WEBVTT - Why is Paul Skenes struggling?

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<v Speaker 1>What's up, everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to another episode of Buco Territory, presented to

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<v Speaker 2>you by the Foul Territory Network. I'm Nolah Hyle's joining

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<v Speaker 2>me as always is my good pal Platinum Key aka Mark.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh.

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<v Speaker 2>Harrison's also on the show doing a little traveling, so

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<v Speaker 2>he just recorded his weekly segment Jay hay Now, which

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<v Speaker 2>you'll see later in the show. But the focus of

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<v Speaker 2>today's episode is going to be on Paul Skins. The

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<v Speaker 2>Pirates took two four from the Phillies this week.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd call that a pretty.

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<v Speaker 2>Good split considering how well the Phillies are playing.

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<v Speaker 1>They remain at five hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think the big takeaway, aside from mes Merlin

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<v Speaker 2>Valdez just continuing to absolutely rake.

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<v Speaker 1>Is Paul Skins. Paul Skins and I feel like we've

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<v Speaker 1>said this a few times.

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<v Speaker 2>This year, Mark had his worst start of his career,

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<v Speaker 2>and this one was far and away. It might be

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<v Speaker 2>the worst start he's ever had. I mean, I remember

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<v Speaker 2>looking back through the LSU game logs when he was

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<v Speaker 2>a prospect.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't go deep into the Air Force.

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<v Speaker 2>Time when he was a pitcher, but it's I think

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<v Speaker 2>probably his worst outing since he's been a full time pitcher.

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<v Speaker 1>The Phillies have given him problems. The Pirates have now lost.

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<v Speaker 2>Nine straight with Schemes on the mound, and over those

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<v Speaker 2>nine games, he has a five thirty six turn run average.

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<v Speaker 2>So Mark, we're recording this on Thursday evening around nine AM.

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<v Speaker 2>I sat down in my living room at my coffee

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<v Speaker 2>table and just probably just like dedicated the entire day

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of breaking this all down to write story

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<v Speaker 2>which is now live at the Post Gazette's website. You

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<v Speaker 2>can read a post ash Gazette dot com or check

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<v Speaker 2>it out in the Sunday paper, which is its scheduled

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<v Speaker 2>print date.

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<v Speaker 1>Giving my thoughts as to.

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<v Speaker 2>Why I think Paul Skins hasn't looked like Paul Schemes

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<v Speaker 2>because we're at a point now where he just doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Look like himself.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't look like himself in the box score, he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't look like himself on the mound. Sometimes it hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>always been as bad as the numbers indicate, but it

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<v Speaker 2>just still hasn't been good, and it hasn't been good

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<v Speaker 2>for a long time. So we're gonna break this show

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<v Speaker 2>up into two segments, really because the third is.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh as Jay Hay.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the first is who is to blame for Paul

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<v Speaker 2>Skins not pitching well? And that's just gonna focus on

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<v Speaker 2>the the other factors at hand. The second segment is

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<v Speaker 2>titled man in the Mirror, and we're gonna talk about

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<v Speaker 2>what falls on Paul Skins's shoulders, what he's done wrong

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<v Speaker 2>to get to where this is gone. And it should

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<v Speaker 2>be an interesting conversation, Mark, So I'll just dive right

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<v Speaker 2>into it, and then I just want to hear your

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<v Speaker 2>feedback on some stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>So on the who is to blame? Some of the

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<v Speaker 1>metrics that.

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<v Speaker 2>Stand out to me when looking at Paul Skeen's AS

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<v Speaker 2>numbers are he has very similar numbers in a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of categories compared to last year, like expected era, expected

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<v Speaker 2>batting average, chase percentage, his his K percentage of walk

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<v Speaker 2>rate are better than last year.

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<v Speaker 1>The one big drop.

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<v Speaker 2>Off that I notice is left on base percentage. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the one that I really noticed that there was actually two.

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<v Speaker 2>It's home runs per nine innings and left on base percentage.

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<v Speaker 2>But I want to start here with left on base percentage.

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<v Speaker 2>Last year, Paul Skeens had the fifth best left on

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<v Speaker 2>base percentage in Major League Baseball, it was eighty two

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<v Speaker 2>point four percent, so only less than eighteen percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the time a runner got on base against Paul Skins.

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<v Speaker 1>They came around in scored.

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<v Speaker 2>This year it's down to sixty five point eight percent,

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<v Speaker 2>so close to thirty six close to thirty five percent

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<v Speaker 2>of the time if you get on base, so more

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<v Speaker 2>than one third of the time you get on basement

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<v Speaker 2>against Paul Skins.

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<v Speaker 1>You're scoring a run.

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<v Speaker 3>That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not good.

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<v Speaker 2>And there are many things that Paul Skins does well

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<v Speaker 2>when he's at his best, but I think among the

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<v Speaker 2>best of them is his ability to dance.

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<v Speaker 1>Out of trouble. The way he can magically get out

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<v Speaker 1>of a jam.

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<v Speaker 2>Bass is loaded, one out, he's gonna get that ground ball,

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<v Speaker 2>double play, he's gonna induce some soft contact, he'll make

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<v Speaker 2>you pop up to the infield, or he might just

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<v Speaker 2>strike out the side. But Paul Skins very rarely when

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<v Speaker 2>he puts himself into trouble does he get punished by it.

