Bruce Bochy on his birthday, Tyler Mahle's hot start, Leiter's blister

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It's Rangers manager Bruce Bochy's birthday today! He joined the K&C Masterpiece to discuss if anyone has sung to him today, why Tyler Mahle has been so good to start the 2025 season, when Jack Leiter might return from the injured list, and more.

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00:00you could make a really strong argument that the back-to-back starts from Tyler Malley are the best

00:20back-to-back starts he's had in probably four years aside from just getting healthier what

00:25have you seen from him in these last two starts that has made him so effective

00:29well he's got four pitches that he has he's got a good right on the fastball he pitches on that top

00:39rail very well but you know he goes in and out so he's got the quadrants that he can work with and

00:47you know I talked about it last night a little bit you know he there's no panic in him you see him out

00:53there how calm he is and he just has ability uh you know to execute a big pitch when he has to

00:59and he's got the slider uh last year he he didn't use that a lot but uh that's been a big pitch for

01:06him along with the split and they'll mix in the slower breaking ball at times and so he's got a

01:11four pitch mix uh where he can work both sides and uh up and down and and so that works uh especially

01:18when you uh uh know that you're you're in a good place and and what I mean by that is you have that

01:24confidence and he's got that working for him uh number one he's healthy and two he's he's he's

01:31pitched well before he's he's got that on his resume

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