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Speaker 1: All right, welcome everybody to the most recent episode of

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Speaker 1: Earning Their Stripes. I'm Ethan Bdowski filling in in the

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Speaker 1: host shared today for Danny Martinez and boy do we

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Speaker 1: have a really really exciting episode for you. Ian and

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Speaker 1: I are here today and we've been looking forward to

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Speaker 1: this one for a while. It's our first interview in

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Speaker 1: a series of interviews that we'll be doing throughout the years,

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Speaker 1: throughout the year with Marlin's prospects, and we are really

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Speaker 1: really excited for this one. Our first interviewee is here

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Speaker 1: to join us today and it is Will Stuart Lefty

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Speaker 1: for the Jupiter Hammerheads. He was acquired of course in

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Speaker 1: the JT Real Muto trade from the Phillies, and we're

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Speaker 1: just really really ecstatic to have him. So let's just

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Speaker 1: get right to it. I'm going to bring them in now. Will,

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining us, Man, it's really nice to have you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you all. This is cool.

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Speaker 1: So first things first, I guess the obvious question right

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Speaker 1: away is the new being the Marlins system. What's he

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Speaker 1: been like, what was the process of being traded like?

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Speaker 1: And how you like it in your time down here

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Speaker 1: in Jupiter.

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Speaker 2: So far, Jupiter is amazing. I love Jupiter. I've never

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Speaker 2: been here before, so like growing up, I never came

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Speaker 2: down here. I never got this south. But this is

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Speaker 2: this is a very beautiful town. I would say. The

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Speaker 2: the way that everything happened this offseason, like getting traded

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Speaker 2: and moving teams and everything like that, it's more of

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Speaker 2: like a whirlwind. Whirlwind. I didn't really realize what all

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Speaker 2: had happened until about probably a month and a half ago.

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Speaker 2: Whenever I walked into spring training it was like, oh,

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Speaker 2: I am not in Philly anymore for sure. But I

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Speaker 2: mean it's been great. I've met a lot of good guys.

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Speaker 2: I feel like I've met a lot of life on friends,

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Speaker 2: and just in the short time being here, I think

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Speaker 2: that I think this was the right place for me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's awesome to hear man, and you mentioned that

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Speaker 1: this isn't Philly anymore. So real quick, before I hand

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Speaker 1: it over to Ian, I just have one question that

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Speaker 1: I got to ask you. So, you played in Williamsport

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Speaker 1: in the Phillies organization, and Williamsport obviously has a lot

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Speaker 1: of baseball significance with the Little League World Series. What's

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Speaker 1: it like playing up in such a historically Baseball town.

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Speaker 1: And did you guys have any involvement with the Little

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Speaker 1: League World Series while you guys were there at all?

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Speaker 2: Well, we didn't really have that much involvement. They actually

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Speaker 2: planned the like our schedule around whenever they would get here,

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Speaker 2: we would be on a road trip because they also

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Speaker 2: had the MLB Classic there, right, so they played that

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Speaker 2: Little League players and left them come and watch that game,

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Speaker 2: so we wouldn't be there. But when we got back,

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Speaker 2: I would be right around like a changing series and

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Speaker 2: it turned out for me, I was starting on those days,

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Speaker 2: so I just didn't go. But playing Wings, what was crazy.

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Speaker 2: The just the historic value behind that park is insane.

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Speaker 2: I mean, there's been so many teams, so many organizations

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Speaker 2: my locker and it was cool. It was really cool.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's awesome. All right, Ian, take it away, my man.

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Speaker 3: A, how you doing well? This is Ian Smith. I'm

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Speaker 3: just excited to be on this interview here today. And

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Speaker 3: i just want to bring it back to Jupiter a

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Speaker 3: little bit. You're in probably one of the more loaded

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Speaker 2: You being in a rotation like this, being put into

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Speaker 2: this category. I mean, I'm a twentieth round guy. I

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Speaker 4: Took a clamp on me.

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Speaker 2: It wasn't really Oh, this guy's definitely gonna make it.

