Steve Phillips

Vlade making the first out of the inning at third base.

I mean, you know, the sloppy stuff that they kind of cleaned up last year

But it's the stuff they're doing now.

And, you know, that to me is a lot of it is just being overzealous.

It's trying to do too much instead of just playing the game.

And I think if they were hitting and had more confidence, I think that they would would sort of not be over trying.

So I think as much as I love, you know, I want to say defensive pitching is what I think they need to get the offense turned around.

Yeah, I agree with you, though.

It is Springer and Vlade.

I mean, listen, Vlade, you're a $500 million man.

And he stepped up as a leader.

He played out of his mind in the postseason last year, accepting that mantle that he was the guy.

Springer's always been a big game player, that sort of thing.

But he was the guy that led last year.

But remember, there were so many times last year where

The complementary players were the ones that were producing, and it pulled the stars along with them until the stars got going.

So Ernie Clement was a guy that was so good during the season.

Barger during the season.

When Varshow came back last year, he was a bit of a spark plug, too.

The power bat was there for him.