[SPEAKER_02]: Episode two, oh six.
[SPEAKER_02]: Today we see what's happening down on the farm and are joined by Pirates, twenty twenty five, eleventh round pick and current Brayton Kid Marauder, Dylan Palmer.
[SPEAKER_02]: You're listening to the Bucco Banner podcast brought to you by the Just Baseball Media Network, Q to music.
[SPEAKER_00]: I can't want to watch this, he complimented my taste with he and my lemonade, cause I like the way it tastes, best seats, as the pirates get it, let me run the base, he and my talent is like my money, cause I can't afford the waste.
[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome back to another episode of Down the Farm Adam.
[SPEAKER_03]: We've got some big news to talk about and a fun interview to bring to you guys today.
[SPEAKER_02]: Really fun interview had a blast talking with Dylan, the eleventh-round pick and current brain tumor auger.
[SPEAKER_02]: Middle infielder, utility guy plays a little bit of everywhere.
[SPEAKER_02]: Just an absolute dog.
[SPEAKER_02]: You're gonna really enjoy that interview.
[SPEAKER_02]: But first,
[SPEAKER_02]: some big news down in the farm.
[SPEAKER_02]: Connor Griffin, man.
[SPEAKER_02]: Talk to him live out.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_02]: A little bit yesterday because it happened while we were recording, but Connor Griffin, number one overall prospect in baseball is in Al tuna.
[SPEAKER_02]: Gonna finish the year in AA as a nineteen year old.
[SPEAKER_02]: Crazy.
[SPEAKER_03]: The last teenager to make it to Al tuna was Andrew McCutchen in the Pirates organization.
[SPEAKER_03]: I saw that today.
[SPEAKER_03]: And I think what sets Connor apart from everyone else.
[SPEAKER_03]: He's a no more crossback in baseball, which I did not see coming.
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't think anyone saw this coming.
[SPEAKER_03]: I thought he was going to be talented and he's going to show a lot of upside, but not number one in all baseball and his first season as a pro as a teenager.
[SPEAKER_03]: But as a teenager, this kid has continued to show that he can adjust on the fly.
[SPEAKER_03]: And I think that's the biggest thing with prospects, with these young guys.
[SPEAKER_03]: You can show all the raw power.
[SPEAKER_03]: You can show all the arms strength.
[SPEAKER_03]: You can show all the speed.
[SPEAKER_03]: But are you able to adjust on breaking balls, making you look silly in a middle of an bat?
[SPEAKER_03]: And he's done that time and time again.
[SPEAKER_03]: And he's done it from Breintin to Greensboro.
[SPEAKER_03]: And now I'll tune it.
[SPEAKER_03]: And I'll tune this one to be a real test.
[SPEAKER_03]: Double A is widely known as probably the toughest competition, I think, because you get to chip play.
[SPEAKER_03]: You get a lot of quality guys.
[SPEAKER_03]: It's like a mixture, right?
[SPEAKER_03]: It's definitely a higher level, but I would say more talk to bottom stronger talent.
[SPEAKER_03]: And he's nineteen years old playing there.
[SPEAKER_03]: He's probably going to finish the season there.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm really excited to see him continue to grow.
[SPEAKER_03]: It's been one of the best stories in a very tough season for the pirates.
[SPEAKER_03]: I just put in the back of my mind that we have Connor Griffin and he's coming soon.
[SPEAKER_02]: I think the main difference.
[SPEAKER_02]: You talk about him succeeding at every level so far.
[SPEAKER_02]: Really not going through any roles.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's just a gamer.
[SPEAKER_02]: Like put all the tools aside.
[SPEAKER_02]: We've talked to him multiple times on the show like you know the human being that he is in the type of competitor that he is, but man, he's got brains like he's a smart guy and he goes out there and he competes and he knows how to play and he plays hard.
[SPEAKER_02]: That's what you're going to get from Connor Griffin every single time he touches the field.
