Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly is brought
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everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse along with you as we join
you this weekend from the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where
the Guardians are taking on the Blue Jays. It's a three game series here
and then three against the first place Minnesota Twins at the start of next week.
So a key road swing for the Guardians who still harbor hopes of winning
the Central Division crown. They headed into play on the weekend six games back
of first place Minnesota. Coming up a little bit later on in our show
today, we will hear from Jose Ramirez after the dedication of Jose Ramirez Field
in suburban Cleveland, are actually not far from downtown Cleveland. Earlier this week,
also, we'll visit with Dave Roberts, the manager for the Los Angeles
Dodgers, who made his major league debut as a player with the Cleveland Indians.
And we'll visit with Rob Sorfolio, who's the farm director for the Guardians.
He'll talk minor leagues, including Lake County, and some good prospects there.
That's coming up a little bit later on, But first to look at
the week gone by for the Guardians. And after an off day Monday,
Tuesday, the opener of a series with the Dodgers. The high powered Dodgers,
their offense struck early two runs in the first inning and then another in
the third. They took a three nothing lead in the series opener, but
the Guards bounced back in the fourth inning, starting with Oscar Gonzalez Miller with
the two swung on and there's a high fly ball to deep right. This
has a chance. It's way back there. P RD. Oscar Gonzalez and
the Guardians are on the board. It's now the Dodgers three, Cleveland one.
We said it a lot last year. He has power to the opposite
field, just hasn't been going that way very much. But he did right
there and drove it down the right field line for his second home run on
the season. Later on in the fourth inning, it was Gabriel Aria's delivering
a clutch base set three and two. The count on Arius. Here it
comes off speed, swung on line to left base hit and that'll score Jimenez
as Arius comes through on an off speed pitch and loops it in the left
field for an RBI single, and the Guardians are they within one. It's
now three to two Dodgers. Then in the seventh, the Guardians had two
men on looking for a big two out base hit from Stephen Kwan. Now
the two one delivery. Kwan sends a looping liner into center field and it
drops for a base hit. Brennan scores the tying run. Straw stops at
second and Stephen Kwan, once again off the left tender, delivers a two
out RBI single to center and with the game tide, it was Jose Ramirez
his chance to put the Guards in front the pitch. I'll swing in a
shot, base it in the right center. That'll Cleveland up. Straw will
score scampering. The third is Kawan and Jose Ramirez ends the old for sixteen
slide with a two out RBI single the right center and Cleveland has scored again
after there were two outs, and the Guardians have all four runs with two
out of hits tonight and now lead at four to three, and Ramirez with
RBI number sixty seven and suddenly twenty two thousand plus have learned how to sing
all at the same time. And then Cole Calhoun capped off the inning of
a big way. Here is Cole Calhoun, batting left handed, left une
left. Here's the set and the pitch. He sends a drive high,
deep to right bets back track, wool go on, how about that?
Off the left hander, the left handed, hitting cold Calhoun with a towering
three run, a home run down the right field line, and Cleveland blows
it opened with five in the seventh and now lead the Dodgers seven to three,
and Calhoun continues to just put up quality at bat after quality at bat.
Cleveland added one more in the eighth on a Mile Straw RBI single that
made it eight to three, and then Emmanuel class was hunt in the ninth
to wrap things up the one two check swing did he go? Yes?
Four, Game and Game one in this three game series with the Dodgers goes
to Cleveland by a final score of eight to three. It proved to be
the only win in the Dodgers series as Wednesday, the game was suspended by
rain after two innings of play with the Dodgers up three to one, and
when play resumed on Thursday. The Dodgers went on to a six to one
victory in the completion of that suspended game, and in the regularly scheduled ball
game, La won it by a nine to three final as that wrapped up
the homestand for the Guardians, Friday night road trip opener here in Toronto and
a solid effort all around. Toronto struck first George Springer with a solo home
run in the second inning, but in the third inning, Bone Nailer,
who grew up not far from downtown Toronto, answered with a blast of his
own. Bassett into the motion and the two old pitch and Nailer swings and
sends one high, sends one deep to right. Springer back at the wall.
