WEBVTT - Joey Bart and the Bullpen Earn The Braves a Needed Win 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:23.960 Welcome one and all to the Here a Territory podcast. 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:25.919 My name is Sean Coleman. Hope, wherever you are and 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:28.680 wherever you are listening, it's good to be back with you. 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:30.880 Less than twenty four hours since we spoke with the 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:33.519 Great Chris Willis about the Braves, you know, struggles over 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.280 all over the past five weeks. Thankfully we're able to 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.600 come to you live on Wednesday night after a big 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:42.320 victory for the Braves, a needed victory for the Braves, 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:46.240 a rare occurrence here recently where the Braves looked lifeless 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:49.720 on life support for the first six innings and then 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:51.120 all of a sudden came to life and got the 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:53.080 job done in the three to zero win over the Pirates, 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:56.720 a pretty unique win with how dominant Pirates Jared Jones 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.240 was but as always with me to break it all down, 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:00.800 one the best when it comes to breaking down the Braves. 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:03.360 Steven Tolbert, Steven, my friend. Good seeing you again tonight. 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:08.520 It's a buddy. Yeah, we don't typically do shows like 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:12.600 back to back like this, but listen, we gotta take 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.880 any win we can get, and we need to record 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:18.520 after a win because it's no fun recording after losses. 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.600 The losses have been piling up the last five weeks, 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.160 and you know, they won the game tonight, and was 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:29.600 it pretty no And you know, did it seem pretty 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:31.399 dire at times? Yeah, I thought they might have a 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.080 perfecto thrown against him. You know. I think the one 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:36.600 thing that might have saved him from that is the 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.720 fact that the guy pitching for the Pirates had just 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:43.039 come back from uh, the internal brace procedure that Strider had, 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:46.560 and they've been very very careful with him and really 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:49.600 haven't let him pitch many innings or many you know, 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.200 throw many pitches in a start yet, So that's probably 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:53.640 about the only thing to save the brace tonight. But 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:55.440 they got the w and that's all that matters. And 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.240 we're gonna break it down, of course, but it was 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:00.320 just a big Listen, they are limping to the break. 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:04.400 Everybody knows that, but everyone you can get between now 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:07.320 and the end of the week just helps a ton 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:08.800 So it was a big win tonight. 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.239 Especially with the Phillies losing. More on that in just 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.120 a moment as well. But let's mix it up with 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:16.720 some unique names that were there for the Braves in 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:24.480 this victory. As we mix it up engineered by fastenal 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.720 So to your point, Stephen, if Jared Jones had been 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:32.360 able to pitch, you know, more than the six innings 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.320 were either not podcasting tonight or with how name it, 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:38.919 both the Braves and Pirates offenses looked. They're probably still playing, 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.680 you know, that could literally be the case right now. 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.840 But Jared Jones was removed in six innings. And to 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:48.560 tell you how dominant he was opt as stats, a 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:52.080 really fun follow on Twitter slash x it mentioned that 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:54.960 in the modern era of baseball, tonight Jared Jones, Jared 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:59.000 Jones became the only pitcher in baseball history to complete 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:04.000 at least sixteen in a start and literally retire every 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:07.320 hitter that he faced throughout his outing and yet not 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.280 get a win. And that goes to show what kind 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.079 of stands out about the Pirates is that as good 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:15.239 as their offense has been, what really, you know, kind 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:18.840 of is their favor flaw is their bullpen. And thankfully 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:20.480 that was what the Braves were able to get done. 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.080 This seemed like a Braves victory. You saw, you know, 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:25.600 quite a bit in the first few months of the season, 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.680 even if the offense was not that great as we 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:30.080 got further into the game. Again, the Braves had the 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:33.560 advantage offensively and with the bullpen, and that showed tonight. 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:36.440 But the first focus that I want to give is 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:39.280 Grant Holmes, who has been up and down for much 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.320 of this season, but tonight he was on point. At 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.440 times struggled, but got the job done and was able 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.840 to go further into the game than he has here recently. 