James Outman

And then everybody else.

I mean, James Outman 217, Kerry Carpenter 212, Javy Báez 211.

Matt Vierling, in 73 plate appearances with runners on second and/or third, hit 190.

Zach McKinstry, a full season, almost 100 plate appearances, 182.

He had three pinch hitters that game.

Cody Clements, James Outman, and Trevor Larnik.

Just what sticks out the most? Anything surprise you or what jumps out the most? Any move or decision as far as the lineup goes? Game one compared to where we're at now.

Yeah, I mean, obviously, it's just the fact that their entire infield is different.

There's just a long list, and I would put Jackson at the top of just sort of inexplicable decision-making that, you know, is it a big deal ultimately? No.

But also, you have to remember, they punted a roster spot on James Outman for months this year.

Right, yeah.

Last year, they punted a roster spot on DeShawn Kearsey for months and months.

We don't have room for a speedy guy off the bench, uh, because we just don't have, we just don't have those resources." And I think we've kind of seen that, that increase to the point where you get to the point where you've got a two-month period where basically you're just, you're, you're basically throwing up your hands as an organization and saying, "We really don't have anybody who's particularly valuable enough to fill out the 13th man on this roster here."

Yeah, I mean, it's, they've, they've g- they've come a long way unfort- in the negative from the days of Michael A. Taylor and Kyle Farmer and Willie Castro and that type of bench, where it was like these are borderline starting caliber players who are now in part-time roles, and in at least one or two seasons each, they became really important.

And then this season it was like, well, what was their bench? Their bench was Victor Caratini, who for some reason they gave a two-year deal to, Tristan Gray, who was unplayably bad defensively, James Outman, who was just unplayably bad.

And then you get into a situation where you're punting a spot on Jackson, and there's a couple other-

I want to just have them sign and extend and blank check him now, like Dodger for life status.

But then I was thinking earlier about, think back to Outman, think back to people who started hot or people that, you know, were expected to come up and make major differences and Although he is kind of already showing as advertised, it doesn't always mean that it lasts.

And I kind of wanted to try to calm myself in my expectations because I already feel in my heart he's going to be something big.

But the truth of the matter is the league will figure you out.

Yes.

So James Altman, his rookie year, right? It was his rookie year.

No, it was his first full season.

Three and a half win player, third and rookie of the year voting, 23 homers, 16 bags, and an 800 OPS.

And I asked Aram after that season in 23, I said, he already struck out 35% of the time.

Like, how can it get worse? And then it got way worse.

I think that that 23 season for James Altman can be who Bolte is with more bags.

Like this guy, to your point, Peter, about him being exciting, like very exciting and being very volatile.

Okay.

Uh, Jerry Sands and Outman.

Uh, Jelly, [laughs] what's up? Uh, Hip Hop, "What's the Dodgers magic number?" So I didn't see if the Padres, I didn't see if the Padres, uh, lost.

Did they? Let's see.

Larnach, Walker Jenkins, Alan Roden.

Early in the season, they had Outman.

Um, Wallner had his chance early, and they didn't like what they saw.

The one part that's unfortunate is he's always been a slow starter, and those early months, I can imagine, uh, are challenging for a guy that's as big as he is to get the muscles going.

The timepieces have a sporty rubber strap and the ability to switch between automatic and manual winding.

Several geeky flourishes were added, including a quote contributed to Outman, Compute is destiny, which was engraved in capital letters around each watch rotor.

Another popular Silicon Valley term, scaling, was engraved in all caps on each crown pusher.

The OpenAI logo is featured on the watches and an inspiration on the back of each.