It is gone and we are tied at one. Oh, and fairy
tales do come true. How many times do you think Boe nail dreamed about
hitting a home run here at the Rogers Center, And by golly, he
hit a bomb to right and we are tied and one. Then in the
fourth, with a runner on Ramone, Loriano delivered a big blow right handed
hitter. Here's the pitch to him, swung on and there's a high fly
ball to deep right center back on it, looking up this ball, He's
gone a home run, Loriano haf ball kept tailing back toward the high wall.
It's over fourteen feet high, but it got over. It's now a
three to one ball game. Cleveland back in front. In the sixth Oscar
Gonzalez let off with a double, and then Loriano came through again. The
pitch swung and smashed the third bike Chapman down the left field line into the
corner. It kicks in the scores. Gonzalez in standing with an RBI double
is Loriano four to one Cleveland as the Guardians double their pleasure here in the
sixth on doubles by Oscar Gonzalez and Ramone Loriano. Loriano with three RBIs tonight.
That is double number thirteen and now twenty seven runs banned in and in
the eighth, the Guardians extended that lead with another long ball, this time
from Andre Simenez. Andre Simena sends a drive deep right field, gone a
wine drive bullet to right Aimenez hits number twelve. Cleveland has its third home
run to night, and the Guardians have a five to two lead. Here
in the eighth inning, the worst home run the hitting team in baseball has
pounded three home runs tonight, number twelve for Andre Simenez, and that got
out of here before you could say going, going, gone. Then in
the ninth Amanio will Claw, I say it was on once again the clothes
one out Clause's pitch swinging a looping liner up the middle, diving backhanded,
stopped by him and us pops up throws the first ball game. How what
a play by him and z oh one hopper back up the middle. I'm
diving backhanded, grab Pop to his feet and threw out Kirk to end the
ball game. Wow. So the Finals scored tonight Cleveland five and Toronto two.
So a nice win to open the series here in Toronto. The series
continuing Saturday afternoon at three oh seven and then concludes on Sunday at one thirty
seven, and then it's onto Minneapolis for the three game series with the Minnesota
Twins. Now, the big story this week was off the field, as
Terry francona Guardians manager, was asked about his future as the manager passed the
twenty twenty three season, and he talked about what he revealed on Wednesday's Manager
Show with Tom Hamilton. First off, Tito we should talk a little bit
about what you had talked about with the media last night before the ballgame.
And as these stories do, they start to take on a life of their
own. Will Tito come back? Will Tito retires? So the floor is
yours, you know, Hammy, And it's so hard. I got to
ask a question yesterday and the one thing I never really want to do is
is kind of just fib to people, because that's not a good way of
going about things. But at the same time, and I feel so strongly
about this. From the day I started managing in South Bend and going through
Birmingham and Philadelphia and Boston, I always felt like the right thing to do
was it had to be about the players and the organization and it can't be
about me personally. It just doesn't work. And so I have talked to
Chris and Journey pretty extensively about the end of my career because we're getting there
and I want to be fair to them, and I want to be fair
to the organization and also want to be fair to myself. So, you
know, I know people are going to ask, and I get it,
but I really don't want it to be the six weeks of you know,
it's not a funeral procession. I mean, not a lot of people get
to go out in their own terms. And and I am so proud of
what we have tried to accomplish here. We haven't always done it, but
this is a good place with great people, Tito. And again, I
know you haven't made a final decision, but I think all of us can
kind of read the tea leaves. That's a good way to say it that.
I appreciate you saying like that, because that's actually a really good way
to say it. Well, I think the one thing that would be encouraging
maybe for you and all of us are going to face this in every walk
of life. It is tough to say goodbye to whatever our career has been.
I don't care if you're a mailman that that's a heck of a job
when you first get it and you're proud to have it. But is it
easier for you to now look at this make a clear decision because for the
most part, you feel pretty good. You know that, I've really tried
to do some thinking the last couple of months, which can be a scary
thought, you know, in this head. The one thing, too,
is when the season's over. This year, I got to get my shoulder
reconstructed. Also have two hernias, so you know you're looking at first to
February before you know. It's like I've spent every winter trying to get healthy
so I could manage, and I get beat up again. I need to
go get healthy and it's impossible to do that with the rigors of this job.