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<v Speaker 2>He's getting punished a lot by it. So that stuck

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<v Speaker 2>out to me. Another metric that stuck out to me

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<v Speaker 2>is there's.

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<v Speaker 1>A gnatin here that's just flying right in my eye.

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<v Speaker 2>Is his clutch metric, which is on Fangrafts, which essentially

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<v Speaker 2>measures your ability to pitch well in high leverage situations.

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<v Speaker 2>Last year, Paul Skeens had an zero point five to

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<v Speaker 2>three clutch metric, which was tenth best in baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now he's at n negative zero point.

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<v Speaker 2>Six, which is fifty fourth best out of the sixty

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<v Speaker 2>two qualified pitchers in Major League Baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's among the worst.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you can make the argument that he's not making

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<v Speaker 2>the pitches that are necessary to get out of these jams,

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<v Speaker 2>and I would agree with you to a certain extent, right,

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<v Speaker 2>But then when you also look, I mean, he's not

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<v Speaker 2>giving up a lot of free passes, his walk grade

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<v Speaker 2>is lower, he's his batting average against, and they're opposing

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<v Speaker 2>hitters are hitting two to eight against him as opposed

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<v Speaker 2>to one to ninety nine last year, So that's not

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<v Speaker 2>a big difference. So it just seems like anytime anyone

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<v Speaker 2>gets on, they're scoring.

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<v Speaker 1>So why is that?

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's easily connected to the defense, which

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<v Speaker 2>has been the big calling card for pretty much all

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<v Speaker 2>of the Skeens defenders, including the other guy on this screen.

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<v Speaker 1>The defense has not been good enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Per Baseball Savant, the Pirates defense has a negative five

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<v Speaker 2>fielded run value when Paul Skeens pitches, which is the

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<v Speaker 2>worst for any starting pitcher in the National League and

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<v Speaker 2>third worst in Major League Baseball. So when you're looking

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<v Speaker 2>at these numbers and saying, okay, well, why is his

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<v Speaker 2>left on base percentage so much worse?

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<v Speaker 1>Why is this clutch factor so much worse?

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<v Speaker 2>Perhaps Paul Skeens is getting the ground balls or the

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<v Speaker 2>fly balls if you remember Opening Day, that should get

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<v Speaker 2>him out of these jams. But this year's defense isn't

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<v Speaker 2>finishing the job. I think that that's a very easy

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<v Speaker 2>connection to make.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, Yeah, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Can weigh in on that a little bit more.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, yeah, it's been really disappointing because I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like the defensive miscues behind Paul Skeens haven't just been

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<v Speaker 3>like happening often, but they've been happening at seemingly the

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<v Speaker 3>worst possible time multiple times, where it's like two outs.

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<v Speaker 3>It's often happening when there's base runners on. We just

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<v Speaker 3>saw it Wednesday where Nicknzales tried to throw a ball home,

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<v Speaker 3>ended up pegging the runner and two runs scored inta one. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's partially on Paul Skeens not let those base runners

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<v Speaker 3>get on base. But at the same time, those were

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<v Speaker 3>outs for him in his previous two seasons where defense

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<v Speaker 3>was better, especially at third base, And so yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>mean I want to we'll get into it more. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't think it's all just on the defense, but they've

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<v Speaker 3>done him no favors have quite a few times cost

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<v Speaker 3>him twenty some pitches at times where he just has

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<v Speaker 3>to keep going deeper into the outings. And yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 3>definitely a factor. I just want to hear more about

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<v Speaker 3>what you got, what else you got.

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<v Speaker 2>So in addition to the fielding, I think the other

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<v Speaker 2>thing to blame is coaching. At the end of last season,

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<v Speaker 2>Austar Marine, the Pirates' pitching coach, was obviously let go

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<v Speaker 2>and it surprised a lot of people. The Post is

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<v Speaker 2>Att reported around the time of this decision that something

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<v Speaker 2>that influenced the Pirates to make this change was player feedback.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a group of players within the.

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<v Speaker 2>Active roster on the active roster that expressed to management that, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we know the pitching group's good, we think we can

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<v Speaker 2>be better, and in order to get to that next level,

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<v Speaker 2>we think a new new voice needs to come in.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Skins, as I reported in my story, was a part.

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<v Speaker 2>Of this group, and you know he, along with his teammates,

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<v Speaker 2>got what they wanted. They got Bill Murphy and so far,

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<v Speaker 2>Mark listeners, it's very difficult to point out how Bill.

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<v Speaker 1>Murphy has made Paul Skins better.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, before I go any further, and I wrote this,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to express that when you evaluate coaching at

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<v Speaker 2>this level of sports, it can be quite difficult to

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<v Speaker 2>quantify explicitly how much better or worse a coach makes

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<v Speaker 2>an individual player.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you look at the overall body of work for.