[SPEAKER_02]: And he's made that very, very clear from the bridge league.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's a brain tin to Greensboro and now Latuna.
[SPEAKER_02]: Are we going to see him go through some type of slump eventually?
[SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.
[SPEAKER_02]: You're going to see it with everybody.
[SPEAKER_02]: But he's just showed us at every single level, every single at that that he's going to compete.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's going to hit the ball hard.
[SPEAKER_02]: And if he's not doing that, he's stealing bases.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's getting on.
[SPEAKER_02]: If he's not doing that, he's making diving catches in center field and at short sub.
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_03]: He's contributing the game in one way or another and there's not a person that have more confidence in when things are not going well.
[SPEAKER_03]: to handle themselves appropriately.
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't even know if I want to say appropriately, but like in a professional manner, like this kid is a professional player, and he's been raised, obviously, but a coach, and it shows.
[SPEAKER_03]: The way he's handled himself, the way he talks about being a part of the pirate organization.
[SPEAKER_03]: It's top class man.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm really excited.
[SPEAKER_03]: There's not enough good words out there to describe Connor Griffin.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm so excited for him.
[SPEAKER_03]: And I really want to see him again before the season ends.
[SPEAKER_03]: So we're definitely going to get out to Al tuna.
[SPEAKER_03]: If not, I know they have a series in Erie.
[SPEAKER_03]: We talked about see how our schedules work out, but we'll definitely see the curve at least one more time before the season ends.
[SPEAKER_02]: I know this is called down on the farm, but it might as well be called the Connor Griffin show.
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, for sure.
[SPEAKER_03]: Four time player the week, right?
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, four time player the week, two time guests all time dog.
[SPEAKER_02]: He's he's the man and I out of this entire season where we've just been down in the the dumps bum that.
[SPEAKER_02]: For most of it, we always say down in the farm is an episode that you could dream on something that you look forward to because of guys like this.
[SPEAKER_02]: Okay, because of guys like Dylan Palmer, who you're going to hear from later today.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's just seeing these guys develop and turning into something special that could eventually help this organization gives a little bit of a bright spot on a cloudy day.
[SPEAKER_02]: So let's go through some headlines and before we do, I want to mention Scott's gambling problem.
[SPEAKER_02]: It's really, really bad.
[SPEAKER_02]: Okay.
[SPEAKER_02]: He loses just about my parents listening to this episode.
[SPEAKER_02]: Every bet that he does, it's just loser after loser after loser.
[SPEAKER_02]: He tries to parlay like twenty things at a time.
[SPEAKER_02]: I say Scott, that's not a good idea.
[SPEAKER_02]: He does it anyways.
[SPEAKER_02]: Okay.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Shoot your shot, I guess.
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[SPEAKER_02]: All the time, I'm like Scott, why are you so happy?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I know Scott's gonna put
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know why?
[SPEAKER_02]: Why is that Scott?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Scott, why don't you go through some headlines down on the farm?
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I'll get kicked off Tuesday, Yohan, Dale of Santos.
[SPEAKER_03]: So tell me about him today.
[SPEAKER_03]: Younger brother of your Donnie who's in Brington.
[SPEAKER_03]: He's in the DSL this week.
[SPEAKER_03]: He stole seven bags in a one game.
[SPEAKER_03]: Your Donnie has almost fifty stolen bags in Brington.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm pretty sure Yohan has thirty to thirty five right now in the DSL.
[SPEAKER_03]: So the Dale of Santos brothers have a need for speed.
[SPEAKER_03]: And then we've got relievers land and pumpkins and Mike Walsh, heading from Greensboro to Altuna.
[SPEAKER_03]: This is a corresponding move along with Ryan Harbin and Wilken Ramos going from Altono to Indy.
[SPEAKER_03]: So some relievers move around.
[SPEAKER_03]: I've talked about this organization having a plethora of relievers.
[SPEAKER_03]: And then Thursday's Zander Mief is headed back to the I.L.
[SPEAKER_03]: kind of a disappointing season for him.
