WEBVTT - Orioles make a statement with comeback win! Checking in on Basallo's game 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:11.479 Birdland. That one was crazy. The Orioles won a game 0:00:11.560 --> 0:00:15.520 Monday night that devised belief. They had one hit until 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:17.400 the ninth inning. They were down to a one to 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.720 two count. One more strike games over, they get shut out, 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:24.360 and this show would have a different tone. But it 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:28.240 didn't happen. Butsio came through, so did the Orioles seven 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:31.960 late runs for a wild and crazy seven to five 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:34.720 win at Kansas City. It was much needed and we 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.560 got a lot to dissect over the next hour after 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:41.880 that game, Steve, Tim and Brad another edition of Birdland Territory. 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:45.520 We've acknowledged a couple times. These amazing wins don't often 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:48.159 lead to win streaks, and the Oriols are zer for 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.720 two in that regard. Maybe the third time will be 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:56.120 the charm here, guys. But it felt different. It felt good, 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:59.480 and I think some pressure maybe was relieved off this 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:01.000 team with a victory. I hope. 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:04.520 Yeah. I think we've talked about before. 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.320 Momentum is really hard to keep a game to game 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:08.880 in one hundred and six to two game season. But 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.520 I always thought these extra inning games where you kind 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:14.959 of feel like your back's against the wall, you don't 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:16.720 know if you're going to come through, you're waiting for 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:19.039 somebody to come through. And I don't know, just the 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:21.800 extra inning wins always had a different feel after winning them, 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.520 especially a tight game like that, where I mean, like 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.520 we said, if they don't get that hit in the ninth, 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:30.039 we're talking completely different today. But it's there's just something different, 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.520 and I think giving themselves a couple more innings there, 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:35.080 they got the offense going hit a big Grand Slam 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.200 in the twelfth, But I don't know, it just feels 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.200 a little bit different when you win those extra aning, 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:41.840 hard fought games, especially when you don't score in those 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.440 extra inning frames to begin with, and you shut them 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:47.160 out to give your offense another chance. So I really 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:49.480 liked what happened there in the extra is not so 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:51.920 much the first eight innings, but that doesn't really matter. 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:53.800 It's all about getting that You got to get the 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:55.800 twenty seven outs and the Royals weren't able to do it, 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:59.440 and the Ools capitalized on it. 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:04.400 A bizarre game, guys, right, Like, it was so frustrating 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:07.280 watching it through the first you know, eight and two 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:12.480 thirds of the game, where the Orioles went thirty batters 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:16.320 between hits. Taylor war getting the double in the first inning, 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.320 and then Samuel Basil with two outs to go in 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:23.480 the ninth. There was one stretch where fourteen consecutive Orioles 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.520 were retired and it was funny. 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.440 I was texting a buddy of mine. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:33.120 While watching that game, and I kept thinking, man like, 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.000 the Royals had been dominating this game. 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:37.760 Everywhere besides the scoreboard. 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:41.800 They had so many chances to blow open that game, 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:45.840 but they were just unable to deliver that blow. They 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:49.600 had three bases loaded situations and didn't come through, two 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:52.240 of them with two outs. One of them, Kyle Bradish, 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:56.079 got out with no outs. The Royals had a chance 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:59.040 to really take command of the game, but they kept 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.920 the Orioles in and the Orioles took advantage. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:04.960 I think they were to. 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.880 Their last strike guys, and it was Besidoh tying that game, 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:11.639 and Beavers gave them a lead to Veris and Besio 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:14.120 again in the twelfth and go ahead, Brad, what were 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:14.880 you about to say now? 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:17.520 I was just gonna say, I think the Orioles are 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.920 I mean, the royals losing streak had played into this 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:21.959 a little bit, because teams seemed to find a way 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:23.960 to lose when you're on one of these losing streaks, 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:25.960 and I think it just kind of played into the 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.639 Oriole's hand there where they weren't able to take advantage 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.639 of any of these opportunities they had, which was it 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:32.920 felt like from inning one to inning seven, they had 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:36.160 an opportunity to score every single time and extend the lead, 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:38.640 and they just weren't able to bright. 