Book it to the big leagues
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Gives us the opportunity to
discuss the debut on Saturday of
Mr Paul Schemes.
The fastball was hot.
He struck out seven the pack,
the place was packed.
They were interviewing his, his
girlfriend in the stands and I
mean, it was, it was an event
and that's what's great.
Come on, that's what's great
about talents like this once
potential, once in a generation
type talent and II, I would have
liked it ID VR it because I, I
had a 14 U game right at the
same time.
Did you guys sit down and watch
it?
Yeah, I love, I love him.
I mean, he just 102 is easy and
you got to interview him in
spring, right?
Jim Callous did.
But I was there.
I just always feel like the
pressure they were calling it
Paulse the whole time and it was
us and we were hyped.
It was Paul Skein's day.
And I just feel like I remember
Chris Bryant, he had a billboard
before he got there.
And you know, Bryce Harper was
sports illustrated.
It's almost like just let him
settle in for a second.
I just saw the highlights and it
didn't look like the moment was
too big for him.
I'm sure, I bet you it was a
whole different story inside.
But I'm telling you, I'm telling
you right now, you, you bring a
pitcher like this to the big
leagues to go with Jarrett Jones
, what we've seen out of him and
Mitch Pirates ownership.
It's, it's kind of go time here
, right.
Like this is gonna start
matriculating down a road where
you can win this division
consistently.
You start putting these beasts
on the mound.
You can make a deep run with
those type of arms.
So, so Id VR it and I watched it
when I got home.
We, we dropped the comparisons
to Stephen Strasburg.
My initial take watching it.
He's got a way hotter heater
than Strauss had way hotter.
I don't know if he's got the
offspeed stuff.
I mean, Straw had the big 12 6
curveball, the change up that
moved like 3 ft.
He does a, he's got this splink
thing.
I, I just wanna take you inside
like the ability to dominate big
league hitters and throw heater
in heater counts like first A B
at a game.
I can't, he probably doesn't
feel his legs and mike Tauchman
has gotten off to a great start.
10, there's a heater.
You're late, 11 outside miss
with a slider, 21.
Here's a heater.
There's no thought like I'm not
walking you.
He goes 32, here's a heater and
mike Hochman has been on
everything all season for the
Cubs, say Suzuki follow suit and
he had absolutely no chance.
There's a blinker at 96.
Now we'll go slide ball that
backs up a little bit and now
give me a good sweeper to the
outer half his teammates taking
pictures.
Oh, yeah.
So I, I think for me the ability
to generate that type of
velocity and it seems like he is
not expending himself to do
this.
He punched out seven, punched
out four guys on the four seamer
slider splitter.
Do they?
The splitter, the splink.
What is it?
It's half sinker is kind of like
a two with a changeup kind of
grip.
Johan Duran throws one.
But what does it look like in
the box?
It probably looks like a little
look like a split change like
fumbling to you at?
The only difference is is that
96 instead of 85 where normal
guys are highest average
fastball velocity in a start.
I mean, he sat 100 miles an hour
and again, even Hunter Green
99.6 when you see these guys,
they're not straining to get
there.
This is like he's got nice
mechanics.
He's a little short army.
But Al Leiter always talks about
the one thing I learned over 10
years being here at foot.
Where are the, where's the arm?
Right?
So I went home like I pitched in
high school.
We all did, right?
And I got there.
Boom.
I knew why my arm hurt.
My arm killed when I was a kid.
And I used to tell my dad I hate
pitching.
Not because I hate pitching.
I hate my arm having a
heartbeat.
I'm done with it.
I want to hit and play short to
watch him.
I mean, he's close to where you
need be.
So, I just, I love it.
I love when, when a guy can come
to the big leagues handle
himself.
Listen, he's gonna have some.
Yeah, sure.
It's the big leagues.
Right.
No doubt.
That was impressive.
That's such a great ballpark.
Yes, it's a great ballpark.
It deserves to be packed and
those fans deserve good.