WEBVTT - 526 | Futures Game Interviews Part 2: Salas, Willits, Mayfield, 0:00:01.720 --> 0:00:15.319 An. He swings high. Don't understand that deep to center 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:17.959 field and that's gone. 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:22.759 Wow, his first big league swing is gonna be a 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:25.439 grand slam home line swing. 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:34.559 Good time to do them, soup. Welcome back to the 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:36.920 Call Up, your go to podcast on the future stars 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.159 of Major League Baseball. You got arm Light in here 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:42.160 today and we have our second batch of interviews from 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:45.440 the Futures Game, including some of the best prospects in baseball. 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.360 Ethan Salas to lead things off, which is so much 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.080 fun because I think that was our longest conversation with 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:54.680 any prospects at that Futures Game. You can easily see 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:57.040 why Sallas is so ahead of his years on the 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:58.800 baseball field, because when you talk to him, he so 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.600 ahead of his years in general. You could just tell 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:04.280 that he's grown up around baseball. And it was very 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.800 fun talking to him. And that was the longest conversation 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.000 for good reason, because I just wanted to keep Pepper 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:10.759 and him with questions. I think I was making people 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:12.640 wait behind me a little too long. I kind of 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.120 feel bad about it in hindsight, but hopefully it's worth 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:18.039 it with what you guys think about the conversation. So 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:20.640 that one was awesome. We talked to Eli Willits, We 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:23.200 talked to Cash Mayfield. That was Elijah. He did a 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:26.360 great job there. Also Dakota Jordan. It was fun, you know, 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:28.720 hearing him talk about how much juice he thinks he 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.200 has in the tank. So many fun conversations in this 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.760 episode as well. Of course, if you missed the last one, 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.360 the first batch of interviews, we had a few extras 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.240 in part one of the Futures Game Conversation, so check 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:42.280 that out. That includes several other of the top prospects 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:45.200 in Major League Baseball, from Theo Gillen all the way 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:48.880 to Caden Scarborough, Nathan fill Welling, ralphie Velaskez goes on 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.320 and on with that group. Ryan Sloan, how could I forget? 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.360 So a bunch of really fun interviews with some of 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:57.120 the best names in the minor leagues. So I'm very 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.000 pumped about that. I have a few programming notes for you, 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:04.000 some really fun things happening throughout just baseball right now, 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.880 especially on the prospect side, and especially if you collect 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:08.799 cards as well. But I'm gonna start with the minor 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.600 league side of things. We're doing a simulcast with Bally 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.320 and I'm very pumped about that. So we're gonna be 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:18.240 doing a minor league whip around basically like MLB beginning. 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:19.840 We're not gonna be able to do every single game, 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.000 but we've got a handful of games. It'll be myself, 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:25.520 Jack McMullen, Elijah Evans, and Bally's going to help us 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.840 with the TV side of it essentially, So we're gonna 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:32.040 have a minor league whip around going from I made 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:33.840 sure the Tulsa Drillers are on there, but we had 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.359 Biloxi Shuckers as well, and a handful of other games 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.240 that we're gonna be bouncing around from talking prospects, live, 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:41.960 watching the games, breaking it down, and just hanging out 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:43.880 with you for three hours. So keep an eye out 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.400 for that. That's gonna be Thursday at seven o'clock. You 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:47.840 can watch that on the Bally out but you can 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:50.320 also watch that on our YouTube, so if you go 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.040 to the Just Baseball YouTube or the call Up YouTube, 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.680 we will be live on those platforms, and I think 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.600 it will also be streamed on the BALLY channel as well. 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:01.240 If you have that on whatever platforms you have on 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:03.639 your TV that get that channel, But just come watch 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:05.760 us on YouTube super easy there. It's going to be 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:07.240 a lot of fun, and it's going to be for 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:08.840 the first time we're doing something like this, so I'm 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:10.919 really eager for your feedback. I think it's going to 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:13.000 go well. I've been wanting to do something like this 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.280 for a really long time. Transparently Badly has the minor 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:19.239 league television rights and just the minor league rights in general, 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.520 so that's how we're able to do this. And I 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:24.240 can't thank them enough for seeing just baseball and the 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.040 call up and you know, everything that we're doing on 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.480 that side is a great candidate to be able to 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.360 do this with them, and they have been on it. 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.079 So I think that the ability to whip around from 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:37.480 game to game, the graphics, the information, all that stuff 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.280 is going to be there and prevalent, and it's gonna 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:41.360 make our job even easier. And then you know, I 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:44.360 could talk prospects all day long. So I think doing 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:46.080 it in that setting is going to be really fun. 