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Offsesason Position Reviews: Outfield · Bucco Territory: A Pittsburgh Pirates Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome into another episode of Bucko Territory. I'm Mark, a.k.a.
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  Speaker 1: Platinum Key. Joining me as always is my co-host Josh Harrison, a.k.a.
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  Speaker 1: Jay Hay. Noah Hiles is traversing the European continent at
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  Speaker 1: the moment, so he's unable to join us right now.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to be there covering the Steelers game in
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  Speaker 1: France next Sunday, so it Shout out to Noah. Hope
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  Speaker 1: he's having fun and enjoying some well-deserved vacation to a
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  Speaker 1: very nice part of the world most of the time. Hopefully,
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  Speaker 1: it will be while he's there as well. Today, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to be digging in, concluding our position group reviews
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  Speaker 1: here on Bucko Territory, finishing off with the outfield and
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  Speaker 1: mixing in a little bit of DH talk as well here,
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  Speaker 1: I think. The outfield, we saw our big concern yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: was the defense going into the year. Very first inning
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  Speaker 1: of the year, O'Neal Cruz makes an error on national
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  Speaker 1: television with Paul Skeens on the mound against the Mets.
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  Speaker 1: Things go a little haywire as the reaction to that.
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  Speaker 1: But as the season went along, we saw O'Neal Cruz
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  Speaker 1: step up with his defense towards the end of the year.
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  Speaker 1: Jake Mangum provided that extra defense off the bench as
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  Speaker 1: the fourth outfielder also stepping up when Cruz was hurt.
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  Speaker 1: We saw Esmeralda Valdez really just take the league by storm.
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  Speaker 1: when he came up. And Brian Reynolds had a pretty
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  Speaker 1: solid year overall. Nothing crazy, but pretty respectable in left
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  Speaker 1: field for Brian Reynolds. So overall, we just mentioned last
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  Speaker 1: episode that this is a position group that doesn't really
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  Speaker 1: need a lot of additions going into 2027. I think
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  Speaker 1: we feel rather confident with those four names that I've mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: You also have Joe Stinson-Garcia, Ronnie Simon, Billy Cook as,
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  Speaker 1: you know, extra depth if you need it. But really
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  Speaker 1: those core four guys are where we're probably going to
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  Speaker 1: spend most of our conversation today. And Josh, I want
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  Speaker 1: to get your thoughts first and foremost here on O'Neal Cruz.
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  Speaker 1: Just a freak, freak athlete. Does stuff that only a
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  Speaker 1: few players in the league can do. If you're watching
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  Speaker 1: on YouTube right now, I just pulled up his StatCast page.
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  Speaker 1: along with Aaron Judge and Shohei Otani from 2026. Not
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  Speaker 1: saying he's that caliber of player, but he can do
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  Speaker 1: a lot that those guys do with his average velocity,
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  Speaker 1: his barrel percent, his hit rate, his bat speed is crazy.
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  Speaker 1: And so he has a level of like a ceiling,
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  Speaker 1: I think, that we haven't exactly seen yet. And so
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  Speaker 1: I want to get your thoughts, Josh, on what is
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  Speaker 1: O'Neal Cruz's ceiling going forward into 2027?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, first and foremost, you know, you got
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  Speaker 2: to be healthy. And, you know, we all saw, we
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  Speaker 2: all know, given when he's healthy, you know, just what
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  Speaker 2: he can do. I mean, the two guys that you
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  Speaker 2: just put them, you know, stat cast or whatever, where
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani, two guys who are what?
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  Speaker 2: They're game changers. And when you mentioned O'Neal, it's no
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  Speaker 2: secret that when he came back from injury, he was
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  Speaker 2: a game changer for the pirates. Not only offensively, but
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  Speaker 2: you got to see defensively the strides that he took.
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  Speaker 2: So when you mentioned what is his ceiling, we still
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  Speaker 2: haven't seen it. Just from a standpoint of you, you
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  Speaker 2: go through, you see raw talent and then you see,
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  Speaker 2: you mentioned a position change. Then you mentioned the injuries.
