WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:07.440 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly is front 2 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:51.719 to you by Progressive helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance. Hi, 3 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:56.880 everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Cheermeros and house along with you this weekend 4 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.679 from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland, where the Guardians are taking on the Houston 5 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:06.920 Astros Game two of the series Saturday night at six ten and the homestand in 6 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.079 series finale one forty on Sunday afternoon. Good show lined up for you today, 7 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:17.799 as we'll hear from Will Brennan before he became a hero on Friday night 8 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:22.239 to win a fourteen inning contest with an RBI double. We'll get some of 9 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:26.599 Will's thoughts on his recent hot stretch. Also, assistant hitting coach Victor Rodriguez 10 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:34.239 talks about the resurgence of Jose Ramirez and what makes him just a tremendous hitter. 11 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:38.319 And we talked to Victor after Josie's three homer game on Thursday night against 12 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:44.319 Boston. And we'll also have a complete farm report for you with Rob Sortfolio, 13 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:48.239 the director of player Development. But first to look at the week gone 14 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:53.079 by, and we begin with highlights from Wednesday. After a Monday op day 15 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.000 and a Tuesday five to four loss to Boston in the series opener and homestand 16 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.120 opener, but the Guardians bounced back on Wednesday with a five to two victory 17 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:05.519 over the Socks. Boston did take an early lead with a run in the 18 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:08.919 first inning, but in the second, the Guardians responded with a runner on 19 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:14.800 for Josh Bell. The O one pitch to Bell swung and ripped the first 20 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:19.599 inside the back fair down the right field line, ricochets to the right field 21 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:23.680 of Verdugo in the scores. Nailer. Bell will hold with a long single. 22 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:28.240 Boston regained the lead at two to one with a run in the top 23 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.039 half of the fourth inning, but in the bottom of the inning, the 24 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:36.400 Guardians had two men on and Josh Naylor at the plate. The pitch a 25 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:42.120 swingin his fash in the right dence of Ace hit Rosario scores, Ramirez stops 26 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:46.199 at third, and the Guardians just like that tie the ball game at two. 27 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:53.400 Nailer now with a double and an Armi single as he is sizzling and 28 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:57.240 now a two two ball game, and the next man up was Bell. 29 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:00.879 Here's Josh Bell infield bank you'll swing and right handed. He bangs one to 30 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:06.439 third off the glove of Devers in the foul territory. In the score, 31 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:10.840 Ramires nailer a second bill and first and that'll be an air on Devers. 32 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:15.759 Rosario, with an RBI double in the fifth made it four to two Guardians, 33 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:21.120 and then it was Jose Ramirez his turn. Ramires six homers, thirty 34 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:25.439 RBIs runnerd second two down Cleveland up two in the fifth. The next offering 35 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:32.120 a swing in a long drive deep right center field. This ball is off 36 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:37.879 the top of the wall. In the score, Rosario in the second is 37 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:46.039 Ramires. It is five to Cleveland as Garza pitch to Jose and gets burned 38 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:50.520 big time. Meanwhile, on the Mount Tanner Biby pitched well in his five 39 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:53.360 hittings of work, allowing just one earned run, and then out of the 40 00:03:53.360 --> 00:04:00.840 bullpen, Eli Morgan, Sam Henches and Trevor Stephen each tossed a scoreless inning 41 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:04.800 before turning it over to closer Emmanuel Class. In the ninth, the pitch 42 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:11.840 a swing and a high flyball deep right center straw at the wall, jumps 43 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:19.959 baked catch Boo game a leaping grab at the wall and right center by Miles 44 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:30.120 Strata ending that was not routine. Wow. Final tonight Cleveland five, Boston 45 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:35.000 two. So nice went for the Guardians on Wednesday night and on the Thursday 46 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:40.360 we went in what turned out to be an historic night for Jose Ramirez. 47 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:44.399 What a game at Progressive Field. And it all got started when Josey came 48 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:48.319 to the plate in the first inning. Now the payoff swung and himmered deep 49 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:56.839 till I field forget about it, onto the home run ports that he didn't 50 00:04:56.879 --> 00:05:02.319 miss that baby. He s a line drive home run to the porch and 51 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:10.199 left, and that's home run number seven and it puts Cleveland on top by 52 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:15.800 a score of one to nothing. And that baby got out of here in 53 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:24.560 a heartbeat, and a Jose Ramirez got one more fastball and Dermody is probably 54 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:30.240 going, what was I thinking throwing him a fastball for a strike. Then 55 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:33.639 in the third, with Stephen Quanta board once again, Jose Ramirez stepped in. 56 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:40.319 Now the three one a swinging a drive hi deep tull off center, 57 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:51.480 oh way back and gone and it's three nothing Cleveland. And it's three nothing 58 00:05:51.680 --> 00:06:03.759 Jose Ramirez, yep, pits to j at your own