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00:03.535 --> 00:05.636 [SPEAKER_03]: It's hot sheet from baseball America.

00:06.276 --> 00:10.577 [SPEAKER_03]: We are excited that we're going to talk to Ryan Walshman, who's the debacks minor league player of the year.

00:10.677 --> 00:16.439 [SPEAKER_03]: According to baseball America, he's going to join us soon, but we got a topic to hit before that.

00:16.699 --> 00:27.662 [SPEAKER_03]: And before that segment, JJ, I just want to shout out the baseball America prospect, Hamburg, the 2026 edition available at the baseballamerica.com, shop, and it looks nice.

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00:29.062 --> 00:48.918 [SPEAKER_01]: So this is the 25 obviously the 26 is not done if the 26 is done then we've gone through a time warp because I know I have a whole lot of reporting left to do so to a lot of other guys, but the 26 prospect handbook is where we compile all the work we've done over the past year of reporting analysis data.

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01:20.193 --> 01:22.394 [SPEAKER_03]: Let's hit a prospect profile.

01:26.635 --> 01:29.856 [SPEAKER_03]: Let's get into the farm system grade for the Diamondbacks.

01:30.017 --> 01:31.017 [SPEAKER_03]: Jeff, you want to kick this off?

01:32.577 --> 01:33.337 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, sure.

01:34.237 --> 01:43.059 [SPEAKER_02]: You know, a farm system that I think in some ways is on the up swing, I think you look at some of the deals that they made over the trade deadline.

01:43.079 --> 01:51.221 [SPEAKER_02]: They were able to add some talent, particularly in the pitching side, which I think outside of a big break out this year in Daniel Egan had been sort of lacking.

01:51.241 --> 01:57.682 [SPEAKER_02]: You know, they also still have the sting of the Drew Jones pick number two overall in that draft.

01:57.762 --> 02:00.743 [SPEAKER_02]: And at this point does not look like he's going to ever be

02:02.823 --> 02:08.607 [SPEAKER_02]: things are always subject to change, but at this point that's kind of what the evaluations are throughout the industry.

02:08.907 --> 02:10.909 [SPEAKER_02]: But I do think there is some positive here.

02:10.929 --> 02:15.051 [SPEAKER_02]: We talked about Ryan Walshmit, Slade Colwell, also being a breakout.

02:15.071 --> 02:20.175 [SPEAKER_02]: But the guys I want to focus on are three different pictures that they acquired at the deadline.

02:20.195 --> 02:24.498 [SPEAKER_02]: I think probably the front line name here is probably ColdRake.

02:25.298 --> 02:32.125 [SPEAKER_02]: just because he was an upper minors performer, probably had the biggest truck record of success as a professional was a guy that.

02:32.545 --> 02:45.758 [SPEAKER_02]: You kind of came from humble beginnings and not necessarily a lot of pedigree in that Ranger's farm system and kind of worked his way into sort of the 40-man picture or the active roster picture kind of coming into this trade deadline.

02:46.178 --> 02:54.502 [SPEAKER_02]: You know, they end up making the move for Merrill Kelly, whether you think that works out or not, obviously they don't make the playoff, so you can kind of maybe lean on the side that it didn't.

02:54.962 --> 03:02.585 [SPEAKER_02]: It also kind of hurt some of the Ranger's upper and minor's pitching depth, which is an area where I do think the system is still lacking for them.

03:03.125 --> 03:13.930 [SPEAKER_02]: The Diamondbacks were able to acquire Drake, he's a guy that I think you could look forward to in a year and say, maybe he doesn't break camp with the team, but is going to be in the rotation picture in one way shape or form.

03:14.310 --> 03:18.116 [SPEAKER_02]: It's more of like a number four, number five sort of starter up side.

03:18.156 --> 03:22.202 [SPEAKER_02]: I think it's the same for other left hand or they acquired from the Rangers in Mitch Brott.

03:23.324 --> 03:26.489 [SPEAKER_02]: The guy that I do want to hone in on a little bit is David Hagman.

03:26.950 --> 03:28.472 [SPEAKER_02]: Hagman's stuff is

03:29.393 --> 03:30.274 [SPEAKER_02]: Awesome.

03:30.654 --> 03:39.061 [SPEAKER_02]: You know, God that was injured in college, you know, at the end of his college career has, you know, an elbow surgery comes back sort of midpoint through this year.

03:39.681 --> 03:46.427 [SPEAKER_02]: They were holding him back from throwing this really nasty curve ball that he throws once he was acquired, it just kind of come back into games.

