 Clint Frazier impressed this spring. It looked as though he was going to make the team. However, now the outfield looks a lot different than it did in the spring due to injury. And you wonder whether or not Clint Frazier will get an opportunity or if he'll be on the outside looking in. You heard Aaron Boone say a little while ago that he's expected to play the outfield either Tuesday or Wednesday. He had simply been de-aching because some issues in his foot. I caught up with Frazier earlier to ask him how the foot had been feeling. I started to feel it a little bit in spring training. It really just felt like a bruise was on the bottom of my foot. It was never anything that nobody was able to recognize it whenever I was playing out there. I didn't really recognize it, but with the downtime that we had, I wanted to address it and I'm up to speed. You know, unfortunately not able to do defense right now, but I am doing all the shagging, I'm doing the running. I know I can do all the things that they asked me to do. It's just I'm not the one making the program to go out there and do it. So I just gotta be patient with that, but I'm healthy, I'm ready and I don't think it's gonna be a problem. He did say they are almost holding you back a little bit. Is that frustrating for you that you can't go out there and do everything 100% the way you would like? A little bit, a little bit because you know, part of the reason why it is frustrating is I feel like I could have gone by without anyone even knowing. You know, it wouldn't have been a distraction. It wouldn't have been any questions. I could have gone here and done everything up to speed right away. But like I said, you know, they're the ones making the program and I just, I'm looking forward to whenever I can get out there and go 100% whenever they, you know, take me off the leash. You've been one of the guys that is opted to wear a mask throughout the course of the game when you're in the batter's box. What led to that decision? Cause a lot of guys have chosen not to do that. And has that been difficult to do that while you're playing? You know, I started by trying it in practice and then I tried it in the batting cage and then I wanted to try it in the game because you know, there are two people in the box with me and they are, you know, close in proximity and you know, I think that it's an easy task to do. I mean, I'm obviously here because I want to play but we do have stuff that's going on around us and you know, there's a lot of people that have had, you know, this impact them in a way and there are people in our organization that I'm trying to be respectful towards and I'm just trying to overall make sure that I can do the best part that I can and make sure that our team does stay healthy because you know, we have three guys right now that aren't here because of it and I want to make sure that I'm not the reason why it spreads anybody and that I can play if it does get spread to someone else. You know, I have to, this is a big year for me and I want to play and I want to make sure that if there is somebody out there that sees me wearing the mask, you know, maybe they'll do it as well, you know, it's just, it's an easy thing to do and it doesn't bother me at all. I mean, at first it was a little weird but I feel like it's something that's just became second nature at this point. Thank you, Clint. Take the next question from Brian Hoke. Brian, go ahead and unmute. Hey, Clint, how are you? Good, how are you? Just real quick, which foot is it? My right foot. Okay, you were in line for, to probably have a lot of playing time, judge was hurt in spring training and so what was your mindset just when spring training shut down and when, you know, months were going by without games? You know, it was frustrating, you know, just in the level of I knew that my playing time was probably gonna be limited the longer that the layoff went on but, you know, obviously those guys play a really big part in our team and I wanna play but I don't want it to be at the expense of somebody being injured and me playing because of that. I wanna earn it, you know, I mean, I feel like it's gonna be a pretty bittersweet moment if that happens finally because I've been trying to win this job since I came over here and I feel like I'm in a good position right now to, you know, impact in whatever way that I can. It's just, I don't know what that will be but I'm just trying to, you know, pick up where I left off in spring because I felt like I was, you know, finally coming together in a lot of ways. Thank you. Take the next question from Brendan Cuddy. Brendan, go ahead and unmute. Clint, thank you for taking the time. I hope you're well. Thank you. In the spring, you were talking about a swing change you were making, something with your lower half. Have you done anything else differently and do you wonder if at all that swing change had anything to do with the plantar fasciitis you're dealing with now? I don't think it had, you know, any impact with the plantar fasciitis just because, you know, obviously we don't know exactly what caused it. My best guess would be, I did put on anywhere from like 15 to 20 pounds of weight during spring training. And that was something that I was told could have led to an impact of why my foot was becoming a little more sore, but I'm a little bit thinner now. I'm down about 15 pounds from what I was in spring. And that is the reason why I think my foot is feeling a little bit better. I mean, it feels a hundred percent better, but, you know, the swing in spring, I think helped lead to the numbers that I was having and I'm trying to, you know, pick back up where I left off. I mean, I've walked a couple of times. I, you know, hit a ball pretty good yesterday that, you know, it's caught in the outfield, but it has been, I don't know how many months it's been since we saw live pitching, but I'm still trying to hit all these guys who are throwing a hundred miles an hour right now. But I feel good. I mean, I feel like it's only a matter of time before, you know, things get back to where I was in spring and hopefully be able to make an impact whenever that time is. Thank you, Clint. Dan Martin, you have the next question. Clint, I just wanted to clarify or clear something up. Do you intend to wear the mask when you're playing during the regular season as well? That is something that I want to do, yes. You know, obviously if it, if for some reason I can't, you know, like play my game the way that I want to and I feel like it's getting in the way, then maybe I'll take it off, but I do plan on, you know, trying to go out there and do it because it hasn't been too hard so far right now. I'm obviously trying to play around with what mask I want to put in the box with me and what feels best running around the outfield, but I do plan on trying it, yes.