00:00harper said something really interesting when he got back from the wbc and i don't think we've
00:05talked about it yet when he said his goal is 140 to 150 walks this year and that like really
00:12caught
00:13people off guard because that's a ton of walks for a guy you're hoping is swinging the bat i mean
00:17what was your position on that um i i don't think bryce said that because he seriously plans to do
00:26that i think he said it because he wants pitchers around the league to read it he wants managers he
00:32wants coaching staffs game planners around the league to think he's not chasing this year the
00:39way he did last year so they had better throw him strikes that's what i thought now you know i've
00:45talked to kevin long about this um we have seen an extreme plate discipline version of bryce
00:532018 he walked 130 times in washington that was his last season there um that's not 140 it's not 150
01:02we've only had two players in the last 20 years walk 140 times that was juan soto and joey vado
01:11and so do we really think that bryce is going to do that i don't but i do think it's
01:19his way of
01:20telling the world he's committed to controlling the bats a lot better than he did last year and
01:28that gene is in his dna so i hope he's serious about it yeah well let's hope so but i
01:36want him
01:36to swing the bats i know i don't care all that much he wants to look if he gets strikes
01:41he'll do
01:43damage why i think he he needs he's he's trying to make sure that he gets more pitches to hit
01:52this is his way of saying that i think do you like you don't really want him to walk 150
01:58times
01:58even though that's a ton of on base because who's coming up after him that you'd rather see hit than
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