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  Speaker 2: It's just been a, you know, a couple of seasons
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  Speaker 2: of some unfortunate events that has, you know, kept the
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  Speaker 2: fans in baseball from really seeing this guy's true talent.
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  Speaker 2: And I think this second half when he came back
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  Speaker 2: from injury, I think everybody was reminded very quickly, like, okay, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the Pirates were– they were showing some promise, but, man,
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  Speaker 2: O'Neal Cruz, okay, when this guy's in the lineup, this
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  Speaker 2: dude is at, what I said, a game changer. So
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  Speaker 2: his ceiling is only as high as– He'll allow it
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  Speaker 2: to be, you know, given that he's healthy because he
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  Speaker 2: can change the game offensively, defensively, on the base paths. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of different ways. And, you know, it's been
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  Speaker 2: a while since Pittsburgh has had a center fielder that
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  Speaker 2: could do that. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Some names come to mind there. One in particular. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'm so excited just to see how much he can
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  Speaker 1: progress because we're looking, you know, at internal guys who
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  Speaker 1: can make a big step forward in 2027. names like
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  Speaker 1: Connor Griffin, Bubba Chandler come to mind, you know, guys
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  Speaker 1: with these young guys with a lot of potential, but
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  Speaker 1: even though O'Neal Cruz is a little older, I, I,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, Josh, I just, I don't think we've
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  Speaker 1: really seen his full ceiling yet. And so going into 2027,
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  Speaker 1: I fully expect if O'Neal Cruz is healthy, I think
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  Speaker 1: one be an all-star and to be a massive part
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  Speaker 1: in the step forward that this team takes. If you
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  Speaker 1: can continue to improve on this defense and, continued to
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  Speaker 1: get on base. He had a 404 on base percentage
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  Speaker 1: in his 33 games he played in the second half.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, he strikes out, but he also draws walks.
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  Speaker 1: And we've seen that patience really, really improve. I'm thinking
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  Speaker 1: back to like 2022, 2023 O'Neal Cruz, where he'd take
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  Speaker 1: these massive swings and just was chasing everything and just
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  Speaker 1: wanted to tear the cover off the ball with every
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  Speaker 1: single swing. I feel like he's gotten a lot more patient, judicious,
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  Speaker 1: and really developed his eye and also, uh, left-handed pitching.
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  Speaker 1: He took one of the biggest steps forward. I don't
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  Speaker 1: have the stats on hand right now, but I think
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  Speaker 1: he had like 11 hits against lefties in all of
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  Speaker 1: 2025 or something. And then had ended up going like
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  Speaker 1: over 300 batting average against left-handed pitching this year. So
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  Speaker 1: if he can continue that and replicate that in 2027,
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  Speaker 1: where it doesn't matter what picture he's going up against,
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  Speaker 1: he's a liability. Uh, like for the other opposing team
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  Speaker 1: to pitch to him, that's a game changer. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'm really encouraged by O'Neal Cruz, what we saw in
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  Speaker 1: the second half. So I wanted to discuss that. And
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  Speaker 1: All right, so moving on from O'Neill Cruz now. Another
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  Speaker 1: name that I think has a lot of potential, really brilliant,
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  Speaker 1: burst onto the scene. Uh, he actually now has two names.
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  Speaker 1: He has a nickname as well. The magician as Merlin Valdez.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: Wave that wand as Merlin.
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  Speaker 2: I love it so much.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, such a fun guy to root for. Um, you
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  Speaker 1: mentioned that before he blew onto the scene and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: it was really fun seeing that July where he was
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  Speaker 1: just rookie of the month, um, mash his lefties. And
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  Speaker 1: so I, I feel good about as Merlin Valdez, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as a platoon player at the very minimum, where he's
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  Speaker 1: going to be going up against left-handed pitching, be on
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  Speaker 1: the roster going into 2027. But Josh, how much faith
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  Speaker 1: do you have in the 2022-year-old Ezra Valdez going into 2027?
