WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:07.400 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio network. Guardians Weekly is brought 2 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:46.359 to you by Progressive Helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance. Good afternoon, 3 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:52.560 everyone, and welcome to Guardians Weekly. Today we join you live on 4 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:58.600 location from the Huntington Convention Center in downtown Cleveland. It's guards Fest twenty twenty 5 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:02.359 four. Great to have you with us for our show this week, and 6 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:04.519 we are pleased we have great guests lined up. Tanner Biby, who had 7 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:07.519 such a great season a year ago on the mound for the Guardians. He'll 8 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.879 join us much later on in our show. Dan Cohen from Guardians Youth Baseball. 9 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.719 We'll talk about some of the great camps coming your way this summer for 10 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.200 your kids. And we will also be joined by manager Steven Vote in just 11 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:23.319 a little bit, but we want to get right to it as we are 12 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:26.400 joined by the new bench coach for the Cleveland Guardians on a coaching staff that 13 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.760 has some new names to it, including Craig Albernaz who has joined us here 14 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.439 and Craig. Nice for coming by, appreciate it, thanks for having me. 15 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:37.319 It's been a great event and it's been fun seeing everybody, I was 16 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:40.280 gonna say, how's your day going? I know they had you running around 17 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:42.000 a little bit. Absolutely, it's been long, but it's been It's been 18 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.959 great for me. It's a sign that baseball seasons right around the corner, 19 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.920 so it's everyone's excited to get outside. And being new to the organization. 20 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:55.840 I would imagine an event like this is probably twofold and allowing you to get 21 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:57.799 comfortable in a new location. You've been with the Giants for four years, 22 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:02.280 and how much of a transition can that be when you change organizations. Oh, 23 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:06.920 it's a big transition. I mean you have to learn all the players 24 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:10.520 and also just everyone in the front office and the coaching staff and the support 25 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:14.400 staff. Like it's a lot that goes into it. So being able to 26 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.319 get face to face with everyone, especially the coaching staff, you know, 27 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:19.439 a lot of we've been doing a lot of zoom calls, a lot of 28 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:22.960 phone conversations, a lot of text exchanges. To actually get some face to 29 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:27.240 face time with people that you've just been grinding in the off season with it 30 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:30.400 just kind of energizes you and get you ready for spring training. Fans who 31 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:35.039 may not be familiar with your story and maybe saying, oh, bench coach, 32 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.360 what's the connection there with with Cleveland if you had been with San Francisco 33 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:42.879 with your most recent job, and how about that connection? How did this 34 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:47.719 develop? This opportunity? Yeah, this has developed kind of an interesting story. 35 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:52.960 I actually was asked an interview for the for the manasion job, and 36 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:54.800 they went, you know, with the vote higher and in different direction, 37 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:59.479 which was which was awesome. Inn they decided that, you know, they 38 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.159 want to have an opportunity to bring me on staff. So originally I was 39 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:06.680 the field coordinator, you know, because we had you know, Demial Hale 40 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:09.599 was still here. So I mean I was excited to work with Hale and 41 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:14.280 and just to pick his brain and such a great baseball mind. And you 42 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:16.400 know, it's great for him that he got a great opportunity with Toronto, 43 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:21.199 and you know, it happened to fill a head a void with our staff 44 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:23.520 and Vote had to fill it, and it just so happened that I got 45 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:27.879 elevated to the bench coach. And you're bringing someone as dynamic and as talented 46 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:30.479 as kai career as well to fill that field coordinator role. So it's it's 47 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:36.000 exciting and and I'm just very fortunate how everything happened unfolded, and it always 48 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.400 helps to have a relationship with your manager, and it's the case with most 49 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.360 most bench coaches. You and Steven Volk go back a long way, don't 50 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:44.560 you. Yeah, it goes back a long way. That's why it's kind 51 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:49.919 of how everything transpired is crazy, you know, with Voti being the manager 52 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.599 and you know, me being really close and good friends with him, and 53 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.599 just it's it's been a great experience so far. And for him to be 54 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:59.439 a first year manager and to me to be a first year bench coach and 55 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:02.919 do this togetther the it's exciting, but also, you know, going through 56 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:06.840 this, it's we have that relationship where we can be extremely honest with each 57 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:11.000 other and tell us exactly, tell each other exactly how it is. And 58 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:14.360 because we're in it for the right reasons. We're here to win, to 59 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:17.000 get players better, and we realize that we are gonna mess up, and 60 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:20.079 we all that's part of the game, and we have the ability to learn 61 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:24.199 from each other and push each other. Craig Albern has joining us. He's 62 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.600 the new bench coach for the Cleveland Guardians. You were saying earlier, is 63 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:30.000 this one of the first interviews you've done today without a translator. Yeah, 64 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:33.959 yeah, absolutely, Yeah, obviously with my accent. I'm from Massachusetts, 65 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:38.759 so you know, it's definitely comes on a little thicker sometimes. And you 66 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:42.120 know, I my wife, you know, she's richie from Philly, so 67 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:46.680 I have to repeat myself a lot at home. So I'm used to repeating 68 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:48.439 myself. So that's my usual stick, is like I need a translator so 69 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:53.000 people can understand me outside of Massachusetts. Does she have a good South Philly 70 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:58.079 accent? It's something it