WEBVTT - Ep 12 - Nationals/Orioles 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.560 This week on Bucco banner. Are the Pirates a wagon? 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:05.320 Let's get into it. 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:07.480 Rock your one on one to see a couple of 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:09.760 them in My tastes with he and my limit made 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:12.239 because I let the way it tastes. Beth seats at 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:14.640 the Pirates getting let me run the base. Yeah, my 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:17.240 time is like my money because I can't afford to waste. 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:18.319 Oh why fee is. 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:21.279 Alloyers my date to my dates or to stick by 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:23.640 the plate? Send the case, have the case from my 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:27.360 race at my pace cleared brans. 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:30.360 We're back. We are back, and go back. We have 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:33.839 more number, a higher number in the wind calm than 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:35.640 we do in the lost column, a much higher number. 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:38.479 I would say, keep winning. Man, I don't know what 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:39.280 to do with myself. 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:44.199 You asked in the intro. Are we a wagon? I 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:44.919 think we kind of are. 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:46.200 I think we're a wagon. 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:47.120 Yeah. 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.400 Jump on now, because later on in the year, when 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:54.360 we're we're playing meaningful baseball, we're closing the door. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.880 The power ship is sailing, its sailing down the Allegheny. 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:03.960 It's low tide now water went down. Ships sailing if 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:06.119 you're either on it or not, So. 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:11.520 What a week it's been, man, between the National Series 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.640 and the Oriole Series and getting to go back to 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:18.679 the ballpark so much fun. Yeah, it's been a great time. 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:23.000 I mean, we've had some pretty monumental moments in Bucco 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:27.120 Banner history in our short time on this earth. It's 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:28.240 absolutely pretty great. 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:32.000 Yeah, we absolutely have. I mean, first of all, I 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:35.800 think we owned the DC Baltimore metro area now. Yeah. 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:38.440 But other than that, Yeah, it was a great weekend 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:41.240 at the ballpark. We're gonna be back tomorrow, which is 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.560 to begin the next week series against Detroit. I'm really 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.800 excited for that. But like if if the last two 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:53.040 days were any you know, foreshadowing for what this season 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.800 is going to look like, it's gonna be a long one. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:02:00.880 Unbelievable. Man, things are looking up. We got to meet 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.960 some really cool people at the ballpark. It was kind 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:08.080 of a who's who of Pirates Twitter shout out Sacks Boy, 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:12.560 Bobby Door and Ethan Smith Bridge October Guys Bucks in 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.800 the Basement. If I'm missing one, I apologize, But everyone 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:18.720 was super cool, super friendly. It's good to build that 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.840 community help each other out. But everyone was pumped to 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:26.120 be at the park, even though it was snowing. I mean, 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:30.120 we really experienced all four seasons and the home opener. 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:33.280 It was wild. Speaking of the home opener, though, before 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:34.959 we get into the game, I just want to talk 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:38.440 about one thing. And this might be a conspiracy. I 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:42.200 don't know people are talking about it, but the Renegade Dog. 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:44.639 Oh boy, Yeah, let's get into that. 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:49.120 Put out fifty likes, got like two hundred likes. I 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.120 ate the Renegade Dog. I did it on camera. Noah 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:56.320 Hailes eat it on camera. 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.520 Yeah, come on, redo, we're calling for a redo. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:01.960 I feel like the reason I bring it up because 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:05.080 I feel like I gave the realist review there was. 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:09.760 And Noah Howles and Alex put out a video on 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:12.920 TikTok and Twitter of their review of the Renegade Dog 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:17.440 Hanna Mere's eight one on television today. Are they giving 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.240 the general public a different Renegade Dog than they are 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.359 the pirates Hire ups? Yeah, I think we need to 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:25.639 talk about it. I think they're they're like, you know what, 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:29.200 just throw everything in a box for these peasants and then, yeah, 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:30.840 you know, let's make the media. I think this is 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:32.120 some glorious hot dogs. 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:33.639 Rich get richer and the poor get poor. 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.680 Yeah, man, it like they gave them these beautifully constructed 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.520 foot long hot dogs and then they gave me just 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.000 like a wet pile of dog shit. 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:48.480 It really didn't look good. Man, prime example of incoming 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:50.400 wealth and equality in this country right here at P 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:51.040 and C Park. 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.760 Yeah, what are we doing? Step up, talk about it. 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.480 We need a rally together. But all in all, it 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:02.280 actually wasn't that bad. Get a knife and a fork. 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:03.960 I didn't want to do it on camera because I'd 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:08.520 be crucified by the Internet. It's definitely if you're eating 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:12.240 it at your seat, get some knapkins, get a knife, 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:16.520 get a fork, enjoy it. But yeah, I mean, not 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.000 much to complain over this entire week. 