell 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:30.879 them when they start booing. 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:34.000 Be like I signed a two year deal. You gonna 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:36.520 deal with my ugly faced the whole for two years. 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:38.720 You got to deal with his mug for two years, 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:42.520 there's no doubt. But and also Aaron Rodgers signed that helmet, 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.280 so uh, that's it. 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:47.960 Might you more. Now, they might bow you more. 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:52.320 Now we're open to having him back. 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:59.800 All right, good luck to you. We're excited for your 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:02.480 new adventure in the Steel City. Appreciate you taking the time. 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:05.640 Anytime we can have athletes on, current athletes, not these two, 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:08.080 but anytime we can have current athletes on, we appreciate 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:10.200 it very much. Good luck to you, and we will 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:11.400 we will chat with you soon. 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:14.919 All right. I always enjoyed coming on. Thanks guys. 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:25.680 Look looking, fella. I didn't realize that Jake Mangan was 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:27.520 this good looking. I'm just gonna stare into. 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:28.480 Him as a handsome fellow. 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.720 Yes, right now, we. 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.159 Just we just finished up some Live at BATS but 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.159 I had to run out of here and uh, you know, 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:37.880