Luke Jones and Nestor discuss bad defense and many hopeful bats of Orioles as Opening Day awaits. Defense and Pitching Leading to Offense Kobe Mayo’s Role and Defensive Challenges Defensive Improvement and Coaching Offensive Potential and Player Development Health and Injury Concerns Leadership and Team Dynamics Team Expectations and Potential Community Impact and Fan Engagement Final Thoughts and Future Outlook SUMMARY KEYWORDS Orioles, defense, pitching, Kobe Mayo, Gunnar Henderson, Pete Alonso, bullpen, injuries, offense, spring training, coaching staff, health, lineup, potential, Opening Day. SPEAKERS Nestor Aparicio, Luke Jones Nestor Aparicio 00:02 Welcome home. We are W, N, S, T. Am 1570 to Baltimore. We are Baltimore positive. We are getting ready for opening day with our friends, the comfort guys at Farnham and Dermer as well as the Maryland crab cake tour. Get back out on the road Koco’s. I see you. I’m coming to see you. Marcella, it is spring. Is sprung. We’ll be at the ballpark to Camden Yards. We’ve been talking about all things pitching here, and I think now we’re going to let the pitching lead to defense, because Luke, I inked My dear Craig Albernaz or Albie, and I’ll be writing letters to all of the wrasse including Pete Alonso. A little welcome to to well, you know, we’ve had nicknames around here. We’ve never had one quite as good as the polar bear. I don’t think, but, but defensively and how that sets up the pitching. Because we went soup to nuts on pitching, we did an hour on it, you know, from Bradish and Rogers through what Boz is and where the bullpen is, and where Tyler Wells is it even Batista, maybe later in the year. The concern of the bullpen is one thing, concern of the defense and how it gets stressed, and this really leads into our offense and saying, when you strike out this much, the biggest thing you do when you strike out is you don’t put the ball in play. You don’t tax the defense. They can’t make an error if you strike out right? So for me, with defense on this team, I guess it starts with Kobe Mayo at third base. I don’t know that there’s anyone with a glove in the field. I don’t love gunner Henderson’s defense. Be honest with you. You know, I’d like to see that improve. Holiday out westburg, out I like both of those guys a lot. That’s a massive blow to them and how long they’re out and whether they blossom holidays, one, one. I mean, you got to get them a lineup. It’s less than ideal, I would say, to start the year, and that doesn’t curb my optimism or my enthusiasm for what this can be. But we did talk about, well, you blow two run lead late in the game in a bullpen. Yeah, we’re going to pick on some Nestor Herman or some guy we’ve never heard of in a button that won’t be him,