depends when she's around her friends that she grew up 71 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.040 with. Oh, it comes out absolutely. And I make fun of her 72 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.920 a little bit that like she's playing up to it, you know, and 73 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.720 try to lay it down a little thicker. But yeah, no, she 74 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:09.360 has a little bit in it. So are our kids are gonna be messed 75 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:11.920 up? You know, they're gonna they hear my accent and they got the 76 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.279 Philly accent for my wife, So it's gonna be interested. Two good accents 77 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:16.680 though, so they have that going for them. Yeah, they had that 78 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.480 going for him absolutely. And then also my oldest son who's seven, he 79 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:23.759 was one at the time. We actually live in Australia for a winter, 80 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:26.839 so he had to deal with the Australian accent as well. So if our 81 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:30.120 kid is messed up, sorryj that's on me. How you tried the best 82 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:31.439 you could. It's all we can do is parents, just try the best 83 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:34.959 you can and figure it out. Greg Galvernez is joining us. He's the 84 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:40.560 bench coach for The Guardian's new bench coaching and several new names on the staff. 85 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:46.160 You mentioned Kai Krrea and new bullpen coach and Brad Goldberg And how's that. 86 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:49.160 How does that mesh come into play and how important is it that that 87 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:54.040 everybody blends together by the time the season rolls around to really help the players 88 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:57.600 as best you can. Yeah, because you want to have that continuity going 89 00:05:57.639 --> 00:05:59.399 here into the spring training because at the end of the day, it's all 90 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:02.480 about the players, and you want to make sure that all the work behind 91 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:06.360 the scenes is done and we have that relationship that we can problem solve together, 92 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:11.439 bounce ideas off each other and build that trust because in any work environment, 93 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:13.480 you want to have trust with your co workers where you can kind of 94 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:16.480 speak freely, challenge ideas, bounce off off each other. So we want 95 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:20.519 to make sure that we have that relationship already, and that's what despite this 96 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:24.319 makes this place, you know, in my opinion, really special in Cleveland 97 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:27.879 with what Chris and Churney have built. And you know, coming from Tito 98 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:30.800 as well, is you know this to how much they value people investing people. 99 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:35.160 So stepping right in with this job, you can kind of see that 100 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:40.639 as well and seeing Val and Espo and you know, Brad Goldberg who's been 101 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:44.439 here from the area, Like they've woken us with open arms. So it's 102 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:46.360 just us kind of feeling each other out. So that's why I've bent like 103 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:51.120 this. Being in person with each other has been really immenseful. How much 104 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:55.079 were you aware of that culture, if at all, when you were working 105 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:59.600 for a West Coast team National League and not a whole lot of interleague play 106 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.439 between the two teams, Any awareness at all of what was going on here? 107 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:05.480 I have, yeah, you know, being around Kevin Cash with the 108 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:08.279 Rais. You know, I came up with in you know, in the 109 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:12.279 Raised organization, both as a player and as a staff member. So when 110 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.519 I actually first started coaching was when Cash got hired as to be the manager. 111 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:19.519 So I was actually in Tropic Canada field signed my minor league contract as 112 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:23.319 a coach, and cash You was there, so we got to talk and 113 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:28.160 cash he built a very similar culture in Tampa was already there, but he 114 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.600 just took it to the next level and integrated a lot of the minor league 115 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:33.800 side with the big league side. And cash You always said he got that 116 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:38.839 from Cleveland and being here and right away going through the interview process, it 117 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.079 just stood out right away to jumped out at you. And and that's something 118 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:44.199 where I told my wife, like, that's the place where I want to 119 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:46.160 work, Like that's the place I want to be your own. You mentioned 120 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:51.360 your time with Tampa Bay with Steven Vote. I'm helpful. I mean, 121 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:55.360 obviously you don't want to be in the minor leagues is for a long time. 122 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:59.360 He'd love to move quickly. Not everyone can, but can that be 123 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:01.879 helpful some time in this role, especially with a young team where some players 124 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:05.519 may be going back and forth between here in the minor leagues, knowing what 125 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.759 they're going through because you've lived some of that. Yeah, absolutely, I 126 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:11.279 played. I mean I grinded. I played nine years in the minor leagues 127 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:15.360 and never made it to the big leagues. And you know it always reminds 128 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:18.959 myself like how hard this game is. This game is so tough. It 129 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.439 doesn't matter if you're the best player in the world. You know you're you're 130 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:26.319 still gonna fail and you're gonna have your bad days and bad stretches and the 131 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:28.639 great ones and the really good ones can navigate those ups and downs. And 132 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.240 you know, for us as coaching staff is you want to set your players 133 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:35.720 up to be successful and the best chance to succeed. But it's also educating 134 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.799 them knowing that, yeah, you're gonna fail, but do we get better? 