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.359 Yeah, that that gained a lot of traction, and we 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:27.039 quickly realized, like we're gonna have to do basically stupid 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:30.960 ship every game. Yeah, because it's it's gaining traction, which 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.599 is funny. But I'm I'm excited and also scared to 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:35.600 see where it takes us. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:38.440 It's gonna end. I mean, I don't know if I 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:40.680 want to say this yet, but it's gonna end with 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:42.320 somebody going into something. 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.000 It's good. Just say it with me jumping in the 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:46.599 Allegheny River. 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:50.839 Ye, it's gonna I mean it wouldn't. It wouldn't be 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:54.000 to our surprise. But I mean I think people are 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:58.000 realizing we'll just do about anything if the right amount 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:01.880 of likes hit that Twitter. So keep following us, see 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:05.240 what other stupid shit we'll do at the park. We 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:06.800 got to meet Zach Campbell. 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.840 Too, Yeah, Scott. 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:10.440 Why don't you talk about that a little bit because 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:13.040 there's a discourse around Zach Campbell that he's like this 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:14.359 terrible guy that he. 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:16.480 Like, yeah, yields balls. 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.479 From children and pushes people out of the way, and 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:22.080 he gets like a lot of unnecessary hate. And I mean, honestly, 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.800 going into this game, I think we were on that 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.240 side without even meeting the guy and just seeing him 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:30.839 on the internet. But he was at the ballpark and 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:34.040 we put out a tweet saying a hundred likes and 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.600 we'll box out Zach Campbell. Yeah, and right away it 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.120 got like over one hundred, so easily he found him 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:41.320 and Scott heldecco. 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:43.880 Yeah, so let's let's back it up a little bit. 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:45.800 So it's funny. We saw him on the home opener too, 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.560 and I was like, oh god, there's Zach Campbell, which 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.040 is he reinforces our opinion that we were like kind 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:53.240 of leaning towards the other way, right, and of course 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:55.719 touches on the version of his three hundred home run 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:57.720 would be you know, of course he's going to be here. 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.159 And we we put out that tweet yesterday for the 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.520 game two, and I looked at you, and you looked 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.080 at me because we saw like one hundred and twenty 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.680 two likes or something like that. I was like, we 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:11.640 gotta do it, we gotta do it. Yeah, how are 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:13.360 we gonna do this? So we knew he was out 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:18.120 in left field. We walked over and we kind of 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:19.560 game planned it there and we were going to do 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:21.760 it like mid inning, like well no one while he 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:25.360 wasn't like trying to pay attention. He after a third out, 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:27.840 he got up and was like leaning against this hole 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.200 and was like and we went up to him. We're like, hey, Zach, 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:33.159 we introduced ourselves and blah blah blah, and then we're like, 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:37.040 have a proposition for you kind of put out this tweet, right, 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.239 and we told him the tweet and his head just dropped, 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:43.240 like he looks so sad and like it was his 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:45.160 reaction was really funny. I wish I could have gotten 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:49.080 that on camera. But yeah, he was a good sport 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:52.920 about it. He did it, and you know, he had 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:57.040 fun with it, and he was very receptive and nice, 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:01.200 and you know, wasn't wasn't what I affected. You know, 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.640 you can feel I don't really follow him too much. 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.320 I know about him generally, and I've seen him on 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:09.880 the stuff on the internet. You can tell that he 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.920 feels the hate because I think he said he doesn't 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:14.080 have Twitter anymore because of it. 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:15.960 Yeah, he got rid of most of his socials or 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:16.320 he doesn't. 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:20.600 Yeah, so you know, I mean that was sad. But again, 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.400 I'm not going to act like I know everything about 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:25.760 the guy. Just like our experience positive. 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:30.160 Yeah, I mean, and when we put the video out there, 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.600 we've got a lot of positive responses. So, Zach, if 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:34.800 you ever on our Twitter page or if you ever 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:37.440 get back on there on social media, you ever listen 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.120 to this, the response was super positive. People do enjoy 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:44.160 the work that you're doing, So keep it up, man. 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:45.520 Yeah. Absolutely. 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:47.520 My second though, well, Scott, there was a couple of 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:50.200 other things that happened. Yeah, this week before we get 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:54.600 into the game, recamps a couple of roster moves and announcements. 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:55.840 When do we get into that real quick? 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:57.640 Yeah, let's do that before we get into the games. 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:02.760 I few you know of news roster management items here. 