Blake Murphy

In addition to the hard hit numbers, the exit velocities, the other thing that's a book on you from the second you got drafted is you'll take a lot of walks.

I always like to ask guys about this because there's this tradeoff between walking because you're a little passive and you're going up there with the intention to walk.

versus you walk because you're having good plate appearances and pitchers are a little scared of you and things like that.

And you swing a fair amount.

You'll have some swing and miss.

So what is that balance like for you?

How are you able to make sure you're drawing a double-digit walk rate while still being pretty aggressive?

Has that gotten progressively tougher as you've gone from A to high A to double A and the quality of pitchers higher?

Or have you developed enough that it's kind of the same at each successive step?

Those guys who throw a lot more pitches and use their off-speed more.

I know you're a guy who likes to use the traject machine.

You're a guy who looks at tendencies and stuff like that.

Obviously, a guy like Trey is the hardest kind of guy if you're a traject guy because it's just impossible.

Yeah.

But these guys who you have to think through for maybe even five pitches for both in terms of what might they throw me and what do I have to visualize?

How much tougher are those kind of kitchen sink guys to prep for, even if the stuff is maybe like one level down?

All right, so outside of the batter's box, you're listed at 6'1", 232.

You're perfect on stolen bases this year.

You're 16 for 18 in your career.

What goes into that where, you know, a part-time first baseman who hits for a lot of power isn't someone you'd maybe expect to be as efficient as you are stealing bases?