135 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.080 Is our process right? You know are down the road? Can we 136 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.799 learn from this and can you do other things to help us win? Can 137 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.320 you do the small things and be a good teammate? And that's something that 138 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:52.759 body has been preaching. So that's something we're in my role and a bunch 139 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:56.559 of other guys on staff as well. That's what we're championed for us. 140 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:58.360 So we're all aligned on that. We're all for the players, and we're 141 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.559 never gonna forget how odd this game is. Have you had enough of the 142 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:05.960 zoom calls and meetings and stuff. Ready to get on the field and ready 143 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.639 on ready to get on the field. You get so much more done when 144 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.559 you're in person and having conversations in the zoom call. The zoom calls would 145 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:16.440 be great. You know, everyone's been welcoming in a lot of great debates 146 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.440 and you know, and challenging like how we want to do things and how 147 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:22.200 we want to like stuff. The look going into spring training, But when 148 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:24.679 you're with you know, people in especially in the baseball world, with the 149 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:28.559 camaraderie, it's just great to kind of you just want to get down there 150 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:31.879 and just stop get you know, once you see the lines and you smell 151 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.360 the grass in particular, you know it's baseball time. Craig, thanks so 152 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:37.519 much for coming by. Everything you've done today. I know you've had a 153 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:41.120 busy day, but we appreciate you ending it right here. Yeah, thank 154 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.320 you to hear my voice going I'm sorry. Yeah. If you've made it 155 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:46.200 to this Pentagram trying, yeah, thank you. It's been awesome. It's 156 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.200 Craig albern As, the new bench coach for the Guardians. Stay tuned, 157 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.639 Steven Both, the new Manager's coming your way next time the Cleveland Clinic Guardians 158 00:09:52.759 --> 00:10:03.919 Radio Network. I wish I was a better golfer. Whore is an odd 159 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:07.159 word to yell, WHOA where'd you come from? It's me Flow, and 160 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:09.399 I'm here to grant your wish of Progressive taking fifty dollars off your deductibles. 161 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.519 Just choose the deductible Savings Bank feature and finish a policy period without filing acclaim 162 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:18.559 or having a driving violation. Great, but what about my golf swag? 163 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:22.879 Oh, I just do insurance. Sorry, sign up for Progressive and opt 164 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.480 into more savings. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates not available in the estates 165 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:43.919 of situations. Welcome back to the Huntington Convention Center in downtown Cleveland. It 166 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.919 is Guardians Weekly. Jim rosan Els along with you live on location this week, 167 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:50.399 which is awesome. It's been a fun guards Fest twenty twenty four, 168 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.080 all kinds of activities here, good turnout from the fans, and we are 169 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:58.960 happy to be joined by the new manager for the Cleveland Guardians, Steven Voge. 170 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:03.039 Steve Wa'm been able to say that for a long time for good reason. 171 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:07.200 And you have a chance to be the forty fifth manager in franchise history. 172 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:09.799 And I imagine that doesn't get old anytime soon. No, it doesn't. 173 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:13.679 This has been such a fun day being here, seeing all the fans 174 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:16.679 here at Guardfest and seeing the players, the coaches, everybody getting together. 175 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.200 It's just been a blast and I hope that never gets old here in that 176 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:24.639 does it make the whole situation seem a little more real now that you're actually 177 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:26.639 seeing people in person. Yeah, I think yesterday was the first day I 178 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:30.960 actually felt like a manager, just kind of getting to see the players, 179 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:35.320 getting to be in the clubhouse and being in that environment. Great story and 180 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:39.440 that you retired two years ago, where a coach with the Mariners a season 181 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.519 ago, and here you are in a manager's chair. And when you look 182 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:46.879 back on it, what what do you think helped you and maybe set you 183 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:52.039 apart in that interview process here that's allowed you to be in this position now. 184 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:54.960 I think it was just the advice I got from Scott's Service and Jerry 185 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:58.480 Depoto coming into this, it's be yourself, show them who you are. 186 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:03.720 If you're not, that's okay. It doesn't mean you're not a good candidate, 187 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:05.360 just means you're not what they're looking for. So just going into the 188 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:07.960 interview, I was very open and honest about who I am, and that's 189 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.960 I don't have a ton of experience. You're right, but I have paid 190 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:15.799 attention and I'm willing to learn, and I think just being open and honest 191 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:18.759 about that that yeah, you're right. I've never sat in the seat, 192 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:22.399 I've never done this job before, but I'm willing to learn and I'm open 193 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.679 to any ideas you guys have to share. I thought you gave a great 194 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.600 answer. I don't remember if it was the opening press conference, but someone 195 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:33.120 may have asked you how you would the decisions you have to make in a 196 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.000 game, how many there are, and maybe how it factors into handling a 197 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.080 pitching staff, And you had a great answer about being a catcher and how 198 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:43.759 many decisions you had to make in a game. Yeah, I mean being 199 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:48.279 a catcher, you're making one hundred and seventy five to two hundred in game 200 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:50.720 decisions every single night, and any one of them can be the winning or 201 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:54.600 losing pitch. So when it comes to making decisions in game, the catching 202 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:58.960 experience is huge because every single pitch matters. So now in this sea, 203 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:01.480 it's making those in game decisions. Yeah, they're a little bit bigger. 204 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:03.440 When do you pinch hit? Who do you bring in from the bullpen? 205 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:07.480 But again feeling the game, knowing our personnel, and having Carl Willis standing 206 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:13.360 to my left, I feel very confident in my abilities. Steven Vote joining 207 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.639 us. He's the new manager for the Cleveland Guardians. Just before going on 208 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:22.840 to your let's talk some baseball the team you have. Let's start with Jose 209 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:28.320 Ramirez from the other side. You've seen him play for many years. What 210 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:31.679 do you see in him that has you excited that that's your top player. 