[SPEAKER_03]: Adam, can you take us through the rest of the headlines?
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, Saturday.
[SPEAKER_02]: draft pick assigned to the affiliate twelve round pick right hander Cameron Kieshock assigned to brain tin listed at six seven out of Sanford and then Sunday as we just mentioned pirates promoted top cross by Connor Griffin double A oxy all plots promoted the Greensboro and then friend of the show Derek Burke also promoted to Altuna which brings us into
[SPEAKER_02]: The games this week starting in Indianapolis, they were at the Scranton Real Riders, the AAA affiliate for the Yankees, the Indianapolis Indians right now are sixty nine and fifty.
[SPEAKER_02]: Nick York on the week seven for twenty seven three runs to RBI's one walk seven case two soul and bags.
[SPEAKER_02]: Cam Devaney six for twenty seven with a home run to RBI's in a walk.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then Rafael Flores for twenty three RBI's two walks four case against his former team Tuesday.
[SPEAKER_02]: Harbin triple A debut two innings two hits one earn a three walks two k's came to Vani hit his twenty fifth on the year Wednesday hundred barco four innings three hits though earned a walks five k's and then we'll can raw most debuted one inning one hit no earn one k
[SPEAKER_02]: Thursday, Darry Maretta, back in Indianapolis, had the save to winnings one hit.
[SPEAKER_02]: No earned one walk three strikeouts.
[SPEAKER_02]: Nick York went three for five with an RBI.
[SPEAKER_02]: Johanna Ovieto took the mound on Friday, five innings, four hits, two earned two walks, seven case, gave up two bombs, and then Eddie Yene had his seventh save on the year.
[SPEAKER_02]: Saturday, Bubba Chandler went three and one third, six hits, four earned five walks, five case, Nick York.
[SPEAKER_02]: started to get reps at first base because who isn't nowadays?
[SPEAKER_02]: Sunday, Nick York stole his fourteenth bag which brings us to Al tuna.
[SPEAKER_03]: Al tuna was at Richmond, the home of the flying squirrels, AA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, a long way to go for San Francisco.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'll tell you that much, but Al tuna is one game out of their five hundred at fifty six and fifty seven and the week tomorrow.
[SPEAKER_03]: Had quite the week, eleven for seventeen, two runs, two doubles, two RBIs, one walk, two K's, averages up to two sixty eight.
[SPEAKER_03]: Big week for tomorrow.
[SPEAKER_03]: Hobby Rebus went five for twenty one and double a Homer three RBI's is Merlin Valdez four for nineteen a Homer six RBI's three walks eight k's Mitch Jeff started to hit a little bit again seven for twenty seven three doubles two RBI's he's at two sixty one on the year.
[SPEAKER_03]: Let's go into Tuesday's game Antoine Kelly five and two thirds two hits two earned two walks four k's at ERA still at sub two fifty at two forty one.
[SPEAKER_03]: Nick Similo, I think he was like seven homeruns in the last twelve, twelve games, something like that.
[SPEAKER_03]: Two for five with a double, his twelve homer, two RBIs.
[SPEAKER_03]: Tomorrow went three for five with an RBI.
[SPEAKER_03]: Wednesday, Similo, another homer, his thirteenth, he also had a double, had two RBIs.
[SPEAKER_03]: He only hit into twenty eight.
[SPEAKER_03]: As Merlin went one for four with his second homer in AA.
[SPEAKER_03]: Three RBIs Thursday, Wilbur, Dotael, six innings, five hits, one earn no walk, six k's, to Marlent, four for five with a double.
[SPEAKER_03]: and then Friday tomorrow, two for three with a double NRBI.
[SPEAKER_03]: I got that average up to two, six, eight.
[SPEAKER_03]: He didn't play the rest of the weekend.
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know the full story there, but Saturday, as Merlin Valdez, two for four with two RBI's, hitting two, thirty two, but I'll tell you what, the contact and swinging strike rates are actually better in double A than they were in Greensboro.
