re: Jay Johnson and players speaking with media before first fall practice

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Crews says Paul Skenes is “unreal” and that Ty Floyd & Blake Money have gotten better

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I'm wondering if he's going to get a look at the back end of the bullpen.

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Paul Skenes: “Everybody is so nice here.”

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I lol'ed

Jay Johnson: “There’s more than nine good position players on this roster. Becoming a team and not a collection of talent is something we have to strive for.”

Yes, come on February, please.

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This doesn't compute. I was told on the Rant that Johnson doesn't focus on defense.

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It's not that. It's just that his teams are typically very bad defensively, for whatever reason.

So I went back looking for some reaction to last year’s press conference prior to fall ball and found this gem about Skenes:

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I’m assuming he’s met the gymnastics team.

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