03:46.807 --> 03:54.694 [SPEAKER_02]: Once he was acquired by the Diamondbacks and he sent him up to Haye Hillsboro, he unleashes that curveball and the numbers since that point kind of spoke for themselves.

03:55.755 --> 04:06.303 [SPEAKER_02]: Just in terms of performance numbers, strikeout numbers swinging in misverse, that pitch and against the fastball, but also the stuff plus numbers that we were seeing kind of across his arsenal.

04:07.204 --> 04:17.707 [SPEAKER_02]: I think he's a guy that has potential number three upside, it's just when we sort of great out these things and maybe say he is a 60BA grade, he's somebody that has higher risk.

04:17.767 --> 04:29.891 [SPEAKER_02]: So it's either a high to maybe even extreme risk profile, just based on the checkered injury history, but I do think that they did pretty well at the deadline in terms of bringing in some pitching talent, which is an area that they were deficient.

04:31.337 --> 04:36.902 [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to jump on, so I'm kind of the Debbie Downer of this, because I'm going to bring up some of the things that are kind of concerns we saw this year.

04:37.683 --> 04:46.892 [SPEAKER_01]: One is really disappointing, which is that Dmitriya Krasantes, second baseman, had his second significant injury in his basically last five years.

04:47.172 --> 04:49.214 [SPEAKER_01]: And so we're really didn't get to see Krasantes on the field.

04:49.555 --> 04:50.876 [SPEAKER_01]: We hope to see him back in 2026.

04:52.257 --> 04:58.759 [SPEAKER_01]: But that's obviously something that happens, but you really, you hate to see X1, the better pure hitters in the, in the system.

04:59.099 --> 05:08.863 [SPEAKER_01]: But the big question that we are still going to be looking to find the answer for, and hopefully have an answer in 2026 is, where is Jordan Lawler in these plans?

05:09.203 --> 05:10.963 [SPEAKER_01]: He was going to be the short stop of the future.

05:11.343 --> 05:12.764 [SPEAKER_01]: That's obviously no longer the case.

05:12.844 --> 05:14.504 [SPEAKER_01]: The the Diamondbacks are good there.

05:14.544 --> 05:17.525 [SPEAKER_01]: They've got one of the best short stops in baseball at this point

05:19.386 --> 05:20.668 [SPEAKER_01]: But where does Lawler fit now?

05:20.728 --> 05:22.271 [SPEAKER_01]: He's had a lot of injury issues.

05:23.032 --> 05:31.947 [SPEAKER_01]: He's kind of done everything that you can do at this point at the minor league level, but what we haven't seen yet is him take that over care of it over to the major league level.

05:32.762 --> 05:36.945 [SPEAKER_01]: He didn't get a whole lot of runway there with the D-backs this season.

05:37.305 --> 05:38.146 [SPEAKER_01]: He did have injuries.

05:38.646 --> 05:51.175 [SPEAKER_01]: But I do think that that's kind of one of the key questions, the key to do items going into 2026 is Jordan Waller, the third basement of the future, is he somewhere,

05:52.535 --> 05:53.476 [SPEAKER_01]: bouncing around.

05:53.676 --> 06:03.584 [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, and to follow them too, when you're talking about Jordan Lawler specifically, I mean, Tory Lebello hadn't played the age for later half of this month, just because he couldn't figure it out defensively.

06:03.924 --> 06:13.292 [SPEAKER_04]: And I think that's another important metric too that we have to be able to analyze too, because I mean, coming into it before all the trade happens with a swars getting dealt in all that stuff.

06:13.312 --> 06:14.833 [SPEAKER_04]: There was really no place for him to go.

06:14.853 --> 06:18.596 [SPEAKER_04]: Now that that place is there, I mean, it's just seems to not be able to come up.

06:18.636 --> 06:19.897 [SPEAKER_04]: And like you mentioned being able to

06:20.337 --> 06:21.958 [SPEAKER_04]: come up to that production on that side.

06:21.998 --> 06:28.800 [SPEAKER_04]: But another D-backs infield prospect that I kind of want to talk about, too, that maybe what hasn't been, you know, on the radar as much.

06:28.920 --> 06:39.503 [SPEAKER_04]: But I really want to talk about Tommy Troy and kind of, you know, their first rounder for a couple of years ago, that just wasn't, you know, producing to the level that they had wanted, especially from a pedigree from a pic.

06:39.543 --> 06:43.304 [SPEAKER_04]: So hi, he really took a really big step forward this year for the organization.

06:43.324 --> 06:45.425 [SPEAKER_04]: I know he made it up to AAA.

06:45.465 --> 06:46.966 [SPEAKER_04]: There was a lot better plate discipline.

