00:00Connor Griffin, one of the superstars of spring training, even though he only hit like 194 at this point.
00:05But he is a player that the expectations are he should be a stud for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
00:10Baseball, the only sport on the planet that goes, hey, you know what?
00:15Keep these guys down as long as possible so you don't have to pay him.
00:18So I always like to say, can you imagine the Las Vegas Raiders coming up in the NFL draft?
00:23They draft Fernando Mendoza.
00:25Fantastic.
00:25He's our quarterback of the future.
00:27And the Davis family goes, coach, sorry about that, Clint.
00:31He came over from Seattle.
00:32You draft this guy number one.
00:33You ain't going to see him for three years because we don't want to pay him too soon before he
00:37plays here.
00:38Baseball is so stupid and Connor Griffin is in the minor leagues.
00:41And, Joe, we're not talking about a team.
00:42Let's just say that's the Dodgers going like, yeah, we're trying to put our best players out there in day
00:46number one because we're going to win a championship.
00:48The Pirates aren't going anywhere.
00:50Why are they not playing their best players to get them seasoning at the Major League Baseball level?
00:56Yeah, all right.
00:57So he hit 171 in the Grapefruit League.
01:00But he did, I think, seven hits and four of those seven hits were home runs here.
01:05Not to mention he's a vacuum at shortstop there, Donnie.
01:10And he's only 19.
01:11At the very least, he would be.
01:13I mean, we have not had, on the opening day, a teenager.
01:18I think Adrian Beltre in 99 was the last one.
01:21Griffey Jr. before that.
01:23So, and what exactly is it?
01:26You're replacing him with a guy that was a no-name draft pick in 2020 that can't hit either.
01:33So what is the difference?
01:34Play the future while you can, Donnie.
01:36I'm with you.
01:37Makes no sense.
01:37Makes no sense.
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