Ben and Carlos talk about the new trend of teams calling pitches from the dugout in the major leagues and then get into some of the notable action items from spring training. The two gush over what they’ve been seeing from Pirates righty Seth Hernandez and Mariners righty Ryan Sloan, and also talk about what we’ve seen early on from a few other arms and a couple of Brewers bats. After that the two talk about Dylan Crews being optioned to Triple-A and then discuss the most recent draft board update and what best-case scenarios could look like for the Giants and Pirates with the fourth and fifth picks of the draft.

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Time Stamps:

(2:30) Thoughts on teams calling pitches from the dugout
(13:00) Seth Hernandez touching 102
(19:00) Ryan Sloan adding more velocity
(24:30) Anthony Eyanson
(28:40) Kendry Chourio
(30:45) Dasan Hill
(33:20) Luis Peña & Andrew Fischer
(40:00) Are we concerned about Dylan Crews?
(47:00) 2026 draft update

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