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:48.440 The link to our YouTube if you're not familiar, is 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.320 in the episode description to go check that out. But 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:53.640 if you haven't been keeping up with our YouTube, you 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:56.880 should be. Anyways, these episodes that we're putting out. We 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.320 put a lot more highlights over you know, visuals, all 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.520 these different things, but also a lot more short form 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.240 stuff everything mixed in. So be sure to subscribe to 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.680 the Just Baseball YouTube and the call Up YouTube as well, 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:09.880 and I am very eager to have you all hanging 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:13.240 out with us for that livestream. One other fun note, 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.640 tops Chrome is coming out and it happens to be 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.920 right as we are launching on Whatnot. And I'm really 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:22.200 excited about just Baseball breaks on Whatnot. This is something 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.360 that I've been wanting to do for a while as well, 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.480 and with the tops Chrome release, it's pretty perfect timing. 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:28.120 I mean, this. 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:32.240 Checklist is crazy crazy. I'm working on a video with 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:35.440 Lids right now because Lids carry Stops Chrome and they 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:37.599 have an awesome rip to rep program where if you 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.000 pull one of the seventy five autos they have marked 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:43.240 as one of the chases when you open a box 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.960 at the store, you win a free jersey. So in 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:48.599 working on that video and just highlighting usually I do 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:52.560 like my top five favorite chases. There's like forty insane 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:56.479 chases in this product, even just on the rookie side. 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.520 Like we're talking Connor Griffin, Kevin McGonagall, Roman, Anthony, JJ 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:03.480 weatherhol Chase Burns, Cam Schlitzler and Jacob Mezowski, Samuel Bisiou, 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.400 jackkg Leone, Bryce Eldridge, We're going to talk to Morikami. 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:08.400 I could go on and on and on. I'm missing 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:12.920 some other key guys as well, Messic, totally you, Savage Early. 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.359 It's nuts this product. So it's perfect timing as we 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.960 launch on Whatnot. And it's been a lot of work 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.800 to get everything in place there. It's been taking up 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:23.800 a lot of my time lately, so I'm very excited 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:28.320 about this. We're gonna be streaming live every weeknight evening, 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:30.520 and that's gonna be something that you can rely on 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:32.760 every single night. So if you're hoping to buy into 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:34.800 a tops Chrome break, we're gonna do small ones too, 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:38.000 like two boxers, four boxers, three boxers, whatever it may be, 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:40.560 and auction so you can just get the teams for cheap. 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.120 But also we have a special thing going where if 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.200 you are new to Whatnot and you use our link 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:48.920 in the episode description to sign up and follow our store, 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:52.599 you'll get a twenty five dollars coupon to basically use 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:56.320 on whatever you want and apply right towards your first break. 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.240 So I'm very pumped about tops Chrome and ripping that 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:02.360 this week, and hope you card collectors out there are 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.920 excited to join us on the platform and rip with us, 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.200 because I'm going to also be on there plenty. I'm 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.600 going to be able to have an extra little window 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:13.200 in the top right where even though our breakers in 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.160 another state ripping it, I will basically be able to 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.160 zoom in and be in the top corner answering your 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:21.240 questions around prospects stuff like that. So I'll be doing 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.800 that this week as well, just talking ball, talking prospects 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:26.480 while our breaker rips, and just kind of hang out 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:28.799 with you guys. So even if you're not necessarily ready 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.520 to buy a spawn in the break or whatever and 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:32.200 just want to hang out, I'm going to be in 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.560 there doing Q and a's on prospects stuff like that. 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.080 So check in every week. We'll let you know on 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.320 socials what days I'll hopefully be in there to be 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:43.840 talking some ball. But regardless, our breakers are awesome, really 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:46.599 know the game, and I think you'll really enjoy hanging 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.680 out with them and buying some cards in there. Also 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.520 let us know what you hit. But I have already 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.360 talked about enough a couple other programming notes, though, we 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.119 will have a heat sheet literally right on the heels 0:06:58.120 --> 0:06:59.680 of this. I'm going to put both of these episodes 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.240 out in the same day. I'm recording this at four 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:05.200 thirty PM on a Tuesday, and Elijah and I are 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.560 doing a massive heat sheet at five forty five pm 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:10.520 on this same day. So I'm just gonna put them 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.480 both out because I said, like I said before, we 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:14.360 got a lot of catching up to do, So we're 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.600 gonna put those two out, and then Tyler and I 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:19.600 are going to do a full draft recap because now 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:21.800 we have all the signing bonuses locked in, all that 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.200 good stuff. For the most part, we know which classes 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.800 are form really formalized, Which guys that were maybe a 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:28.680 toss up to be signed did they get signed did 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.600 they not. I think we can really assess the draft 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:35.080 classes properly now, and being able to have Tyler on 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.440 to do that, I think is going to be awesome. 