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Speaker 2: And then to be put into a rotation like the

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Speaker 2: it's you can't put a price on it. I mean

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Speaker 2: there's pitches that I throw that they don't, and there's

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Speaker 2: And I mean, if you've been watching the last few

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Speaker 3: Absolutely. Man, we want to talk about stars, So we

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Speaker 3: got to talk about your start the other night. I

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Speaker 3: It was excite to see. I saw some video. I

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Speaker 3: It started to look like a plus pitch the other night,

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Speaker 3: keeping hitters off balance. And what do you think makes

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean the change that's always been one of

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Speaker 1: Following up on that game. Man, you had a no

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Speaker 1: is how do you keep you know, how do you

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Speaker 1: stay in the moment and stay in the zone and

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you absolutely know, you know, after about the fourth

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Speaker 2: I would just talk to like Taylor Braley or Trevor

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Speaker 1: Is there one guy in the in the clubhouse that's

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I mean there's so many of those guys, but

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Speaker 2: Taylor Braley is probably the most random, funny, just like

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Speaker 2: but he's during Jordan's games, he's very he's very professional,

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Speaker 2: I'd probably say Taylor Brayley because I mean I can

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Speaker 2: whatever and it doesn't He's just he's all over. He's like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: That's awesome.

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Speaker 3: Well, talking about another one of you guys in that

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Speaker 3: I realize you guys both grew up in Alabama, and

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Speaker 3: looking over some things, I see your teams play each

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Speaker 2: Well, actually we never started against each other, but he

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Speaker 2: I can't remember. I was a year older than him,

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Speaker 2: And Bracton was a man in high school. I mean,

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Speaker 4: Dealt, He was good.

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Speaker 2: He had a big lead curb on high school and

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Speaker 2: I was really wrong. I really like this guy.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. So, speaking of talented pictures that you've been around,

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Speaker 1: you came over with six so Sanchez in the UH

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Speaker 1: in the real Muto trade. I want to know if

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Speaker 1: what kind of things you see from him that you

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Speaker 1: think can help you kind of develop your your game.

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Speaker 2: On the mount Yeah. I mean we all know the stats.

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Speaker 2: I mean we all know what everyone says about him.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he has three four pitches that he can

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Speaker 2: throw for strikes at any time. I mean he throws

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Speaker 2: one hundred and two. Yeah, I mean, I mean he'll

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Speaker 2: H But I think the big thing with learning from

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Speaker 2: I mean, because he knows how good he is. I mean,

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Speaker 2: kind of like trying to find that guy inside yourself,

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Speaker 2: like trying to find who you are, would be something

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Speaker 2: I could take from him. But I mean I can't

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Speaker 1: That's just not gonna happen for sure.

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Speaker 2: And he's right handed and we're we're a little bit different.

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Speaker 2: But he's a power pitcher, and I'm more of a

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Speaker 1: Who's who's the guy that you compare yourself to when

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Speaker 2: Not saying they couldn't, but didn't have to. All they

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Speaker 3: All that matters is keeping the hitters off balance, and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what are your baseball roots?

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Speaker 2: It was hard, very hard. I mean, yeah, we didn't like.

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Speaker 3: That's awesome, man, I mean that's that's I mean, the

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Speaker 1: Yeah you can, you can. You can always respect the Yankees.

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Speaker 2: I'm met Jeter and I'm pretty sure I almost like

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Speaker 2: And because I got invited to Captain's camp and I

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Speaker 2: It was actually the second time I met him. I

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Speaker 1: That's so cool man.

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Speaker 3: Talking about that Greensboro game that I mean before the

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Speaker 2: Oh, the Greensboro game, I went nine inning, shut out,

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Speaker 1: You do, so I had that.

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Speaker 1: All right, So we'll we'll get you out of here

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Speaker 1: But I want some some insight on minor league life.

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Speaker 1: And you played up North you played in what I

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Speaker 4: Oh my god?

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Speaker 2: Well you got the penn League. So there's Auburn, New York. Man,

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Speaker 4: But I think I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I mean, there was this one term we went to.

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Speaker 4: We walked into the hotel and the whole hotel, the

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Speaker 2: It was red walls, and we have like six guys

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Speaker 3: So.

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Speaker 1: Man, Yeah, you're on South now. It's much nicer than

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Speaker 1: Ohio down in Florida, I can tell you that, man. Yeah, absolutely, Ian,

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Speaker 1: you got anything before we wrap this up?

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Speaker 3: Man, No, I mean I think this has been great.

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Speaker 3: I really appreciate you doing this with us, Will, and

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Speaker 3: this has been awesome. This is everything I imagined it

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Speaker 3: would be. And I'm glad you stopped in with us today.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, guys, this is cool. I'm look, I'm always up

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Speaker 2: for this. This is amazing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we really appreciate you man, you were you were awesome,

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Speaker 1: and we appreciate your honestly, especially with that last story. Man,

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Speaker 1: it can be hard to get some good stories out

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Speaker 1: of guys sometimes.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate it though, Will, and good luck the rest

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Speaker 1: of the way and maybe we'll catch up soon. Brother.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate it, man, Yeah, sounds good.

