WEBVTT - O's outfielder Dylan Beavers joins the show 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:10.680 Hey, welcome in latest edition of Birdland Territory with Steve 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:15.440 tim Brad and today, oriol outfielder Dylan Biavers joins us 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:18.600 on the show. We're excited to talk to Dylan, who's 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.079 in his second year on the Orioles. He got his 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:25.119 major league call up in August of twenty twenty five, 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:27.240 a draft pick by the Birds in twenty twenty two, 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:30.280 number thirty three overall pick, worked his way up through 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:32.760 the levels on the farm and then made the big 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.440 debut last year and been on the ball club this year. 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.120 And Dylan, thanks for joining us today. Man, great to 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:39.880 have you on Birdland Territory. 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:42.680 Yeah, thank you for having me. Excited to be here. 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:46.640 Tell me about the season for the team. First, what 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:50.240 a wild ride. We have detailed it on this show. 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.440 Throughout the crazy ups and downs, the chase to get 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:57.400 to five hundred, many times it felt like maybe media 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:00.240 and fans were ready to throw in the towel, like 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:04.640 the team has never obviously done that. Greatest example maybe 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:08.240 in Detroit, an incredible win. I mean, what's this ride 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:10.839 been like for you guys in that clubhouse? 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:16.920 Yeah, I mean it's it's definitely been a lot of 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:21.840 ups and downs. I feel like, you know, a lot 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:23.920 of teams in the big leagues right now are probably 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:29.200 you know, going through a similar thing. But yeah, I mean, 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:33.280 you know, we I think we have a really resilient group, 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:36.840 and you know, obviously if if if it doesn't go 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:41.000 our way, we're not really gonna waiver where We're gonna 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.720 stick to who we are and you know, try and 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:48.720 compete every every pitch, you know, So I think that 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:51.800 that's kind of kept us in it, even even when 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.000 we're not playing our best baseball. 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:59.040 Hey, Jelan, you're thinking back to your debut last year, 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.080 Well was that experience like for you then? And then 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:04.400 can you kind of talk about the difference of getting 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:06.280 your first call up as opposed to making your first 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.640 opening day and kind of having like the full season 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:10.120 experience in the big leagues. 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:17.320 Yeah, Yeah, it's definitely it's been a lot different. I 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:21.760 felt like, you know, last year, whenever whenever I got 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:26.720 called up, you can kind of argue we were maybe 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:33.840 maybe not really in contention at that point. So this year, 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.840 you know, making the making the roster out of camp 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:40.720 and trying to be a part of a team that 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:44.520 makes a playoff pushes It's it's been a lot different. 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:49.079 I feel like, uh, definitely more challenging. You know, they're 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:58.640 I think I feel like it's it's it's just there's 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:02.800 been a little more competitive aspect to it. I felt 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:04.840 like last year, you know, they were just giving me 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:09.640 opportunity and whether or not I was playing well, and 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.720 I feel like, you know, now it's like, if you're 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.600 not helping the team win, it's you're not going to 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.640 get in there. So, you know, I feel like this 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:22.280 year it's been a little more challenging. And then, you know, 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.560 at the same time, I feel like maybe the league 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.919 is kind of adjusted to me as a hitter, and 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.760 you know, they're they're going to attack your weak points, 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:33.240 especially when they have a bigger sample on you. 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:37.280 You know, and take us back to that game yesterday. Man, 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.280 you know, it couldn't be a great feeling when you're 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:43.040 trailing seven and nothing with Trek Scuball on the mound, 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:46.760 but then just an avalanche offensively for you guys. It 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:51.120 was a remarkable comeback, biggest comeback in Orioles history since 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.480 two thousand and nine. But that's been a calling card 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.880 of your guys this season. Twenty five come from behind wins, 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:00.800 that's eleventh most in base Well, so what was it 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:04.080 like yesterday all of the emotions and also just talk 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:07.240 about your guys never say die attitude this season. 