06:47.006 --> 06:48.186 [SPEAKER_04]: It wasn't chasing as much.

06:48.906 --> 06:57.669 [SPEAKER_04]: And I think he's going to be a dark horse guy coming out of camp next year that I think could potentially, you know, fight for a position on the opening day roster.

06:58.189 --> 07:09.393 [SPEAKER_04]: I think it's another player to keep an eye on, especially as we continue to monitor, you know, the struggles that have been able to present what position Troy will play, whether it's going to be in field or they do that shift to the outfield.

07:09.413 --> 07:11.974 [SPEAKER_04]: It's going to be up to them when that decision ultimately looms.

07:12.034 --> 07:12.294 [SPEAKER_04]: Come out.

07:13.778 --> 07:15.039 [SPEAKER_01]: So what does this all mean?

07:15.639 --> 07:17.339 [SPEAKER_01]: Well, I think you're going to kind of add this up.

07:17.399 --> 07:21.921 [SPEAKER_01]: We've got the D-backs as what their farm system grade for this year is as a seat.

07:22.382 --> 07:23.622 [SPEAKER_01]: There's been some steps forward.

07:24.022 --> 07:25.103 [SPEAKER_01]: There's been some injuries.

07:25.143 --> 07:26.363 [SPEAKER_01]: There's been some steps back.

07:27.023 --> 07:29.124 [SPEAKER_01]: It's not the best farm system in baseball.

07:29.164 --> 07:30.685 [SPEAKER_01]: It's obviously not also the worst.

07:30.765 --> 07:32.045 [SPEAKER_01]: It's kind of in that middle pack.

07:32.666 --> 07:33.706 [SPEAKER_01]: Feel pretty good about a seat.

07:33.826 --> 07:41.729 [SPEAKER_01]: Now the question is going to be, like this is the team obviously, not that long ago was basically in the world series,

07:43.644 --> 07:45.004 [SPEAKER_01]: and I'll less is very difficult.

07:45.565 --> 07:58.149 [SPEAKER_01]: And I can't say that they have the system where you say, oh, this is the team to beat in 27 or 28, because we obviously know that there's a couple of other teams, especially one that just seems to win the division year in and year out.

07:59.304 --> 08:09.649 [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I think that's what's frustrating for a Diamondback span, a really a fan of any team in the National League West, besides the Dodgers JJ is that fans look at the team and say, I get it.

08:10.069 --> 08:20.474 [SPEAKER_03]: They spend more than everyone else, but how do they keep winning farm system wise when they pick towards the back half of the draft they've less money to spend usually in the draft?

08:20.554 --> 08:22.015 [SPEAKER_03]: A lot of things have been leveled.

08:22.655 --> 08:23.275 [SPEAKER_03]: in our sport.

08:23.456 --> 08:32.281 [SPEAKER_03]: In terms of those advantages that used to exist years ago, you have a certain amount of money that you can spend on on the amateur draft on the international signings.

08:32.721 --> 08:43.267 [SPEAKER_03]: So I think for Diamondbacks fan, you're looking at the division saying, how do we get to the level of the Dodgers with our farm system, forget the money spending situation?

08:44.928 --> 08:49.031 [SPEAKER_01]: So the toughest part of that is, is that one of the things that money also gives you is this

08:50.050 --> 09:02.649 [SPEAKER_01]: you don't you don't have to be scared you know if for a lot of teams if you make a wrong turn make a wrong decision in one aspect of player development sports science analytics whatever it is.

09:03.303 --> 09:05.745 [SPEAKER_01]: It may set you back because you have limited resources.

09:06.166 --> 09:08.407 [SPEAKER_01]: The Dodgers of the team that doesn't have a limited resources.

09:08.908 --> 09:13.171 [SPEAKER_01]: When I'm looking at these metrics that I kind of really kind of use in the minor leagues.

09:13.191 --> 09:18.336 [SPEAKER_01]: We've got a piece up at Baseball America today about walk rate for hitters in the minor leagues, right?

09:18.516 --> 09:20.017 [SPEAKER_01]: And I kind of just look at that as a...

09:21.098 --> 09:22.279 [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, there's skill there.

09:22.359 --> 09:26.462 [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, there's self-selecting of what teams are picking in the draft and internationally.

09:26.883 --> 09:28.824 [SPEAKER_01]: But I do think there's a lot of instruction to that.

09:29.505 --> 09:31.947 [SPEAKER_01]: And, oh, who looks at the top and walk rate for hitters?

09:32.107 --> 09:32.747 [SPEAKER_01]: It's the Dodgers.