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:39.640 So keep an eye out for that episode. And then 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:41.680 Jack and I are also going to do an episode 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:45.160 this week catching you up on promotions and players who 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:50.200 could be making their big league debuts sooner rather than later. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:51.840 Just some names to look out for. If you're a 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.000 fantasy player, obviously that's great, but also if you're a 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:55.960 fan of one of these teams, we'll tell you how 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.640 soon we think your top prospect or one of your 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:01.400 upper level minor league prospects can get up to that 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:04.680 big league roster. So a lot ahead this week, both 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:07.040 on the programming side. Hope to see you on the 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:10.800 simulcast on the minor league whip around with Bally, hope 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:13.440 to see you on what not. And I apologize for 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.640 such a long catch up here of information, but if 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:18.680 you can't tell, I am really pumped about all of 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:20.440 the things that we have build in here at Just 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:22.720 Baseball and can't thank you enough for making all of 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:26.480 this possible. Here are the handful of interviews with some 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:31.400 of the best prospects in baseball. I hope you enjoy 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:35.240 here with Ethan Salas catcher and the Padres organization. It's 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.000 been so much fun to watch you just first and 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:38.640 foremost be healthy and then have this is the year 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.120 that you've had. It's been so much fun on the 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:43.240 defensive side always, but the offensive side as well. What's 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.120 really clicked for you offensively this year to make that 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:46.800 leap at double A is still one of the youngest 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:47.280 players at the. 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:50.240 Level, and I mean, thanks for having me again. Just 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:52.600 happy to be back out there on the field after 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:54.920 the year ahead last year I missed a lot of time. 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.400 Catching has always been something that kind of comes natural 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.560 to me, and failure it kind of comes to me. So, 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:02.280 I mean I've worked on it since since I was 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:04.040 really little. I always caught my whole life, and I 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.840 think on the offensive side this year, I mean everything's clear. 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:10.640 I mean I'm a lot stronger, I'm healthy, the mind's clear. 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:11.760 So I'm just trying to go out there and be 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.520 the grettiest computer or competitor I can be every day. 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:16.760 So if the quality of contacts when there, of course 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:18.720 the surface level status to see the homers, but just 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.080 the top end eggs of velocities just reaching levels that 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:22.880 you haven't had in the past. How much of that 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.880 is getting stronger versus also just getting healthy combination of 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.560 the two, But also is it the swing mechanics You've 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.640 made some adjustments as well. It's it's like a culmination 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:32.600 of three things that have allowed you to just see 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:35.040 such a big uptick in the raw power department and 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:36.360 translate into the game power. 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:38.480 I think I think exactly that a combination of me 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:40.800 being healthy, int stronger, and having that time off to 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:43.040 kind of kind of sort some things out on the 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:46.960 mechanical side. But I wouldn't say I've made any any 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.640 huge mechanical changes from anything I've been done in the past, 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.439 just reverting to to what I've always done my whole life. 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.280 And I've kind of always had that toad tap. I'm 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:56.120 sure that's what you're talking about. Yea, Yeah, I've kind 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:57.640 of always had that toad tape growing up, kind of 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:59.400 got away from it for a year a year and so, 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.679 and uh, I'm just back to it. So it's everything's 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:04.079 you know, do. 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:05.880 You feel like the toe tap has kind of helped 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:07.720 you keep your weight back and say more balance that 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:09.360 way and just doing what you do kind of naturally. 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.320 Absolutely. I mean with the time off that I had 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:13.559 last year, was in the mirror God, just looking myself 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.480 in the mirror lodge, just doing a bunch of like 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.440 shadows swings a lot in the mirror every single day, 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.480 and I kind of just understanding what will kind of hitter. 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.679 I'm trying to be I mean, getting the more, getting 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.679 more bats under my belt every single day, and how 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:28.080 the however long it's like throughout the seasons, you go 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:29.440 through your ups and downs and you kind of figure 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:30.960 out what kind of player you are. So I am 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:33.160 starting to figure that out. I'm definitely not a finished product, 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:34.760 and I still have a lot more It's a lot 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.040 more to doing a lot better, a lot more consistency 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:39.040 to come out of me. But I mean, I think 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.320 just that keeping it simple, just going out there, being 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.600 clear headed, and just being ready to compete. I think 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:44.480 it's confused. 