John Becker
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602 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 17 Aug
John Becker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They're doing all this before the wind is blowing out every game at Wrigley like it will be throughout the summer.
So um I I think that they'll keep hitting.
I think that it remains to be seen if their pitching can hold up, but that's what the trade deadline's for and they'll certainly be in the market for some impact pitching come the end of July.
Yeah, so when he came back up from the miners last year after um really struggling this first stint um in twenty twenty three, he moved up in the box a little bit more and that's helped him to pick up spin a lot better.
Um and
He's really just taken off since then.
He still chases a lot.
He swings more than literally anybody else in the majors.
So um I'll be curious to see if the book on him gets a little longer and he starts chasing a little bit more, but he also just does so much damage.
In the zone that it reminds me a lot of P.
Javier Baez with the Cubs, where, yeah, you can get 'em to chase, you can get 'em to look really bad, but
There's gonna be points and you have to come in the zone or accidentally come in the zone and he's just not missing those pitches whatsoever.
And
throwing the defense and the speed and he's been one of the best all around players in major league baseball this year.
Just an awesome story and really catalyzing that offense no matter where he's hitting in the lineup.
Yes.
Yeah, I mean center field I think has had such a a renaissance in recent years after a lot of guys who are like okay in center, but now there's just so many great center fielders throughout the league.
Sidon Raphael on the Red Sox, um in terms of competition for PCA and the NL.
Um Jacob Young is really good out there, Bretton Doyle's really good out there.
They've both had injuries this year, so
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