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.600 Joey Bart was acquired from the Giants for right hand 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.720 pitcher Austin Strickland. Don't know too much about Austin st Strickland. 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.720 I think he was in single A. But Joey Bart 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:14.440 was recently defeated by the Giants, and from what I've read, 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:18.360 Ben has been working on a trade for him since 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:20.200 the off season. Like this wasn't the first time they 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.080 talked to the Giants about very part. It's been rumored 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:26.200 too like that he was a possibility. So Joey Bart 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.240 was brought in. He has some ins or roots. His 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:31.360 dad was a football player at Barrel High School. It's 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:35.079 not far from here. It's an owhipul and I believe 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:37.240 he still has family here and he's grew up a 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:40.200 big Steeler fan, big Pittsburgh fan, I think, in general. 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:43.040 From Georgia. Was a number two overall pick by the 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.880 Giants out of Georgia Tech. One of the best offensive 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.360 catchers in the college game at his point, and he 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:51.480 was supposed to be the replacement for Buster Posey. It's 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.440 been kind of rocky. And then they traded. They drafted 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.880 another guy named Patrick Bailey in the first round who 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.200 kind of took over that role. So change the scenery 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.840 was needed and to make room for him on the roster. 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:07.200 Colin Selby was DFA not too surprising there. It's been 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.760 kind of rough for him for the past year. So 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:12.679 Joey Bart is now the second catcher on the roster 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.920 because Jason Delay is also on a ten day IL 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.199 and I believe they announced it as like a knee 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.880 contusion or there's something wrong on the lower half of 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:27.400 his body there, knee ankle is inflammation, inflammation, Okay, so 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.600 Delay is on the tendl and it's Davis and Bart 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:33.200 and you know this is a number one and a 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:36.840 number two overall pick. So upside is there for sure. 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.520 Excited to see that. And then in other news, we 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.880 had Jose Hernandez recalled from Triple A today. He actually 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:45.520 started a season team. I think he had the first 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:49.079 save in Miami, right, first team Sea. Yeah, so he's 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:50.920 a guy that we thought should be on the roster. Anyway, 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.760 Ryan Brookie, we'll get more into that had a rough 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.280 outing yesterday. He went on the fifteen day IL. Was 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:01.040 that elbow inflammation I believe, So, yeah, it's not something 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:01.600 you want to hear. 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.280 I mean, roll the dice on it. It's usually elbow related. 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:10.120 Yeah, So Ryan Brocki's on the IL. Josiernandez replaces in. 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.160 But to us, it's like, yeah, another pen arm is down. 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.120 But Jose Hernanaz probably should be in the bullpen anyway, 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:15.360 Like he was a guy that we're kind of surprised 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:17.480 wasn't up here. He was up here most of last year. 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:21.120 Along with that, a lot of the minor league rosters 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:22.600 all not a lot of them, All of them were 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:26.439 announced this week because Triple A, you know, started on 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:29.120 three twenty eight, three twenty nine, but all the other 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.200 levels started on Friday the fifth, when we had our 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.760 home opener. We had Double A, Hya and Singles, so 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:36.480 we had Altuna, Greensboro, and Brenton all going at it 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:40.120 starting their seasons. A week later, the four rosters were announced. 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:42.319 We'll get into that later on the episode. 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.560 Yeah, a lot of stuff happening, but more so on 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.280 the field for the Buckos because this week the boys 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:53.040 were absolutely buzzing They started out in DC the second 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:57.080 series of the season, on the road eight to four buckos. 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:00.400 Mark O Gonzalez took the mound five innings, pitch for hits, 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:04.360 one earned, two walks, two k's, fifty strikes on seventy 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:08.880 seven pitches. Marco Gonzalez has gotten off to an incredible 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:14.160 start this season. I was listened to Shelton's postgame presser 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:16.760 today the last game of the Orioles series, and we'll 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.760 get to that a little bit later. But people are asking, 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:24.040 are you surprised about Marco given his spring? He said, 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.520 absolutely not. This guy's a veteran. We tend to look 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:31.360 too much into results, as you know a fan base. 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:36.720 In the spring, guys are working on specific pitches, getting 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:40.920 the rust off from not pitching all offseason. He's really impressed. 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:44.760 And if Marco Gonzalez is contributing at this moment, we're 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.880 going to be just fine given how everybody else is performing. 