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<v Speaker 2>The pitching staff, and I've said this on the show before,

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<v Speaker 2>it's very difficult to find starting pitchers who are better

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<v Speaker 2>this year than they were last year. I think there's

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<v Speaker 2>like two Carmen Majenski in braxtonn Ashcraft, and one of

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<v Speaker 2>those two guys isn't even a starter anymore so. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think my bigger takeaway on this coaching element of

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<v Speaker 2>it all is it seems like Paul is getting in

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<v Speaker 2>himself into trouble in areas where he's never got himself

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<v Speaker 2>into trouble before. It seems like his pitch mix is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of all over the place, and that he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>really have a secondary pitch to lean on right now. Thespeed, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>it's got like a negative two run value, I believe,

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<v Speaker 2>and the command is off and obviously, like people like

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<v Speaker 2>Pitching Ninja have pointed out some mechanical flaws, potentially, these

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<v Speaker 2>are things that you identify through a pitching coach. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying that Bill Murphy hasn't pointed these things out.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what they talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm sure there are a whole bunch of plans

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<v Speaker 2>the Pirates have to help Paul. I'm sure it's film study,

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<v Speaker 2>it's analytics, it's biometrical data to see how he's like

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<v Speaker 2>healing between starts.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure there's some you know, mental health stuff like it, maybe.

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<v Speaker 2>Like they're having him go through different mental exercises to

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<v Speaker 2>kind of go through his breath or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>There's so much that goes into prepping for a major

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<v Speaker 2>league starting pitcher, and I don't doubt that the Pirates

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<v Speaker 2>current pitching group is working with schemes and trying to

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<v Speaker 2>provide support. But it's really hard not to connect how

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<v Speaker 2>he never went through a stretch like this in the

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<v Speaker 2>two years Oscar Marine was his pitching coach. And I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how much Oscar Marine helped him or did

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<v Speaker 2>didn't help him, but the evidence suggests that whatever was

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<v Speaker 2>going on under Marine, and even if it was the

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<v Speaker 2>freedom for Paul to work independently with other pitching coaches,

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<v Speaker 2>something is different and he's not getting the help because

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<v Speaker 2>there are things that Paul Skeens is doing wrong or

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<v Speaker 2>just not going well for Paul Skins that are well

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<v Speaker 2>within his control and they're not being fixed.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And I think that you really need to a

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<v Speaker 3>pitching coach in this situation, if you're Paul Skins, like

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<v Speaker 3>you need to be able to trust, to rely on

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<v Speaker 3>and have confidence in the guy that's helping you here

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<v Speaker 3>get through this rough stretch, because Paul Skeins has never

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<v Speaker 3>had anything like this happened in his pitching career and

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<v Speaker 3>he really doesn't have that many you know, pitching miles

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<v Speaker 3>on him either, Like he just started pitching when he

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<v Speaker 3>was at Air Force where he committed as a catcher. Yea,

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<v Speaker 3>So maybe part of that is like part of this

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<v Speaker 3>the struggles is you know, how the miles starting to

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<v Speaker 3>catch up to him, but you need a pitching coach

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<v Speaker 3>to tell you how to get through that, how to

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<v Speaker 3>condition your body, to make sure that you're prepared for that.

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<v Speaker 3>And so it's been disappointing. I mentioned earlier as well

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<v Speaker 3>his off speed. His off speed has been above like

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<v Speaker 3>ninety fifth percentile on sackcasts the past two years. The

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<v Speaker 3>splinker was phenomenal in twenty twenty four non existent. Now

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<v Speaker 3>why is that? Why is the change up kind of

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<v Speaker 3>going in and out like it seems like one game

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<v Speaker 3>he'll be good with it. It's lately it's not been

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<v Speaker 3>as good. And so, yeah, the off speed's my biggest concern.

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<v Speaker 3>So you would hope that Bill Murphy's sitting him down

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<v Speaker 3>talking about that, But the results haven't been good.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, so we.

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<v Speaker 2>Just blamed everyone else on why Paul Skins hasn't played well?

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<v Speaker 1>What is he doing wrong? As I continued in.

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<v Speaker 2>My story, I just looking over everything with Paul schemes.

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<v Speaker 2>None of his pitches are as good as they were

0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:25.080
<v Speaker 2>last year, none of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start with the fastball. We've talked a lot about

0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:29.280
<v Speaker 1>the velocity.

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<v Speaker 2>He said himself, Oh, it's a designed it's designed to

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<v Speaker 2>go a little bit slower. Whether if you believe that

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<v Speaker 2>or not. I'm starting probably to be in the latter

0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:40.800
<v Speaker 2>camp there.

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<v Speaker 1>But even if you believe.

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<v Speaker 2>He's telling the truth there, it's just not as effective.

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<v Speaker 2>I evidence this no further than his increase in home

0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:54.720
<v Speaker 2>runs allowed. Mark. Last year, his home runs per nine

0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.960
<v Speaker 2>innings was the best of Major League Baseball zero point

0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:01.200
<v Speaker 2>five to three. This year, he's thirty sixth in Major

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<v Speaker 2>League Baseball among the fifty four sixty four excuse me

0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:09.080
<v Speaker 2>qualified pitchers, with a one point two home runs per

0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:14.360
<v Speaker 2>nine innings He allowed I believe, I think thirteen home

0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.960
<v Speaker 2>runs all last season. He's already allowed eleven so far

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<v Speaker 2>this year, and five of those home runs have come

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<v Speaker 2>against the four seam fastball, which matches his total allowed

0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:31.040
<v Speaker 2>through the four seam last year. All that said, Mark,

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<v Speaker 2>the four seam is his best pitch this season, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's his best pitch by far.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go through the rest of the mix.

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<v Speaker 2>When Paul Skeins was introduced to us, he had four

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<v Speaker 2>pitches which he threw more than ten percent of the time.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the four seam fastball, which had a higher velocity.

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<v Speaker 2>Then it was the splinker, the best secondary pitch in

0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:56.040
<v Speaker 2>Major League Baseball at the time. There was also a sweeper.

