Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward takes inventory of top prospects Josh Jung and Sam Huff.
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00:00Josh has been impressive.
00:01I, you know, I saw him last year, take BP.
00:04They were, they had a little, you know, mini camp here,
00:07instructional league at the ballpark,
00:09got to see him take BP and, you know,
00:11talking to our minor league guys,
00:12talking to Cody Atkinson and our minor league hitting
00:14coaches, he's, he's gotten a lot better.
00:16I think, you know, or, you know, we first drafted him.
00:19We knew he could hit a good bat to ball,
00:21good power to right center.
00:22He couldn't really pull the ball like he wanted to.
00:24And the work that he's committed to over last year,
00:27and then this off season, and now in this off time,
00:30I've seen a different guy and he's,
00:32he's obviously very smart.
00:33He understands the game.
00:35You know, you put him between the lines, he's a gamer.
00:37You know, he loves having a bat, loves to play defense.
00:40He's a winning player.
00:41And now he's, he's understanding a little bit more
00:43of the technical aspects to make him a more consistent
00:46and better player.
00:47So I've been really impressed.
00:49And obviously this guy works hard.
00:50I almost have to tell him to stop working so hard
00:52because he'll literally run himself into the ground
00:54if you let him.
00:55So it's obviously the kid's been really impressive.
00:57Huffer, similar.
00:59You know, the makeup on both those guys are off the chart.
01:02Huffer's worked really hard on his,
01:03he had to catch some tough guys today.
01:05You know, with Jonathan throwing, you know,
01:0798 mile an hour turbo sinkers.
01:09You know, those are, that was a tough matchup
01:10as far as framing goes.
01:12So, but he did a good job and I know he missed a couple,
01:15but he's been working really hard with Hector
01:17and Bobby Wilson on the, on his framing
01:19and his throwing and just game calling.
01:22We got a lot of cool things that we're going to have him do,
01:25you know, over on the other side,
01:26as far as game planning and understanding our system.
01:29So when he gets here,
01:30he's not going to be surprised by anything.
01:31And hopefully he can kind of take the reins and go with it.