WEBVTT - Episode 399 - Dahn on the Farm 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:04.560 Episode three nine. We're going down on the farm. What's 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:09.080 happening down at the affiliates post trade deadline too? Who 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:11.559 was dealt from the pirate system? Was anyone added? We'll 0:00:11.560 --> 0:00:14.040 get into it all here. You're listening to the Bucco 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:17.639 Banter podcast, brought to you by the Just Baseball Media Network. 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:20.080 Cue the music. I fin one on one. 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:21.759 She see a couple of me in my tastes with 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:24.640 he and my lemonade? Does I let the way taste 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:26.360 ben cease at the pirates gain? 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:27.600 He let me run the base? 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:29.800 Yeah? My time is like my money because I can't 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.519 afford to waste. Oh why see is Alloya? Take my 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:35.120 date to my dates or the state by the plate, 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:37.760 Sydy case pep the case from my race at my 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:39.320 pace cleared grants. 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:43.000 That is snake. Welcome back to another episode of Down 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:45.760 on the Farm, our minor League segment. Here at Bucco Banter, 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:51.280 it's Jay and I again on the beat. If you will, Jay, 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:53.360 how you doing man, Grey dude? 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:55.920 We had an absolutely awesome day today with the trade deadline, 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:58.440 got ourselves a nice little closer by the way, your 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.360 birthday too, so also, Vie, it's a great day. 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:04.160 Yeah, it's only once that you turned thirty two, right, 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:07.200 So I enjoyed it. And when you say we had 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:09.039 a good day, I'd say we'd had a good last 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.959 hour of the day. Yeah, until six o'clock deadline. It 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:16.040 was very stressful. Until that I was like, Okay, we're 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.880 gonna have an episode recapping absolutely nothing. That's great. But no, 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:24.039 we added to the bullpen, and we really didn't dig 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.960 into the farm system. Jay like, we did not get 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.319 rid of any of the top names that we talked 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.240 about parting with to add to this team in a 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.000 meaningful way. Right, that's a Murph Gray and Edward Florentino 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:38.720 is Seth Fernandez, all those guys stay. The biggest name 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:41.679 we parted with was Sammy Safira and and credit where 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:47.000 credits do. Sammy Sefira has had a tremendous year, especially 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:49.640 the past month. Since the end of June, he's been 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.840 on an absolute theater. Has changed the course of his 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:56.440 season big time. This guy's hitting over three hundred. He 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.760 has seventeen home runs in Greensboro. Yeah, probably some of 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:03.080 that is a product of the environment in Greensboro. But 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:06.880 a guy that is already a plus defender up the 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:11.400 middle and has plus speed. If he's able to tap 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:15.600 into his offensive game and at least an average way 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:20.600 have an average hit tool, average power, I think that rises. 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:25.360 That increases his prospect pedigree by a ton and he 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.880 is the only piece going back to the Mets for 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.960 Luke Weaver. Probably one of the best believers in baseball, 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:36.480 which again is astonishing to me. Shout out to Ben. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:40.800 I'll give credit where credit is due here, But overall 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:44.120 thoughts on that package and losing Sammy Sefira. 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:46.440 I think it's okay, right because whenever you first asked 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:47.960 you if I do down on the farm with you tonight, 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.000 I was thinking we were going to be eulogizing the 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:51.760 farm system a little bit, just because we were going 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.359 to have to part with some significant pieces, like as 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.960 we talked about on episodes before this. But to be 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.119 able to escape this with only giving up a guy 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.880 that was I would say, pretty expendable. Looking at the 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:03.720 pharm system right now is a good place to be. 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.239 And again, credit where credits do for Stuffer. I was 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:08.960 writing up the little trade recap of that deal for 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.000 Just Baseball, and I think his WRC plus in July 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.160 was like close to two hundred it was like one 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:17.040 ninety seven or something like that. It's just ridiculous, ridiculous 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.840 stuff there. But as you mentioned, we got contact concerns there, 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:22.639 so to be able to use him to get a 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:24.560 nice big league piece for us is a good deal. 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:25.440 I'm really happy with it. 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.400 And I also think we have a lot of you know, 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.840 up the middle or up the middle players in the infield, 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:34.200 or just infillads in general that we really believe in. 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:38.920 White Stanford is a guy that to name one, right, So, yeah, 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.080 you can deal from that depth. And this is why 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.040 you draft well, this is why you developed, right, these 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.640 are the good problems to have in an organization, to 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.880 have too many guys and to have the ability to 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:53.160 dip into that asset class and part from it to 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:56.320 improve your team. Now, like that's the goal, right, That's 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:58.600 the absolute goal for this team. And obviously I think 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:00.840 they wish they were in a better PASII right now 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:03.360 in August the third, not a game under five hundred 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:07.000 going into Milwaukee, but you know, they're still in a 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.040 position in a wild card race to go for it. 