[SPEAKER_03]: So that's a really good sign.
[SPEAKER_03]: He just continues to hit and hit and hit.
[SPEAKER_03]: As Merlin, I think is a legitimate prospect.
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't think Greensboro was a fluke just because Greensboro was a Bambox.
[SPEAKER_03]: I think this is a guide that is going to rise up, continue to rise up prospect rankings.
[SPEAKER_03]: And then Sunday, Antoine Kelly, two and a third, five hits, two, earn one walk, three, case, Brennan, Bedwa, two innings, no hits, three, cases, or one, oh, eight, or eight, or eight, or eight, and I wouldn't be surprised if he hits in the inapolis before season end.
[SPEAKER_03]: Obviously, Reeves went two before with his first homer and out, two and a two, RBIs, averages at one, nine, D, in his short sample size and double A so far, Adam, take us into
[SPEAKER_03]: The murderers' row of the Greensboro grasshoppers.
[SPEAKER_02]: Some might say the greatest team ever assembled.
[SPEAKER_02]: I know Scott's saying it.
[SPEAKER_02]: They were first the Greenville Drive, the Hi A affiliate for the Red Sox Greensboro right now, seventy nine and thirty four although they are going to be missing.
[SPEAKER_02]: Babe Ruth aka Connor Griffin moving forward Griffin on the week with seven for twenty one five runs with a double four RB eyes for walk six K six zone bags Sammy Sephora five for eighteen two runs had his first home run in the pirate system seven RB eyes five K's with a storm base pain stumbo went three and one third four hits three earned one walk four K's Griffin on the same day had two stone banks twenty ninth in Greensboro Wednesday
[SPEAKER_02]: Will Taylor won one for four with his seventh home run.
[SPEAKER_02]: Bonnie White Jr.
[SPEAKER_02]: hit is eleven on the year.
[SPEAKER_02]: Thursday at Connor week before in his five hits.
[SPEAKER_02]: No earned one walk five.
[SPEAKER_02]: Okay.
[SPEAKER_02]: Same is the for a when two for three with a double and four RB eyes and took one bag.
[SPEAKER_02]: Kyle and Moss continues to hit two for four with his third home run one RB eye man.
[SPEAKER_02]: That swing is quick and compact.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm buying Kalima stock.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm not going to lie, dude.
[SPEAKER_03]: I like the guy a lot.
[SPEAKER_03]: I like the swing electric.
[SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely electric Friday.
[SPEAKER_02]: Jake Shark, two innings, no hits, three case.
[SPEAKER_02]: Will Taylor went three for four with his eight home run on the year three RBI's and had his twelfth bag.
[SPEAKER_02]: Christian Curtis six innings, three hits, three earned three walks, seven case.
[SPEAKER_02]: Sammy Sephora had another hit his first home run.
[SPEAKER_02]: That was the home run that he hit on the week.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then Connor Griffin went two for four with a double RBI and a stolen bag.
[SPEAKER_02]: Sunday, Kalamaz had another home run, two for four with one RBI and then Easton Carmichael.
[SPEAKER_02]: had his first home run in the Pirates Organization to our BIs on the day, which brings us to Breedington.
[SPEAKER_03]: Brainted was across the state of Florida at Palm Beach, playing the Cardinals, low-way affiliate.
[SPEAKER_03]: Your Donnie DeLos Santos this week when six for twenty-five and double an RBI, five walks, six toll and bags, Tony Blanco Jr., four for seventeen and double a walk, five k's, he's at two ninety-five, and Edward Florentino, seven for twenty-six, three doubles, two homers, six RBIs, three walks, two toll and bags.
[SPEAKER_03]: The guide does everything, it's hit two sixty-five.
[SPEAKER_03]: Tuesday, Dallas, Santos and Blanco had only had the only two hits of the game, not a great offense of game for the more rotters.
[SPEAKER_03]: Wednesday, David Metomo went two innings, one hit, one earned one walk, one K, four, seventy, nine, ERA, that second half has been not too friendly to David Metomo.
