Host (likely Bradfo)

That's good.

Um...

So, you know, when it comes to your game, like, this is, it's, you know, I watched you yesterday and, like, fly around the bases and everything else.

Like, this is, do you think that, like, this is the way that the game's going?

In other words, I remember they put, for instance, they put David Hamilton on the 40 man, like, way before anyone thought because they thought this was the game, the way the game was going.

Do you feel like this is...

When you're traded, I've said this a lot, when you're traded, it's tough because you're leaving your guys behind, but the team wants you.

They're identifying you.

So when they trade for you, it's like, okay, I don't know if they talked to you, said, this is what we see, this is what we like.

Or if it's just come and do your thing.

That's awesome.

That's great.

This is a big question, but what is your best baseball accomplishment besides the stolen base?

Or what is your best baseball moment, your signature?

Finally is Austin Slater, the 33-year-old righty hitter who tears up lefty pinching in split time between the Yankees and White Sox last year.

Listen, Slater has lived all kinds of lives in spring training, so this go-around where he's trying to make the Tigers is being approached with eyes wide open by him.

It's a great perspective, listening to him.

From a guy who has been there and done that when it comes to trying to make an impression on the team, I'm really happy to have caught up with Austin Slater.

There's so many guys like him, veterans, who have lived all these different iterations of spring training and landed in a spot where maybe it feels completely different than other times, whether it's making a team, making a spot on the team,

Whatever it is, but where he's landed right now is just a guy who's proven that he can play in the major leagues, a guy that he can help a major league team, but also a guy who is coming right down the wire when it comes to actually making that major league team.