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Bobby Blanco On Dylan Crews' First Hit In The Bigs
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You kind of wish that CJ was performing a little bit better than so he could stay in there and still have those three going up there at the top of the lineup because ideally, you know, some configuration of those three is going to be your top of your order in the years to come. But yeah, Dylan Cruz had a great night last night, his second game, his first two hits, full of eggs, quarter run, making impressive plays in the outfield as well. So the kid didn't get off and see if you can get on base ahead for how James look. The way we'll remember it is they were two line drive ropes into the gap and not a ball that went four and a half feet and was kind of a squirber, like a mass sale, like a pool trick shot that he ended up beating out the first Bobby. But I mean, to me last night was, was perfect because I've seen the sort of the grant. Everything that he does, right? There's not, I don't think there's one super incredible skill, but it's all good. And you saw all of the good things last night, he checked pretty much every box you can check as a ballplayer. Correct. Everything he does is good. It may be even above good. He does everything right now at like a B level and with the potential of being a plus at everything. You know, he's not going to have the natural power that James would have, but that's okay. You don't need him to do you need him to get on base be quick and even said after the game that like, you know, his he really likes how the nationals have an aggressive approach to that's how he likes to play. He likes to, you know, hit balls in the gap and turn singles into doubles. He likes to steal bases. He likes to be aggressive in the outfield. So I think what we saw last night just kind of showed a little bit of everything he did. The two things that really stood out to me from Dylan last night was one on that, you know, chopper, bunt, single, when the throw the first kind of away from the first baseman, Dylan, while his helmet was coming off, just threw off his helmet and took off for second. Like how many times have we seen CJ James, Louie, you know, try to keep the helmet on and slow up, trying to get the second gets thrown out. He's just said, Nope, I don't need it. I'm going to run the second base. And then that catch in the ninth in that corner over there in right field where that there's a little angle that comes out. We've even had, we've seen guys who have played that outfield 100,000 times have struggled at an angle and he came in, made the catch and made a spin and was ready to throw back into the infant with guys on base. So those two really took out to me. Not even, not even the double to lead off the night, but those two plays really forgot to me last night. There's going to be ebbs and flows for everybody. James Woods been splendid. The numbers are really good. And yet, you know, he's over his last three games. He's two for his last 16. I thought he got screwed a couple times last night. I thought he should have gotten a hit on the error where he with his speed forced the fast throw and beat a play out. That was an errant throw off the bag. And then secondly, he got cold out on strikes on a play that was several inches of pitch, well off the plate in. I guess I just have to get over it with him. But I'm telling you, because of his size, I really believe this, it messes with umpires. There's been a pieces written about this with Aaron judge and how many low strikes and just bad strike calls against him have happened. Umpires are not used to the strike zone being what it's supposed to be when James Wood is at the plate or something. But this guy gets more balls called strikes against him than anybody I've seen with the nats in a while. Right. And I think the last person that got called balls against strikes like that was, you know, he didn't bring it up. But Juan Soto early in his career, I mean, Juan Soto had such a great eye at the plate. And when he was a rookie, he wasn't getting calls. He wasn't getting the benefit of the doubt from umpires. And now we see later in his career, he's really established himself as one of, if not the best eye at the batter spot. So Juan Soto doesn't swing at the ball. It's probably not a strike. And I think James Wood has a very similar eye at the plate right now. And I know what put your talking about where he got completely screwed. And that was not even close to being a strike. I think James has done a really good job of staying level headed, staying with him himself, not expanding his zone. He knows what he's looking for. And I think you live with those unfortunately for right now in his rookie year, but that's his career progresses. He's gonna start getting those calls because hopefully either we'll have robotic umpires or umpires will have adjusted to his size. Bobby, super quick batting average, 296, 308 and 330. That's not a guy that's getting hot. That's batting average allowed by Mackenzie Gore in the month, June, July and August, respectively. His stuff is too good for that, man. What have you seen? I've seen him be better in the last two outings. I know that one inning in the sixth against Philadelphia kind of got away from him, but he was solid in Atlanta after giving up that lead off home run to Michael Harris the second, I believe it was. Six innings, just that one run. No walks was just huge. I think for him, he needs to attack the Yankees. It's kind of crazy to say, but like how Patrick Corbin attacked him last night, using all three of his pitches, maybe incorporating his change up a little bit more, trying to set them up, keep it low and away from those big power bats and kind of paint those corners and make them chase this stuff, because if Patrick Corbin can do it, you're right. Mackenzie Gore had better stuff at this point than Patrick Corbin does. So he should be able to do it as well. We know he likes to get up for these big kind of games. The Yankees definitely fit that criteria. So hopefully he can harness that and have a good night tonight. I always say that with their young pitchers, he would like Patrick Corbin didn't. You know what I mean? You know, the way he did it on that, guys, I trust me. It's so funny. Bobby, thank you, buddy. Good catch it up. See, dude. Yeah. Yeah, thank God. He was masterful last night. A corpsman, not Bobby, but Bobby. I thought Bobby was great. Bobby probably was really good to stick in the elevator all the way up. Remember that? That was very good. How funny was he? Bobby's the best. He's got like 19 seconds that he crushed Bobby from the ball, Bobby Blanco. This episode is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Whether you love true crime or comedy, celebrity interviews or news, you call the shots on what's in your podcast queue. And guess what? Now you can call them on your auto insurance too, with the name of your price tool from Progressive. It works just the way it sounds. You tell Progressive how much you want to pay for car insurance and they'll show you coverage options that fit your budget. Get your quote today at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. Progressive casualty insurance company and affiliates, price and coverage match limited by state law. Hey, NFL fans, you can start the season with a big return on Fandal, America's number one sports book. 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