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Welcome to Guardian's Weekly. Jim Rosen House along with you from the Guardian
Spring Training Complex in Goodyear, Arizona, where we head deeper into spring training.
A week's worth of games in the books, and then now we're starting
to get into that pocket of spring training where your regulars in the starting rotation
are getting their first appearances out of the way. We saw Gavin Williams throw
on Thursday against the Angels over in timp and Williams with two impressive innings.
Shane Bieber will take them mound today. If you're listening to this. On
Saturday when it airs on the Guardians Radio Network, Bieber will face the Royals
in a radio game at three zero five from right here in Goodyear. And
then tomorrow Sunday, Tanner Biby makes his spring debut on the mound. In
game action, all of these guys, they've been throwing a live bullpen,
some sim games, things like that to get ready, but no need for
game action just yet. But they get into that here as we head into
the second week of games here in the Cactus League. Coming up a little
bit later on in our show today, we will hear from Guardians hitting coach
Chris Vleeka as he tries to help hitters unlock a little bit more power in
some of the things that they're doing to facilitate that. We will also visit
with utility man David Frye, who really came on and provided some value a
year ago at so many different positions, including on the mound, with some
impressive pitching performances. We will check in with one of the younger players on
the roster, at least in spring training, trying to make this club as
a potential power source in the outfield. That's Estevan Floril, who was acquired
in an offseason deal with the New York Yankees. But first up on our
show this week, it is Tristan McKenzie. McKenzie, coming off a year
where he spent most of the season on the injured list. He was progressing
nicely in spring training, tracking as he normally would toward a spot in the
starting rotation, but in his last start of the spring felt some soreness in
his shoulder, so he was taken off the roster and spent the early portions
of the season on the injured list, and then when he came back,
just a couple of appearances and he had some elbow issues after that. So
in total a year ago, Mackenzie only four appearances for the Guardians, and
that was after a real breakthrough season in twenty twenty two when he won eleven
games as era was under three, pitched one hundred and ninety one innings.
I mean, he was a big key to the Guardian's success back in twenty
twenty two when they made the postseason. When we caught up with them earlier
this spring, we asked him how things are going so far this spring and
where he is in terms of his build up toward the season. I mean,
it's it's I guess it's a little slower, but I think the goal
is to make it out of spring training and make it two season. It's
not necessarily a case of me making the team or me trying to come out
here to prove something. It's more about making sure that I'm healthy throughout the
spring training process and being able to contribute to the team during the games that
mean something. You had a chance to get back on the big league mound
at the end of last season. How did that help you with your off
season programs, everything you're trying to do to get ready and be ready.
Yeah, I mean, I think being able to throw at the end of
the year gave me a lot of clarity going into the off season. It
just eased my mind one knowing that I wasn't hurt or I could go into
a rehab style of off season without feeling that I was doing a full rehab
and coming back from an injury. I was able to go out there and
pitching games and feel healthy and then go into the off season really just work
on some strength things, work on some mechanical things, just to be ready
for right now and to be ready for season. Anything different from what you
normally do in the winter time or was it pretty much the same that you're
used to Yeah, I mean the off season itself was pretty similar to what
I normally do. I mean, there was a little bit more like back
and forth in terms of contact with the team about how I was feeling and
just what the off season program look like. But outside of that, it
was very status quo. You mentioned some mechanical adjustments, things that you might
look at. What is it that you do look at in that situation?
Yeah, I mean, so, I think a big thing is in terms
of arm health is being able to use your legs. So just kind of
looking at my delivery and figuring out ways to maybe lessen the load on my
shoulder and my elbow a little bit and driving some of that down the chain
and maybe being able to pick that up with my legs a little bit.