And I just you know, me saw my grandkids. We're in here
today. I that like last night after the game, I couldn't remember if
we want or lost, and I can't remember a time like because I saw
the those kids in my face slit up. I need to do more of
them. So there it is, and very much indications that this may be
it for Terry Francona. This twenty twenty three season as Guardians manager is very
much everything he's talking about, healthwise, desire to spend more time with family,
all of it seems to indicate that his career as Guardians manager will come
to an end at the conclusion of the season, although no formal announcement yet
from either Tito or the front office, so we'll wait and see what transpires
in the weeks ahead. Maybe they hold off until this season concludes. We'll
see when we come back. We'll hear from Jose Ramirez about Jose Ramirez Field,
which was unveiled earlier this week just outside of downtown Cleveland. That's next,
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walk off two run double up the Alien Rights Center and the Guardians stunned the
Red Birds in the ninth denning. Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhaus
back with you from Toronto. Meanwhile, earlier this week, back home in
Cleveland, another great day Tuesday, just outside of downtown Cleveland, near the
Tremont section at Clark Field, a beautiful renovation project, the unveiling of Jose
Ramirez Field, the Guardians third baseman, making a major contribution to the building
and renovation of that facility, and along with his translator Aggie Rivero, Josey
says he loves what he sees is in the brand new field, a realmentums
possible surprise. I didn't have a chance to see the progressing the year,
and I've seen it today. It was really surprising and I'm really happy.
It's very beautiful. Field is just very nice, very comfortable, so I'm
really excited for for the final product. Different players on your own team do
different things in the community. Why did this make sense for you to have
a field named after you, that everyone could enjoy real Uganda way wall.
I feel this, this felt like the natural fit. You know, I've
been on baseball field since I was seven years old, and most of my
life has been on a baseball field. So what's the best way to get
back to the community to something that you know represents so much of my life.
And I know the importance of having the place to play the game,
and you know, to go hand to hand with a good education. And
I think that served the other purpose of keep a lot of kids, you
know, off the streets and of bad habits and more like healthier lifetiles.
So when when I thought of that, I feel like baseball field was was
a no brainer. And you mentioned a little bit earlier out some of the
great Latin players who have done something similar in different cities. Does it strike
you as it's just overwhelming Sometimes I think that now you're a part of that
legacy of some of the grades of the game. It's hard to explain,
but this is the sensation that it gives us a little like wow, you
know, I'll made I made it, you know, whatever that is.
I just was able to feel that fulfillment of a dream as a kid because
I remember growing up seeing mine those players and the legacy they left behind,
So obviously seeing this is it's hard for me to put into words, but
it's a good sensation that you know, I've been able to made it in
the baseball world where you grew up and first started playing the game. Could
you have ever imagined young kids your age back then being able to play on
a field like this the realm felt like, honestly never came to my mind.
But obviously now that we're here is such a good, happy feeling because
not only I feel like I'm helping some of the kids back, but also
just makes me happy to know that some kids have a place to play and
and that place you're gonna have my name on. Name my great stuff from
Jose Ramirez along with translation help from Aggie Rivero. Certainly was a fun day.
When we come back, we'll hear from Dodgers manager Dave Roberts with some
great Cleveland ties that's coming your way shortly on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network.
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we should make it down. The welcome back to Guardians Weekly, Chim Rosenhouse
back with you from Toronto the Rogers Center, where the Guardians are taking on
the Blue Chase this weekend. Earlier this week, they faced the Dodgers,
a rarity the Dodgers coming to Cleveland just the third time since Center League play
began that Los Angeles Dodgers paid a visit to downtown Cleveland. Their manager,
now in his eighth season, is Dave Roberts. Had a fine playing career
with several different teams, and it started with the Cleveland Indians. That's the
team he made his debut with. So he says when he gets back and
now as manager of the Dodgers, it's always fun to be back in Cleveland
where he has a ton of great memories. Yeah, you know, Rosie,
it's it's always good to come back. And you know this is where
I broke in and the fans here. Uh you know, I remember when
I was with Akron, the Buchanans really took care of me when I stayed
there, so, uh, you know, Stu and his lovely wife took
care of me. And you know, getting to Cleveland and just the parking
attendants, the clubhouse guys, the fans obviously with the teammates that we had.
Those teams we had were great teams and Grover was the manager. So
I got so many great memories coming back and uh, you know, I'm
just seeing some old friends and seeing you has been a big bonus too.
