00:00Yesterday on his birthday, went out and pitched brilliantly, I thought.
00:05One of his best thoughts of his career, six and two-thirds.
00:08And he's given up one run on five hits, striking out five, walking none.
00:13To me, the difference in Pulver's yesterday was tempo.
00:19Number one, he's using the cutter a lot more than he used to use.
00:22But it's tempo.
00:23Brian Roberts kept calling that something.
00:25What were they calling it?
00:26A chutter or something?
00:27Is it like a change-up cutter?
00:28Change-up cutter.
00:29Is that what it is?
00:30I couldn't understand what he was saying.
00:32Like, I'm going, I know there's all these new pitches.
00:34Yeah, the sweepers instead of a slider and all that stuff.
00:37Yeah, it was.
00:38Is that people just getting cute with the names and stuff?
00:41Is it saying?
00:41Pitcher's got a name at that.
00:42Yeah.
00:42So, yeah, I guess that's what it is.
00:44But it was tempo.
00:45It was pace.
00:46I'm going to give you an example.
00:47There was a little squibber hit out in front of him.
00:51And it was a run on first.
00:53Is this when he went to second?
00:54No, he went to first.
00:55Oh, because he didn't.
00:56I got you.
00:56There were times where he would have not known already what he was going to do.
01:03There were times where he would have rushed to the ball trying to get the double play instead of just
01:08making the easy play in front of you.
01:11That happens when you're not confident in what you're doing on the mound.
01:14Because he's so confident at that moment.
01:17Okay, I won't get the runner a second.
01:19All I need is one out.
01:20I can get this next guy out myself.
01:22That's the difference, Jeremy.
01:23And you know that's how pitchers think.
01:25You know, that's how hitters think.
01:26Why do you swing early in the count at a ball that's a pitcher's pitch?
01:30Because you don't have enough confidence in yourself to have a strike called on you.
01:34Yesterday, he was so confident.
01:37His pace was so manageable that he got that ball, collected it, and went right to first base.
01:43Cade Povich last year would have rushed to that ball and maybe not make a play at all.
01:48His birthday was yesterday?
01:49Yes.
01:49I'm glad he's not pitching today.
01:51Hope you had fun last night, kid.
01:52But, yeah, I mean, look, you see guys take this step forward, and it's way too early to even consider
01:57this.
01:58Because he's a little, I'm feeling a little woozy.
02:00Yeah, like Adley after they clinched the division.
02:05Sitting in the dugout like, I don't want to pitch it.
02:09Don't call my name.
02:11Is this game over with yet?
02:12Third inning.
02:13Damn it.
02:14Yeah.
02:14No, but, like, he has looked good.
02:17And I thought, too, one of the things, like, the ABS system, I feel like, has changed a lot for
02:23some of these guys.
02:23Like, Brian Roberts was saying yesterday during the broadcast, like, man, I wish they had that when I was playing.
02:28And there's a lot of guys.
02:29I swear to you, to tell you how exciting the ABS thing is, I got up to take my, like,
02:34I was eating something, take my dishes, put them in the sink.
02:37And then I heard the batter challenge it, and I put them down real quick, and then I ran back
02:40in to see what it was.
02:41And it is kind of cool to look on the hitter's face when they're like, oh, yeah, I got it.
02:46And the umpire kind of just smiling and putting the mask back down, like, yeah, I was right.
02:50And we're talking, like, fractions of inches or fractions of centimeters.
02:54Like I said before, in the stadium, it's become a game.
02:57Yeah.
02:58It's a game within a game.
02:59Like, whenever you go to it, people stop.
03:02I would bet you that people do the same thing in the stadium, Jeremy.
03:06They're walking to the bathroom.
03:07The batter's challenging it up.
03:08Let me turn back and look.
03:10Because it's like, it's a cool little game.
03:12It's almost like when you play, put the thing under the hat, mismatch the hat.
03:17It's probably more fun than that now for the fans.
03:19Yeah.
03:20The crab shuffle?
03:21Crab shuffle.
03:23410-583-1057.
03:25Follow the queen.
03:26Follow the queen.
03:26Follow the queen.
03:27Let's go to Rashawn in Baltimore.
03:29What's up, Rashawn?
03:29What's up, fellas?
03:30Good morning.
03:31Good morning.
03:32Hey, man.
03:32Shout out to my man Joe, man.
03:34We had a ball down at Pickles on Friday.
03:37You know, I know y'all call him Grumpy Joe.
03:39But off-air, he's definitely one of the coolest guys, you know, in the air.
03:42No, he's not.
03:43You don't know him.
03:45I know Joe, man.
03:46You get a little honeymoon phase and think he's a nice guy.
03:48You don't know what the hell you're talking about.
03:49But he's right.
03:50Joe's a different person when he's not in this building.
03:54He's right.
03:55Rashawn's nailed it.
03:57It's weird.
03:57Joe's hair grows back when he's not in the building.
03:59As soon as he walks in, it goes away.
04:03Hey, so y'all was talking about a bunch of players this morning, man.
04:06Y'all ain't mentioned my guys in the field, man.
04:08I know I'm going to butcher his name, but Lito Tavares.
04:11I did.
04:12They better not mention him.
04:13We talked about him.
04:13We did talk about him.
04:14It ain't our fault you just tuned in.
04:16I was busy this morning doing some things, man.
04:19But I didn't know he was a switch hitter too, right?
04:22Yeah.
04:23So, yeah.
