Torey Lovullo sent out his A-lineup for the Diamondbacks on Monday against the Oakland As. Is this the same starting lineup we will see on Opening Day for Lovullo and co.? We also have answers to your Mailbag Monday questions about Brandon Pfaadt, the battle for the fifth starter in the rotation, and which Disney characters we actually are.
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2:20 A-team lineup today?
10:00 Torey on culture fit of new additions
16:00 Battle for fifth rotation spot
30:40 Mailbag Monday
41:15 Is Paul Goldschmidt overrated?
51:55 How to value Spring Training performances
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[Applause] Yeah a ski to you all and welcome in to another edition of the phnx dback podcast right here on phnx my name is Derek montia of course I am occasionally known as mayor ofx this Maniac next isas known as vice mayor it’s the thunderstick Jesse fredman and of course
You guys know what day it is so we’re excited to get around to some of your questions uh had myself a fun time out at Phoenix Raceway yes I know you had a fun time covering baseball games as you always do on your weekends and on your
Weekdays and on every day that is spring training this man does not take a day off uh but uh turns out Derek there’s a lot of spring training games they’re basically every day and when they don’t happen we’re still doing a show that day
So days off for a little hard to come by it’s ironic he says that right he says that but he’s allowed to have days off we I am not a firm Taskmaster that sends Jesse out there in fact Jesse was out uh covering baseball games uh while these
Guys were out with me watching Racing yeah yeah Diamond Back getting their teeth kicked in a Camelback Ranch me and me and the boys that was uh manly and McGuff and Tucker barnhard and Christian Walker we were all out there having a good time watching if they’re taking a day off I
Mean I mean I’m saying I feel like that’s probably something that should happen at some point but um I appreciate you not pacing yourself for sure uh and I also appreciate you being out there today at Sal River Fields for the Diamondbacks putting out their a lineup against the Oakland A’s because that
Very much look like the starting lineup do we have let’s take a look at this starting lineup That Tory Lolo got out there today because uh this this looks like this looks like it Jesse this looks like it it does look like it uh yeah Corbin Carroll batting first and right
Field catel in the two-hole second base Gabby Mareno hitting third Christian Walker hitting cleanup jock Peterson slid into the Five Spot there dhing of course and it was lordis guel and left field aeno Suarez batting seventh at third base Alec Thomas hitting eth in center field and then Heraldo Pomo uh
Hitting Ninth at shortstop uh yeah this is this is uh I think the diamond packs maybe not their opening day lineup because I assume that Kyle Freeland would be the rocky opening day starter in which case uh that means there’s a lefty on the mound and so I think there
Would be some subtle changes but this could be the Diamondbacks lineup the majority of the time against righties and we’re finding that out like several weeks out from uh from opening day obviously things could change maybe guys could move around but for the most part there’s certain things there that I
Really do like including Gabriel Moreno no longer being down at the bottom of the lineup being there in that three hole that’s uh very exciting for for the Diamondbacks franchise catcher yeah absolutely I mean that was an adjustment that the that the Diamondbacks made late
In the season I mean in the playoffs you didn’t even see Gabby Marino hit third every time but eventually they decided not to have Tommy fam in that spot against IES and just use Gabby in that spot every single time out and he was pretty good he was pretty productive in
The postseason obviously some really really big moments there and I think it just it just fits together nicely I mean you have those those top four hitters Carol Marte Mareno Walker same exact top four as you had against righties in the postseason and then instead of Alec
Thomas hitting fifth which we saw a little bit of in the playoffs you have Jo Peterson hitting fifth who is I think we can all agree a more a more formidable left-handed hitter in the middle of that lineup kind of separating uh you know giving a bit of a different
Look with all the other righties that are in there and then you know guel Suarez Thomas all the way down in the eight hole Heraldo Pomo was really productive in the nine hole for much of the 2023 season I think you have to like him staying there so as we’ve been
Saying for a long time now it’s a really well balanced lineup there aren’t any gaping holes in this lineup for the Diamondbacks and you know seeing it all on paper for the first time is I think a cool experience for a lot of people the only surprise for me here is Gabby
Moreno and Gino being in the spots that they’re in I think I would have imagined they would have been swapped and we would have seen Gino uh hit earlier in the lineup um I’m I’m I welcome Marino hitting higher in the lineup but what are your thoughts on Gino hitting
Seventh yeah I mean Gino you know looking again at his numbers last year Gino just didn’t have a great offensive season in 2023 uh you know he had an Ops of 714 Ops plus of 101 so he’s basically League average hitter and you know if
You look at the homers in RBI Numbers 22 homers 96 RBI I mean those are those are pretty good but uh yeah I I don’t know if you’re expecting aeno Suarez to be that that kind of middle of the lineup run producer that he was earlier in his
Career not to say he couldn’t bounce back and have a season like that I think the Diamondbacks are kind of holding out hope that he’s able to do that or at least have some optimism that that could happen but that’s not really the player he was last year well the way the lineup
Is structured right now it does give them kind of a power guide every couple of batters it gives that that guy an opportunity to have some you know maybe guys on base ahead of him to drive in some runs yeah and that kind of goes even for the lineup coming back around
Right you got Alec Thomas and Pomo in you know eighth and Ninth and that is very similar to what we saw in the playoffs last year and then you come back around and now you have Corbin Carroll who essentially goes from a leadoff hitter to a very capable you
Know uh person that can that can bring in some runs you got catel Marte that can bring in some runs so like it when it comes back around to the start of the lineup you kind of almost have you know a kind of another leadoff situation with
Alec Thomas and Pomo there in the eth and Ninth pole so yeah it just it very much feels like a very complete lineup and uh right now Tori I guess you spoke to him about if he’s planning on making any changes yeah this is this was pretty
Funny Tori was Tori was asked today are are you still considering anything with regard to this lineup and uh here’s here’s how he answered that question um yeah who the backups would be when you were when you were thinking about placing together um did you just kind of did you just
Kind of pick up where you were in October you talking about like Corbin Marte Mareno Walker Peterson yeah got real good and I think that’s going to be my starting point um I think Gabby showed towards the back end of the baseball season that he was capable of handling that workload and that
Responsibility hitting that high up in the lineup so I have no reason to believe that it’s going to change so that’s I’ll start there and we’ll figure it out from from this point forward yeah I love I love what I saw at the end that last year it worked really well for us
