Spring training is here and Eno and Welsh react to it all. How do the Padres pay everyone, who is on the outs? Pitch clock mania, stolen base numbers are up and lots of player reactions.
Rundown
6:36 - Machado contract
15:20 - Pitch clock
25:24 - Spring training stolen base numbers
34:56 - Yordan Alvarez still not swinging a bat
38:51 - Suzuki oblique injury worries
40:55 - Masataka Yoshida NOT going to leadoff
44:01 - Sean Manaea velo uptick
46:43 - Nathan Eovaldi velo and moving up draft boards
49:03 - Joe Ryan's new sweeper
52:04 - Nolan Gorman's new approach
54:15 - Spring Training at-bat leaders
57:00 - Can we believe in Jarred Kelenic?
1:00:00 - Corbin Carroll's stolen base in first spring training at-bat
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