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.400 Yeah, I was watching the game tonights and I felt 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.760 like a twenty twenty four game. Can you remember the 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:59.320 twenty twenty four season. The offense couldn't do anything. The 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.720 Braves had the best pitching staff in baseball that season, 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:03.840 and they just won. It seemed like every game they 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.480 won they won two to one, two to nothing, three 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.680 to one, one to nothing. Like if they won games, 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.160 this is how they won them. And that's what the 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.200 game tonight reminded me. Like no one could do anything offensively. 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:19.839 Jared Jones was just busting them up. I mean he 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.680 was throwing ninety nine one hundred all night long. You know, 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.880 it wasn't a ton of strikeouts, but it was enough 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:34.400 strikeouts to where you know, it was dominant. And credit 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:39.040 to Grant Holmes, man, because the Braves needed. Listen, the 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.320 zero runs he gave up, of course, are the headliner, 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.160 but the Braves needed like at least five innings from 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.599 their starter tonight, even if it was with a couple 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:50.720 of runs on the board, Like getting fifteen outs was 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:54.960 the most important thing Grant Holmes did tonight. They just couldn't. 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:58.280 What they could not have is another like Grant looks 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.640 great for three innings and then blows up in the 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:03.000 fourth and he's out of there, and the bullpen's got 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.360 to cover six plus innings. Like that's what they could 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:08.440 not have. And so yes, of course, you know, giving 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:11.800 up zero runs and going pitch for a pitch with 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.400 with Jared Jones helped a lot. But just getting through 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:18.120 five and allowing the Braves to go kind of Fuintes 0:05:18.200 --> 0:05:22.480 DoD Dylan Lee and Iglesias to close the game just 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.800 kind of a normal, you know, closed the game. That 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.000 helped a ton And you know, Grant has settled down 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.920 a little bit over the last probably a few weeks, 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.720 him and Ronaldo have kind of calmed the waters. You know, 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:39.960 it's not the abject disaster that it was when you know, 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:43.560 the it was Elder and Perez and Jr. Richie All 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:45.719 in the rotation. It just looked like every single time 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:47.440 it's not Chris Saale out there, just looked like a 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:51.320 disaster waiting to happen. Lopez and Holmes have at least 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.680 help calm the waters a bit. Now. I don't believe 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.520 either of those guys is the long term ancer. I 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:01.400 still think Holmes works substantially better than the bullpen. You know, 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:04.039 tonight he was He was able to take advantage of 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.000 an offense that was missing some pieces. You know, the 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:10.080 Braves kind of got fortunate they missed Connor Griffin in 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:13.000 this series. They also missed India Rodriguez, both guys that 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:16.000 got put on the IL right before the series started. 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.560 So but it was you know, the Pirates have been 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:21.760 a really good offense this year, and so Grant going 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:25.880 in five innings, fifteen outs, that was everything. And it 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.919 really allowed Walt to use the bullpen the way he 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.479 wants instead of how he feels like he needs to 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:32.560 if a starter gets knocked out in the third inning. 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:34.919 So that was the biggest part of the game for 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:35.480 me tonight. 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:40.120 Grant going that definitely was good. But it was also 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.560 good to see the bullpen. You know, do you know, 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:46.200 be their dominant sales. Like even without Robert Sworez, who 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:48.920 arguably has been their best reliever this year, you can 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.800 make that argument for probably two or three relievers, but 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:56.280 going Dodd then Whintes, then Lee then Iglesias and having 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:58.880 confidence and knowing that you know, Pittsburgh never really put 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.520 up too much of a threat against that, you know, 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.359 forsome they were. The Braves were able to get the 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:07.320 job done through their pitching, and that was really really 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:10.640 good to see. Now to that point, there also was 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.360 the offense in the fact that it was kind of 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:15.280 encouraging to be able to see. And we'll get into 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.400 the specifics of who did it in just a moment, 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:19.760 but the thing that stood out to me is that 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.120 you mentioned it was kind of like twenty twenty four. 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:24.960 Tonight also was a reminder that as bad as the 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.600 Braves have been playing as of late, they still have 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.000 the ability to turn it on when they need to, 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:33.520 even without Acuna, even without Sworez. You know, some guys 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.520 are missing right now, some guys are struggling right now. 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:37.240 They can still get the job done when they know 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.640 they absolutely have to, and both the bullpen and the 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:41.480 offense were able to do that tonight late in the game. 