Russ Dorsey

You have Nikko up.

My first thought is, all right, Tito, you're going to walk Nikko.

And they pitched to him.

And for a guy who is 99th percentile when it comes to contact rate, knows how to put the ball in play, and has added a little thump where it's like, all right, I got to get something outfield.

Even though that play at the plate was a little closer than it should have been because PCA didn't slide.

And that's the responsibility of the guy who's in the on-deck circle.

It looked like Pete was having a conversation with Matt Shaw.

They were having a friendly.

Yeah.

That's what you want.

You want those.

That's a constructive conversation.

But I, at that point, was like, all right, well, now they're going to win this game.

Because that's the turning point.

If you walk Nico in that situation, I'm straying away from your question, Layla.

I promise I'll bring it for a second.

But it's just like, if you walk Nico in that situation, if you're Tito, you set up a double play ball with already one out in the inning.

That's a problem that you deal with once he's on first base.

Okay.

But if you just pitch to him, you're conceding the run.