Love that answer love that answer I love the long pause the extended pause he might be considering out and then he said yeah we are considering uh changes who the who the backups are going to be so AKA we are not considering changes really Tori seemed to imply there that
The lineup we saw today was in fact uh the Diamondbacks lineup again not necessarily against lefties but against righties I think this is this is what you would see one of the starting lineups that we will probably see regularly things could change Tor doesn’t really stay stuck to anything I
Mean he does try to give things an opportunity to work yeah I also appreciate the fact that Tori does give us a lot of credit as media sometimes so I think when he is kind of thinking his answers through thoroughly he wants to make sure uh that that nobody in the
Room catches him on something or whatever but uh that was pretty funny that was a a great pause and I mean he often says I I reserve the right to change my mind that that’s a that’s a toryism we get often we didn’t actually get that today so it feels like this has
Another another layer of you know official compared to some of the things he said like it’s like Dave Roberts definitely for now you know and yeah permanent permanent for now yeah talking about Gavin love like things like that are things that managers of course you know yes they can say something now they
Can make a decision now and then change that that’s what managing is managing is adapting throughout the season and making sure that you’re giving your team the best opportunity to win big part of that is the guys that they brought in and how those personalities obviously fit in with the clubhous now
That’s something that’s probably important for every single single major league baseball team but you do have to acknowledge that with the amount that it’s brought up and and kind of the Care uh that they that they take in in talking about it bringing in guys that
Connect with the rest of the locker room is very important for this Diamondbacks team and uh Tori talked about how all the new guys including Rod jock and Gino are all fitting in in the clubhouse heard great things about all the new players that we brought in but
They’ve been been even better since I’ve gotten a chance to know example jock Peterson last Tuesday brought in a taco truck for everybody for lunch um he’s looking to plan some some team Gatherings um Eduardo is in the middle of Clubhouse yucking it up playing playing dominoes and just getting to
Know his teammates on a more intimate level you Suarez is is is good at holding other players accountable and just bringing them together and having them understand for the good of what’s happening every single day this is what we need to do and why you need to do it
So he’s upholding what what we’re teaching as staff members so it it those are just some small examples they’ve been great and I can’t wait to see how it plays out on a baseball field look we’re going to get hit in the face there’s no doubt about it we are going
To get slugged in the face at some point in time during the season um it’s just baseball it’s Sports and you can’t you can’t go 100 62 and0 I want to know what this team’s going to look like when it get socked in the face and I’m I’m
Feeling very good about him being a be able to stand up and and compete still first of all jock brought in a taco truck he did bring in a taco truck that is incredible uh this is not the taco truck but this is this is this is an artist rendering
Somebody in this room created this masterpiece and it is a masterpiece I must say uh of what maybe because maybe [ __ ] tacos is a thing we can like make happen right I mean I know it wasn’t specifically his taco truck and it definitely wasn’t this taco truck but
This taco truck kind of goes hard is my thought here and that maybe it does but you missed one important detail which is that jock Peterson’s taco truck would surely be a cyber truck because he’s a cyber he’s a cyber truck damn it Jesse you’re right you’re right oh man it
Might be a little hard to serve tacos out of a cyber truck on second thought but you might maybe you could find a way I oh man that’s incredible though like jock Peterson is a guy that when you see him and you can definitely do not miss
Him when he is you know around he is different right he is a very different kind of guy like and sometimes when you are a different person speaking a little bit from experience myself here uh it can alienate you from the people that you’re trying to kind of you know bond
With and and you know mesh well with and I feel like that’s just a exem cool move to bring in a taco truck right like everybody loves tacos who doesn’t love tacos right I mean I think it’s a it’s a universal sign of love to bring your friends tacos right and especially if
You know if you’re if you’re really trying to make your co-workers like you you know bringing in a taco truck for for lunch at work sounds like about the best thing that you can do um if you’re a boss or GM of like a business like let’s say hypothetically uh media yeah
Yeah if you yeah if you were you know in a leadership position in a media company maybe that would help boost morale every now and then I I’m just saying hypothetical scenario are you all right over there all Bookman all Bookman um anyway uh Tori talked about if he’s ever had a
Player bring in a food truck of any kind before I do remember one let’s hear what Tori had to say didn’t we didn’t we just hear about that oh there’s there’s a there’s another one there’s a there’s a follow-up clip uh Tori talking about uh yeah if if he’s ever had a player
Bringing a taco truck before do we have that not one it’s the first time I was pissed I already ate I didn’t even know I was so pissed that’s what I told him tacos was that what it was Tai’s tacos Taiwan walk Tac oh he did have TI Taco but we had to
Go way out there I remember that yeah yeah it was T Tacos yeah that was a long time ago that’s good memory tacos the what you didn’t indulge in have tacos after you ate so I ate and I went out and got two to go and I had it for
Dinner that night yeah trying to lose weight I’ve got 10 pounds of ice cream weight on me that I got he I remember that Taiwan Walker had his food truck out there it was out in the grassy area of where kind of they make us Park uh they made me park the other
Day is a long that is a long way to go it’s a long walk yeah you have to go outside the stadium and walk across the street over there not to mention the fact that I believe everybody was getting um tacos like it wasn’t just for
The players it was for fans walking up could get free tacos like anybody of the media members of this guy right here enjoyed some Tai tacos that’s for sure but uh this was different the taco truck rolled up right into uh Salt River Fields it it actually drove right right
By where like the BM and the exit to the clubhouse is and where they do their uh their Bullpen sessions so uh cool move from jock right and again like it’s I feel like it’s just a matter of you know again like small gestures like small gestures of love like buying your
Friends tacos that helps you Bond right uh I don’t know I I like jock I’m excited for this season I mean I I do have to add that you know if he really wanted the members of the media to to like him all the more and perhaps say
Nice things about him maybe the maybe the media should have been included in the taco truck this time around just I for one appreciate he didn’t uh because then like can you trust my unbiased opinion after that Jesse can you really trust me I mean I don’t know if we’ve
Ever been able to trust your unbiased opinion so I unbiased is not really a word I would normally attach so whatever uh uh well one thing that I’m still very much interested in and I still might have a little bias towards one of these guys but uh is that that battle for the