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Speaker 3: Thanks guys, all.

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Speaker 1: Right bye, have a good one. All right, so let's

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Speaker 1: move into the news of the week. Here ian another

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Speaker 1: another another exciting week, and we definitely have some news.

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00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 1: Monte Harrison was back in the lineup. Let's see, Devers

440
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Speaker 1: and Cabrera went to the d.

441
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Speaker 3: L unknown reasons. I'm trying to find that out now.

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Speaker 3: Hopefully by the end of the day I have an

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Speaker 3: update on that. But it's luckily only the seven day

444
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Speaker 3: deal for both of them. So we have Michael Donaudio

445
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:27,280
Speaker 3: and Samuel Cashaw called up the high filer positions currently,

446
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Speaker 3: so we should be seeing them back here soon.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. It's uh, you know, it's kind of bad timing

448
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 1: for Devors. He had such a great week and he

449
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Speaker 1: had he's having such a great start to the year,

450
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Speaker 1: and you just got to hope that I think he

451
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,439
Speaker 1: had the same kind of dl stint last year, and

452
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Speaker 1: you just really got to hope for him that coming back,

453
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Speaker 1: you know, only a week off, that he can keep

454
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Speaker 1: that momentum up. I mean, Cabrera is probably only going

455
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Speaker 1: to miss one start, but you know a week for

456
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Speaker 1: a position player is you know, that can really kill

457
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Speaker 1: your momentum.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I've been and this is coming off the

459
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Speaker 3: heels of him, and I went and watch the play

460
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Speaker 3: the other night and him had another hit and just played,

461
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,719
Speaker 3: scored a run, played the play the basses, played all

462
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Speaker 3: nine endings, excuse me, played in the extra endings and

463
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Speaker 3: played all ten and then went on dyel the next day.

464
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Speaker 3: So it was definitely a surprise to me. So hopefully

465
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Speaker 3: it's just a little fatigue or something of something like that,

466
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Speaker 3: and we'll see him back very soon because he's been

467
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Speaker 3: playing at a very high level on it's all we.

468
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Speaker 1: Can see very high level. And another guy that's playing

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Speaker 1: at a high level on that same roster, and we

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Speaker 1: just got on talking about that roster is Victor. Victor Mesa.

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Speaker 1: You got to see him recently. What kind of things

472
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Speaker 1: did you see from him that really impressed you and

473
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Speaker 1: that make you excited about the future going forward.

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Speaker 3: Was approach of the at the plate has been exciting.

475
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Speaker 3: He's putting the battle on the ball now more consistently.

476
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Speaker 3: He started off the dear kind of slow, but now

477
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Speaker 3: when he's making hot contact, he's making hard contact. He's

478
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Speaker 3: working long at bats. I saw him take two at

479
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Speaker 3: bats full and then worked a walk and then his

480
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Speaker 3: hard single up the middle the other night, and that's

481
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Speaker 3: really what I want to say out of him. He's

482
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Speaker 3: going to be a table setter in the future, and

483
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Speaker 3: I want to see him trying to swing for the

484
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Speaker 3: fences eighty percent of the time. I mean, I just

485
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Speaker 3: want to see the bat on the ball, like I

486
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Speaker 3: was saying last week, and that's what I'm seeing. Like

487
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Speaker 3: I'm trying to make it a point to go out

488
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Speaker 3: to see Jupiter as much as I can this year

489
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Speaker 3: because the roster is so talented and Victor Victor Mason's

490
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Speaker 3: just looked better every time I went and seen him

491
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Speaker 3: so making good making good reads in the center field,

492
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Speaker 3: and playing well on the offensive side. So we can't

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Speaker 3: ask for much more right now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got that average up to two sixty eight now,

495
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Speaker 1: and he's actually he's got a three or six batting

496
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Speaker 1: average on balls in place, so when he gets the

497
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Speaker 1: bat on the ball, it's landing.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 1: He's just we just got to work on getting him

500
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Speaker 1: getting the bat on the ball. But the good news

501
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Speaker 1: is he's not striking out at a very high clip.

502
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Speaker 1: His K percentage right now is only thirteen point six percent.

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Speaker 1: Uh And and you know, we've seen the ability to

504
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Speaker 1: take walks, which is going to be very important as

505
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Speaker 1: a table setter. I'm not worried about him at all.

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Speaker 1: I love what I know from him so far. The

507
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Speaker 1: one thing I'd like to see is he still doesn't

508
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Speaker 1: have an extra base hit.