09:33.228 --> 09:35.370 [SPEAKER_01]: You know, look who's at the bottom and walk rate for hitters.

09:35.710 --> 09:36.470 [SPEAKER_01]: It's the Rockies.

09:36.851 --> 09:42.015 [SPEAKER_01]: It's something where these aren't surprising to find out when you look at it because the D-backs

09:42.575 --> 10:02.991 [SPEAKER_01]: They do a good job, but the Dodgers aren't really an organization that is hard to try to keep up with because it's not just spending money on free agents It's spending money on sports science and on the best coaches and on the best technology and all these aspects of the game that they can again They can just be a little bit more aggressive because they're not as limited resource wise as most everyone else

10:04.297 --> 10:27.319 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and I can't speak to this with any certainty on the diamond backs, but you know, I think the other thing that we've seen is the teams that do the best in the acquisition periods, particularly on the amateur side, whether that the international market, whether that be the draft, the teams that have a good balance of analytics and scouting, and then they have sort of a top-down philosophy that

10:28.180 --> 10:32.864 [SPEAKER_02]: really is communicated at a high level across all different departments.

10:32.904 --> 10:41.532 [SPEAKER_02]: So you have some synergy between scouting and the acquisition departments and the player development folks, and that could be on pro or on the amateur side.

10:41.913 --> 10:49.460 [SPEAKER_02]: I think the thing that the Dodgers, the Mariners, the race, some of these teams that consistently are able to have good farm systems and competitive teams,

10:49.980 --> 10:58.926 [SPEAKER_02]: is they're able to find a good balance of that and make the most out of their opportunities whether that be draft choices, whether that be bonus pull money in the draft, whether that be bonus pull money internationally.

10:59.706 --> 11:09.693 [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously the dodges are a different animal because they have you know so many resources and they are a very desirable place to go, but I think some of that is also earned based upon

11:10.163 --> 11:24.571 [SPEAKER_02]: what they've done from a player development standpoint that if you're a player and you're looking at a difference of $150,000 in signing bonuses, you may take less money to go with the Dodgers because of what it may pay off in the long run.

11:24.711 --> 11:34.597 [SPEAKER_02]: So I think when we look at some of those advantages, those are the kind of things that a team like the Diamondbacks, they really need to make the most out of their picks, just getting the right talent into the organization,

11:38.199 --> 11:40.240 [SPEAKER_02]: can do wonders or just really work well with.

11:40.300 --> 11:59.070 [SPEAKER_02]: And I think that's something that the Mariners in particular who don't operate with a massive scale budget have done a really good job of and that's why they have the pitching staff that they have and they have the pieces in the farm system that allow them to go out and reinforce this team and I think now kind of enter the playoffs, at least based on Vegas's numbers as the front runner in the American League.

12:01.057 --> 12:14.842 [SPEAKER_03]: And on the Diamondback side, we're expecting to talk to Ryan while Schmidt soon, but when we swing back, let's spend a few minutes on the postseason and the impact that pitchers who spent a good chunk of time in the minor leagues can make now in October in the big leagues.

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13:18.487 --> 13:41.249 [SPEAKER_03]: back and we're talking time and back today and that means a conversation with Ryan Waldschmitt 2025 Diamondbacks minor league player of the year from baseball America Ryan great to have you on the show thanks for joining us and how would you summarize the season that you just had yeah thank you for having me first off I appreciate it but this year it's uh I thought I thought it was a great year all around I think

13:42.300 --> 13:56.770 [SPEAKER_05]: Um, to be able to have a healthy full season, um, it's just awesome for anyone and just anytime you go out there and play, that's the main goal is to stay healthy and, um, I think I, I found a way to kind of enhance my abilities all around.

13:56.851 --> 14:03.035 [SPEAKER_05]: I think I took little things, uh, and each aspect of my game and that helped me kind of take a jump forward this year.

14:03.075 --> 14:07.098 [SPEAKER_05]: And I also just, I'm appreciative of all the teammates and all the coaches that I, uh,

14:07.840 --> 14:14.711 [SPEAKER_05]: went through this year and had to be a part of with teams and I just appreciate everything that they did for me and it was just an awesome year.

14:16.370 --> 14:21.554 [SPEAKER_01]: Hey Ryan, thank you for joining us to kind of take you back to so fans who may not know your full story.

14:22.095 --> 14:22.975 [SPEAKER_01]: Could you kind of take us back?

14:23.015 --> 14:28.119 [SPEAKER_01]: So come out of high school in Florida, you were one of the better players at high school, but there's a lot of great players at high school.

