WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:07.440 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio network. Guardians Weekly is brought 2 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:59.439 to you by Progressive helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance hiver wand welcome 3 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:03.959 to Gardian's Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse along with you from Chicago this weekend as the 4 00:01:03.959 --> 00:01:08.879 Guardians are playing the White Sox in a four game weekend series that continues Saturday 5 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:15.239 evening at seven to ten Cleveland time and then concludes on Sunday afternoon with a 6 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:19.120 two to ten first pitch before the Guardians are off to Texas to take on 7 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:23.920 the Rangers for a three game series starting Monday night. Coming up a little 8 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:27.560 bit later on on this week's show, we will hear from shortstop Brian Rochio 9 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:34.879 and utility man David Frye, along with rookie first baseman Kyle Manzardo made his 10 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.840 major league debut earlier this week, and veteran catcher Austin Hedges will also stop 11 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:44.280 by, and we'll hear from Rob Sorfolio a minor league report from the director 12 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:49.159 of player Development. But first our weekend review and it begins with a series 13 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.040 against the Tigers on Monday night. First visit of the season to Cleveland by 14 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:57.079 Detroit, and the Tigers jumped on top. In that ballgame one nothing, 15 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:01.280 Riley Green with a home run on the first pitch of the game from Tristan 16 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:06.760 McKenzie, and the Guardians answered in the bottom half of the first inning when 17 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:12.319 Estevan Florioll got things started with a double and then Will Brennan delivered to tie 18 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:15.800 the game. And he sends a line drive to right field base shit up 19 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:22.000 with it as carpenter, he'll throw toward third in with a slide feet first, 20 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:27.560 is Nailer out a third? Flori All scores well. Will Brennan made 21 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:31.479 the Tigers pay a two out RBI single to right that scored flori All. 22 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.800 Naylor tried to go first to third and was out by ten feet to third. 23 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.599 After that first inning home run, mackenzie was absolutely dialed in on the 24 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:47.360 mound the payoff pitch on its way breaking ball called strike three at the top 25 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:52.759 of the zone. Kenna can't believe it, and he asked some words with 26 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:59.479 Ramon dea Heyeseus before he heads back to the dugout. Well, that may 27 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:01.439 be a by out of two of some pitches earlier in the at bat that 28 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:07.800 he was not happy with curveball caught the upper fringe of the strike zone. 29 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:14.240 So another strikeout for Mackenzie. That's his sixth. And in the sixth inning 30 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:20.520 it was Jose Ramirez with another classic ten pitch at bat one one game, 31 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.840 bottom of the sixth. One mistake may decide this game. Here's the pitch, 32 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:34.080 a swing in the drive to the brightfield, away back and right down 33 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:40.479 the line. Jose Ramrez makes it on tut one Cleveland Lane, and just 34 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:49.800 like yesterday, Jose Ramirez delivers a go ahead home run. And like yesterday, 35 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:54.800 it comes in the sixth inning. Now look out, Now this guy 36 00:03:54.879 --> 00:04:04.680 may get red hot. Seven home runs for Ras. Then the Guardian's bullpen 37 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:10.080 took over. Sam Henches returned from the injury list. He pitched two thirds 38 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:13.479 of a scoreless inning before he turned it over to Nick sandlan. Now the 39 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:17.079 wind an one two, swung out, a chopper to third handled by Ramirez, 40 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:21.879 sets froze. Good job by Nick Sandlin, man, he has just 41 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:27.199 been lights out. It's strench time at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario. 42 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:32.839 With a score Cleveland two and Detroit one. And then Hunter Gaddis was on 43 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:42.079 forty eighth inning here's the two swim struck out Perez. What a job by 44 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:46.600 Gaddis. That's gotta be a huge shot in the arm for Hunter Gaddis. 45 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:53.040 And in the ninth who else but closer a Manuel Classe. Tigers came in 46 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:59.839 here struggling to score runs all season, and a dominant pitching performance by Cleveland 47 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:05.000 this evening. The next delivery swung, I'm spanked in the ground to first, 48 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:11.240 Naylor has it goes to the bang himself ballgame and the Guardians make it 49 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:16.120 three string and in their first speeding with Detroit this season, stop the Tigers 50 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:20.120 two to one. So a nice win on Monday night for the Guardians. 51 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:26.160 The Tigers return the favor on Tuesday, winning eleven to seven, setting up 52 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:30.000 a rubber match on Wednesday afternoon. A beautiful day in downtown Cleveland, and 53 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:34.199 what a ballgame the Guardians got. The scoring started in the second inning Austin 54 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:40.240 Hedges batting with the bases loaded. Here's the pitch swung on ground ball left 55 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:44.560 side had prove base hit. One run is in, it's Nailer Fry is 56 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:49.000 right behind him. He scores as well, and Hedges comes through with a 57 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:56.519 two run single and the Guardians take the lead to nothing, but four runs 58 00:05:56.519 --> 00:06:00.639 for the Tigers in the fourth, and just like that, Detroit in front 59 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.399 four to two. Onto the seventh inning, we went Manager Steven Vote called 60 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:10.800 on Kyle Manzardo to pinch hit. With Manzardo still looking for his first major 61 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:15.000 league hit, two outs, bases empty, the old one swung online drive 62 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:19.240 to left green, tracking it can't make a play. Mansarto has his first 63 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:25.920 major league base hit, an opposite field single, pinch hitting here in the 64 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:30.560 seventh. Great moment for the young