Cole Tucker
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
who has 18 wins on the bump or the guy who's hitting three 15.
It's who has influence, positive influence that helps the team be better.
That helps all the players individually be better.
That helps people be better people.
Like you, you don't get to see all of the time that a baseball team spends around each other, but it's hours and hours a day, even before the first pitch is thrown.
Like you can, Alex Bregman is going to sit in the locker room and my locker is next to him.
And he's going to make a difference in me from the time that,
I show up at 1230 to the time 705 when the first pitch is thrown.
You can't put a price tag on that type of influence and that type of player, in my opinion.
Gerard Dyson was an unbelievable leader, and he was never the best player on any team he ever played on.
Francisco Cervelli was a great leader.
I was lucky when I got called up in 2019.
My locker was next to him, so I just got to –
soak in all that he was saying, which was a lot.
Uh, Fran's got a lot on his mind, but he, he's a great leader and he's played on some unbelievable teams.
And you talk about like the bridge of time through baseball.
Like he was playing with Derek Jeter, who I was idolizing when I was a child.
And now I'm sitting in the locker room next to him.
Like,
it's a wealth of experience and knowledge and information that can be passed on to the next generation of players.