Chris Woodward on Danny Santana, Nick Solak, Andy Ibanez

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00:00Pretty sure, I'd say about 90% sure.

00:03He feels fine right now.

00:04He's gonna go out and do some sprints, hit, he should be okay.

00:08Is there anybody, one player who's 100% gonna play tomorrow that is a known player?

00:15Yeah, no, we have, I have, I'm actually, if Danny plays, I got my four guys in there.

00:21Just who would they be?

00:23Solak, I think, I'm gonna DH him.

00:25Today he's playing center, so I'm gonna send him back over to get some bass.

00:28So DH, Danny, Guzy, I have one more, I have it in my office.

00:35Yeah, we have our, I filled the, fulfilled my four player minimum.

00:41So Guzman's gonna play first.

00:43Yeah, I like Andy a lot.

00:44He's, I've said this many times, and I, you know,

00:48depending on the circumstances with our team, I think he's a big leaguer.

00:52I think he's a, if somebody gives him a chance, his bat to balls,

00:57I was asking our hitting coaches the other day, I asked them, okay,

01:00is this guy's bat to ball elite?

01:02And they all said yes.

01:06He worked hard in the offseason to try to, you know, I wouldn't say get more power,

01:09but just maybe drive the ball a little more.

01:12But his ability to impact a baseball leg is, and

01:16make contact with the ball and the barrel is, all the guys that had him last year,

01:21you know, staff wise, he's a pro.

01:25He handles the bat, middle of the field, doesn't strike out, he does everything.

01:30And defense, I guess, was always his biggest crutch, or his biggest issue.

01:34And he's worked really, really hard.

01:36He looks a lot better to me, personally, than he did last year.

01:41And I think that, you know, I don't know if it's gonna be us that gives him

01:44that opportunity, just because of the depth that we have.

01:47But if for some reason or not, I would feel totally comfortable in putting him

01:52on our team and expecting him to be a contributor.