Jim Margulis

And it just took him a long time to just register what he was seeing and combat what pitchers were doing to him well enough.

And yeah, I think with Schultz, it's just...

The extreme height, the really good sweeper, the two fastballs.

You don't see many guys like that at AAA.

The hitters at AAA probably couldn't handle those guys in the majors or coming up from AA still haven't seen many like him.

So he might get by a lot in the minor league levels on novelty alone.

So at that point, yeah, it's just a case where you need to call him up and he needs to figure it out.

And yeah, I think Cease is a good example of somebody who just...

Yeah, it's just it seems like it's mechanics, seems like it's kind of an inning to inning thing where he has some innings where it looks pretty simple and he gets by on a 94 mile per hour fastball, which plays up and then a slider that really can grab strikes or be a wipeout pitch and

he gets some goofy swings and misses.

And then he has a string of batters where he gets off as the release points kind of askew and just does walking guys on five pitches or he needs to find a slider to get in the strike zone.

He can't, you know, for a few batters, he just needs to get back to the dugout to kind of recalibrate.

And those innings drag on for a while and eat his pitch count.

So

The talent is there.

I think the question right now is like, is it a starter or is it more of a reliever?

Is it more of a, um, you know, somebody who just needs to throw an inning or two at a time because the, the prospect of throwing four or five, six innings without these big lapses that really just, uh, wastes pitch count are just too much to overcome and plan around for a major league staff.

It was very on brand for him, both with the outfield assist and with the single that kind of squibs through the middle, hits it on the ground and runs like hell.

That's pretty much his game offensively.

It's funny, after we hang up here, I'm going to be driving to Birmingham to see the Rickwood game.