risk, and for 59 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:13.199 Jose Ramirez, that is his first multi homer game of the year. In 60 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:16.560 fact, Cleveland's not had anyone hit two home runs in a game this year 61 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:21.800 until tonight. Boston scored a run in the fifth and another in the sixth 62 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:26.519 to make it a one run ball game, three to two Guardians. But 63 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:30.720 Jose Ramirez wasn't done yet, and he let off the bottom of the sixth 64 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:35.439 inning. Now the payoff pitch two, Ramirez swung on hit high, hit 65 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:47.000 deep to right. Howay back God again, Jose Ramires, Well, I'm 66 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:56.399 majestic, blast to the seats in right and Cleveland has taken a four to 67 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:01.600 two lead and the first three homer game in the Jose Ramirez his career. 68 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:11.079 And he has three homers, and he has four army eyes and it's Cleveland 69 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:16.279 four, Boston two. What a night for Ramirez as he surpassed Travis Hafner 70 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:21.319 on this night in the all time franchise record books for home runs, moving 71 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:27.240 into sole possession of ninth place, those three home runs giving him two hundred 72 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:31.399 and one in his outstanding major league career. Then the bats really woke up. 73 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:34.480 That was just the start of that sixth inning. Naylor and Bell each 74 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:40.879 picked up a hit. Then Andres Jimenez delivered the pitch, swung and grounded 75 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:45.920 toward first over the bag, fareball down the right field line. Nailer scores, 76 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:49.560 Bells scores. Breef Snider falls down and write thrown a second in. 77 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:57.360 Sliding safely is Jimenez, and it'll be a two run double. And the 78 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:03.800 Guardians finally get that inning that opens up a ball game. And the Guardians 79 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:09.839 have scored three and now they've get themselves a six to two advantage. Four 80 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:15.959 straight hits this inning off Corey Klubert and the next man up was Miles Straw. 81 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:20.120 Now the two two swung on. This has hit a ton toward the 82 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:22.240 gamp and right center. D Ran on the run can make the catch. 83 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:26.959 Boll gets down, goes up against the wall. He made us will score 84 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:31.000 around second, going to third, the throw to third head first, slide 85 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:35.799 in a triple and the Guardians have hit for the cycle. Here in the 86 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:39.879 sixth inning, Will Brennan capped off the huge sixth inning with an RBI single, 87 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:43.279 and then he came to the plate again in the eighth inning. Now 88 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:48.360 the two two pits swung on hammerd a right down the line it goes. 89 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:56.000 It is off the pole, a home run, Well Brennan, a laser 90 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:01.320 off the foul poll, and right is fourth phone run and it's nine to 91 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:09.360 two Cleveland and the Guardians with four home runs tonight and Will Brennan stays on 92 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:15.519 fire. And then later on in the eighth, Jose Ramirez finished off his 93 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:20.720 monster Knight, driving in one more. Now the one oh swung and banged 94 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:24.320 to third. Banking up is Devers and they've got the runner between second and 95 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:30.039 third in a rundown in the score is Quan Ramires part way to second, 96 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.480 going back to second Rosario and they missed the tag on him. Now they 97 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.399 go in a rundown to first and Ramirez is tagged out. Actually they did 98 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:43.000 tag out Rosario, and they tagged out Hosie, but the run will count. 99 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.919 Hosie gets his fifth RBI. So the Guardians win it by a ten 100 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:52.039 to three final score in that completed a series win over the Red Sox, 101 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.679 and it's set up Friday Nights series opener against Houston, and who knew it 102 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:00.720 would be the type of game. It turned out to be a good battle. 103 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.879 The Astros led five to one in the fifth inning, and you thought, 104 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.000 oh my goodness, with that type of pitching and that type of bullpen, 105 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:11.279 well, it could be a long night for Cleveland. But they clawed 106 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:13.360 their way back to within one run. And then in the seventh inning, 107 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:18.919 Jose Ramirez did it again. Cleveland, donna run the payoff. Swung on, 108 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:30.440 hit high, hit deep to right. There she goes, he's done 109 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:41.639 it again, and we are tied at five. Jose Ramirez four home runs 110 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:50.000 in the last two nights, six hits in the last two nights, and 111 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:56.159 it's back to Josie saying, hitch your wagon on me, guys. Here 112 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:00.279 we go. But Houston scored a run in the eighth to read gained the 113 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.600 lead at six to five, and the Guardians found themselves down to their final 114 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:09.480 strike with a runner aboard and Josh Nailer at the plate. In the ninth, 115 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:13.200 Ramirez as good a base runner as there is in the game. At 116 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:18.600 first, very modest lead. Now the O two delivery swung on. He 117 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:24.679 hit high in the air, deep plus center. It's got a chance off 