14:28.640 --> 14:38.948 [SPEAKER_01]: What was your recruiting process like and could you kind of explain the process from high school to how you ended up at Kentucky eventually and you know, obviously kind of breaking out there after breaking

14:41.236 --> 14:55.105 [SPEAKER_05]: yeah for sure um in high school you know i uh i actually was a catcher my freshman year high school just the diversity team needed a catcher and i was like yeah i can do it i'd like to think i'm a pretty utility kind of guy like especially growing up but um

14:55.985 --> 14:58.807 [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, they were like, we need a catcher, and I was like, yeah, for sure, I can do that.

14:59.387 --> 15:04.111 [SPEAKER_05]: I ended my freshman year actually getting ran over at the plate and breaking my elbow.

15:04.171 --> 15:10.675 [SPEAKER_05]: So I missed my entire freshman summer into my sophomore fall.

15:10.735 --> 15:13.337 [SPEAKER_05]: I came back in the middle of the spring and my sophomore year.

15:13.957 --> 15:18.040 [SPEAKER_05]: And that was kind of like the big recruiting time for high schoolers is that freshman summer.

15:18.220 --> 15:23.064 [SPEAKER_05]: I had some buzz with some power five schools early on, but I kind of dropped off the

15:25.769 --> 15:50.936 [SPEAKER_05]: went into my sophomore year and I was coming back off injuries so you know I was kind of on the smaller side just wasn't as strong or fast as some of the other guys my age and that's kind of what they told me like if you want to see you get stronger faster we like your skill set we think you can play here but we just want to see that happen before we make any calls on that so I did that I went into the gym I ended up putting on like 20 25 pounds I was pushing 200 pounds

15:54.454 --> 15:57.837 [SPEAKER_05]: And I looked apart for sure, but that's one COVID hit.

15:57.897 --> 16:09.987 [SPEAKER_05]: So still, I had no offers, zero offers going into my senior fall, junior summer and a coach that used to work at Ole Miss Coach Mack, Mark McMillan.

16:10.107 --> 16:17.473 [SPEAKER_05]: He gave me a call one day saying he was the head coach at Charleston, Southern University and offered me a spot there and you know, I took that on this spot.

16:17.934 --> 16:21.357 [SPEAKER_05]: I just wanted to place to play and give me a chance to kind of show my abilities.

16:22.635 --> 16:24.556 [SPEAKER_05]: So I went into Charleston, Sellerna as an infielder.

16:25.836 --> 16:27.777 [SPEAKER_05]: I played at some third base, some second base.

16:29.117 --> 16:33.058 [SPEAKER_05]: And then I went into the transfer portal after my freshman year.

16:33.078 --> 16:35.439 [SPEAKER_05]: I ended up playing half the year in the outfield after an injury.

16:35.479 --> 16:36.760 [SPEAKER_05]: We had to our center of fielder.

16:37.460 --> 16:39.040 [SPEAKER_05]: But that was the first time I've ever played the outfield.

16:39.120 --> 16:46.903 [SPEAKER_05]: So I've always had that thought that I probably ended up being an outfielder if I were to make it into the minor leagues and into the major leagues.

16:47.923 --> 16:53.127 [SPEAKER_05]: Um, it kind of was the the start of my outfield career and I went into the transfer portal.

16:53.827 --> 17:04.294 [SPEAKER_05]: I got a bunch of calls from a lot of schools and um, I think the biggest thing was where they want me to play half the time they want me to be an in-fielder, the other half they want me to be an outfielder, so

17:05.254 --> 17:07.456 [SPEAKER_05]: Um, I thought Kentucky was a great fit.

17:07.696 --> 17:09.037 [SPEAKER_05]: I love the coaching stuff.

17:09.457 --> 17:13.961 [SPEAKER_05]: Um, I love the just the facilities and obviously it's the SEC.

17:14.001 --> 17:19.965 [SPEAKER_05]: So if you perform in that conference, um, you have a really good chance of making that next step come true.

17:20.025 --> 17:24.168 [SPEAKER_05]: So for me, all those things kind of aligned and I didn't really take much time in the transfer portal.

17:24.208 --> 17:25.850 [SPEAKER_05]: I thought Kentucky was a great fit for me.

17:26.650 --> 17:30.113 [SPEAKER_05]: And they also want me to be an out for which I thought was the next step in my career.

17:30.153 --> 17:34.396 [SPEAKER_05]: So I took that and then everything kind of took off from there.

17:36.176 --> 17:46.104 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, let's, let's go back to that too because you sort of, you know, you're, you're going into your junior year, you had a few games here on the cape with with could to it.