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:13.960 And you know, they definitely improved the most glaring hole 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:15.400 on the team, which is the bullpen. 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.080 Yeah, absolutely, man. I mean you look at guys like 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:21.000 Omar Alfonso too, right. The catching def in this system 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.400 right now between axial applause, Eastern Carmichael, who we're going 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.880 to talk about in a little bit, and further down 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:27.880 the system even is pretty ridiculous. So to be able 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.480 to deal from areas like that where you have people 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.120 is a super nice place to be. And also it 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.080 does kind of suck for Omar to get dealt after 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.520 all that he went through recently. But to be able 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:39.480 to deal from your depth in positions like that where 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.800 it's still meaningful guys that you're trading like you're obviously 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.440 still giving to get, of course, but to be able 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.040 to like be okay with that, you know what I mean, 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:47.920 and just be able to sit back and be like, yeah, 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.480 we can survive. We're not You're not just totally gambling 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:53.719 your future on like a couple the second half of 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:55.920 the season, right, and still be able to keep guys 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.640 like Sandford and your other meaningful players in the system 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:00.719 is going to be huge for this team. 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:05.120 Yeah, I mean absolutely right. They were able to add 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:08.760 another arm very late here that we didn't get to 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:13.160 talk about on the trade deadline episode. Andrew Moore required 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:15.520 him from the Padres using triple A and al passo. 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.400 Hunter Stratton was claimed by the Padres. We've got Andrew 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:21.960 Moore in return since ninety ninety seven with the fastball 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:25.479 touches ninety eight taxi the upper part of his own 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:29.120 with above average ride. The sliders his best pitch. There 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.200 is primary put away weapon. He also has a change 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.440 up to since eighty sixty eighty eight. An interesting flyer 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:37.000 here that'll probably go right to triple A and be 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.600 an arm that you can look at as depth going 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:40.479 down the stretch here. 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:45.040 So strikeout rate from Andrew, what's that thirty four point 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:47.560 strikeout right by the way this season for Andrew Moore, 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:49.719 didn't look at the walk right though not relevant. 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:51.960 I'm not gonna look at the walk right the k 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:54.719 I'm gonna look at the positives and that, you know, 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.640 high spin fastball slider combination. I'll bet on those guys 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.720 just got to hone in the command and see what 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:04.159 you can do with him. But Jay, let's get into 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.760 what's going on down the farms. Picking of arms. We're 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:09.920 not like thirty plus arms on the il right now 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:13.080 in this system, it's kind of crazy any guy that 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:16.680 is a guy is on the IL. Seth Hernandez, Christian Curtis, 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:22.039 Ryan Harbin, Alessandro Orclani, Anthony Salimado, Carlos Castillo, Cameron Key, Shock, 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:26.160 Haseus Treviso, ran On Navarro, and much much more. Those 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.599 are some of the notable names, but a lot of 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.920 guys on the IL. Nothing like overly serious like Tommy 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:36.240 John related season ending that I know of at this point, 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:40.320 but still, you've got a need for arms in this system. 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.760 Trade deadline or not, you might see some new names 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:47.040 pop up here as minor league free agents just to 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:48.839 eat innings, if anything. 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:51.080 That's definitely something I didn't expect us to have to 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.839 say this season, right, even any season in recent memory, 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.120 just because this has been such a strength for them lately. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.560 But I mean, that's what happens whenever you have thirty 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:01.880 plus just go down with injury all at one time. 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.200 It just sucks to see some guys that could have 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.159 been meaningful death, especially for the big league club and 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.320 guys like Christian Curtis or I thought Ryan Harbin would 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:10.040 be a pretty key piece for them in a setup 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.280 role this year. But yeah, just we're wishing the best 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:15.400 for all these guys, obviously, just hoping they can all 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.000 get back and get back to what they're good at. 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:21.720 Ryan Harbin's the name I'm circling whenever the next season starts, 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.400 because he's He's a guy that I'm sure there's gonna 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:25.640 be on the top of their list, a guy that 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:27.800 they really like. We know, we like them, they like him, 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:32.040 so could be a meaningful contributor in the future. Let's 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.600 talk about another reliever that was recently assigned to Triple 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:36.880 A Indie Landon Tompkins. You've got to see him a 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:38.880 little bit in Altuna. Do you have anything specific on 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:42.760 Landon Tompkins. I can't say that I've I've dived into 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:47.120 the Tompkins baseball data anytimes recently. 