Fifth spot in the starting rotation right we still have Ryan Nelson and Tommy Henry we both I think we of the mindset that Tommy Henry pretty much is the front runner and it’s kind of his job to lose a little bit but he got roughed up uh on Saturday in Surprise
And Ryan Nelson was was pretty good today Ryan Nelson was pretty good today um he was different today also Ryan Nelson after we talked a lot on here about his revamped slider how he’d been throwing it harder uh we’ve seen it generally in the upper 80s averaging
Around 88 miles an hour and today uh we did not see that from Ryan Nelson we saw a slider from Ryan Nelson that was right around 85 miles an hour in this game according to statcast he threw like two different pitches they have a slider that averaged 83 they have a cutter here
That average 84.7 my understanding is they are actually the same pitch I think he’s just throwing one pitch and Stat gas is just continues to be very confused about Ryan Nelson let’s let’s be honest pitches really are like one being a sweeper versus a slider versus a splitter versus like some like these
Pitches at all it just it’s very small differences at times what changes it from one pitch to another right I mean there are yeah like like I sure hope we can tell a splitter apart from like a sweeper or something if you can’t tell sweeper and a splitter apart they’re
Probably not very good pitches but uh but yeah I think I think statcast maybe just getting a little confused there and uh I also uh frankly am getting a little confused here with with Ryan Nelson’s pitching Arsenal and uh kind of what what the thinking is in in this process
Uh it did I guess I’ll start by saying it did work for him pretty well today uh this new pitch uh if you just kind of pull them all together he got three whiffs and uh and and four called strikes so uh pretty pretty effective overall I would say he hadn’t gotten any
Whiffs on the harder slider in either of his last two starts entering this game uh so I I guess it was a step in the right direction but it continues to be a little difficult to sort through kind of what his he was throwing two different pitches last year one that registered as
A slider one that registered as a cutter and then this year the narrative was that he was just narrowing it down to one pitch uh but then there were references today uh made to like differentiating between two pitches so it continues to get more and more
Confusing I I guess the the thing we can take away is that the Diamondbacks and Ryan Nelson himself haven’t really figured out something that they like yet and they’re continuing to Tinker which is interesting when he is in the middle of you know vying for the fifth starter
Spot in this rotation a very legitimate candidate for that spot usually that’s something you’re doing with a guy that has kind of a cemented spot in the rotation right you’re working on pitches sure if you’re Paul sea Wald you can experiment with a new change up you know
Your job is secure you’re just kind of playing with a with a new weapon and seeing if it will work for you uh Ryan Nelson is in the thick of a fifth starter competition and he just like on a on a Monday afternoon is like well I’m
Just gonna throw a different pitch today he said it’s a different grip too it’s not just like he’s you know he’s throwing this one not as hard or however you would imagine that happening so but three and two thirds today four hits one ear run one walk two strikeouts 66
Pitches thrown 43 for strikes meanwhile Tommy Henry on Saturday and surprise three and two3 innings pitched 10 hits allowed five earned runs no walks two strikeouts yeah not a great day for Tommy Henry just looking at the numbers at this point and again I’m always really hesitant to just like I I don’t
Think the Dbacks are just going to pick the guy with the lower ra at the end of spring but I do have to believe that the performance in these games does matter for these two guys in particular in my mind it’s that carnival game where it’s
The little horses racing and you have to put the balls down in the holes to make your horse move like I just and I know that’s not really what it’s like but it just feels like at time you see kind of Tommy Henry take the lead and then Here
Comes Ryan Nelson and now he takes the lead right like and if you’re basing it purely on the results that’s how you’re going to view it it’s not how the coaching staff is viewing it they’re viewing it based on you know things like Ryan Nelson being able to add another
Pitch to his Arsenal that does make him far more effective than the fast ball pitcher that he was yeah absolutely I mean at the end of the day it’s it’s going to be about his secondary pitches and how well those pitches are working uh the change up was a talking point
After this game he got he got a couple whiffs on his change up to lefties he also threw a change up to a righty in this game which was interesting uh he said this is the best that he’s felt about that pitch so far in spring training I think that’s really important
For him uh but going back to that slider real quick here’s here’s what Ryan’s explanation was for the changes that he made this time around uh yeah it’s uh little different grip different uh different thought process to trying to get a little bit bigger like little bit like more like
Horizontal movement yeah is it similar then to the like slower one that you had last year uh similar but not quite it’s kind of in between the cutter and that one okay yeah what was the thinking behind making that change uh just trying to get something something that I can get more
Swing and Miss in the zone whereas the the harder one kind of feels like in the zone it floats a little bit so well uh Ryan Nelson really seems like he’s coming along meanwhile Miguel Castro has really struggled uh for this team I know one of the questions we got
Today was would the Diamondbacks just consider parting ways with Miguel Castro based on how I guess unproductive his spring has been so far what did Tori have to say about this I know he talked about it after the game yeah Tori was asked about Castro and his struggle so
Far um and yeah I mean it’s not that many starts and it’s just spring training but Miguel Castro has definitely gotten roughed up I think he was he was good in his in his first spring training outing from a number standpoint but since then he’s given up
At least one run every time uh he has a a I think it’s like a 1276 ER or yeah 1246 ER at this point with a 231 whip in spring training so from a number standpoint it doesn’t look good uh Tory basically just said that he needs to
Throw strike one he needs to get ahead of hitters if he’s pitching from behind then you know that’s when he gets that’s when he gets in trouble and we saw a lot of that last year when Miguel Castro was in the strike zone he can be really good
Like he has really really good stuff when when he’s when he has the advantage in the count he can be one of the better relievers in the game at at finishing them off but when he’s behind Miguel Castro you know we we’ve seen how that looks at times and that’s kind of how
It’s looked in in some of these outings so far um well another guy that not not that we’ve been concerned with but something we’ve been watching has been Paul seaw wal’s velosity Tori talked about obviously that he doesn’t know Paul seaal that well because this is his first spring training right you
Know managing him but uh he didn’t seem concerned at all prior uh to today we know sea wald’s V’s gone up a little bit but H what did Tori say that afterwards still still okay with sea wald’s vo being down yeah he was asked are you still okay with with sealds V being
