May 7, 2026 • 13 mins
Brian McTaggart Discusses Astros Injury Woes Amid Tough Stretch
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
If we spend ten calling a minutes with our friend
(00:02):
Brian McTaggart. Brian's videos are becoming way too popular apparently,
so I got to put my face on these Twitter videos, Instagram.
The man is all over the place, and I think, Brian,
you're gonna have to start watching more batting practice because
the last two times the Astros took batting practice before
night games, they sent two guys the injured list. What's
going on down on that plate at about five forty
(00:23):
five six o'clock.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, that was crazy. I think Cores was actually inside
inside the hitting tunnel. You know, a lot of players
now don't like to hit on the field, so Correa
was hitting inside, So I wouldn't have seen that one anyway,
because apparently he crumpled to the ground. Diaz, I, yeah,
I did not see that one at all when he
was swinging and had to stop. But it's unfathomable that
two days in a row they lose a guy in
(00:48):
batting practice and one of their starters, position players and
a key player. It's just you think, just when you
think they've had enough injuries and they can't get any more,
then that happens, and it's it's I'm speechless. I've never
seen anything like this.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
That's the thing, Brian, is that we're being asked the
same questions you are. Well, you change the medical staff out,
you change out the physical strength and conditioning, you do
all of a sudden, behind the scene things that we
don't see. We have to assume they're all professionals of
their job. They've got training to it. Do you want
to just chalk this up to a second year of unbelievable,
(01:25):
terrible lack of luck, or do you think there's even
another deep dive within the organization has to be done
because of the number of injuries that have happened to
this team so far this year.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Well, I mean they changed head trainers, they changed their
head strength and conditioning coach, They've brought in other people
to the medical staff. I mean, they've made a lot
of changes to their medical staff and it's still happening happening. So,
I mean, I lean on the side of this is
just a crazy coincidence. I mean, I don't think there's
(01:56):
I can't imagine there's anything going on with the Astros
that is getting all these guys injured. I mean, you know,
Korea looks like he just rolled his ankle. I guess
taking a swing. I mean, you know whose fault is
at is? Nobody's just just you know, it's it's just
unfortunate luck. And you know DS swings the bat and
feels oblique. I mean, Diaz is in good shape as
(02:18):
far as I know. He does all their workouts and
their plans, and I guess, I guess there's no firm answer.
But you know, two years in a row, they've had
more injuries than anybody, and you know, I know it's
frustrating and everyone wants answers, and the answer might be
it's just the way it is. There is no there
is no answer.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
All right, Well, speaking of injuries, mcclor's nail, what do
we know about what happened yesterday? His ability to stay
out there was good. Unfortunately, he was just throwing stuff
that was easily hit able as the Dodgers took two
out of three. But what do we know about Lance
right now in the nail and whether or not that'll
impact the way he makes his next appearance.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Well, I mean, apparently you know he's leading off the
third inning against Freeland, the nine hole hitter in the
third inning, the part of his nail tore off on
his pointer fingernail on his right hand. They came out
there and looked at it. He said, I don't have
my curve ball anymore, but let me try to finish
this inning. I can make quality pitches. They said, okay,
just because they really can't afford their starter to go
(03:16):
two innings. And then he couldn't get out of the
third inning because he said he was a pitch down.
So he was asked directly if it's going to impact
his next start. He said, we'll see. So it would
not shock me considering the struggles that Lance has had
that if they put him on the injured list, you know,
the problem is who do you replace him with. I
(03:38):
mean they you know, they bring up Jason Alexander, and
you know he gets knocked around. They're just at the
end of their starting pitching depth. They just don't have
anybody anymore. So just because of all these injuries. So
and you know, Emi is going to come back and
start against Seattle just because kind of what I did yesterday. Look,
I mean, this guy's not injured, he's throwing ninety seven.
(04:00):
He's making a ton of money. You know, get guys
out in the big leagues or you don't so sink
or swim time, and so that's where they're at with him.