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.280 Honestly, I think that this is kind of a force move. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:52.720 He's been hit pretty hard this year in Altuna, so 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:55.440 nothing super super crazy to take away from it. If 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:58.120 I remember correctly, he's a strike thrower at the very least, 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.600 so a guy's going to fill his own and you 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:02.520 just kind of rely on the defense and then did 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:03.520 not hit it super hard. 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:08.120 Honestly, exactly like I said, this is a system that 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:10.160 needs arms at almost every level due to the injury, 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:12.880 So that makes sense. Some good news and bad news 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:16.800 before we get into the affiliates in breaking down what 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:19.840 happened this week. Good news why at Sandford began to 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:23.720 rehabsite the assignment in Bradenton on Friday. Bad news Sunday 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.280 or King Shawn Ross was claimed off waivers by the Mets. 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:28.880 Streeze will never forget the legacy run. 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:33.079 A move that was forced by the Pirates due to 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:37.439 roster constrictions and stuff like that. So I had to 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.160 let him go, and he was claiming good for him. 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:42.000 I hope he makes something of it and can be great. 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:43.760 We have a lot of catchers in this system, so 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.120 you know, while it's not a big miss that you 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.400 were happy for him and happy to see him make 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:50.080 it to the big leagues and also hit his first 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:53.680 home run in Pittsburgh, which was awesome to see. So 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:56.600 good luck to Sewn Ross. Let's go into Indianapolis, Jay, 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.280 what is going on in Indianapolis? I believe they're in 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:01.880 Louisville this week playing the Triple A affiliate of the Rets. 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:04.520 Hopefully did it better than against them than we did 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.880 against their big league affiliate. Yeah? 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:08.520 Absolutely, Man, I feel like one of the key things 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:10.839 we're gonna focus in on here is Tamar Johnson going 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.199 for six for twenty last week. Hey, don't look now, 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.760 he's starting to heat up again. I just pulled the 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:19.040 numbers since July first. Scott a one twenty one WRC 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:22.240 plus with a three seventy six on base percentage. Strikeout 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:24.040 rate is following once again, that was something that we 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:26.360 were starting to see Tramar struggle with for honestly, like 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.520 the first time in his career earlier on this season, 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:30.480 as he was striking out quite a bit. It's under 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:34.319 twenty percent right now again ops is up to up 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.240 to eight hundred in that span, or a little bit 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.679 over eight hundred, I should say. But looking pretty good 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:40.280 there for Jamar Johnson Scott. 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:44.480 Yeah, absolutely. I know he's still young for the level, 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:47.400 and we hear that a lot with him, right He's 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.560 been young for the level every step of the way. 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:54.199 But it's a guy that has definitely had a disappointing season, 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.719 and one thing that you could hope to see from 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.800 him is a strong finish right heading into next year. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.079 I believe he's Role five eligible too, so that matters. 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:07.360 But I'm sure he'll be protected. Also, someone who's been hot, 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:11.080 uh Jay is Connor Whickgriff, a guy that we've talked 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.319 about already on the pod who've had on the pod, 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.160 had another strong outing this week on Friday, six and 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.600 two thirds, five hits, one earned, two walks, four k's. 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:20.719 He even said them the pod, it's not a guy 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:25.040 that's gonna throw chairs right like, he's going to pitch 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.559 the contact, pitch deep into game and use his arsenal 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:30.680 the best to the best of his ability, you know, 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:36.040 hit the corners, dank and dunk, and he did that. 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.520 He's continued to do that two seventy six ERA and 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:40.559 triple A. This is a guy that I think is 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:44.199 a prime candidate for at the least a September Calu. 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.240 Dare I say he's an X man up right now? 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:46.959 Is that crazy? 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.760 No? Not at all. I mean I like Antoine Kelly, 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:51.520 I like what we saw. Remember, but if you're looking 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.640 for a starter, a guy that can go deep, I 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.040 think you're calling Chris or Connor Whitworth. 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.079 Yeah, two seven sixty e RA. Through his first forty 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:01.960 two innings at the level, he's only walking one point 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:04.120 nine to one batter is per nine. I think that's 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:05.600 something that we were starting to see a little bit 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:07.360 less of from Wick Griff and Double A. He was 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.520 walking more guys. He was also gonna be more strikeouts. 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.000 Now he's kind of settled back into that place where 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.360 we could were that model of what we can expect 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:15.960 from a guy like Connor Wickgriff, where he's not going 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:17.320 to strike out a ton of dudes, but he's also 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:18.520 just not gonna walk anybody. 