Where it is and and Tori said yeah he’s okay with it uh what was explained to to him and other dbox coaches by Paul at the beginning of Spring training is is that it it takes time for him to build up his V and he doesn’t tend to get there until
The end of spring training so I think there’s still a sense that he’ll he’ll be able to get some back he didn’t get any back today uh his last start or his last appearance I believe he averaged 89.8 with his or 89.9 with his four seam
Fast ball and today it was 89.8 so it was basically the same as as his last start there’s still a couple weeks left I think you could get some back but you know if you’re if you’re expecting Paul seaal to maintain his velocity from 2023 that’s not really something I’m
Expecting at this point it feels like they are still trying to figure out their infield backup roles and who is going to fill in there it feels like whoever they go with here needs to kind of be able to play multiple roles that’s why we saw Emanuel Rivera playing short
Stop today did a decent job he did do he did do a decent job yeah he had uh one ball where he had to move far to his right and threw from deep in the six hole made a made a really nice throw it looked it looked smooth uh and then he
Had another play where he had to charge in on a on a slow roller and he executed that one well too uh it’s always tricky you know when you don’t have that many innings to to give to these these guys at various positions and you really want
Them to be challenged in those Innings you know if you put jock Peterson in left you don’t want him to just get like two pop ups that are super routine that you know you and I might be able to make you want to see him challenged a little
Bit and Mana was challenged today with those two balls that went to him and he executed really really well and Tori talked about uh being comfortable with Rivera playing Short Stop potentially this season yeah yeah I think he’s got enough um enough infield overall infield potential where he knows his his clock
Is solid he’s got great hands I just want to get him more familiar with the angles of the ball coming at him and um um look it’s about making a routine play and I think you could make a routine play no problem I know he’s going to
Want to Excel and make something more than that but he made some made two tough plays today those weren’t easy so um overall I would feel comfortable because I just think he’s a really good infield there assuming you were happy to see two balls hit right at him kind of
In tricky spots yeah yeah um the way I’m watching the game is a little different from the fan I’m thinking please hit the ball the short please hit the ball the short please hit the ball the short and they did they it um and you know it worked out
Well bees and Albert are back in the chat now it’s a party happy to have you guys back uh Tori obviously you know still like that funny comment he made the backup role there’s still a lot to be determined there’s still a lot uh to be figured out there for the starting
Rotation as well so uh Rivera will play Third tomorrow uh we’ll have Elvis Andrews there playing shortstop tomorrow yeah that is what Tori said we just keep shuffling these these infielders around uh it feels like I I could use like a random number generator to figure out like where Kevin Newman Jace Peterson
NIS Andrew all these guys are playing on a on a given day they’ve been bouncing around a lot but a lot of a lot of it is a test for versatility if you’re going to land one of those backup infield spots the Dbacks are going to want you
To be able to move around a little bit and uh all of all of those guys in that conversation are being tested we saw Elvis Andrews in his in his first game with the deback starting at third base the other day which is a position I’m
Not even sure if he played last year maybe a handful of Innings if anything so uh versatility is is certainly a factor here well we appreciate you guys being here in the phnx sports YouTube channel of course uh and those of you that have not been around appreciate you
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Have you seen me in left field I’m incredible uh of course I mean if if both numbers are zero it can we really are you talking about percentage chance the chance higher chance I there there I have to be a fraction of a percentage higher than Trevor bow that’s for sure I
Don’t think you’re a fraction of a percentage I think it’s just a blank zero for you and for him you shouldn’t take it as it’s not it’s not meant to be offensive it’s just it somehow is offensive it’s a blank for me to I don’t
Want to know that the ship has sailed on any of my career choices whether that is accurate or not I just want the door to remain open Jesse uh you got to keep an open mind and that’s what we’re about on this show it’s not the only thing we’re
About though because of course you know what we’re about on Mondays every month on this show is women’s History Month not just the month of March every single month just like every week is Shark Week not just some week that a channel tells you it’s Shark Week in the middle of
Summer every week is Shark Week every day is Earth Day because we don’t just do that one day a year we do that every day here on this podcast but on Mondays Mondays are special on Mondays we go to the mailbag Damon let’s go interesting in my mailbox I try to
Get to everything in my mailbox and then once in a while there’s a letter that makes me go wow wow Michael mcder has given me more than a 0% chance of making a team and you know he doesn’t believe in me at all so let’s go what do we got here he believes
In you more than he should that’s right uh we got a question first question from our oh no oh no oh no all right this is what happens when Damon actually eats food around here we can’t let this happen guys I have no idea what you’re talking about the the
The graphic is on the screen it was there the whole time there the whole time and we blew it all right uh well this first question comes from zoo zoo zoo zoo I think I think he said zo one not not I think you missed one zo zo zoo
Zozo all right there there there it is uh he says and I like that he I like that he went ahead and censored certain words in this tweet I appreciate that but he said the Dodgers broadcast was trashing thoughts change up numbers but I was very impressed with the way he
Played it off the sweeper and sinker especially against the Phillies lefties in the NLCS didn’t did it improve post strm intervention or was it just a playoff Mirage PS FTD and I think any Diamondbacks fan knows what FTD means uh Jesse uh what what are your thoughts on
Uh Brandon F’s change up and especially I guess the way things didn’t go well uh on Saturday yeah I I think that his change up is a is a really really important pitch this is something we talked about after one of his starts a little a little while back uh something that he
Had mentioned after a start when asked about the change up and if that was kind of a point of emphasis for him coming into the season and he said emphatically yes that is something that he was working on over the off season and really important for him against lefties
Sweepers are not generally great pitches to lefties kind of no matter how good yours is we don’t see that many pitchers with sweepers uh use them to lefties successfully it’s pretty rare um and while I think FS is as good as just about any you’ll find and maybe could
Still be pretty useful against lefties we saw some of that last year having a change up really adds so much to his Arsenal and it did play well in the playoffs at times for sure uh the Phillies in in particular uh Kyle schwarber Bryce Harper uh we definitely
Saw guys struggle with with that pitch the the fact the big thing for f is just getting to a place where it’s more consistent it has not been consistent really so far he’s been very reliant on the for seam the sweeper and the Sinker the change up is kind of come and gone