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:12.720 Yeah, I feel like it's been pretty consistent. I can't 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:18.000 pinpoint when you know, we we made our first come 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.400 back win or like come from behind win. But I 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:26.520 feel like early in the year, you know, we we 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:30.040 erased a deficit at some point, and uh, you know, 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:35.400 I feel like after that it was like to us, 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:38.920 you know, there's no lead that that and another team 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:40.960 can have on us where where we feel like we're 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:47.080 out of it, and uh, you know, no matter what 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.760 what inning it is, and and and what the score is, 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.320 I feel like we're we're gonna, you know, try and 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:54.120 win the ball game. 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:54.800 And uh. 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:00.120 Yeah, I just feel like we've been very resilent and 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.359 even even when things aren't looking so good. You know, 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:07.880 when SCOO Ball came out of the game, there was 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:10.200 a little bit of traffic. I think we we'd had 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:15.680 scored one run at the very end there and and 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:20.920 two outs, I'm pretty sure, and and you know, Albi 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.400 and Donnie were telling me, you know, be be ready 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:28.159 to hit, you know it. I feel like that. That's 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:30.359 kind of where it starts. You know, our our coaching 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:34.120 staff is you know, they're they were looking like five 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.440 batters ahead in a two out inning. You know, like, hey, 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:41.920 be ready. You know, the next four guys are gonna 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.200 get on base and do their job. And I think 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:48.640 when when the coaching staff has that confidence in every 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:51.120 guy on the on the team, it gives the players 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.719 confidence as well. So, you know, I was ready to 0:05:56.120 --> 0:06:00.440 hit long before we had put up any runs. And 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:03.640 so we're you know, other guys off the bench as well. 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.240 We talk with those outfitter Dylan Beavers today on Birdland 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:12.000 Territory Glad to visit with Dylan Orioles. Draft pick from 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:16.160 twenty twenty two s Dylan on Saturday Night, about a 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.599 week ago against Atlanta, bottom of the ninth, you get 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.920 a walk off hit. There's probably almost no better feeling 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:25.080 in baseball than to be mobbed by your teammates, the crowds, 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:28.120 big crowds going crazy. After that game, I thought, Craig 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:32.400 Albert has a very praiseworthy comment of you. He said 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:35.760 something to the effect of he's got a slow heartbeat. 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.120 And when I hear managers say that about a player, 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.800 it seems to say they're calm and relaxed when all 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.839 heck is breaking loose. They keep their composure and it 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:48.200 helps them have success on the field. Did you hear 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.479 about that comment? Do you agree? And if that's you 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:53.840 have that, what helps you have that? 0:06:55.320 --> 0:07:01.640 Yeah? I feel like, you know, I've had I mean, 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.599 it hasn't been I've had a very long major league 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:09.360 career to this point, but I've I've had some success 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:13.480 from what I can remember, and uh, you know, late 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.040 in the game, and I feel like for me, I 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:20.760 just try and treat those at bats the same as 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:24.960 any any at that I feel like it those late 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:31.240 inning scenarios. You know, it can be challenging for people 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:35.560 if if they put too much stock into the importance 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:37.920 of the at bat. You know, at the end of 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:41.200 the day, I think you just need to take it 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:45.040 like any other at bat. Obviously, everyone wants to come through, 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:49.240 but if if you want it too bad, that's when 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:54.720 you you start getting yourself out or or making bad decisions. 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:58.920 So typically, no matter when I come up, I try 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:02.760 and treat it like, you know, the same situation as 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:03.760 as any at bat. 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:06.760 Mhm, he don't. 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.000 I always love when I was playing. I love talking 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:11.119 to hitters about their approach and just kind of different 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:14.880 things they're doing as a player. Forget about whatever what 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:17.760 you know stats might say or what this might say 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:20.800 for you yourself as a player, How would you say? 