[SPEAKER_03]: uh, this guy is just getting used to a full season workload, right?
[SPEAKER_03]: He's still young and and and work in those endings up.
[SPEAKER_03]: So Dallas, Sanchez, went to four with an RBI and three stolen bags.
[SPEAKER_03]: He got forty six on the year.
[SPEAKER_03]: I mentioned his brother earlier who had seven in one game.
[SPEAKER_03]: So three is amateur.
[SPEAKER_03]: If you ask me Thursday, Castillo Carlos Castillo, a guy who's pitch really well as of late four and two thirds, two hits, no earn two walks six k's got three sixty ERA as a nineteen year old in brain tint.
[SPEAKER_03]: Florentina went one for three with his ninth homer on the year, two RBIs.
[SPEAKER_03]: He saved a run with an outstanding diving catch in center field.
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, this guy is known to play first base all three alpha positions, kind of Cody Bellinger asked if you will.
[SPEAKER_03]: And his instincts and routes in center field are extremely impressive, man.
[SPEAKER_03]: Extremely impressive.
[SPEAKER_03]: The guy's just an athlete and I get why he's just soaring up prospect boards.
[SPEAKER_03]: Friday, Florence, you know, again, two for four at the Dupon RBI.
[SPEAKER_03]: His twenty six storming bag of the year, Tony Blanco went three for four with a double.
[SPEAKER_03]: He's hitting three, sixteen Saturday, Metomo went one inning, no hits, two walks, one K, and Florence, you know, went two for four with a double.
[SPEAKER_03]: His tenth Homer of the year, one RBI.
[SPEAKER_03]: And then Sunday a guy that I've mentioned before on this pod that pretty excited about a young armed with a lot of upside brain on the varo, a lefty command is the issue his debut and brain team wasn't great.
[SPEAKER_03]: But he figured it out today two innings one hit no earned one walk six case.
[SPEAKER_03]: So electric stuff, he's a guy that will probably repeat brain to next year, but a name to watch.
[SPEAKER_02]: who is our minor league player of the week's gut.
[SPEAKER_03]: Our minor league player of the week, our prospect of the week is none other than Tamar Johnson.
[SPEAKER_03]: played Tuesday through Friday, I didn't play Saturday or Sunday, but I thought you want, man, a leper for seventeen, not easy to do in professional baseball, had to run scored two doubles, two RBIs, one walk, only two K's, raised the average from like two, forty six to two, sixty eight.
[SPEAKER_03]: Really impressive week by Tramar, the bat has always been the calling card.
[SPEAKER_03]: So, love to see that from him, and hopefully he's healthy and can continue the rest of the season now, too, no, if not, maybe get a taste of AAA.
[SPEAKER_02]: Good episode.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and we're not done yet.
[SPEAKER_02]: We're gonna take a break real quick.
[SPEAKER_02]: And then we're gonna be back with Dylan Palmer.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The season's coming to an end.
[SPEAKER_02]: Hopefully the offseason is filled with many, many interviews of prospects in the Pirates organization.
[SPEAKER_02]: Take a break right here, Scott, and then we'll be back with the eleventh round pick in the twenty twenty five MLB draft and current brain kin marauder, Dylan Palmer.
[SPEAKER_03]: Let's do it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Now joining us on Bucco Banner is Pirates twenty twenty five eleven round pick and current brain kin marauder.
[SPEAKER_02]: Dylan Palmer, Dylan, welcome to the show.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, thank you guys for having me.
[SPEAKER_01]: I appreciate it.
[SPEAKER_03]: Don, welcome, man.
[SPEAKER_03]: And first off, congrats on being drafted by the pirates.
[SPEAKER_03]: Can you take us through what draft day was like for you and your family when you found out that you were drafted by the pirates?
[SPEAKER_03]: You were the first.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it was a crazy day, but it was probably one of the most stressful days in my life to be honest.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so woke up early, you know, you know, how the draft goes.