For him if he could get to a place where it is there consistently like it was uh in in that Philly series that would be really huge for him two and two thirs innings pitched against the Dodgers on the 10th gave up four hits four earned
Runs gave up one Dinger struck out one no walks um so not a great outing for fought and yeah the change up I think is still a work in progress I I believe that Brandon fought is still a work in progress I think that you know we we
Were asked this before about kind of how he played in the playoffs off if that was if that was Mirage if you will and I I I still think that the actual Brandon fought is somewhere between you know what we saw at times when he struggled
And that that pitcher but yeah I I do think that you know for for a brief moment what we saw was a young pitcher who has a reputation for being very calm at all times in big huge games the biggest baseball games that any pitcher could pitch in and he remained calm and
I think that that was his biggest weapon when you talk about how effective that change up was it was against aggressive hitters that he was just throwing some stuff sometimes that he had no business throwing and it was working extremely well and his stuff was really good
Because he was really confident in it and that confidence sometimes can just be the fact that he was able to maintain you know his composure so well during those big games during the playoff run you know one one thing that that I do think is kind of funny from his start
Yesterday against the Dodgers the numbers as you mentioned were not good he he did not I don’t believe he threw a single sweeper in the first inning of that game because he didn’t want to show the pitch to the Dodgers and it sounds like he was intending on going the
Entire game without throwing a single sweeper just so that he wouldn’t be revealing that pitch although they’ve seen it before but he didn’t want to show that pitch again in a spring training game uh to a division rival and uh eventually he just broke I think in
In the second inning I’m not sure exactly when it was he just decided that the results had been so miserable up to that point and he just wanted to start getting outs again and so he started throwing the sweeper and naturally when fought throws the sweeper he starts to
Have success at that point all right well uh I believe in Brandon fought so that’s uh I’m sure we’ll see him find find himself and like honestly Games been ship I give him a 10 right if you’re trying not to tip your tip your tip your hand to one of your biggest
Opponents they to face throughout the season I’m here for it spring training games are meaningless let’s remember that what else we got uh next question comes from Travis more more for me uh says haven’t thought about it much but Hurley hitting a home run the other day made me wonder how
Much has the last draft class been playing over spring training I know Troy is playing in the Breakout game but has he been playing other than that what what about the other guys uh like Drew Jones uh I know Tommy Troy got in for you know like one at bat but I don’t
Think that he’s really played very often I think that to be honest It’s You know guys that are that far off typically aren’t really getting a lot of playing time especially from this point in spring training on because they do really want to see positional depth and guys that they are considering calling
Up this season potentially should they need them um and I I think that’s probably the reason why you don’t see a lot of those guys like I mean when Tori says that people are in Camp are you know fighting for roles even when we don’t think that they’re actually uh in
The competition for like the starting pitcher role or something like that there is a reason why they’re still around right and the reason why is because they still want to continue uh to get a look at them they still want they they still believe that that player
Could potentially be an asset at some point during the course of the 2024 season yeah we’ve seen we’ve seen a few we haven’t seen all that many I’m looking up the numbers now so Jack Hurley has two played appearances uh of course a home run one for two there uh
Drew Jones we have not seen in any spring training games at this point although I do expect you’ll see him uh in that fun prospect game that we have coming up uh spring breakout and then uh Tommy Troy has had uh just two at bats in spring training I guess three played
Appearances two at bats uh he did double in or sorry this is Kevin Sim I’m mixing up my baseball reference Pages here Kevin Sim who was taken by the Diamondbacks uh in the fifth round in the 2023 draft uh he has had three plate appearances and does have a hit and then
We’ve seen Tommy Troy we haven’t seen uh really anyone else so uh you’re not generally going to see a whole lot of you know last year’s draft picks playing in spring training it’s really just too early for those guys to be seriously competing for jobs you’ll see an
Occasional aat here and there just with how the how the Rost kind of shaked out I think you know the team they like to see those guys getting in actual games and you know showing what they can do on on that stage but it’s not there’s no
Sense in giving jack Hurley you know 40 plate appearances this time of year those plate appearances should go to guys who are you know more realistically aiming for jobs right now Riley Dunn says both Hurley and Troy are very very new in their careers so I feel just two
At bats isn’t just yet enough to judge them absolutely probably not and and nor nor I don’t think think is the you know front office or Tori and his coaches doing that either I think it’s just a matter of getting the guys playing time that they need to see and you’re right
About those guys being very very new in their career so that’s the reason why they’re not really being considered it doesn’t mean that things can’t quickly change over the course of a season right Corbin Carroll completely spoiled us with how fast he moved through the Diamondbacks minor league system and and sometimes
Maybe there might be another guy that could do it equally you know as fast it just you know is something that of course right now the Diamondbacks have a lot of positional depth they have a lot of guys up here that they are wondering which ones they’re going to keep and
Which ones they’re gonna possibly either send down to minor leagues or DFA they you know they they they have to figure out their you know their backups right now and that’s kind of who they’re looking at the most yeah the the spring Breakout game will be fun you’ll get
You’ll get you’ll get to see some of these guys and uh you know a little bit more but even then I mean I I don’t think you’re necessarily you’re you’re getting a bunch of different Dbacks prospects from you know a bunch of different draft years at that point so
Uh it’s going to be a while before you see much of the 2023 draft class just kind of the way baseball Works who’s managing that team is Tori managing that team I Tori is not managing that team but I don’t know who is interesting Tori
Said the other day he was asked if he will manage he said no but I do not know who is managing game all right next question comes from AR guy Gabriel bold as bronze Gabriel asks what’s your unpopular Dbacks opinion mine is that they did the right thing at the time
Trading Dansby for Shelby Miller I all right I’ll just tear the bandaid off I think that people like idolize Paul goldmit entirely too much excuse me I think people idolize Paul Goldman entirely too much I think that I don’t even know how to start with that Paul you’re going to make Damon so