slugger. But the Tigers got out of 65 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.360 the inning still leading four to two. So we went to the eighth and 66 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:38.800 Brian Rochio got it started with a base hit stole second and that brought Andre 67 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:43.399 Simenez to the plate. Here's the one, one up and in and it's 68 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:46.920 a check swing roller in play, picked up by A Bonyes and he throws 69 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:53.279 him out at first base. Nice play by the second basement at Bonyes on 70 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:57.879 an awkward looking swing by Jimenez, but the ball was in play on the 71 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:01.079 ground on the right side. The run scored from third on the play. 72 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:05.480 Rochio down the line and then in the ninth thenning, the Guardians were running 73 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:10.079 out of time, but David Fry stepped in with one out, here's the 74 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:13.720 old one swung on and here's a high fly ball to aright, this is 75 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:17.399 hit well, it's carrying toward the corner. Carpenter looks up home run. 76 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:30.600 Fry tie game at four. On two extra innings, we went a manual 77 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:35.639 classe A on for the Guardians, trying to keep things tied in the tenth. 78 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:40.600 Here's the one to one swung on ground ball to third, dug out 79 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:45.360 by Tyler Freeman. Throws across in time for the out, and classe A 80 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:49.319 keeps it tied at four as we head to the bottom half of inning number 81 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:55.199 ten. Then in the bottom half of the tenth, Thenning Ramon Loriano was 82 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:59.639 the runner starting at second base, Tyler Freeman sack bunt moved him up to 83 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:05.120 third, and then Brian Rochio stepped in. Lang delivers swung online drive base 84 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:11.480 hit center field, scoring is Loriano and it's a walk off winner for the 85 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:22.839 Guardians, five four, Cleveland with runs in the eighth, ninth and tenth 86 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:28.839 innings. First walk off winner of Brian Rochio's major league career, and what 87 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:33.840 a ballgame for the Guardians On Wednesday, so it was on to Chicago to 88 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:37.120 open a series against the last place but improving White Sox. And it's been 89 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:41.480 a tough go so far here in Chicago. Thursday night a three to two 90 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:46.879 win for the Socks over the Guardians, and then on Friday night a frustrating 91 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:52.039 six to three defeat for Cleveland against the White Sox as well. And again 92 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:56.399 on the weekend, the Guardians and Socks play seven to ten Saturday night and 93 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:01.879 two ten on Sunday afternoon. With us we'll hear from a bunch of players 94 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:07.039 and rob Sortfolio two that's coming up as we continue with Guardians weekly on the 95 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:15.480 Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Home Ownership Progressive, we know it's part of 96 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.519 the American dream. It's the land of the free and the home of student 97 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:24.519 drivers ready to back into your new fence at any given time. 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Welcome back to 103 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:58.320 Guardians Weekly, Jim Rosenhouse along with you from Chicago, and don't forget a 104 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:01.720 lot of different ways you can hear our show, including on the Guardians Radio 105 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:07.840 Network on the flagship station in Cleveland that means seven am on Saturday mornings. 106 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:11.480 Skitch you up with some Guardians Weekly for breakfast, and of course you can 107 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:18.080 always listen to our show when it's downloaded in podcast form wherever you like to 108 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.960 download your favorite podcast. It was a nice week for Brian Rokio, the 109 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:26.039 Guardian's rookie shortstop, had the game winning base hit in the bottom of the 110 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.960 tenth inning at home in the win over Detroit on Wednesday. When we heard 111 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:33.720 the highlight of that in our last segment, and we talked to him the 112 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:39.039 following day about his mindset heading into that what proved out to be the game 113 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:41.960 winning at bat. So when I got to the play, I saw the 114 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.840 Manayer, the Detroit Manayer coming to the tour with the umpire, so what 115 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:52.879 what the what are you doing? And him bring the center field to cover 116 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:58.159 like a little hole between Troy and second, And they said, that's new 117 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.240 for me. So now you had to thinking more to the middle. And 118 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:05.000 he just to the middle because you know nobody's there. And he told me 119 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:09.960 the first pitch to the middle, and I hit to the middle. So 120 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.919 you look at that and there's there's five in fielders, just the two outfielders 121 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.360 and then you obviously were able to come through and hit it where they weren't. 122 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:20.600 Uh. After your round first base, tell us what happened out there 123 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:24.519 and what that was like for you. Well, a lot of emotion. 124 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:30.320 See my, my, my, My team is running to me and everybody 125 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:35.080 happy that feel me, feel me more, more good, more confident because 126 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:39.159 they trusted me. That's that helped me a lot. When you look earlier 127 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:43.519 in the game, defense was a huge key. You made an outstanding play 128 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.240 on the diving stop and long throw the first How much can you actually practice 129 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.639 that play before you put it in a play in a game? To be 130 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:54.200 honest, I brought this a lot. The not the diving play. I 131 00:11:54.320 --> 00:12:00.879 practiced more the long hot throw because I don't have a close arm. I 132 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:05.440 have the Albert hum and I and I tried to go to the tone, 133 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:11.440 help me to get more out of first base and in those play and then 134 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:16.120 an extra innings heads up play with Hobby Bias caught off the bag at second 135 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.240 base. How did that develop it? And how did you notice so quickly 136 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:22.159 that he might be in trouble if you went to second So I saw the 137 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:28.159 rum bole, uh, and see how he's the hit take is bigger, 138 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.879 and I think in my mind I have changed second bay, and really immediately 139 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.159 I told the second bay and we got Brian Rokio joining us, coming off 140 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:43.080 a tremendous game on Wednesday back home, and Brian, it seems like at 141 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:46.559 the plate things are coming along for you. Are you sensing some improvement there? 