Justin Willard

I'm going to continue to learn some lessons and get beat around a little bit.

But hey, this is all part of growth and learning and development.

And I don't have all the answers, but we're going to figure this out.

Yeah, I think it is pretty vast.

I think I've heard this said a few different ways, but there probably needs to be a 4A type level because how big that gap is between the worst player in a major league lineup and the best player in AAA.

It is pretty vast.

And again, what worked in AAA isn't always going to necessarily work in the big leagues.

And again, it's how quickly can those guys learn and adapt to what big league hitters are telling them.

Yeah.

Cause I think it starts with like the, the aggressiveness or the want to attack, right?

Like you've seen a lot of guys come up and they start nibbling and they're scared of the zone.

They're scared of barrels, but we can't tell much until you're actually in the zone, throwing competitive pitches, attacking these guys.

And then we get to really see like what works, what doesn't right.

And see how lineups adjust to you.

Like I think actually totally second outing in the big leagues against Arizona.

Like,

was a great example for him of like why we were introducing some of these other tools in his toolbox to maximize success because big league lineups are going to be like, hey, we're taking away the fastball.

Like we're just not going to get beat by it.

So like they need to be competitive in the zone and attacking these hitters from the get go or else it's going to take that much longer for us to solve what's going to make them good.

Yeah, I think it's really drilling down.