211 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:35.000 First of all, he's a pain in the backside when you're playing against him. 212 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:39.639 So knowing that I'm on the same side as him now, it gives 213 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:41.000 me a lot of hope and a lot of happiness. But the thing with 214 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:45.200 Hosey, not only is he a tireless worker, not only is he one 215 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:46.440 of the best players in our game, but he plays the game hard, 216 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:50.320 and he plays the game the right way every single day. And when your 217 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:54.440 best player, when you're superstar, when he's doing that, when he's getting 218 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:56.559 hustle doubles, when he's running hard out of the box, every single other 219 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:00.200 player, that's going to be the expectation. So as a manager, you 220 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:03.440 don't even have to set that expectation because your best players doing that every single 221 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:05.639 day. So when he's the gold standard for how we're gonna play baseball, 222 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.320 that just hews everybody else fall in line. And that's his leadership. You're 223 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.440 one year coaching with the Mariners. A pretty good pitching in Seattle, Yeah, 224 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:18.759 really good. Yes, and you come to an organization that's known for 225 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:24.440 pitching as a manager, now that has to be awfully comforting. What you'll 226 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.960 get out of your starting rotation and bullpen. Yeah, the the arms that 227 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.159 we have here, I couldn't be more excited about every single person that's in 228 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:35.080 that rotation, every single person that bullpen. Oh and by the way, 229 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:39.159 we're gonna have some great arms on the way as well. You need depth, 230 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:41.519 and we have it. And you need guys that can come in and 231 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:43.480 get outs and we have it. Guys have nasty stuff, and it's there's 232 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.960 so many similar parallels to the pitching here as there is in Seattle, and 233 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.200 I couldn't be more excited about the group we have and knowing that our starters 234 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.879 are going to give us quality starts more often than not, and then we 235 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:56.759 can shorten the game with how good our bullpen is. Youth is something that 236 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:01.799 has been a key watch where here for the past couple of seasons youngest roster 237 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:07.279 in baseball. Why can that be good? I think it's good because we 238 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:09.879 can help these players figure out who they are and who they want to be. 239 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:13.720 They have the talent, they have the ability, and now they're gonna 240 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:18.960 they're gonna turn into major leaguers and turn into perennial All Stars and great players, 241 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:20.279 and we get to have a hand in that. We get to push 242 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.360 them to be their best every single day. And when when you're young, 243 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.720 you have energy, and we're gonna feed into that energy every single day, 244 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:30.480 and we're gonna take a lot of games, and we're gonna come in and 245 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:33.480 people are gonna like, man, that was a tough series because we've got 246 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.039 these young, exciting players that are figuring out who they are and it's gonna 247 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:39.000 be really fun to watch. It seems like the game is changing a little 248 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:43.120 bit too, where where youth is good and what that can bring athlete wise. 249 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.559 Yeah, I mean, the talent level of players getting to the major 250 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.519 leagues now is better than it's ever been. I mean, we've got we've 251 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:52.919 got guys hitting the ball harder, throwing the ball harder, running faster, 252 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.519 stronger arms than we've ever seen. And now it's having them understand how to 253 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:00.600 play the game. And that's our job, is to teach them how to 254 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:03.919 play the game and get better every single day. But the talent that these 255 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.799 young guys have is so much far advanced than people were when I was coming 256 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:11.679 up. Stephen Vote joining us. He's the new manager for the Cleveland Guardians 257 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.759 where at guards Vest in downtown Cleveland. I know, a big thing that 258 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:18.960 you've been doing over the first couple of months is putting together a staff that 259 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:23.080 you're comfortable with. It seems like you've hit on some really good stuff in 260 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:26.919 terms of the new and those who are staying on and how difficult it was 261 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:30.840 that to try and get that good balance and people in here that you can 262 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.440 be working with on a daily basis. I'm glad we're done with that process 263 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:37.240 because that was stressful. But I really feel like we have a good mix 264 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:42.159 of experienced coaches, younger coaches, new ideas, old school thoughts. We 265 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:45.840 have a really cool kind of mesh. And when you're talking about the people 266 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:49.039 coming back, when you have Carl Willis and Sandy Alomar Junior right out of 267 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:52.960 the get go, and our pitching team with Joe Torres and Chris Palaika coming 268 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.799 back, who I love Val. I think he does a great job and 269 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:02.120 the way he speaks to our hitters, the way that he conceptualizes hitting. 270 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:04.680 I think we have a great team in place, and we've brought in complimentary 271 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:08.960 pieces to challenge our ideals, to challenge what we might think. And I 272 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.400 think that's what you need. You need a group of people that's willing to 273 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:15.960 challenge each other and in a productive way. And now we get all on 274 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:18.839 the same page to push our players in that direction real quick. Staying on 275 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:22.200 the baseball thing, do you even look at the rest of the division right 276 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:26.160 now? Are you just so locked in on what's going on here and how 277 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:27.720 to make this team as good as possible. All that matters is us. 278 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.720 It doesn't matter who we're playing, It doesn't matter what players are on the 279 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:33.319 other side. If we go out and we play our game, we take 280 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:37.480 care of our stuff, we're gonna win a lot of games. As soon 281 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:40.119 as you start talking about other teams, as soon as we start focusing on 282 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:42.279 the other side, now you lose sight of what we're trying to accomplish. 