So it's just nothing about this feels really good if
you're the Astros, but it's just where they're at.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Brian McTaggart was us here on Sports Talk seven ninety
and that's.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
What I was gonna.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Come Come with you, come to do with Come to
you next, Brian McTaggert is tatsu I MA. How were
you surprised at all that they kind of made that
decision to just throw him in there? Or is it
like you said, it's just a necessity and you kind
of go out there and get some out and earn
this contract.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yeah, I wasn't surprised. I mean, you know what more
caem do. Let's let's let's give him another minor league start,
and you know, he walks four guys and okay, now
what you know me? They signed him here major league
hitters out and that's what he's going to have to
figure out a way to do. His first two winnings,
it's sugar Land. I mean, I was out there, I
was watching the Astros played Dyking, but apparently his first
(04:57):
two winnings weren't bad, and then and then the rails
came off. But he mentioned something about the pitch clock,
and I mean we've heard everything now, we've heard pitchclock,
the mound, the balls eating schedule, you know, you name it.
At some point, you're just gonna have to go out
there and man up and get guys out. And that's
the point of the season we're at. And they're in
(05:18):
a really tough part of their schedule right here. I mean,
they just finished playing the Dodgers. You know, Cincinnati was
playing well. You know, they were in first a few
days ago. Now they're in last, but they're still over
at five hundred. You know, the Mariners are just took
a series from the Brave, so they're sort of on
the calm. So there's really no soft landing spot at
this point. You're just gonna have to go out there
and get major league hitters out. That's what we're paying
(05:40):
you to do, So it's time to go do that.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
If it keeps trending in this way, how much grace
do either of Joe Aspata or Dana Brown get in
terms of the injuries and the situation they are on,
Like how thin of ice do you feel like both
of those guys are on.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yeah, that's tough because I pinning any of this on
Joe Spot. I just I don't think it's fair. I mean,
you take away the amount of players. We're talking five
starting position players, three members of your starting rotation who
are in the rotation to start the season, and you're
All Star closer. You take them away, and there's not
a manager around that's going to have this team in
(06:21):
first place or you know, playing much better than they
are now. That's just the way it is. So but
I get it. It's some you know, people want answers,
people want accountability. Jim Crane has never made a move
with a manager or a general manager in the middle
of the season, so that that I think we're too
early for that stuff. I think at the All Star
(06:42):
break maybe maybe that's the time that the Crane will,
you know, sit down and evaluate things. I have not
asked him about this. I've not had the chance to
talk to them about, you know, what he thinks of
the state of the team right now and where they're at.
So it's really hard to say. It's all speculation, But
my gut just tells me I don't think we're to
that point, I think would be really really unfair, uh
for Joe just just with all the injuries that they've had.
(07:04):
It's just, uh, he's running guys out there who you
know should be in the minor leagues and there's you know,
that's that's not an indictment on him, that's just the
roster that he's been given.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
And specifically on Dana Brown. Matt and I were talking
about this in the last segment. If I mean, what
do you think the prospects of him in terms of
also the draft that you have coming up in terms
of could you just talk just tell us how that goes?
Has How involved is Dana Brown? Is he making the pigs?
Is it like director of scouting? And does the board built?
Like what would that entail if if it weren't Dana
(07:36):
Brown running running the draft?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Well, you know, data was data was brought here because
of his draft record. One of the reasons. I mean,
he's a uh you know, he's a scout at heart.
He's had he had some really good drafts with the Braves,
and so I would the draft is what in July,
So I would find it hard to believe they would
make a move. I mean Dana is very, very involved
(08:03):
in the draft. I mean, they brought in Derek Ladimir, who's,
you know, one of the top of talent evaluators a
couple of years ago, and and he's very involved as well.
So you know, there's a lot of voices that are
involved in in their draft selection process. But but Dana's
up there as well. Now, if if they managed, if
they did make a move a general manager, would they
still uh, would they still have some capable guys who
(08:25):
can make draft picks? Yeah? I mean they have a
lot of pretty good talent talent evaluators that Dana brought in.
I mean, these are these are Dana's guys. So you know,
do you do you remove the If you remove Dana,
then you know, you know, do you other guys stay.
I mean, these are all questions I just don't have
an answer to. So it's sort of uncharted waters at
this point.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
It certainly is uncharted waters. But let's let's put this
in perspective here. You have been hanging around the American
League West, despite the fact that your team is under
five hundred. The division isn't good, But how important are
these Look? Every game is important, but the next seven
and home after you go to this trip to Cinsanni
will be against all division teams. That feels like to me.
