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Yeah, it's definitely a whole different
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change of uh emotions. You know, took a
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risk transferring to Tennessee and paid
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off really well for me. Everything that
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I could have imagined just playing for
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Coach V in that one year and being uh
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becoming the player that I am now, it's
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been uh pretty special. And just being
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at this combine is pretty pretty
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awesome, too. Yeah, I think I've always
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just kind of had that underdog
0:19
mentality. Um just being a kid from the
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north and not a lot of baseball players
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come from where I'm from. So, always had
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that mentality going for me and that's
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where that competitive spirit comes from
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and that's where that drive and passion
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for the game is. Yeah, there's
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definitely a little a little sliding
0:31
because you don't get to play baseball
0:33
full year around up there. So, there's
0:34
not necessarily as much talent as there
0:36
is in a Florida, Texas or anything like
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that, but you know, there's still some
0:39
good talent up there. I like being uh
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one of the guys that are from the
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Northeast and uh being able to play pro
0:44
ball one day is a pretty pretty cool
0:45
goal of mine and that doesn't happen too
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much from people up there. Yeah, you
0:48
definitely learn a lot playing college
0:49
baseball and it was very beneficial for
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me. Uh I needed it cuz I didn't have as
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much competition as I needed in high
0:55
school. So, it it was definitely very
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good for me to go into college and learn
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actually how to play the game and how to
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pitch and play at a high level. Like in
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the SEC, you you'll you'll learn a ton.
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You have plenty of failures and plenty
1:04
of uh success. But it it was good for me
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and I love college baseball. Learning
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really how to how to pitch and how to
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compete when uh when you need to show
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emotion and control your emotion and
1:13
stuff like that and just growing as a
1:14
man in that way. But definitely learning
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how to uh pitch and uh not not just
1:19
necessarily throw like I was in high
1:20
school, but learning how to pitch to
1:21
college hitters, learning how to throw a
1:22
lot of awesome pitches in the zone and
1:24
get ahead in counts and all those basic
1:25
pitching things that you didn't
1:26
necessarily know in high school cuz you
1:28
didn't really need to know. So, you
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learn a lot in college baseball and grow
1:31
so much as a player and a and a person.
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I think as a competitor and him being a
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lefty, probably like Chris Sale, uh I
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think I have that fiery attitude about
1:39
me, a guy that just wants to win and uh
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I want to be like a guy like him that's
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had success in the MLB now for 10 plus
1:44
years and is uh one of the best ever do
1:46
it. But I think he'll be my comp and
1:48
just his attitude and energy and and
1:49
being a funky throwing lefty. I get a
1:51
lot of like Max Sherzer comps and stuff
1:53
like that. That's that's pretty funny.
1:55
Uh Coach V gave me that one a lot cuz
1:56
he's good buddies with uh Max. But I I
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get a lot of Max Sherzer comps from a
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lot of people. probably about halfway
2:01
through my freshman year when I started
2:03
uh getting a lot of innings at a really
2:05
good division one program in Coastal and
2:07
uh just kind of took it with from there
2:08
and had that competitive spirit that I
2:10
always wanted to be the best. So, if I
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was the best in college baseball, you
2:13
know, that that's going to lead to being
2:15
a pretty successful pro. I hope they
2:17
learn more about me as a person, who I
2:18
am as a person. You know, I'm just a
2:19
normal guy. I like to have a lot of fun
2:21
and uh hang out. But, uh on the mound,
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I'm I'm a competitive guy and a person
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that just wants to win more than anyone.
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And that's why I have so much succession
