Jonathan Mayo
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If he goes five for five today, then I'm going to do it.
I understand what Keith is trying to say.
And, listen, Keith is not one who leans towards hyperbole usually, right?
Right.
He can do everything exceedingly well.
He is mature beyond his years.
You would never know that he was 19, both from a physicality standpoint.
I spent time with him last year during the year, and he was already a ridiculous athletic specimen.
And then I saw him this spring.
I'm like, my goodness.
And just the way he carries himself, it's just different.
And that's why I think he's going to be fine with this moment.
He knows what it feels like.
to maybe grip the bat a little too tightly because he did it this spring and he's never done that before and sending him down gave him the opportunity to remind himself he plays I talked to a scout about him he plays with his hair on fire and you don't often see that from a guy with that much talent so
Donnie Kelly was talking about a spring training game when he scored from second on an infield ball, right?
So he's going to do a lot of those things, and the tools are exceedingly loud across the board.
The hit tool is the question mark, and we still put a 60 on it, which is plus because of the adjustments he made last year.
So I don't know that I'm going to do that because that's a little โ I think it's unfair to Connor Griffin โ
But if you told me that when we look back and he's got a statue out here, I'd believe it.
I mean, I think there are probably examples on either side where you watch a guy and you're like, that guy's a knucklehead, and then you're watching him get enshrined in Cooperstown, right?