04:24What is his role like in the future with this team?
04:27Because he only signed for one year.
04:29Defensive replacement.
04:29Fourth outfielder.
04:31Because he's like our best defensive outfielder so far, it seems like to me.
04:35I don't think there's any question about him and his defensive abilities out there.
04:39I think the question with Tavares has always been, does the bat play at the major league level full time?
04:44Yeah, I mean.
04:44That hasn't been the case.
04:46Rashad, can I tell you something?
04:48Yeah.
04:48He's been in baseball for seven years, my friend.
04:50He has a career 238 batting average, 289 on base percentage, and 655 OPS.
04:58And this is not a small sample size.
05:00It's like almost 2,000 at-bats.
05:03I don't know, man.
05:04Or 2,000 plate appearances.
05:05No.
05:06Stop.
05:06Stop.
05:06I'm going by this weekend.
05:07He has full hits, though.
05:08Stop, dude.
05:09You do this every year.
05:10You do this every year.
05:13Yeah, you know me, man.
05:14You do this every year, man.
05:17And when you have almost 2,000 plate appearances, you can get hot.
05:22Does he do this at the bar, too?
05:23Does he find the most mediocre woman and then try to take her home?
05:26Because that's what he's doing.
05:27No, he does not.
05:27He finds the most mediocre player and starts pounding his chest for him.
05:32I ain't putting that on him.
05:33Nah, nah, don't put that on me.
05:34I'm not putting that on you, my man.
05:36I wouldn't do that.
05:37Hey, Rob, thanks a lot for the invite to that ball roast, too, man.
05:41You know, I've seen a lot of nice women who's up in there.
05:43That's cool, man.
05:44You know, you've seen me the videos afterwards, you know.
05:46So, but I'm being sarcastic, but.
05:48I know you are.
05:50All right, man.
05:51But, all right.
05:52I'll holler at y'all, man.
05:53All right.
05:54410-583-1057 is the number.
05:57Bought on his big bad morning show on the fan.
06:00Nah, Rashawn.
06:00See, I don't.
06:01Rashawn, Trippy.
06:05What, the rest of that crew?
06:06Yeah.
06:07Dustin.
06:08Those guys are a hot mess, man.
06:10They are.
06:11Watching them out and about.
06:12I can't tell.
06:12The bad part is I can't tell when they've been drinking and when they haven't,
06:16because they sound the same.
06:19I think Dustin sounds exactly the same.
06:21It's like when Peter Griffin went and got his, on Family Guy,
06:25he went and got his license taken while he was drunk.
06:27So, if he ever got pulled over, he would look like that.
06:29You know, like.
06:31That's a good one.
06:32That's a good one, man.
06:34Let's go to Harvard Gallery and get Mike.
06:35What's up, Mike?
06:37Hey, how you guys doing?
06:38Good, man.
06:38What's up?
06:39Hey, good, man.
06:40I think the Orioles may have the best combination of utility infielders with Jackson and Blaze right now.
06:45They may not both stay if everybody gets healthy.
06:48But right at the moment, they're both filling their slots.
06:50Blaze looks really good.
06:51Jeremiah was drafted in the second round, just like we talked about Travis in the first round,
06:54because he can flat out hit.
06:56Right.
06:56And the reason why he's not an everyday player is because of his glove.
07:02And he's not there.
07:04He's kind of shaky when he's in the field.
07:06And it's like Mayo is supposed to be the opposite.
07:08Now he's struggling with both, you know?
07:11With Jeremiah Jackson, he will field everything that's hit in his vicinity.
07:17But there was a ground ball.
07:18The first RBI that the Giants had yesterday, that ball hit up the middle,
07:23that's when you see the holes in this game.
07:26That's a ball that he should have gotten to.
07:27Even if he couldn't throw it the first, he could have saved that run.
07:30And I believe that he's not fast.
07:34I mean, he's got average speed, but he's not the extra quickness that he had.
07:38I mean, nobody's Mateo, but he doesn't have that fleet of foot.
07:41Last thing is this.
07:43One thing with Alonzo, the only concern with him right now is bat speed's down 2.5
07:48compared to what it was in the past.
07:50Is it early?
07:50Can he figure it out?
07:51But that makes a big difference.
07:53That means the fastball, 95-mile-an-hour fastball,
07:55takes up to about 98 as far as your bat speed.
07:57It looks like it.
07:58So, anyway, guys, have a good day.
08:00Have a good day to you, Mike.
08:00I mean, I don't know that we have enough of a sample size,
08:02but it is what it is right now.
08:04It was nice to see.
08:05Look, I know everybody's talking about the power numbers.
08:08It was just nice to see him make contact
08:09and hit with runners in scoring position yesterday.
08:11And I think confidence can go a long way as well
08:14because you're in the clubhouse, I'm not.
08:17But it seemed like even one of those interviews,
08:19that dude's beating himself up when he's not there.
08:22He is.
08:23He needs to do less stuff.
08:24I think some of the bat speed,
08:25you could say it's a physical thing,
08:28but I think some of it's a mental thing, too.
08:29When you're not sure what's going on,
08:31you tend to slow down.
08:32That's why somebody came up to me this weekend
08:33and said, what the hell was he looking at
08:35when he watched that third strike go right down the middle?
08:37I said, he was thinking a curveball was coming.
08:39That's exactly what happens in those situations.
08:41You get frozen.
08:42Yeah.
08:42Yeah.
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