And I think my delivery is in a really good spot. I think it
was good before, but you're always tweaking, You're always tinkering, trying to
make it a little bit better, and it feels probably the best step of
help right now. Hard to do that when you're used to maybe doing it
a different way. Maybe not a completely different way, but just some subtle
adjustments. Yeah, I mean, I think it's hard to make adjustments in
your delivery when you're competing middle of the season. Adjustments are hard because you're
looking for results as well as trying to get your work in. I think
being able to kind of sit out and then head into an offseason, we're
able to kind of break down the mechanics a little bit and really get into
the nitty gritty of what we're doing on the mound. Definitely helped me as
opposed to trying to make mechanical adjustments in season you get sore. There's different
things. Tristan McKenzie joining us as The Guardian's open spring training and how different
is it around here first time in your career where there's a new manager in
Steven Voting, And how has camp been? What have you noticed? Yeah,
I mean, I think the energy has been great since since day one.
For me, A lot of guys showed up early, which you don't
necessarily see. I think you see a lot of guys. You may see
half the guys show up early and then the other guys show up on report
date. I think every player was out here before the official report date,
the eighteenth, so that was really good to see. I think Voter has
been doing sorry, I think Vote's been doing a really good job of just
keeping the guys engaged, being able to interact with not just the veteran players,
but interact with some of the younger guys and make them feel involved.
It feels like a very team effort. Sounds kind of cliche to say,
but we're definitely a family now. It sounds like a common theme that for
the players who were here last year, disappointment and kind of just the season
didn't go the way everyone wanted. And what's that feeling coming in here when
you have a year like that. I mean, I think a lot of
the guys are coming in thinking the only way is up. I think a
lot of guys were disappointed in how the season ended for us more just because
they knew that we weren't playing our best baseball. And I think coming into
the offseason and then coming in the spring training, guys are looking to put
their best foot forward and really change that narrative from last year and really come
out with some new energy and really do well this year. You've been in
the game a while, you like this time of year spring training? Yeah,
I mean there's a different kind of energy around this time of year as
well as like the beginning of the season. I think everybody's kind of happy
to go home at a certain point in the off season. But I think
once January hits and you can smell baseball around the corner, there's no there's
nothing like it. By what a key it would be if Tristan McKenzie is
full on, ready to go and throwing well when the season begins for the
starting rotation and the Guardians as a whole, stay with us. When we
come back. We'll hear from young outfielder Estevan Florial, new to the organization
this year, and we'll talk to him about that when we return after this
on the Cleveland plant Guardians Radio Network, Tristan McKenzie has blank Tampa on one
hip, has struck out seven and has walked one. The pitch a swang
an a mess fastball in ninety three miles an hour, and McKenzie has really
held his velo today. And we always talk so much about Tristan McKenzie working
up at the top of the zone with a fastball. That time he buried
that fastball that had that running action in on the right handed hitter, almost
like a two seamer down the set. Now the O two delivery curveball Adam
swinging, so Margo strikes out and McKenzie strikes out the side. Tom Severt
holds them Mange League record. He struck out ten Padres in a row in
nineteen seventy. Now the payoff pitch straight three call curveball and a new club
record eight consecutive strikeouts for Tristan McKenzie. A curveball got Jake Lamb looking and
Corey Klueber has been pushed out of the record books by the twenty three year
old right hander Tristan McKenzie, who has struck out ten today, including the
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Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhaus back with you from Goodyear, Arizona
and the Guardians Spring Training Complex. Guardians getting ready to take down the Can's
City Royals on Saturday afternoon, a radio game that begins with a first pitch
of three to five. Shane Bieber making his debut on Saturday against Kansas City
Taner. Biby will face the Giants tomorrow, also here in Goodyear, and
another game that we'll have on the radio for you again with a three to
five first pitch. A lot of battles in the outfield, trying to make
this ball club. Several young potential power bats, including Estevan Florial, new
to the organization, acquired from the Yankees just before the New year in exchange
for young pitcher Cody Morris. Floriel has been in the Yankees organization since twenty
fifteen, but he is still only twenty six years of age. He's shown
some power, especially in recent seasons, with more than one hundred minor league
home runs during his pro career in the Yankees system. He also has seen
some sporadic time in the major leagues, but nothing to the extent where he
could really get going at the major league level. Last year, did damage
at Triple A Scranton and Wilkesbury with twenty eight home runs and seventy nine runs
driven in. We had a chance to visit with Floriel earlier this spring,
and he talked about how it's going with a new and at times unfamiliar organization.