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Speaker 3: That is true. I mean, he's he's making hard contact

510
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 3: up the middle. It seems when he's making he hasn't

511
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Speaker 3: pulled the ball much at all into either field really yet,

512
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Speaker 3: So I think it'll come in time. I think he's

513
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,080
Speaker 3: really just getting his timing back, and and if we

514
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Speaker 3: can see more, I think we'll expect more extra base hits.

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Speaker 3: His ear goes on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm I'm definitely really excited for him, man. I mean,

517
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Speaker 1: he's given us no reason not to be excited so far.

518
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Speaker 1: Once he finally got off the schneid and and and

519
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Speaker 1: started hitting again. And then the other thing is that,

520
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Speaker 1: like you said, he you know, he's got to get

521
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Speaker 1: his timing back, man. He's been out of baseball for

522
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,120
Speaker 1: so long that we're just working on him. But one

523
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Speaker 1: really exciting thing I saw from him is his base running. Man.

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Speaker 1: I mean the way not just his speed, but the

525
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Speaker 1: way that he makes smart decisions. On the bass paths.

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Speaker 1: I mean you showed some video. Uh just yeah, getting

527
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Speaker 1: getting the extra base when he can. You know it

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Speaker 1: might not be off you know, straight off a path,

529
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Speaker 1: but you know, making good reads on the base pass

530
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Speaker 1: and that's something that we're really gonna need out of

531
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Speaker 1: the leadoff spot, which is probably where we both expect

532
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Speaker 1: him to hit right.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely at least I mean one or two. I don't

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Speaker 3: see him anywhere else in the line. I know before

535
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Speaker 3: if we're gonna shoot for the moon, I mean, he's

536
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Speaker 3: got to stay in the top of the order. I agree, maximize,

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Speaker 3: maximize the potential. So one last thing on move On

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Speaker 3: is Brax And Garrett's made two starts since returning from

539
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Speaker 3: Tommy John almost two years ago. We finally didn't really

540
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Speaker 3: talk about him last week, but I'll be able to

541
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Speaker 3: see both starts. One start was quite an eventful night

542
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Speaker 3: for me and luckily the other start was very good

543
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Speaker 3: the other night. And man, this curveball is something that

544
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Speaker 3: you guys really need to come out and see. It's special,

545
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Speaker 3: it's it makes it makes it look foolish. If you

546
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Speaker 3: guys followed me on Twitter, you've seen some of the

547
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Speaker 3: videos have been posting it's unhittable when it's on. I

548
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 3: mean you just have to go up and guess when

549
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 3: he's throwing it. And he's already struck out thirteen batters

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Speaker 3: and eight and two thirds innings, and that's what we

551
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Speaker 3: want to see. I mean, he's coming back already hitting

552
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Speaker 3: ninety three on the gun and throwing a curveball in

553
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Speaker 3: the seventy eight seventy nine range, and that's really hard,

554
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Speaker 3: really hard to pick up.

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Speaker 1: So and like and like Ian said, man, if you know,

556
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Speaker 1: go see these guys, especially in Jupiter. Jupiter has such

557
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 1: an exciting roster with talent from top to bottom. I

558
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,640
Speaker 1: mean that lineup, the top three on a normal night

559
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Speaker 1: is Devers, Mesa and Pompeii, who are three of the

560
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Speaker 1: more exciting prospects in the system right now. And then

561
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Speaker 1: you've got that loaded rotation that we talk about all

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Speaker 1: the time. So seriously, if you're in the Jupiter area

563
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Speaker 1: and you have a chance to go see these guys,

564
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Speaker 1: go do it. They deserve the attention that we give them,

565
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Speaker 1: and they deserve the attention of guys people making the

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Speaker 1: trek out to the ballparks. So you know, it's it's

567
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Speaker 1: those games are really fun to watch. It's exciting to

568
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Speaker 1: watch minor league baseball, and I highly recommend you guys

569
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Speaker 1: getting out there all right, So definitely a great night out.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's move on, let's move into our secondments. I'm

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Speaker 1: going to introduce my segment this week, but last week

572
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Speaker 1: we introduced your segment. It is the Pitcher and Player

573
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Speaker 1: of the Week, and let's get it. Ian. What do

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Speaker 1: you got for us?

