Mets Beat Nationals 8-0 | Interview w/ Bo Bichette

[MUSIC] That's win. And we're going to talk about it. And we're going to talk to Bova Shed about it. I'm Andy Martino. This is the clubhouse pass. And we are presented by PC Richard and Son. A lot to like from this game from the offense. Eight nothing win over Washington and the series opener here. First and at least game of the year for the Mets. And obviously starting the division play on as good a note as possible. A lot to like not just from the offense, but from play homes. Just yet another dominant performance. A year ago the question was can Clay transition from all star reliever into starting picture. And the question now is just how good can he be? He's just dominating. Sometimes it's just heavy use to the sinker that made him a star in the first place. Sometimes it's opening up that wide array of pitches including the new curve ball that he's worked in this year. Just one start after another. Clay is delivering. We talked to Boa a little bit about that in a moment because Boa actually faced Clay plenty of times when Clay was a reliever for the Yankees and Boa was on the blue jays. And now you have a guy who's just expanded the arsenal and become more than a quality starting picture, but a top starting picture. So all of that was good stuff. We're going to talk to Bo here. I also asked him about that moment that some people noticed on Sunday where he was just kind of gazing out of the field. In case you ever wondered how much a guy like that cares about what's going on even with his brand new team. But anyway, here's Boa talking about the game and a little bit bigger picture what's going on with the club coming up right now. Here's Boa. We're going to hit a home run for first pitch fastball there. Leading up a game, what's generally your approach there first pitch? Can you sit fastball or is that just a matter of studying what that particular pitcher is going to do with this in the modern game? I mean, just be ready to hit. I mean, typically they're trying to get ahead. So just be ready to hit and get a good pitch to it. Just going to well on this home stand from what I can see. What has been working for you lately? I'm just trying to be aggressive and really just grind. I mean, you know, I'm not going to get my season back in one day. So just go out there and grind. When the big hits come, they come. If they don't just try to be a tough at bat and get something done. As a veteran here, what has been your perspective on what you've seen from the guys and I don't want to put words in your mouth, but maybe some steadiness that we both observed over the course of the stretch of baseball? Yeah, I mean, it's been a tough stretch for sure. But I mean, there's so many guys in there that have been through a lot in this game. There's definitely been a steadiness, a consistency and work and all of that. And guys are sticking together with Sean, you know, there's always something that is tough to do and things go wrong. So, you know, everybody in here has been great. After the game on Sunday, notice you spent a little extra time in the dugout kind of looking out at the field. Can I ask you what you were thinking and feeling in that moment? I'm losing sucks. I don't know. It's just tough for me to get out of the dugout, I guess. I mean, I don't really know if too much is going on in my head, but just trying to figure out what's going on and how we can do better. And last question is about Clay Holmes. This is the guy who you knew as an All-Star reliever at one point. And here he is on your team pitching like an All-Star. I mean, what do you make of this transition that he's made into a start of full-arrested? Yeah, I mean, I didn't know him before this, obviously. His sinker alone is good enough to get guys out. So, obviously he's incorporated, change ups really good. And he's commanding the ball too. And, you know, we put good stuff with command and got a good chance to be successful. All right, both. Thanks for your time. All right, thank you. All right, we thank both of his time. The one other thing I want to point out is from down on the farm. But the Syracuse game started at 630, Matt's here at Cityfield started at 710. So, I was able to watch AJ Ewing's first at bat in Triple A. I just promoted from from double A Binghamton. In his first at bat, he hit a stand-up triple. I mean, it's a cool story to say that he broke the wall in centerfield just over a little bit to left centerfield. I think it was the outfield that broke the wall chasing down or like open the door in the wall chasing down the ball that AJ hit. But still, it was cool to say you broke the door in your first Triple A at bat. And just good stuff from a guy who's really ascending through the system and has become a top outfield prospect already speed athleticism. The whole thing that you're seeing from Carson Penn, she's now emerging. By the way, Carson, the two hits in this one, five for 12 on the way into this game. So, great science from him. And then, as I said, another guy in AJ Ewing knocking on the door with his first game in Triple A. Okay. Wednesday, David Peterson returns to the rotation. I spent a little bit of time in the bullpen pitch well. Got dinged for some runs, but that's how it goes in the bullpen. But the strikeouts are there. And he was just running a good place to home run prevention was there. And he was just if you watched him, he was he was solid more than 50% ground ball rate, which shows it is sinkers working. So Peterson getting a shot back into the rotation. And that is what's up next for tonight. This has been the clubhouse pass. I'm Andy Martino and we are presented by PC Richard and son. Talk to you tomorrow.