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:43.440 Yeah. 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:46.920 I mean when you give up zero runs, winning is 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.480 very easy. Everything just looks better when you give up 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:55.480 zero runs. You know, I thought, I thought Fwintes looked 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:59.440 really good tonight after you know, he hasn't been bad lately, 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.600 but maybe a couple of shaky outings. He was throwing 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.880 like a hundred pretty easy tonight. I think he threw 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.320 the fastest pitch he's ever thrown tonight. If I saw 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:13.640 that correctly, Dylan Lee, somebody asked me on Twitter. I 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:15.680 meant to go back and give him an answer because 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:17.920 it was a good question. Somebody asked me on Twitter tonight, 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:23.800 is there a single player that is more trustworthy worthy 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:26.640 to you on the Braves right now than Dylan Lee? 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:29.760 And like Chris Sale is the is the first answer 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:33.120 I always think of. But like Dylan Lee has been 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:36.679 absurd from day one. Like I think Dylan Lee's had 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.600 like maybe one bad outing all year. 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:41.480 And it was it was the reason it was it 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:44.720 was it was the night was it against the Mets, 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:49.120 not not the now, it was the series before, it 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:50.040 was within the past week. 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:51.920 I think it was against the Cardinals. 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.040 Yeah, yes, that's correct. Yes, it was. Yeah, so it 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:56.840 was last week, so it was in the past. It 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.240 was within the past week that him and Iglaci has 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.400 both had a characteristic blow ups. 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:03.040 And that was that was literally the only time all 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:08.560 year dill Lee has been anything except absurdly good, and 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.680 tonight he was absurdly good. And he's gotten the braves 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:13.520 out of a couple of jams here lately where he's 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:17.680 been absurdly good. Like, he's just been unbelievably good. You know, 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:22.280 Dylan Dodd has had a really good run lately and 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:25.839 has very clearly established himself as the second best lefty 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:27.480 in that pen. Remember we spent a lot of the 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.880 year with like Aaron Bummer as the second best lefty 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.960 in the bullpen, and you know, I remember talking about 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.200 it then about why isn't Dylan Dodd? Because Dylan Dodd 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:40.000 is just clearly better than Aaron Bummer, And I'm happy 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:43.280 for him that he's just very clearly established himself as 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:46.760 as one of the you know, easily the second best 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.080 lefty in the pen. You know, gone are the days, 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:51.720 or at least should be gone are the days where 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.280 he gets option back and forth and he's on the 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:58.360 triple A bus. He should just be up and part 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.560 of the bullpen. He's just established himself as a really 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:05.040 good left handed reliever, so you know, it was really 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:08.280 nice to see the bullpen just lock one down because 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.079 they pitched a bunch of those innings when it was 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.360 still zero zero. They didn't have the lead the whole time, 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.040 and they still you know, they're still nails. So yeah, 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:17.079 it was a really good one tonight. 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.240 Yeah, and it was just you know, it was just 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:24.080 good to see again, you know, the West and no 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:27.120 names step up and get the job done. So you know, 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:29.520 I'm not I joked that it was a complete team victory, 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:31.840 but when you think about it, it kind of was 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.040 when they needed to early in the game. It was 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.080 the starting pitching. Late in the game, it was the bullpen. 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.560 In the offense, every aspect of the team stepped up, 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:40.480 and you need more of that obviously to be able 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.960 to win consistently. 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And it was good to see 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:25.520 the production from both of them for various reasons. But 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.560 let's start with Joey Bart. You know, basically, Joey Bart 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.560 was acquired from the Pirates. It's a bit ironic that 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.520 he gets the big home run in the home ballpark 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:36.720 of his former team. But the reason why it was 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:41.320 good to see is because Bart, I'm not going to say, 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.400 is going to be any significant part of this Braves 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:45.440 offense at any point this year. His time with the 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:49.920 Braves probably is going to be here will be up 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.640 once Sean Murphy comes back. But I will say that 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.480 this is the second time that Joey Bart has gotten 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:58.080 a big home run in a game where runs bred 0:12:58.080 --> 0:12:59.880 a premium, in a game where it was low scoring. 