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean we talked to Will Stewart today, who

576
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 3: threw seven and two THURSD no hit endings, and I

577
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Speaker 3: mean he's an obvious candidate for the play Picture of

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Speaker 3: the Week, But since we had him on the show

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Speaker 3: this week, I'm gonna go elsewhere, and I'm gonna go

580
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Speaker 3: with Jordan Holloway. He threw six endings on Star Wars

581
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Speaker 3: Night for Jupiter the other night and struck out a

582
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Speaker 3: walked one and only gave up one hit. He had

583
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Speaker 3: a fastball that's already hit ninety nine, that's coming off

584
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Speaker 3: Tommy John surgery last year, and he was showing a

585
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Speaker 3: changeup that was showing. Plus that's something that we've really

586
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Speaker 3: never seen before out of him. He's got a really,

587
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 3: really nice curveball. But the change up's always been a

588
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 3: work in progress, but it was really keeping his off

589
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 3: balance last night playing off the fastball, excuse me on

590
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 3: Saturday night, and it was exciting to see. I mean,

591
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Speaker 3: that's the start we're going to expect out of him.

592
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Speaker 3: He's playing in Hi A for the first time in

593
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Speaker 3: his career and he's looking quite ready for the challenge.

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Speaker 3: And I'm excited to see what he's got going forward.

595
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Speaker 3: And position Player of the week is somebody we haven't

596
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Speaker 3: talked about too much this year, and that's Magni Sierra. Yeah, Man,

597
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 3: mag has been blowing it up. He's on a nine

598
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 3: game hitting streak right now. He's sitting three eighty five

599
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:22,640
Speaker 3: over the last week. He's walking, He's got three walks

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Speaker 3: out of the last seven games. He scored four runs.

601
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Speaker 3: He's hitting the ball for a little bit of power

602
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Speaker 3: with four doubles. I mean, he's showing the type of

603
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 3: player he can be with the type of season he needs.

604
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Speaker 3: And that's all he needs is this is time and

605
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 3: the miners to really develop the type of player he is,

606
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 3: which is a speed which is a burner who can

607
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 3: get on base and just fly. I mean, there's nobody

608
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Speaker 3: faster I've seen, and he's really showing him what he

609
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Speaker 3: can do this year to start the year, so I

610
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 3: gotta show him some love as my player, my position

611
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 3: player of the week this week, I mean Herrara and

612
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 3: Carnaciona is still cover off the ball. But I can't.

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Speaker 3: I can't do it two weeks in a row. And

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Speaker 3: when Mag is doing this.

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Speaker 1: Well, Arrar continues to set the world on fire. But

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Speaker 1: I think one thing you mentioned about Mags is the

617
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Speaker 1: seasoning that he needs. I mean, Danny talked about in

618
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Speaker 1: the first episode how he's still only twenty two years old,

619
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Speaker 1: and that's hard to believe considering how much Major league

620
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: service time he's seen. But we really got to give

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Speaker 1: this guy a chance, man, And I think this is

622
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Speaker 1: the exact chance that he needed going down to Jacksonville,

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Speaker 1: because he's really set in the world on fire so far.

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Speaker 1: And I've said this before and I'll say it again.

625
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: The Marlins cannot rush him. They can't rush him back

626
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: to the big leagues. They gotta let him sit. There's

627
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: no point in rushing him. There's no ballgames to be

628
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: one that are going to mean anything right now. I

629
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Speaker 1: just think that we just got to sit and wait

630
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Speaker 1: and let him really develop work on his plate discipline

631
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Speaker 1: so that he can come back and be a table

632
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Speaker 1: setter and draw some walks in the league and really

633
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 1: put the bat on the ball, because that was something

634
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 1: that was missing. And I think that I think that,

635
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: you know, we need to see that out of him.

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Speaker 1: But one guy I think you got. I think he

637
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: sold Devers short man. I mean, he had such a

638
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 1: great week.

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Speaker 2: I did.

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Speaker 1: I love Devers and I loved him last year. He

641
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: got off to a great start last year. And uh,

642
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Speaker 1: and I think, I don't know, he had such a

643
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: great week and it's really stinks. I'm really upset about

644
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Speaker 1: the fact that he's going on the d L because

645
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 1: or is it the I L or whatever it's out.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna make a T shirt that says I still

647
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Speaker 1: call it the d L. But uh, I don't know. Man,

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Speaker 1: he's awesome.

649
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Speaker 3: He's off to I mean, he really has. I mean,

650
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Speaker 3: I haven't seen him as much as I should prior

651
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Speaker 3: to this season, and he's really just looked everything that

652
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 3: I could have wanted. I didn't expect him to show

653
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 3: the kind of army has a shortstop that he's shown

654
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 3: this year. He's playing balls in the hole like like

655
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 3: a true shortstop, and I didn't expect that from him

656
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 3: going forward. So if you can show that while putting

657
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 3: on some weight and keep putting the bat on the ball,

658
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 3: it's gonna be special to see what this kid can become.