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  Speaker 1: Do you think you feel comfortable enough to put him
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  Speaker 1: in right field more, where you can allow Ryan O'Hearn
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  Speaker 1: to maybe DH or play first base, where he's more comfortable?
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  Speaker 1: Or are you still going to be relying on Ryan
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  Speaker 1: O'Hearn in right field to start the year?
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  Speaker 2: As things stand right now, obviously offseason hasn't happened. As
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  Speaker 2: the roster stands, probably still going to go O'Hearn and
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  Speaker 2: right field just for the most part of understanding. That's
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  Speaker 2: what you sign them to do and Spencer's going to
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  Speaker 2: play first. But that's not to say S. Merlin or
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  Speaker 2: Magician can't come into spring training and obviously get more
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  Speaker 2: reps because there's not anything he did during the season
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  Speaker 2: defensively that you're like, oh, he cost us X amount
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  Speaker 2: of games defensively. Right. it's not anything that you'd be like, okay,
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  Speaker 2: if he's out there getting reps and he's showing that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's not going to continue to hurt defensively
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  Speaker 2: and he's getting better, I think that obviously helps, especially given,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we just talked O'Neal, his step forward against lefties. Esmeralda,
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  Speaker 2: we know he smashes lefties. But it allows you to
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  Speaker 2: construct your, you know, lineup a little differently, especially as
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  Speaker 2: you mentioned, you know, Brian Reynolds. If he's DH-ing or
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  Speaker 2: if O'Hearn's DH-ing, yes, you might have an opportunity for,
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  Speaker 2: you know, S Merlin to be out in right field
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more than, you know, if that DH
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  Speaker 2: spot was filled like, like it was before the season,
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  Speaker 2: you know, previously, but, um, you know, so to, I
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  Speaker 2: obviously feel more confident with Ryan O'Hearn as the roster
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  Speaker 2: sits right now, but I think it does allow for
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  Speaker 2: the roster right now to kind of have that revolving
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  Speaker 2: DH where, okay, O'Hearn's going to DH. Okay. that's Merlin.
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  Speaker 2: You're out in the outfield. Or, you know, Spencer's going
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  Speaker 2: to DH. O'Hearn's going to play first. Or, you know,
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  Speaker 2: vice versa to where Reynolds is going to DH. That's
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  Speaker 2: going to allow, you know, Magician or Mangum or whoever,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean, to fill in that spot. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if you didn't hurt the team defensively and
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  Speaker 2: you helped offensively, I think that will, you know, allow
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  Speaker 2: for more opportunities per se. But as things stand right now,
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  Speaker 2: given it's still not the offseason, I would think that S.
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  Speaker 2: Merlin is almost going to play the role of getting
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  Speaker 2: where I fit in. If those guys are in, he
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  Speaker 2: might DH. If those guys are DH, he might fill in.
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  Speaker 2: But there's going to be a batch for him with
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  Speaker 2: this roster as it stands.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And I really want to discuss this DH point because
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  Speaker 1: we saw the Pirates approach with Marcelo Zuna where they
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  Speaker 1: had a dedicated DH player. And that forced Ryan O'Hearn,
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  Speaker 1: you know, play more in the outfield. And then he
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  Speaker 1: ended up having, I think it was a hamstring injury.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Reynolds, you know, forcing him out into the outfield
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  Speaker 1: where he's playing like 20th percentile defense. You have a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of guys that just aren't as good of defenders
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  Speaker 1: as they probably need to really support this pitching staff.
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  Speaker 1: When both of your corner outfielders are, you know, below
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  Speaker 1: 50th percentile. O'Neal Cruz was, 60th percentile, but obviously struggled.