To him, it's fun on I would say challenging because I mean you
come here like with a little expectation on new people you have to meet,
but so far it's challenging. By then overall, I mean the team have
made it easy for me because this runciation had been like Roy mood On,
I really love here so far. You had a couple of opportunities the last
several years at the big league level with the Yankees. When you heard of
the trade, were you surprised and if so, how come and what was
your reaction. I wasn't surprised because I mean back then there was been a
lot of trade, I mean in the off season. And I said,
I mean, something is gonna happen because so many I feel that there's not
a lot of opportunity like to be I mean just three can play or winning
the bench. There was like a bunch of them, and I said,
I mean something was gonna happen. But when they called me like they said,
like get trade, I mean I look forward to into like new opportunity
to the new chapter. We are big power numbers a year ago. What
are you working on to try and make that last step and make it consistent
to stay up here? Well, you know, I'm trying to stick with
the something I did last year, So try to I mean, have the
same routine I had last year, or just took a lot of a couple
of things to get better at it. But for me, it's gonna just
to stick with the thing I did last year. I know there's a lot
of things like I have to et better at yet, but mainly stayed to
it. Did something click in for you that that was really successful, that
maybe it was different from years past? I would say yes, I would
say like for me, I was trying to be like earlier and I usually
like when I start hitting, I just wanted to be earlier and try to
do less. So I try to just put the bone play on on.
When we do that, a lot of things can happen. How about defensively,
I know the manager Stephen Vote has already mentioned a really good arm andy
outfield, and uh, is there a spot you prefer be at a corner
or in center? Honestly, I mean I have to play more set of
field than anything. If I had to choose one of them, I would
rather stay because I mean I like to be like in the set of field,
but overall, like I have played like right field on I field,
I focal through with those positions. Two d end, He's kind of like
tried to help the team. Try to it doesn't matter where that put your
right, left or sort of field, Like I tried to do your job
on try to give the team the best chance you can. Analgain born and
raised in the Dominican Republic, and yet you're English. As our listeners can
clearly understand it, it's tremendous. Tell us about that path. How did
you learn it so well? And how long did it take you to really
feel comfortable with it? I mean, I keep having challenged with it yet
because there's a lot of things I den'ty yet. But like I said,
like I studied before I signed, when I came here to United States,
I get better at it, but every day, like I keep learning and
I can improve it. Do you try and talk with a lot of the
English speaking players or doesn't matter if you're around the Latin speaking players more or
less. I would say, like absolutely. I mean at the end,
I mean most of the culture speak English, show and you want to be
able to even talk with the coaches, so with the media too, because
I mean I'm not I mean if you even if you spend in English,
but I you're in the United States. At the end, you you have
to learn the language, and he's gonna help you a lot. I have
been helping me a lot. So and your third language is Creole. Anybody
on these teams speak that? I don't know yet, I haven't find out.
I actually it's the second one, because I mean I would have said
the second one because Carol on the Spanish I learned them at the same time.
I would say, but if I would say the second one, I
would say c rel Yeah. Al, I don't know if anyone here Nobo,
Hey, before we let you go, new team for you? Uh,
what have you seen so far that has you excited that if you make
this club it could be a contending ball club in the division. I mean
obviously it's like, yeah, my own ball club. I mean, the
talent is huge here, I mean, the the hungry to to a a
ball game, on to a championship too. I don't like they want to
win here, so everybody, everybody that rings like for a purpose. On
the end, he's kind of like they want us to to we complain ballpark
home playing team two other Ton Obogam. I feel like we have a lot
of young talent here on kind of like I have a good potention to a
U Entrepreneur Championship and test von Floriel and it would be interesting to see how
long a look Floriel gets along with Jonathan Rodriguez and John Kenzie no well,
all outfielders and also working out there is the Rule five draft selection from the
Diamondbacks. Twenty year old Davison deal Santos. He's also in that mix,
and again they all have that similar profile, a lot of power, some
home run numbers in the minor leagues, but also some strikeouts. So I
will see what the balance is and if any of them can crack the roster
come opening day, well we'll take a time out and when we come back,
we'll hear from hitting coach Chris. That's next. As we continue with
Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network, Jim Rose announced back with
you from Goodyear Arizona Guardians spring training as we welcome you back into Guardians Weekly
prior to the Guardians game against the Kansas City Royals on this Saturday afternoon.
