1 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: In the Weeds. 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 2: We played this game recently, we're going to play it again. 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: Biggest concern facing a contender. There's another article out in 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: The Athletic and it brings up different questions. This time 5 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 2: it's more specific. Last time we went over this was 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 2: more of a theme with a team. This time it's like, 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 2: for example, Phillies, who's starting Game two of the playoffs 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: for you. 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: Detroit? 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 2: What's you're pitching after Trek Skoogle, which we've gone over 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 2: on this show actually earlier this week. There's some questions 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 2: about offenses. 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: I think there's questions about every single team. So which 14 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: one do you like? Though? Which one do you want. 15 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: Us to do? This is Friday where you get to 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: just look at the board and you get the sound 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: off pop off. If you're an OGFT fan and you 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: remember that segment from twenty twenty three, cook. 19 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: Candy pop. 20 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 3: Anyway, no free and I'm I'm with I'm with you, 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 3: what I I like it? 22 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 4: Todd answer the question. 23 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: Throw. 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 2: Candy popcorn into your mouth? 25 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 4: No free advertising, No free advertising. I mean, what's the 26 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 4: biggest concern of any team because everybody. 27 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: Has concerned, Well, it's pitching, but. 28 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 4: Any individual team one well. 29 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: I I I wanted to say the Mariners, but I 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 3: feel like they're still set. Their pitching is is really good. 31 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 3: I mean, I go with Boston Crochet has been really good, 32 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 3: but you know, these other guys just haven't been a 33 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: part of it. 34 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: I mean, you're saying lately they're great, but you don't 35 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: know if you trust it in the playoffs. 36 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if I trusted in the playoffs. 37 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 4: Outside of or you're saying Crochet has recently done you 38 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 4: feel like he's. 39 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 3: Well, No, I feel like he'll be fine. Okay, Okay, 40 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 3: don't do that. The guard he's really good. 41 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: Okay, Yeah, he's probably number two hit or miss God. 42 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: I don't know. 43 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: Are there some pictures where you watch them and you're like, 44 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: that's more of a regular season play, Like, not that 45 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: they can't perform in the playoffs, but are there some 46 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 2: guys that you'd face and you're like, man, when this 47 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: guy faces the top competition on the planet, the top 48 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: team this year or whatever, he's gonna get roasted. 49 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 4: I think there's guys that, Yeah, I don't think his 50 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 4: stuff plays in the pressure pressure of the postseason. Not 51 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 4: that he, like a certain picture will fold, but just 52 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 4: more like, sorry, his stuff's not elite. Everybody's everybody's amped up, 53 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 4: everybody's juice. The bats are a little bit quicker. I 54 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 4: think whatever your whatever your strength is, it's it's magnified 55 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 4: in the playoffs. If you can hit a fastball, you 56 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 4: could hit a bullet in the playoffs. And I think 57 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 4: some pitchers you look at and you're like, he just 58 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 4: empties the tank, empties the tank, every single pitch. I 59 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 4: was talking about it last night on Pinch Striped Terriforatory. 60 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 4: I think that's what Carlos Rodin used to be. He 61 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 4: was just first pitch out, empty the tank, best slider, 62 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 4: best slider. Last night, what I saw from him was 63 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 4: he was able to locate some pitches that then later 64 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 4: on if he needed a strikeout, if he got in 65 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 4: a jam, bang he went to it and he never 66 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 4: needed it. So it's like there's two levels to pitchers, 67 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 4: and if a pitcher doesn't have that second level, those 68 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 4: are the dudes in the playoffs I don't think are 69 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 4: going to give you what you what you're looking for. 70 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 4: It might go three innings, they might go four innings, 71 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 4: but their managers just waiting to hit the bullpen button. 72 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 4: Just go to the bullpen and they know it. You know, 73 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 4: the team will let you know. No, you're good. 74 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 3: The team that I know we have up here that 75 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 3: I'm not worried about is it is the Tigers. Really 76 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 3: Aj Hinch, Wow, it was one of the most Yeah, 77 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 3: this guy is playing chess. 