118 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:30.679 the top of the wall. Ramires scores in the second is Nailer. We 119 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:39.440 are tied, and that's how you make somebody pay for now, wanting to 120 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:50.320 pitch the Jose Ramirez. Nailer shortened the swing, went down and drove one 121 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:56.679 high off the nineteen foot wall and left center, and Ramirez could waltz home 122 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:01.240 from first six six in the ninth. So that sent the game into extra 123 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:05.080 innings. And as we have found in this new era, with a runner 124 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:09.240 starting at second base every inning, these games don't last long. That was 125 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:15.000 not the case last night or Friday night, as the Guardians and Astros went 126 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:20.200 back and forth three different times in extra innings. Houston took a lead, 127 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:24.799 only to see the Guardians tie it in the twelfth and the thirteenth, and 128 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.440 then it came time to win the ballgame in the tenth first trying to tie 129 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:33.279 it up, Tyler Freeman, now the one one Freeman swinging a line shot 130 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:37.080 to left, down the line, it goes base, it rolls to the 131 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:43.120 wall in to score the tying runners. Nailer in sliding with the doublest Freeman. 132 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:50.360 That's why Tito didn't bunt Tyler Freeman. Rockets and Armi double down the 133 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:58.240 left field line and we're back to even for the fifth different time tonight. 134 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:05.279 Cleveland has tied the game. Now at nine, and then with Freeman as 135 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.960 the winning run in scoring position, Will Brennan stepped in a swing and a 136 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:16.519 liner to deep left. Beccles mccarmick is over his head around third, coming 137 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:24.799 home, Freeman scores the winner. Brennan delivers the third walkoff win. With 138 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:31.480 the outfield playing shallow, Brennan ripped one over, mccarmick said, and left 139 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:39.600 for a game winning double. Oh what a game. Five different times Cleveland 140 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:46.120 came from behind, the tie it and now they winn it. Incredible. 141 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:54.039 Tyler Freeman an ARBI doubled a tie it. Will Brennan an RBI doubled a 142 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.639 winn it. Folks, you may not see a more entertaining game this year. 143 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:05.879 The final in fourteen innings, Cleveland ten, Houston nine. 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One of the hot hitters for the 158 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:20.840 suddenly resurgent Cleveland offense has been Will Brennan, the outfielder who had infrequent playing 159 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:24.679 time early on and was off to a slow start, finally got in the 160 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:28.200 lineup on a regular basis, and my goodness, the results have been impressive. 161 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.759 In fact, over a ten game stretch he was hitting it a five 162 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:35.879 hundred clip with some power. And on Friday night and a great night at 163 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.399 the plate, including the game winning RBI double. Now, we caught up 164 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:43.960 with Will earlier in the week and we talked to him about that good stretch 165 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:46.720 of the plate right now, and he filled us in on some of the 166 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:50.320 keys to him getting locked in. Good to be back, Rosie, but 167 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.960 trying to be more patient at the point, trying to see more pitches and 168 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:58.440 be able to do more damage with pitches. I know with my ability that 169 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.759 good swings in the zone that usually good things happen. I asked Josh Naylor 170 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:07.720 about that, and he felt early in the season that he was swinging well 171 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:11.320 but wasn't getting the results. And can you point toward that or were there 172 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:14.759 some things that would allow you to make better contact. Yeah, I mean 173 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:18.120 there was definitely some early season struggles. I don't think early on the season 174 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:22.159 I was, you know, compressing the baseball like nails was um, but 175 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:26.080 you know, being being more patient. I think early on the season I 176 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:29.960 was just kind of free swinging, swinging everything, and you know that can 177 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:33.120 lead to some bad habits in the box and and that can compound. So 178 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:38.000 baseball vocabulary, compressing to baseball, what is that? Well, it's like 179 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:41.720 golf, It's like compressing a golf ball, you know, like being able 180 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:45.080 to to you know, really square it up and get all that wood behind 181 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:49.519 it and you know, send it somewhere in the off field hopefully. Yeah, 182 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.679 I'm really getting sidetracked here, But where does that come from? The 183 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:57.080 like the baseball lingo and how things change over years. For a period it 184 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:00.879 was impact the baseball. I'm sure when Tito is playing it was hited hard, 185 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:06.119 but compressed I like that. Yeah, no, compresses. That's been 186 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:10.200 in the vernacular for a couple of years now, simply just because of golf. 187 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:15.279 But you know, the carryover baseball and obviously there's a lot of lingo 188 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:19.880 that that goes on, but that one's pretty good team wise. Still challenges 