WEBVTT #Elemental Media Engine(TM) 2.15.1.406479 X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:182970 00:00:00.684 --> 00:00:00.717 It's interesting. 00:00:00.884 --> 00:00:01.968 Acuna Houston Astros Tom and 00:00:01.968 --> 00:00:02.068 they always do. 00:00:02.836 --> 00:00:04.020 They almost be able to push past 00:00:04.020 --> 00:00:04.337 the rays. 00:00:04.738 --> 00:00:04.771 Get back. 00:00:05.271 --> 00:00:05.305 The World Series. 00:00:05.922 --> 00:00:07.090 But now they feel awfully 00:00:07.090 --> 00:00:07.524 vulnerable. 00:00:08.258 --> 00:00:09.259 And one of the reasons why is 00:00:09.259 --> 00:00:09.726 George Springer. 00:00:10.393 --> 00:00:11.311 This guy's a free agent is 00:00:11.311 --> 00:00:11.611 certainly highly coveted. 00:00:12.345 --> 00:00:13.296 And there's lots of talk right 00:00:13.296 --> 00:00:14.381 now about the value he could 00:00:14.381 --> 00:00:14.597 bring to a team. 00:00:15.365 --> 00:00:17.033 And that word value to me is the 00:00:17.033 --> 00:00:17.534 key to free agency. 00:00:18.301 --> 00:00:20.020 And Nakita establishing value is 00:00:20.020 --> 00:00:20.553 your platform season. 00:00:21.287 --> 00:00:23.406 How do you perform in the year 00:00:23.406 --> 00:00:24.157 when you're getting on the 00:00:24.157 --> 00:00:26.493 market and for George Springer 00:00:26.493 --> 00:00:29.145 hit the third highest increase 00:00:29.145 --> 00:00:30.163 in launch angle. 00:00:30.864 --> 00:00:32.499 Now that's not necessarily a 00:00:32.499 --> 00:00:34.184 great number for a lot of 00:00:34.184 --> 00:00:35.752 hitters but you really have to 00:00:35.752 --> 00:00:37.887 dive into that number to 00:00:37.887 --> 00:00:40.356 understand why his platform 00:00:40.356 --> 00:00:41.441 season actually turned out to be 00:00:41.441 --> 00:00:42.909 a very good one because it 00:00:42.909 --> 00:00:43.993 didn't start out that way and 00:00:43.993 --> 00:00:45.011 then early in the season. 00:00:45.678 --> 00:00:46.663 And I like to look at guys 00:00:46.663 --> 00:00:48.164 default swings fastballs down 00:00:48.164 --> 00:00:48.198 the middle. 00:00:48.798 --> 00:00:48.982 What do you do with them. 00:00:49.682 --> 00:00:50.350 Major league hitters should 00:00:50.350 --> 00:00:50.667 crush them. 00:00:51.401 --> 00:00:52.519 This is what he was doing too 00:00:52.519 --> 00:00:53.470 much of first month of the 00:00:53.470 --> 00:00:53.653 season. 00:00:54.187 --> 00:00:54.487 He's not on time. 00:00:55.155 --> 00:00:55.605 He's popping the ball up. 00:00:56.072 --> 00:00:56.106 You know what. 00:00:56.790 --> 00:00:58.892 A lot of hitters had this timing 00:00:58.892 --> 00:00:59.726 issue because of the short cap. 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:00.093 Right. 00:01:00.493 --> 00:01:01.795 Getting to the 60 game season. 00:01:02.362 --> 00:01:03.029 I saw this homerun. 00:01:03.730 --> 00:01:04.714 This is August twenty nine. 00:01:05.448 --> 00:01:06.182 That's what you should do with 00:01:06.182 --> 00:01:06.649 the fastball down the middle. 