659
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 3: He's still the youngest player in the Florida State League

660
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 3: by a long margin. Like he's a kid. I mean,

661
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 3: he's only nineteen years old, and he's really looking like

662
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 3: a drum man this year. So I'm excited to see that.

663
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 1: Top two in Jupiter is just so awesome, man. And

664
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 1: if we can get Pompei going, it leaks into that

665
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: top three and that's just really exciting for me.

666
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 3: Pretty soon, we're hoping to put together a fish Stripes

667
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 3: night here at a Jupiter.

668
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: Game, so that would be awesome, man.

669
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, So hopefully we can get some people out to

670
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 3: come see that night because I, like we said earlier,

671
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 3: you just got to come see the team. It's as

672
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 3: loaded as you could be in the minor league. So

673
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 3: it's fun to watch it every night.

674
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 1: And that doesn't just go for Jupiter, you know. I mean, yeah,

675
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: I go, I try and get to Jacksonville. Jumbo Shrimp

676
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: games are a lot of fun. I mean, if you're

677
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 1: around Jacks, if you're around New Orleans, if you're listening

678
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: all the way up in Iowa and you're around Clinton,

679
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: go see our boys, man. I mean, you know, we

680
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: can talk about them all all we want, and you know,

681
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: you can try and formulate an opinion on him, but

682
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: you don't get an opinion until you actually see them

683
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: in person. And so I and like I said, they

684
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: deserve they deserved the sport, you know.

685
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 3: So yeah, absolutely, I mean it's it's special. I mean,

686
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 3: just to talk about one more guy, I mean in

687
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,320
Speaker 3: the upper minor leagues that just got moved up to

688
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 3: the majors for tearing the cover off the ballist up

689
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 3: the Year is Isaac Gallaway. Yeah, yeah, I feel great

690
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,839
Speaker 3: for this guy. I mean, he's the year in New

691
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 3: Orleans this year to start the year, so that's kind

692
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 3: of unheard of. So to get a call up to

693
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 3: the major so early in the year. He was bat

694
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 3: in two ninety seven with the seven thirty slugging percentage

695
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 3: he was he was really looking great. He was playing

696
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 3: some manson center field. So it would be exciting to

697
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 3: see what he can do if he can get a

698
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 3: little bit of extended role with the Marlins. But I'm

699
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 3: just excited for the guy.

700
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 1: I mean, and he made two great He made two

701
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,399
Speaker 1: great plays in that game last night.

702
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 3: Oh man to cannon.

703
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: He's got a cannon. He has an absolute cannon, man.

704
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: And you know, he played what eleven years in the

705
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: minor leagues or something.

706
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:55,880
Speaker 3: Like that, and that.

707
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 1: In two thousand and eight and to see him get

708
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: a chance it's in the majors and to take advantage

709
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: of it, I mean, he had a hit last night.

710
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 1: It's really awesome for him. That really is a great story. Yeah.

711
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 3: Last year when when he got I first called up,

712
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 3: I was able to be in Boston. It was my

713
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 3: birthday weekend. I got to see him hit a homer

714
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:14,320
Speaker 3: over the Monster.

715
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:15,760
Speaker 1: Yeah. Man, that's awesome.

716
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,240
Speaker 3: I don't think I've seen somebody run around the basis

717
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:23,560
Speaker 3: faster since matter. So it's awesome and I'm stoked for Isaac.

718
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,799
Speaker 3: So hopefully you can do something with a second cup

719
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 3: of coffee.

720
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: All right, So let's move into uh what I'm gonna

721
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: be creating. We're all gonna have our own special segment

722
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,840
Speaker 1: on here. We'll see what Danny comes up with. But

723
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: my segment is going to be based off of my

724
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 1: my you know, my prospect deal and that is the

725
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,479
Speaker 1: things we love to see. So every week I'm gonna

726
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: bring you some things we love to see of the week,

727
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,799
Speaker 1: and then and then we'll we'll discuss and we'll see

728
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: what Ian has to say about whether we love to

729
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: see these things or not. But I think the first

730
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 1: and obvious thing is that your Jupiter rotation continuing to dominate. Uh,

731
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,240
Speaker 1: this was on, This was on, you know on Monday.

732
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,240
Speaker 1: The last three starts that the Marlins had had were

733
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: Jordan Holloway, Will Stuart and Edward Cabrera. You just talked

734
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 1: about Holloway's start. We talked with Stuart about his start,

735
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: and then Cabrera in his start before going on the

736
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 1: DL went six innings, no runs, one hit, and nine

737
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 1: strikeouts and that has only continued. You were at Garrett's

738
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: start on Monday, right, and then and he, as you

739
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:33,919
Speaker 1: talked about, had what seven strikeouts in four and two thirds, right, Yeah,

740
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:37,879
Speaker 1: and then Trevor Rodgers went seven innings last night, didn't

741
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 1: allow a run, didn't allow a walk, struck out five.