189 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:22.519 out there, for sure, but it seems like the wins are coming a 190 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:26.559 little more frequently and some good things happening offensively. Are you sensing that at 191 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:30.519 all from this club? Absolutely? I mean we've played I think like thirty 192 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:34.000 or twenty nine one run games and so obviously we've been in a lot of 193 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:37.680 ball games that we could win. That's that's just super positive. And when 194 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:42.400 the bats come, you know, we'll sync up. And obviously the pitching 195 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:45.480 is doing their thing. We just gotta be able to pick them up, 196 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:48.279 and obviously they pick us up when we're not doing well. And I don't 197 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.920 know, it's gonna be a lot of fun. It's gonna be a fun 198 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:52.759 stretch here in the next few weeks. Will, as always, thanks for 199 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:56.880 the time, appreciate it. Thanks. That's Will Brennan, the outfielder who 200 00:17:56.920 --> 00:18:00.960 has been on a tremendous stretch at the plate. He's capped it off with 201 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:06.680 a game winning double and Friday night's series opener over Houston. Stay with us 202 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:08.759 when we come back. We'll stay on the hitting front with assistant hitting coach 203 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:29.799 Victor Rodriguez. That's next the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Jim Rosanna's back 204 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:33.759 with you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland where the Guardians are taking on the 205 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:41.079 Houston Astros this weekend. Victor Rodriquez joining US Guardians assistant hitting coach and Victor. 206 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:45.000 We saw a special night last night with Jose Ramirez hitting three home runs. 207 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.160 You have a great perspective on him. You've been around him a while. 208 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.880 What allows him to go from three for twenty five stretch where people are 209 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:56.119 wondering? You know, Hey, as he's slowing down a little bit, 210 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.079 and and how can he get it back to being Jose taving a night like 211 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:03.079 last night? How does he do it? That's that's why Jose's Jose, 212 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:06.480 because he said, you never know what you're gonna get, and the most 213 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:11.480 of the time you get something good. And even though he wasn't, you 214 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:15.680 know, the productive player that we all know, we knew that sooner or 215 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:18.799 later he was going to catch up and be and be himself again. So 216 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:23.759 every day that Jose stepped in the plate, it could happen. It could 217 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:27.839 be something special. And we talked earlier it's really not up to him. 218 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:32.079 It doesn't sound like it's more up to the pitching that he sees. And 219 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:34.480 explain what you mean by that? No, what I mean? He said, 220 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:37.839 You know, Jose is a very good hitter, and he's been a 221 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:41.400 good hit for a long time. So pitches are very careful with him at 222 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:45.720 times that I think they rather walk him than to pitch to him. And 223 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:48.680 a lot of time he gets anxious and then he goes after pitches that he 224 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:52.279 is out of this rhzone. So he most of the time he gets himself 225 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:56.720 out, you know, by by chasing him by trying to do too much. 226 00:19:56.599 --> 00:20:00.640 Any difference right now which I snail are going through a hot streak hitting 227 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:06.160 behind him. Does he see anything different in terms of pictures being careful or 228 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:10.880 is it still the same, still the same Jose Jose? And then pitchers 229 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:15.640 know, you know, how he can hurt them, and it doesn't matter. 230 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:19.519 Of course, if you have some protection behind you're probably gonna get better 231 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:26.039 pitchers. But with Jose, I think they rather they rather get him out 232 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:29.599 of the way by just not throwing strikes. Then then really, you know, 233 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:33.119 take a chance, or let's throw strikes to him and go with the 234 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:37.160 other guy, you know. So so over all, Jose he's a guy 235 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:42.319 that is dangerous and I believe pictures from the other team want to make sure 236 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:47.400 that Jose don't hurt them. It might be crazy to say, but he 237 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:51.160 hits home runs his first two times up last night. Did you kind of 238 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.640 have a hunch he might have another one in him? The way the night 239 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:57.240 was going, well, you know, you never know, you never know. 240 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:02.119 I think a turn home and I wasn't thinking, but I thought, 241 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:04.519 and I wanted the fourth one to happen, but you know, it's not 242 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:08.920 that easy. And and and you know Grueber, you know knew him and 243 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:15.599 know you know what what he can do. So I think Klueber was more 244 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:18.640 than too trying to walk him that to pitch to him, and he was 245 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:22.279 lucky enough to throw a change of that got him out. Victor Rodriguez joining 246 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:26.440 US assistant heading coach for the Guardians, and he knows Jose Ramirez as well 247 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:30.119 as anybody. I'd say, you work