(09:05):
Next week is a very important week for figuring out
whether you are just hanging around and thankfully you're hanging around,
or there will be some separation between the top and
the bottom teams in the American League West.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Yeah, I agree. I mean you look at the standings,
You're like, there's you know, they're not even you know,
it's a quarter market a season yet, and you know
there's still sort of in a spot to where if
they could get it together, they could make a little
bit of a move here. But you're right, I mean,
this this is a big homestand coming up, they had
a three and three road trip to Baltimore and Boston.
I mean, you take you take a five hundred road trip.
You know, you lose two or three to the Dodgers,
(09:38):
who are, you know, the best team in the world.
So now you've got to start stacking some series wins again.
You're you're going to slowly start to get some guys
back off the il here. Penya is really close. I
think we'll see him uh nixt homestand you know, haters
a couple of weeks away. You know, ma is coming back.
Well he's gonna give you know, I'm not sure that
they've got the Senzo back. So they you know, a
(10:00):
little bit more of a capable player than they had
in that spot a week ago. So but at some
point they're gonna have to win two out of every
three win series. But if they had, if they have
a poor home stand against the Mariners and the Rangers
and really get buried in the standings and it starts
to look like it's just not going to happen, then
you know, even then, you know, maybe Crane, you know,
(10:20):
has some difficult conversations. But having not talked to him
about this, it's hard for me to know what he's thinking.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Before I let you run. The Estac pretties holding on
to him. It wasn't because the Astros were not trying
to kick the tires. I'm making a move with him
during spring training. They just needed him because of necessity,
because of ailments and whatnot. Now the Kray is out,
I would assume unless the Astros are in a full
cell mode, and that could still be a month from now,
that Estock pretty is still to worry about what gear
(10:47):
he's gonna wear for at least the next thirty to
forty five days.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Yeah, I don't think he's going anywhere. I mean he's there.
I mean they they tried to trade him, they couldn't
find a match, so and yeah, I mean they you know,
all we talked about all winter was this this surplus
of infielders that they have, and you know what happened.
Penya was hurt, you know, right off the bat, didn't
play every day, and then even even Pretis left the
(11:14):
team for three days, uh, you know, for the death
of his grandparent, and and now here Korea is out,
so you know they need him. I mean, he's a
guy that's still very young, a guy that's not making
a lot of money, so he's not going anywhere. He's
going to be at third base the rest of the season,
and you know, a guy'll they'll go into next year,
you know, probably looking to be in the middle of
(11:35):
their lineup as well. So if they would have traded him, yeah,
I don't know what they would have got for him,
but they would have been and I'm guessing they would
have got younger players, maybe minor league players who aren't
ready now, so they'd be in a lot worse spot
than they are. So I think that was a silver
lining for them for sure, holding on to Peretis and.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Back to you mightna wrap it up here. This is
a situation where he's just got to get out. This
is the money that was being spent. I'm curious how
Scott boring and you've had a chance to deal with
him a little bit. What is Scott? What's going through
Scott's mind right now? Is a wrap up this young
man's first for ragned American Baseball.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I haven't taught to
Scott at about EMI, but yeah, I mean, I think
you're right. He's just gotta throw strikes. Just just put
good guys out, don't walk guys, throwing the zone. I
mean the fact that you know, you know, he's pretty
much a two pitch pitcher, and Dana Brown said the
other day that he would like to see him, Yeah,
you know, throw those two pitches, but you know, maybe
(12:30):
open up a little bit more of the arsenal as well.
Because you throw two pitches, you know, you can get predictable.
If you're a starter for a reliever, you can get
away with it. So you know, maybe there's some pitch
useless things they can change. But you know, I'm sure
Boris is probably frustrated. He wants the best for his clients.
But you know, he may's got his money. He's got
a lot of money. And I'm sure you know, if
(12:52):
I was in his situation, I would not like my
e er. I would not like the fact that I'm
walking so many guys every nine innings, and you know,
I want to go out here and shove and show
people that I can do this. So and I get
there's a transition period, but I mean, he was at
spring training. The entire ring he pitched with the pitch clock.
He looked really good. It's you know, it's the same
(13:12):
game that it is now. It's just you know, the
lights are brighter, so maybe it's something between the ears.
I don't know, but you're right, he's just got to
go out there and throw strikes and give the team
a chance to win. And he hasn't been doing that,
and in two of the three starts that he made
in the big leagues, he didn't do that.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Tag's great stuff, as always, friend, Thank you for the visit.