142 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:50.080 And if so, what is it? Yeah? I mean I'm trying 143 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:54.519 to get patient at time when I go to the play. I tried to 144 00:12:54.559 --> 00:13:01.679 get my best be every time, tried to get on base any anyway and 145 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:05.600 help the team. You know, when I get on base, iry to 146 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:11.200 mad my f in the base to to to give that room about it coming 147 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:16.399 behind me. And there's no question you're on base percentages up the walks or 148 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:20.480 up. Is that the most difficult thing as a hitter a young hitter in 149 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:24.120 the major leagues to balance patients with being aggressive. Still, yeah, yeah, 150 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.360 it's it's a little bit harder because we want to be we want to 151 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:35.840 do more than than than the everybody snow and we had to control that and 152 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:41.519 be patient and the thing's gonna happen. Well, it has been going really 153 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:43.960 well on a great day on Wednesday, for sure, thanks a lot for 154 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:46.039 coming by. Thank you, and hey, tip of the cap to Brian 155 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:50.879 Rokio and spring training. He would not have done that interview without interpreter Augi 156 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:56.240 Rivero. But his English seemingly getting better by the day and he did real 157 00:13:56.360 --> 00:13:58.440 nice work right there, and a tip of the cap to him. He 158 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:03.240 continues to work at it and really starting to get smooth with the English language. 159 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:07.399 Good for him. That's not an easy thing to do. David Fry 160 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.120 a good veteran player for the Guardians and he was a big key to that 161 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:16.799 win on Wednesday as well as Rokio had the walk off winner, but it 162 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:20.720 would not have been possible without Fry's ninth inning home run that sent the game 163 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.559 into extra innings. We caught up with David Fry the following day in Chicago 164 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:28.200 and he said while he hit the ball well, well, it was a 165 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.679 windy day in downtown Cleveland. That might have helped it aloud a little bit. 166 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:35.240 Yeah, I think that was a lot of the wind. I hit 167 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.039 it decent, but I was just kind of hoping it would like lay down 168 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:39.919 the line for a double or something, or maybe even push out of play, 169 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:43.559 but kind of kept carrying and luckily went over the fence. And in 170 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:48.720 that type of game, the way it was going, what is the feeling 171 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:52.200 in that dugout in the ninth inning as the team tries to come back. 172 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:54.799 Yeah, obviously. I mean with the team we have, we're always like 173 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:58.519 we just feel like, no matter what scores like, we're probably gonna win. 174 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.000 That's just kind of the vibe we have right now. I think it 175 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.919 was one of those deals we got. We got ahead early and then they 176 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:05.879 got the lead, and I think it was the fourth and we were just 177 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.679 kind of in a lull there for a little bit. But Manzo getting his 178 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:11.519 first hit, I think kind of got the dugout going, got the energy 179 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.399 up, and I think as much as we had seen their bullpen Threats series, 180 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:16.639 we just knew at some point we were going to get to them and 181 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.720 it seems like that's been a strong suit for this team really since the season 182 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:26.679 began, and it's not like that every season, Kenned. Is it something 183 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.960 that goes back to spring training or just maybe something that happens early in the 184 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:33.240 season and then you can continue it. Yeah. I think especially early in 185 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:35.840 the year, like going to Oakland and getting off to a good start, 186 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.879 I mean, just built confidence with the guys, and just like how well 187 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:43.720 our guys have thrown for us. Our pitchers have done so well keeping us 188 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.519 in ball games, and we just always have that feeling like we're going to 189 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:50.320 stay in the game and probably end up coming back and winning. David Fry 190 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:56.200 is joining us, and David you're as versatile as they come here and left 191 00:15:56.200 --> 00:16:00.000 field and the series opener against the White Sox you were out there on Wednesday 192 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:04.000 and then some catching late in the game. Is it something you enjoy the 193 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:08.840 ability to do that? Yeah. Absolutely. I love being able to be 194 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:12.120 an option whatever they need me to get in the lineup, and I think 195 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:15.759 it's kind of one of the strengths of our team, Like we have a 196 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:18.360 bunch of guys. Freeman went from outfield to third the other day. Arius 197 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:22.919 has played so many different positions. We have so many guys who play all 198 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:27.320 over the field. That gives voting our staff just a lot of flexibility to 199 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:30.919 put guys in different spots and give us the best chance to win. And 200 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:36.559 the fact that you can catch seems to even bring your versatility to a higher 201 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:40.159 level. From the outside, it seems like something really hard to do, 202 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:42.960 but it seems like you've done that throughout your career. Is it easier because 203 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:45.159 you're in it and you do it all the time? Yeah? I think 204 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.080 so. It's like you said, something I've done throughout my career, so 205 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:52.120 I don't think about it as much, but I always kind of try to 206 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:56.200 main focus catching and do everything else. But like, our staff just does 207 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:02.000 such a great job of communicating and getting this at each position, so we 208 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:03.720 have an idea of hey, you're going to be playing more outfield at this 209 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:07.440 time, maybe more catching here, and again it's prepared for those situations. 