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:23.000 What would be the skying report on yourself? And what 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:28.080 do you think do you do better than you know? Like, uh, 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:31.240 then what might be showing so far? What basically makes 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:33.160 you the type of player that you are, what makes 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.280 you your best whenever you're going your best? 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:41.200 Yeah, when I'm when I'm going good, I I feel 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:46.920 like I'm controlling the zone, you know, not not chasing anything, 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:50.560 not not swinging at pitchers pitches, even even if they 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:56.080 are strikes. And and I I feel like I give 0:08:56.400 --> 0:09:01.040 pretty quality at bats consistently when I when I'm going good, 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.440 which I kind of take pride in. I feel like 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:08.000 that helps out the other guys on the team. You know, 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.640 when I watch a guy take a ten pitch at bat, 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:14.440 you know, Sam on deck, I'm pretty confident going up 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:18.319 after that guy, just you know, after seeing that the 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:23.160 pitcher kind of go to everything they have, you know, 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.720 as well as maybe they're they're a little tired after 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:30.800 a long battle like that. I feel like just giving 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:34.199 good at bat kind of instills confidence in the rest 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:38.040 of the lineup. So yeah, I think, you know, controlling 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.720 the strike zone, giving quality at bats, and then uh, 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.720 putting the ball in play and in making the defense 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:50.240 make a play. You know, that's I feel like when 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:54.760 I'm at my best. But you know, it's baseball, so 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.000 it's it's hard. It's it's hard to do that every 0:09:57.040 --> 0:09:57.800 single time. 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:02.520 And doing all of those reasons, I would assume factor 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:07.080 into the equation for why Craig Albernaz, especially recently is bad. 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:07.920 Did you lead off? 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.560 What's it been like in the leadoff spot pretty often recently? 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:16.080 You know, it's been awesome. I I I try to 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.560 treat every spot in the lineup the same, you know, 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:22.319 I know I need to get a job done wherever 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:26.520 I am in the lineup, but you know, leading off, 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:29.160 you you you get the first step out of the game, 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:32.160 and uh, I feel like that's a pretty important at 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:37.520 bat for the whole team. So I've you know, I 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:39.360 try to see a couple of pitches if I can, 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:43.680 and work a good at bat and try and get 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:48.520 on for the guys after me. But yes, I've enjoyed it. 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:53.080 I hit lead off quite a bit and college and 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:57.720 the minors, so I'm fairly comfortable in that in that spot. 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:04.120 But you know, it's not two different than hitting you know, third, fourth, fifth, 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:04.839 or sixth. 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.920 To me, Dylan Beaver's our guest today on Birdland Territory. 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.480 That walk off hit was part of a rundown where 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:14.400 Jealan's batting about three hundred the last eleven games. 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We had some great interviews Dylan, and we 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.520 had a great one in the Oil Clubhouse not long 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.160 after you came up last year. And I want to 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.640 remind you what you told me then and get you 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:08.319 to tell that story again. Your first two years in 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.760 the minors twenty two and twenty three, you had great numbers, 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.960 well over eight hundred ops twenty four Double A fell 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.680 off a little bit seven fifty ish, which was good, 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:20.200 but not what the numbers you'd put up at lower levels. 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:24.199 As that year was ending, you met were asked to 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:27.080 meet with Anthony Bilda, the head of player development, and 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:30.000 Sherman Johnson, who was then the upper level hitting coordinator 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.040 who's now with the White Sox, and they had some 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.040 tweaks and changes and they just kind of reviewed your 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.800 year and wanted to discuss things that would help you 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.560 get better. As you explained to me, so by the way, 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:43.679 you went from a seven to fifty ops at Double 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.560 A to a nine thirty five in Triple A the 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.360 next year and found your way to the big leagues, 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:52.800 So that meeting seems pretty important in the scope of 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:55.040 your career, would you agree? And what was that? What 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:56.200 happened there? 