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00:00So let's go over to the San Diego Padres.
00:02They win again, by the way.
00:04So Sam, flip me over to the Padres here.
00:06Jackson Merrill with four runs driven in on opening day.
00:10Of course, a lot of high expectations for him.
00:13In fact, not only did he drive in four runs
00:16on opening day, George,
00:18but he also had three more hits batting
00:21out of the five hole last night
00:23in their win over the Atlanta Braves.
00:25Benny Machado didn't do much yesterday,
00:28but he did have a good opening day also
00:29at 667, so we kind of know who Machado is.
00:32Let's go to Merrill for a minute.
00:34He's got a really good lineup spot.
00:36Tatis has also been on fire here to start.
00:39They have him in the lead off.
00:40I think that that's going to be it.
00:41I think Tatis is going to hit lead off.
00:43I mean, George, he was hitting some lead off in the spring,
00:45but it seemed to catch the writers
00:47by surprise a little bit that he was going to be
00:49like the permanent lead off hitter this season.
00:52But that's very, very important.
00:54Luisa Rice, I believe, led off for them,
00:56if I'm not mistaken,
00:57the majority of last season
00:58when he got traded over there.
00:59What do you make of this move here?
01:02I mean, I'm a little surprised
01:03because Arias does make sense as a lead off guy, right?
01:06Because he gets on base for the big boys.
01:08But I understand Tatis as well,
01:11because he can give you that quick one-nothing lead,
01:13right, with the home run here.
01:14So, listen, as long as Tatis is comfortable with it, fine.
01:17But you want to put Arias as the second hole hitter, okay.
01:22And he's got the righty-lefty thing going there,
01:24righty-lefty.
01:24Maybe that's why they're doing it, right, Tatis?
01:27And the lefty Arias and the righty Machado, lefty Merrill.
01:30We know managers love that,
01:31the righty-lefty, righty-lefty thing.
01:33This way he screws the bullpen up management later.
01:35So I understand that.
01:36So, you know, I don't really mind it either way.
01:39You know, it doesn't really bother me.
01:40It doesn't change my thoughts on Tatis at all here.
01:43Maybe a few less RBI opportunities,
01:45because, you know, he'll get up once with nobody on base
01:48and the rest of the time with the battle of the lineup
01:51hitting in front of him here, so fine.
01:52And I guess the Atlanta Braves are never going to win a game.
01:55Yeah, I'm going to to start the season, yeah, I mean.