00:01:07.417 --> 00:01:09.402 And Springer is one of the best 00:01:09.402 --> 00:01:11.154 fastball hitters in the game. 00:01:11.855 --> 00:01:13.123 And watch his back elbow get 00:01:13.123 --> 00:01:13.156 tucked in here. 00:01:13.740 --> 00:01:14.741 This is what hitters mean by 00:01:14.741 --> 00:01:15.375 being connected. 00:01:16.076 --> 00:01:16.976 Keeping the hands inside the 00:01:16.976 --> 00:01:17.010 baseball. 00:01:17.577 --> 00:01:18.495 But all the arms are inside. 00:01:19.129 --> 00:01:19.946 Everything's connected. 00:01:20.613 --> 00:01:22.532 He was on fire after that 00:01:22.532 --> 00:01:23.683 homerun of the twenty night 00:01:23.683 --> 00:01:23.716 again. 00:01:24.384 --> 00:01:25.935 He got back to being the George 00:01:25.935 --> 00:01:27.103 Springer that we've seen over 00:01:27.103 --> 00:01:27.954 years and years. 00:01:28.521 --> 00:01:28.972 Great fastball hit. 00:01:29.672 --> 00:01:29.889 I love that one by the way. 00:01:30.557 --> 00:01:31.074 He's right on top of the. 00:01:31.708 --> 00:01:32.859 Did she talk about being 00:01:32.859 --> 00:01:33.726 connected with your arms. 00:01:34.394 --> 00:01:35.161 He actually moved a little 00:01:35.161 --> 00:01:36.262 closer to the plate started 00:01:36.262 --> 00:01:37.263 doing a lot more damage in 00:01:37.263 --> 00:01:37.480 September. 00:01:38.248 --> 00:01:39.199 By the way he carried that into 00:01:39.199 --> 00:01:39.315 the postseason. 00:01:39.949 --> 00:01:40.650 This is against Oakland. 00:01:41.384 --> 00:01:42.485 Again you're looking at it guy 00:01:42.485 --> 00:01:44.604 turning around fastballs on time 00:01:44.604 --> 00:01:45.271 not popping them up. 00:01:46.005 --> 00:01:47.273 So when I look at his platform 00:01:47.273 --> 00:01:49.259 season I saw a guy in August 00:01:49.259 --> 00:01:50.376 that really struggled and I 00:01:50.376 --> 00:01:52.145 wondered about what kind of my 00:01:52.145 --> 00:01:53.096 market value is he going to 00:01:53.096 --> 00:01:53.530 have. 00:01:54.230 --> 00:01:55.732 Well we saw in September the 00:01:55.732 --> 00:01:56.015 numbers went way up. 00:01:56.749 --> 00:01:57.750 The launch angle went down in 00:01:57.750 --> 00:01:57.784 September. 00:01:58.384 --> 00:01:59.185 And that's the key for me. 00:01:59.919 --> 00:02:01.221 He went back to being more of 00:02:01.221 --> 00:02:01.254 the hitter. 00:02:01.671 --> 00:02:02.422 There were no swing changes. 00:02:03.189 --> 00:02:04.958 This was really more to me about 00:02:04.958 --> 00:02:06.943 timing issues coming out of the 00:02:06.943 --> 00:02:07.477 short camp. 00:02:08.211 --> 00:02:09.829 And you see after that homerun 00:02:09.829 --> 00:02:11.147 he hit against Frankie Montas 00:02:11.147 --> 00:02:11.998 August twenty ninth. 00:02:12.732 --> 00:02:13.783 That's what somebody is paying 00:02:13.783 --> 00:02:13.817 for. 00:02:14.284 --> 00:02:16.252 Not that I call it a Bregman 00:02:16.252 --> 00:02:18.138 month of August but that 00:02:18.138 --> 00:02:19.589 September they're six or seven 00:02:19.589 --> 00:02:20.240 slugging. 00:02:21.007 --> 00:02:22.959 That is value and free agent on 00:02:22.959 --> 00:02:22.992 the market.