[SPEAKER_01]: So it was just a long, long day.
[SPEAKER_01]: And at the beginning, you know, I got some calls from my agents saying that like, you know, a different team was going to pick me earlier in the day.
[SPEAKER_01]: And it just didn't end up going through with it.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, I had to wait a little bit longer than I expected to.
[SPEAKER_01]: But, you know, I really enjoyed being picked by the pirates.
[SPEAKER_01]: They've been on me for a while.
[SPEAKER_01]: And, you know, I'm excited to keep playing with them.
[SPEAKER_02]: Dylan, we always talk to all guys throughout the organization about earlier on in their career and their athleticism and playing multiple sports.
[SPEAKER_02]: And usually that's baseball football, baseball basketball, but I was going through your Instagram and it looks like you played some hockey.
[SPEAKER_02]: Is that right?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that played hockey for about like ten to twelve years.
[SPEAKER_02]: That's, I mean, that's out of the ordinary for a lot of baseball players.
[SPEAKER_02]: How have you always, you come from a hockey family?
[SPEAKER_02]: How do you balance the two?
[SPEAKER_02]: You playing competitively?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, I don't really come from hockey family.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, my mom enjoys hockey, but, you know, I started playing because of my second grade teacher.
[SPEAKER_01]: He was a hockey coach for like the local high school.
[SPEAKER_01]: And my best friend played hockey at the time and at that time, I just quit playing like flag football.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, I was like, yeah, why not try hockey?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I picked it up pretty quick and you know, I just fell in love with this.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, it's a great sport.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I'm just playing it a lot.
[SPEAKER_01]: Definitely helped me to get where I am today.
[SPEAKER_03]: Do you have a favorite team, and if so, are you willing to change it to the penguins soon?
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I'm a near-greater spin.
[SPEAKER_03]: It's tough.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if I can see the penguins.
[SPEAKER_03]: I think they just got our new archoach, Mike Sullivan, right?
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, maybe the Rangers?
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_03]: So, okay, that might be a tough one, but a good hockey city in Pittsburgh, for sure.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, definitely.
[SPEAKER_03]: But yeah, you mentioned a pirate's being on you for a while.
[SPEAKER_03]: Did you have, so it sounds like you had a lot of conversations with them before the draft.
[SPEAKER_03]: Did you have a sense that they were going to be the team that picked you before they called?
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm wasn't really sure exactly on.
[SPEAKER_01]: I had like two other teams that I really thought were going to pick me on draft day and the pirates were top three though because I went to one of their workouts at the end of summer and at PNC Park and it was only like a couple of us there and so
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I felt like I had a really good workout with them and that they really, you know, valued some of my skill sets and, you know, had a really good, um, I was really in the relationship with the scout that drafted me any Charles and the Northeast and, you know, he came to watch me in the winter and it was been on me for quite some time.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, yeah, I kind of had a feeling, but, you know, you never know what drafted it.
[SPEAKER_02]: I can imagine that process being extremely stressful, but taking it back a little bit, coming out of high school, what was the recruitment process for you like going into college?
[SPEAKER_02]: Were you getting a lot of looks from different schools?
[SPEAKER_02]: Did you think you were getting overlooked?
[SPEAKER_02]: I knew you had an excellent college career, but what was that process like in where you ended up, how did that help you today?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so I had a really slow recruiting process.
[SPEAKER_01]: I only had one division on offer, which was Hofstra, and it was a walk on spot.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I was just very undersized kid coming out of high school.
[SPEAKER_01]: I had the skill set, but you know, just very raw and needed something like.
[SPEAKER_01]: good coaching to help me out for my career.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, Hofstra took a chance in me.
[SPEAKER_01]: I had division three off for Saudi schools, but I knew I could play at the D-ONE level.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, that was my goal at the time and, you know, just do out my college years, you know, I just got very confident in myself and just was able to show, you know, just good numbers.
