Zach Zaidman

And right now the favorite is Connor Griffin of Pittsburgh at a plus 250 and Nolan McClain plus 370.

The World Baseball Classic.

How are you feeling about that one?

I think that there's some value here.

But more importantly, it's not just about, say, telling value as far as watching Moises Ballesteros before anybody else did or understanding what he can do.

The part of it that's the hardest is what you mentioned, Marshall, in the

How many times have I heard managers say just about the DH position as a whole?

And players will say it too.

There's a reason Seiya Suzuki talks about wanting the field.

Even Eloy Jimenez talked about the importance of playing in the field as far as how it helps your overall game.

And that's you don't want the DH to be four pinch hits at bats.

You know, you don't want those to feel like you're disconnected.

And I always thought that that was a really valid comment because so many times that's what happens when you hear players tell you that type of stuff, that they want to be in the field.

It's because it helps you just keep connected.

And it's not about people not paying attention in the dugout.

It's just about when you have that feel for the game.

There's a lot of intangible things.

So for Moises Ballesteros, who's a young player,

who got called up last year to be able to not turn his plate appearances even as just the DH into pinch hit appearances, which are the hardest, or then to even be called into those situations where he's infrequently DHing and he can still produce, that is a very good measure of a hitter.

Let's listen to what became a really interesting conversation in Arizona about what Moises Ballesteros can do for the team and how Craig Council feels about him as a hitter.