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<v Speaker 2>There was also a curveball. I believe those were his four. Yes,

0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:06.880
<v Speaker 2>he also had to change up in a slider, but

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<v Speaker 2>I believe both of those are thrown around sixty five percent.

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<v Speaker 2>So two of those four pitches I bring those up

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<v Speaker 2>are just totally non factors. Now, the splinker has gone

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<v Speaker 2>from unhittable to a liability mark, and it's his first

0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:28.720
<v Speaker 2>year using it. I believe he threw it twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>percent of the time. Last year that reduced down to

0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:35.480
<v Speaker 2>fourteen percent. And if you remember why, it was because

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<v Speaker 2>the off season following his rookie year, he made it

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<v Speaker 2>a point to try to teach himself a sinker and

0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:44.560
<v Speaker 2>a cutter. The cutter never stuck around, but the sinker

0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:46.440
<v Speaker 2>became a part of his pitch mix, and once he

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<v Speaker 2>started during the sinker more, the splinker became a little

0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:53.680
<v Speaker 2>bit more obsolete. Well, this year, the splinker is just bad.

0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:57.920
<v Speaker 2>It is his worst pitch. It's among his worst pitches.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if it's Yeah, yeah, it's his worst

0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.680
<v Speaker 2>pitch as far as batting average is concerned. Because hitters

0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.399
<v Speaker 2>are hitting three sixty six against the splitter.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, how's the sinker doing.

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<v Speaker 2>The splinker replacement opponents are slugging four forty four against

0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:16.720
<v Speaker 2>that pitch, so he doesn't really have either of those.

0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:17.640
<v Speaker 1>In his bag anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>We go now to the curveball, which his rookie year, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>he threw sixteen percent of the time. Last year it

0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:31.840
<v Speaker 2>dropped down to five percent. And there's a good reason

0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:36.200
<v Speaker 2>why he stopped throwing it because I believe opponents slugged six'

0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:37.680
<v Speaker 2>eighty against.

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<v Speaker 1>The curveball in twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 3>Five couple the, Curve.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah it just wasn't a good pick.

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<v Speaker 2>Lot, yeah, Yes so this year he's only throwing the

0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:50.320
<v Speaker 2>curveball ten, times which is fine in theory if you

0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:54.960
<v Speaker 2>have another pitch to rely on. More but when the

0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:59.399
<v Speaker 2>sinker isn't working and the splinker isn't, working and the

0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:04.719
<v Speaker 2>slider has never really been his ideal secondary pitch and

0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:11.359
<v Speaker 2>the sweeper hasn't really gotten any better, Either, yeah, yeah

0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:15.359
<v Speaker 2>you're forced to be a fastball change up, guy and

0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.080
<v Speaker 2>that's What Paul skeins is right. Now he's throwing his

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<v Speaker 2>change up, dramatically more than he's ever done in his.

0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:24.600
<v Speaker 2>Career it's his second most used pitch this, year and

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<v Speaker 2>Per Baseball, savant it's one of the worst pitches he.

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<v Speaker 1>Throws it has a negative to run.

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<v Speaker 2>Value so because of his inability to kind of get

0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:42.040
<v Speaker 2>his other pitching under, control he's kind of been reduced

0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:45.280
<v Speaker 2>to being a two pitch guy who mixes in a

0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:47.800
<v Speaker 2>whole bunch of side, stuff and none of the side

0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:51.400
<v Speaker 2>stuff has consistently. Worked, now how is This Paul skein's.

0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:55.800
<v Speaker 2>Fault it's really tough to give a formal answer to,

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<v Speaker 2>that but IF i had to, GUESS i would say

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<v Speaker 2>that maybe we're all forgetting how young this guy is

0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:04.400
<v Speaker 2>as a human.

0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:05.399
<v Speaker 1>Being and as a.

0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:09.080
<v Speaker 2>Pitcher he's only been a pitcher for like three this

0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:14.159
<v Speaker 2>is his fourth. Year it's crazy to, think, Right and

0:19:14.359 --> 0:19:18.680
<v Speaker 2>throughout that stretch he's experienced nothing but, success and rather

0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:22.320
<v Speaker 2>than being, Content Paul skins continues to push himself further and,

0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:24.880
<v Speaker 2>further AND i think he's gotten to a point where

0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:28.080
<v Speaker 2>he wants to kind of just master, everything and in some,

0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:32.000
<v Speaker 2>CASES i think it could be argued he probably spent

0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:35.399
<v Speaker 2>a little bit too much time working on things that

0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:38.640
<v Speaker 2>probably didn't deserve that much, time and as a, result

0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:42.560
<v Speaker 2>his overall pitch mix got a little. Diluted at least

0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:44.880
<v Speaker 2>that's HOW i see. It i'm not sitting here claiming

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<v Speaker 2>THAT i know more about baseball Than Paul skins Or

0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:51.000
<v Speaker 2>Bill murphy Or Oscar marine or really. Anyone, hell half

0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.520
<v Speaker 2>the people watching this probably have a better baseball like

0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:56.480
<v Speaker 2>you than. Me but just going through What i've, EXPLORED

0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:58.919
<v Speaker 2>i think it's really easy that you can make that

0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:02.479
<v Speaker 2>argument that may he was a little too smart for

0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:05.360
<v Speaker 2>his own, good that his love for the game and

0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:10.960
<v Speaker 2>being innovative and exploring new grips and ways to get

0:20:11.000 --> 0:20:14.000
<v Speaker 2>batters out weighs the tunnel things off of stuff that

0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:16.040
<v Speaker 2>he's already known that works.