283 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:45.920 And we know in our room what we believe, and that's that we're going 284 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.759 to be the best team in the Central and we believe that wholeheartedly, and 285 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.880 that we're going to preach nothing different. So, yes, we see what's 286 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.160 going on. We understand that there's things that new piece is coming into the 287 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.960 division. That doesn't matter. All that matters is us and what our group 288 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.119 believes. Steven Vote, thanks for everything today and thanks for coming back for 289 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:06.079 a little bit. It was awesome. It was a great day. So 290 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.119 I'm so fun to see all the fans out here. It's time for baseball 291 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:11.920 springs right around the corner. It couldn't be more excited. There. He 292 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:15.680 is the forty fifth manager of the Cleveland Baseball franchise, Stephen Vote, and 293 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:30.960 we will have more guardians weekly after this. These are the kind of summer 294 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:37.079 nights you're thinking about in January, when the wind chills about ten below and 295 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:42.279 snow's blowing all over northeast Ohio. The pit swung on. That's a gamper 296 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:47.440 toward the right center on the run of strong east sides and made the catch. 297 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:52.759 He's done it again, oh say ramires a three hit game. The 298 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.400 pitch he swings and rips another basin to the gap and the right center cut 299 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:00.960 off by Caine. He'll go for two, throwing a second head first slide, 300 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:07.920 double Naylor with the drive today, bright center, holly back, god 301 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:18.480 h no doubt about it. Bomb to the bullpen and right center. Now 302 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:26.400 the one too a slang in the nurse ball game and class over matches the 303 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:32.599 Yankees in the night. Boy, this has got a chance to be another 304 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:37.440 fun summer off the shores of Lake Gary. I mean, how did Hammy 305 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:41.119 know it would be minus ten with blowing snow in January Cleveland. I don't 306 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:47.559 understand that he knows everything. We are joined now by as we welcome you 307 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:51.559 back into guards Fest. We're at the Hunting and Convention Center in downtown Cleveland. 308 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:55.240 Jim Rosenow's along with you for Guardians Weekly. This weekend, we welcome 309 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:59.680 in Dan Cohen, who is the field manager for Cleveland Guardians youth camps. 310 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:04.319 And that says summer right there. Is won't be long now before moms and 311 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:07.680 dads throughout Northeast Ohio will be signing their kids up for summer camps. And 312 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:11.400 Dan, I know it's got to be a fun part of your job. 313 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:15.519 Knowing that you're getting kids involved in our great game and teaching them from the 314 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:21.440 pros. Absolutely. Yeah. We start the first week, first week at 315 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.960 June, and we run all the way through June, all the way through 316 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:29.480 July. We have I think ten full summer full five day camps, and 317 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:33.559 then we have three partial week camps all around the city, as far east 318 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.680 as Perry, as far west as Oberland, as far south as Boulevard, 319 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:41.759 so all around the city. And that seems like more camps than you've had 320 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:45.240 in the past. Yes, we last year we had seven, so that 321 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:48.880 we're about doubling this year. Awesome. And you had a camp here today, 322 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:51.640 Yeah, we had a Dego. Yeah, we had three great clinics. 323 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:56.079 We invited kids who attended our camps last year to participate in a hitting 324 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:59.920 clinic, a fielding and pitching clinic, and a fielding clinic with our co 325 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:03.599 And then they were about a dozen for each each clinic. A dozen players 326 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:07.799 out there just mixing in and helping, just interacting with the kids and kind 327 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:11.720 of spreading there, sharing some advice. It's gonna say in the summer, 328 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:15.400 with the season going, it's probably hard to get one or two players to 329 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:19.039 really be a part of it. This must have been just an absolute treat 330 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:23.039 knowing there's thirty guys here that you can pull from. Oh absolutely yeah. 331 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:27.000 During during the summer, one a guy shows up for about an hour or 332 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:30.799 two every ever once a week, and they did do Q and A, 333 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:33.880 take some pictures and really just tell them what it's like to be a big 334 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:37.640 league talking about their their path to the big leagues, and kind of really 335 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:44.559 sharing with them that it's all you got to every Big league players aren't so 336 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:47.759 much different than kids. They just they're just kids who just kept showing up. 337 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:52.000 When you look at what you do on a daily basis, I know 338 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:56.279 it's somewhat new for you, but you're not new to the organization. And 339 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:00.319 and how has that helped just your your past association with the guard is at 340 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:03.400 the major league level at times? Sure, Yeah, so I grew up 341 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:06.440 in Cleveland. You were playing all those highlights of Hammy just took me back 342 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:08.720 to when I was a kid listening to them. So I also, I 343 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:12.440 worked on the baseball operations side and video and scouting for over ten years. 