And you have a playing career where you're at many different spots with some great
moments. But when you think back to that, that first time in the
major leagues, what does that mean to you? And having a haven been
here, you know, you know, with the Dolans and all the way
down with you know, John Hart, Mark Shapiro and everybody. Now with
Chris running things on the baseball side, there was something for me then Indians
now Guardians to play a part of this, uh, you know, family
organization and it's a great baseball town. And to put that uniform on and
know that I've played for this organization, it's it certainly holds uh the dearest
of spots for me because this is the first organization that gave me a chance
to play big league baseball. And in these series you manage against Terry Francona,
who you played for, Is that odd at all to you? Yeah?
I was just talking to Ahmed Rosari about that that we both played for
Tito, and uh, you know, it's it is odd. It is
odd, and he was just such a great mentor manager for me. He's
going to be in the Hall of Fame at some point and it's to be
able to manage against him. It's very surreal, and I've taken a lot
from him, his style and how he has a pulse and of the players
at clubhouse and as a player. For me, I always felt like Tito
had my back and that's something I try to, you know, deliver to
our players. Dave Roberts joining US Dodgers manager, and Dave, your team
having another outstanding season, and when you compare seasons are all you have high
win totals and everything that goes along with that. What do you like about
this club as it gets deeper into it. I think I like the sum,
you know, I think the individual pieces are really good, but I
think the sum of this team, this group makes us special. There's a
lot of professionalism, unselfishness, care for one another. These guys spend a
lot of time together away from the field, they play together and they know
how to win, and so I think that every year is different with the
collection of players, but getting you know, Freddie comfortable here in his second
year. MOOKI is Mookie and he's having another MVP caliber year. But it's
like Jason Hayward, David Pearl to Miguel Rojas. I've really poured into some
of those young guys that we have on our ball club, and it's fun
for me to watch these guys come together. You mentioned Freddie Freeman. Obviously
his reputation is out there as being one of the great teammates, but now
that he's in it, what if you learned about him? I just you
know, I had a good fortune of playing with Jim Tommy, Travis Fryman
and guys like that. I'll Marvus Scale, who didn't take plays off,
but Freddie Freeman has taken it to another level. And you remember that first
at the game and the bat in that first game, you know it's a
ten twelve at bat. Then he ends up getting a bass hit and I've
never seen a player Rosie that in the box on the bass is on defense.
He just does not take one playoff. And this is two years incounting
for me seeing it, and I just marvel at him every day. They'd
great to see it as always. Good luck the rest of the way.
Thank you, Thanks Rosie, it's all. He is a pleasure, great
Sea. I one of the good guys in the game. Dave Roberts the
manager for the Dodgers, and he has that team clicking on all cylinders.
Once again, stay with us when we come back. We'll talk farm system
for the Guardians with Rob Sortfolio, the director of player development at stands Don
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Potential savings will vary. Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse back
with you for our final segment from Toronto and earlier this week, we had
a chance to visit with Director of Player Development rops or Folio and we focused
in on High a Lake County and we start on the offensive side position player
side, talking about Chase Dlauder and outfielder, former top round trap pick for
the Guardians, who after overcoming some early injury issues. You Rob says it
was worth the weight because they really liked the direction that Dlauter is headed in.
Now. Yeah, I think a unique start to Chase his career with
in the draft last year was battling the foot injury that took pretty much all
the way through the off season. Had a little bit of a recurrence of
a similar issue in the off season right ahead of spring training that the latest
season. But we are really thankful to have him back and to able to
see him out on the field playing pretty much every day and all over in
the outfield, and just the type of athlete and tools that this guy has,
plus the competitor in the way that he goes about his work has been
pretty special to see on a day in, day out, and I think
not a surprise that he's putting up some of the impressive numbers that he has
so far. And do you look at him as a power bat or is
it more good hard hit line drives hopefully all areas in between and both of
those descriptors. That is a guy that I think if you go watch him
play, you're very likely to see him put a ball over two north of
one hundred and five miles per hour in play. And we're working on like
some of the angles in which you see those actually put in place that he
can do the most damage possible. And but just like the well rounded skill
set here is really impressive. I mean, he's a guy that rarely swings
and misses, he can run, he can play defense, center field,
right field, left field. We're getting him in exposure and really all three
and has a chance to hopefully can and you just grow and improve as a
pro. And yeah, he's going through it all of our first year guys
do of adapting to the affiliate schedule and travel and how to prepare my body
most effectively and how do I get better during the grind of the minor league
season. And so far that's been really impressive to see for a guy in
his first taste at that. Jake Fox has been in the organization for a
little bit, real versatile and how's this season going down at Lake County.