210 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.359 And at the plate, it seems like you've really made some great progress to 211 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.440 become a real solid major league hitter. What's been the key for you? 212 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:21.519 If you can boil it down, it's been a lot of our hitting staff 213 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:25.440 has helped me just being more prepared and coming up with game plans for all 214 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:27.960 of my bats. And I think our team has done a really good job 215 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:30.319 of that of not like, hey, my goal is to get a hit 216 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:33.079 here. No, it's like you have a game plan if I execute my 217 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:37.319 game plan, but don't care about the results. It's about more about the 218 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:41.880 process. And you mentioned that, and sometimes you hear people say, well, 219 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:45.680 you don't want to think too much when you're hitting because it happens fast. 220 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:49.400 How do you balance that? I think it's part of preparation before the 221 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:52.400 game to where you've done it so much, you've thought about the bats so 222 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:56.000 much that once you're in it, you can just go play and react. 223 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:59.240 And I think that's kind of freed up our guys this year and why we've 224 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:02.079 had some success offense. All Right, David, thanks a lot for the 225 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:04.240 visit. Yeah, appreciate it. That's David Fry, always with some real 226 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:08.319 good perspectives on different facets of the game, and he's having quite a season 227 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:12.000 for the Guardians. Stay with us when we come back. We'll visit with 228 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:17.839 a rookie and a veteran, Kyle Mansarto and Austin Hedges as Guardians Weekly rolls 229 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:40.200 on after this time out on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network, Jim Rosen, 230 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:42.359 how's back with you from Chicago. It's Guardians Weekly. Great to have 231 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:47.200 you with us this weekend as we talked baseball on the radio, and a 232 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:52.519 big week it was for Kyle Manzardo, the highly regarded young prospect who I 233 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:56.480 guess when you make it to the major leagues, you're no longer the prospects. 234 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:00.400 He is now a rookie in the major leagues, making his debut on 235 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:04.319 Monday night against the Tigers. Picked up his first hit in Wednesday's game when 236 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:08.279 he singled as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning. We talked to him 237 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:14.200 prior to his debut on Monday, and he says it was special seeing his 238 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:18.079 name penciled in as the designated hitter in a big league lineup for the first 239 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:22.720 time. That sounds good to me. Tell us about this twenty four hour 240 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:27.480 period. How crazy has it been to you just what you've gone through to 241 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:32.640 get here and then just realizing the dream. Yeah, I mean it's been 242 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:37.319 it's been a whirlwind, of course, but I'm just I'm super excited right 243 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:41.000 now to you know, just go be myself out there. Can you give 244 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:45.279 us an Andy Tracy impression of how he messed with you before telling you that 245 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:48.839 you're going to the major leagues? Yeah? So, I mean I was 246 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:52.039 pulled out of the lineup that morning and kind of told that maybe it might 247 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:56.119 happen, but they're not quite sure yet. And then after the game he 248 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:59.599 called me in and told me that they were going to go in a different 249 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:03.160 direction in so I was I was sitting there like geez man, and that's 250 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.200 kind of kind of cold. And then then he let me know, you 251 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.200 know, shortly after. He didn't he didn't let it go too long, 252 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:14.279 but he had me going for a while. For some players it is a 253 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:18.759 flat out surprise. But you had been going well, right, And just 254 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:22.480 yesterday morning, Chris anton Edi said, I if there's a spot, he's 255 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:26.160 doing what he needs to to be that person to be called up. Did 256 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:29.680 you feel that in your inside? Yeah? Yeah, I mean I just 257 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.160 I was just focused on, uh, I don't know, playing as good 258 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:37.640 as I could and at least putting myself in a position to where, you 259 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:41.960 know, those conversations are had. But it did it? Did you know 260 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:48.119 come as kind of a surprise. I wasn't you know, sitting around waiting 261 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:51.440 for it. You know, I was just trying to trying to play well 262 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:53.599 every day, and I kind of figure whenever, whenever it was supposed to 263 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:57.160 happen, it would. And in today's day and age, or there's no 264 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:03.000 secrets anymore for for prospers and their social media. How difficult is it to 265 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:07.960 navigate that when you're this close to the major leagues. I don't know, 266 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:11.319 it's I mean, I try to stay away from it as much as I 267 