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:01.320 Go back a couple of weeks ago when he hit 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:03.720 the two run homer in a loss to the Padres. 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.000 One thing that stands out is that Bart did it 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:09.160 twice in tonight's game. He hit it to the edge 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.000 of the wall, you know, when it's first at bat, 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:12.920 and then in that seventh inning I believe it was 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:14.880 the seventh inning. Yeah, he hit the two run home 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:18.079 run to get the job done. And while Bart's overall 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.440 profile doesn't look that great, one thing that stands out 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.000 is bat speed. And even though tonight he didn't hit 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:26.880 a high velocity ball out of the ballparker to the 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:29.400 warning track, he still was able to show his bat 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:31.760 speed can make a difference again in the game where 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.240 runs read at premium and right now, the brains needed 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:35.240 all of that that they can get. 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:42.400 Yeah, listen, he's been you know, he was a former 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:45.160 top prospect. He's actually a Georgia tech guy. So a 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:49.200 lot of obviously Brays fans know him and still love him. 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.360 And number two draft, right, yeah, three to three. 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:56.320 Number two, number three, I can't remember, but very high pick. 0:13:56.840 --> 0:14:00.760 And you know, I definitely thought he would be a 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.280 starting caliber player. I don't know if that's in his 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:06.520 future still. I think he's like twenty nine or thirty. 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:08.800 I think he's just kind of established himself as a 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:12.400 really good backup catcher. He's kind of a perfect backup catcher, 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.760 especially when you have a left handed starter the way 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:19.320 the Braves do to have a right handed backup. And listen, 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:22.800 when Sean Murphy comes back, of course, you know they're 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.160 gonna have to you know, I was thinking about this today. 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.160 I actually think the Braves should probably just start running 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.960 three catchers even when Murphy is healthy, because Murphy has 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.840 such a long injury history at this point that what 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.280 you don't want to have happened. And this is kind 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:42.119 of what happened to them when they got rid of Jonaheim, 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:44.800 is they got rid of Jonaheim when Murphy came back, 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.000 and then Murphy got hurt again, and then him was 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:49.160 already with another team, and then they just went into 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:55.120 catcher hell for like a month, and you know, that 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:58.360 last bench spot gets used so little. I actually do 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:00.560 think the Braves should just start running through catcher, like, 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:04.040 even when Murphy comes back, just keep Bart and he's 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.120 a perfect backup and he can pop a homer. You know, 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:09.880 he's dangerous against left He's he's got some real pop 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:13.120 in his bat. You know, I don't know what they 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.760 think of him. Defensively, that would be the question. But 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.640 they you know, they they traded for him, so they 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:21.440 clearly have a decent opinion of him. You know. I've 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:24.600 seen him and Chris Saale like having really long conversations 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.000 in the dugout, like I think they I think they 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:28.960 feel okay with him back there. And if you feel 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:31.880 okay with him back there, and listen, he's not a 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.080 great bat, but he's not gonna just He's not gonna 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.600 be He's not gonna embarrass you. I think he's just 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.120 a really, really good catcher to keep around. And even 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.200 if you have to run three catchers, you know, on 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.560 the off chance that you actually have Baldwin and Murphy 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:47.280 healthy at the same time, which feels like it never 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:50.680 happens anymore, then that's what you do. Run three catchers 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.160 and just use that last bench spot as a third catcher. 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:57.280 But I what I think the Braves. I think the 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.800 Braves paid for it when they let Jonaheim go and 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.960 Murphy got hurt again, and so I'm curious to see 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.040 if maybe they adjust that strategy knowing that Murphy and 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.720 Baldlein both have dealt with injuries, and you really do 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.840 need a really good third one around, And I don't 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:13.520 know if Bart's gonna be willing to go down to 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:15.960 like triple A. It might just be best to keep 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:18.360 him on the roster and just you know, if something happens, 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.080 you got to you got to back up right there. 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.840 Well, and I also noticed tonight, correct me if I'm wrong, Stephen, 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:26.640 it was a right hander that was on the mound. 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:28.720 And who was not in the Santana? 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:32.280 I think, yeah, well, no, Jared Jones was on the mound. 