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:42.280 I remember you bringing up on a prior episode just 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.400 what type of lift it can give a team winning 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:49.800 this type of long game, a twelve inning game where 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:53.200 you really had to grind, there were self inflicted mistakes, 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:55.760 but you ended up making the plays necessary to win 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.840 the game. Like what was the clubhouse feeling last night 0:03:58.880 --> 0:03:59.800 in a game like that? 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:02.440 I think they were super pumped. Like I said, I 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:04.480 think that was a really uplifting win. I know we 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.520 talked about the win against the Diamondbacks last week and 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.840 how we were hoping that would kind of, you know, 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:11.280 propel it. 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:12.080 Into a further winning streak. 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.880 But winning games like that is huge when you have 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.560 every single guy in the bullpen basically contribute. That was 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.400 available last night, even getting Tyler Wells up there in 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:24.240 an extreme emergency situation. They just you can tell they 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.720 were super pumped. Tyler Wells actually made a comment as 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:28.880 he was going by the camera he was pumped up. 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.760 It's just it's really uplifting like that and having, you know, 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:34.960 rookies step up and guys who don't have tons of 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.320 experience step up and get big outs. Rico Garcia continues 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:41.080 to just be amazing for this team and uplift them 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.440 in ways that I don't think anybody saw coming. It's 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:45.919 just it's wins like that where it was a true 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:48.559 team win where the bullpen kept giving the offense a chance, 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.440 just waiting for them to get a run across the board, 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:53.640 and wins like that are just huge and it's hard 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.760 to quantify in the box score. Like I said, it was, 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.600 I think the game had all the emotions. You were frustrated, 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:02.279 you were a you were pumped, you were oh no, 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:04.479 this is going to happen again. They're in the tall thning, 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:07.120 but they pulled it out, and I think the clubhouse 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:08.440 was super pumped after that game. 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.239 So Berdland just the second win in the last seven 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.800 games for the Orioles and now they are eleven and twelve, 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.680 and there were plenty of things that went wrong, but 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:23.839 they're better to dissect and repair and work on after 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.760 you've won, especially one like that. And now we get 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:31.520 to le Leote Taveres. This is amazing what he's doing. 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:34.240 So last year, guys, he hit two o five. His 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:37.520 OPS was five thirty in one hundred and eighty played 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:41.960 appearances between Texas and Seattle two five, five thirty. Now 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:45.640 he's batting three forty one nine to ninety eight and 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.479 he's walked nine times in fifty four played appearances, where 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:50.520 last year he walked five and oneint eighty. This is 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:54.040 crazy on base percentage last year two twenty six, four 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:58.080 point fifty three. Now he's doubled us on base. I mean, 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:01.640 obviously it's probably not sustainab we're not expecting him to 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.799 hit three hundred this year, but what he's doing right now, 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.040 it's just like we predicted tim Leota Tavares. 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:07.760 And. 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.440 I mean we were talking about this on Sunday. 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:18.080 Guys, just these unlikely guys that you thought heading into 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:22.320 the year keep coming up big for this club and 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:23.760 Leodi Taveres. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:25.680 Where would they be without him? 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.839 Brad Because Colton Kowser, it's been a rough start to 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:31.000 the season. There's no way around it. There were a 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.719 couple more strikeouts for him. Last night he ended up 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:36.880 getting pinch hit for Weston Wilson came in in the 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:41.120 eighth inning Tavers playing the strong defense, and Steve's right, 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:43.400 is there going to be a regression to the mean 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:44.320 If you look at. 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.720 His career, he's never been this hot of a hitter. 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:50.880 But we were talking on my show yesterday Brad just 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:54.440 if he could be that guy that he was for 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.159 the Rangers in twenty twenty three, where he played a 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.719 big role in that club that ended up winning the 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:03.360 World Series that year, getting ops plus of one oh one, 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.800 so slightly above average to go along with the defense. 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:07.760 You'll take it. 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.400 But that being said, you're gonna ride this hot streak 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.160 as long as possible right now. 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:16.280 Absolutely, and I think the World Series experience is huge 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.560 for this team. Last night in the postgame interview, he's 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:20.720 talking about taking a side underneath his wing and just 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:22.880 kind of stay with him. Man, you're a good player. 