WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:07.480 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly is front 2 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:50.960 to you by Progressive helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance. Hi, 3 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:57.119 everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse along with you from Progressive Field 4 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.479 in downtown Cleveland where the Guardians are taking on the White Sox to open up 5 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:04.799 a new homestand it began on Friday night, runs through the weekend, and 6 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:10.560 then the Blue Jays come to town for a four game series next Monday through 7 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:15.159 Thursday. So some good baseball coming up on this homestand Guardians trying to hang 8 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:21.040 in there in the American League Central Division chase despite some moves at the trade 9 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.319 deadline that have made it more challenging and some injury issues as well. And 10 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:27.760 we will get the full rundown later on in the show. In case you 11 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:33.439 missed it. On Wednesday, Chris Antonettie, the president of Baseball Operations, 12 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:38.480 joined Tom Hamilton on the broadcast and just explained the moves, why they were 13 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:42.400 made, why he was in Houston on the final day of the road swing, 14 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:47.200 all of that that's coming up in the second half of our show today. 15 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:52.400 We'll also here from outfielder Stephen Quan and infielder Gabriel Arias. And we'll 16 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:56.680 have much more as well coming up on this edition of Guardians Weekly. But 17 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.959 first our weekend review, and it was on the yield. A tough week 18 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:05.599 certainly for the Guardians to begin, as they were swept three straight in Houston 19 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:09.080 on Monday, a seven to three loss against the Astros, and then on 20 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:15.759 Tuesday, history made by Houston as we saw a no hitter from from bert 21 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:20.719 Valdez. He had everything working in the no hit bid. And here's Hammy 22 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:23.879 with the final out in the ninth inning with the Guardians facing a no hitter 23 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:30.840 from from Bervaldez, thirty three thousand, seven h three ready to erupt. 24 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:38.520 Here's the wind up. Here's the O two pitstick Allagher swinging a broken bet 25 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:46.400 flare to short talk by Penya, a no hitter for from Bervaldez. Dam 26 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:57.919 up scene between whole plate and the pictures bound only a fifth inning walk keeping 27 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:04.400 this no hitter from being a perfect game. And folks, you may come 28 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:09.879 to baseball for the next fifty years and not see a more dominant performance. 29 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:19.159 Not a hard hit ball all night long, and from Burveldez if there is 30 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:28.319 such a thing, seemingly cruised to a no hitter as Veldez tonight no hits 31 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:35.919 Cleveland, making ninety three pitches, striking out seven, he walked one, 32 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:40.560 and he finished the ball game with a broken bat looping liner to the shortstop 33 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:50.520 Jeremy Painia. And so the final here tonight in Houston from Burveldez taking center 34 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:55.800 stage and putting his name in the record book with as impressive an outing as 35 00:03:55.840 --> 00:04:02.199 you may ever see, a no hitter for veld and Houston beats Cleveland by 36 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:08.879 a final score of two to nothing. And again, always tough when your 37 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.560 team is on the losing side of that, and certainly the guardians felt that, 38 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:15.480 but when you have a chance to witness history, it is something special. 39 00:04:15.480 --> 00:04:20.000 And the fans there in Houston treated to a big night from Frombervaldez. 40 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:26.560 How about that the sixteenth no hitter in Houston Astro's history, including the postseason, 41 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:30.120 as they had one in the World Series a year ago. But just 42 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:33.040 remarkable when you consider some of the other teams that have had very few no 43 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:40.639 hitters, and when you consider Cleveland such a pitching rich organization, especially lately, 44 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:45.519 and their last no hitter was the Perfect Game by Lenny Barker back in 45 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.319 May of nineteen eighty one. Moving on with the weekend review, Thursday was 46 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:53.680 an off day after a loss on Wednesday to wrap up the road swing, 47 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:57.879 so the team returned home on Friday night looking to get back on the winning 48 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:02.279 track against a White Sox team that also was in full cell mode during the 49 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:05.879 trade deadline period, and the Guardians jumped out to an early lead in the 50 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:13.600 first inning when second baseman Andre Simenez doubled, bringing up Jose Ramirez, now 51 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:17.160 the one one a swing on a groundball base it into center, stayed back 52 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:21.920 on a changeup, and rips an RBI singled a center as Jimenez will score 53 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:28.360 all right, now, Cleveland's doing a nice job staying back on the Clevinger 54 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:32.560 changeup, and Ramirez with an RBI, singled a center to score Jimenez from 55 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:39.439 second Jose Ramirez with his sixty fourth RBI. In the second ning, the 56 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:44.240 Guardians added another run thanks to the legs of Miles Straw and Stephen Quan. 57 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:48.399 He lets it fly, runner goes pitches low throw by grandall Head first slide 58 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:54.120 ball got away from Anderson Carns into shallow center going to third as Straw, 59 00:05:54.959 --> 00:06:00.480 that'll be a steal his thirteenth and likely a throwing air on Grand All because 60 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:05.040 it hit the runner the pitch Kuan's going and he goes without even a throwbing 61 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:13.120 met So that's sixteen steals for quon second, This sending for Cleveland. Now 62 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:16.160 base hit could make it a three nothing game. Here's the one two delivery 63 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:21.120 to Jimenez, bounces all the way to the backstop. The wild pitch will 64 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:28.000 score Straw and put Kwan at