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Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a ball to left-center for a double. He's consistently hit the ball opposite field this spring - noteworthy after he went from career-high opposite-field usage (27.8%) in 2020 to a career-low 19.8% in 2021.
Squints: “But it was signed by Babe Ruth!”
Smalls: “Yeah. You keep telling me that, but who is she?”
“What?”
“What?”
“The Sultan of Swat!”
“The King of Crash!”
“The Colossus of Clout!”
“The Colossus of Clout!”
“Babe Ruth!”
Ham: “The Great Bambino!”
Smalls: “Oh my God! You mean that’s the same guy?”
Ham: “I’m the great Bambino.”
Smalls: “Who’s that?”
Ham: “What?”
Narrator: “I had no idea who they were talking about.”
Ham: “What did he say?”
Bertram: “What, were you born in a barn, man?”
Yeah-Yeah: “Yeah, yeah. What planet are you from.”
Narrator: “There was no way I could let them know.”
Squints: “You’ve never heard of the Sultan of Swat?”
DeNunez: “The Titan of Terror?”
Timmy: “The Colossus of Clout?”
Tommy: “The Colossus of Clout?”
Benny: “The King of Crash, man.”
Narrator: “So, I lied.”
Smalls: “Oh, yeah. The Great Bambino! Of course. I thought you said The Great Bambi.”
Ham: “That wimpy deer?”
Smalls: “Yeah. I guess. Sorry.”
From Fangraphs:
Tyler gained about three ticks on his heater and slider in 2021, which helped him blossom from an org guy into a legitimate relief prospect. The righty comes at hitters straight over the top with a cutter that carries more than you’d guess based on the pitch’s spin rate and efficiency, and he pairs it with a vertically-oriented, almost 12-6 slider. His game basically boils down to tunneling those two offerings, as the other three pitches are mostly ornamental. He projects as an up-and-down spot starter or long reliever.