742
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 3: Through sixty strikes.

743
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,239
Speaker 1: And yeah, which is awesome to see from him in

744
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 1: control the strike zone. I mean, he's a guy that

745
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: Pepper's the strike zone anyway, he's always right around it,

746
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,280
Speaker 1: and so we really do love to see that in

747
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: that rotation. Uh, you know, all of them kind of

748
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,319
Speaker 1: had solid starts to start the and Holloway didn't have

749
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,360
Speaker 1: a great start really, but uh, to see these guys

750
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: come out in this week and just have dominant starts.

751
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 3: Back to back to back to back.

752
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: You know, it's really awesome and yeah, like you said,

753
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 1: it catches your attention. The second thing that we love

754
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 1: to see this week is Monte Harrison back in the

755
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 1: lineup and hitting a grand slam. How about that?

756
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 2: Man?

757
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: That was that was really awesome to see because we

758
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 1: were worried about whether he had lost some of the

759
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 1: power with the new approach, taking away the big step

760
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,800
Speaker 1: in his swing, But it doesn't seem to have fleed

761
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: him yet hitting a grand slam the other night in

762
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 1: New Orleans, which is really exciting. And then let's find

763
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:47,839
Speaker 1: a third thing up here. You know what, you got

764
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 1: one for me?

765
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 3: Hit me with you, and that's Jordan Milgrat He was okay.

766
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,799
Speaker 3: He was acquired in the Nick Wig trade last offseason. Yes,

767
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 3: and it's currently playing with Jacksonville. He's looked fantastic to

768
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 3: start the He's kind of a singer ball slider pitcher

769
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 3: with some funky delivery that really just the ball dances.

770
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,880
Speaker 3: But he's thrown seven innings to start the year, he's

771
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 3: struck out eight, he's walked none, and he's gave up

772
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 3: no runs. I mean, he looks fantastic coming out of

773
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 3: the bullpen.

774
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, we definitely love to see that.

775
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's an older prospect, so he's something you somebody

776
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,720
Speaker 3: you can really see blasting through the last two levels

777
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 3: of the Miners and maybe seeing the Marlins before the

778
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 3: end of the year. So he's a name to really

779
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,879
Speaker 3: keep your eyes out. And one more bonus we love

780
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,760
Speaker 3: to see is Chris Vallomont. Yeah, he's currently in Clinton.

781
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 3: He was drafted in the fifth round by the Marlins

782
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 3: last year. He had a rough year last year, made

783
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 3: twelve starts only but only pulled off twenty nine innings.

784
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,479
Speaker 3: He's already thrown seventeen innings and three stars this year,

785
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 3: but and he's struck out nineteen, walked for within ra

786
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,879
Speaker 3: a one to fifty nine. He only had twenty strikeouts

787
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 3: in twelve games last year, so he's looking fantastics to

788
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 3: start the year, and he's somebody to really keep your

789
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:56,719
Speaker 3: eye as well.

790
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, i'd think great. I think one thing we're seeing

791
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 1: from the Marlins this year across all levels, and I

792
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,280
Speaker 1: guess this can be another thing is is the walks

793
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: are down and and guys are taking more walks. And

794
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: it seems that there was a focus on it this

795
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,800
Speaker 1: uh this off season because Gallon hasn't given up any walks.

796
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,719
Speaker 1: Kuzman's walks are down, he had another nice start the

797
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:26,280
Speaker 1: other night. Uh, Cabrera hasn't given up that many walks.

798
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys are you know, they're they're focusing

799
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: in and they're doing what we needed to do, which

800
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: we talked about at the beginning, which was limit the

801
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 1: walks on defense and then take more walks on offense.

802
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 1: And we're seeing lots of guys getting on base more. Uh.

803
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: There are some guys like Chris Torres who are taking

804
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:46,719
Speaker 1: a walk or two every night, but we need to

805
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: see him put the bat on the ball more. Uh.

806
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 1: And is san Diez is kind of doing the same thing.

807
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,240
Speaker 1: I would really like to see him get going making

808
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:55,399
Speaker 1: some contact on the ball.

809
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,839
Speaker 3: It's been a struggle for the start of his year.