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:15.880 can. I don't know. I'm sure everybody says that, but I don't 268 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:19.359 know. I really try not to put too much energy into, you know, 269 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:23.519 reading all that stuff on there. Kind of just focused on, you 270 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:26.559 know, trying to be where my feet are and playing as well as I 271 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:30.519 can. Kyle Manzardo joining us, He's in the lineup tonight, designated hitter, 272 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:34.160 major league debut. And to get here, obviously you need to do 273 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:37.359 some good things. And you were putting up the numbers, especially as a 274 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.319 left handed hitter against left handed pitching. How did you grow in that area? 275 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:45.759 What did you do to get better? Yeah? I mean I I've 276 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:49.319 spent a lot of you know, time and energy into trying to find different 277 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:55.400 ways to be successful against the left handed pitchers. Struggled last year, been 278 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:59.640 doing a lot better this year. And I would like to think it's has 279 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:03.039 a lot to do with just my the tweaks and stuff I've made to my 280 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:07.160 caj routines and uh, you know, different machine work and stuff like that. 281 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:11.160 And defensively first base, what do you do to try and get better 282 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:15.440 there and smooth some things out so that you can be a viable option up 283 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:18.440 here? Yeah, just trying to uh stay, stay quick, get quicker, 284 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:23.160 you know, really play the position and not just you know, be 285 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:27.599 a body that's kind of standing out there filling a void. I mean I've 286 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:30.680 I've you know, spent a lot of time trying to just get better at 287 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:34.279 at moving around the base and stuff like that. You were in major league 288 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:38.480 camp for a while. How beneficial was that for you? I mean it 289 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:41.440 was it was great. I had a great chance to meet, you know, 290 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:45.079 all the players and stuff and and get to know, uh, some 291 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:49.960 of the guys that I'll be playing with tonight. Obviously beneficial when you know 292 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:55.880 there's a great player on the team that that plays the same position that I 293 00:22:55.920 --> 00:23:00.680 could kind of learn from. And pick pick his brain. Josh being around 294 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:04.440 him with super beneficial for me all spring. And when you first walk in 295 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:07.359 and you see some of those guys, you see your manager, Steven Vote, 296 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:11.720 what are some of the things that they say to at least try and 297 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:15.160 help you feel comfortable on a night where I'm sure that's hard. You know, 298 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:19.279 all the advice I've kind of been given, you could kind of boil 299 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:26.000 it down to everybody's told me to just be myself, that I belong here. 300 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:30.680 So I'm gonna try my best to just go be myself, enjoy the 301 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:33.039 heck out of it. Thanks for coming by. Thank you, nice young 302 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:37.680 man. Kyle Mansarto and seems to have a real good perspective and good hat 303 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:41.480 on his shoulders, and we'll see if he can settle in. It's been 304 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:44.880 a tough go in his first week in terms of picking up his base hits, 305 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:48.039 but again sometimes it takes a little bit to make that adjustment to major 306 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:52.640 league pitching, and then he'll get that opportunity here with Cleveland. Well, 307 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:56.400 we go from a rookie to a veteran. Austin Hedges, the veteran catcher 308 00:23:56.440 --> 00:24:00.960 for the Guardians, has swung the bat well of late, had a big 309 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:04.440 home run on the last home stand against the Angels that helped the Guardians win 310 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:08.519 a ball game, and to run base hit against the Tigers, and Wednesday's 311 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:14.039 game a victory for the Guardians over Detroit. And we talked to him about 312 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:18.279 staying sharp at the plate as a backup catcher who does not get very much 313 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:22.799 playing time early in this season. How does he do it when at bats 314 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:25.680 are sporadic. Yeah, it's not the easiest thing in the world, but 315 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:29.039 you know, you know, that's what that's what the works for. That's 316 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:33.039 what the cage is for. And great hitting coaches that that keep you know, 317 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.160 they work their butts off to keep me ready. And so we do 318 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:37.680 a lot of challenging work to you know, speed my eyes up. You 319 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:41.160 know, when you're not playing a lot, you got the most challenging thing 320 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:44.880 is to is to keep timing. So the work is a little bit more 321 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.440 intense than it would be if I was playing every day, But you know, 322 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:52.000 just getting off those those fastball and breaking ball machines and doing anything I 323 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:56.480 can to stay ready. So that's hitting. How about catching? Is it 324 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:59.839 Is it the same thing where it's it's difficult to stay sharp or is it 325 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:03.160 a a little bit easier defensively. It's a little it's a little easier for 326 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:06.759 me behind the plate. So I got a good idea of what I'm doing 327 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:10.200 back there, and you know, I always feel like I'm ready there, 328 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:14.119 but I tend to spend a little bit more time on the offensive side preparing. 