Colin Beazley gives Konnor Griffin update, what the Pirates roster could look like on Opening Day
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Paul Skeens on the Pat McAfee Show, Bob. But who's that compared to the beeswacker? We have Colin Beasley on our show right now. Is he live from – where is he? He's, I believe, from Bradenton, Florida at the moment. We just saw Jake Mangum get doubled up after Brandon Lau hit a line drive to second. He should have been out on the pickoff attempt there. Yeah, what happened, Colin? Mangum P.I. Am I allowed to say this without being into FCC problems? What? Yeah, as long as you don't describe it live as it's happening. Okay, I'll do it as it's over now, right? You'll have to do a perp walk the next time you do that, Bob. Mangum was picked off. Should have been out. Did you see that, Colin? I did see that, yeah.
It's watching from around the right field at the moment, walking around to talk to you guys. But, yeah, that's what I saw. Brian Reynolds just struck out one, two, three innings. We didn't even see Brian Reynolds strike out. You're ahead of us here, Bob, so I guess he's going to swing and miss at the next pitch. It is real time. It is real time. I'd like to make a bet. All right, let's ask you the question that everybody gets asked every day, and I don't feel bad asking it because I imagine the percentages go up and down. Connor Griffin with a home run yesterday. He only has three hits this spring, but they've all been homers. Is he coming north with the team, Colin Beasley of the Post-Gazette? Yes or no?
I'm not going to say yes or no, but I really wonder how they'll do it. Because yes, he hasn't, like three homers, that's more than any teenager has hit in spring training Grapefruit League games since the last 20 years. He's doing stuff that people haven't done and it's barely March. So very, very impressive there. On the other hand, you can look at his stats and you can say, oh, he's hitting 214 or whatever it is and use that as a reason to send him to AAA. So... I kind of could see it both ways on this. I know that's not a yes or no you're asking for, but it is interesting to see a sad line with just the homers at the moment. Yeah, I think it's going to be one of those things that it's going to go down to the very end, and you're right, how they do it.
And if they do it, let's say they don't do it. Let's say he goes back to AAA. You know him well enough after dealing with him. How do you think that would affect him, if at all? I don't think it would affect him at all. He'd like to make the opening day roster. He's not someone who's going to bang the table or make a big show of it. He'd obviously like to play in the majors and have his debut, but honestly, we haven't seen anything at all phase this kid. Even this 3-for-14 stretch or anything like that, he's the same guy every day. That's one of the things I've been most impressed by. So despite the average, he's having an overall, I mean, he looks obviously good and not overmatched at all at the plate.
He's got three home runs. What have happened on the other at-bats? Is he hitting the ball hard? Is he still having good at-bats? Yeah, he's hitting the ball hard. He's having good at-bats. I covered a game of his in Clearwater last week in which he went 0-3, and the 0-3 was an infield single that he beat out, and the umpire called him out.
What updates does Colin Beazley provide on Konnor Griffin's performance?
It was a fly ball to the warning track into 20 mile an hour winds. That would have been his fourth homer of the year if the weather had been even slightly different. And a 109 mile an hour line out to right field. That's interesting. It's one of those things where he's performed better than the box score indicates. But it's very easy to simply say, like, that's an 0 for 3 day. He's batting this. That's a reason you can keep him down.
How many home runs has Konnor Griffin hit in spring training?
But at the same time, I'm sure the Pirates are Very, very happy with how he's performed so far. Well, what's your inkling? What are people saying when you pull somebody to the side? What's the feeling you get? When was Skeen sent down a couple years ago?
What factors will influence Konnor Griffin's chances of making the Opening Day roster?
That was a little bit later in March, I guess. If you had to bet on it, if you had to bet everything you owned right now, Colin, would you bet on Connor Griffin coming north or going down to AAA?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:04
2
What updates does Colin Beazley provide on Konnor Griffin's performance?
3:04–3:31
3
How many home runs has Konnor Griffin hit in spring training?
3:31–3:43
4
What factors will influence Konnor Griffin's chances of making the Opening Day roster?
3:43–17:56
5
How does Colin Beazley evaluate Henry Davis's catching role?
17:56–20:46
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