Angry right now was absolutely incredible and I’m not saying that he didn’t go off somewhere else and become and like still be an incredible player I’m just saying like when it comes to that the loss of Paul gold Schmid as much as it might have been about money I
Don’t know if it was for Paul gold Schmid as much as it would have been the Allure to go play for a team like the St Louis Cardinals so your reason I don’t know how to respond to this your reasoning for this is that is that he wanted to
Play for a winning organization and idiz my reason for this is that uh at times Well it’s not the it’s not that I I just think I think people that are Diamondbacks fans really feel like that like crumbled the organization like gold Schmid leaving the organization right it
Represents I think an era ending you know what I mean like Los Paul goldm represents losing that era of Diamondback’s baseball and he is no doubt I think what the I think he’s currently the best hitter we’ve we’ve ever had at at a peak wouldn’t you say so
Jesse Yeah I mean I’m not really sure that’s debatable I mean I would I I’m not even debating that necessarily you’re saying at a peak though right like it bounced off of the fact asking for new people are not happy Derek no I mean for the most part I get it I
Understand you’re not going to be happy it’s an unpopular opinion that’s why it’s an unpopular opinion I respect did you ask me for a popular opinion CH Corbin Carrol is a very good baseball player that’s a popular opinion I said that people idolize Paul goldmit far too
Much and I think that Paul gold Schmid would have left the organization on his own after the end of the season I don’t know how that would have made people feel differently about it I don’t but it’s like trading him makes it look like the Diamondbacks did didn’t want him
When in reality it was a matter of trying to get some assets back from a player who kind of made it very clear that he wasn’t going to be around after the end of the season I just don’t like people make it out like they got rid of
Paul goldshmid now on the flip side I will say that they could have easily kept him and they should have and Mike Hazen has even said it’s one of his biggest regrets right that what he traded away uh wasn’t you know he would he would that’s the one move that I
Think he sincerely would take back you know but do you remember in 2017 against the Rockies the whole crowd sold out Chase Field chanting MVP MVP goldmit walks up to the plate hits a bomb Chase Field is going ballistic you can never take that away from me Derek there will
Never be a time take away from I won apologize for it I’m not trying I will not apologize for I won’t I won’t apologize for a guy that hit 260 after we traded away I won’t sorry anyway Jesse do you have any hot takes or do
You want to just leave me out to dry on this one I I’m just like I just can’t wrap my mind around what you just said you guys were small children when Paul goldmit was on this team small not true that is that is as much as I’m usually
On board with talking about you know eight-year-old me watching the Diamond Backs I was not I was not that little when Paul gold played for the Diamondbacks uh Paul goldi was an incredibly good baseball player whom the Diamondback certainly should have kept and the reporting at
The time was that it was kind of weird if I’m remembering correctly the reporting was that when the Diamondbacks were trying to extend Goldie the the prices that were the numbers that were being exchanged were higher than what he signed with with the St Louis Cardinals
Which which I guess sort of is in is kind of your point in some ways right that Paul goldmit maybe he just prer go with the Diamond Backs he just didn’t and I mean iame I felt like they made that AB he made it abundantly clear that
Was it was just a fact it felt like at the time it was just a matter of what were they going to get back for him and they absolutely did not get enough in I don’t think that equates to like him being overly idolized like he was an
Unbelievable player and will probably be in the Hall of Fame and very well may wear a Diamondbacks cap into the Hall of Fame he will not wear he will not wear a Diamondbacks cap in the Hall of Fame Absol Ely not he doesn’t then maybe I
Will jump on this side I will [ __ ] guarantee that he will wear it for the team that he won the MVP for yeah but he was close with the Diamondbacks multiple times about two I did the math on this he was second in voting twice third in
Voting once yeah he was very close abolutely godamn right he never got the CR he deserved as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks which I think that was an indicate that was that was an indictment of the organization more than indictment of him right which is why he
Wanted to leave correct we I mean me and Damon were looking at the MVP voting for the years that Paul Goldman didn’t win it didn’t have anything to do with Paul Goldman being a diamond back this you know what I just found it my my unpopular take this this might be even
More controversial Paul goldmit never deserved to win an MVP when he was with the Diamondbacks he did not he did not it is just it is just objectively the truth uh you know growing up was different story cuz I was a very I was a very big
Fan I was a very big fan of this Diamondback team growing up and uh I I was all on board with like Andrew McCutchen sucks and the whole thing but you look at the years where Paul gmid was vying for that award I can I can go
Through it real quick just for you Derek just just to make sure that everyone is clear on this so 2013 I’m not even talking anymore Jesse is the one saying these things 2013 the Andrew McCutchen year Paul goldi was worth 6.3 BW Andrew McCutchen was worth
7.8 the argument at the time was that you know home runs in RBI way better for Paul Goldman uh you know the Ops was higher for Paul Goldman but if you really look at the underlying numbers the reality is that inre mccashin was a center fielder and Paul gmid was a first
Baseman a very good first baseman but he was a first baseman and there’s just a big difference there uh Andrew McCutchen also had had more stolen bases just giving you more more value in other places uh people are saying we sound like a Dodgers podcast right now which
Is probably a fair criticism uh but just to make my point 2015 was the Bryce Harper year this is another year where Paul Goldman finished second Bryce Harper an 1109 Ops any Diamondbacks fan trying to convince me that Paul gchi should have won it in 2015 it’s just
Objectively false and the numbers it it is not it should not be a hard call to make it is pretty obvious and then 2017 when he finished third in MVP voting uh that year you had both Jean Carlos Stan and Joey vad in front of him and they
Just had higher Ops uh I mean really any number that you look at they were they were better than Paul goldi so that is my unpopular take which is backed by numbers and any Diamondbacks fan who doesn’t agree with me is just straight up in denial there it is we both hate Paul
Goldi somehow somehow what this did we lose all of you yet is there one guy in the back that still likes us because if not I will not stop until that man also hates us like the rest of you do all right can we go on I’m just
Gonna save the chat here mine is that uh Kevin GLE is modern day mariana rivera God damn it that’s not unpopular they love that you’re a monster shut up youting to the fan base I a baseball fan and I said that did not understand the assignment if I went up to a baseball
Fan and said that to them they wouldn’t they wouldn’t that’s crazy slap me across the face well sure a general baseball fan but not a Diamondbacks fan yeah which is that what I mean we’re talking we’re talking unpopular dback opinion I it doesn’t say unpopular to Diamondbacks fans it