329 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:18.200 Austin Hedges joining us, And you have the corner locker in the clubhouse 330 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:22.759 for their guardians, and it's really two lockers. How does that dynamic work? 331 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:26.160 Number One? You're away from the team for a year, but you 332 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:29.799 come back and you get is this primo real estate? It' it's it's pretty 333 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:33.119 premiere primo real estate, it is. But I got I got my other 334 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:36.519 catchers over here with Bo and David, and it's just nice to have our 335 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:38.759 little corner where, you know, we're just we're always talking. We're always 336 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:41.240 just you know, game plan and figuring out, you know, how we 337 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:44.759 can help each other out, how we can you know, help these pitchers 338 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:48.160 out, you know. So you know, when I came back here and 339 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:49.799 and they you know, gave me this locker. It's it's it's an honor 340 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:53.200 to be to be put in the position to you know, we're guys are 341 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:56.359 gonna lean on you a little bit. So it's definitely an honor to be 342 00:25:56.359 --> 00:26:00.880 over here and strategic placement, and that to get to the other areas of 343 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:03.759 the clubhouse, they have to walk past your locker pretty much? Is that 344 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:07.880 by design? Yeah? Yeah, I mean it's just ideally guys are walking 345 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:11.160 by me, so I can, you know, shovel a love when they 346 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:14.160 come in or talk a little trash if I need to every now and then, 347 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.880 just to keep them on their toes. And you have a new guy, 348 00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:19.960 Kyle Mansardo gets called up. How do you make someone new to the 349 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:25.480 team, get them right into it and involved and feeling good about where they're 350 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:27.839 at. Just you treat them like everybody else. You know, in our 351 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:30.920 eyes, I don't care if you have zero days of service time or you 352 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:34.240 know, ten years of service time. Everybody's here to help us win. 353 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:40.079 And so you know, Manzo's gonna be treated exactly like everybody else. There's 354 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:42.079 gonna be a time and place on a team bus where he might get picked 355 00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:45.440 on a little bit, but when we're in the clubhouse, when we're on 356 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:48.559 the field, he's just another guard that's ready to help a team win, 357 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.160 and we're gonna treat him accordingly and that fun factor. You hear almost everyone 358 00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:56.440 talking about this year's club. One of the reasons they're doing well is because 359 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:59.000 it has been a lot of fun. You've been in this game a long 360 00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:03.160 time. What are the he's to to too much? Not enough? Just 361 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:06.839 right? It seems like you hit on that pretty well. It's just an 362 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:08.440 everyday thing. You know. It's really really hard to show up every single 363 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:11.799 day and be the same guy, and you're not treat to not treat you 364 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:15.960 know, any day differently than another, because every day is the most important 365 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:17.839 day you have. You know, it's it's a day to go win, 366 00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:21.839 and you know, yesterday doesn't matter. Tomorrow it doesn't matter. And if 367 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:25.160 you know, having some fun, keeping it loose and you know, keeping 368 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:30.559 the guys motivated is a part of a winning culture, then that's something has 369 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:33.839 to happen every day. So, you know, I feel like it's part 370 00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:38.119 of my job to make sure everyone's you know, in good spirits and everyone's 371 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:42.079 having fun and you know, appreciating and enjoying the big leagues. It's a 372 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:45.039 you know, it's an honor to be here and it's a blessing to be 373 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:48.720 able to go out and try and win a ballgame for each other, for 374 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:52.200 a city, for an organization, and you know, so we're just trying 375 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:55.119 and keep it on a day to day thing of always enjoying it. Good 376 00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:59.279 stuff as always, Thank you, Thank you is catch your Austin Hedges talking 377 00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:02.960 about some of the fun stuff that keeps this team loose, and they'll need 378 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:06.160 some of that on this road trip, which is off to a slow start 379 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:10.519 with back to back defeats here in Chicago against the White Sox. What's going 380 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:12.880 on down at Triple A Columbus. We'll find out from Rob's Orfolio, the 381 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:18.839 director of player development when we return with our final segment after this time out 382 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:25.079 on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network at Progressive. We know money can buy 383 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:27.480 you happiness, but money did help you buy an RV, which means an 384 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:33.039 excuse from working Saturday with your insufferable co worker Dave. 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Welcome back at Guardians Weekly, our final segment from Chicago, 391 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:11.519 and each week we try to catch up with Rob Sortfolio, the director 392 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:15.359 of player development for the Guardians, and weigh in on one of the teams 393 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:18.920 in the minor league system for Cleveland. This week we went to Triple A 394 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:22.759 Columbus, where Rob has been checking in on the Clippers, and we start 395 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:27.519 on the position player's side with a familiar name if you watched or listened to 396 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:33.559 the Guardians this spring, utility man Daniel Schneemann. Rob fills us in on 397 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:37.279 how he's done so far about a month in to the Triple A season. 