78 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: When everybody's playing checkers. Dude. 79 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 3: He will start the guy for one inning, next guy 80 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 3: comes in for two. Like he has boom, he has 81 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 3: his sheets. Oh oh, day two, Day three, He's got 82 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 3: eight hundred different things about exactly what he wants to do. 83 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 3: I want to see if they can move up a 84 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 3: little bit more after what they did last year. 85 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: It would be fun to see the Tigers make a 86 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: big push. 87 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,119 Speaker 4: But you don't have you don't have as many question 88 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 4: marks with him. 89 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 3: I mean there is, but I just in AJ, we trust, 90 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 3: That's all. I was so blown away when I did 91 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 3: those games last year. This guy was unbelievable. 92 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 2: In fairness, I see what you're saying, because last year 93 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 2: they truly had school ball and then chaos. This year 94 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 2: there's concern after schoolbl But can Jack Flaherty give you 95 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 2: some good innings in the playoffs or absolutely can Casey 96 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 2: Mice get through in order once or twice and make 97 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 2: you feel good. Absolutely. I actually agree with you that 98 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 2: from a depth perspective, there is more to it. I 99 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: think they'll have an easier time getting through the beginning 100 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 2: of a game and be a little bit less Schoogle reliant. 101 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 2: We talked about this the other day, Kratz. They were 102 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 2: completely Scoogle reliant. They're like, if Schoogle wins every game 103 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 2: for us, we can go the distance. If he has 104 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 2: one blip, we're done this year. If he has one 105 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 2: blip or one okay, not bang or start, I think 106 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 2: they can still win a series. Because Jack Flaherty last 107 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: year was like, oh, he's amazing in the playoffs and 108 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 2: he gets rocked. So if you get that version of Flaherty, great, 109 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 2: you know, and he gets swing and miss. Jack Flaherty's 110 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 2: stuff can play in the playoffs if he's feeling it. 111 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 2: So I agree with him on that front. Did I 112 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 2: want the Tigers to do more at the deadline, Sure, 113 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: But I mean they've transformed Kyle Finigan as long as 114 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 2: he's okay from the other day. 115 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 5: He's a strikeout machine. 116 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 2: Now Kyle Finigan just got paid like triple what he 117 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 2: was going to get in the offseason, right, he made 118 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 2: like six mil last offseason. He's probably gonna sign a 119 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 2: two or three year deal for like six to eight 120 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 2: mil a year, Like he might sign three years twenty 121 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 2: one because they said, hey, you use your splitter thirty 122 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 2: percent of the time, let's go fifty boom strikeouts. I 123 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: mean it was I don't want to be I don't 124 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 2: want to sound dumb because it's I'm not inside there, 125 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 2: but like it did look that simple on paper, like 126 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: strikeouts are up a ton. What's he doing pitch mix? 127 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, he's using his slider twenty percent more. 128 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 4: It's so it's so crazy splitter, Yes, I know what 129 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 4: you meant. It's so cringey. That the that the Nats 130 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 4: just have never seen this, and they they had him. 131 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 4: He was successful, He works hard, he was in big 132 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 4: spots and they just never unlock that. That's tough to see. 133 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 4: But for me, the one that facing the contending teams, 134 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 4: because we're talking contending teams, that's the only reason they're 135 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 4: on this list is the Cubs. Are the Cubs gonna be? Okay? 136 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 4: How is how is Kyle Tucker gonna come back from 137 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 4: this injury? Is he been playing with it for a while. 138 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 4: Is this time off that he's gonna have going to 139 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 4: get him completely healthy? Because if he's not completely healthy, 140 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 4: see you, it's gonna be it's gonna be quick. And 141 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 4: that's why I hesitated even talking about the Cubs because 142 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 4: I think they're They're two and Q I mean a 143 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 4: three game series. I just don't see how unless this 144 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 4: offense changes what they're doing. PCA gets back on a heater, 145 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 4: stops swinging at so many pitches. 146 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 2: Sa Zuki too, Zuki. 147 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 4: He was so pissed that he didn't make the All 148 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 4: Star Game, which he should have, and then he forgot 149 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 4: to come back for the second half. And now he's 150 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 4: got to play right field. And I'm afraid that if 151 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 4: he's in right field, is that gonna wear him down? 152 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 4: Is he already worn down? Is he dealing with something? 153 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 4: It's a big month. You can change things in September. 