with him in the winter time, 248 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:32.839 but it's a little bit different set. I'll tell us how how that goes 249 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:36.000 as he's getting ready for a new season. Oh no, he does his 250 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:38.559 work. I think one week after the season is over, Jose is hitting 251 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:45.000 in his hometown in the baseball field and he usually send me videos to see 252 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:48.759 what I to see. You know, he's doing stuff. I'd use it 253 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.200 is a great job Jose, because that's that's the way he is. You 254 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:56.400 know, he's he He's not by accident that Jose is a good hitter and 255 00:21:56.480 --> 00:22:00.000 a good player. He's just he put the time the effort to do that. 256 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:03.440 And in season he might be a little bit different. I know each 257 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.240 hitter is different in terms of what they need in You and Chris Placa give 258 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:11.440 them everything they need. How about him? How much does he dial it 259 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:14.240 back and just kind of tune it up for each game? He'll say, 260 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:18.759 I've been with him six years and he's been the same. He's daily preparations 261 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:22.200 the same. At times when he's not going good, less, he's better. 262 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:25.680 It's different than all the hitters in WISH when they are not going good, 263 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:27.039 they want to do more and more and more. I'll say he's the 264 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:32.359 opposite. He'll say, keep it real simple and less less for him, 265 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:34.480 he's better. Victor, thanks for the insight. Enjoy the game to night. 266 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:38.720 Oh my plays and they're looking forward for a good game. Always fun 267 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:42.640 to talk baseball with Victor Rodriguez, the assistant heading coach for the Guardians. 268 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:48.319 Stay tuned, we'll have a complete farm report focusing in a double a acron. 269 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:52.000 That's when we come back with Rob sorfolio after this time out on the 270 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:56.799 Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Progressive covers pens and a Rotto bus. He 271 00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:59.519 had no extra charge. Now let's see what your dog has to say. 272 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:03.079 A dog, I think progressives auto pet policies. What is that? That's 273 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:08.440 is motail weird? Anyway? Progressive protection? There it is again see this 274 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:11.920 is why I need protection. I'm so distracted. 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Jim 279 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:37.720 Rose announced back with you from Progressive Field our final segment of tonight's show, 280 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:42.000 and we are joined now by Robs Sortfolio, the director of player development for 281 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:48.200 the Guardians, who spent some time recently with the Double A acron Ball Club. 282 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:52.440 And we talked to Rob about some individual players as always, but first 283 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:57.000 they talked about just how challenging the Double A level in the Eastern League can 284 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:03.599 be and oftentimes it's a separate la determining who can or cannot make it in 285 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:07.279 the game of baseball. Yeah, he nailed in. Our staff and players 286 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:12.599 talk about this a ton of just the level of consistency, the level of 287 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:18.599 prospect kind of takes that next jump goes to the next gear between a ball 288 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:21.880 and Double A and you know, I've heard a lot of people talk about 289 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:25.680 the level is kind of like the makeup break level, to see how guys 290 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:32.359 really adjust to high quality pitching every night, and then obviously on the other 291 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:34.880 side of the coin, for our pitchers to face, you know, pretty 292 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:40.640 consistent and strong lineups top to bottom. So it just becomes, you know, 293 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:45.920 a great competitive environment for our guys, especially with just the makeup of 294 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.880 our team right now. With you know, we talked about this a ton 295 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:52.079 with all of our levels, but another young team, several guys getting a 296 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:57.079 taste of that level for the first time as young players, which has been 297 00:24:57.200 --> 00:25:03.720 fantastic for them just to to be challenged by some of the consistent quality that 298 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:07.519 they're facing night in and night out, both both in the batter's box and 299 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:11.359 on the mound. So, you know, it's been great to be able 300 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:15.240 to see some of these guys start to make that adaptation to to what's required 301 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:18.279 to have success at that level. Well, let's start on the mound, 302 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:22.680 and we'll start with the pitchers no longer there. But I don't know that 303 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:26.039 we've really dug in too deep yet this season. On Joey Cantillo, who 304 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:30.839 started at Akron and now is at Double Columbus. But we saw him in 305 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:33.079 spring training. It looks like a big arm and what are you working with 306 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:38.039 on him to really get him to take that last step. Yeah, Joey 307 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:42.640 just did a tremendous job in the offseason to prepare himself to have a great 308 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:48.119 season, and he obviously evident by the fact that we moved him up to 309 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:52.160 Columbus. We were pretty impressed