Mark to my head.
Ok. Um,
look like they actually get the news from, from and how do you feel about,
you know, he gave you the news today. Um, I'm just, honestly, I'm just really
excited to be here right now. I'm ready to help out this team. I'm, I'm excited
to get everything going right now.
What's it been like waiting for, for this that you knew was responsible.
You know, I, I knew this day was gonna come, but it, it didn't mean that I was
gonna be worried about it or anything like that. I was just enjoying my
moment out there living, uh, playing out there like it was my last day and
just enjoying the moment while I was in Louisville.
So with your uncle
you working at?
Yeah, for me, it's just helping the team out win, uh, day in and day out.
Try to give, uh 100% of my best ability to give the team an opportunity to win.
And hopefully, you know, we'll, we'll be able to get in the playoffs as well.
Was there *** point in the season where you knew you were ready or thought you
were ready.
No, I, I always knew that I was ready but it's always up to the personnel to
make those decisions for me. I mean, it seemed like you were teasing *** lot of
fans
when your arrival was, uh where are you most looking forward to now that you're
flying to?
No, I'm just really excited to be here in Cincinnati and play uh out for all
these fans as well. I know it's *** great fan base as well. So I'm really
just looking forward to play for, for the city.
The, the thing about Jimmy Butler, I've posted that because, you know, it was
just every Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat, they were going to the post to
the finals. So it wasn't anything about, uh, me going up to, to the big leagues,
obviously done *** lot of things
growing. But what's the one thing that maybe you're, you're, you're happiest
about that you worked on since you went back to the minor leagues?
Not about me,
for me, it's always been the, the plate discipline and just making sure that I
swing at pitches that are mine and forget about the or lay off the pitches
that are not what I'm supposed to strike, strike out at. So for me, it's
been the decision making that I do at home plate.
It as simple as just
changing your mind of what you want to.
Yeah, for me, it was just like, yeah, I finally saw that they weren't throwing
anything. Uh, that was, that I was gonna make good contact on it. So I
just decided, you know what, not gonna swing at it until I see something
that's in the zone that I like. And I'm gonna make some contact on it.
How they two of you.
Yeah. Everyone at home is very emotional. My brothers, my family,
everyone's just really excited to see me and they're just gonna all gather at
the house and watch the TV.
It's been great.
Um
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I mean, you just have to keep focus with everything that, that you want to
do with, with all the goals that you want to do up here at the big leagues.
I mean, sure those numbers are great and being *** number one prospect and
things of that nature, but you can't just stop there because, you know,
you're just the number one prospect. You still have to keep working hard as
much as possible because the the goal is not here, obviously it's to build
more and more and keep going because you never know what's gonna happen
tomorrow. So um just have to keep working hard and, and try to do your
best out there in the field,
follow up that you're obviously active on social media. So you know what the
fans are saying too and you know how much they anticipated this? Some say
they call up or more years.
How did you, how did you even live up to that?
And the exile?
I mean, it, it's all about giving 100% of the best of your ability out there.
It's not like, you know, I'm gonna promise home runs every time I'm up to
the plate because you never know when that's gonna happen. But they, I can
definitely promise that I can give 100% of my best of my ability out there.
Some unusual base running, uh, plays recently. Uh How do you describe that
part of your game? And uh
yeah, I mean, base running is just uh electric for me and, and it gets uh the
stadium into it too. Like everyone likes to see those different types of
uh running and whenever I make contact, I know I'm just gonna sprint out there
and run as fast as I can to, to get on base. So, I mean, it's just one of
those things that I really love to do
to go.
Yeah, it's shortstop
and
as your input to explain,
hey,
um, yeah, the English, we're working on it, uh day by day. We're trying to get
better every day and uh T shirt. Well, it's uh psycho bunny. It's *** brand
and uh I just bought it at the store uh one day and really liked it. So, so I
got it.
I, I actually have *** lot of shirts from psycho bunny. I, I really like
that plant. Maybe we'll start *** plug for ***, *** branding sponsorship soon.
No,
how this kind of that started this journey that you're on and ultimately
reach you?
Yeah, I mean, uh you look back at it sometimes and think, wow, you know, as
those are the opportunities that God gave me and get me myself up here today.
So, um you kind of look at that and keep going at it too
when you got called up. What's the best piece of advice you got? And who did
that come from? The advice just on making this move? So,
I mean, uh Barry, Barry luck was the first person to say like, hey, just
focus on your game, just keep focusing. Um I like to say *** couple more things,
but, you know, that's why I have here to say *** couple more things in
English. But you know that I, that's as much as I could share about that
since the very beginning. Is it something special to you that we're
number 44 especially now in the major league?
Uh
Yeah, of course. I mean, he's *** guy that's made such *** great impact. He's
*** legend in this game as well. That, I mean, he's *** guy that's made his
mark with his team as well and this organization. So, of course, it's, it's
an honor to, to wear his number.
Have you watched uh Matt mclean? What he's been able to do up here and grab
it last night some of the guys that, you know, and see their success.
Yeah. I mean, that's why they were called up. They, they've been doing ***
heck of *** job and they've, they've really put in all their effort too to
show case themselves and, and there's *** reason why they were called up
because they know that they can put themselves out there and make this team
better and help the team win too. So that's why I'm up here too to help out.
Thank you all.
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