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  Speaker 1: When he struggles, he does struggle. It's impactful. Same thing
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  Speaker 1: with Mangum. He does play above average defense, but can
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  Speaker 1: be a little overaggressive at times, which can hurt. When
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  Speaker 1: you're looking at what would you want to add to
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  Speaker 1: this team, I think the player type I would look
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  Speaker 1: for is another defensive outfielder. Because your fifth outfield option,
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  Speaker 1: besides Mangum Valdez, would be probably Joe Stinson-Garcia, who we
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  Speaker 1: saw come up briefly this year, did not succeed at
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  Speaker 1: the major league level. And AAA had an OPS just
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  Speaker 1: below 800. So he plays above average defense. You can
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  Speaker 1: play him in any of the three outfield roles. But
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  Speaker 1: you're not bringing him up. solely for his defensive prowess necessarily.
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  Speaker 2: And he's still, and he's still young enough to where
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  Speaker 2: he's still young. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And you don't know if it will even click in MLB,
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  Speaker 1: you know, maybe he just doesn't ever get there. Um,
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  Speaker 1: but former top 100 prospect, that's an option. You have
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  Speaker 1: Billy cook who we saw used as a defensive replacement,
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  Speaker 1: but barely got any at that's for, despite being on
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  Speaker 1: the team, um, for so long, same thing with Ronnie Simon,
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  Speaker 1: but I take Billy cook's defense over that. So, I
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  Speaker 1: feel like that's the one depth piece that this team
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  Speaker 1: would need.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, as, as we sit here and analyze it
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  Speaker 2: and we're talking, you know, DH and how you can
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  Speaker 2: have O'Hearn Reynolds, even S Merlin or Spencer, who obviously
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  Speaker 2: is on the infield, but that affects the outfield because
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  Speaker 2: one of those guys would play first. I do see
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  Speaker 2: where that, you know, signing another outfielder that, and I
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't say just strictly peer defense, but at the same time,
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  Speaker 2: it might not hurt you if it's somebody that's really
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  Speaker 2: good defensively just to sure up, you know, knowing that
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  Speaker 2: you got a really good outfielder out there, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that can cover two, if not all three of the,
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  Speaker 2: because who's to say that one day you might not
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  Speaker 2: want to give O'Neal a DH day, you know, Mangle
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  Speaker 2: might be in center, but it might be somebody where
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  Speaker 2: it might be Reynolds or somebody else's. You might have to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, So finding another outfielder that can cover those
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  Speaker 2: three spots. And as you mentioned, I know they use
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  Speaker 2: Joe Stinson, they use Billy Cook, but maybe somebody that's
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  Speaker 2: actually done it a little bit more and that can
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  Speaker 2: fill in that role a little bit better. Not that
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  Speaker 2: those guys aren't capable, but when you're in a position
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  Speaker 2: that the Pirates are, you want to make acquisitions that
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  Speaker 2: are going to make sense. And you don't really want
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  Speaker 2: to have to rely on question marks if you don't
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  Speaker 2: have to.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, I don't even have any names off
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  Speaker 2: the top of my head. But, you know, somebody that
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  Speaker 2: plays three spots, I was just thinking somebody like a
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  Speaker 2: mild straw. Not that he's a free agent or anything, but,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's a guy that's been around this play.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he can play three spots. Somebody of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: not necessarily, but somebody like him. You know, he's not
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  Speaker 2: going to hurt you. Obviously going to help you offensively.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, not offensively, but defensively. Offensively, he's going to
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  Speaker 2: be on the bases. You know, he can pinch run.