with how he handed himself early in Double A. 310 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:56.079 And you know, some of the things that we were really digging in 311 00:25:56.240 --> 00:26:00.559 on with Joey was last year he was really strong at the first half of 312 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:03.480 the season, kind of ran into some some just you know, smaller maintenance 313 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:07.160 level issues on the injury side, and so, you know, we spend 314 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:11.480 a ton of time in the offseason in spring training making sure that we were 315 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:17.640 building him up appropriately and and that all of his routines, you know, 316 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:22.119 pregame in between starts, bullpen day, that we're really we're really strong, 317 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:26.720 so that he could be prepared for or as prepared as we can possibly get 318 00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:30.880 him for the demands of a full season. And I know that's one of 319 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:34.559 his goals this year is to to log innings, avoid the injury bug. 320 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:40.359 Be consistent. You can never fully avoid the injury bug just by the preventative 321 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.440 measures, but the more sound they are, the better chance it gives you. 322 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:45.599 And and you know, credit to Joey, he's a great job and 323 00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.920 um, you know, same with Brad Goldberg and the rest of our pitching 324 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:53.440 group. Just to be able to ramp him up in a in a manner 325 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:56.880 that we thought was really strong and just could set him up for success in 326 00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:00.319 August September, and he kind of went out there and did what he did 327 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:03.599 last year and he was healthy early on of striking out a ton of guys. 328 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:08.039 You know, we're continuing to work on his his control command and making 329 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:12.839 sure that he's consistently in and around the zone with his secondary weapons. But 330 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:18.920 a guy that you know really can strike guys out, has an impressive arsenal 331 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:22.839 that just continues to get better, headlined by a you know, a mid 332 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:26.480 nineties fastball from the left side, and he can, you know, really 333 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:30.359 drop in a changeup and has a lot of deception to it. So you 334 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:33.920 know, another young starter that you know, with the names of Byby and 335 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:37.359 Logan that you know some of the fans have already seen up in Cleveland this 336 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:41.400 year that we're really excited about and think, can you know, do some 337 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:45.559 great things for us. We haven't talked a whole lot about relief pitchers, 338 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:49.119 but you have one down in Akron and Kate Smith who's having a nice year 339 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:52.880 at the back end of that bullpen. I know he pitched for Team Canada 340 00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:56.599 in the World Baseball Classic. How how did that serve him as a jumping 341 00:27:56.640 --> 00:28:00.440 off point for this season? Yeah, you know it. It was really 342 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:03.480 cool talking to him about that, or talking with him about that at the 343 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:07.559 end of spring training with just you know that in some sense is almost a 344 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:11.400 playoff atmosphere for Kaide, who had, uh, you know, he got 345 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:15.880 a brief taste of of double A last year and and now you know, 346 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:21.359 being able to get that experience under his belt of pitching in the major league 347 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:26.480 stadium with a packed house and against you know, a handful of major leaguers 348 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:30.960 that he was tasked to face, was you know this, this kid is 349 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:37.079 really intelligent, really knows his craft, is super dialed in and aware of 350 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:41.799 just some of the experiential things that he wanted to take out of that experience. 351 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:45.279 And it was impressive to kind of hear him reflect on some of his 352 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:49.759 learnings and how that could help him moving forward, and and he's obviously used 353 00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:52.559 that to his advantage so far out of the gate. You know, similar 354 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:56.640 to to Joey, this is a guy that's you know, striking out a 355 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:00.079 ton of ton of hitters. He's got a fastball, it's mid nineties up 356 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:04.039 to ninety seven. The other day, we're starting to see even more velocity 357 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:07.759 out of him. He's really working on a secondary. He's got a pretty 358 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:12.720 nasty, like you know, split change up with that that really gets under 359 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:15.880 some bats. And then he continues to work in a slider. So a 360 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:18.799 guy that has a couple of weapons out of the back end of the bullpen. 