third to nothing. Cleveland. Chicago tied the 65 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.959 game, scoring twice in the third inning and then in the fourth. A 66 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:36.199 few fireworks followed the at bat from Brian Rokio. Here's Mike Clevenger's won one 67 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:41.439 swung on and that's line to right, sinking fast and it gets down for 68 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:46.199 a base hit. On his way to second is Rokio. He slides safe 69 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:50.040 at second base as that ball got down just in front of the right field 70 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:56.480 or Trace Thompson. H Rokio has a double. It's his first in the 71 00:06:56.480 --> 00:07:00.680 big leagues. Well, it was a close play at second and the White 72 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:03.639 Sox want to challenge it. So this one is in the hands of New 73 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:09.439 York. Now, on replay, as Rokio is trying to kind of hang 74 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:13.759 onto that bag, he almost overslid it. Maybe he did, or maybe 75 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:19.000 Anderson knocked his hand off, which is the angle we just saw. After 76 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:24.879 the review the call, the field has overturned. The runners out Chicago will 77 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:33.480 retain their child. Wow. So they say that he was tagged out after 78 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:39.639 Anderson appeared to move his hand off the bag, and Terry Francona has come 79 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.040 out to talk about it with Bruce Dreckman. And this is a tough one 80 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:46.839 because the call came from New York, but I think Tito wants a further 81 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:50.639 explanation if he can get it, which I don't think he will, but 82 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:56.600 at least from the angle we had, it looked like Anderson moved moved Rochio's 83 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:01.680 hand off the bag with his glove. Tito has already been ejected recently from 84 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:05.839 a game, and he's now talking about it with the third base umpire Malachi 85 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.879 More. And now Bruce Dreckman gets between Tito and More, and I don't 86 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:18.759 know this is gonna end well for Terry Francona. And he's getting hotter as 87 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.839 we go, and he's been tossed and now he's gonna go have words with 88 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:30.879 more boy, and looking back at the replace not good and Tito, it 89 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.240 sure looked like he had a legitimate argument there and that call was overturned and 90 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:39.159 the base runner taken away and maybe that little spark who knows. But next 91 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:45.720 inning, the Guardians regained the lead courtesy of Andre Simenez. Here comes the 92 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:50.200 two two swung on and hit high in the air to deep right way back 93 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:58.000 there, hot run, Andre simens. The Guardians had moved back in front 94 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:03.600 four two Cleveland as he launched his tenth home run of the season. Did 95 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:11.000 Andre Simenez and the Guardians are back in front. Meanwhile, on the Mount, 96 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:16.080 Logan Allen turned in a strong performance. Now the payoff pitch four to 97 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:20.919 two Cleveland sixth inning swing, and it has got him of the high heat. 98 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:26.480 That'll be pitch number ninety six and in all likelihood the last bitch of 99 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:31.879 the night for Logan Allen, and he has given Cleveland six complete innings. 100 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:39.120 And as he heads to that third base dugout, Cleveland still leads Chicago four 101 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:41.879 to two. Man it was still four to two in the ninth inning with 102 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.600 a manual Class A on trying to close things out. Class as ready. 103 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:52.600 Here it comes a swinging a liner toward right. Brennan is there, pall 104 00:09:52.720 --> 00:10:00.720 game Class gets the saved. Cleveland starts the homestand with a four to two 105 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:05.879 win over the Chicago White Socks. So that's your weekend review. And when 106 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.879 we come back, we'll hear from a couple of Guardians players outfielders Stephen Klarn 107 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.639 and also shortstop Gabriel Arius. That's next as we continue on the Cleveland Clinic. 108 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:20.080 Guardians Radio Network and Progressive we love sports and sending your money. So 109 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:24.240 we bundled them together. The final horse now in the gate and they're off 110 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:28.080 the shutting off with a double turloo jump, leaving a difficult seven ten split 111 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.399 and says moving on the inside rail holding nine ten sent for them. Now 112 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:33.679 it's the head of the final quart of mile. Their neck and neck. 113 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:39.799 It's down to the last frame. Here comes the actual job. 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And then the same hell true certainly on Friday Night and 121 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:30.840 a four to two win, seven ten first pitch on Saturday night, and 122 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.200 it's the night two of Rock and Blast as well with the performance by the 123 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:37.919 band The Heavy Heavy, So a good night again, shaping up for Saturday 124 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.919 night and make a note of it Sunday the Guardians again on the Peacock Network. 125 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:48.840 That means a noon start on Sunday twelve oh five if you need extra 126 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.600 five minutes, but it'll be a tight one turnaround wise on Sunday, so 127 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:58.600 an early start on Sunday for the series finale against the White Sox with the 128 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.679 Blue Jays coming in on Monday. Well, Stephen Quan has had a real 129 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:07.600 solid season here in his second major league season after that tremendous rookie campaign. 130 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:09.720 We had a chance to catch up with him on Monday, and that was 131 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:13.960 when the trade deadline was in full swing for the Guardians. They had just 132 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:20.879 traded Aaron Savali earlier in the day. Savali their top remaining starting pitcher, 133 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:26.120 certainly most veterans starting pitcher and a candidate for July American League Pitcher of the 134 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:28.559 Month on her So he had been throwing very well and we talked to Quan 135 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:33.480 about how the news hit him, especially as well as some of the other 136 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:39.440 young players who looked up to Savali for guidance and experience in their first go 137 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.759 round in the major leagues. Yeah, it's definitely, it's definitely tough. 