We'll talk with the game with you again next Thursday,
If we spend ten calling a minutes with our friend
(00:02):
Brian McTaggart. Brian's videos are becoming way too popular apparently,
so I got to put my face on these Twitter videos, Instagram.
The man is all over the place, and I think, Brian,
you're gonna have to start watching more batting practice because
the last two times the Astros took batting practice before
night games, they sent two guys the injured list. What's
going on down on that plate at about five forty
(00:23):
five six o'clock.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, that was crazy. I think Cores was actually inside
inside the hitting tunnel. You know, a lot of players
now don't like to hit on the field, so Correa
was hitting inside, So I wouldn't have seen that one anyway,
because apparently he crumpled to the ground. Diaz, I, yeah,
I did not see that one at all when he
was swinging and had to stop. But it's unfathomable that
two days in a row they lose a guy in
(00:48):
batting practice and one of their starters, position players and
a key player. It's just you think, just when you
think they've had enough injuries and they can't get any more,
then that happens, and it's it's I'm speechless. I've never
seen anything like this.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
That's the thing, Brian, is that we're being asked the
same questions you are. Well, you change the medical staff out,
you change out the physical strength and conditioning, you do
all of a sudden, behind the scene things that we
don't see. We have to assume they're all professionals of
their job. They've got training to it. Do you want
to just chalk this up to a second year of unbelievable,
(01:25):
terrible lack of luck, or do you think there's even
another deep dive within the organization has to be done
because of the number of injuries that have happened to
this team so far this year.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Well, I mean they changed head trainers, they changed their
head strength and conditioning coach, They've brought in other people
to the medical staff. I mean, they've made a lot
of changes to their medical staff and it's still happening happening. So,
I mean, I lean on the side of this is
just a crazy coincidence. I mean, I don't think there's
(01:56):
I can't imagine there's anything going on with the Astros
that is getting all these guys injured. I mean, you know,
Korea looks like he just rolled his ankle. I guess
taking a swing. I mean, you know whose fault is
at is? Nobody's just just you know, it's it's just
unfortunate luck. And you know DS swings the bat and
feels oblique. I mean, Diaz is in good shape as
(02:18):
far as I know. He does all their workouts and
their plans, and I guess, I guess there's no firm answer.
But you know, two years in a row, they've had
more injuries than anybody, and you know, I know it's
frustrating and everyone wants answers, and the answer might be
it's just the way it is. There is no there
is no answer.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
All right, Well, speaking of injuries, mcclor's nail, what do
we know about what happened yesterday? His ability to stay
out there was good. Unfortunately, he was just throwing stuff
that was easily hit able as the Dodgers took two
out of three. But what do we know about Lance
right now in the nail and whether or not that'll
impact the way he makes his next appearance.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Well, I mean, apparently you know he's leading off the
third inning against Freeland, the nine hole hitter in the
third inning, the part of his nail tore off on
his pointer fingernail on his right hand. They came out
there and looked at it. He said, I don't have
my curve ball anymore, but let me try to finish
this inning. I can make quality pitches. They said, okay,
just because they really can't afford their starter to go
(03:16):
two innings. And then he couldn't get out of the
third inning because he said he was a pitch down.
So he was asked directly if it's going to impact
his next start. He said, we'll see. So it would
not shock me considering the struggles that Lance has had
that if they put him on the injured list, you know,
the problem is who do you replace him with. I
(03:38):
mean they you know, they bring up Jason Alexander, and
you know he gets knocked around. They're just at the
end of their starting pitching depth. They just don't have
anybody anymore. So just because of all these injuries. So
and you know, Emi is going to come back and
start against Seattle just because kind of what I did yesterday. Look,
I mean, this guy's not injured, he's throwing ninety seven.
(04:00):
He's making a ton of money. You know, get guys
out in the big leagues or you don't so sink
or swim time, and so that's where they're at with him.