154 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 4: You can make those adjustments. Fortunately, they have a big 155 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 4: enough lead that they're gonna be in the playoffs. They 156 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 4: need to figure it out. 157 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 2: Thank good questions, good talk Diamondbacks Rookie Taylor Rashie joining 158 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 2: us right now on FT Taylor, great to have you on. 159 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 2: Thank you for the time and since it's only been 160 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: what a couple of weeks. Congratulations on making the show man. 161 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 2: How's life in the show? 162 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 5: Thank you, thank you, Thanks for having me. It's a 163 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 5: pleasure to be here. It's great. It's it's a world 164 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 5: win of emotions right now. 165 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 6: It feels like this last week and a half has 166 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 6: been a month long, but it's been like a week 167 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 6: and it's it's a lot, but it's a good time. 168 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: You're a big leaguer now, bro, Nobody can take that 169 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: away from you. 170 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 3: My question to you, is there anything in these couple 171 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 3: of weeks that you've been a part of that you've 172 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 3: done something wrong that you didn't know about? Like when 173 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 3: you come to the big leagues. I remember my first time. 174 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 3: I walked out with shorts and a T shirt on, 175 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 3: and Arthur Road. 176 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: Said, Yo, what you doing, man? Get your you know what? 177 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: Back up to and get changed. 178 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 3: I'm like, oh my god, I had no clue, Like, 179 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 3: did you do anything wrong that you got called out for? 180 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: Yet? Not yet. 181 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 6: I think I've had some guys on the team. One 182 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 6: of my teammates, Kyle Backus, he got called up earlier 183 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 6: this year and he did some of those things. So 184 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 6: like the first when he first heard about it, he 185 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 6: sent me like a couple of paragraph long text message saying, hey, 186 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 6: do this, don't do that, make sure you do this, 187 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 6: show up early, like just the rookie things. But yeah, 188 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 6: he he gave me a good briefing on what not 189 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 6: to do because I know that he went through some 190 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:32,119 Speaker 6: of those things. 191 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 1: What a great rookie. That's a good friend. 192 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,719 Speaker 4: That's a great friend, that's that's big by him, that 193 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 4: you don't have to make his mistakes. 194 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. 195 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 6: I had a couple of guys in Triple A, guys 196 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 6: like Casey Kelly and other guys that have you know, 197 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 6: they've been big leaders a long time. They would have, 198 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 6: Like Casey went over to Korea, so he was able. 199 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 6: Like before I went up, he's like, hey, like here's 200 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 6: the kind of the ground rules. Make sure you're in early, 201 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 6: out late, don't wear this, make sure you you know, 202 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 6: stay out away in the training. 203 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 5: Room like things like that. 204 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, but you're older than most of these dudes, so 205 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 4: it's got to be it's gotta be different. I broke 206 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 4: into the big leagues I was I was thirty years 207 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 4: already my first time, so I was a rookie for 208 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 4: the Pirates, and man, I think like ten or twelve 209 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 4: days into it was the trade deadline, they got rid 210 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 4: of everybody. I went from one of the like middle 211 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 4: tier older guys to the oldest guy on the team 212 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 4: with the least amount of service time. So when some 213 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 4: of these dudes start giving you a hard time, you 214 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 4: still have to sing on the bus. So I bet 215 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 4: I hope you have a song that you're ready to 216 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 4: sing or play or dance one of the two or 217 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 4: one of the three. But I do you gotta make 218 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 4: you do? Can you give us like a preview of 219 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 4: what that song is gonna be? 220 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 6: The song I had to do this in college, so 221 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 6: I have I have like a little preparation. It's Party 222 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 6: in the USA by Miley Cyrus. It's a pretty easy song. 223 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 6: So that's what I kind of stick with. 224 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 4: Okay, So what's your big what's your first big league moment? 225 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 4: You haven't been up there very long. What's your first 226 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 4: big league moment that's something big league that you're like, dang, 227 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 4: this is the show, not not. I'm not talking about 228 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 4: like you're you know, you're out it, where you got 229 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 4: your you got your first save, or like you're in 230 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 4: like you're sitting in a bullpen and like, wow, the 231 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 4: stadium is big. But like something that's like like ca 232 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 4: tell Marte's jewelry or something like something big league. 