Wyatt Sanford SHOWS OUT in Glendale’s 10-0 Win | AFL Day 2 Recap

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Hello, this is day two, actually, of us being the Arizona Fall League.

We didn't really talk much about day one, of course, as everyone made me follow along.

We came to the game, only one person, Ray Severino, played, and the game got lightning delay and called, so not much to talk about.

But day two was here, Wyatt Sanford led off the game.

He also was the only part of this game, but he had, what, six at-backs today?

Or six plate appearances?

Six plate appearances.

Two for three, two walks, homer, single.

Went off the game with a homer.

Yeah, it was the Wyatt Sanford show right off the bat today.

Yeah, so, hey, there's only one Pirate here to play, to see today, but it was a good performance.

Like you said, two for three, two walks, no strikeouts.

that's something we were talking about with him.

Man, 454 off the bat against former Pirates legend, Kyle Robinson.

Former Pirate legend.

Yeah, no, that was, it was the second pitch of the game, just an absolute nuke.

Crushed the ball.

It was like 107 miles an hour off the bat.

406.8.

454 feet.

Asked him right after the game today if that was the farthest home run that he's ever hit.

He said he's hit one 451 before, but 454, that's the record.

So we saw the farthest home run Wyatt Sanford's ever hit today.

And then they said, too, there's the second farthest home run hit in the Arizona Fall League so far.

So that's absolutely a nuke.

You said it was a nuke on the video.

Yeah, he crushed it.

It was an impressive, just going back to the Wyatt Sanford story, right?

Like I got a chance to talk to him a couple weeks ago and, coming out of the draft, like that was the one piece that we weren't really sure of, scouts weren't sure of.

And this year he popped off in Greensboro and coming here, it's like, okay, was that a product of Greensboro or is this who Wyatt Sanford is now?

And like you said, second farthest home run hit in the fall by any player down here all month.

And, yeah, he got all of it.

It's not a juiced baseball, right?

They're playing with Major League Baseballs here.

It's, yeah, it was an impressive shot.

Well, and that's the thing.

You talk about Greensboro, and as I mentioned, too, like we're in Arizona.

Like there's still the elements here, but 454, that plays wherever you're at.

like that's not just like, oh, he's in this environment.

Absolute monster shot.

What's funny, too, is so, we were talking on this on live the other day.

We want to see, I mentioned about Wyatt.

The one thing I want to talk about him was, we're only going to see him in probably like maybe two games, possibly just one.

He played tonight.

And it's like, what do you want to really get from one game?

So I said, of course I want to talk about the strikeouts, the walk rate.

He had two walks today, no strikeouts.

That's seven walks of the year to his 10 strikeouts.

But I talked about the athleticism.

Like if I'm going to see him produce a few games, let me see the athleticism.

Let's see what he has.

And you mentioned, start off with the big, huge home run.

That's certainly part of it.

But he also had a stolen base today as well.

He had some really nice plays defensively in the field.

Yeah, he showcased everything today, right?

He showcased the power, showcased the contact, showcased the speed, showcased the fielding.

I thought what was really impressive, too, the plate appearance immediately after the home run.

It was an eight-pitch walk.

So fouled off a few pitches.

But it was just a really good, it was a really good bat.

He got on base.

And then the very first pitch, stole second.

So, yeah, it was, through the first, really, three innings, we saw everything, that Wyatt Sanford has to offer as a baseball player played out in this game.

And he made some nice, slick plays in the field.

Just nice, easy, smooth double plays.

I think they turned three double plays in the first five innings of today's game.

I think there was maybe a total of four today.

It was three or four double plays.

But Wyatt Sanford had a part in all of them.

Yeah, so it was, as I said, it was, if you came here, like, he was the only pirate in the lineup.

So it was like, all right, you better do something.

He got your money's worth.

And he did.

We really got our money's worth watching him today.

Right, exactly.

That's what I'm saying, like, if you could only see one game, like, this is what you want to see out of Wyatt Sanford.

And you're right.

Like, that's the one takeaway.

We talked about this last year.

This year is the same thing.

defensively, there's much to be inspired, on this field.

And like we talked about, these guys don't really play with each other.

Wyatt and the second base partner, like, they just look like they're playing together for a while now, right?

Yeah.

Good double play partner.

So, yeah, like, he looked good defensively.

Again, I thought the system was on display.

You saw everything that you want to see out of Wyatt Sanford.

So this is why he's one of the top prospects in this system and, potentially going to be in baseball soon, maybe.

Yeah.

Great game.

Really happy to see that.

I was pretty happy that we were here for this one.

Yeah.

he homered in the first game of the fall.

it's been slumping for a bit.

But, yeah, maybe it's the reverse Rosati curse.

No, but his OPS is now up to a 775.

So, again, if you're paying attention to tracking that.

But, yeah, just a good game from him.

And let's just talk about this, too, real quick.

Yeah.

The Desert Dogs won.

9-0.

10.

10.

Oh, did they squeeze one across?

Okay.

Yeah, that's when we thought he was going to get his six-play appearance because they kept going.

Yeah, 10-0 ball game.

Desert Dogs win.

Fourth win of the year.

They're now 4-12.

So we've seen 25% of their wins.

There you go.

Off day tomorrow for the Desert Dogs.

We're going to go hiking.

So make sure you're following us on social media.

We'll add some stuff to the stories.

That'll be fun.

But Triple Header on Saturday.

So, yeah, we'll have another one of these recaps from there.

We're also looking forward to talking to a few people out there at Camelback Ranch on Saturday.

Desert Dogs had the last game.

So we'll be there the whole day.

Yep.

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We'll see you on, we'll see you tomorrow.

I might get bit by a rattlesnake.

I don't know.

But then we'll see you on Saturday for all this stuff.

Thanks for watching.

Bye-bye.

See you guys.