Impact of Trade Deadline Deals on Baseball Team Dynamics

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00:00So when you make such drastic changes to your bullpen and then things go well, or you make

00:10any trade deadline deal and you see the momentum continue to go once you bring these new guys

00:14in, what kind of feeling does that create around the team?

00:19It's awesome.

00:20I mean, first of all, the fact that the team goes out and makes moves always energizes

00:23the team, no matter what.

00:26But to your point, it doesn't always work out right.

00:28Right.

00:30They might not do as well.

00:31Maybe they're nervous.

00:32Maybe they're trying to impress.

00:33But when you have early success with the new guys, I think they're even going to be better

00:38once they get settled in.

00:39A guy like Scott and Adam, I think, still has to find their footing here with the Padres.

00:44But it just shows the players that the organization is behind them 100%.

00:50And that is important, because that's not always the case.

00:54I guess this is part of that question, too.

00:58When you are traded to a place, do you feel pressure?

01:01Because I know it's human nature when someone trades for you that you feel like you need

01:04to step your game up.

01:06But when you get traded into a situation like this, where everything is moving forward,

01:11do you feel a little bit of extra pressure when you get to the new place to be successful?

01:14Absolutely.

01:15Absolutely.

01:16Yeah.

01:17Because you know that this team went out and spent a bunch of capital to get you, right?

01:21A lot of prospects or whatever it was.

01:25You want to show up for that team.

01:27You feel good that they sought you out, got you.

01:31And the other part of it is, hey, I want to show them what I can do, and I want to make

01:36it worth their while to get me.

01:38And I think sometimes players take that too far.

01:41But my guess is with this group, and since we have some pretty good arms with Pamelas-Flores

01:47and those guys, I think it'll be pretty smooth for them.

01:52Pitching two is a little bit different than, say, a hitter coming over and pressing,

01:56I've got to get a hit, I've got to get a home run.

01:58Pitchers, they do what they do.

02:00And generally, that works out probably as good as any other position.