138 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:45.360 Obviously when I debuted last year, he's one of the guys, so I 139 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.600 kind of attributed this team to and Aaron's Voli in the same kind of breath. 140 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:52.159 He kind of took me under his wing with a lot of stuff. 141 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:54.679 He gave me some advice off to the side, clothing stuff, just how 142 00:12:54.720 --> 00:13:00.840 to handle myself. And to see him go is his real bummer and a 143 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:05.960 quiet at least hourly, very quiet, but inside the clubhouse pretty helpful. 144 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.399 Yeah, definitely, And again he was one of those guys who could just 145 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.080 kind of take you off the side, just kind of give you a little 146 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.759 advice, and it was never like condescending or scolding. It was very much 147 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:16.679 like you know, trying to hear it. Help you just apply this someone 148 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:18.039 told me when I was a rookie, and now he's passing it off to 149 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:22.200 me. So I always appreciate him for that. And you see him pitch 150 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.200 a game like yesterday, it's about as as good as he's been. Yeah. 151 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.080 I mean I feel like people just forget whenever he's healthy, he's always 152 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:30.639 done really well. I think it kind of gets missed out just because you 153 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:31.799 know, he's had the injury by a couple of times, but whenever he 154 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.919 pitches, he gives us a chance. So it's it's yeah, it's sad 155 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:37.919 to see him go. So it comes at a time where the team's only 156 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:43.440 a half game out of first place right now. How do you handle trying 157 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:46.440 to make sure you stay focused and give this give yourself and the team a 158 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.960 real good chance to win and stay in it. Yeah, I mean I 159 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.240 think you just have to take it day by day. I think that's you 160 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.879 know, I say that all the time, lazy excuse to say, but 161 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:56.120 you know, just taking a day by day. Um, there's always gonna 162 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:58.200 be a lot of stuff kind of going around. But as long as you 163 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:01.519 can lean on the people that are still here right now and just kind of 164 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:03.960 believe that we're going for something bigger, you just got to keep going with 165 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:07.399 that. Stephen Kuan joining us home run yesterday, And I know it's not 166 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:11.840 who you are, but it seems like it's a part of your game when 167 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:15.440 you're going well and what's going on lately that's allowed you to drive the ball 168 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:16.639 a little more. Yeah, I think it's just kind of the second half 169 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.279 stuff. A lot of the pictures that I've I've gotten good hits off of, 170 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:22.039 we've seen a couple of times now, So it's just kind of the 171 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:26.399 sample size of understanding what their plan is against me taking a chance when I'm 172 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.159 able to, and yeah, just being able to see them more than once. 173 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:33.879 And there's been inevitable hiccups along the way, But this team really for 174 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:37.960 a couple of months now has been scoring more, hitting for average more. 175 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:41.480 What are you seeing up and down the lineup? That's really encouraging. Yeah, 176 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:43.360 I think early on it was just kind of small sample size. We're 177 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.480 hitting a lot of balls hard at people, but I think the age old 178 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:50.200 wisdom is hitting his contagious and once we get kind of people going, I 179 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.039 think everybody else wants to follow, and especially starts with Jose. I mean, 180 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:56.080 once you start seeing him hit and you just want to you just want 181 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.360 to hit with him. I'm staying with Josh. I mean, once those 182 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:00.879 guys get hot, I think it trickles down. Stephen, thanks slot for 183 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:05.759 comba. I appreciate it. That's outfielders Stephen Quan always with some good perspectives 184 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:07.840 on a lot of things, not just hitting, and always nice to have 185 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:11.639 him along. We had a chance to visit as well with Gabriel Arius. 186 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:18.720 The shortstop is getting an opportunity now with the trade recently of Ahmed Rosario opening 187 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:24.120 up that spot at shortstop for Arius, Tyler Freeman, Brian Rocchio among others, 188 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:28.559 and with some translation help from Aggie Rivero, we asked him about getting 189 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:33.519 that chance for some more regular playing time and he said how much that's helped 190 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:43.080 him relax, especially at the plate. Okay, you know, yeah, 191 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:46.360 I feel like I wouldn't call it kind of like a relax a little bit 192 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:48.679 like about the position. I know they're a little very talented and fielders in 193 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:52.440 the organization, so I feel like I need to keep putting the airfore you 194 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:54.279 putting the work. And I think what he has benefited me more is like 195 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.480 the fact that having more chances to put in practice adjustment that I put it 196 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:00.440 on the play, you know, And that comes from playing more right with 197 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.840 early butterfield. It comes out from being able to to make the judgment that 198 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.840 I of my game that I thought I needed to do. And we saw 199 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:10.679 in the last night's game a couple of line drives to write, and it 200 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:12.679 is that more your game. Once you get that down, it can open 201 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:22.559 up some other things for you. No, No, I feel like I 202 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:25.840 