810
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 3: I mean, the eight walks are exciting to see, but

811
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 3: the average start yeah, lowest, the lowest really on New

812
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 3: Orleans right now. So he needs to really start to

813
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 3: put the bat on the ball. And he's somebody I

814
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 3: have really high hopes for and expect a big year

815
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 3: out of. So I feel like he's gonna put it

816
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 3: together any day now. So it's just gonna take some time.

817
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:19,759
Speaker 3: It's been a rough start. But if he continues to

818
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 3: walk his approach days the same, the ball is gonna fly.

819
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: And don't forget that. Don't forget that. He uh was

820
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: off to a rough start last year in Jacksonville. He

821
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: didn't get up. He got out of the gates kind

822
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: of slow, and then he got hurt. And when he

823
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,760
Speaker 1: came back from the DL is when he really took off.

824
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: So you know, it might take him a little while

825
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: to get going. He hasn't struck out a ton, uh,

826
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 1: which we look, we do really love to see, like

827
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 1: that's really awesome from him because last year he struck

828
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 1: out a ton to start the year, and he's not

829
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: striking out that much. One thing that is definitely on

830
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 1: the opposite side of it is that it seems like

831
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: Monte Harrison is striking out twice every night. You know,

832
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: if he can put the ball in play and hit

833
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,800
Speaker 1: for power a lot, that becomes less of a worry.

834
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 1: But if he continues to struggle at the plate with

835
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,760
Speaker 1: the you know, putting balls in play and getting on base,

836
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 1: and then on top of that he's striking out a lot,

837
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 1: it's when I start to get you know, start to

838
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 1: get worried like I was last year.

839
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,879
Speaker 3: But we can hope he's pressing to start the year.

840
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 3: Maybe yeah, missing a few games, but yeah, I'm going

841
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 3: to keep your eye on for sure.

842
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: I mean, keep your eye on Monte anyway. You know,

843
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: he's one of the more exciting of course, he is

844
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: one probably the most flashy and exciting prospect that we

845
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,840
Speaker 1: have in the U in the minors right now. But

846
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: another exciting week, Ian, Uh you know what you got

847
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,320
Speaker 1: before we wrap up? You got anything big?

848
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 3: Because uh, I think I don't think if I have

849
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 3: anything big for you. I think we got to everything

850
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 3: I would love to talk about. I mean I could

851
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 3: talk to you about minds prospect, yeah day, but I

852
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 3: actually do have to get to work today at some point, So.

853
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: Shout out before we UH before we wrap up. Austin

854
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 1: Dean also got called up this week. John, Yeah, he

855
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 1: made his return to the UH to the minors, is

856
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: to the majors this week. And then a quick news

857
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,640
Speaker 1: note for you talking about Tristan Pompeii. Seems that he

858
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: was assigned to extended spring training. Yeah, with the possible injury.

859
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 3: Off the foot the other night, So instead of putting

860
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 3: him on the aisle, I feel like they just got

861
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 3: him some extra work and extended just to bypass. I

862
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 3: don't think he needs to take an entire week off,

863
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 3: but you need to just really get some work. He's

864
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 3: had a rough start.

865
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:33,399
Speaker 2: To the year.

866
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, so just get a little bit of rehab,

867
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 3: feel better and you'll get back in there. And I

868
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 3: think we'll see hi probably the next week or so.

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Speaker 1: And then the last quick news note is we mentioned

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Speaker 1: that six oh Sanchez's start was supposed to be in

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Speaker 1: late April to the year, and I think I saw

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Speaker 1: this week that it got pushed back into early May,

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Speaker 1: believe May second, So a little bit of a delay

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Speaker 1: on six to oh Sanchez's first start year, but he

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Speaker 1: is an extended spring training and he should be back soon.

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Speaker 1: Ian Man, I'm gonna let you get into work. I

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Speaker 1: got some work to do on my own, so go

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Speaker 1: grind my brother. It was a really awesome episode and

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Speaker 1: I enjoyed the interview and we'll do it again next week.

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Speaker 3: Man, that was awesome. If you guys enjoyed this segment,

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Speaker 3: please give us a follow and a subscribe. We're on Spotify, Apple,

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Speaker 3: pretty much anywhere the podcast are we are. Give us

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Speaker 3: a follow on Twitter, give Will Steward a follow on Twitter.

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Speaker 3: We'll have all these links in the bio.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah, shout out to Will again for joining us.

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Speaker 1: So it's really awesome. We are on Spotify now and

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Speaker 1: as always, we're on the Apple Podcast and like Ian said,

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Speaker 1: we really appreciate the support and like and subscribe is

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Speaker 1: all we could ask for. So we appreciate you guys

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Speaker 1: listening and we will talk next week on earning their stripes.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Luck,