Farm Report: Jimmy Crooks | St. Louis Cardinals

Farm Report: Jimmy Crooks | St. Louis Cardinals

[Music] All right. So, you’re a catcher. Catchers have to know people’s personalities. Let’s get a scouting report on personalities for a couple of your teammates. What about JJ Weatherhole? Very calm, but a warrior at the same time. He’s very composed everywhere he or everywhere he plays and even in the box. But in inside, he’s a he’s a warrior for sure. But that’s just how he is on the field and off the field for sure. Uh what about your battery mate Quinn Matthews? Oo Quinn Matthews. That dude’s a robot. Dude’s a robot. No motion, just straight. He’s thinking about really crazy stuff, but when he gets on the mound, he’s just like dial it up and then just do what he needs to do on the mound. And finally, what about Bla1 Jordan? I know he’s newer to the squad. So, no, I love Blaze. Uh personality, uh he’s awesome. He’s awesome in a clubhouse and the transition coming here, he didn’t hesitate. He was one of those big clubhouse guys that just hangs out with everybody. What are some stereotypes about catchers that just drive me nuts? That we just are just only catchers in Canada. I think that’s a big one for me. You seem to be proving people wrong this year about that. Yeah, that’s one of the big keys. Trying to do both. Be a hybrid. What was your offensive focus coming into the season? sticking with the same approach I did last year and uh double A just you know staying on the heater and staying to the big part of the field. I think that’s a big key and better pitching this year. It just you know I had a couple valleys but you know you got to keep your head straight and that’s what I’ve been trying to do and you know sticking with my approach what got me here. I heard that while you were a Rangers fan growing up Yachty was your guy. He was. So scout Yachty for me like as a as a catcher to a catcher. He plays a game like it’s chess, not checkers. Like he’s very advanced with what he does with the game calling, taking care of his pitchers and doing what he needs to do to make the team win. And I try to take that into my game and try to do the be best I can with that. What’s your favorite hobby? Ooh, like JJ, I like fishing every once in a while. And I’m going to say this, I play video games, too. Me and him are going to start. And you said, yeah, that he played video games as well. There was some investigative. We’re going to get connected and play some games together every once in a while. So video games another option as well.

Cardinals catching prospect Jimmy Crooks scouts teammates’ personalities and shares a stereotype about catchers that drives him nuts.