0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:18.639
<v Speaker 1>Kind of got him a little carried.

0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:22.719
<v Speaker 2>Away and now he's in a place where he doesn't

0:20:22.760 --> 0:20:25.719
<v Speaker 2>have anything going for him right, now aside from just

0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:30.160
<v Speaker 2>changing speeds and in the instances where the fastball command

0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:34.800
<v Speaker 2>isn't There wednesday being the most obvious, example he's got

0:20:34.840 --> 0:20:37.040
<v Speaker 2>nothing to, offer, Yep and he doesn't look Like Paul

0:20:37.080 --> 0:20:38.200
<v Speaker 2>Skins that's HOW i.

0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:41.959
<v Speaker 3>See everything flows from the, fastball, Right, like, yeah if

0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:45.080
<v Speaker 3>you're if his fastball isn't, playing the breaking stuff isn't

0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.520
<v Speaker 3>going to look nearly as. Good the off speed stuff's

0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:50.360
<v Speaker 3>not going to look nearly as. Good and so as

0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:54.600
<v Speaker 3>the fastball has become more, hittable guys aren't having to

0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:56.280
<v Speaker 3>sit there and chase and be, like OH i gotta

0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:59.200
<v Speaker 3>be really on, top like kind of antsy for these

0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:03.199
<v Speaker 3>all the off speed. Stuff and, YEAH i JUST i

0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.359
<v Speaker 3>think the fastball is a little bit. Concerning we saw

0:21:06.400 --> 0:21:10.000
<v Speaker 3>the Pitching ninja clip today On. Twitter i'm sure that

0:21:10.040 --> 0:21:13.600
<v Speaker 3>probably went by everyone's. Feeds if you're listening to this

0:21:14.320 --> 0:21:19.200
<v Speaker 3>where you can see his just his he's not shifting

0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:22.640
<v Speaker 3>his weight as, much not getting as much, velocity and,

0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:27.000
<v Speaker 3>YEAH i don't, know it's it's. Concerning my question for

0:21:27.080 --> 0:21:30.800
<v Speaker 3>you is what do you do to fix this or address?

0:21:30.880 --> 0:21:34.800
<v Speaker 3>This do you you just have him keep? Going do

0:21:34.840 --> 0:21:36.560
<v Speaker 3>you have him skip a? Start do you do like

0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:38.880
<v Speaker 3>where they like limited his innings a little, bit where

0:21:38.880 --> 0:21:41.399
<v Speaker 3>you're like five, innings that's. It, now you just let

0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:42.720
<v Speaker 3>him pitch through it and figure it.

0:21:42.720 --> 0:21:46.720
<v Speaker 2>Out he's a baseball, player, Man it happens it's just

0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:50.080
<v Speaker 2>weird because we've never seen him. Struggle, yeah but he's,

0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:53.200
<v Speaker 2>human he's he's allowed to, struggle he's allowed to Have

0:21:54.000 --> 0:21:59.040
<v Speaker 2>it's really been a bad month and a, half not even, yeah,

0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:03.439
<v Speaker 2>no it's started On may, seventeenth and, yeah AND i

0:22:03.440 --> 0:22:06.200
<v Speaker 2>think bad luck and bad fielding has contributed to some of,

0:22:06.240 --> 0:22:07.720
<v Speaker 2>this but, overall, yeah it's.

0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:08.280
<v Speaker 1>Been a bad month and a.

0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:12.359
<v Speaker 2>Half it's gonna. HAPPEN i, mean this guy probably wasn't

0:22:12.400 --> 0:22:15.080
<v Speaker 2>going to have a career era under. Two if you

0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:19.040
<v Speaker 2>look at all projections like through zips and stuff, preseason

0:22:19.480 --> 0:22:22.280
<v Speaker 2>they always have him in around a two SIX, era.

0:22:23.520 --> 0:22:26.120
<v Speaker 3>And that's what is. Expected era was the last.

0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:31.639
<v Speaker 2>Two years is seven five right, Now so HE'S i,

0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:36.800
<v Speaker 2>mean he's had some bad. Starts he hasn't been as

0:22:36.880 --> 0:22:40.000
<v Speaker 2>good as what we've seen in the, past and and

0:22:40.160 --> 0:22:45.199
<v Speaker 2>maybe that's just the, Reality, like because how many people

0:22:45.280 --> 0:22:45.639
<v Speaker 2>are that.

0:22:45.800 --> 0:22:50.600
<v Speaker 3>Good mischief is such a weird. Thing, yeah, yeah pitching

0:22:50.640 --> 0:22:52.680
<v Speaker 3>is such a weird thing where you know it'll, fluctuate,

0:22:52.800 --> 0:22:56.000
<v Speaker 3>Right and so if he's not the best picture in

0:22:56.000 --> 0:22:59.560
<v Speaker 3>the world every single season of his, career that's. Okay

0:22:59.640 --> 0:23:02.760
<v Speaker 3>BUT i still think he's going to be just. Fine moving.

0:23:02.800 --> 0:23:05.240
<v Speaker 3>FORWARD i think it's just a rough, patch like you, Said, so.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah there's some concern because just because it's it's so.