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:18.839 Right. 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.360 That's gonna be what his bread and butter are with 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:23.400 somebody you should definitely get familiar with, because we've talked 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:25.160 about him numerous times. I think we did. We talked 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.040 about him last time you and I talked on the show. 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:29.720 He's something that's really interesting and somebody that could end 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:31.559 up impacting this team in the big leagues as soon 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:32.080 as this year. 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:35.679 A couple more things I want to mentioned. Evan Sis 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:38.000 is on his way back as we're recording this on 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.480 Monday night, August the third. I think he's due back 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.160 maybe tomorrow in Milwaukee, So that's good to see. He's 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:45.880 gonna point nine three E r A and Triple A. 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:50.360 Jonathan Rodriguez who was just claimed was it from Baltimore? 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:54.200 For it. So who was that we lost to Baltimore. 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.160 I'm drying a blank here, Jay, was it Cam Sanders? 0:11:57.200 --> 0:12:01.160 Maybe Cam Sanders? That's exactly so. Anthon Rodriguez, who has 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:03.280 had a little bit of big league time, it was 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.400 on terror when he got to Indianapolis. Two home runs 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:11.000 this week, I believe, yeah, just got off You might 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:14.080 be your He got off hot since he got there 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.160 in Louisville. And this is a guy that maybe is 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.600 your right handed power bad if you're not kidding, but 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.640 maybe he could be an option if you really need somebody. 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.439 He's got a big league experience. So that was good 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:27.600 to see. I know they have guys that they've brought 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:30.400 in a barstad as a catcher. I know you've seen 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:32.760 some guys like McCarty in Double A that have filled 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.880 roster spots because they need to. But I think he's 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.480 a guy that's a little bit more intriguing than others. 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:41.680 Let's go to Altuna. They were home this week against 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:44.679 the Chesapeake bass Sox double A affiliate to the Orioles. 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.720 Guy I'm gonna highlight real quick as Lonnie White Junior 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:50.320 because he's been on an absolute terror. As you told 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:52.480 me before, the show, and as I've seen going through 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.400 the box, scores nine for twenty one this week, a double, 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:58.480 a triple, three homers, five RBIs, four walks. He's hitting 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.320 two eighty two j What has it been like seeing 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:04.440 him just red hot at the plate this week? 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:07.120 I think seeing Lonnie White Junior turn the corner this 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:09.440 season has honestly been one of the best stories, and 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.640 a few one of the stories has not really been 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:14.120 talked about enough in the Pirate minor leagues this season. 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:18.240 Right now, he is currently twenty for his last fifty 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:21.040 three and now too. That's dating back till when they 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:22.840 first came back from the All Star Break. Scott in 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.480 this span hitting three seventy seven, four fifty two, eight 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:30.439 eleven with a two fourteen WRC plus he's also hit 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:34.040 six home runs in this time eleven extra base hits 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.679 there as well. Scott, somebody that's just on an absolute 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:39.400 tear right now, similarly can't be stopped. And the one 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.160 thing that I really want to hone in here with 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.360 Lonnie White Junior is that the strikeouts are coming back 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.400 to earth, right. This is a guy that was striking 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.400 out almost thirty percent of the time this year and 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:49.840 that's kind of been the one drawback for him in 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:52.360 terms of really breaking out and in his in this 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.680 span that I'm talking about right now, twenty four point 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.920 two percent strikeout right as opposed to the strikeout right 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.280 of almost thirty percent this year, walk right is up 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:03.000 to almost thirty teen percent. Scott, the plate discipline is improving. 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:04.880 He's starting to get his pitch and drive it, and 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:06.079 I think you're starting to see that in some of 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:08.200 these results as he's just crushing right now. 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:11.320 I absolutely love that. Like you said, one of the 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.439 better stories in minor league baseball this year, not just 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.480 in the Pirates system. I mean it was the guy 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:17.760 that we had a lot of hope for coming out 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:19.520 of high school, guy that was coming to play football 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.560 Penn State. We were able to sign him away and 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.560 was not healthy for the beginning of his career, and 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:26.720 now he is and he is taking advantage of it. 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.000 And everything I've heard about him comes from a great family, 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:31.560 is a great dude. I'm really happy for him, and 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.080 I'm happy that we were able to hold on to 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:36.720 him today as well. Speaking of the trade deadline, another 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.400 guy I want to talk about is Eastern Carmichael because 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:42.280 Eastern Carmichael recently got the call up to Double A 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.760 and the question was going to be is the power 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.600 kind of an anomaly given that he was playing in Greensboro, 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.560 And I don't think it was two him runs this 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:54.680 week his first double a home run in Altoona. I 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.280 think the power is legit. I think this is the 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.960 guy that's going to hit as a catcher. What did 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.320 did you see from him? And do you believe in 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.479 his ability behind the dish? 