233 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 6: There's there's a lot of that. I think my first 234 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 6: big league moment was probably my first night. Even though 235 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 6: I got option after my game in the walkdown, I 236 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 6: flew back with the team to LA and so one 237 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 6: of one of my relievers, Bryce Jarvis, took me out 238 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 6: to a nice like rooftop sushi dinner in l A. 239 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,599 Speaker 6: And I was like, okay, like this is this is 240 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 6: pretty show. 241 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 5: This is cool. 242 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: I love that. Okay. 243 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: So then for on the field moment, Taylor, you've made 244 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: two appearances and you've been great. You've wracked up two 245 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 2: saves already your first two appearances. That alone is pretty rare. 246 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 2: Your story is rare and cool, and obviously Kratz has 247 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 2: gone through something somewhat similar. Right where you wait you 248 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 2: get your time now to strike? But did you expect 249 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 2: that in your first two appearances you would be thrust 250 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,599 Speaker 2: into this kind of spot. I have to admit I 251 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 2: didn't catch the first one live. I caught the second 252 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 2: one live. I watched and I'm like, damn, this is 253 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: a moment. I mean, it was the Brewers the first 254 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 2: time around, that's best record in baseball. Second time around, 255 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 2: it's Texas. They're fighting for their playoff lives, and I'm like, 256 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 2: here's Taylor playing spoilers. 257 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 1: So how cool was that? 258 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: Because there's many relievers that go their whole career and 259 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 2: they don't get to touch a save up. 260 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's cool. 261 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 6: I think the first time in Milwaukee, I was kind 262 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 6: of just thrown into it, kind of by luck. 263 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 5: We didn't have we didn't have a lot of available 264 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 5: arms with a bullpen. 265 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 6: You know, our guys have been grinding down in the bullpen, 266 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 6: and I knew that I was kind of called up 267 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 6: to Phils innings, and those innings just happened to be seven, 268 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 6: eight nine. 269 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 5: I wasn't really expecting that by any means. It was. 270 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 5: It was crazy. 271 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 6: I thought maybe I was gonna go out for the 272 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 6: seventh and the eighth and then somebody had come in 273 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 6: for the ninth. But you know, after I walked in 274 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 6: and the after the eighth inning was over and thenn't 275 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 6: shake my hand, I was like, well, here we go. 276 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 4: What is what is that? What is that like? For 277 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 4: you in your situation. You've been in the minor leagues. 278 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 4: You've seen guys get optioned down, You've seen guys get dfayed. 279 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 4: When you're out there that long. Do you ever think, oh, man, 280 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 4: this is so many innings, I'm gonna be down tomorrow. 281 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 4: I guess. I guess I'm don't cancer your tickets, mom, dad, uncle, cousin, 282 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 4: cancer your tickets. I won't be in I won't be 283 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 4: in LA because they're gonna definitely option me. I just 284 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 4: threw three innings. Do you think about that? Do guys 285 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 4: say anything to you. 286 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 5: I knew it was coming. I knew just the position 287 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:53,079 Speaker 5: I was in. 288 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 6: I knew once I went out there for that third inning, 289 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 6: I kind of sat in the dug out and I 290 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 6: was like, well, I need to make the best of 291 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 6: my opportunity right now, because I know I'm gonna be 292 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 6: for two days at least, and they're gonna need guys 293 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 6: to fill in. So I was like, you know, like, 294 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 6: this is my opportunity. I gotta go make the most 295 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,199 Speaker 6: of it. And yeah, I did have to send out 296 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 6: those text messages after the game, like hey, like, I'm 297 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 6: not gonna be on the team in LA. So don't 298 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 6: bother coming. 299 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: That's good. 300 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 4: You saved some money. You didn't have to get a 301 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 4: bunch of people tickets because you would have played for 302 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 4: free if you went out to LA and you had 303 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 4: to get everybody tickets. But my yeah, my question is 304 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 4: probably one that's been asked a million times, but I'm 305 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 4: asking it because it got asked of me a million 306 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 4: times as a thirty year old for myself going up 307 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 4: to the big leagues? How many times did you think 308 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 4: about quitting? And my answer was always a freaking ton 309 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 4: But I was fortunate I never had any injuries. What 310 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 4: is that for you? What is that? What is that is? 311 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 4: What is the main time that you were like, yeah, 312 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 4: this is probably when I should quit. 313 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 6: It was probably when I tore my lat. At the 314 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 6: end of the twenty two two seasons, I was in 315 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 6: Double A. I was having the season of my life. 316 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 6: I think I had like a sub two five era. 317 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 6: I was, you know, I was cruising. I was having 318 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 6: a great time. And then you know, we went up 319 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 6: to Portland Main and I tore my. 320 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: Lat and. 321 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 6: I was just sitting there in the hotel after the game, 322 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 6: and I was just like, man, like this, there's a 323 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 6: very good possibility and this is it. Like I'm getting 324 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 6: up there in age, I don't throw very hard, like 325 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 6: this could be it. And and all throughout rehab, you know, 326 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 6: your rehab for a year, and I spent the entire 327 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 6: year living in hotels. And there's days where I would 328 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 6: just wake up and I'm like, man, what if I 329 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 6: just don't go to the field today, Like I there's 330 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 6: nothing like I don't know if there's an end of 331 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 6: the tunnel. 