17:47.486 --> 17:58.315 [SPEAKER_02]: But you were still kind of on the outside of like our top 100 I think was outside the top 150 we started to hear some buzz from area scouts and cross checkers that you're blowing up athletic testing.

17:59.475 --> 18:04.837 [SPEAKER_02]: And I think you went into your junior year perform really well and raised your profile.

18:05.337 --> 18:18.081 [SPEAKER_02]: When did you sort of start to hear from your agent and just maybe from other areas, got us folks in the industry that being a first round pick was a legitimate thing that could happen for you.

18:18.201 --> 18:20.622 [SPEAKER_02]: So sort of when did that all start to come together?

18:20.702 --> 18:21.602 [SPEAKER_02]: Cause obviously, you know,

18:22.536 --> 18:24.598 [SPEAKER_02]: You go into the portal, you go to Kentucky.

18:24.979 --> 18:32.346 [SPEAKER_02]: Profile still wasn't really high, but by the end of that junior year, you were considered consensus like top 40 player in the class.

18:33.372 --> 18:41.397 [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, you know, I got a couple of games in the cape and then ended up tearing my ACL so I like just like my high school recruiting process.

18:41.457 --> 18:43.118 [SPEAKER_05]: I like to think of it as pretty similar.

18:43.158 --> 18:55.006 [SPEAKER_05]: You know, I had a very good chance to put myself in a great spot with a summer circuit, whether it was in high school or whether it ended up being in college in the cape, but you know, they both got cut short because of injury.

18:55.046 --> 18:58.248 [SPEAKER_05]: So I kind of felt like history was repeating itself there a little bit and.

18:58.762 --> 19:06.205 [SPEAKER_05]: That was a big chance for me to take those strides and really kind of cement myself as a top player in the class and it kind of got taken away from me pretty early.

19:06.285 --> 19:23.313 [SPEAKER_05]: So you know, it was very frustrating in the beginning, you know, you hate to have anything like that happen when you have a really awesome opportunity in front of you, but for me it was kind of snapping out of that and just doing what I could to better myself in the next couple months and leading up to the season because I knew my junior year.

19:24.227 --> 19:40.882 [SPEAKER_05]: was the year that I needed to put it all together to make myself become a first rompick that I ended up being, but it was more of whatever I could do in rehab and kind of staying positive and just kind of looking forward to the season because I knew I needed to play and I really came back quick from that ACL injury.

19:40.922 --> 19:43.725 [SPEAKER_05]: I think I came back in about seven and a half months.

19:43.785 --> 19:44.325 [SPEAKER_05]: I think it was.

19:44.405 --> 19:47.488 [SPEAKER_05]: And you know, that's kind of pushing it on the side of an ACL.

19:47.528 --> 19:49.270 [SPEAKER_05]: I remember Doc telling me like, hey man.

19:49.995 --> 20:02.955 [SPEAKER_05]: you blew all the physical testing away, like you're physically ready to go, but there's there's a retail, just caution, you know, you have, I think you said it was like a 33% chance that I retorted if I came back to play.

20:03.731 --> 20:06.133 [SPEAKER_05]: But for me, it was, I needed to play.

20:06.153 --> 20:09.015 [SPEAKER_05]: I needed to get out there on the field, and I needed to showcase myself.

20:09.075 --> 20:12.357 [SPEAKER_05]: And, you know, I kind of switched that mindset of playing.

20:12.437 --> 20:14.299 [SPEAKER_05]: Now, you know, always growing up my whole life.

20:14.319 --> 20:17.221 [SPEAKER_05]: It was kind of like to prove to everyone that I was good enough.

20:17.301 --> 20:18.362 [SPEAKER_05]: Like I had the long hearing.

20:18.382 --> 20:21.024 [SPEAKER_05]: I'm supposed to be here, like I deserve to be playing at this level.

20:21.772 --> 20:29.298 [SPEAKER_05]: And once I got injured it was, I mean, before that it was always about results like I did everything to play well and showcase that I'm good enough.

20:29.939 --> 20:37.946 [SPEAKER_05]: But once I came back from injury, I kind of just realized the joy of playing again and you know how it could be taken away from you in an instant.

20:38.166 --> 20:40.648 [SPEAKER_05]: So for me it was all about just kind of going out there and having fun again.

20:41.359 --> 20:45.482 [SPEAKER_05]: And I think when I did that and kind of dropped that burden of success, my results really took off.

20:45.702 --> 20:50.325 [SPEAKER_05]: And I think that was something I took into this year as well, you know, it's a long season.

20:50.425 --> 20:54.007 [SPEAKER_05]: It's a grind, but you got to find a way to enjoy it.

20:54.247 --> 20:56.148 [SPEAKER_05]: And you know, everyone loves playing baseball.