mean, even though I've been goetting the results recently going out side of the 203 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:27.279 field to the right field, but always my approach is going to the right 204 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:30.519 field. So in all the instances what I got in either to left field 205 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.159 a third base, it's just now that I'm trying to do that, it's 206 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:36.960 just like I've been a little bit like open too early to something in that 207 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:38.720 regard. But normally my approach is always trying to drive the ball to the 208 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:41.919 right field. Gabby, your baget short, it looks like it's going to 209 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.879 be that that'll be your spot. After playing all over the diamond. Do 210 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:48.919 you just have one glove now or do you still keep the other ones around 211 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:56.320 just in case? I mean, now for the games, I always bringing 212 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:57.879 my inful glove, but I know the other two they're always in the in 213 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:02.679 the tunnel because A ready for anything and anywhere that I can help. And 214 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.920 obviously we're at that point where it's the trade deadline, an uneasy time of 215 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:10.880 year. You've been involved in a huge trade to come here, but very 216 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:14.200 much on the other end of it as a young prospect, how has it 217 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:18.240 been for you and your younger teammates losing a pair of veteran players who mean 218 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:22.240 a lot to this team and still trying to hang in there in the division 219 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:30.319 raceho but ing is always difficult. I think in the personal side, you 220 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:33.880 know there are at more emotions involved in sent sent tentiment because at the end, 221 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:37.480 you know you're there's the guys that you have like live with you, 222 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:41.559 that like your family. But at the end I feel there we may lose 223 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:44.799 some leaders in the clubhouse, but we have different leaders in the clubhouse, 224 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:47.279 and I feel the presence is going to keep us going, to try to 225 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:49.400 keep us competing. And even though it's been difficult. I feel that's part 226 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:52.880 of the game and that's how we got to respond to it. Gabrielle, 227 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:56.720 thanks a lot for the time. Appreciate it. Thank you, Algie, 228 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:00.359 thank you, Thank you guys at short stop gabriel Arius with some translation help 229 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:03.759 from Augie Rivero. Stay tuned. When we come back, we'll hear from 230 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:10.839 President of Baseball Operations Chris Santonetti. That's next the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Networking. 231 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:37.200 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse back with you from Progressive Field 232 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:41.160 in downtown Cleveland. It's been quite a week for the Guardians with the trade 233 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:47.799 deadline coming and going on Tuesday at six pm local time, and the Guardians 234 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:52.200 were active last week trading Amed Rosario to the Dodgers for Noah Synder guard and 235 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:57.920 then earlier this week Aaron Savali heading to Tampa Bay in exchange for Kyle Manzardo, 236 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:03.559 very high regarded first baseman who's at the Triple A level. And then 237 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:07.160 Josh Bell was sent to the Miami Marlins right at the trade deadline for a 238 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:12.839 top prospect as well from the Marlins organization, and also some salary things being 239 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:18.839 moved around as well, so some trades that short term will make it challenging 240 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.720 for the Guardians, and you throw in some injury issues too, and there's 241 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:26.759 a lot going on. So Chris Antonetti stopped by to visit with Tom Hamilton 242 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:33.799 during the broadcast, we are pleased to be joined by Cleveland Guardians President Chris 243 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:37.079 Samtonetti. I think to pull the curtain back a little bit for our fans. 244 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:42.240 Chris, you and Cherney Mike Chernoff, the general manager. You're on 245 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:48.839 a six thirty flight this morning from Cleveland to Houston. How come, Chris, 246 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:51.720 Well, I think we wanted to be here. Obviously, we've made 247 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:55.960 a number of decisions in the last week or so that you affected our team, 248 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:57.839 and we wanted to make sure we were here and accountable and talked through 249 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:02.240 the ration out with everyone. Is this a case I know you didn't have 250 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:07.440 a team meeting per se, because Tito had already done that. We did 251 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:10.319 so yes, Actually, I mean we didn't meet as a team, but 252 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:12.039 it gave us an opportunity to connect with the coaches. We were here early. 253 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:15.480 When the coaches came in, we had a chance to talk through things 254 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:18.519 with them. As players started to filter in, we met with a lot 255 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:21.839 of guys individually, just to hear what was on their mind, both individually 256 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:26.960 and on the team level. And again, I know those conversations are private. 257 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:32.240 I'm not trying to pry, but you know emotion of a clubhouse. 258 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:34.559 You've been down there. Yeah, you know guys aren't going to be thrilled. 