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.000 Super tough at bats? First off, he is the on 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.360 a guy that just gives things away, and he's the 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.080 only guy that's able to just kind of wait till 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:12.760 he gets his pitch and really start to pay for 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.280 or make pictures pay for it behind the dish. This 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.320 isn't a super interesting part, right. I was talking to 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.560 John Moses today that I was credential this week. Also 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.600 interviewed Easton Carmichael this week and Double Altuna was a 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:25.000 super nice guy. But the one thing I want to 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:27.320 hone in on here is that I heard rumblings that 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:28.640 he had a crazy glove. So I was talking to 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:30.760 John Moses, the Curve broadcaster about it, like has he 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:32.960 really been tested on the road? What have you seen. 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:34.800 One thing he was telling me is that he hasn't 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.080 really been tested yet, and he wasn't tested in Double 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:39.720 Altuna either, So I'm starting to wonder if the glove 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:41.400 and the arm are good enough. The word is getting 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.200 around that, like, hey, you don't run on this guy 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.040 just because he's been such so sound back there defensively 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.280 and by the way, Scott, he wears a black a 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.720 black catcher's like protector chess guard and it is just 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.960 peppered with like white spots from him blocking baseballs. So 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:56.560 it really just goes to show you that he's a 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:58.360 he's a true gamer behind the plate and somebody that 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:01.320 you can get excited about defensively and off sim absolutely 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:01.880 dirt bag. 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:06.960 Yeah, seriously love that. Love that Matt Ager had a 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:10.880 good week two Friday, went six innings, one or no walks, 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.240 five k's. He's like pretty solid this year. Do you 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:17.880 see Santa Robert product who has risen quickly this year 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:21.400 after starting in Bradingdon last year. Let's go to Greensboro 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:23.600 real quick, Scott, real quick, really quick. We got to 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:25.400 talk about Callen Moss real quick. Please. 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:28.160 This is this is somebody who this is one of 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:31.600 the funniest storylines, but one of the more accurate storylines. 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.920 Callen Moss huge Knicks fan. Knicks win, he was hit 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.760 off to a slower start this year, Knicks win the Finals, 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:39.840 and he's just been on an absolute heater since then. 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:41.720 You can see it's just like Scott over there, big 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:47.040 Nix homer, but Callen Moss since the Knicks have won 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:51.160 the Finals has been unbelievable. He's slashing three eleven, three 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:53.800 seventy four oh four since Game five of the NBA 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:55.880 Finals with the one to eight w r C plus. 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:57.600 I think the power starting to come around to By 0:16:57.600 --> 0:16:59.720 the way, Scott was watching him take some VP and 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:01.480 he was I think ball is a dead center in Altoona, 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:03.840 which is not a cheap shot. It's a big time 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.359 wall and it's like four and five or four hundred 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.400 and ten feet from home plate. It's a bigger it's 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:12.000 a bigger field than PNC Park to dead center. So 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:13.720 it's nice to see him start to really come into 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:15.440 his own and he's looked really good as of late, 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:16.639 and I think it's because of the next. To be 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.760 honest with you, it absolutely is. 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:20.240 You don't have to tell me on that at all. 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:22.280 And you're a sick of for knowing these stats that 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:27.240 what he's hit since Game whatever of the finals. But yeah, 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:30.760 it absolutely is. I'll never disagree with that. Let's go 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:34.120 to Greensboro. They're home against the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:36.400 who already have like seventy two wins in the high 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.000 as absolutely ridiculous. I thought the Greensborough was off to 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.680 a hitter at being sixty one and forty one, but 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:46.320 the bowl Green Hot Rods are unbelievable. The Rays I 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.359 a affiliate and someone I want to I want to 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:52.360 highlight this week in Greensboro is Jared Joes, the ninth 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:54.760 round pick out of LSU last year, a guy that 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.399 was a decorated college hitter, and getting him in the 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.439 ninth round me and you were psyched about that. And 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:02.760 then the same thing happened this year, getting another SEC bat, 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:06.399 Trey Phelps out of University of Georgia, a guy that 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:08.880 would hit nineteen home runs in the SEC this year 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:11.440 and it was a decorated college bat. Well, he follow 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.639 the same path. We'll see, but let's focus on Jared. 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:18.600