If you're tuned in on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio network, that's just one
of the ways you can hear our show each week. You can also pick
it up in podcast form. It usually hits later in the day on Saturday
or Sunday, and that's wherever you download your favorite podcast. Well. Chris
Bika is starting his third season as the Guardians hitting coach. The last two
seasons, the Guardians have been one of the best contact hitting teams in all
of baseball. As last year they struck out fewer times than any team in
baseball, But the flip side was power wise, they hit the fewest Hollm
runs of any team in baseball. So they're trying to find that balance,
that happy medium. And when we caught up with Chris earlier this week,
he talked about what they're trying to do to see if they can't unlock a
little bit more power from some current members of the roster. Yeah, you
know, I think over the last couple of years, kind of the hallmark
of our offense has been you know we're tough to strike out. We have
a contact focus, contact first type offense. I think going into the last
two years, seeing the success that we had in twenty two and then going
to twenty three with a very similar profile when we finished the year, I
think it just exposed some of our margins that, you know, there is
a need for us to IMpower the ball a little bit more frequently. You
know, a pretty big difference when in ninety two games to seventy seventy six
seventy eight games that we won. So I think, you know, the
big emphasis this year for us going into camp is looking to impact the ball,
take more chances. We're going to challenge their timing a little bit more.
We know we can always default back to contact that we have to ramp
up some of that intent and if there is some concession and some some swing
and miss, we're okay living with that because we know we're not going to
fall from the top to the bottom when it comes to making contact. Is
that just the nature of this game. Even if you have similar talent,
you got to somehow figure out a way to stay ahead of it. Yeah,
you know, I think that's the hallmark of being a big leaguer.
You know. You see, these guys have have long time careers. They
might not have been the same player that they were, you know, when
they were a rookie, so when they finished their career as a veteran,
but they found a way to evolve, They found a way to get better,
they found a way to survive. So, you know, I wouldn't
say we're changing, you know, too much. I think we're just trying
to use the engines that we have. You know, I think our guys
all belong in the big leagu Now. It's not the happy to be here,
it's not the survival of last year. It's these guys know what to
do. They know what the big leagues look like. So trying to unlock
a little bit more of the potential that we know. These guys have two
examples just players I've talked to, and there's many others, but Stephen Kwan,
Will Brennan not necessarily home run hitters, but could hit more home runs
if their approach is adjusted a little bit. What do you try and do
with them that helps them launch the ball a little bit more? Yeah,
you know, both of those guys went into the winner with some bat speed,
programs, you know, not that they didn't have enough, but we
felt like that was an area that both of them could improve in. You
know, so I think also being realistic with those guys, It's not like
we're going to see it Stephen Kwan or Will Brennan go from you know,
ten home run to forty home runs. I think that's unrealistic and unfair to
them. But I do think that those guys can hit you know, ten
to fifteen, and you know, we add those to the rest of our
lineup hitting in front of Hosey with that the ability that Hosey has Nails,
has Loreano hitting behind them that, you know, I think that just stretches
out our lineup makes us a little bit you know, potent when it comes
to we turn the lineup over. That Straw can hurt you, Brendan can
hurt you. There's always somebody that can change a game throughout the lineup,
not just waiting for some of the smaller pockets in our lineup. Hitting coach
Chris Philaka joining us your job's year around now. I know you like to
have a break, I'm sure, but with Miles Straw, explain that that
personal touch that you had with him in the off season and how deep that
goes to try and get him on a good path. Yeah. Yeah,
so so Miles obviously, you know, having him the last two years.