259 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.400 Do you do this so that they have a chance to come right to 260 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:41.240 you and say, hey, this is what I think exactly. And we 261 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.720 want to make sure we're available and you're around Tom, you know, you 262 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:47.680 see, we're here in present and we never want our players to be wondering 263 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:51.519 what's going on? Why do they do what they do? And so hopefully 264 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:55.599 they feel comfortable engaging, and we're grateful for the conversations this morning, because 265 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:57.599 the last thing we want them to do is just read maybe some things and 266 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:00.880 interpret from that, or maybe not even read things and interpret what it might 267 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:03.960 mean for them, and things get left unsaid. So this gives us an 268 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:08.759 opportunity to connect with them directly. Was it in your mind worthwhile? Did 269 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:12.400 you find some things out? Or did at least maybe they get a better 270 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.680 understanding. I think that's the important part. It doesn't matter how it sets 271 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:19.200 for me, it matters, is it helpful for them? And at least 272 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:23.559 the players we connected with express the appreciation, and we had some substantive conversations 273 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:26.359 that lasted a while, and I think we're in a good place now as 274 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:30.319 a team and we're ready to move forward and turn the page on what's happened 275 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:32.880 over the last week or so. And I know you were there for Tito 276 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:36.759 when the coaches, I know you guys spoke today because the same thing. 277 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:40.640 I mean, you've got a very competitive group down there, including your coaches 278 00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:44.119 exactly, and we want to make sure they understood the rationale and kind of 279 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:45.880 where we saw things and hopefully we can, like I said, build from 280 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:52.160 here. Gonzalez bags one by the diving third baseman Alex Bregman. Just a 281 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:56.359 sidebar here. Pretty encouraging to see Oscar Gonzalez twice go the other way. 282 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:00.319 Now pulls the single. It has been hopefully Oscar, you know, the 283 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:03.880 time in Triple A will benefit from him. He got consistent at bats outside 284 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:07.359 the spotlight of the major leagues, and can you know, put together more 285 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:11.200 consistent at batswords in the zone a little bit more. And I think what 286 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:14.279 we've seen is when he doesn't have to walk a lot, but when he 287 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:15.839 controls his zone and swing it pitches, he can do damage. He can 288 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:18.920 be an effective major league hitter. So hopefully he builds in that direction. 289 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:22.880 Okay, Chris, and I'm not trying to play the bad guy here, 290 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:26.519 but obviously I'm sure players said to you, Chris, are we trying to 291 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:30.400 win? Yeah? And I think again there maybe a couple of different elements 292 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:34.720 to it. With Ahmed and Josh both extraordinary teammates, but in Amed's case, 293 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:38.559 you know, we were hopeful that we'd be able to head Spark offensively 294 00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:42.119 and go on that run and that his defense would improve, and just it 295 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:45.839 got to a point where it wasn't and we started to feel that we had 296 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:48.519 some better options, and we weren't comfortable having him in Bentroll didn't feel that 297 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:52.559 would be fair to him as a free agent, and so we're will make 298 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:56.680 k tray that we think help Boast, helps both teams. And an important 299 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:59.880 element of that was we were able to bring back Noah sinder Guard. He 300 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:03.440 who provides some another option for us in the starting rotation. Had an encouraging 301 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:07.400 start the other night, and hopefully you can build from that and then in 302 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:11.240 Josh's case again, another tremendous human being. I'm not sure there's a better 303 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:14.839 guy in the game of baseball, a great teammate, But in the end, 304 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.680 we were as we looked at our team construction moving forward, we got 305 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:22.319 to the point where we felt his offensive production and where he was didn't justify 306 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:26.440 having that full time DH, and that we could be better if we had 307 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:30.000 the opportunity to DH Josh Nail or Stephen Kuan, Jose Ramirez to keep them 308 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:33.559 fresh and productive and in the lineup and give some of the other young guys 309 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:38.079 an opportunity to produce. Savali I'm sure was a different conversation. That is 310 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:41.319 a different conversation, And if you look at how our teams have been built, 311 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:45.000 some of the players we see today are a function of trades, difficult 312 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:48.200 decisions we've made during the season. If you look back at the Mike Clevinger 313 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:51.720 trade, which is a trade we made when we were in first place, 314 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:53.359 you know we brought back a lot of guys in that deal that are now 315 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:59.759 helping us. President Chris Antonetti and Mike Chernoff to GM flying down this morning 316 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:03.920 to be able to get the pulse of this club but more importantly to be 317 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:08.480 able to talk to guys, let guys ask questions about the moves that were 318 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:14.640 made with Aaron Savali as well as he pitched. Chris was in a case 319 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:18.240 you felt like you had to take advantage of selling high. Well. I 320 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:22.240 mean, I'm hopeful and believe that Aaron will continue to be a productive major 321 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:25.160 league pitcher, but it is an area where you know, as we look 322 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.880 zoom out and look at where we have some depth, that's a place where 323 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:30.599 we feel we know, as we've seen him with some of the guys that 324 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:33.799 have emerged in the major league level this year and depth in our system that 325 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:37.279 you can never really have enough pitching. But we really have been searching for 326 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:42.279 players that can impact the ball offensively and contribute, especially either major league guys 327 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:45.319 or at the upper level of our minors, and they've been it's been proven 328 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:49.680 it's really difficult to acquire those types of guys, and in Kyle Man's Arto, 329 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:53.079 we feel we have a guy that's capable at some point of developing into 330 