[SPEAKER_01]: just like freshman to junior year and like I was just able to be consistent and I started to figure things out every single game, every single swing, and everything like just kind of figured it out eventually and I feel like that's what I did when I got there.
[SPEAKER_03]: You said you weren't highly recruited at a high school.
[SPEAKER_03]: So at what point it sounds like during college did you realize like playing professional baseball might be a reality for you?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so I mean, I would say after my freshman season, I thought one of my buddies got picked up by the angels and you know, I was like, okay, like he's on my team, like we had similar seasons that like, I was like maybe, you know, I'm just a freshman right now if I just keep developing and just working on my craft, like I could be there one day and that was just something like on my mind, just all the time, just like if he can do it, like I can do it and you know, I ended up working out, so they really have to be running.
[SPEAKER_02]: You ended up being the career leader and correct me if I'm wrong and triple stolen bases and career average.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like an average and steals.
[SPEAKER_01]: I was like top three.
[SPEAKER_01]: If I may have had another year, then I probably would have broken them.
[SPEAKER_02]: Right.
[SPEAKER_02]: It looks like yet yet eighty two bags, which is nothing to overlook.
[SPEAKER_02]: Is that a huge part of your game just speed taking advantage on the bases?
[SPEAKER_02]: And I mean, stretching singles to doubles doubles the triples.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, absolutely.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, when I was younger, I was like, okay, the way I'm gonna make it to college baseball and the pro baseball is if I just get really fast.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm never gonna be like a thirty plus one run hitter.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I got to, you know, get really get on my skillset, contact and speed.
[SPEAKER_01]: And so I did a lot of sprinting, all due high school and all due college, just trying to get as fast as I possibly could.
[SPEAKER_01]: And, you know, I feel like that was the way that people were gonna know who I was.
[SPEAKER_03]: Ironically, it feels like the pirates have really emphasized that part of the game this year, especially we're noticing we do this down in the farm episode every week when we just recap the minor leagues and I even in Braintin, especially we talked about the speed of the top fat line up.
[SPEAKER_03]: You had Dale Sontos.
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, Floor and Tinos still in pegs left and right.
[SPEAKER_03]: You had Hunter Griffin for a while.
[SPEAKER_03]: Do you think that's something?
[SPEAKER_03]: Have you noticed that as an organizational focus or is it just
[SPEAKER_03]: a nature of the type of guys that are bringing in.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, the type of guys, you know, everyone's a little bit different, but you know, they want to maximize the base running value at a part team and everyone of us and see like how, you know, every single ninety matters and every game, every run matters.
[SPEAKER_01]: So just trying to maximize every ninety if you're a fast guy, if you're not a fast guy, try to get to the next base and win the base values.
[SPEAKER_02]: How's life been as a part of the Pirates organization post draft?
[SPEAKER_02]: So you mentioned before we got on air that you were in the bridge league and now you've got called up to bring in.
[SPEAKER_02]: How's that whole process been like getting acclimated to professional baseball?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I mean, I've been here for about four weeks now.
[SPEAKER_01]: We signed on like the twenty first of July.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then after that, we did some just camp stuff, just individual stuff for
[SPEAKER_01]: about a week, a week and a half until the virtually picked up.
[SPEAKER_01]: And at first I said, I was going to be, you know, stay down here for the remainder of the summer and just develop, get stronger and, you know, just get up at, and then I ended up hitting pretty solid and virtually through like six games.
[SPEAKER_01]: I was really in a while, steel and bass is like playing my game.
[SPEAKER_01]: And they were just like, you've been killing it here.
[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to promote you to a very intense, you know, I was really excited because I didn't really expect to be there yet this season.
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, no, absolutely.
[SPEAKER_03]: I feel like, since they brought on the bridge lake, I feel like a lot of recent drafties, typically stayed there for the remainder of the summer, maybe get a taste of the affiliate ball, but that's awesome.
[SPEAKER_03]: How do you, I like to talk about the mental side of the game too, Dylan.