332 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 5: With the light in it. 333 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 6: I I just I was there was times where I 334 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 6: was like struggling to just motivate myself to get to 335 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 6: the field to do my lat rehab, and you know, 336 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 6: I just kind of felt like sometimes I was like, 337 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 6: you know, I don't know if this is all worth it. 338 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 4: So there's countless times that you thought about quit, and 339 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 4: it's all it's hard. It's hard to even like conceptualize 340 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 4: or like put it on paper. Was there somebody? Was 341 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 4: there somebody that kept you going? Was there somebody that's 342 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 4: like pissed you off that you're like, oh screw that, 343 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 4: I'm gonna show that person. You know what motivates you 344 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 4: to keep going? 345 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, there's a kind of a decent amount of people 346 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 6: I have a little list of my phone of people 347 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 6: like throughout my career, starting in like high school, that 348 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 6: have like told me like, hey, like you're too slow, 349 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 6: you don't throw hard enough, you're not good enough. You know, 350 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 6: you're out of shape. Like just people throughout my entire 351 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 6: career that have told me like, hey, you're not like 352 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 6: you don't have a chance. Like there's less than one 353 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 6: percent of you know, people that play baseball that make 354 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 6: it like why are you that person? 355 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 5: So like, yeah, there's. 356 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 6: A pretty solid list of people where I'm just like, 357 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 6: you know, like I have to prove these people wrong. 358 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 5: I like proving people wrong. It kind of is my motive. 359 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 6: And so yeah, there's a list of people and a 360 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 6: couple of them got text messages. 361 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, hey receipts. 362 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: Maybe I love every sec receipts. 363 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 4: He's catching them receipts in. 364 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 3: Chang here's one. Ching love every second of that. That 365 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 3: he might be have a little jersey in him. 366 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: No, I like that. 367 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, he definitely does a little swag piece. My question 368 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 3: here is I want to talk about minor leagues a 369 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 3: little bit about the pitchers. I know you guys understand, 370 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 3: but you talk a lot is there a main focus 371 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 3: on velocity, Like do you guys always talk about velocity 372 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 3: and how much you know in the big leagues and 373 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 3: where you're at now, it's about speed and movement on 374 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 3: the baseball. 375 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 6: I mean, yeah, there's always less from the staff, less 376 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 6: from like pitching coaches and all that stuff, because like, 377 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 6: you have what you have, and like, gaining velocity in 378 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 6: the season is it's hard. It's almost impossible, especially after 379 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 6: a long season. But like throughout the pitching staff the bullpen, 380 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 6: like everyone's trying to find something that you know it's 381 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 6: going to give them an extra mile or two an hour. 382 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 6: And that's something I struggled with a lot last year. 383 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 6: You know, I got suck into those conversations and I 384 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 6: tried all year. I was throwing away the balls, I 385 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 6: was doing everything, doing the extra stuff in the gym, 386 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 6: going out on the mound and like trying to throw harder. 387 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 6: I was really focusing on, like, hey, how can I, 388 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 6: you know, get my average fastball velo up a mile 389 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 6: an hour or two? And that really led to me 390 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 6: being less efficient, throwing less strikes, not hitting my spots. 391 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 6: And you know, this year I kind of just accepted. 392 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 6: I was like you know what, I'm going to be 393 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 6: that guy that throws eighty eight to ninety one, and 394 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 6: I just have to accept that. And I know it 395 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 6: will probably take longer to get some recognition just because 396 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 6: I don't throw very hard. But eventually my thought was, 397 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 6: you know, results are going to end up outweighing the 398 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 6: what if he threw ninety three? What if he threw 399 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 6: ninety four type talk that I know people have. 400 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, they're always going to talk about that, But you 401 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 4: got two saves in the show, So piss on that 402 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 4: heavy ball and running and gunning and throwing it as 403 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 4: hard as you can, and you know ball four never 404 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 4: gets an out. But my question to you is you're 405 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 4: with the Diamondbacks. When I watched your video when I 406 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 4: watched the game the other day, we brought it up 407 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 4: here and I said to Scott, I said, who do 408 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 4: you think that guy looks like? Who does he pitch like? 409 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 4: Is there a direct comparison of a probably twenty twelve 410 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 4: Diamondback pitcher. You probably don't even know him, but his 411 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 4: name probably has come up because he came up through 412 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 4: the Diamondbacks system. Is there ye are you compared? Are 413 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 4: you comparing to that person? 