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:56.480 a really good major league hitter. And that's really what compelled us to make 331 00:24:56.519 --> 00:25:00.279 the move, not something that we were necessarily looking to do. I'm guessing 332 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:06.359 you're trying to get pitching at some point, correct, because of the the 333 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.960 endings that need to be covered. We did, and that was the some 334 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:11.759 of the impetus with a Noah Synderguard trade and bring him back, and I'm 335 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:14.519 Edwardsario, and you know, we will continue. We have some guys coming 336 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:18.279 off the IL and you know, and guys that are still pitching in Triple 337 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:21.000 A that we feel can come up and contribute and keep us in games and 338 00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:23.640 help us win. And hopefully after that, shortly after that, cal Quantrill, 339 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:27.599 who's going to throw a live VP here on Friday or Saturday, can 340 00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:30.839 continue his progression to rejoin the rotation. And then you know, as we 341 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:34.000 turn to calendar, hopefully to September and early September, we can be looking 342 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:37.880 at Tristan McKenzie and then after that Chaine Bieber. Is McKenzie a point where 343 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:41.920 you've got to make a determination does he need Tommy John or not? I 344 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:45.960 think that that's one of the goals. As we try to ramp up his 345 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:49.160 intensity, we'll learn a lot more. Hopefully he gets through this with conservative 346 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:52.640 treatment and doesn't need surgery, but if he does, we want to know 347 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:56.000 that as soon as possible. Shames not at that degree of severity, is 348 00:25:56.079 --> 00:26:00.319 he that's correct? Yes, based upon what we know right now, Shane's 349 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:03.000 imaging was very was different than Tristan, So we have no reason to think 350 00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:07.079 that surgers on the table for him at this point. You had to do 351 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:11.640 it with the logan Alan, send them to Columbus, then pitch him, 352 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:14.880 not shut him down, but pitch him three innings at a time, some 353 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:17.960 honor to the innings. Do you have to do that with Gavin or Tanner? 354 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:21.359 Baby, We'll take it. We'll continue to see how those guys do. 355 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.920 We want to have an individual plan that makes sense for each of them, 356 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.200 and what works for one may not be the same as the others. 357 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:30.279 So what we'll do is we'll look at each guy. Look are there signs 358 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:34.480 of fatigue? How are they recovering between starts? Are they maintaining their mechanics, 359 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:37.400 are they maintaining inequality of their stuff? And as long as they're able 360 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:41.039 to do that, then you know, we can continue to give them extra 361 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:45.400 days when we can, but continue to have them pitch if we start to 362 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:48.640 see signs where you know they're wearing down or showing fatigue will definitely pull back. 363 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:52.119 Are you worried about the bullpen? Do you think they've shown some fatigue 364 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:56.799 here? It might be fatigue there, It might be other factors that are 365 00:26:56.799 --> 00:27:00.400 a play with different guys. I think maybe some guys are showing fatigue. 366 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:03.680 Other guys simply just aren't executing the way they've been able to execute in the 367 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:06.279 past. So it is an area we need to get back on track. 368 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:08.240 That's such an important part for us as we construct our team, and when 369 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:11.319 we're good, it's usually our bullpens a week part of it. Well, 370 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:15.799 talk about how competitive guys are in that dugout. Same thing holds true with 371 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:19.519 you in Journey. We've seen that first ten. You still think you can 372 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:22.359 catch the Twins, don't you. I think we have the ability to do 373 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:26.240 that. I recognize that you know it will be a challenge. We have 374 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:29.519 a very challenging schedule. The Twins are a good team that are getting healthy, 375 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:32.640 and we are still very young. But I would go back and say 376 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:37.359 the success of our season was will be determined by how well our young players 377 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:41.440 do. How well are they how well did they do at developing and contributing 378 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:44.720 to help us win games at the major league level. That was true in 379 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:48.119 April first, and it's certainly true today. Chris. I know we have 380 00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:52.279 two months to go and you're focused on winning, but are these times now 381 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:57.039 for Rokiel Freeman Arius. I mean, you have a glut of middle infielders 382 00:27:57.119 --> 00:28:02.720 on your forty man too many, I don't believe. So I don't believe 383 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:04.640 you can have too many talented players. We will have to be thoughtful about 384 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:07.200 how we get them at bats. And again, as I talked about earlier, 385 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:12.759 in a roundabout way, you know, moving Josh Bell to the Marlins 386 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:17.039 does free up some of those at bats because we can start to DH Hosey 387 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.440 a little bit, We can move some we can DH those guys, we 388 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:22.960 can move other guys around, So that does free up one spot in the 389 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:26.200 lineup to be able to give at bats, whether it's the Tyler or Brian 390 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:30.880 or Gabby or someone else. That's a place where we could do that, 391 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:34.920 Chris andton Edie with us. Chris, again not getting ahead of ourselves, 392 00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:41.480 but you're still lasting home runs, yep. Will you look in the offseason, 393 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:45.279 do you feel, as much as you guys value contact, you need 394 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:48.200 more guys here with power. We want to score runs. That's the ultimate 395 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:52.960 goal. Power certainly helps that we thought, and again, obviously in retrospect, 396 00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:56.200 it didn't work out the way we had planned with Mike Zignino and Josh 397 00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:02.200 Bell adding some power to our lineup for variety of reasons. It just didn't 398 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:04.440 work the way we envisioned. So we will go into the offseason. I 399 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:08.079 think we believe that the group here has more offensive potential and hopefully we can 400 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:12.000 tap into that, and then we will continue to explore avenues to improve our 401 00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:15.160 offense in other ways, and power certainly a big part of that. Okay, 402 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:19.799 let's talk a little bit about Kyle man Sardo because you actually could have 403 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:23.440 drafted him in the second round two years ago. Tells you what you must 404 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:26.960 have thought of the kid you got from old miss Nick Haze A picture. 