20:56.829 --> 21:00.351 [SPEAKER_05]: That's what you do and that's as our jobs and we love that.

21:00.431 --> 21:02.953 [SPEAKER_05]: But you know, there's times when you're not doing the best, you're struggling.

21:03.533 --> 21:09.257 [SPEAKER_05]: And it's very easy to kind of get down on yourself and get hung up there and then next thing, you know, a month goes by and you're still struggling.

21:09.921 --> 21:14.566 [SPEAKER_05]: But for me, I think the biggest thing was kind of just being grateful to be out there and playing the game.

21:14.646 --> 21:23.817 [SPEAKER_05]: And every day I was able to flush a 4-4-4 or even a 0-4-4, you know, you can flush it and just move on because again you get to wake up and you get to play the game again the next day.

21:24.660 --> 21:51.211 [SPEAKER_05]: And I think that's really what helped me take off my junior years kind of that mindset and honestly when I started finding out how I was close to being a first-round pick was just towards the end of the season You know, I kind of tried to stay off a social media and stay away from looking at all the rankings and and where I was put Because honestly my goal was just to be on the field and I kind of felt like I was playing with house money Just being able to be out there with the guys and play last season of my college career and

21:52.862 --> 22:03.374 [SPEAKER_05]: You know, by the end of the season, I looked back and I was like, man, these past 12 months have been an absolute roller coaster, but you know, it's, I was super grateful for being that position I ended up being in.

22:05.208 --> 22:07.969 [SPEAKER_04]: Hey Ryan, yeah, he's who's kind of a baseball American here.

22:07.989 --> 22:13.552 [SPEAKER_04]: You talked about the importance of having a full health disease and you were able to do it in your first professional season with everything that happened.

22:13.952 --> 22:19.254 [SPEAKER_04]: I want to hear from you kind of, what was to get just met, you know, going from plain college baseball to plain to pro ball?

22:19.294 --> 22:21.335 [SPEAKER_04]: You know, how much different was it compared to college?

22:21.735 --> 22:26.177 [SPEAKER_04]: And it just, when did you feel exactly did you feel like you were exactly comfortable playing professional baseball?

22:27.675 --> 22:52.827 [SPEAKER_05]: yeah you know um obviously i think last season uh not this past season i just played but right after the draft i got to head out to vicellia and kind of get a feel of what the professional week looks like you know i played two weeks there and um you know it's kind of i feel like it all boils down to just knowing yourself like what you need to be ready for the game i think there's a lot of people that go out there and they take hundreds of swings before a game and

22:53.300 --> 23:19.429 [SPEAKER_05]: at that point you're tiring yourself out for one the game comes and maybe not on Monday night you feel that way or Tuesday night my bad but you're gonna feel that on Thursday or Friday because you've just used everything you've had in the tank and I think that for me it was kind of knowing what it takes to be ready for the game and obviously different days take different amounts of preparation but you know if there's a day you're really feeling good and you get in the

23:21.813 --> 23:24.583 [SPEAKER_05]: your swing feels diode, your mind sets, right?

23:24.664 --> 23:26.290 [SPEAKER_05]: Like you really don't need any more.

23:27.012 --> 23:27.695 [SPEAKER_05]: I think it's time.

23:28.580 --> 23:39.089 [SPEAKER_05]: Times like that where you can just kind of save your energy a little bit and kind of just push through that and get ready for the game, and I think that was really what helped me throughout the year and being able to play as many games as I did.

23:39.129 --> 23:49.158 [SPEAKER_05]: I think I ended up playing 1304 in the regular season and then we had to play off games, so I think I did at 136 But I think that was the biggest thing for me.

23:49.178 --> 23:55.144 [SPEAKER_05]: It was kind of knowing myself and knowing my body and what it takes to get ready and I you know it's

23:56.086 --> 24:02.247 [SPEAKER_05]: It's, that's the different aspect I'd say, between college and professional, is kind of, it's all individualized.

24:02.528 --> 24:11.490 [SPEAKER_05]: I think college, you have a lot of times where you have in and out before the game, or you have team B people before the game, or you have some pick-offs or base running.

24:11.510 --> 24:14.190 [SPEAKER_05]: You have a lot of things that the team does together.

24:14.690 --> 24:16.091 [SPEAKER_05]: And they make sure that everyone's doing that.

24:16.211 --> 24:25.613 [SPEAKER_05]: But I think in the minor leagues, it's kind of whatever you feel like you need to do before the game, you can figure that out and then you stay on that routine and you kind of continue that cycle day by day.