344 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:15.920 So I've been I've been the kids at camp. I've been the players that 345 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:19.519 I've been around the players at camp. And my whole thing is trying to 346 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:23.240 take what I learned with my time around the players on the major league team 347 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:26.839 and telling it to what a ten year old and you would have wanted to 348 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:29.480 hear and would have could have could have gotten better from, you could have 349 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:33.680 learned from, And just again trying to take everything that these players know, 350 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:37.400 the collective knowledge that's more than I would ever forget, like more than and 351 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:41.240 to share it with those kids. And when you look at at setting up 352 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:45.119 a program for the summer, obviously you want to make sure the best staff 353 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:51.160 possible is there. But how difficult is it to find locations that can accommodate 354 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:55.559 a week long camp. It's it's actually kind of fun to go around and 355 00:22:55.680 --> 00:23:00.319 look at kind of meet people around the community, coaches at directors learn different 356 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:03.880 facilities. There's some great facilities around the area that I had no idea existed. 357 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:07.000 Like andrews Osborne, I grew up in Shaker Heights. Will it be's 358 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:11.680 twenty minutes for me that facility is it's like a college facility. I had 359 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:14.160 no idea it was there. Kids this year will get to be at the 360 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:18.960 Crusher Stateum in Avon Lake. The Cleveland State Softball Field, Division one softball 361 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:22.279 field, Oberlin College, Tricity College. Are a lot of great college fields, 362 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:25.920 high school fields in the area, and just communities that are excited to 363 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:30.240 bring Guardians baseball to their kids. Has the program grown much over the last 364 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:33.119 couple of seasons. Yeah, So last year, I think we had five 365 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:36.200 or six hundred kids, and this year, with double amount of camps, 366 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:38.759 we're hoping to get double amount of kids. So yeah, it's just an 367 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:41.599 upward trajectory room, all right. Someone listening to this saying, hey, 368 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:45.680 that sounds like fun. How do they get more information and sign up? 369 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:52.160 So you can sign up on our website Cleveland Guardians dot com, slash Youth 370 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:57.240 camps more and yeah, and so we take kids travel kids. If your 371 00:23:57.279 --> 00:24:00.640 travel all star, if you're like the best player, your team will take 372 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:03.880 you. If you've never picked up a bat before, you're gonna learn something. 373 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:08.359 Everybody gets better at our camps. It's almost harder to not get better 374 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:12.079 than to get better, if that makes sense. You were saying earlier a 375 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:15.880 big Cleveland fan back in the nineties, and in fact you came to when 376 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:19.960 this event was at the Wollstein Center, do you wish there were these camps 377 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.759 when when you were a kid that you could go to. Of course, 378 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:27.039 yeah, I just to be in the full uniform, being around the players 379 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:30.440 and getting to ask them questions and getting to kind of visualize what it would 380 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:36.640 be like to be a big leader like Dan Colin. Thanks so much for 381 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:38.559 coming by. Always good to see you, miss you around the club on 382 00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:41.400 a regular basis, but good to see your back in it on on the 383 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:45.039 youth baseball side, thanks a lot for coming by, Thanks for having them 384 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:49.079 excited to be there. And again it's see All League Guardians Slash Youth Camps. 385 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:52.400 To find out about the great summer camps week long and a lot of 386 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:57.759 cases and a lot of different locations this year for your youngster to participate in 387 00:24:57.759 --> 00:25:02.640 a baseball camp this summer. Go online, check it out and you can 388 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:04.720 sign up right there and get more information. Stay with us. We'll have 389 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:08.319 more as we get closer to the end here at Guard's Best. But it's 390 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:12.400 been a great day downtown at the Huntingdon Convention Center in downtown Cleveland. We'll 391 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:21.559 have more to come after this son the Cleveland Clinic. Guardians Radio Network at 392 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:25.359 Progressive we love sports and saving your money. So we bundled them together. 393 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:27.440 Two seconds left on the clock, third field goal range, and it looks 394 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:32.039 like he's going to go with a five buired. No wait, the quarterback 395 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:34.759 is skating back on the ice. He's talking with his caddy. They're pulling 396 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:37.759 the goalie. He skates off the fairway. Has to catch your lives off 397 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:42.240 his buttons up right away. They've buggled their home and auto with charts with 398 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:48.720 progressive touchdown savings, berting Go, Progressive keshe Team, Truman's Company, affiliates, 399 00:25:48.720 --> 00:26:06.319 and other insuranis not available in all states. A situations. The bitch 400 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:11.240 swinging them in spoy Henches just said, here's the fastballs, see what you 401 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:15.400 can do with it, and the answer was nothing. Otani at second, 402 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:22.240 Duffy at first two down, a Fenning five to four Guardians Henches, he 403 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:30.279 lets it rip and Mike Ford swings and missus three fastballs. Thanks for coming, 404 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:36.160 Sam Henches does it again. That's got to bring back good memories that 405 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:38.160 Sam Henches, Yeah, yeah, that's nice. That's nice hearing that. 406 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:42.720 We welcome you back to Guardians Weekly. We're at the Huntington Convention Center and 407 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:47.480 we're joined by Sam Henches who We're gonna reverse roles here. You're gonna be 408 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:51.279 the opener for Tanner Biby, he's the bull guy in this one this segment, 409 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.680 and there's a rumor going around that Trevor Stephen might try and sneak on 410 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:56.720 too. Usually, you know this time of the day, it's hard to 411 00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:00.319 get guessed. But I don't know. This is good. The bullpen guys 412 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:03.119 are showing up. Yeah, it seems like everybody's excited to get this thing 413 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:08.599 going and close it out. Hey, you're coming off to two real solid 414 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:14.920 seasons in the bullpen. It seems like you do you consider yourself now I'm 415 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:18.359 a relief pitcher after spending a lot of your career as a starting pitcher. 