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:05.560 Yeah, that that year was a struggle for sure. I 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:10.800 feel like seven point fifty is like not even that 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.240 bad compared to how it felt. It felt like I 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:16.880 played a whole lot worse in twenty four in double A, 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:23.040 and it was kind of eye opening, like, Okay, I 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:27.560 need to make some adjustments. You know, it's it's not 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:34.960 really what I'm doing now isn't cutting it. So I 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:38.160 I went I can't remember if I went to them, 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.560 but I had been talking to Sherman and kind of 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:46.200 expressing that I wasn't super happy with how it was going, 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.440 and I knew I was better than what I did 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:56.680 in twenty four, And so then Villa and Sherm kind 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:59.800 of after the season, we kind of discussed that we 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:04.520 were going to meet up in Florida and talk about 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:08.560 what what I did and kind of where I should 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:13.080 go moving forward to improve for next year, because I 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.320 basically told him I don't want to have another year 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:19.640 like that next year, and I'll do whatever I need 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:26.440 to do to not play bad like that again for 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:29.560 a consecutive years. So we went to Florida and we 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:34.240 just kind of compared my swing and what I was 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:37.640 doing to what some of the best hitters in the 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:42.320 big leagues do, and you know that we I'd say 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:48.040 we did probably like like two two hours worth of 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:53.080 looking at video and breaking down the swing and kind 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:55.520 of game planning where we wanted to go from there, 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:01.280 you know, and that that include it's like what I 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.560 wanted to swing to look like, where I wanted my 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:09.400 range of motion and mobility, you know, and whether it's 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:14.240 my hips or my shoulders or you know, whatever it 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.200 may be. We kind of discussed what I needed to 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:20.520 do to get into the spots that we wanted my 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:26.160 swing to be in. And they, you know, they helped 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:29.000 me quite a bit. They game planned it for me 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:32.360 basically and told me what they wanted to see and 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:39.200 how I needed to accomplish it and kind of set 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:43.680 me on my way that off season. And it took 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:48.080 the entirety of the off season to make those adjustments 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.360 and even a little bit in the spring and early 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:56.680 in the year in twenty five to see any results. 0:16:57.000 --> 0:17:00.800 So but then you know, I started to figure it 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:04.679 out and it helped me quite a bit and improve 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:08.879 my consistency at the plate. So I'm really grateful to 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:13.480 those guys and the Orioles organization for helping me out 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:15.560 and pushing me in the right direction. 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.240 Cool, let me jump in a quick quick file before 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:21.040 I get to Brad here. And one thing Villa would 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.719 tell me later is he said, when we met with Dylan, 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:27.680 we reminded him, you're a major league player. That's how 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.720 we see you. Your stats may say what they say 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.920 for this year, that's a bump in the road. And 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:36.800 so when Villa was telling me that, it felt like 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.280 this is more than words. He truly did believe in this, 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:44.960 this young hitter. Was that important that you saw their confidence? 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:50.520 Yeah? Yeah, I mean, and honestly, I can't say that 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:55.399 there's been anyone in this organization that hasn't had confidence 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.359 to me at least, you know, whenever I speak with 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:02.240 staff or work with any of our staff, from the 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:06.879 time I was drafted to you know, at the field yesterday, 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:13.800 it's it's been they're they're super reassuring and uh, you know, 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:18.520 they they instill a lot of confidence into into me. 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:22.760 You know, I can't speak for everybody else, but for me, 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:27.560 I feel like this. The staff from the Orioles has 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:32.480 has always instilled confidence and uh, you know, any baseball 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:36.600 player knows that's uh, you know, of a lot of value. 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:40.320 So yeah, I'm very grateful for that. 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:43.720 That's awesome and honestly dealing like a lot of credit 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.000 to you to be young in your career, be a 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:48.520 high round draft pick and still seek advice. I think 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:50.520 a lot of people think it's just like you're a 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:52.720 high round pick, you just your cruise. 