Ben Shulman

He's run a little bit more like George.

It's not every single time, but, you know, when he scored from first on a double about a week and a half ago, my head perked up a little bit, and I was like, oh, okay, if he's scoring from first on a double,

He's getting pretty close.

Not that I could do it, but if he can play on that fracture like that and score in that situation, I think he's starting to probably get a little bit more behind his swings.

And I thought that it seemed, again, you guys, you especially, Kevin, no offense, Jeff, but neither of us have hit at a high level.

Jeff, you know a lot more about hitting than I do.

But it seemed like he was a little late maybe getting underneath a fastball and popping it up because he wasn't there in time.

Mm-hmm.

And now it feels like he's there.

I mean, how are you not there in time when you hit that Paul Skeen's ball out of the yard?

That's like.

prime talent george springer you're different than even the average big league player up there so i think he's back on time i think he's back healthy i think a couple things have lined up for him and boy did they need it i mean they especially now with i thought vladdy looked a little better last couple of days but now with him not in the lineup i mean they need you know springers you're asking him to drive a lot of your offense that might not be fair but but it's the reality of the situation well thank you delta uh what's impressed you the most ben with you hendrick pinango

He has shown an ability to understand how he's getting attacked in a way that I did not anticipate and really was not told to us.

I don't know how much the team knew he was going to be able to have these kinds of at-bats where

He's taking a changeup that's half a ball out of the zone like he knew it was coming, like he had to know it was coming.

And so he's really understanding, I think, the way that teams look at him and scout him.

And that's such a tough thing, I think, for a young hitter to do who's trying to survive and was playing to stay on the roster after already being optioned once.

And you would never know it.

I mean, he looks like a guy who's been in the big leagues for five years and has held his own.

There was one tough play down the line in left field.