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:24.960 It's going to come around. And we saw that come 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.560 through too. So he's shown leadership on that side of it, 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:30.120 throwing the defense that you already expected and now this 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.040 unexpected offense. I think it's huge right now because it's 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.080 almost building a bridge until the big names get going, 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.160 and I think when you can kind of rely on 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:42.440 the later in the lineup at that that he gives. 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:46.160 And to me, it's more of seeing pitches in the zone. 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.160 He's taking his walks when it's time to but the 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:51.000 pitches in the zone he's not missing, like that high 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:52.760 change up last night he hit for a grand slam. 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.200 If he's swinging kind of crazy, he probably swings underneath 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:57.840 that or over the top of it. But right now 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:00.240 he's seeing the zone so well, and that's what I'm seeing. 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.840 It's just a short, simple swing. That ball didn't seem 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:04.040 to me like it should have got out, but he 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:07.360 absolutely crushed it. And it's just a short, simple swing 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.800 in the zone right now, and he's taken advantage of 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:11.360 the mistakes The's pitchers are giving him. 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.560 It kept carrying like any power hitter would hit one 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.960 four nineteen is where it ended up, and four runs 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:20.880 for the Orioles, and as it turned out, they pretty 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.160 much needed them all in a seven to five win. 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.640 So many more aspects to get into bradish is outing 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:30.239 what about Pasio, lauded for his work behind the plate 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:34.160 and at the plate in this game, Gunner picked off twice. 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:38.040 That was frustrating. And the bullpen roster moves that are upcoming, 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.720 it's going to be challenging for the Orioles in a 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:44.240 department and an aspect of this team performing well. How 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:46.000 they're going to get all these guys on the roster 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.360 who are soon to come back. We'll touch on that 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:50.720 and more coming up Birdland Territory. 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:55.040 There are more than seventy thousand events listed on the 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:57.360 sea Geek app. So if you're looking to do basically 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.640 anything this spring or summer, there's one place to go. 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:00.199 Yeah. 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:04.160 Seekeke has all the concerts, baseball games, World Cup tickets, 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:06.880 whatever you need is on cke. 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So 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:04.960 when he was on the farm, guys, and I was 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:09.040 covering the Oriel miners as I do, I heard from 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:14.840 many people, most outside the organization doubted Samuel Bessaio's defense 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:18.319 at the major league level as a catcher. The Orioles, 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.480 to their credit, never did. I kept telling fans Oriel 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:25.000 Brass feels this guy can catch into big leagues. They 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:29.360 keep telling me that. And because he's got a hose 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.120 for an arm, he's agile for a big guy of 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:35.240 that size back there, and he wants to do it 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.079 so badly. He told me with all his heart and soul, 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:40.760 I want to catch in the big leagues and show 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.320 these guys I can do it. And I think he 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:46.480 made strides late last year the pitching staff started to 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.959 believe in him and Brad that's really what has to 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:52.080 happen here. If the pitchers think the same way some 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.959 of those scouts thought and have doubts about this guy, 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.760 maybe this can't work. But it is working, yeah. 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:00.600 And I mean if you watch a game last night, 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:03.160 he was like a hockey goalie back there. Kyle Bradish 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.720 had a hard time throwing his fastball, and he went heavy, heavy, 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.600 breaking balls, and he blocked every single one. And there 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:12.920 was multiple times there where he made great backhanded picks. 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:13.880 To keep the ball in front of him and keep 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:14.720 it running from scoring. 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:17.199 And if you don't have confidence after watching that game 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.400 last night as an Orioles pitcher, then I don't know 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:21.560 who you'd have confidence in, because he did a great 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:23.720 job back there. There was even a couple of times 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:25.440 he called time out, went and talked to the picture, 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:26.240 settled them down. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:27.560 And that's what you want to see. 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.959 It's it's tough as a young catcher to go out 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.600 there and instill confidence in these guys. If you don't 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.160 know what you're gonna say when you got there, you're 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:35.720 nervous to go out there and just kind of calm 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.480 the picture down. But he showed great confidence back there 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:41.160 behind the play, calling pitches and then, like I said, 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.320 those timeouts, they were huge to just kind of settle 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:45.680 Bradish into a couple of times where he got of 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.640 those big jams and didn't wasn't prompted by the dugout. 