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.480 But the Penn did pretty well in this game. Chapman 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:56.480 came in and he's been absolutely gross. Yeah for the Pirates, 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.920 probably been our best guy. Yeah, Chapman, he's been lights out, 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.800 and it's good to see that Chapman strikeout stare down 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.120 on the right on our side instead of going against it, 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.720 because that would piss me off so much. If my 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:12.040 team was struggling and he's just dominating like that. You know, 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:17.240 lucky to have him here. Royansey got a bit of 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:20.360 a he had two innings here, and I got a 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.439 bone to pick with you, Scott on this one. I 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.000 don't know if you remember this. I mean this is 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.560 earlier in the week and a lot has happened the 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:30.120 line on Row. He did fairly well, okay, and I 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:33.400 will say again the Buckos won this game eight to four. 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.400 He came in two innings, pitch, two hits, two earned runs, 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.600 one walk, three K. The swing and miss was there. 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.840 His stuff was working. Scott texted me after his first 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:48.240 inning of work and said bullpen Row like explamation. Mark 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:51.800 in the minute, Scott texted me that he gave up 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.600 a home run, so I said, don't ever text me 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:57.600 ever again. So you could blame that. You could blame 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:00.800 that on Scott em but there's been some really encouraging 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.400 outings from Row. You can tell he's a little he's 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.800 getting more comfortable. He's starting to buy into that role 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:10.600 a little bit more. And given his situation that he's 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.920 out of options. If this works for him, this is, 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:15.800 you know, a great way to come back. 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:20.720 Yeah one numbercent I agree, uh I that text. I 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:23.440 was really excited after watching that first setting because he 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.240 looked really good. The villa was up, he was ninety 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:30.480 five ninety six better or higher than he where he 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:33.120 usually slotted it, and we expect him to hit those 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.800 higher numbers in one inning stints right, his festival should 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:40.080 play up. He was spotting up well and then just 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:43.440 a mistake pitch ninety three on the lower half of 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:47.000 the play right inner part of the zone to Riley Adams. 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:50.520 I mean he his strength right there is pulling that 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:53.320 ball in that part of the zone and he crushed it. 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:58.520 So one mistake pitch for Roe that that game. And 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:00.760 you know, I've actually been really pleased with what I've 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:04.360 seen with him so far. But Marco, like you said, 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.360 Marco has been what we wanted him to be or 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.720 what we envisioned, like perfect scenario, a guy that induces 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:14.439 a lot of weak contact and is able to eat innings, 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.600 throw a lot of pitches, and he's been super efficient. 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:22.840 He's eight innings and he's been a key arm for us. 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:26.520 I'd say in our rotation, so really excited about Row, 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:30.720 I mean Row and Marco. And for the bats, you know, 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.400 this game, the bats jumped on Mackenzie Gore roll early 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:35.840 and he actually settled in around the end of the 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.000 third fourth inning and looked pretty good. Like I'm a 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:41.840 big McKenzie Gore fan, but the bats jumped on him early, 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:45.960 took advantage of that. And you know, Connor Joe did 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:47.480 what he's been doing at the beginning this is and 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:52.200 he stayed hot and you know, played a role at 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:53.880 the at the beginning of the lineup there. 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:58.840 Yeah, seven for twenty one with runners in scoring position. Hayes, Cutch, 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:01.920 Joe all have two out RBIs, which has kind of 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.760 been the theme for the first couple weeks of this season. 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:09.040 Hitting in greaton situations with runners on and two outs, 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:14.040 not sacrificing an inning, giving up on at bats. We 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:17.200 can go down the line on guys that hit. Everybody 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.240 kind of participated in this game. Michael A. Taylor, We're 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:22.120 going to talk about him a lot today, three for four, 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:26.240 one RBI in this one. What an acquisition he has been. 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:32.080 He should be the everyday center fielder. They haven't played 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:38.080 him as much this week, and the reasoning was he 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:42.000 had a short spring. They're trying to ease him back 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:46.000 into it. But my dude is hot, and when you're hot, 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.360 you gotta let the big dog eat. Because he is 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:51.800 seeing the ball so well. He is such a smart 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:56.400 baseball player. The defense speaks for itself. I'm really excited 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.520 to see what Michael A. Taylor does for this team 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:00.520 going into this season. 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:03.640 Yeah, this was his return to National's Park. I mean, 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.880 he won a World Series with this team. Yeah, and 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.520 he you know, three for four and RBI. It was 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:12.200 I think it was the first run of the game. 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.800 It was a hard hit sack fly the left field. 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:18.480 And he's been on the base paths, in the in 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:22.080 the field, not to play it. He's not. He's contributed everywhere. 