So it's just nothing about this feels really good if
you're the Astros, but it's just where they're at.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Brian McTaggart was us here on Sports Talk seven ninety
and that's.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
What I was gonna.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Come Come with you, come to do with Come to
you next, Brian McTaggert is tatsu I MA. How were
you surprised at all that they kind of made that
decision to just throw him in there? Or is it
like you said, it's just a necessity and you kind
of go out there and get some out and earn
this contract.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yeah, I wasn't surprised. I mean, you know what more
caem do. Let's let's let's give him another minor league start,
and you know, he walks four guys and okay, now
what you know me? They signed him here major league
hitters out and that's what he's going to have to
figure out a way to do. His first two winnings,
it's sugar Land. I mean, I was out there, I
was watching the Astros played Dyking, but apparently his first
(04:57):
two winnings weren't bad, and then and then the rails
came off. But he mentioned something about the pitch clock,
and I mean we've heard everything now, we've heard pitchclock,
the mound, the balls eating schedule, you know, you name it.
At some point, you're just gonna have to go out
there and man up and get guys out. And that's
the point of the season we're at. And they're in
(05:18):
a really tough part of their schedule right here. I mean,
they just finished playing the Dodgers. You know, Cincinnati was
playing well. You know, they were in first a few
days ago. Now they're in last, but they're still over
at five hundred. You know, the Mariners are just took
a series from the Brave, so they're sort of on
the calm. So there's really no soft landing spot at
this point. You're just gonna have to go out there
and get major league hitters out. That's what we're paying
(05:40):
you to do, So it's time to go do that.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
If it keeps trending in this way, how much grace
do either of Joe Aspata or Dana Brown get in
terms of the injuries and the situation they are on,
Like how thin of ice do you feel like both
of those guys are on.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yeah, that's tough because I pinning any of this on
Joe Spot. I just I don't think it's fair. I mean,
you take away the amount of players. We're talking five
starting position players, three members of your starting rotation who
are in the rotation to start the season, and you're
All Star closer. You take them away, and there's not
a manager around that's going to have this team in
(06:21):
first place or you know, playing much better than they
are now. That's just the way it is. So but
I get it. It's some you know, people want answers,
people want accountability. Jim Crane has never made a move
with a manager or a general manager in the middle
of the season, so that that I think we're too
early for that stuff. I think at the All Star
(06:42):
break maybe maybe that's the time that the Crane will,
you know, sit down and evaluate things. I have not
asked him about this. I've not had the chance to
talk to them about, you know, what he thinks of
the state of the team right now and where they're at.
So it's really hard to say. It's all speculation, But
my gut just tells me I don't think we're to
that point, I think would be really really unfair, uh
for Joe just just with all the injuries that they've had.
(07:04):
It's just, uh, he's running guys out there who you
know should be in the minor leagues and there's you know,
that's that's not an indictment on him, that's just the
roster that he's been given.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
And specifically on Dana Brown. Matt and I were talking
about this in the last segment. If I mean, what
do you think the prospects of him in terms of
also the draft that you have coming up in terms
of could you just talk just tell us how that goes?
Has How involved is Dana Brown? Is he making the pigs?
Is it like director of scouting? And does the board built?
Like what would that entail if if it weren't Dana
(07:36):
Brown running running the draft?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Well, you know, data was data was brought here because
of his draft record. One of the reasons. I mean,
he's a uh you know, he's a scout at heart.
He's had he had some really good drafts with the Braves,
and so I would the draft is what in July,
So I would find it hard to believe they would
make a move. I mean Dana is very, very involved
(08:03):
in the draft. I mean, they brought in Derek Ladimir, who's,
you know, one of the top of talent evaluators a
couple of years ago, and and he's very involved as well.
So you know, there's a lot of voices that are
involved in in their draft selection process. But but Dana's
up there as well. Now, if if they managed, if
they did make a move a general manager, would they
still uh, would they still have some capable guys who
(08:25):
can make draft picks? Yeah? I mean they have a
lot of pretty good talent talent evaluators that Dana brought in.
I mean, these are these are Dana's guys. So you know,
do you do you remove the If you remove Dana,
then you know, you know, do you other guys stay.
I mean, these are all questions I just don't have
an answer to. So it's sort of uncharted waters at
this point.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
It certainly is uncharted waters. But let's let's put this
in perspective here. You have been hanging around the American
League West, despite the fact that your team is under
five hundred. The division isn't good, But how important are
these Look? Every game is important, but the next seven
and home after you go to this trip to Cinsanni
will be against all division teams. That feels like to me.