Just now say nice things about the team all right yeah yeah hey maybe we should work on our reading comprehension guys maybe we should Dam it dog uh next question comes from Brighton bobbit at bbor Nitro uh he says you guys have talked a lot about spring number how
Spring numbers don’t matter but is there anybody that their performance so far this spring has you worried about them Miguel Castro comes to mind for sure that is one name um and that’s simply because that was a guy that last year already uh there’s a little bit of a mix
Or a little bit of lack of confidence obviously in his performances and you know again I I think that he is a guy that you know is still very much fighting for his job and the way that he um kind of has performed should be rightfully so I don’t think he should be
Anointed a position in the bullpen when you have a lot of options right now currently fighting for a job you’re talking Castro yeah yeah he just you know the contract is guaranteed I think that just kind of is what it is I I don’t necessarily disagree with what
You’re saying though I I don’t know if the Diamond Backs care about that any longer right I think I think I think Miguel I mean it is just spring training and you know Miguel Castro should he be handed a job uh may maybe not I mean he didn’t necessarily have the kind of
Season that would that would warrant that but I I think if you’re the Diamondbacks you’re gonna you’re going to start with the players that you have on guaranteed contracts you’re probably not going to react too too much to a few bad spring training outings and all in
All if you look at Castro’s numbers at the end of last year he wasn’t all that bad he had a ra in the low fours was it was it a good season no but was he you know a reasonably okay reliever I I would I I guess so and they’re certainly
Hoping for him to get better this year um what was the what was the original question Paul Goldman am I supposed to talk about Paul gold again TR Paul gold some more no was are you worried are you actually worried about anybody is anybody so far uh this spring has you
Worried about them I would not use the word worried um with Zach Gallen because he is literally we have seen him we’ve hardly seen him in spring training whatsoever I think it’d be outrageous but I will say that just in general I think that I think that Zach gallan is
Going to have to prove that he is that he’s able to bounce back from the kind of workload he took on last year yeah uh and it’s not something specific to him it’s just honestly any any major league starting pitcher I think that throws 250 Innings uh it’s a new challenge it’s a
New situation and do I think think that Zach gon can’t do that no I I think he’s I think he’s totally capable but it’s a question that I think is valid how will he respond to that his first outing uh in surprise he didn’t look great I guess
Like his velocity was down uh you know lower than we saw it last year at the beginning of Spring training I’m not worried at this point it’s too early to be worried about anything with Zach Allen but it’s just something that I I’m continuing to watch I wouldn’t say I’m
Like totally disregarding I’m I’m maybe disregarding like his stat lines in these spring training games but if his vo stays like you know well below where it was even last spring training that’s something that I would I would maybe get concerned about at a certain point we’re
Just we’re just not there yet all right let’s get one more in uh next question comes from our guy Ramon Ramone a on uh seven on Twitter and Ramone says give give the Diamond Backs uh given the Diamondbacks minus 19 run differential in spring training are there any
Concerns think this is a problem that will persist in the regular season I mean a lot of that right now is obviously uh the Dodgers big win and I don’t really have that much concern the Diamondbacks did have a negative run differential for most of last season
Anyway so I’m I I I feel like this is the kind of team that you know most likely isn’t gonna be an offensive Juggernaut but it’s going to be the kind of team that will be in a lot of games and and hopefully we’ll see them win a
Lot of games yeah I don’t I don’t know if um it’s it’s hard for me to really get worked up about a A team’s record in spring training much less much less their run differential I they’re both kind of in the same category I mean the
Reality is a lot of these innings are being pitched by guys who will not throw an inning for the Diamondbacks all year a lot of these adats are being taken by guys who will not taking it bat for the diamond packs the entire year so it’s
It’s really like I mean I’ll talk about how I think individual players stats aren’t especially relevant team stats in spring training are very irrelevant in my mind like not even really worth looking at I don’t care what teams records are in spring training I don’t care what teams run differentials are in
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All right never forget never forget that uh what do we got here Damon what we got some more mailbag Monday questions maybe we can like Rectify this ship before people get too mad at us bretley Johnson with a very convoluted question asks after seeing Dune 2 it may be think as
Corbin car or lisan Al Gabe uh that is the main character from Dune and dune 2 uh he says our humble little desert Mouse savior is come to take down the Harkins aka the Dodgers and Brett I can’t think of a better uh metaphor for
It however um in the in in Dune he he’s a messiah he’s a savior uh and and the problem with that is is that I I don’t is is Corbin Carroll our Messiah absolutely Our Savior I’m sorry Dereck do you remember the days before Corbin Carroll they weren’t fun I don’t know
They really weren’t see I think in classic movie style that you might not realize that the actual saviors maybe could tell Marte that had no I mean cel’s awesome don’t get me wrong but like catel has been on some pretty irrelevant Diamondback teams like Fair Corbin pretty much represents the change
Over from the goldie era to the Corbin era the Savior coming to us and saving us from the evil um the popcorn buckets God save us from the popcorn buckets all right what else we got uh this come next question comes from Mike wasowski uh and he just says blae Alexander no question
Just wanted to say Blaze Alexander we appreciate that this is a blaz Blaze Alexander appreciation podcast by the way uh and yeah I mean his name right his name keeps coming up this has been as far as like I guess the the the star who’s the star so far of spring well was
Catel hitting 600 there for a while but it definitely feels like Blaze is a name that kind of his stock has grown quite a bit this spring it absolutely has and whether that translates to blae Alexander being on the opening day roster remains to be seen it still kind
Of seems like things are trending away from that but you definitely get the sense that if it’s not an opening day Blaze Alexander could have a role on this Diamondbacks team at some point during the season and this is kind of built up excitement for that like
Whenever whenever Blaze does make it to the majors probably going to happen this year maybe early in the year uh you know I think a lot of people are going to be excited for that and and rightfully so um all right uh and Pedro says Corbin is
My tribal Chief we acknowledge Him we acknowledge Him all right what else we got Daniel Casten our guy Daniel Caston asks draft of 5v5 phnx employee whiffle ball roster with Derek and Jesse as captains let go [ __ ] go Jesse first pick we’re like we’re like an hour into
The show I’m going take first Pi we’re going to do this fast I’m going to take first pick and with my first overall pick I’m taking Damon do go it’s Snakes by the way this house is snake yeah it’s snakes Okay snakes all right I will take