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:50.920 He went up by himself right away called time and 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:52.640 I think that was that was great to see. And 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:56.240 I think the injury to Adlie might end up being 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.680 a blessing in disguise for Orioles. I think getting more 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.080 opportunities for him behind the play he might give him 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.800 more confidence moving on the season, not only behind the plate, 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:07.000 but while he's hitting also, And I think he's just 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:07.640 doing a great job. 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:08.880 Last night really displayed it. 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.679 Yeah, And Adlie Rutchman he's eligible to come off the 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.800 IL today. We'll see if he ends up getting activated 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:20.600 or not. But for me, that was Samuel Pisio's best 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.280 game so far this season, just most all around game 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.000 where he had the two big hits in the ninth 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.000 inning where he was down in the count it was 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:32.120 one two and you're thinking, oh, geez, here we go. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:34.679 But he came through in that big spot and then 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.720 came through again in the twelfth inning to lead off 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.160 that inning and drive in another run. He also worked 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:44.679 two walks, and Brad, you're one hundred percent right. His 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:48.680 blocking last night was fantastic, and that has to give 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.560 pitchers so much confidence in him that, Okay, this ball 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:54.160 is not going to get beyond him. We're not going 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:58.280 to give a base runner potential extra ninety feet. But 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:03.200 how about the throw to holds Mike Helgercia. That was 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:07.920 a perfect throw to get him trying to steal second base. 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:11.439 Samuel Bessie was really really strong last night. 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:14.840 Really strong, and he short hopped that throw. And here's 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:18.040 something I asked richmand about during the last homestand since 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:21.439 ADLEI has short hopped numerous throws, I went up to 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.880 him and I said, don't yell at me for suggesting this, 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:27.240 but are you intending to short off some throws? And 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:30.199 he said no, but you're trying to make the perfect 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.160 throw low into the bag. And if I'm going to air, 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.600 I'm going to air low rather than high. And so 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.440 it's interesting because I wondered to him, I said, I 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.360 was wondering, maybe analytics is telling you the ball gets 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.320 there faster I it skips, and these infielders are so 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.400 good at picking them, you're not worried about it. But 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:49.760 he said, no, it's not that he goes. It's trying 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.520 to make a really great throw and if you're wrong, 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:54.360 you want to be wrong short then high. 0:13:55.160 --> 0:14:00.920 Interesting take there, definitely, And I think having the confidence 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:03.640 of the taggers between Gunner and Jeremiah at second that 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:06.120 they work from up to down, where a lot of 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:08.080 guys when they try to pick it they try to 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.120 start with their glove moving up and then it's really 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:12.560 hard to come back in time. But they do a 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.839 great job of kind of setting where they want to 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.000 start the tag and just going straight to the ground. 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:18.400 That was one of the things when I was with 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:21.000 the Orioles, Bobby Dickerson was amazing with JJ Hardy and 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:23.840 Jonathan Scope. They worked from they got their high point 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.400 and they worked down, and I mean with our with 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.720 Weeders back there and Caleb Joseph, it was just one 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.520 of those things I'm starting to see that again with 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.240 the orioles, where they kind of set the glove where 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.480 they want to start it and work their way down 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:37.360 and if it's above that, it's going to be really 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:39.480 hard to tag the runner out. But I mean, every 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:41.720 single time in these short hops, it's a short hop, 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:44.120 the glove stays where it is at the highest point 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.760 and it goes straight down and that, you know, that 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:48.480 tenth of a second there makes all the difference. And 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:51.280 last night Jeremia's pick at second was a great example 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:52.960 of that. Just put the glove where you want to 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:54.600 start it, and he caught it and tagged him and 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:56.200 it wasn't even close to the second base, where a 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:58.680 lot of times, if you're working the glove up towards 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:00.600 the sky, it's gonna be really hard to bring it 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:01.600 down and tag him out there. 