Yeah, So Jake's a guy that, you know, high school kid in
the twenty twenty one draft that we challenged in Low A last year and got
off to a slow start this year in Lake County and that was tough for
him. And it's a kid that's performed pretty much every time he's ever been
on a baseball fill his entire life. And there's a lot of good that
comes out as some of these conversations. And you know, we've had a
lot of those with Jaco about how we're gonna set up his off season for
success. And I think just one of the great things about him is just
like Chase, just an incredibly hard worker, wants to come to the yard
and get better. And he has used the first two months of the season
to fuel him appropriately. Since the All Star break, some of the numbers
he's put up has been pretty impressive. He's still one of the younger kids
in that league as just a second year pro. And so, you know
what we're excited about continuing to work with Jake, and some of that's offseason,
some of that's continuing to use the last couple of weeks in front of
US here. Khalil Watson is new to the organization, acquired in the Josh
Bell trade with the Marlins. Young player. Sounds like the upside and potential
is really intriguing. And what have you seen performance why so far from him?
Yeah, I mean, rarely do you get a first rounder to come
over just one or two years into his professional career. And so I think
Khalil's still learning a lot about our organization. We're learning a lot about him.
But the things that have stood out just right out of the gate is
bat speed, athleticism, chance to impact the ball on both sides. So
he's played second base for US, he's played short stop. He's you know,
maybe been a little bit unlucky in terms of those surface level numbers that
you'll see on a scoreboard of average, and just you know, some of
the cumulative metrics like home run totals, where we're actually really impressed with some
of the things this guy's doing behind the scenes of making good swing decisions and
impacting the baseball when he puts it in play, and and you know,
generally putting the base the bat on the baseball. So process wise, I
think there's a lot to be excited about and just as we continue to see
more out of him. He's an exciting young player. You mentioned middle endfield.
Does he stay there well? As you're well aware, Rosie, we
have a collection of middle endfielders, so we will rotate him around, but
we see him as a middle infielder. We think he's got the tools to
play up the middle, and you know, we do so intentionally because we
think that pushes our guys athletically to see spins, see reads off the bat
in different positions, and Khalil will be right in the middle of that group,
a play who has moved up. Milan Tolentino obviously did some good things
at Lake County. What earned him the promotion at Double A. Yeah,
Milan got a taste there right at the end of last year when the Lake
County team had that successful run, got in the playoffs, almost won the
whole league. He was a huge staple of that and another guy you know,
similar when we talked about with the Fox of we looked at the end
of his year, how can we help make this guy the most complete player
that we can next year so that he could make his way to Double A,
And a lot of that was strength, bat speed, impacting the baseball
a little bit more consistently. He has some of the really sound defensive traits.
He can really play shortstop. He can play third and second if you
need him too. So we were trying to build a little bit more of
the engine on offense. Physically. He did just that, and you know,
similar to Fox, got off to a little bit of a humbling start.
Put Man, he picked it up in the month of June and July.
I think he was a Player of the Month in the Midwestern League.
For all of July, I led the league in hits and was doing some
damage with that. So it's been impressive to see some of the gains he
made in the offseason translate as the summers went on, and you know,
we felt like it was time to see that tested in Double A and try
and find the next area for him to make that next jump. You mentioned
that that offseason work and reshaping. You have a young man outfielder Joe Lampy,
who we saw at Major League spring training games. Very impressive, but
it sounds like his season might not be up to his standards, and what
are you looking for to do with him in the off season? Again,
him where he wants to be. Yeah, I think if Joe is sitting
here with us, he'd tell you the same thing. You know, one
of the things I love most about about Lamp is just his competitive drive on
that shows up both on field and off field. So just having guys with
that mindset is a great starting point. And yeah, Joe was a guy
that got major league exposure up in Spring Train, did some really good things
up there, So we know what this guy can do. We know what
talent he has, and at times has struggled this year. He got off
to a tourid start and then has cooled off since. And guy who's in
his first year. The physical toll of just minor league baseball is tough.
