Rangers rookie outfielder Wyatt Langford joined the GBag Nation to talk about what his first season in the big leagues has been like, how it felt hitting his first out of the park home run last week, and more.
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00:00What do you think about the nickname Bangford, or do you have a nickname you like to go by?
00:20That's the first I've heard it. I mean, I don't mind it, I guess. It's not bad.
00:26So what was going through your mind there? You hit your first grand slam of your career,
00:30you helped propel the team to a victory, which is the most important thing, but it seemed
00:33like you knew off the bat that thing was going out.
00:36Yeah, I got it pretty good. Yeah, so good.
00:41Hey Wyatt, we were talking about kind of kicking things around here on our show about the fact
00:47that you're now becoming an everyday positional player, and it seems like since that's happened
00:54that your numbers have improved. Can I get it straight from the Gators' mouth that that's
01:00the case with you? The fact that you're out in the field making defensive plays has kind
01:05of helped you at the plate a little bit?
01:08I don't know that it has, honestly. I don't think that played too much of a part in it.
01:14I feel like just in general, I'm just feeling better at the plate.
01:18What do you think has been the biggest difference for you since you came off the IL? Was that
01:21just a good reset for you? Are you seeing the ball better? Just things kind of going
01:25slower for you?
01:26Yeah, I think a lot of it was just comfort, getting comfortable, playing up here and getting
01:32accustomed to the pitching and everything.
01:34Is it the speed that is a little bit more eye-opening when you get up to this level
01:39of these pitches, or is it just the command of these guys? What stands out about these
01:43MLB pitchers?
01:45Yeah, I'd say all of the above. Everyone throws hard nowadays, and they all know where to
01:52put it, too.
01:53Hey Wyatt, with your speed, do you just know how much stress you put on defenders when
02:00you're on the base? Seriously, the ball is hit, it's a hard shot, and then now all of
02:06a sudden you're standing on second base. Do you just know immediately, I put so much damn
02:12fear in these defenders the way I play this baseball?
02:14Yeah, definitely. I think that's a big part of why I like to do it, just because I know
02:20it puts an extra...