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:47.240 This year you seem to have just been so comfortable 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.000 as one of the youngest players at every single stop, 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.880 and you mentioned this defensive side of things. How much 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:53.960 has that just been kind of part of your identity, 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:55.680 is just being like the youngest guy on every field 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:56.120 that you're on. 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:58.400 Yeah, I mean it's been. It's been a part of 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:00.679 my identity my whole life. Every single time of Steff 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:02.360 on a baseball field, I'm usually youngest one on it. 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:05.440 I don't really pay minew I mean we're going out there, 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.840 we're competitors where it's not by age in this game, 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:10.160 it's by whoever gets the job done best. So I 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.559 always say I'm just happy to be out there and 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:15.000 just trying to kick some massive. 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:17.920 The defensive side of things, I mean, just growing up 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.280 on a baseball field, the baseball family that you have, 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:23.319 and just all the different people that you've probably been around, professionals, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.400 major leaguers, all the different things in between. What would 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:27.720 you attribute aside from I imagine, just more reps than 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.800 almost anybody that's your age on the defensive side of things, 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:32.880 what else you would you attribute to just why you 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:34.680 are so special defensively behind the dish. 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.000 I mean, I think it started when I first started 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:39.079 taking those seriously, when I was like twelve thirteen years old. 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:41.120 It was a lot of class, a lot of studying 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.319 the game, a lot of sitting down on the whiteboard 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:45.880 going over sequences, going over this, why we do this 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.640 my routines from a young age. I think if like 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.679 a lot of the versatile things, weird thrills do like 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.720 I had to do growing up, Just like just a 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:58.800 combination of being being being athletic and just being able 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:00.440 to do everything on the baseball fit I think has 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.920 helped me a lot. And putting that into the catching position. 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.720 Like I'm a huge fan of the game. I watched 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.000 the game a ton, I watch Realmuto, I watch the 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:10.679 best guys in the game, you know what I mean. So, 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.120 and I try to pick their brains and if I 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.240 see something that I can do from that Romuto is 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.160 doing or Salvi's doing, or or the best in the 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.880 games doing, and I can imitate that, I think it's 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:21.880 just another tool I can add to my toolbox. So 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.440 I think that's something that I'm always open minded, like 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:26.360 on the catching side, to be able to do everything, 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:28.959 Like I can catch in every stance and every every style, 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:31.280 every receiving way I've tried. I'm tried Tom Maul and 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:33.040 kind of figured out which one's worked for me and 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.000 then just put them in the box. From there in 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:35.800 the toolbox. 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:37.920 That was gonna be my next question, just just defensively, 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.440 where there's certain guys that you kind of idolize growing 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.199 up or just even now in professional baseball, like to 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.240 watch it sounds like they kind of take something from 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:44.920 maybe each of the. 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:47.320 Guys for sure, Like I've watched a ton of Sean Murphy, 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:53.520 Romuto Dangler, She's like Patrick Bailey, like the best in 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:55.680 the game, like the game's evolving now for sure, the 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:59.600 catching positions are evolving, and there's there's there's always there's 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:01.559 always things to adjust to. So I think just watching 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:06.600 the game a ton and being able to imitate is huge. 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:08.160 What are focuses the rest of the year, you know, 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.920 goals can defensively already so refined and so ahead of everybody. 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.480 Your agent, honestly, just one of the best defensive catchers 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:16.640 I've seen in the minor leagues. And I already look like, 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:18.800 you know, some big league veteran on that side. But 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:21.240 I'm sure knowing just already quickly, the way that you're wired. 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:22.960 It's probably a lot of things that you're always trying 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.360 to find tune on the defensive side. What is that 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:27.040 maybe small thing that you're hoping to find, turn and 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.240 improve upon it an oscar At the offensive side, for sure, there's. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:31.800 Definitely some things, you know, I mean, it's good on 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:33.600 the on the defensive side, but there's definitely some things 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.720 c up, like like blocking. You're gonna be a little 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:39.600 bit better blocking play. I've thrown the ball pretty decently, 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:41.440 I mean not great. I feel throw the ball a 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:44.080 lot better than what I have this year, but just 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.600 little This is little things every single day, like staying 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.439 on top of the little stuff like my transfers, my block, 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:51.640 so not paddling the ball stuff like that. It's the 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:53.760 game calling and make sure every didn't stay sharve every 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:55.680 single day. I mean, you can't let the thing slip. 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:57.080 So you got to stay on top of your routines 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:58.880 and and there's always things I can get better at. 0:13:58.920 --> 0:13:59.960 So I'm just trying to stand tick. 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.480 Of in the offensive side, same thing, Just trying to 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.960 build more consistency. Yeah, I'm still growing. 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:07.559 I'm gonna need a lot stronger, I'm gonna be a 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:08.000 lot fast. 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:09.520 Like, there's still a lot of work to be. 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:11.960 Done, and uh nothing's trying to keep an evil even 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:14.080 keel and and use this and put these at bats 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:15.880 under my belt and learn from every single at bat, 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.000 like every single game is. There's a lot of learning 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.080 points that you get in the game, and from four 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.160 at bats you can learn, you know, learn a lot 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:24.280 a lot about yourself. So trying to be be in 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.280 control for those four at bats every single day is 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:27.000 one of my goals. 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.120 If you were to go to Jordan outfield prospect in 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:31.840 the Giant system, it's gotta be so fun to come 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.040 to the futures game regardless, but riding a three homer 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:37.200 game going right into this absolutely heater into the break too. Yeah, 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.280 what clicked for you just over the last few weeks 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.320 to just ride this hide it's been the power almost 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:44.000 no whiff and then you go into this futures game. 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:44.800 It's got to feel great. 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:49.400 Oh yeah, Uh, it's all mostly the mindset, just just 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:52.359 knowing that I'm I'm belonging to be here, and uh, 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.360 just knowing that my teammates had my back, and uh, 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.440 it was a lot of just a mindset really, No 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:01.400 no major tweaked, It's just a mind So that was 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:01.840 able to. 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:03.560 Just kind of just is it approach wise or just 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.840 confidence in the box. It's just it seems like the 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:07.640 power and the power has always been there, right, but 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:09.640 the balance of the way you've been controlling your at 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:11.240 bats of late and being able to get into the 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.120 power but also draw the walks again, put the ball 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:16.240 and play consistently. What other than the mindset was you said? Nothing? 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:19.200 Really mechanically, is there anything approach wise? And how much 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:20.960 confidence is it giving you now just going into the 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:21.480 second half? 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.440 Yeah, just just basically standing on the fastball times you know, 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:26.840 can't cover the whole plate, just trying to stay on 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.680 one pitch and react to everything else. And that's gave 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.080 me a lot of confidence and I'm gonna keep rolling 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:32.400 with it. 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.760 Yeah, obviously you played football. Your athleticism is a huge 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:37.600 part of your game. And seeing the way you've just 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.560 developed as a defender in center field has been really 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:41.560 fun to watch. What's that process been like for you 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:43.520 and just kind of getting more comfortable with the reads 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.120 and routes and what's been the biggest focus in terms 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:47.920 of what you've been able to just build on as 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:48.760 a defender out there? 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:51.440 Just just trying to be myself out there and not 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:55.160 trying to not trying to overdo anything, just trying to 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.680 keep my athletic abilities and just trying to get great 0:15:58.720 --> 0:15:59.920 first jumps off the bat. 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:02.200 And is that just through reps in practice or there 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:03.640 any little things that you honed in on to be 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:05.440 able to get those jumps And yeah, and just have 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:06.960 the most direct routes for sure. 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:09.240 I would say to the many things, just taking a 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.680 lot of rips and ben practice. I mean, as a outfielder, 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.760 I feel like that's really the only time you can 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.920 get real reez is ben practice, So just honing in 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:17.160 on that. 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.160 Bo David's another really good athlete, another guy that's developed 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:22.520 a lot in center field and the year that he's having. 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.520 He also is a guy that just absolutely hit his stride, 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.320 maybe like a month before you or two months before you, 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:29.520 and just home run Barrage as well. He's been so 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:31.400 much fun to watch too. What kind of relationship do 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.440 you guys have but you're playing the same position, having 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.200 the tools and the athleticism in that part of your game. Yeah, 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.880 that's my that's my guy. We talk every day, me 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:39.280 and Bo. 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:43.360