398 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.759 Yeah, this is a fun one. You know. These are some of 399 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:44.359 the stories the guys that are taken later in the draft that aren't the heralded 400 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:48.039 prospects, you know, when they're young and just continue to find a way 401 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:52.359 to try and get better. And that's exactly what Schnee has done since really 402 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:55.839 the minute we got him, and I think there was an inflection point one 403 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:59.000 of the years where he struggled and we challenged him to get bigger, stronger, 404 00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:02.880 faster to be able to hack the ball and play upper level baseball at 405 00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:06.960 a high level. And you know, he obviously did a tremendous job the 406 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:10.279 last couple of years and showcase what he could do in spring training and has 407 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:12.200 gotten off to an awesome start. I mean, you know, he's leading 408 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:18.119 their team in a lot of different categories offensively with some really strong peripherals behind 409 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:22.319 those you know, scoreboard numbers. So just continues to get better offensively, 410 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:26.799 finds a way to just improve on some of the skill sets we've seen from 411 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:30.039 him from the day we got him. Of a lot of line drives and 412 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:33.559 a lot of contact, and he's really learned how to impact the baseball and 413 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:37.359 we're seeing some some personal records on the things he's doing on that side, 414 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:42.240 so all while playing really good defense, playing outfield, he can play short, 415 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:45.839 he can play anywhere on the dirt. So just a really fun developmental 416 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:49.599 story and exciting to see Schnee get off to a great start, because that's 417 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:52.400 not always easy after you guys do that, you know in spring training. 418 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:56.519 Jonathan Rodriguez another name we've talked about a lot the last couple of years. 419 00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:00.119 We saw him in major league camp for a little while. Power guy, 420 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:03.960 and how has he progressed with some of the things you need him to do 421 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:08.079 to make that last step. Yeah, So, you know, Jay Rod 422 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:12.759 started last year in Akron and now he's really getting a chance to to be 423 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:18.000 in Triple A for a full season and and face some of those those upper 424 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:25.039 level pitchers and and own his approach and and find a way to consistently get 425 00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:29.079 on base and and impact the baseball. Like we know that he's got top 426 00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:32.880 end exit lilo. That's something that Jarrod's always had in his back pocket. 427 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:37.640 And now it's like really refining his skill set, knowing the pitches where he 428 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:42.160 does the most damage and executing an approach versus you know, really good stuff 429 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:47.599 at the Triple A levels. So still a really young player that you know 430 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:51.359 has continued to impact the baseball and do a lot of damage from a power 431 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:55.200 standpoint. Uh. And and he's doing a good job of challenging himself in 432 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:57.799 his work pre game as well to continue to become the best player that he 433 00:31:57.839 --> 00:32:01.240 can and on the other side of the spectrum of player who's trying to get 434 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:06.480 back big surprise at the end of spring training Miles Straws and to Triple A 435 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:10.279 Columbus and what are you seeing from him in terms of improvements maybe from the 436 00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:14.640 off season that he's trying to implement and how has that gone so far? 437 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:19.759 Yeah, you know, this is a I think fans on the outside obviously 438 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:23.839 know how difficult a just from the player lens, how difficult an assignment that 439 00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:28.279 is. And I think a lot of credit goes to Miles. You know, 440 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:30.160 I haven't had a chance to work with him in the past as a 441 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:34.640 guy that we acquired through trade and was already at the major league level, 442 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:37.319 but just being around him a couple of days last week, you know, 443 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:43.039 I think a lot of credit goes to him for how he has, you 444 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:46.519 know, really embraced the opportunity and challenge that he has in front of him. 445 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:50.200 A lot of guys could take that and you know, maybe come to 446 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:53.359 the ballpark with a sour attitude or not really put in the work to try 447 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:58.200 and get better. And that's just not what's happening with him, which which 448 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:00.039 is awesome because we have you know, a lot of young players there that 449 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:05.240 are on the forty man that look to guys with experience for for how to 450 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.559 go about their business. So you know, Miles is he's working on some 451 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:12.680 of the things offensively that you know can help him take the next step. 452 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.400 And you know, I really appreciate just his mentality and how he's gone about 453 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:19.839 that with the with his other teammates there and the coaching staff as well. 454 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.960 Rob Sorfolio joining us. He's the director of player development for the Guardians. 455 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:28.759 And we're talking Triple A Columbus this week and Rob starting rotation wise, Ideally 456 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:32.039 at Triple A, you'd love to have a five starters and you know that 457 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:36.880 top of the rotation would be available to step in a moment's notice. But 458 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:42.599 already two starting pitchers from the big league rotation are down, and it seems 459 00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:45.559 like it's really tested the starting pitching depth and what is the state of the 460 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:50.640 rotation in terms of availability if there's a need up here at the big league 461 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:53.519 level. Yeah, he emailed it, and obviously you know Joey can Tillo, 462 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:58.599 guy that you know we expected to open up the season in Triple A 463 00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:01.039 also battle an injury right in the spring training, so kind of just one 464 00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:05.640 of those scenarios where, you know, the unfortunate scenario. You have some 465 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:07.639 injuries at the major league level, you have some injuries at the Triple A 466 00:34:07.800 --> 00:34:10.559 level, and all of a sudden you're you know, you're trying to piece 467 00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:15.360 things together, and that's kind of still where we are. And in some 468 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:19.840 respect, you know, we have a handful of guys there, you know, 469 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:23.960 will die on Connor Gillespie, you know, Hunter Stanley, guys that 470 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:28.960 have taken pretty consistent turns in that five day rotation. But you know, 471 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:31.679 very much a group like you said that, we're still ironing things out and 472 00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:36.559 hoping to get guys healthy here in the short term. And I know a 473 00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:40.480 familiar name, uh who could be an option as Exavion Curran And how is 474 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:45.880 he handled being at that level after getting opportunity up here earlier in the season. 