416 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:22.599 I do. I do, I really do. I think it's it's a 417 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:26.960 lot of fun kind of making that transition. It was difficult for me at 418 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:32.240 first, but the past two years coming in as a full time reliever and 419 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:36.240 now doing it again, it's I feel a little bit more comfortable doing so 420 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:40.720 different offseason prepped for you than you used to have or the same. It's 421 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:45.000 different because you don't have to build up to fifty five pitches like mister Biby 422 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:48.640 down there. But that makes it a little bit better because you can rest 423 00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:53.559 a little bit more and spend a little little bit more time, like I 424 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:56.920 said, just kind of getting ready or or ironing some kinks out and the 425 00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:02.240 mechanics and to eat. It's a quicker build up, and you're part of 426 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:04.079 a boldpen that's had some pretty good success here the last couple of years. 427 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:08.519 You look at there'll be some different names this year, but you excited to 428 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:11.519 see what's out there and then what you guys can accomplish again. For sure, 429 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.200 we've I think we've done a pretty good job the past few years, 430 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:21.240 and it's been for the most part, the same guys down there, especially 431 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:25.599 at the back end with Stephen class A. But yeah, I mean there's 432 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:29.480 a lot of very very exciting names coming up that we're all excited to see 433 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:34.079 in Cleveland this year. You make your off season home in Arizona, but 434 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:38.200 grew up in Minnesota. So when you come back to a situation like this 435 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:42.240 year, this weekend in Cleveland with nice weather bring back some good memories of 436 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:47.920 childhood. Definitely, Definitely I enjoy the snow when I know I'm going back 437 00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:53.119 to Phoenix in a couple of days. But it's always nice to I can 438 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:56.640 appreciate the snow and the cold weather. Well, Sam, we appreciate you 439 00:28:56.839 --> 00:29:00.599 being the opener for this segment. And now we're gonna descend it down the 440 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:04.839 line and let's go with Trevor Stephan. Will stay in the bullpen. Trevor 441 00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:11.119 Stephan, stop by. Were you working the ConA ice How was it? 442 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:14.200 I was good. I took a little learning her, but I figured it 443 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:18.599 out when you showed up to guards Fess this year. Did you have any 444 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:22.000 idea you'd be working the ice cream machine? I didn't. I didn't even 445 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:25.200 know that was I don't even think that was an option last year. What's 446 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:27.640 the key to getting a good icy out there in the hands of a customer? 447 00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:33.240 They said, you gotta spray some ice water or just water on top 448 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:37.039 of the ice, or it gives you hard. But she was doing it 449 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:40.039 all. I just took me about three to get the hang of it, 450 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:42.480 and I started making good counts. It wasn't too bad. I saw some 451 00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:47.480 other pictures out there work in the ice machine. Does this mean that there's 452 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:51.160 gonna be a ConA ice machine out in the bullpen this season? I feel 453 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:53.119 like every year, I feel like every year we show up and we get 454 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:56.359 some new gadget down there. You don't know what it is. I feel 455 00:29:56.359 --> 00:30:02.640 like we got to espresso machine thank to Brian Shaw, and then it upgraded 456 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:04.640 the TV. So I don't know, every year we get something new, 457 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:10.079 maybe it has to be ice icy machine. So if Tanner Biby's rolling along 458 00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:14.240 with a no hitter into the seventh but it starts to run into some difficulties 459 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:18.079 and they call down to the Bullpen's Trevor Stephan you need to get hot and 460 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:22.079 you're right in the middle of getting yourself in icy. What do you do? 461 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:25.839 You gotta throw it out. I don't throw it out. And then 462 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:29.960 I feel like I'm come into the game and have red lips and a different 463 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:34.559 We are solving some stuff here late in the day at guards Fast. Hey, 464 00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:37.839 Sam Hench is just saying that you and he were at Nick Salin's wedding 465 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:41.400 another part of the Bullpen. How did that go? There's a great time. 466 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:45.799 I feel like there's just a picture perfect wedding. I feel like the 467 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:49.480 people you get to share the weddings with make make the weddings more fun. 468 00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:53.039 And that was a great wedding. And uh, you know, I've got 469 00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:56.880 another make for three years now and to be invited and special and to share 470 00:30:56.920 --> 00:31:00.680 that homing. Yeah, all parts of a bullpen that's tight, a tight 471 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:04.559 knit unit throughout the season and then the offseason as well. Crep, thanks 472 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:07.960 for coming by for a little bit. Good job on the ice machine, 473 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:12.480 Thank you. And is Trevor Stefan so two thirds of the bullpen stopping by. 474 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:17.319 And now Tanner Biby who has joined us here. You're the clean up 475 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:22.400 pitter closing things out for the afternoon here on Guardians Weekly. And Tanner, 476 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:25.799 are you coming off a great season? When you look back on it, 477 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:29.440 so many good things happened for you and when you had a chance to kind 478 00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:32.400 of just sit back and relax a little bit, what were your impressions of 479 00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:37.119 the season that you had. I think the start was obviously had some bumps 480 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:41.200 in the road kind of getting comfortable, trying to get routine down, whatever. 