361 00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:22.640 You know, I think he's towards the top of minor leagues and save 362 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:29.640 totals already on the ear and you know, an exciting, exciting bullpen arm 363 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:33.480 that I think has the mentality and stuff to pitch in some leverage moments, 364 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:37.720 and you know, we're excited to keep challenging him here as the season moves 365 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:41.640 on. One other pitcher wanted to touch on Jack Leftwich. Obviously, fans 366 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:47.160 have access to so many more stats than they used to and they keep tabs 367 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:51.079 on kids in the minor leagues. If you look at the numbers for left 368 00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:53.559 which especially era, you might say, well, huh, but I know 369 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:59.279 you look at so much different stuff. What has him on the radar and 370 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:02.720 has you excited at about the potential? Yeah, he nailed it. It's 371 00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:07.200 uh. You know, there's so much that goes that goes into all the 372 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:11.559 things we're tracking with with our pitchers, and Ure of course is one of 373 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:14.119 them. If there's a lot of things kind of you know behind the curtain 374 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:18.720 there that that help us track and and support on our players developments, and 375 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:22.400 you know, we try and be really transparent with our players on that. 376 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:26.519 And Jack the guy that for his first time in double A, he's doing 377 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:30.039 a pretty good job I know, the group on ground and Akron is excited 378 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:33.319 about just kind of the trends with him moving forward and his velocity is starting 379 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:37.880 to settle in his secondary stuff as well. So you know, another good 380 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:41.599 name that that has some versatility, is pitched in a number of different roles 381 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:45.640 for us, whether it's starting games, whether it's piggybacking. So you know, 382 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:49.599 just another name that that has some quality stuff that showed an ability to 383 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:53.119 do a lot of the things of attacking the strike zone and missing bats that 384 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:56.240 we ask out of our pictures rops or folio. Joining us, he's the 385 00:30:56.319 --> 00:31:02.279 director of player development for the Guardians. We're double a Akron and let's switch 386 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:07.119 over to the position player's side. Several intriguing prospects there. Jose Tena is 387 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:11.079 someone we saw in spring training and it looks like a slower start for him 388 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:14.359 the first two months of the season. But what are you seeing from him 389 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:18.519 progress wise? Yeah, so you know, you nailed it there. Jose's 390 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:21.920 kind of working through some things on offense, but I think just you know, 391 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:26.279 this is a kid that works hard, incredible defender, can really play 392 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:32.599 shortstop at a high level, makes every play. So even though he's gotten 393 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:37.799 off to a little bit of a slower start on offense, that hasn't affected 394 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:41.720 his defense, which is impressive for a kid that's still twenty two years old. 395 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:45.640 You know, sometimes I think we, even myself, we lose track 396 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:48.519 at how young these guys are, just with how early some of them have 397 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:51.680 gotten on the forty man rosters. So this is a kid that has a 398 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:56.319 lot left in the tank. It's been impressive to see him not take a 399 00:31:56.440 --> 00:32:00.400 step backwards on defense at all, despite struggling on offense, which is a 400 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:02.720 really difficult thing for young players to do. So you know, that's a 401 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:07.720 huge credit to Jose and you know Ruggy o'door who's you know, our manager, 402 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.400 and Accorn. That is just tremendous for for a lot of our players 403 00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:14.920 that are kind of going through that first taste of adversity in the minor leagues. 404 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:19.279 And you know, we've seen Tena hit hit close to four hundred, 405 00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:22.559 whether it's in the Fall League or or at different levels in the past, 406 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:24.559 and you know, I know, our hitting groups just in then the last 407 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:28.279 couple of day has been working hard with him, and Jose has been putting 408 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:31.000 in the work as well to write the ship on offense. So not a 409 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:35.160 not a guy that you know, we're hitting the panic button on all in 410 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.920 any sense. And I think actually a huge credit to Tena just with how 411 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:43.519 he's gone about his business and continue to work and not let his offensive uh, 412 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:45.400 you know, his first two months on offense impact what he's able to 413 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:49.519 do on the defensive side of the ball at all. And another young man 414 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:53.240 we saw in spring training on the major league side was Angel Martinez, and 415 00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:57.839 is he still moving around a lot, and if so, how's he handling 416 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.279 that he is? And you know, this is something we've talked with Angel 417 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:04.359 about quite a bit, and in same with Tenna and now with you know, 418 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.400 Juan Brito on the team as well. We've where it's a blessing that 419 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:12.960 we have as many talented infielders as we do, and that comes with a 420 00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:17.039 challenge of how do you develop the players at a high level at all of 421 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:20.680 the positions, because you know, in our end, we just we just 422 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:23.720 don't know where the opportunity will come at the major league level, and we 423 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:29.319 you know, really want our players to be prepared and have experience at short, 424 00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:31.480 at second, at third. So if Tito asks them to go out 425 00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:36.039 there and do the job at the major league level at a position that they've 426 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:38.839 played before, hopefully that gives them a better chance. And and Angel's done 427 00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:43.000 just that, He's played shortstop, he's played second, he's played third. 