405 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:30.480 Ye, who's having a good year at Double A and now you have both 406 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:33.000 kids. Yeah, we're excited. He was actually on our board and a 407 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:37.160 guy we really liked that of the draft. Have followed him in his time 408 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:40.359 in the minor leagues and he's done nothing but continue to hit. He's raked 409 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:44.119 at every level. He's been especially good against right handed pitching, controls the 410 00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:49.160 strike zone, well makes good makes consistent contact impacts the ball well capable of 411 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:52.640 extra base hits. Has had a little bit of a down year this year, 412 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.000 but it's mostly kind of balls in play and where they whether they have 413 00:29:56.119 --> 00:30:00.200 or not, they fell for hits. But he's got the ingredients. It's 414 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:03.400 to be a really good major league hitter. Now how quickly that might happen 415 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:07.039 or what type of hitter we'll have to see because no one has a perfect 416 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:08.839 crystal ball. But he's got the attribute to look for for a guy to 417 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:14.400 be success. How far away to see from joining Columbus. So he started 418 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:17.799 his rehab progression from a shoulder injury he had an early July, and you 419 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:19.119 know, we're hopeful in the next couple of weeks he can be able to 420 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:25.519 join the Columbus team and continuous season. There is the Khalil Watson kid like 421 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:30.240 a lottery ticket in that you might hit the jackpod with him, hopefully a 422 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:33.880 little bit more better odd than the lottery. But yes, he's got a 423 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:40.440 great and unbelievable upside. He's an explosive athlete. He mean, you watch 424 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:42.680 him and you can see he uses athleticism. You know, he's got a 425 00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:45.240 good eye at the plate, he can really impact the ball when he makes 426 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:49.920 contact. He's athletic defensively, so you can see the tool and skill package 427 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:53.160 for him to emerge as a really good player. He hasn't done that yet 428 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:56.839 in the minor leagues, but has the pedigree you know as a former first 429 00:30:56.920 --> 00:31:00.279 round pick, and when you look at his skills and tools to develop into 430 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:03.839 something that could be really exciting for us. He's Want twenty. He's twenty 431 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:08.319 drafted out of high school. He had some maturity issues that are growing pains 432 00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:12.039 that he's still working through, but he's made progress for that and hopefully he 433 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.319 can continue the right direction there too. Because of what you've got here in 434 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:21.720 the system to handle that kind of stuff, are you less concerned about them? 435 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:23.960 Do you feel like, hey, look, we have a culture here, 436 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:27.400 We've got the kind of people that we think we might be able to 437 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:30.720 better help some of these kids. I believe so. We're not naive, 438 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:33.920 and we know that we don't change anyone. People have to make the determination 439 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:37.119 themselves to make progress on things. But I do believe we have the right 440 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:40.799 environment, the right culture, the right resource, and the right people to 441 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.880 help people. What wong in that regard. Yes, Chris, we can't 442 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:48.440 thank you enough. This was really helpful. We really appreciate my pleasure to 443 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:51.240 be with you as always, Tom, thanks for having me. Good stuff 444 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:53.440 there from Chris Anton Eddie. Stay with us. We'll have our final segment 445 00:31:53.559 --> 00:32:00.359 after this time out on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Progressive knows we're 446 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:04.960 all trying to save right now. Hey, at least we're still enjoying baseball 447 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:07.480 on a Saturday night, right, even if it is t ball. Yeah, 448 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:10.440 the tickets to the majors are just so expensive now, and who knows, 449 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:14.920 maybe we're seeing a pro in the making. Sure you're twenty years How 450 00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:19.559 is he safe? Boom? This obstruct the up is only fourteen? We 451 00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:22.799 don't really do that. Oh my bad. You're doing a great job. 452 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:27.519 Progressive offers you satings without sacrifice, So save big when you buddle Holme and 453 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:45.279 Auto for theres of Casualty Intrance Company affiliates another introvers Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, 454 00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:49.680 our final segment as we take you up until the top of the hour, 455 00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.240 and if you are tune to us on the radio network today and not 456 00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:58.160 in podcast form, this air is before Rock and Blast this night too of 457 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:01.440 Rock and Blast, and as a specul feature between the end of Game and 458 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:06.079 the start of Rock and Blast, the band The Heavy Heavy is going to 459 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.359 be performing court Berry Trip. Part of the great PR department for the Guardians 460 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:15.279 is here with us in a court