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00:00 What's it like to be out here?
00:02 You're out here all the time, but to be the kind of the start of practice and
00:06 know that games are just right around the corner.
00:08 >> I mean, like Logan said, it's really exciting.
00:11 All the juices are flowing.
00:12 We're supposed to start team practice today, but we're scrimmaging, and
00:15 that's way more fun than team practice.
00:17 So everyone's excited.
00:18 I think you'll see some good baseball here.
00:20 >> The fact that you guys obviously are trying to come off a year that was
00:23 a down year, what are you guys working on to kind of shift that momentum and
00:28 flip the script around this season?
00:30 >> Well, we got almost like half a new team this year.
00:33 I think that's a big thing.
00:34 So we're trying not to think about last year.
00:36 We're moving on to this year.
00:37 It's a new year, so we're gonna see our best effort.
00:40 >> A lot of good teams in the ACC, when it's obviously early at this time, but
00:44 what can this team do to match up with those teams as you kind of go down
00:48 the stretch here?
00:48 >> Like I said, we just gotta trust ourselves, trust each other.
00:51 We don't really look at rankings and stuff, obviously,
00:54 because we're not in them this year.
00:55 But those don't really mean much at the beginning, cuz everyone has hope.
00:59 Everyone thinks that they're gonna be good this year.
01:00 So that's definitely where we are right now.
01:02 >> In 22, the message from Coach Mack was kind of reset the standard after you guys
01:06 had missed the tournament the year before.
01:07 And Logan mentioned that that's kind of the same message being preached now, but
01:11 it's more player driven.
01:12 What does it look like with that message being more player driven as opposed to
01:16 having a 22?
01:16 >> So we got five team captains, and
01:19 that is good because there's a mix of pitchers and hitters.
01:22 And having the team lead other teammates is probably more impactful than a coach
01:27 because the captains have all been there before.
01:30 So younger guys will listen because they know what it's like.
01:33 >> He also mentioned that the culture for
01:34 this team is a lot more different than in past teams.
01:37 What about this culture for you personally is different than it has been
01:41 in the past?
01:41 >> I think we all had to become close quick because, like I said,
01:45 there's a new team pretty much.
01:47 So that probably made it easier because we were forced to become better friends
01:52 with these new people, but I think in the end it will help us.
01:55 >> As to Logan, the same question, but you got the Omaha Challenge and
01:59 things like that.
02:00 There are things that you guys do off the field to help build yourself as well?
02:03 >> Yeah, we have many competitions, I guess, pitchers.
02:06 We have command stations and stuff like that.
02:08 We have strike percentage, so we just make little competitions that makes us
02:12 better.
02:13 But yeah, Omaha Challenge is good for competing and showing what you got.
02:17 >> What's the competition like out in the bullpen?
02:19 You know what I mean?
02:20 When you guys get together, there's a lot more arms,
02:23 a lot of different faces and that.
02:24 What's it gonna be like for the rotation and for the bullpen?
02:28 >> Yeah, I think, well, a lot of it's unknown right now.
02:30 We don't know who the starting three is gonna be or the bullpen guys.
02:33 But I think there's a really good mixture of old guys that have experience and
02:37 then young guys that have a lot of talent.
02:39 >> How much- >> No, you go ahead.
02:40 >> How much has the competition and the team culture been exacerbated by the fact
02:44 that Coach Mack kind of went out and
02:45 utilized the transfer portal more so than he usually has in the past?
02:49 >> I think it's a very good competition because the new guys coming in
02:54 obviously showed what they can do in other leagues.
02:56 So that, usually when you're older, you know the people around you,
03:00 you know how good they are.
03:02 And having new guys come in makes you need to prove yourself more.
03:05 >> How do you feel coming into it right now?
03:07 Do you feel pretty good?
03:09 >> Yeah, yeah, I'm excited.
03:10 I think we'll be really good this year.
03:11 >> Now having a set roster, starting roster for that matter,
03:14 does that drive the force of just every player out there going out there knowing
03:17 they have to prove it day in, day out?
03:19 >> Yeah. >> They have to earn that spot.
03:20 >> Yeah, all of us know that right now the roster could be anybody.
03:23 So that's what these scrimmages are for,
03:25 to show who's gonna be the opening day roster.
03:28 >> Logan mentioned there's a grad transfer who was elected as team captain.
03:30 What's that say about the group here?
03:32 How quickly you guys can come together when something like that can happen?
03:35 >> Dylan Hoy, he's a talkative person, so he'll be friends with everybody.
03:38 So everybody loves him, and you're gonna have captains that everybody loves.
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