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Kevin Pillar

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
608 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

And what he's been able to do in Atlanta, and I sat in that clubhouse,

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

he just brings in good people.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

You got to have the right people, everyone pulling on the same rope, you know, and it doesn't have to be just Americans or just lines.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

Like they have a blend of players, but they have the right guys, the right personalities.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

And if they do feel like they have a stray, you know, they have their handler.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

That's not too far away.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

And like everything just works there.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

Um, you know, going from snit to Walt, um,

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

I was a little bit surprised, but then when you heard the reason they came out and said it, you know, obviously familiarity.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

Walt was a tremendous bench coach.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

He was one of the best bench coaches I had.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

He was very intelligent when it came to โ€“

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

you know thinking ahead and as a bench guy that's all you really wanted a bench coach that is like okay i'm thinking two three four innings down the road these are your potential windows where you hit so you don't get caught off guard you know i've played the bench role in a lot of places where that doesn't happen you know it's last minute and you're like man i really wish i would have prepared a little bit different for that bat what was great at doing that um

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

Yeah, but when you heard Alex come out and talk about, you know, Walt being the guy that they took over, you know, the Braves is a desirable job.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

There was probably maybe, quote-unquote, more deserving or managers that maybe had a better resume.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

But the fact that Walt was there and there was that level of trust that he's built with the players, the communication, you know, with the front office.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

You know, I was watching MLB Network today and they were talking about โ€“

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

you know, front offices that have been there a long time with Brian Cashman, obviously lean it, but you know, when you can have stability in your organization, when it comes from, you know, ownership to, you know, president of baseball ops and GMs and stuff when you have, and that also includes managers.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

And I know they went from snit to Walt, but a guy who's been in that organization for a long time, he knows the players.

Blair & Barker
Braves' Blueprint with CJ Nitkowski and Kevin Pillar

And back to your point of like,