428 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:45.039 You know, this is a kid that is just an incredible human being, 429 00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:49.720 really tries himself on working hard, you know, as one of the leaders 430 00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:52.480 of the team out there, and he's done a great job and hasn't let 431 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:58.440 that phase him. At all of moving around and learning multiple positions and has 432 00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:01.720 actually leaned into that challenge and continue to get better, Um, you know, 433 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:04.839 which is a huge credit to him. And you know, similar to 434 00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:07.799 Tenna he did. He didn't get off to the start that he wanted to 435 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:10.079 on offense, but you look at the last couple of weeks, he's really 436 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:13.719 started to write the shift. And again, you know, I think it's 437 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:16.760 a huge credit to our hitting group and Mike Mergenthal or Ian Forrester or two 438 00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:22.519 hitting coaches on the ground have have really worked with Angel and he's obviously put 439 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:24.360 in the work as well to you know, to kind of rebound from a 440 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:29.119 from a slow first month. But um, you know, like we talked 441 00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:34.039 about another exciting infielder that can switch it, put the bat on the ball, 442 00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:37.840 puts the ball in play with hard contact, and um, you know, 443 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:39.639 I think as the summer continues to heat up, we're going to see 444 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:44.360 the arrow continue to point upwards with them. And we'll finish up with with 445 00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:49.480 Pete Halpin. We've talked about him before, an exciting young outfielder and you 446 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:52.719 were mentioning it he's I think any player two months in is not going to 447 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:55.639 feel one hundred percent, and if you play hard enough, you're going to 448 00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:59.280 get danged up a little bit. I know, it sounds like you've been 449 00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:02.239 impressed with now he's handling that part of the game, which seems to be 450 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:07.360 such a key, especially as they move up correct and this is a guy, 451 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:12.039 you hit it right there, that plays the game. The only gear 452 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:15.599 he knows is full gear, which is one of the things that we love 453 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:19.840 about PD, whether that's on the basis, whether that's on defense. You 454 00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:22.360 know, you look at as a kid that's twenty one years old. He 455 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:24.920 just had his twenty first birthday two weeks ago, so he's, you know, 456 00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:30.880 one of the youngest players in the entire level, especially on the position 457 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:35.880 players side. And he's battled a couple a couple injuries here and there through 458 00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.760 the season, but hasn't let that derail him at all. And he's just 459 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:43.840 now kind of getting close to full health. You're never at full health in 460 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:46.000 season, as he noted Rosie, but he's getting there. And it's just 461 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:52.159 been impressive to watch him develop his routines over the course of the last year, 462 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:55.239 especially you know, being a young high school kid in a ball last 463 00:35:55.360 --> 00:36:00.400 year and really learning what it's like to be a professional. And PD is 464 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:04.639 a guy that in the off season really dedicated himself in the weight room on 465 00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:07.440 the nutrition side, and he's used that to his advantage so far. You 466 00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:12.199 know, his weight, his strength, his power all up and I think 467 00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:15.320 as we see him kind of stabilize at his current health levels, you know, 468 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:19.480 we're going to see some of just the numbers, you know, tick 469 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:22.519 up even more they are. And it's been impressive, you know, just 470 00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:24.599 looking at his numbers now. I mean he's still hitting two seventy three with 471 00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:30.800 a seven twenty ops. And you know, he, like you noted, 472 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:36.000 he's been dialing some some nagging injuries and hasn't let that affect his mentality and 473 00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:38.039 psyche at all, which which is impressed for a twenty one year old to 474 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:43.440 double a rob We covered a lot today, but as always it's much appreciated. 475 00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:45.960 Thanks a lot for coming by it. Thank you for your time. 476 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:50.239 I appreciate it. Hats Robs are folio, the director of player development for 477 00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:54.199 the Guardians, talking about that Acron ball club that has some really nice prospects 478 00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:58.800 in there, and we'll certainly check in on Acron a little bit later on 479 00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:01.440 in the summer. That's going to do it for this edition of Guardians Weekly. 480 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:06.119 As always, thanks to Brian Matsey for all of his help in putting 481 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:09.400 together our show each week. Next week we join you from Phoenix, Arizona, 482 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:13.599 when the Guardians are on a West coast swing where they take on the 483 00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:17.480 Padres in San Diego and then the Diamondbacks next weekend. 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