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.200 Bret, I wanted to get your thoughts on something that 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:09.800 Ben said yesterday on the broadcast where it was early 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.360 on in the game, Bradish was still in and Bassio 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.520 would set up he would set up his glove but 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.960 then pull it down, and Ben kind of brought up 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.200 the point saying, Hey, you know, if I was a pitcher, 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:23.880 I'd want him to just keep that that way of 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:25.080 a target to hit. 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.040 What did you think of that explanation? Were you the 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:28.640 same way. 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:32.640 Yeah, it's kind of a new way of catching, and 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:34.720 I think I it led to some of my struggles 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.360 later in my career. I mean, I'm just so used 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.000 to the target being set, but with how they're grading 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.280 catchers now, they want him to work down up to 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.120 give the umpire a better look and kind of still 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:45.560 strikes at the bottom of his zone. 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:47.840 So for me, I really struggle with it because I 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:48.520 was so used to. 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.240 Throwing to where the glove was, but you have a 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.200 tendency as a catcher to kind of drop your glove 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.400 as you catch it. So I know what Ben was saying, 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:58.320 But like he said, these guys are so good now 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:01.080 that it's they're not looking for a target. They're just 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:03.240 throwing to an area and they're using their stuff. So 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.920 it's it's like a I watched some of these games 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:09.280 sometimes and I feel like I'm watching a completely different 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.600 game that I played. So I know exactly what Ben 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:12.960 was saying, but it's just kind of how they do 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.040 it now. They set the target where they kind of 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.080 want it, drop it, and then bring it back up 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.560 towards that area, so beside, I was doing exactly what 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:22.000 they're they're teaching him, and that's that's how they want 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:22.720 guys to do it now. 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:24.280 But for me, I definitely struggle with that. 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:27.080 But with with Braders thrown so many breaking balls, I 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:28.080 don't think he really is. 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:28.840 Looking at the target. 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:30.840 He's just thrown to an area and I think it 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:32.840 helps the catcher be able to frame it better, maybe 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:34.440 steal a couple of strikes here or there. And then 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:36.640 last night we saw what the picks. It's the ball 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:38.520 you start your golo down, and if it's in the dirty, 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.560 I think it gives them a better chance to keep 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:42.240 the ball in front of them. 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:46.120 So changing topics, Gunner gets picked off twice last night. 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:50.760 I like how Albernez addresses that in the post game, 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.680 almost in a joking manner, where he says to the media, 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:56.080 I told Gunner, there's your pickoff quota for the year. 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.640 It's his way of saying that's not acceptable. But I'm 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:01.920 not throwing and our start player under the bus here 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.359 on it. But I'm not gonna ignore it either, and 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:07.080 I've already addressed it with the player. I'm sure Gunner 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.960 feels terrible to his credit, he had to focus to 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.560 make that defensive play at third base when the ball 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.760 got away from Weston Wilson, critical double play and extra innings. 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.640 So here's my take, guys. I'm just not gonna worry 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:22.119 about Gunner Henderson right now. I know he's not hitting 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.520 the way He's gonna two pickoffs, it's just not like him. 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:29.199 But I'm still gonna say this is gonna be a 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:32.240 great year when it's over. Right now, though it's not that. 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:35.760 Yeah, And you know what I'm starting to see last 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:38.159 night in his bats when he took those walks, he 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.040 was like a frustrated bat throw He wants to help 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:44.440 the team win so bad and he's willing to take 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:45.920 his walks when he gets it. But I think he's 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.720 trying to do anything he can to help out if 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:51.399 his bat's not there at this moment. And that's just 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:53.679 my take on it. I might be completely off on that, 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:55.600 but there was when he took those two walks, he 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.679 seemed extra adamant about taking the walk, and he was 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.320 just kind of he was pumped about it, but at 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:02.760 the same time, you could tell there's a little bit 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.640 of frustration creeping in there. The second basement. It made 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:07.480 a nice diving play on the ball in the hole, 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:09.960 and he just kind of feels you can kind of 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:11.960 see hitters and a lot of times. 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:13.600 You want to face those guys when they're going through 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:14.040 those moments. 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:16.159 But at the same time, a hitter like Gunner, you 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:17.640 know he's going to come out of it, So you're 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:20.639