414 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, we talked about cale mentor. 415 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 4: Yes, and is that is that unfair? Because he was 416 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 4: shorter than you were, so that's not cool. But the 417 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 4: pitching do they do they mention that as Diamondbacks, you know, 418 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 4: staff and stuff. 419 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 6: I mean, I've heard that for the last like three 420 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 6: or four years. I remember, you know, briefly watching him 421 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 6: when I was younger, and I never really put it together. 422 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 6: And then my my coach at Ucar Van ben Orloff 423 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 6: called me in the office one day in the offseason. 424 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 6: He goes, hey, like, you know, you don't throw very hard, 425 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 6: but you throw exactly like this guy. And I was like, who, Like, 426 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 6: who throws like me? Like, I know, I'm unique, I know, 427 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 6: I'm weird, like and He's pulled up a video and 428 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 6: I was like, yeah, that's yeah, I throw exactly like him. 429 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 5: So and he's like, just keep doing that. 430 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 6: One day, it'll work out, and thankfully it did. 431 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 4: Definitely did that measureable we got measure I Yeah, I'm wrong. 432 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 4: I thought Cole Mener was more like a six foot guy, 433 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 4: six foot like two ten to twenty. He's six three 434 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 4: two forty. You're six four two twenty. I thought you 435 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 4: were much taller. 436 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 2: But and then you use the extension too, right. 437 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, can you can you dive in can you dive 438 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 4: into that at all in a sense of like the 439 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 4: extension that you get and what that I'm not going 440 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 4: into the numbers of analytics because I think will bore 441 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 4: some people, But there's no way you haven't been able 442 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 4: to successfully increase your velocity from what you said, have 443 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 4: you been able to successfully increase your extension, your angle 444 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 4: of attack, your spin rate in ways that has helped 445 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 4: you way more than two or three miles an hour 446 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 4: when your velocity would. 447 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 6: Yeah, I've always been a guy that's had pretty good extension. 448 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 6: I get around seven feet of extension on any given fastball, 449 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 6: and so I kind of was just lucky that I've 450 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 6: always had that and I didn't really know I had 451 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 6: it until I got into professional baseball because that's when 452 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 6: I all like the analytics and they start telling me 453 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 6: all this stuff. But yeah, that kind of stuff has 454 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 6: really helped me because I know it makes my eighty 455 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 6: eight look a little bit faster. And just I've heard 456 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 6: from like our first baseman's, our shortstops or second basement, 457 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 6: like when they talk to hitters that are hitting off me, 458 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 6: they're like it says eighty eight on the board, but 459 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,959 Speaker 6: it gets on you a lot faster than any other 460 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 6: eighty eight like that they seen. So I know that 461 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 6: the the extension helps me a lot. 462 00:21:58,840 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: Do you know how? 463 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 4: First of all, do you remember who? 464 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: Do you remember who. 465 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 4: Told you that? Was it just some like dude who 466 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 4: was like, excuse me, Taylor, you have incredible extension or 467 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 4: was it like do you remember the coach? 468 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 5: No, I don't remember the coach per se. I just 469 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 5: know that. 470 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 6: It would come up in meetings, just like with you know, pitching, 471 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,719 Speaker 6: development staff and stuff like that, that it's like I 472 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 6: have good extension. And to be honest, I never really 473 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 6: was one since I'm a little bit older that was 474 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 6: heavy into analytics or even like trying to understand them 475 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 6: because they're all just so arbitrary to me, Like I 476 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 6: don't still to this day, I don't get a lot 477 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 6: of understand a lot of the numbers. But they're just like, hey, 478 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 6: don't change that, And I was like, well, I don't 479 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 6: plan on changing how I pitched. I don't think that's 480 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 6: going to change. 