Jace Jung Getting A Crack At 3rd Base

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00:00to take all smarm out of this, all the Chapman smarm out of the situation

00:05and say that this is a good thing. This is a good move. Scott Harris

00:09didn't call up Colt Keith last year at the end of the season, and we saw him

00:12struggle to begin 2024,

00:16looking to avoid that with Jayce Young.

00:18If you're gonna punt on third base,

00:21you have to call up Young before the end of the season. You have to give him a

00:24chance to get his feet wet, give him a chance to play a little bit of third

00:27and C, give him a chance to see Major League pitching and give him an

00:31opportunity to be a better piece in 2025.

00:35This is a good move for Scott Harris. I think it's a great move for Scott

00:37Harris, and it was one that

00:40we kind of anticipated and almost it was just a matter of when is it going

00:45to happen? Was it going to happen last week? Is it happen? Obviously, it's

00:48happening now in a week from now.

00:50I'm glad it's happening earlier rather than later so he can get as many at

00:55bats as many opportunities at third base. He's a trained second baseman that

00:58they've moved to third has had some issues. That's where his weak spot is.

01:02Can we see him make the transition from batter at the triple-a level third

01:08baseman at the triple-a level and continue to improve in both areas, but

01:12especially in the field at the Major League level.

01:15Yeah, I mean the idea was if you weren't going to sign a third baseman in the

01:18offseason, the Jayce Young had to be close to the Major League level that you

01:21would see him at some point this year and we will we'll see him tonight.

01:25And Colt Keith last year actually hit better than him and didn't get the call

01:28up. So I wonder if something philosophically is changing.

01:33But I'm here for it because Colt Keith might not have had that rough May if he

01:37had 100 at bats to close last season at the Major League level and the hope

01:41here and this is all hope these are prospects at the end of the day. The

01:44hope here is you give Jayce Young a chance to be a better player in 2025

01:47because he's on the team starting right now and he has a lot of work still to

01:50do at third base 16 errors in 65 games.

01:53I don't know if third base is going to be his permanent home, but I want to see

01:56him field the ball at the Major League level because it means he gets to see

02:00Major League pitching at the same time.

02:01Well, that's that's it is you got to be able to see Major League pitching and

02:05it's early enough to where if he does come up and we've heard this from AJ.

02:08We've seen it with a number of players.

02:10We've seen it play out with Colt Keith where yes, you can come up.

02:14Maybe you struggle.

02:15Maybe you find your way and then pitchers adjust and you have to be able

02:18to adjust to the new pitching.

02:19I think there is enough time for that process, even though it's abbreviated

02:24this year to happen so that Jayce Young can get into the offseason know a

02:30little bit more at the Major League level.

02:33Where are his strengths?

02:35How can I make those better?

02:36Where are his weaknesses?

02:37How can I address those so that when he hits spring training when he hits

02:41opening day next year, he's a better player in a better place than he is

02:46now if he is incredible and I'm not predicting that but if he was just

02:52going deep all the time, you'd feel really good about third base going into

02:56next season if he struggles mightily.

02:59It opens up the question of do you need to at least have another option there

03:02on the 2025 roster and they can both play.

03:05You'll learn things is the point.

03:06That's why you call him up right now is you'll learn some things about him.

03:11What's the corresponding move?

03:12It's not just him Sweeney comes up as well.

03:14It's shortstop couple guys who can play on the left side of the infield figure

03:17out if either of them are going to be key pieces on next year's roster who

03:21gets sent down.

03:22That's a terrific question because you're in a position now where some of

03:30the guys you're going to just have to simply DFA versus sending down to the

03:34minor leagues.

03:34Now, I don't know how it works for Akil Badu.

03:40He seems to be odd man out.

03:42I don't know that he is a part of the core moving forward.

03:47No, but he's an outfielder and you're bringing two infielders.

03:49So someone from the infields got to go.

03:53Give me your options.

03:54Okay.

03:54I mean one would be I hate to say it fire up chips Zach McKinstry.

03:58Okay, it seems the most logical but but the game left the bat on the field

04:02DFA.

04:03Yeah, Gio Rochelle would be another name if you're just like, hey, you know

04:06what?

04:06We've got someone to play third base.

04:07Now in Jason, you're on a one-year deal again.

04:11It's a DFA.

04:11Yes, that would be a decision.

04:14Blime address would not be a DFA and you could say hey Gio is going to play

04:17more first.

04:18A Banya's will play more first.

04:19We've got Jace to play third the rest of the season.

04:21I think that's your answer that do you think it's Bly?

04:23I think so.

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