I will take Saul Bookman that’s a good choice he all he wins it all [ __ ] competitive in everything it doesn’t matter what it is insane level of competitiveness uh I will also take Bo Brock who I feel would just be out but our team is about that’s terrible I with my second
Overall pick I will be taking Danielle and Danielle on the same I got Danielle and I don’t even need any more players I’m already beating you with just the two of them and me managing but uh if I can and I will and I don’t care
What the rules are I’m going to extend it a little further because he’s he said phnx I’m going all City sha dep PA come on over you’re coming back to the team it was specifically phnx you’re not I’m taking Shane def boach taking Shane I
Got Sean I got Shane I got Danielle and I got Damon all right you got two picks yeah we’re R we’re running out of running out of people here um you don’t even know who we work with he’s literally looking up running out I need
To I need to see how are we running out of there’s about 25 more employ well we’re not let me correct myself we’re not running out of people we’re running out of people that I would wish to have on my whiffle ball team that is is what
We are running out um I will take uh I I I guess I have two picks right you two picks all right um give me Max I guess reluctantly I’ll take Max is he serious take back okay go ahead all right so all right so one more
Uh give me py because that just feels right the team the team spirit is going to be off the charts we destroyed Justin can I have Eric and can I have Gerald and can I have the championship trophy please thank you thank you I will take my trophy now I definitely forgot about
Eric and Gerald yeah shout out shout out Gerald they’re right outside the door you were talking to them before we started the show Jesse all right I still have one more pick though one more pick to redeem myself um I could give you three more picks and you’re still not
My this is [ __ ] crazy I mean I hav we even play five on five ball to begin with um give me uh uh give me give me Jacob give me Jacob I want Jacob who did you take after Max Jesse you took py I took
That’s right yeah so my team is me Saul Bookman Bo Brock Max Simpson uh who did we just say so tall and lanky what a strike Z and Jacob Franklin do you even think about the strike zone Jacob Franklin’s gonna have it’s huge yeah he’s gonna
Pitch man and you’re not going to know what to deal you’re not going to know what to De with that downward plane that he’s got going on I think I think you should have you definitely should have some should have drafted toet Tre because that’s an automatic walk you
Cannot pitch to that guy yeah towry toet Tre you seen that Strike Zone yeah it’s little it’s very little it’s very little all right moving on same with Johnny you mean James James vulnerable James and and totry are absolute onbase machines yeah they’re they’re my they’re
My lead off guys all right what else we got uh Thomas Eastgate our friend from the UK Dbacks UK Western asks mailbag Monday question to Derek $1 million upfront or carban Carrol MVP dback World Series one food item under $30 at a restaurant of your choice wow
Um this is basically like am I selfless right is that what he’s asking am I willing to give up a million dollars you’re going to pay me so that the Diamondbacks could have success I love I love that he felt the need to add the one food item under $30
A good GM that’s that’s the package right he was like Court Carol MVP World Series that’s a bit that’s a bit too too little maybe I’ll add in uh one food item of his choosing at a restaurant $30 yeah if you’re they’re basically like throwing in some chicken tendies at at
At Four Peaks and that might put that option over the top deal but with a million dollars I could buy all the chicken tendies I want so I’ll be taking the million dollars selfishly and Jesse made me that way when we asked if I was going to have lunch with Corbin Carroll
Or have a raise at work Jesse was like give me that money man screw Corbin guys I’m all about the team but that’s not even close it’s not yeah it’s not I’m not anyone who I’m not a good person you guys know that right diamondb fan who
Answers that question and says that they would they would take like all of those things the World Series the they’re just straight up lying they want the million dollars a better question is like $10,000 or a diamond box World Series now I’m thinking then then it yeah then
It becomes a hard question with interest rates being what they are today come on I need that money give me that money yeah in this economy I’m still probably taking the 10K yeah probably you’re right all right last question and the best question comes from Elizabeth and Elizabeth at the burritos sore on
Twitter asks which animated Disney character do you think best represents you this question is also for Damon first thank you for including the people’s producer second why is it that every character I think of is somehow attached to what Jesse would be my my first my first inclination is that I
Would be beloo from The Jungle Book and that would make you my mowgly and that feels very right because the way that I try to teach you stuff about life that isn’t actually correct it’s just my weird point of view on stuff but I try
To like you know enforce it on you like as if it’s gospel is pretty fair yeah Shane would make a great Lou louie king Lou King Louie the ragang I I love this comparison I think Mo as Jesse and and Derek as as blue is like the best
Comparison well and you as bagera watching over Mowgli making sure I don’t [ __ ] up his life just kind of just just like sit there and just being like this is good time just make sure it continues to be a good time and Derrick doesn’t
Screw it all up I don’t hate it I also said like I’m I feel like I like the genie would be good for me like I’m like I like to make other people’s dreams come true but I am essentially trapped and a prisoner uh of the lamp myself so
Yeah that’s fair what do you got uh I feel like Olaf is a a fairly good fit for me [ __ ] incredible just like like uh very happy and optimistic but but more more because of like how how naive you are than anything else like oh he
Just doesn’t get it he just he doesn’t understand that’s why he’s so happy exactly exactly I try to tell him he can’t go out and that eat without drinking water and he doesn’t listen to me oh that’s great uh maybe Mike wasowski and uh you know like little
Mike wasowski action I could be yeah and then you’re uh yeah you’re soy yeah I don’t know James P so all right I’m I’m good with those those I uh Damon we got to get yours I did some research I did a I did a quiz thought about doing a quiz
Quiz yeah I thought about doing enough time you got Aladdin oh that’s good but toi kind of called Aladdin he did call Aladdin earlier so then I was like oh what should I pick and I was like well what about Olaf but Jesse took Olaf yeah
Well like see Aladdin what a great like Aladdin’s got everything he has a monkey and a tiger he has a rug he has a genie that will make his wishes come true it all he has it all Jasmine bad [ __ ] bad [ __ ] bad [ __ ] for sure groundhog mam
Is Woody and Buzz Lightyear and Slinky Dog for the three of us oh I’m okay with that yeah well I’m gonna go with uh I’m gonna I would be Woody right and you would be Buzz Light is that the way we would go here because he’s got to be the
Newer toy they were saying you’re Buzz Lighty year the chat was well that that actually makes sense both the way that we look and in personalities but I don’t know do people people don’t like me more than Jesse and that’s like the Woody and Buzz Lightyear thing right that’s fair you’re right
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castro killed me last year. giving up too many homeruns in the 8th and 9th to lose the game.