Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy joined the K&C Masterpiece to talk about how he's happy general manager Chris Young had his contract extended by the team, if he thinks Wyatt Langford could turn into the type of hitter that blasts 40 home runs a year, and more.
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00:00Boach, I probably put too much on Wyatt Lankford to be spectacular this year right out of college
00:21pretty much.
00:22But in the month of September, he's hitting 345.
00:25He already has 11 extra base hits.
00:27He has an OPS over one.
00:30What have you seen as the season has progressed, and then especially here at the end of the
00:35season, that is starting to turn Wyatt Lankford maybe into the superstar potential that everybody
00:43saw at Florida and then after that minor league season last year?
00:48Yeah, I think the expectations on this guy, sure, they were high, I think now they probably
00:56should be number one pick, and that's going to go with the territory, but you have to
01:02look at a guy that had a little bit of minor league time and his first year facing major
01:09league pitching, you're who you are, that's a tough deal.
01:14And so we knew there would be growing pains, but we needed him, and so that's why he made
01:21our club out of spring training.
01:23And what's impressive is how much better he just continues to get, and as you mentioned
01:30this month, and not just his offense, but his defense, I mean, the things he's doing
01:37right now, they are incredible.
01:40You saw the home run last night to right field, just watching his batting practice, you just
01:45see the growth in this guy, and I felt that all along.
01:50He hasn't come close to seeing the best of Wyatt Langford, and two reasons, one, yeah,
01:57he's gifted as a talent, but he's hungry, nobody works harder in this club than he does,
02:06so it's only going to get better with him, and he has the whole game, he can run, he
02:10can throw, hit, I mean, he's, so we're pretty lucky to have him available when we
02:20picked last year, and we were very excited when that happened, and what a great signing
02:26course.
02:27I know this is a huge number, Boach, but do you think that he could be a potential 40
02:31home run guy a year?
02:34Oh, I think he could, yeah.
02:38I don't think, you know, right now, that's something he's probably thinking of, I'm just
02:48saying, he's more of a gat guy, but now you're seeing the power, and like I talked about
02:55earlier with the batting practice, where he's hitting balls, and so I could see him hitting
03:0140 at some point, yeah, he's got the strength, and he's just going to get smarter as a hitter,
03:06and he's going to get more knowledge on his pitchers, and so the home runs, they're going
03:11to increase as they are now, so yeah, and I wouldn't be, don't put it past him to be
03:18a 30 or 40 stolen base guy.