(09:05):
Next week is a very important week for figuring out
whether you are just hanging around and thankfully you're hanging around,
or there will be some separation between the top and
the bottom teams in the American League West.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Yeah, I agree. I mean you look at the standings,
You're like, there's you know, they're not even you know,
it's a quarter market a season yet, and you know
there's still sort of in a spot to where if
they could get it together, they could make a little
bit of a move here. But you're right, I mean,
this this is a big homestand coming up, they had
a three and three road trip to Baltimore and Boston.
I mean, you take you take a five hundred road trip.
You know, you lose two or three to the Dodgers,
(09:38):
who are, you know, the best team in the world.
So now you've got to start stacking some series wins again.
You're you're going to slowly start to get some guys
back off the il here. Penya is really close. I
think we'll see him uh nixt homestand you know, haters
a couple of weeks away. You know, ma is coming back.
Well he's gonna give you know, I'm not sure that
they've got the Senzo back. So they you know, a
(10:00):
little bit more of a capable player than they had
in that spot a week ago. So but at some
point they're gonna have to win two out of every
three win series. But if they had, if they have
a poor home stand against the Mariners and the Rangers
and really get buried in the standings and it starts
to look like it's just not going to happen, then
you know, even then, you know, maybe Crane, you know,
(10:20):
has some difficult conversations. But having not talked to him
about this, it's hard for me to know what he's thinking.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Before I let you run. The Estac pretties holding on
to him. It wasn't because the Astros were not trying
to kick the tires. I'm making a move with him
during spring training. They just needed him because of necessity,
because of ailments and whatnot. Now the Kray is out,
I would assume unless the Astros are in a full
cell mode, and that could still be a month from now,
that Estock pretty is still to worry about what gear
(10:47):
he's gonna wear for at least the next thirty to
forty five days.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Yeah, I don't think he's going anywhere. I mean he's there.
I mean they they tried to trade him, they couldn't
find a match, so and yeah, I mean they you know,
all we talked about all winter was this this surplus
of infielders that they have, and you know what happened.
Penya was hurt, you know, right off the bat, didn't
play every day, and then even even Pretis left the
(11:14):
team for three days, uh, you know, for the death
of his grandparent, and and now here Korea is out,
so you know they need him. I mean, he's a
guy that's still very young, a guy that's not making
a lot of money, so he's not going anywhere. He's
going to be at third base the rest of the season,
and you know, a guy'll they'll go into next year,
you know, probably looking to be in the middle of
(11:35):
their lineup as well. So if they would have traded him, yeah,
I don't know what they would have got for him,
but they would have been and I'm guessing they would
have got younger players, maybe minor league players who aren't
ready now, so they'd be in a lot worse spot
than they are. So I think that was a silver
lining for them for sure, holding on to Peretis and.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Back to you mightna wrap it up here. This is
a situation where he's just got to get out. This
is the money that was being spent. I'm curious how
Scott boring and you've had a chance to deal with
him a little bit. What is Scott? What's going through
Scott's mind right now? Is a wrap up this young
man's first for ragned American Baseball.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I haven't taught to
Scott at about EMI, but yeah, I mean, I think
you're right. He's just gotta throw strikes. Just just put
good guys out, don't walk guys, throwing the zone. I
mean the fact that you know, you know, he's pretty
much a two pitch pitcher, and Dana Brown said the
other day that he would like to see him, Yeah,
you know, throw those two pitches, but you know, maybe
(12:30):
open up a little bit more of the arsenal as well.
Because you throw two pitches, you know, you can get predictable.
If you're a starter for a reliever, you can get
away with it. So you know, maybe there's some pitch
useless things they can change. But you know, I'm sure
Boris is probably frustrated. He wants the best for his clients.
But you know, he may's got his money. He's got
a lot of money. And I'm sure you know, if
(12:52):
I was in his situation, I would not like my
e er. I would not like the fact that I'm
walking so many guys every nine innings, and you know,
I want to go out here and shove and show
people that I can do this. So and I get
there's a transition period, but I mean, he was at
spring training. The entire ring he pitched with the pitch clock.
He looked really good. It's you know, it's the same
(13:12):
game that it is now. It's just you know, the
lights are brighter, so maybe it's something between the ears.
I don't know, but you're right, he's just got to
go out there and throw strikes and give the team
a chance to win. And he hasn't been doing that,
and in two of the three starts that he made
in the big leagues, he didn't do that.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Tag's great stuff, as always, friend, Thank you for the visit.
We'll talk with the game with you again next Thursday,
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