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:53.080 To the big leagues. 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:55.120 But to be able to you know, ask for help, 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.399 get help and apply it is impressive. I also have 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:02.040 uh kind of talked about the clubhouse culture. Every single 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:04.959 interview we've seen with everybody has talked about how this 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.560 group is so close and how it's such a tightening group. 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:09.920 And this is from April, through any of the struggles 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:11.720 you guys have had, it still feels like it's the 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:15.480 same thing what allows the clubhouse to be so confident 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:20.919 regardless of how the season has been going to this point. 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:24.320 I think it's it's definitely easy just because we I 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:31.520 feel like we have a lot of similar personalities in 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:34.320 the clubhouse. There's there's a lot of guys who are 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.879 kind of on the same page, and we we definitely 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:40.680 have fun, you know, even even when it's not going 0:19:40.720 --> 0:19:44.639 our way. Obviously it's it's not fun losing, but you know, 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:49.160 we're not gonna let one bad game ruin the rest 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:52.080 of our week and uh, you know, ruin the vibes 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:54.919 and in the clubhouse. You know, we we know that 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:57.560 we need to show up the next day and uh 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:00.600 do it all over again, you knowigure it out and 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:05.159 find a way to win. But yeah, I feel like 0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:08.160 it's just easy because we're we're kind of we're all 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:12.119 on the same page, and uh, we've got I I 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:15.080 believe we have some great leaders on the team who, 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:20.640 you know, when when we need to be put in check, 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.639 they'll they'll they'll be there to do that and uh 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:28.840 kind of get us back back on track. But yeah, 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:33.400 it's just been it's been great. And I think that's 0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:38.199 kind of a you know, it's Mike and and his 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:42.240 team have put together a good clubhouse with with really 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:45.200 good guys. So I think that's, uh, that's very important. 0:20:45.240 --> 0:20:47.480 You know, it's just as important as having a really 0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:51.040 talented group, sure who. 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:53.520 Have been those leaders that you know, you guys will 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:55.800 lean on during those tough times. 0:20:57.080 --> 0:21:03.200 Definitely, definitely Pete. He's he's been amazing, you know, from 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:06.919 from the when I met him at the caravan in 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:15.560 I think January January February, he's been like an amazing teammate, 0:21:15.760 --> 0:21:22.320 you know, super super positive and uh, you know, I 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:27.280 think also Bassett obviously is he went down for a second, 0:21:27.800 --> 0:21:30.960 so we're hoping to get him back soon. But same 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:33.399 thing with Bassett. You know, those those guys who have 0:21:33.520 --> 0:21:37.320 been around the game and uh seen it all kind 0:21:37.359 --> 0:21:40.280 of you know, those are those are the guys who 0:21:40.359 --> 0:21:43.080 who when they're when they're talking to everyone's kind of listening. 0:21:43.119 --> 0:21:47.480 And uh it's been really nice too to have them, 0:21:48.480 --> 0:21:52.639 you know, step into that role and kind of hold 0:21:52.680 --> 0:21:55.520 everyone accountable, you know, because they've they've been on teams 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:57.919 that that have had success and they've been on teams 0:21:57.920 --> 0:22:02.280 that haven't, and uh so it's nice. You know, when 0:22:02.320 --> 0:22:05.440 you hear them talk, you know that they're they're coming 0:22:05.920 --> 0:22:08.919 from a place of experience and you can really trust 0:22:08.960 --> 0:22:09.879 what they have to say. 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:14.960 Dylan Biaver's with us on Birdland Territory. 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Dylan in 0:22:51.160 --> 0:22:53.040 our final minutes, One thing I would like to ask 0:22:53.080 --> 0:22:56.639 you about. I've had some fascinating interviews and conversations with 0:22:56.720 --> 0:23:01.240 players about social media criticism that comes for an individual 0:23:01.600 --> 0:23:04.119 or the team. We're both. We're in a social media 0:23:04.160 --> 0:23:07.320 age where everybody has a hot take and everybody's going 0:23:07.400 --> 0:23:10.720 to express it. And I know my inbox is loaded 0:23:10.760 --> 0:23:14.040 every day, and so if a player is on social media, 0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:17.800 it's probably tenfold, maybe more than that. How do you 0:23:17.920 --> 0:23:22.960 handle that as outside noise as maybe team you know, 0:23:23.000 --> 0:23:26.000 I've heard ballplayers call it. How do you deal with that? 0:23:29.440 --> 0:23:34.120 I typically try not to read too much you know 0:23:34.680 --> 0:23:41.280 about what everyone has to say. You know, we we 0:23:41.359 --> 0:23:46.440 know when we're not playing good, and we're just as 0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:50.919 frustrated as anybody, any of our fans or anyone on 0:23:50.960 --> 0:23:54.919 social media. So I don't think it's super productive to 0:23:55.920 --> 0:24:04.359 go read a bunch of negative comments, you know, I 0:24:04.440 --> 0:24:06.800 it's it's yeah, it's just tough, you know. I think 0:24:06.800 --> 0:24:12.000 it's it's easier just to not worry about that, just 0:24:12.040 --> 0:24:14.800 because I don't think any it's it's not going to 0:24:14.840 --> 0:24:18.000