24:26.998 --> 24:28.820 [SPEAKER_03]: Ryan, that was a really good answer.

24:29.080 --> 24:29.960 [SPEAKER_03]: Really good stuff.

24:29.980 --> 24:34.464 [SPEAKER_03]: Appreciate the insight and congrats on a great year to with the Diamondbacks.

24:34.604 --> 24:35.745 [SPEAKER_03]: Thanks for joining us, man.

24:35.785 --> 24:36.446 [SPEAKER_03]: This was great.

24:36.566 --> 24:37.367 [SPEAKER_03]: Hope you enjoyed it.

24:37.867 --> 24:39.108 [SPEAKER_03]: And good luck in the off season.

24:39.148 --> 24:39.929 [SPEAKER_03]: I'm sure we'll talk to you.

24:43.400 --> 24:50.622 [SPEAKER_03]: Thank you, Ryan Walshmit, great conversation with the Diamondbacks minor league player of the year on baseball America's list.

24:50.662 --> 25:00.165 [SPEAKER_03]: If you want to see the winners per organization, of course baseball america.com is the spot one more Quickie Break, then we get to rookie postseason pitchers and their impact.

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26:02.777 --> 26:03.337 [SPEAKER_03]: Hey, we're back.

26:03.397 --> 26:06.119 [SPEAKER_03]: And I thought this was cool from Keegan Mathis, and he covers the Blue Jays.

26:06.159 --> 26:12.322 [SPEAKER_03]: He said they're handling a trade savage this season is going to be used as to dream model by other teams and fan bases over the next few years.

26:12.422 --> 26:16.504 [SPEAKER_03]: Player development moved to progressively and left enough in the tank for the playoffs.

26:16.524 --> 26:17.105 [SPEAKER_03]: I had it that part.

26:17.425 --> 26:20.326 [SPEAKER_03]: His savage nailed his side of it perfectly played all of it.

26:20.426 --> 26:21.027 [SPEAKER_03]: Jeff Dugry.

26:22.285 --> 26:36.832 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I do, and I think this was very intentional from the beginning of the season, just in terms of how they rolled them out, and really, there are big arms, whether it was him or Steven, or even Stanifer, kind of, you know, ascended up to this conversation during the year.

26:37.672 --> 26:44.015 [SPEAKER_02]: All of these guys were held back into needing where they knew they were going to deal with the best possible weather early on in the year.

26:44.355 --> 26:48.317 [SPEAKER_02]: But also, they have a great facility down there into needing where they're spring training home is.

26:48.657 --> 26:50.498 [SPEAKER_02]: They have access to a lot of different coaching

26:51.178 --> 27:06.007 [SPEAKER_02]: knowledge, et cetera, to kind of make sure they were monitoring workloads, they piggybacked to him in Stanford, and then slowly progressively moved him throughout each of these levels, and exposed him to sort of enough innings to keep some in the tank.

27:06.447 --> 27:12.951 [SPEAKER_02]: Well, also allowing him to be challenged with some of these battles and facing the second time through the order every so often.

27:13.031 --> 27:14.412 [SPEAKER_02]: So I think if you look back on

27:14.732 --> 27:19.818 [SPEAKER_02]: you know, each one of these starts, how many innings he went, how many pitches he went, they were really, really deliberate about that.

27:19.958 --> 27:28.007 [SPEAKER_02]: And I don't think that is by accident, you know, Justin Lear, Ricky Mindhol, and really a new pitching group there in Toronto.

27:28.027 --> 27:35.256 [SPEAKER_02]: They've done a phenomenal job, not just with your savage, but I think with a lot of the arms that have the talent, but not necessarily the direction.

27:35.796 --> 27:45.705 [SPEAKER_02]: in previous years and we've started to see that and they did a phenomenal job with this savage, you know, pitched obviously big innings for him this weekend and helped him win the division for the first time in over a decade.

27:46.612 --> 27:51.573 [SPEAKER_03]: Hey, we love doing this show talking prospects and then to get to see them in October is really cool.

27:51.633 --> 27:53.674 [SPEAKER_03]: Jackson Joe about his ups and downs last year in October.

27:53.694 --> 27:58.915 [SPEAKER_03]: I know he's hurt this year now, but Chase Burns, Peyton Toli, you've got also early for Boston.

27:58.935 --> 28:04.297 [SPEAKER_03]: A lot of rookies that we're going to be able to see over the next several days enjoy postseason ball.

28:04.337 --> 28:08.538 [SPEAKER_03]: We're still back here as usual every single week, Mondays on hot sheet.

28:08.558 --> 28:09.418 [SPEAKER_03]: We'll see you for the next one.