481 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:44.359 But I think I think when I finally settled in, I think it 482 00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:47.200 was really nice. I mean, all the guys around me were awesome trying 483 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:49.759 to get me comfortable and just getting to know those guys I think definitely really 484 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:53.119 helped. But overall it is a good season, but I'm ready to move 485 00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:57.640 to twenty four at this point. So, even though your numbers were good 486 00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:01.079 right out of the shoot, just the way you felt about it, not 487 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:05.160 not quite where you'd like to be Initially, Yeah, I didn't think so. 488 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:07.119 I mean, you had some starts that were I mean, I think 489 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:12.119 everyone's gonna have start like bat starts their entire career. But I think I 490 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:15.480 think stuff that I was usually pretty good at wasn't as good as it could 491 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:20.759 have been, which I think anyone could say that I'm probably being too nitpicky, 492 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:24.920 but that's just kind of the goals that I'm setting, kind of maybe 493 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:29.319 not trying to be too perfect, but just trying to improve on the next 494 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:32.720 year. So when you get to the off season, normal off season for 495 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:36.559 you this year or anything going on that that would take you away from how 496 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:39.480 you like to prepare, No, pretty pretty normal off season. Had a 497 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:44.880 holiday at home, had had like a trip or two when the season ended, 498 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:47.119 and then I was, honestly, other than that, pretty good, 499 00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:52.160 have my wisdom teeth out. That kind of sucked. But there's an understatement. 500 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:57.440 Yeah, when you look at that preparation for a season, does it 501 00:32:57.519 --> 00:33:00.839 go back to to how you prepared when when you were at college level and 502 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:04.039 putting together a really good career there. Uh, I mean, I think 503 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:07.960 the preparation here is a lot more specified, a lot more minute and kind 504 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:13.200 of like detailed. I think in college it was more of like a have 505 00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:15.599 to win mindset, like as a team, which is good. But I 506 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:20.880 think if you're trying to last in the majors in my long, illustrious career 507 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:24.640 that I've had, you got to figure out what you need to do for 508 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:30.279 yourself to contribute to the team to make them win instead of like a if 509 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:34.119 that makes sense? So yeah, so you know, it's interesting. Maybe 510 00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:37.480 this is a you know, more of a global question, but the days 511 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:44.079 of the two hundred innings starting pitcher it seems more few and far between. 512 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:49.839 But can that be okay for from a team standpoint in terms of what you're 513 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:52.839 trying to get to and stay healthy and be there at the end. Yeah, 514 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:57.559 I mean one hundred percent. I mean I think if you're that's one 515 00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:00.799 of my goals to throw, like, is to throw to an I'm sure 516 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:05.000 you asked Beeves, Tristan, Gavin Logan, all those starters, what's like 517 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:07.400 one goal I'm sure I would say, like, throw close to two hundred 518 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:12.760 innings. I think, I mean, Beeves has done it in his career. 519 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:15.800 I'm pretty sure. So I think it's definitely untainable. Just because it's 520 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:17.960 not a lot and all of people aren't doing it anymore. I think that 521 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:21.679 makes it that much more valuable if you can do it. So I think 522 00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:24.440 you prepare and you pitch like you're like you want to throw two hundred innings, 523 00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:29.440 and I think at that point you just kind of get what's given to 524 00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.480 you. At that point, once you release the ball, you don't know 525 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:35.760 what's gonna happen. Kind of same idea. Tanner Bibby's joining us coming off 526 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:38.360 of really fine season, second in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. 527 00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:45.920 You rolled off the names of pictures in the starting rotation here and gosh, 528 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:49.800 he could go back years and it's similar in that you're rolling off some 529 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:52.559 of the best pictures in the game. What is it like to be in 530 00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:55.000 that type of rotation, especially as a young picture in terms of how it 531 00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:59.519 can help you. Yeah, I think it's awesome. I mean, I 532 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:02.639 think we have it, like we have three young guys, we have Tristan, 533 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:07.079 who's been electric and he's been on the field. I mean, Chane's 534 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:10.239 kind of the quote unquote old guy, even though he's been a league for 535 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:15.519 like five years. But I think, I mean, we had the makings 536 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:20.719 to be extremely special, and I think it's awesome that we all could possibly 537 00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:22.519 be so good because I think it helps us feed off of each other. 538 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:27.840 I think it really helps us kind of like breed some healthy competition of like 539 00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:30.360 you watch a guy throw the night before and you're like, ooh, I 540 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.480 want to be better than that, or like oh, like I want to 541 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:35.360 like be just as good as him, just because like not in like an 542 00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:37.920 unhealthy way, like I want to be better than him, but like it's 543 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:39.719 like a all right, like he set the standard, like let's go meet 544 00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:43.719 it. Like let's go win this game, let's go like win a series, 545 00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:46.159 let's go try to sweep a serious kind of thing. So I think 546 00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:50.840 that's I think the healthy breeding competition, I think is the most important thing 547 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:54.800 for pitching staff real quick. At the end our last question, you're going 548 00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:59.079 to your first major league spring training? Yeah? Yeah. How funny is 549 00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.920 that after the season they had I feel like I gotta be the first person 550 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:05.239 ever of like a full year of service time and not have a year of 551 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:07.519 spring training under my belt. I think it's hilarious. It must be a 552 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:12.000 record. Looking forward to that, I think it's gonna be fun. Yeah, 553 00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:15.719 Tanner Bibby going to his first major league spring training but coming off a 554 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:17.320 great year, and thanks so much for coming by today. Yeah, absolutely, 555 00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:21.400 thank you. That is Tanner Bibby, a ten game winner a season 556 00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:23.679 ago. Second in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. Thanks to 557 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:30.000 Tanner, Trevor Stephen sam Hanches, also Dan Cohen, new manager, Steven 558 00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:34.079 Vote, and also Craig albern As the new bench coach as well. Mike 559 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:39.320 Pika here at the commands and Brian Matse back at command center working the controls. 560 00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:43.280 There. This is Jim Rosenhouse. 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