Matt Clement

And you see it in high school.

I see it in high school now, right?

You see people swinging a 3-0 pitch down two to lead off the last inning of a game.

Well, I think the thought process of letting him swing there is guy just threw eight pitches in a row.

He's going to throw a cookie here.

And this is going to be the best pitch, especially one of my lesser hitters.

can hit and unfortunately through the the strike three slider um and it made it look bad and then it made it look worse and people complained a little bit more about triola but i think in the grand scheme of things you're going to see conor griffin when i don't know at some point you're going to see him and and you're going to it's going to be beneficial to me that triola's had all these reps because you are going to need them injuries happen things happen and and he's a big part if this is going to work this year he's a big part of that left side of the infield

You know, every one of these new rules I've been slow to warm to, I really love the strategy behind this ABS system.

I think it's great.

Like, the Reds ruined their game last night by first pitch challenging early in the game a ball right down the middle.

And actually, it's an asset to the game to help you guys, help the players out, help the offenses out.

I think why the Suarez one you'll never see challenged is there's not a definitive what's a swing and what's not a swing on a check swing.

Oh, I thought it was 100%, but as far as you can put the box there, you can put the computer on it, you aren't going to be able to do that on a check swing.

Oh, it was a full swing.

I mean, if he would have hit it, it would have been a double.

He would have made contact.

It was a full swing, and I'll take the over on Donnie's ejections,

For sure.

Whatever the number is, because I think that he used that tool really well last year to show his passion for he's behind his players.

And I think coming from the Shelton regime where he wasn't as demonstrative, not that he didn't care as much or wasn't behind his players, I think that was a tool that Donnie used really well to show that.