0:23:11.080 --> 0:23:13.720
<v Speaker 2>Weird it's like the kid who's never got to be

0:23:13.880 --> 0:23:16.960
<v Speaker 2>in his life is now bringing home sees on a

0:23:17.000 --> 0:23:19.360
<v Speaker 2>report card and you're kind of wondering what's going. On

0:23:20.240 --> 0:23:24.880
<v Speaker 2>BUT i, think, HONESTLY i think the longer he goes

0:23:24.920 --> 0:23:28.520
<v Speaker 2>without playing baseball probably could make this. Worse, OKAY i,

0:23:28.560 --> 0:23:31.119
<v Speaker 2>think you, know the idea of sitting him down and

0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:32.040
<v Speaker 2>trying to figure.

0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:34.720
<v Speaker 1>This out might lead to more.

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<v Speaker 2>PROBLEMS i think he needs to just get back out

0:23:37.119 --> 0:23:38.720
<v Speaker 2>there and, yeah you want.

0:23:38.560 --> 0:23:41.639
<v Speaker 3>To stop overthinking and, yeah just go out there and. Shove,

0:23:41.840 --> 0:23:44.520
<v Speaker 3>yeah see the ball go through the hoop. Ones, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep so that's my take on. It you could tell

0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:48.440
<v Speaker 1>Me i'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Wrong if you, want read the article where there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more depth to EVERYTHING i explained At post dashkazet

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<v Speaker 2>dot com and comment what you. Think if you have

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<v Speaker 2>any other, theories comment on this episode It, mark don't tweet.

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<v Speaker 5>It.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, now all, right we're gonna take another quick. Break

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<v Speaker 5>missed it last, week but somebody THAT i really wanted

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<v Speaker 5>to highlight for this for this week was S Merlin.

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<v Speaker 5>Valdez being on the family trip this past, WEEK.

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<v Speaker 7>I got to see some of the noise he was

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<v Speaker 7>making and is still carrying over as we're getting ready

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<v Speaker 7>to Head in A friday's episode with the playing Day,

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<v Speaker 7>game he, said over three hundred ops over, thousand and

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<v Speaker 7>that's something that this offense is kind of needed, with you,

0:25:58.880 --> 0:26:02.240
<v Speaker 7>know kind of That seesaw battle of you, know hovering

0:26:02.280 --> 0:26:05.760
<v Speaker 7>around five hundred offense is something that has not been

0:26:05.800 --> 0:26:07.520
<v Speaker 7>an issue this. Year so it's nice to see S

0:26:07.560 --> 0:26:09.760
<v Speaker 7>merland come in and you, know make his presence, felt

0:26:09.800 --> 0:26:13.280
<v Speaker 7>especially against. Lefties but sit over three hundred ops over one,

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<v Speaker 7>thousand and, yes his strikeout numbers may be a little,

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<v Speaker 7>alarming twenty STRIKEOUTS i think to maybe six, walks but

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<v Speaker 7>he said in three zero, TWO i think with the

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<v Speaker 7>ops over one, thousand six homers twelve RBIs a little

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<v Speaker 7>small sample, size but that's somebody that wanted to. Highlight

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<v Speaker 7>it's been a little bright, spot especially given that you,

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<v Speaker 7>know when he came, up we were, like, hey getting

0:26:32.840 --> 0:26:35.240
<v Speaker 7>some of. Bats you don't want this guy just. Sitting

0:26:35.280 --> 0:26:37.560
<v Speaker 7>so he's making the most of. It AND i, mean

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<v Speaker 7>out of those six home, runs it's been some tape.

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<v Speaker 7>MEASURES i think the one IN p AND. C i

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<v Speaker 7>think measured over like four Sixty.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah for sixty one IN p AND. C just bombing, it, yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>easy easy power From zemliand and he's also his defense

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<v Speaker 3>has been pretty. Good he's been really right in right.

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<v Speaker 3>Field he had a couple of diving catches On wednesday

0:26:59.400 --> 0:27:02.960
<v Speaker 3>night and a tough outing for The. Pirates but, yeah,

0:27:03.359 --> 0:27:06.800
<v Speaker 3>uh he's been everything that The pirates have. Wanted and

0:27:07.119 --> 0:27:09.639
<v Speaker 3>it's not often that you see The, pirates you, know

0:27:09.720 --> 0:27:13.200
<v Speaker 3>call up a rookie and they instantly succeed and are

0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:16.919
<v Speaker 3>contributing to the. Team. Right usually in the past it's been, like,

0:27:17.240 --> 0:27:19.800
<v Speaker 3>oh we have an, Injury, like, well this is the

0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:24.120
<v Speaker 3>next guy, up so let's give him a. Chance, yeah

0:27:24.119 --> 0:27:26.719
<v Speaker 3>where As, maryland he's he's gotten this opportunity now With

0:27:26.760 --> 0:27:31.199
<v Speaker 3>Spencer horwitz, down So ryan O'Hearn has shifted back to

0:27:31.240 --> 0:27:34.679
<v Speaker 3>first base and he's made the absolute most of. It

0:27:35.520 --> 0:27:39.400
<v Speaker 3>he's basically been playing every day. Now, JOSH i wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to ask you like he's a big fan. Favorite like

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<v Speaker 3>what kind of Emotions like he's so, easy like easy,

0:27:46.680 --> 0:27:50.800
<v Speaker 3>going very happy. Constantly what does that do like for

0:27:50.880 --> 0:27:53.480
<v Speaker 3>like a, team especially The pirates right now going through a,

0:27:53.520 --> 0:27:56.040
<v Speaker 3>Slump like does that make a difference when you a

0:27:56.119 --> 0:27:58.680
<v Speaker 3>guy is just constantly happy and smiling in the clubhouse

0:27:58.720 --> 0:27:59.600
<v Speaker 3>no matter what's going.

