Matt Barnes

Okay, okay

... to Matt Barnes.

They, they're doing-

All right.

the, the number was probably 23, 24% Black players.

Now I think it's at six or seven percent, and I think my generation loved the game so much, whether it's me, Matt Barnes, you see what he's doing with All the Smoke and all that stuff-

Yeah

... it's because th- that's who we were watching.

Then you had a really good stretch.

You had, like, Matt Barnes, Brandon Workman in, like, 2018, 2019.

Since then, like, they've developed nothing reliever-wise, and it just was stark when you look at, like, the way their bullpen is constructed compared to some of the other teams.

Like, you look at the Guardians, they have six homegrown relievers on the w- roster.

Something needs to change

... yeah, I was watching like, um, uh, that podcast with, uh, Matt Barnes.

Mm.

And he had, um, it was Harold Reynolds and Al Leiter on, and Al Leiter was talking about how like there's no pitchers in baseball nowadays.

Wyatt Linsford-Shinkman joining us on Pirate Radio Live.

Wyatt, I'm going to steal this from, what's the show, Matt Barnes and Swisher and them do? All the Smoke.

All the Smoke, yeah.

I love the question, so I'll ask you, Wyatt.

That's something that comes to mind.

His, I believe it was either a grand slam or three run home run against Matt Barnes and the Red Sox at home.

Buck Martinez on the call, like late August, 2021, 22 all-star year.

Yeah.

His 2021 year, 2022, was incredible.

So many clutch home runs.

The Red Sox won against Matt Barnes.

I'm seeing a lot right now.

And then after Kimbrel left, the closer job was uncertain.

And Matt Barnes stepped into the role.

And the second they paid him, he fell off a cliff and yeah, closer job just in flux.

And, and then it's okay.