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:34.600 So they started Bart at catcher I believe they did. 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:35.440 Did they start. 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.680 Yeah, because they wanted Battle in at DH tonight. 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:42.040 So who wasn't at DH? Who wasn't Smith? 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:42.520 Oh? 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.520 Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:47.200 Tom Smith was not at DH against the right handed hitter, 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:49.600 and Dom Smith is is kind of falling off quite 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:51.760 a bit, and it stands out that he wouldn't because 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.120 he was one of the best bats against high velocity 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.000 that the Braves had put out there. So the point 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.600 I'm hitting at is is that I know Dom Smith, 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:02.000 I know Jorge Mateo, you know Eli White. Some of 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.840 these you know, binge pieces on one year deals have 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.120 had their moments this year. But Bart going forward, could 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:11.000 be more valuable than some of those guys. Hassan Kilm 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.800 as well. Hory Matteo's really struggled. He struggled tonight as well. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:16.760 But the point that I had is that not only 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:19.200 can you keep that third catcher, but Bart also could 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:21.399 be an option to DH against left handers because he's 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:23.919 hit left handers pretty good before in his career. So 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.520 again I'm not expecting. I think the most likely outcome 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:31.160 is Bart probably you know, may part ways may stay 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:34.520 once Sean Murphy comes back, but I do think that 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:36.800 he's a decent mind. And the Braves have had in 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:41.080 recent years good success with finding these type of hitters, 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:44.880 some you know, post type prospects in their late twenties 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:47.280 who haven't really been able to really catch on in 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:49.399 their career, and they've been able to find success. So 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:51.720 Joey Bart could be someone that could stick around for 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:53.639 a little bit and could have more big moments for 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:55.879 this team. Another thing that stood out for me was 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:59.240 Drake Baldwin, who is heating up a bit here recently. 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:02.639 You know, you think that Grand Slam, you know against 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:04.440 the Mets, and in that game where the Braves tried 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:06.680 to come back some good at bats, a little bit 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:09.200 more walking, a little bit more you know, solid contact. 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:11.399 But what stood out to me tonight was, yes, he 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:13.479 struggled against the HIH velocity, just like all the other 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.160 Braves did. But even despite the fact that he struck 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:18.200 out his first three times, he got a big hit 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.560 to add insurance late in the game. He looked more 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.199 like Drake Baldwin and that was awesome to see for 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:25.639 this Braves team that needs Drake Baldwin to be his 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:27.720 normal self as soon as possible. 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.560 Yeah, we're still waiting on Drake a little bit. We 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:36.400 still haven't seen the guy that we had before the injury. 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:40.400 And you know, he's had moments. He had that Grand 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:42.800 Slam the other night, He's had a couple of games, 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.960 we had two hits. You know. The strikeouts have really 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:50.320 gone up in this kind of second stint after the 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:53.080 injury versus what they were before. I think he's running 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.399 like a I think he's running like an over a 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:59.240 thirty percent strikeout rate since he came back, and a 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.520 very low walk He's only he's only walked like four 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:03.400 times since he'd been back, and it's almost a month 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:07.000 worth of a bats. So I think he definitely is rusty, 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:12.080 and I I don't know another word for it. He 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:15.160 was lot, he was so locked in before he got hurt, 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:17.440 and when he's come back, he's just looked very rusty, 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:19.720 like he's he's unsure of what win to swing, when 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:21.960 not to swing, and those were decisions that he was 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.600 making at such a high level before. So but it 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:26.720 was good. You know that that RBI single I think 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:29.960 in the ninth made it went from a two to 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.679 zero game to a three yer game. Listen, you know 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:34.600 Glaciers has had some bumps in the road in the 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:37.480 ninth inning the last couple of outings. That extra run 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:40.240 was not a small deal to get a three run 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:43.159 lead there. You know, I'm not saying it's the reason, 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:45.800 uh Glaciers had a nice, easy ninth inning, but I 0:19:45.800 --> 0:19:47.840 guarantee you as a closer, especially when you've had a 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:50.720 couple of outings that didn't go exactly the way you want, 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:54.840 that extra run means everything. And you know, I was 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:56.480 happy to see it. So, yeah, it was good. You know, 0:19:56.560 --> 0:19:58.840