Casey Candaele

Oh, you are welcome, guys.

Thank you for having me.

It's always a pleasure.

I just don't have to manage today, so I just want to thank you guys when I go home.

Yeah, I run them out, and they're, like, just going through the motions.

Then they go up to the big leagues, and they, like, shut people out and stuff.

We're asking for a little help here.

I mean, just the way they go about their business is such an advantage for our players to see them and our younger guys to see them.

I mean –

the way they conduct themselves, the way they're professional about what they do.

Even here in AAA, I joke about giving us some help, but they prepare themselves and they go out and compete and they're wanting to do the best that they can here.

So just guys seeing that and seeing how they attack the strike zone and go after hitters is just a great learning experience for our younger guys and just

Just can give them the idea of like, hey, what this is all about to be a quality big league starter.

Okay, so what's the plan for Baber tonight?

I think he's got, you know, I think like four to five innings with like 70-some pitches or so.

just kind of get him built up, I think, so he can go up and get back into helping everybody up there.

Yeah, I mean, Drew Hayes and Henry Leak, they do a great job of getting the information from Jeff and Graham and those guys up there and what they want to look for.

And a lot has to do with their B-load and the ability to hold their velocity on their fastball and making sure there's no mechanical problems where they're looking like it's looking like there's a little bit of pain somewhere.

So just making sure they're healthy and that

You know, everything looks good, and they're maintaining some below, you know, throughout the pitch count that they're going to.