Nasim Nuñez

when he's out there and he doesn't necessarily want everybody reading his lips.

Nasim Nunez told me that when they have those mound visits and the infielders come in, there are times that he and CJ Abrams have to be careful not to start laughing too hard if they catch a glimpse of each other because of the language that Simon Matthews is using, and it's not necessarily 'cause he gets mad or upset.

He's just a very fiery guy.

Even when he's complimenting a pitcher for doing something well, there are a lot of, uh, four-letter words thrown in to kind of emphasize that point.

But Franny, he just plays with... youthfulness to him out there that I think a lot of, uh, kids around in the DC area also see a little bit of themselves when he's out there on the field.

But why was NASA such a good selection for the nationals for this award?

Well, I think it's hard to, to select a guy to represent your organization in this because, uh, especially with the Nats, they got a lot of guys that do a ton of community work.

Um, and that's the part that I find even more impressive is you have a lot of guys that aren't, you know, on big league contracts, as far as, you know, long-term long-term deals, they go out and they do stuff in the community because they want to, it's not a have to thing.

If you're not getting caught, you might not be going enough, and you look at the stolen base leaders, and not, uh, not 1,000%, but he's close to the very top, this is Bryson Stott, in how infrequently he goes relative to stolen base opportunities, which is on first base with second open.

Um, you know, he's not, he's certainly not Estuary Ruiz or, or Nasim Nunez, um, but he's not even really, like, Jake McCarthy in terms of, of going when you have the opportunity.

Um, what do you make of, of that and that balance between I'm very efficient, but maybe you leave something on the table with the eye toward, you know, being so safe about it?

Yeah, I mean, this is a Phillies team that apart from Stott and Turner, and a lesser extent Brandon Marsh, runs into a lot of outs.