These guys have never played one hundred and forty games in their lives. They've
never had to travel while doing that every day. So, you know,
we're really excited about some of the things with Joe that he's already talked to
his hitting coaches about, already talked to the S ANDC department about that.
In the off season, we're going to pay a path to, you know,
hopefully put him in a position to more consistently showcase the best version of
him rops or folio joining us. He's the director of player development for the
Guardians. Were talking single a Lake County, the High A level, and
on the pitching side of things, Parker Messic. I think we talked about
him maybe the first time we talked Lake County way back when a college kid
who sounds like he's had a really positive year he has, and Parker super
competitive, a lot of fire energy when he's out between the between the white
lines. And went through a little bit of the early season. Okay,
I'm adjusting. I came from a like a premier college program where I was
the best guy on that team and I always had success. And despite that,
I'm having to learn how to adjust. And I think a huge credit
goes to Parker, Like from the second week got him, he really worked
physically to get himself body composition, strength, power, and a better position
to be able to handle a hundred plus innings. He's took the ball every
week every five days now in Lake County and gone out there and just has
gotten better and better. And a lot of that's just his willingness to be
coached, his willingness to like learn some of the finer elements of how his
arsenal plays and from an execution from a plan of attack standpoint, been really
exciting to see him learn develop just use his experiences early in the year when
he started in Lynchburg for US and performed really well and has gotten better despite
being pushed at a higher level. So yeah, another young lefty that has
some of the ingredients that we're hoping to see more and more out of.
Ethan Hankins has been on the radar since his draft here, very highly regarded,
but injuries have just crushed his development in terms of pacing. I'm sure
that he would like to be at He's been on a mount a fair amount
this summer. And what are you seeing? Is he making some progress toward
where he'd like to go? He is, and I you know, to
your point, I think this is a guy that has name. Because of
the injuries, he just hasn't pitched really since twenty nineteen, and to see
him go through you know, you think of the year of the covid Er
we all lost the season, he gets hurt in spring training in twenty twenty
one where we had the delayed season, he misses all of last year.
To see him back out there in one I think speaks to just his desire
to be a an impactful Major leaguer or to turn over every stone possible to
do that. And he'd be the first one to tell you this has been
a difficult road to get back. But as he has pitched this year in
Lake County, you know, we were being really conscious about his workload early.
He threw five innings his last time out, his velos maintaining in the
mid nineties, and we're really seeing a lot of the guy that we saw
early in his career and out of high school. And so, you know,
I just have a big smile on my face talking about Ethan because I
know that this has been a difficult journey. We are far from the finish
line. He knows that, but just the consistency in which he's been able
to go out there, have fun compete at a high level with some of
the stuff that he pitched with when he was a top, top prospect in
baseball has has been just a huge credit to him. In our pitching group
and our mental skills department and everybody our rehab team, like what a collective
effort. And it hasn't always been easy, but it's it's been really fun
and rewarding for a lot of people to see Ethan back out there and having
fun on the mound again. And in closing will switch Gears. You just
had a trip to the Dominican Republic seeing the summer team down there at the
complex. Just an overview. How is it looking down there? I know
you have some comparisons from years past and and what are you seeing this year
when you go down there. It's an exciting group. And you know,
jose Mahia, who runs our facility down there, we have, you know,
two teams worth the staff and these guys are literally just finished their season
yesterday actually, so sixteen seventeen year old's playing sixty plus games for the first
times in their lives is a challenge. It's almost like a high school team,
and these guys are learning the very basics of hopefully things that will help
them out in progressive field in the future. And just the talent level that
we have and the quality of coaching is really impressive and just always fun to
go down there and see some of our youngest players going through the learnings that
is the Dominican Summer League is always fun and you know, we're really excited
about the group that we have for the future. There Rob always great day
long. Thank you, thank you for having me appreciate you. Woo a
lot to get to This week with Rob sir folio, we thank him for
his time bringing us update on some of the good prospects at single A Lake
County. That's gonna do it for this edition of Guardians Weekly. Thanks so
much as always to Brian Matsey for all of his help in putting together our
show each week. Until next time, This is Jim Rosenhouse reminding you that
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