Nico Hoerner loves watching Daniel Palencia close games for Cubs

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00:00how's uh how's the vibe when daniel palencia comes in for a ninth inning these days

00:04yeah i mean obviously with the closer the biggest thing is just anybody who can get

00:09three outs and win you the game but it is more fun when your guy throws 102 and has some some

00:14flare to it and mountain presence and he lets the clock run down till one and waits for the hitter

00:20and he's in charge and um nothing like over the top with antics it's just kind of a

00:26of real sense of confidence and um and attacking guys and he's using a slider enough to get him

00:35off his fastball and just been really fun to see him see him continue to embrace that role and

00:40you know had a tough that tough outing in miami that um didn't go his way and immediately was

00:46right back on it which i think is the best sign for a bullpen guy because there's going to be more

00:50days like that unfortunately and it's just all about how you respond and he's been amazing i don't

00:54think i've watched the wait till one second dynamic with enough detail but that that's a fun way to

00:59try and have a little edge as a closer isn't it play that little mind game yeah he did that from

01:04pretty early on when he was called up i remember but especially if a hitter uses their time out

01:09already he's often waiting until the last second and to me and some guys are joking about it almost

01:14like it's like he's just waiting and like charging up in order to throw like a ball as hard as he can

01:19so that's kind of what it looks like to me

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