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:25.000 He's been a really he's been a big bright spot 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.320 for this team so far. So I hope that we 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:29.560 don't see him out for two games in a row 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:33.440 anymore because he's someone who I think is gonna play 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:37.640 a key part of this team success. Also, Davis, you know, 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:39.720 he had two doubles this game. This was probably his 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:46.320 best game so far offensively, and it just seems it 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:51.440 seems like he's taking in bad habits, old bad habits again, 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:53.080 and we'll get into that more and more as we 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:56.400 talked about these these next games here this week. But 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:00.880 you know, hopefully he figures it out. He's a hard worker, 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:03.240 and you know, you gotta believe in a guy like 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:06.959 that that works hard and as athletic as he is, 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:08.520 that he can make those adjustments. 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:11.960 Yeah. Absolutely, I mean, positive side, the defense has been 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.639 pretty solid so far. The guys seem to like throwing 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:19.560 to him, so not too concerned. Baseball can be a 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.120 streaky game. Don't want to see him get too far 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.080 down in the hole. But I think the confidence is 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:27.240 still there in Davis, although he has had some rough 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:28.240 at bats as it's late. 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:30.440 Yeah, yeah, exactly. 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:31.240 So. 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.840 Yeah, this team, they won eight to four Monday in 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:37.600 DC to secure the five and zero start to the season. 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:39.800 They scored five runs in the last two innings. It 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:44.120 was pretty exciting last two innings there in National's Park. 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:47.760 But then we went into Wednesday because we had Tuesday off. 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:51.800 It was a day day off, and we had Mitch 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:55.199 Keller make his second start of the season, and he 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.080 seemed to struggle again a little bit. Five and a 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:01.240 third innings pitch eight hits, four earn runs, two walks, 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:05.119 five k's. I think the big question here. I know 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:07.960 there's been some experimenting with his the type of fastball 0:18:08.000 --> 0:18:12.280 he throws. He's been trying out this new cutter, and 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:16.400 I'm I think it's time to scrap the experiment. It's 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:24.240 not really working out. It's I'm not worried, but there's 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.280 been some concerns here to start the season. 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:28.960 Right Yeah, I'm not absolutely I'm not going. 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.600 To press the panic button yet, but yeah, I mean, 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:33.320 I think we need to figure it out. And you know, 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:36.800 he go back to doing what you did last year, 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:38.719 what made you successful, Like this is what needs what 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.479 the focus needs to be going forward, is focusing on 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:46.199 what you did to have a full season of two 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:49.840 or ten strikeouts, secure secure you a five year deal. 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:54.160 You know, Like, I don't think it's time to reinvent 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:54.800 the will here. 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:59.040 Absolutely, you're writing he doesn't have control on the sweeper 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.919 right now, which I think his grossest pitch and what 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:04.840 he's really known for its starting over the middle of 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:07.200 the plate and finishing way out of the zone. He's 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:10.200 throwing his cutter twenty seven point eight percent of the time, 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.120 which I think is like three percent more than any 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:15.640 of his other pitches. That's more than his four seam, 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:19.560 his sweeper, sinker, curveball, and changeup. He's throwing the cutter 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:22.040 forty seven times and the next closest is the four seam, 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:27.200 So I don't again, I don't know why they're focusing 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.840 on that, especially when he's struggling to throw strikes. He's 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:33.600 struggling to throw strikes, and when he is hitting the zone, 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:38.359 he's missing middle up and it's getting sheld. He's getting 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:42.880 hit really hard. If you go on Baseball Savant, there's 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:47.160 a lot a lot of blue there right now. And 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:52.040 we've talked about it before, blue bad, red can be good. 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:55.560 And where he is hitting in the zone, if you 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:59.520 look at the charts, it is middle up and it's 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:04.080 not overpowering. Maybe he's worried about that control, so then 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:05.920 you know you're you're throwing the cutter with a little 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:08.639 bit more ease, and it's really not doing what you 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:11.360 need to do. It's kind of just sticking over the plate. Ideally, 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:13.600 you want to get that cutter either in on the 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:18.760 hands on right handed batters or you know, away and 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:21.639 the zone start you know middle away and have it 0:20:21.680 --> 0:20:24.600 finish out. But again, not going to hit the panic 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:27.720 on Mitch Keller right now. He's struggled in the past 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:32.240 and he's been resilient and he's gone through it. But 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:37.159 I would like to hear some reasoning on why the 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:42.520 cutter usage is through the roof. Yeah, honestly, that that's 0:20:42.680 --> 0:20:45.320 I mean, when you're looking at twenty seven point eight percent, 0:20:45.359 --> 0:20:47.040 it doesn't it's not like a high number. But when 0:20:47.080 --> 0:20:50.800 you're throwing that that many pitches and that's your highest percentage, 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:53.320 then it's like, Okay, what are we trying to get at? Here? 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:55.000 Are we trying to get a feel for it? And 0:20:55.040 --> 0:20:57.080