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<v Speaker 7>On oh, yeah for, Sure and there could be somebody

0:28:04.240 --> 0:28:05.879
<v Speaker 7>that may have an issue with. It but if somebody

0:28:05.920 --> 0:28:08.520
<v Speaker 7>has an issue with, it you know that issue is

0:28:08.560 --> 0:28:11.400
<v Speaker 7>definitely more deeper rooted than you, know somebody just going

0:28:11.440 --> 0:28:14.280
<v Speaker 7>in there having positive vibes, because as you mentioned in

0:28:14.320 --> 0:28:17.760
<v Speaker 7>the time where you, know relationships not relationships with vibes

0:28:17.760 --> 0:28:19.800
<v Speaker 7>can be kind of you, know shaky due to, injuries

0:28:19.880 --> 0:28:22.639
<v Speaker 7>due to everything going. ON a guy like that is

0:28:22.640 --> 0:28:25.080
<v Speaker 7>a breath of fresh air because one he's playing well

0:28:25.480 --> 0:28:28.359
<v Speaker 7>and then you, know, hitting you, know they, say is.

0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:31.119
<v Speaker 7>Contagious so it's something where you, know guys might you,

0:28:31.160 --> 0:28:32.800
<v Speaker 7>know build off of. That but at the same, time

0:28:32.920 --> 0:28:35.800
<v Speaker 7>just having good positive vibes helps in a time like

0:28:35.840 --> 0:28:37.800
<v Speaker 7>this where you got guys that are you, know having

0:28:37.800 --> 0:28:39.800
<v Speaker 7>to be on the shelf for you, know an extending

0:28:39.800 --> 0:28:42.040
<v Speaker 7>amount of. Time it's nice to have a guy who's

0:28:42.080 --> 0:28:44.000
<v Speaker 7>come up one made his impact on the, field but

0:28:44.040 --> 0:28:46.040
<v Speaker 7>also you know in the, clubhouse those things don't go

0:28:46.120 --> 0:28:48.680
<v Speaker 7>unnoticed because if you said the fans love, It i'm

0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:51.800
<v Speaker 7>sure they fill that in the clubhouse as. Well and

0:28:51.840 --> 0:28:53.800
<v Speaker 7>then when you, hit when you're hitting four hundred and

0:28:53.800 --> 0:28:56.200
<v Speaker 7>sixty one foot home, RUNS i think anybody's gonna be

0:28:56.240 --> 0:28:58.320
<v Speaker 7>a chair for. That so it's been cool to see

0:28:58.400 --> 0:29:00.400
<v Speaker 7>him come up and as you, said being to take

0:29:00.440 --> 0:29:03.080
<v Speaker 7>a little pressure off, of you, know the team per,

0:29:03.120 --> 0:29:05.080
<v Speaker 7>se because when you're missing some key, guys it's like

0:29:05.080 --> 0:29:07.400
<v Speaker 7>who's going to step? Up and S merlin has done

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<v Speaker 7>a great job of just you, know filling that void

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<v Speaker 7>for the time.

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<v Speaker 3>Being, exactly and especially filling the void with a team

0:29:13.240 --> 0:29:16.880
<v Speaker 3>that struggles against left handed. Pitching The pirates have not

0:29:17.000 --> 0:29:20.120
<v Speaker 3>looked good against, lefties and so having a guy that

0:29:20.760 --> 0:29:23.600
<v Speaker 3>is one not only just, comfortable but he can actually

0:29:23.800 --> 0:29:26.480
<v Speaker 3>really really. Mash that's why he's shown throughout all of

0:29:26.480 --> 0:29:29.440
<v Speaker 3>his miner's career and when he called. Up when he

0:29:29.520 --> 0:29:31.360
<v Speaker 3>was called, up that's kind of what we were thinking

0:29:31.360 --> 0:29:34.360
<v Speaker 3>his role might, be maybe like the fourth fifth outfielder

0:29:34.400 --> 0:29:37.960
<v Speaker 3>type that is going to play mostly against, lefties but

0:29:38.600 --> 0:29:44.080
<v Speaker 3>he is put him in Against righty's lefties, whoever because,

0:29:44.160 --> 0:29:47.960
<v Speaker 3>yeah this kid is just absolutely mashing and so super

0:29:48.080 --> 0:29:51.120
<v Speaker 3>encouraging for a guy THAT i don't think The pirates

0:29:51.120 --> 0:29:55.920
<v Speaker 3>expected in the plans for this, year uh coming in, Right,

0:29:56.080 --> 0:29:59.720
<v Speaker 3>YEAH i think s Marylin is was always in the

0:29:59.720 --> 0:30:03.080
<v Speaker 3>plan for maybe twenty twenty, seven maybe like a couple

0:30:03.120 --> 0:30:07.440
<v Speaker 3>of coffee this, year but, NO i mean he's got.