[SPEAKER_03]: How do you balance the mental side of the game?
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it's a long season.
[SPEAKER_03]: It's going to be a long season for you, then even college baseball now.
[SPEAKER_03]: How do you balance, you know, potentially going through droughts at the play to, you know, just the, the wear and tear of a long season?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and first off, you know, I always trust God over everything in life.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, no matter what, I know he has my back and that I'm at peace with that.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, and you know, just so this is a big confidence thing.
[SPEAKER_01]: Just always trying to be as confident as you possibly are, even when you're going through it, just trying not to let anyone see that you're any other player, but what you are.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I think confidence is just a huge thing to stay consistent, do the same routine every single day, but just wake up, you know, let's have ballpark, you just
[SPEAKER_01]: have the same approach and just be consistent every single day.
[SPEAKER_02]: Has there been any major adjustment that you've noticed in your game since getting to professional baseball, whether that be swing adjustments, something that you've had to fix in the field, not even fix just kind of adapt to at the higher level.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, when I was as well as a part city, we were working on some swing changes.
[SPEAKER_01]: And you know, kind of in game, they just kind of let me do what I do, like I put the ball and play run.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, I mean, right now, it's kind of just playing my game, and I can make anything huge adjustments until like, instructs and the fall.
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, I mean, I just been letting me play my game.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's one thing to see somebody in the practice field doing defense, taking BP, but I'm a gamer, so I play well in games, some consistent, and that's what you have to see.
[SPEAKER_03]: Don't know, I'm curious.
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't mean to throw it back to the your early years, but hockey real quick.
[SPEAKER_03]: What kind of skills do you think translated from hockey to baseball?
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm just curious.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think just my toughness just being able to take a hit, you know, just be on the attack and just hand-diver nation.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know why.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if there's an actual correlation, but I feel like
[SPEAKER_01]: the hand aggregation of just seeing the puck fly all over the place.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to smack it down.
[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like that's definitely helped and just my conditioning in general.
[SPEAKER_01]: You always tired on the ice, you know, sprinting for a minute, a minute straight, like so I think those are the things that have helped me out.
[SPEAKER_02]: When it comes to defense, I know you play it's a middle and feel, but it looks like you play a little bit of everywhere.
[SPEAKER_02]: Is there somewhere on the field you're more comfortable at, or do you embrace that utility role?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, I like the embrace that utility role.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, if I had to pick, I like being up the middle, second, short center, I feel most comfortable there, but I played third all this season, like the whole season I played third.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I can play left field, I could just pick up positions, try to be as athletic as possible, and just try to pick it at anything else.
[SPEAKER_03]: Dylan, if you had the chance to meet any of your fellow draft picks from the twenty twenty five class and if so like how is a camaraderie been early on so far.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, I've met everyone in draft class.
[SPEAKER_01]: Everyone gets along really well.
[SPEAKER_01]: We've done some like team bonding stuff before this and everybody out to the affiliates.
[SPEAKER_01]: But everyone's, you know, great dudes are working and you know, I think our draft class is going to be really good.
[SPEAKER_02]: But before we let you go here, this is your introduction to Pirates fans, who are Pirates fans getting in Dylan Palmer as a baseball player?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you're getting the winner, you're getting a dog on the field, someone who's just going to show up every single day, be consistent, get on base, steal bases, and just be fun to watch.
[SPEAKER_01]: That's what I like to do.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's how I play it since I was a kid.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm just like the wreak havoc on the bases, play a defense and just make a lot of contact.
[SPEAKER_01]: So that's what I do.
[SPEAKER_03]: I love that.
[SPEAKER_03]: We're doing appreciate you joining us.
[SPEAKER_03]: Keepa wreaking havoc on the bases down there in Braintin and keep killing it.
[SPEAKER_03]: We're excited to watch your development over the.
[SPEAKER_01]: I appreciate it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Appreciate it.
[SPEAKER_02]: Appreciate it man.
[SPEAKER_02]: Have a good one.
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, you too.