part time record promoter, concert booker, 461 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:20.599 something along those lines. But I know you reached out to this band that 462 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:24.160 has really started to climb in popularity, and how does this happen in such 463 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:28.680 a short period of time. It seems where you can get them to come 464 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:30.960 and play a venue like this right on, Rosie, thank you for having 465 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:36.240 me. This band's got an interesting story. They're from the UK, They've 466 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:39.880 only been out a couple of years putting out music and I finally got to 467 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:44.759 see them the first week in June at their show in Detroit. First US 468 00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:49.279 tour talked to Will and Georgie, the two primary vocalists. It's a five 469 00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:53.440 piece band, and the tour manager at the time got back to Cleveland, 470 00:33:53.599 --> 00:34:00.559 talked to Kelly Dredge and Tracy Enji from our Fantastic Live Experience team and this 471 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:04.400 just fits with, you know, the generation's theme of rock and Blast, 472 00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:08.760 our city's history, especially breaking artists from the UK. Like David Bowie, 473 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:14.320 his first show is here in nineteen seventy two, September I think, and 474 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:17.039 then he came back and did two more in November the same year. So 475 00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:23.000 Cleveland did a lot to help him WMMS as part of that, and you 476 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:27.199 know, maybe we can do the same for this crew. So they're from 477 00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:32.159 the UK. What are their feelings about playing a baseball ballpark, a sport 478 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:35.719 that maybe they're not that familiar with. What does it mean to them to 479 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:39.599 be here tonight? Well, we literally just drove them upstairs after Lowden got 480 00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:44.280 their equipment out of the van they left it. They left Appleton, Wisconsin 481 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:46.639 this morning around eight am and drove all the way here. So it was 482 00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:50.960 cool and the golf card on the way up here to hear some of some 483 00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:53.239 of their thoughts and feelings. But they've never played in front of a crowd 484 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:58.079 quite this large. They're playing festivals, but you know, even the biggest 485 00:34:58.119 --> 00:35:01.599 ones generally don't get up to thirty five thousand people. So that, paired 486 00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:05.840 with the fact that I don't think that they've yet attended an American sporting event, 487 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:07.519 I think this is going to be a really unique experience for them. 488 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:13.360 Give us a kind of a synopsis of the music that the fans will hear 489 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:15.639 if they're here tonight. Yeah, in their own words, I think Will 490 00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:20.760 and Georgie talk a lot about bringing forth the best sounds of the sixties and 491 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:24.880 the seventies, So it's almost a mix between you know, that Laurel Canyon 492 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:31.599 rock folk Americana type sound and the British Invasion, and I think what you 493 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:38.320 have there is maybe a psychedelic version of Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac really reverb 494 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:43.920 soaked vocals, a lot of cool sounds that you would have heard from those 495 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:46.679 previous eras. And again that fits a lot with the theme that our live 496 00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:52.039 experienced team came up with for this summer. Generations. Your full time job, 497 00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:55.679 you're around players, coaches, managers, teams. Any similarities of what 498 00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:00.079 this group here does. It's a small team of five, but any similarities 499 00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:04.599 that you see absolutely. I mean, I don't envy the way that they're 500 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:07.440 traveling night after night and loading their own equipment in and out. But as 501 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:12.599 you can also relate to the travel, it does become a grind and you've 502 00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:16.519 got a like a family on the road traveling circus more or less On the 503 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:20.039 flip side of that, I think there's a lot of adrenaline and getting to 504 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:22.880 tour the United States the way that they are sort of resembles what we do 505 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:29.360 in that regard. We go to great cities and see new things and meet 506 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:36.119 new people. So there's a lot of overlap between the ven diagrams of sports, 507 00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:39.360 entertainment and music, and I think those of us that do one have 508 00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:43.960 a lot of curiosity about the other and vice versa. Well, thank you 509 00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:47.679 for booking The Heavy Heavy for tonight's Rock and Blast two. It should be 510 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:51.320 a lot of fun. Thank you, Rosie, and I'd also like to 511 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:53.920 send out a special thank you to our friends at AEG who did play a 512 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:57.719 part in helping them make this happen. So I want to mention that The 513 00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:02.679 Heavy Heavy will also be playing Cleveland Sunday night at Jacob's Pavilion alongside the Revivalists 514 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:06.760 and Band of Horses, great stuff from court Berry Trip, part of the 515 00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:10.800 PR Department and a music aficionado as it were. And again, if you're 516 00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:15.920 listening to this on the radio network prior to Game two of the series between 517 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:19.880 the White Sox and the Guardians, you can come on down if you are 518 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:23.159 coming on down. You can catch the Heavy Heavy after the game, prior 519 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:25.760 to Rock and Blast. And if you don't have tickets yet, there are 520 00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:30.840 still some tickets available. Limited, but are still some tickets available for tonight's 521 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:32.079 game. And that's going to do it for our show this week. Until 522 00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:37.800 next time. This is Jim Rosenhouse reminding you that you've been listening to Guardians 523 00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:43.119 Weekly on the Cleveland Clinic, Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly. 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