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Rangers manager Bruce Bochy joined the K&C Masterpiece to discuss the team's recent winning streak, how good Josh Smith has been on both offense and defense this season, when Josh Jung could return from his wrist injury, and more.
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00:00So when it comes to the other side of the field, the defense Josh Smith has had to fill
00:20in for Corey Seager the last two days and I was talking earlier in the show he saved
00:24four hits in two games so far at shortstop.
00:28I guess you can take this in multiple directions, but he's been great defensively at third.
00:32Is he your best defensive player?
00:34Oh, I'd say I mean, Marcus, I mean, you look what he's doing a second base, but I'm talking
00:41about someone who's moving all over the field and they do what he's doing at third base
00:45and then go to second base.
00:47I mean, that ball up the middle that little clip he has, he makes it look so easy.
00:52He's got great hands.
00:53He's got a good arm.
00:54And then if you need to put him out in the outfield, including centerfield, he does a
01:00great job there.
01:01So, yeah, I'd say he's got to be our best defender and just the fact that he plays everywhere,
01:07but not just play there, but he's he's a plus defender wherever you put him.
01:14And I know deserving doesn't always get it done.
01:16But when you talk about his defensive versatility, what he's done offensively, it really feels
01:21like Josh Smith deserves to be an all-star.
01:23Well, I feel that way.
01:24You know, that's probably my biggest disappointment is I don't have to say this.
01:25Yeah, I can politic, you know, do that all you want.
01:26But, you know, I used to have, you know, the picks on the extra guys.
01:27And I certainly think he should be there because I look up valuable.
01:28He is for us with Josh going down and the job he's done where he's played at third and
01:29short.
01:30And not just played there, but what a terrific job, but here he said, and, you know, the
01:44clean up by boy, he just keeps on going.
02:02So, you know, my hope is there's a way that he makes it.
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