I kept thinking about this article I read back during the time when we were all talking about how Tatis would bust because he had a high K rate as a 19 year old in AA, and how Shields may have panned out only because he helped fix giolito or something I can't remember anymore

But boy, boy do I wish someone would say this to our trainers and some of our position players:
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/wil-myers-credits-turnaround-to-james-shields-telling-him-to-quit-being-a-baby/

 

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Essentially, Myers said, Shields told him to “quit being a baby.”

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“I wasn’t a wuss. I just didn’t know any better. … It took James Shields telling me three years into my big-league career, ‘You’ve got to stop being a wuss and get out there and play every day because that’s what you do here. You’re at the highest level now. There is nowhere else to go. You’re here. So it’s about showing up every day, doing your routine and playing every single day.’”

Again, the full story has many more details and it’s worth a read.

Myers later said it was the best advice anyone had ever given him. What followed was Myers blossoming into a star.

And as we all know, now Myers is one of the games biggest stars.

I think Cueto could also play this role. Guy is 300 years old, had no spring training, came back and shows up every 5 days and slings it, with a bunch of 23-25 year olds that need to be rested every 3rd day and don't have to run to first.

(I definitely 100% think this is our overzealous new training staff, but we need a player to push back meow.)

I kind of expected Lance Lynn to be this guy already with his "go pack a lunch" attitude and innings dependability.

Between Gio telling guys to get out of their own heads and Lynn & Cueto telling them to just take the damn mound and chuck, I'd hope they're able to impart that same lesson as veteran leaders.

1 hour ago, bmags said:

I kept thinking about this article I read back during the time when we were all talking about how Tatis would bust because he had a high K rate as a 19 year old in AA, and how Shields may have panned out only because he helped fix giolito or something I can't remember anymore

But boy, boy do I wish someone would say this to our trainers and some of our position players:
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/wil-myers-credits-turnaround-to-james-shields-telling-him-to-quit-being-a-baby/

 

And as we all know, now Myers is one of the games biggest stars.

I think Cueto could also play this role. Guy is 300 years old, had no spring training, came back and shows up every 5 days and slings it, with a bunch of 23-25 year olds that need to be rested every 3rd day and don't have to run to first.

(I definitely 100% think this is our overzealous new training staff, but we need a player to push back meow.)

This was my copium take.

48 minutes ago, MiddleCoastBias said:

I kind of expected Lance Lynn to be this guy already with his "go pack a lunch" attitude and innings dependability.

Between Gio telling guys to get out of their own heads and Lynn & Cueto telling them to just take the damn mound and chuck, I'd hope they're able to impart that same lesson as veteran leaders.

to be honest the pitchers (with a big caveat being our new free agents) have held up their end on availability. Maybe too much. 

31 minutes ago, Quin said:

This was my copium take.

we were all there. Nothing we could do.

Can we bring him back for a day so he can be the target in a dunk tank for three hours before a game?