0:30:07.480 --> 0:30:09.400
<v Speaker 3>Some he's got that cup of coffee and then some

0:30:09.520 --> 0:30:13.600
<v Speaker 3>and he's still. Mashing so really happy for, him especially

0:30:13.600 --> 0:30:16.560
<v Speaker 3>because this is his second time he's gotten called. Up

0:30:17.200 --> 0:30:20.200
<v Speaker 3>the first time he got called, up he got his first.

0:30:20.280 --> 0:30:23.920
<v Speaker 3>Hit it was a home, Run, yeah and then he

0:30:24.000 --> 0:30:25.640
<v Speaker 3>hit one N p AND c as, WELL i, think

0:30:25.680 --> 0:30:27.840
<v Speaker 3>but he was still like hitting only like one forty

0:30:27.920 --> 0:30:31.360
<v Speaker 3>year round there or, something so like he was getting

0:30:31.640 --> 0:30:34.680
<v Speaker 3>acclimated TO. Mlb and now the adjustments have been, made

0:30:35.440 --> 0:30:37.280
<v Speaker 3>he's still going to have to. Adjust i'm sure the

0:30:37.360 --> 0:30:40.440
<v Speaker 3>league's gonna take, notice and pitchers are going to figure

0:30:40.480 --> 0:30:43.640
<v Speaker 3>out how to pitch to. Him the fastball has been

0:30:43.640 --> 0:30:46.880
<v Speaker 3>a little bit difficult for, him but he can pull

0:30:46.920 --> 0:30:50.280
<v Speaker 3>his hands in if you pitch him, inside and he's

0:30:50.320 --> 0:30:52.280
<v Speaker 3>in a really good job of not just like being

0:30:52.320 --> 0:30:55.680
<v Speaker 3>a power guy. Too we've seen a lot of situational

0:30:55.760 --> 0:30:59.720
<v Speaker 3>hitting from, him where Like wednesday nights, game he had

0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:03.760
<v Speaker 3>a leadoff single where that's what the situation called, for

0:31:03.920 --> 0:31:06.440
<v Speaker 3>was we just needed a runner on, base and so

0:31:06.480 --> 0:31:08.920
<v Speaker 3>he pulled his hands. In he has a little blooper

0:31:09.360 --> 0:31:13.080
<v Speaker 3>that HAD i THINK xba of like a, thousand like

0:31:13.480 --> 0:31:17.600
<v Speaker 3>guaranteed hit. Basically and, yeah so he's been helping the

0:31:17.600 --> 0:31:21.560
<v Speaker 3>team multiple. Ways really really encouraging from a guy who's

0:31:21.560 --> 0:31:27.000
<v Speaker 3>only twenty. Two so, yeah and, YEAH i feel So, Josh, Yeah,

0:31:27.680 --> 0:31:28.040
<v Speaker 3>no that.

0:31:28.080 --> 0:31:30.640
<v Speaker 7>Was just somebody that caught my, eye AS i, said

0:31:30.640 --> 0:31:32.800
<v Speaker 7>have been, away you, know the past week family vacation

0:31:33.640 --> 0:31:35.800
<v Speaker 7>watching the. Highlights he was a guy, that as you,

0:31:35.800 --> 0:31:37.560
<v Speaker 7>said we didn't know what his role was gonna be

0:31:37.560 --> 0:31:41.120
<v Speaker 7>coming into you, know these call, ups and he's definitely

0:31:41.280 --> 0:31:44.080
<v Speaker 7>exceeded expectations in the set of time where The pirates needed.

0:31:44.080 --> 0:31:48.120
<v Speaker 7>It so my hat now segment highlights. That and here

0:31:48.160 --> 0:31:50.360
<v Speaker 7>we are recording This. FRIDAY i think they got a

0:31:50.440 --> 0:31:52.480
<v Speaker 7>chance to split the series if they want to day, Right.

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<v Speaker 3>So, yeah they're about to play here in like twenty,

0:31:54.920 --> 0:31:56.920
<v Speaker 3>minutes so hopefully he's in there.

0:31:56.960 --> 0:31:59.360
<v Speaker 7>Today let's, see let's see if he does something special

0:31:59.440 --> 0:32:01.960
<v Speaker 7>to get helped the you know pliers get split of the.

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<v Speaker 3>SERIES i love it all. Right, well now we're gonna

0:32:04.880 --> 0:32:07.160
<v Speaker 3>kick it back over to Uh noah AND i to

0:32:07.240 --> 0:32:08.200
<v Speaker 3>wrap things up.

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<v Speaker 2>All, right big thanks To Josh harrison as always for.

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<v Speaker 2>Contributing can't wait to have him you, know back for

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<v Speaker 3>WEEK i just right back at five hundred. Again it's

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<v Speaker 3>kind of funny every time we're. Recording now we're back

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<v Speaker 3>at five, hundred so really helping the series. Up this

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<v Speaker 3>upcoming series starting today against The nationals is maybe a

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<v Speaker 3>nice little, sweep you, know get above five hundred going

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<v Speaker 3>into The All star break and carry that momentum for

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<v Speaker 3>the second half of the. Season any any final thoughts

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<v Speaker 3>for you owing go Read know's article if you you're listening, here.

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<v Speaker 2>Get yeah on The on the note of articles, TOO

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<v Speaker 2>i would like to promote my Es Merlin valdez story

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more to just kind of what he's

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<v Speaker 2>providing and who he's kind of stepping up in place

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<v Speaker 2>of As i'm happy with how that one turned out as.

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