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  Speaker 2: He can be that defensive replacement. Um, and, and a
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  Speaker 2: guy that, you know, as I said, probably not gonna
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  Speaker 2: hit the ball at the park, but he's going to
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  Speaker 2: give you some tough at bats, but he knows his
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  Speaker 2: role as defense. And that's not, not saying, I don't say,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what miles straws contract status is. I
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  Speaker 2: was just saying somebody along the line like that, somebody
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  Speaker 2: that's been around. No, I completely agree. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: An established MLB bat. Who's not going to break the
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  Speaker 1: bank necessarily, or. acquire a lot of prospect capital to
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  Speaker 1: go out and acquire, um, someone that might even be
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  Speaker 1: like on one of those teams that just kind of
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  Speaker 1: like has too many outfielders. Um, you know, like Boston
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  Speaker 1: Red Sox, I feel like are one of those names
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  Speaker 1: that we talked about a lot and we got one
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  Speaker 1: of them with Justin Garcia. So maybe there's another situation
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  Speaker 1: where there's just like too much talent in that outfield
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  Speaker 1: where we can get someone cheap. Um, but yeah, again,
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  Speaker 1: I don't necessarily have a name prepared, unfortunately. Um, one
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  Speaker 1: last question here for you, Josh, uh, There's one guy
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  Speaker 1: that the Pirates have a lot of money invested in
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  Speaker 1: this outfield in Brian Reynolds. Would you consider moving him
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  Speaker 1: if you need to like free up that money to
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  Speaker 1: bring back a Brandon Lau or do something else of
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  Speaker 1: that impact? Or are you confident that Brian Reynolds is
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  Speaker 1: enough of a leader on this team? You know, he's
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  Speaker 1: one of the longest tenured position players. He might actually
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  Speaker 1: be the longest tenured position player. Do you bring him back?
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  Speaker 1: Do you even think about trading him in 2027? or
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  Speaker 1: you feel good with where you're at with it?
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  Speaker 2: I think he has the longest tenure. And that's, that's
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  Speaker 2: something that they're going to have to evaluate. Cause if
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  Speaker 2: you do, I mean, if that's something that they're going
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  Speaker 2: to evaluate and say, Oh yes, you have to understand that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that you're getting Brandon Lyle back.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And you, you know what I mean? So it's
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  Speaker 2: one of those things like, are you that confident that
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  Speaker 2: you're going to be able to sign Brandon Lyle? And as,
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  Speaker 2: as you know, we've talked on this show.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Reynolds' numbers may not have been what everybody may have expected,
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  Speaker 2: but they were still solid numbers. He still had a solid,
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  Speaker 2: productive season. That's still hard to come by, and that's
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  Speaker 2: a switch hitter. I would be a little reluctant just
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  Speaker 2: from a standpoint. Yes, he may not have stepped up
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  Speaker 2: to the plate as much as everybody would have liked
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  Speaker 2: last year, but he also was in a part of
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  Speaker 2: a lineup where he was missing a lot of key
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  Speaker 2: components to where, you know, he's not a very outspoken guy.
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  Speaker 2: He's not a big energy, you know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: But it's like, yeah, you know, I think this team
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  Speaker 2: best bet would be, you know, if he's rotating DH
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  Speaker 2: playing some left field and they, I, I, I, me personally,
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  Speaker 2: I'm holding on to him just because I think his
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  Speaker 2: numbers get better with a healthy team. Yeah.
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: And I agree. The only reason I bring that up
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: is looking at teams like the Milwaukee Brewers. uh, the
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: small market teams who are really good at holding on
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: until the last minute. And then once they trade a guy,
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: you know, like they're like, okay, yeah, they, Willie Adamas
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: could still help the brewers, but they, you know, allowed
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: him to go sign for a massive deal. And they
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: moved on from their pitchers when they looked like they
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: were going to be like, they had to bring them back.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: And so that's what, uh, was kind of, but that's
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: when you.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: Know, that's when you know, you, that's when you know,
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: you got some stuff in depth to like, right. Or,
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: you know what I mean? So, And we just spoke
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: on the depth. There's a lot of question marks.
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: And yeah, so like if Joe Stinson-Garcia came up and
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: succeeded and I felt confident about him, then maybe you
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: could move Ryan Reynolds. But yeah, I would personally still
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: hold on to him for at least another year. Just
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: way too critical. And I feel like it might be
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: important just to have him as that leadership role for
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: that final playoff push and finally get over that mountain
• 18:26
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• 18:31
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• 19:29
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