Kevin Barker

You know, I'm going to show up every day, Coach.

Boy, I'm going to give you the old college try no matter what.

You're confident there with that.

John, speaking of hitting, I heard you say a couple days ago about Sanchez game planning.

I think I've talked to you a couple times about that a little earlier in spring training, earlier in the year.

It's kind of like trusting the outcome, right?

If this is what I'm buying into, I'm going to buy into it no matter what, and I'm going to deal with the outcome.

I think you're starting to see that a little bit more.

I've at least heard you say that.

Out loud.

Do you like where that plan is at with him?

And could we see you stick him in more against lefties going forward?

kind of evolve a little bit yeah for sure you know there's there's definitely matchups left on left that we would like okay you got 93 games left you know for for me anyway you can say what you want about the rotation not giving you enough innings some of the guys in the bullpen that you'd like to go to when you go to them how you're going to protect them that kind of thing the base running the defense john for me if you're going to turn this thing around and start being the team that everybody wants you to be you got to start hitting the ball out of the yard

For me, how do you start chasing less and allowing a guy to throw you one down the middle?

It's basically, for me, you can say all that other stuff you want, right?

It's just, it's kind of not chasing the edge.

It's allowing the dude to throw it down the middle.

As a group, where do you think you're at as that group that would maybe allow them to get some more down the middle, start bridging some people?

Can we expect seeing Kirky in the cleanup spot a lot?

Okay, good.