Ben Ennis

He's been back-to-back MVPs, and he tells you, hey, listen, I really want to pitch a lot, and I want to make sure I'm out there.

If he told me he wanted to be the clubby or he wanted to, I'd be like, sure, man, whatever Shohei wants.

Sorry, Freddie, you're not playing first anymore.

I'm sorry.

You got to sit down.

We're not playing there anymore.

Like, Mookie Short was great, but we're going to try Shohei.

Yes.

You know, like...

You kind of got to let him do whatever he wants to do, and you got to trust in him because you have, and he's proven that you can rely on that trust, and I think that's all you really have to go by.

Yeah.

Just do one in one.

Yeah.

One in one.

And that's the thing, right?

Like we saw he goes 50-50, and then last year he didn't steal a lot of bases.

Why?

Because he's pitching.

And making his way back from an injury and doing that, you don't want to slide and have to worry about thumbs, hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, right?

So that kind of limits that, and that's part of your game.