Because there's nothing like the elements of surprise

But the elements of surprise

The elements of surprise

The elements of surprise

The elements of surprise

Hello and welcome to episode 950 of Effectively Wildly Daily Podcasts from Baseball Prospectus

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I am Ben Lemberg of the Ringer, joined by Sam Miller of Baseball Prospectus

Hello, heyo

We're gonna do an email show, I have a bit of banter to get to before then

I don't know about you, but I thought that I would point out this quote from a story about Jose Dayleones

debut for the Dodgers on Sunday. I was just reading it and it was your standard stuff about how he was emotional and his family was there and it was great

And then he was talking about how he also appreciated that Julio Reyes was there too because they pitched together in the minors and they became best friends

So it was a boost to his confidence to have four yes there too

And then I got to the part of the story where he says how happy he was to have Yasi Alpwig there

And how he got so close to Pwig when he was in the minors for a month or so with Pwig

And then he says having guys like Pwig boosts the team chemistry which is not something that anyone has probably ever said before

But I really like that because it kind of explains how guys' reputations change over time

Like maybe if you just promoted the entire Dodgers Triple A team to the majors right now

Pwig would be the clubhouse mentor veteran guy like maybe if he's too immature to get along with the Dodgers veterans

Maybe the Triple A players were more his speed and he's so he fit in well with them

And so as the younger generation comes along and reaches the majors and as Pwig gets older and maybe more mature

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