475 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:50.320 Yeah, Zay is the same guy as he was in Lynchburg a couple 476 00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:52.800 of years ago, which I think is awesome, just you know, a 477 00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:58.440 great teammate. Every day at the yard is trying to find something to work 478 00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:02.480 on it and the way that he goes about his preparation and his work before 479 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:07.119 the game again has really been a model for some of our young players. 480 00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.400 You know, Will be on name I just mentioned, you know, started 481 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:12.920 that hadn't pitched in Triple A at this point, like being in there last 482 00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:15.360 week. Our pitching coach Owen du trying to have those two guys, you 483 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:19.400 know, spend some time around each other so Will could see how Zay goes 484 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:22.639 about his work and some of the things he's watching in game and days before 485 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:28.800 he's starting or days after. So he's been just a great model teammate and 486 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:34.000 obviously using his experience in the major leagues to not just impact himself but others. 487 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:37.000 And then he's obviously working on some of the things that you know allowed 488 00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:38.840 him to stick in the big leagues last year. We're all also pitching in 489 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:43.599 a little bit longer stints, so you know, hopefully a guy that can 490 00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:45.719 provide us some depth of the big league level should we need it. And 491 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:50.280 in the bullpen, I know you're really excited another arm that we saw in 492 00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:53.719 the spring, Franco Alaman, seems like he's off to a good start and 493 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:58.320 is he getting to a point where you're starting to feel real comfortable with him. 494 00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:00.760 Yeah, I mean some of the some of the things we saw from 495 00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:05.199 Franco last year in Acoring. I don't think he gave up a run for 496 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:07.519 like two months, and he wasn't getting lucky. He was just straight up 497 00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:12.679 dominating the level. You know, early early on in the year, we're 498 00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:16.000 not seeing his v lows quite at that mark we were last year and acturing 499 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:19.760 towards the end of the summer where he was pretty much sitting ninety eight to 500 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:23.079 one hundred. But he's he's still doing a really good job. He's he's 501 00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:27.039 not giving up free bases, he's striking a lot of guys out and so 502 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:30.159 you know, a lot of the work with him has really just been pushing 503 00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:34.719 him to get back to the best delivery, the best velocity range that we've 504 00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:37.159 seen from him in the past, because when he's at his best, man, 505 00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:40.920 he's really tough to hit. Potential to be you know, special arm 506 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:45.480 in the bullpen for us, and one last arm we'll touch on this week. 507 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:47.719 Anthony goes, how's he doing as he comes back from the Tommy John, 508 00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:51.639 Yes, you know this this guy is this guy is such a pleasure 509 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:53.920 to be around again. You know, another tremendous worker. He's obviously one 510 00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:57.880 of the older guys on that team, but you know, he really comes 511 00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:01.800 to the ballpark with a mindset of trying to find ways to help his teammates 512 00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:07.559 as well. And obviously he had the TJ last year and missed the whole 513 00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:09.800 season and and we're kind of seeing him work back into things, right. 514 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:13.000 You know, this is a guy that we all know how hard he can 515 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:15.920 throw and how he can miss bats when when he's going right, and again 516 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:21.000 trying to continue to have him be aggressive in zone and limit some of the 517 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:24.400 walks. But it's been really encouraging to see some of his velocity and other 518 00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:29.039 stuff. Markers, you know, continue to put him right back in a 519 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:30.719 spot to where you know he could pitch in the big leagues and hopefully be 520 00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:35.199 an option for Voter and Chris and Mike, and you know, that's kind 521 00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:37.840 of the the goal for us in Triple A is to have multiple guys that 522 00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:42.519 can that can contribute and be ready to help our major league team win games 523 00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:45.800 should we need him. Rob is always thanks for stopping by. Great to 524 00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:49.599 have you on. I appreciate it. Rosie. That's Rob Sorfolio, the 525 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:52.119 director of player development for the Guardians, and that's going to do it for 526 00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:57.559 this week's edition of Guardians Weekly. As always, thanks to Brian Matse for 527 00:37:57.639 --> 00:38:00.320 helping to put together our show each week. You Next week, when the 528 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:05.320 team's back home to take on the Minnesota Twins, should be a great series 529 00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:08.880 between two teams that are off to good starts in the twenty twenty four season. 530 00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:14.639 Until then, this is Jim rosen House reminding you that you've been listening 531 00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:23.039 to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly has been 532 00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:29.440 brought to you by Progressive Helping Guardians fans say hundreds on car insurance