481 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: I don't don't. 482 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 4: I wouldn't know how to change it if I could, 483 00:22:56,119 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 4: so there's do you know, because everybody compares veloci, everybody's 484 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 4: gonna say Ben Joyce throws this. When you're a team, 485 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 4: Justin Martinez throws triple digits. Extension is a real thing. 486 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 4: Do you know how you compare your extension compared to 487 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 4: other guys that have elite extension? I know, or might 488 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 4: be nerding out, but like guys need to know where 489 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 4: you compare and why you, in my opinion, could have 490 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 4: a really good career. 491 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, I kind of know where I stand as far extension. 492 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 6: I know there's there's a lot of guys with more 493 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 6: extension than me. I mean, you got Miserwski nowadays is 494 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 6: I think he's like seven to five seven six extension 495 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 6: or something like that, still throwing a hundred. 496 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 5: So I can't imagine what that looks like. 497 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 6: But I know just from what I've been told and 498 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 6: like numbers I've seen that, you know, I'm pretty high 499 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 6: up there on the extension list, or at least above average, 500 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 6: And so I think I think that helps me a lot, 501 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 6: and it helps me have confidence the fact that okay, 502 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 6: yeah I throw eighty eight, but it moves a little 503 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 6: bit and it gets on you a little bit. Faster 504 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 6: than what the board says. 505 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 4: It should it should. I'm only saying this because I 506 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 4: want to encourage kids who are pitching that don't have 507 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 4: ninety five at sixteen years old, that this is the 508 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 4: beauty of baseball. You have a superpower. Go out there 509 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 4: and know that you've got a freaking superpower, and you 510 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 4: can get everybody out because when they get out, they're 511 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 4: gonna look at the board and go, how did this 512 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 4: guy get me out? And then every two weeks you're 513 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 4: gonna get a big league check in your pocket. And 514 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 4: that is the beauty of baseball, coming from a guy 515 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 4: who did, like I said, didn't make the big leagues 516 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 4: until I was thirty. And you have to find your way, 517 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 4: and it's your way because when you get optioned down 518 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 4: or dfad, nobody cares, but you do, so do every 519 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 4: you have a superpower. It's okay, thank you, thank you. 520 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's uh, it's a crazy it's a crazy thing. 521 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 6: Because even when I was fifteen sixteen, like I threw 522 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 6: a lot slower than I do now, and it took 523 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 6: a long time to realize that, like I was still 524 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 6: able to get people out, not throwing hard, And then 525 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 6: it took me a little bit longer to have confidence 526 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 6: in that, and then once I just had screw it, 527 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 6: like that's what I got and that's what you're gonna get. 528 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,959 Speaker 5: That really kind of helped me a lot. 529 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 2: Well, it's an awesome story. We appreciate the time. These 530 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 2: are great ones for us. Yes, we've got the man 531 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 2: with experience on the desk here. So yeah, not many 532 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 2: shows where you're like, yep, I'm gott an interviewed guy, 533 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 2: A guy who took just as long, yeah, longer. 534 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 4: Longer, he got their way before, so he's he's he 535 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 4: must be a prospect compared to me. But now now 536 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 4: Scott said, we were we were questioning how to say 537 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 4: your name? What's the worst? What's the worst pa announcing 538 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 4: of your name, your last name that anybody's done. 539 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 6: I think the worst one is probably Russhi. That's they 540 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 6: say it like with a you in there, like uh 541 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 6: like Rashi Rice, like the football player. I think that's 542 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 6: probably the worst one. 543 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 4: But that's the worst one, not like not Rashy, like 544 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 4: oh here comes Rashie again, he's real Rashy. 545 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 5: Well that's that's actually how you pronounce it, so that 546 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 5: would be. 547 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 2: I thought it was more it was a mix of 548 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 2: A and I because that's how I kind of heard it, 549 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 2: like Tayler rashi, which a little broadcaster trick if you 550 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 2: don't know, that's how you do it, right, Like you 551 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 2: just mix. Yeah, you hear the mix on a lot 552 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 2: of names. That's what you do. But it's rat not raw. 553 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. 554 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 6: So everyone teammates, coaches, everyone always calls me rashi, which 555 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 6: I'm totally used to. But the right way is rash. 556 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 4: There you go beat more, you know, that's what where 557 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 4: That's what you used to say about Todd too, he's 558 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 4: very rashy. 559 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 2: Hey, well this was great Taylor. Thanks for joining us. 560 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 2: Now the world knows the name. And keep doing your thing. Man, 561 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 2: it's a great story. 562 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 5: Awesome. Thank you guys for having me on. I appreciate it.