This year he came to Columbus. I live in Columbus, Ohio now,
and his wife, his little girl. They came to stay with us in
Columbus. We spent a couple of days together, you know, not just
hitting, but just you know, being together, which I thought was really
impactful, just to hear him here where his head's at, you know,
and seeing him kind of run with the adjustments we've made. You know,
he really took to heart when he went back to Florida, got himself a
personal trainer, came in ten pounds heavier, just looks physical. I think
he's hitting the ball a lot harder, so you know, you see the
confidence he has, and you know, I think we're going to get the
best version of Miles Straw than we've seen, you know, the last couple
of years. And he's young. Guys, you have some big men in
camp who are trying to make that last step. John Kenzie know well,
Jonathan Rodriguez, some others too, Davison Delo Santos, over from Arizona.
How do you work with guys who have the higher strikeout rates put a ton
of power. Yeah, you know, it's a balance, you know.
I think everybody's going to have a different profile, and we wouldn't be a
very good team if we all had just contact or we all just had home
runs and swing and miss. I think you get you can get pitched to
pretty easily like that. So, you know, it's just talking to them.
It's being realistic with expectations. It's knowing their profiles and embracing it that
there might be some swing and miss, but there's some change the game power
in those bats as well. So you know, I think as we get
into it, it's really leaning in with them, seeing which guys make us
better when we leave here with the best twenty six guys that we can bring
to Cleveland, you know, and hopefully a couple of those guys are on
it with us. Always nice to have one of the best hitters in the
game. And Jose Ramirez, having been around him closely now for a couple
of seasons, what is it that makes him as good as he is?
I mean, he's just the ultimate professional. It's not about how you know,
we see him hitting his thirty home runs every year, driving in one
hundred runs. It's how he runs the bases, it's how he plays defense,
it's his presence in the clubhouse. You know, he's a guy for
us that you know we use as a as a player coach. You know,
he can get a message across to these guys that you know we might
not be able to say. He can say it in two words because it
comes from one of the best players players in the league. You know,
for Josey, it's funny. You know, you bring up guys evolving,
We're seeing Hosey hit more machines. He's challenging himself just as much as we're
challenging these younger guys. So seeing him lean into the training, you know,
I think he knows where he's at, and you know he wants us
to win. He wants us to be great. If he can lead by
example and now some of his words, you know, I think we're going
to be in a really special spot starting this season. There's almost ninety players
in camp. I know they're not all hitters. How do you keep them
straight? There's a lot of guys, you know, that's part of the
gig though. You know, you got to know, you got to have
some background on these guys, especially when the minor league guys come over from
camp and play in the games too. You know, you gotta have some
background. Not it's unfair to them for for you not to know them,
but you know, coach them, coach them hard. That's been a thing
that that we've talked about this winner. We got to coach them hard.
It's it's it's something that you know, where we're at organizationally, we got
to see who we have. We got a lot of we got a lot
of young guys on the roster. We got to see who's going to come
and impact us. So you know, we'll we'll see where we're at when
we when we leave here at the end of March. But you know,
I'm really excited to see, you know, what these guys can do.
Chris enjoy the spraying. Thanks you got it, Rosie, My pleasure.
That's Chris Palka Guardian's hitting coach, talking about some of the keys this season
to producing some more runs. That's the bottom line, right Well, no
matter how you do it, you want to score as many runs as possible,
and that's what Cleveland's trying to get done here in spring training. See
if those adjustments take hold and they can carry that through into the regular season.
And we're starting to wind down on our show this week. Stay with
us. We'll hear from David Prye when we come back. Utility man for
the Guardians. That's coming your way next down the Cleveland Clanetic Guardians Radio Network,
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Incredible. Welcome back to Goodyear, Arizona. Jim Rosen house along with
you from Guardian spring training at the Goodyear Complex and we had a chance to
visit with David Fry earlier this spring. Fry made a nice breakthrough first time
in the major leagues a season ago, appearing in fifty eight games for Cleveland,
had four homers fifteen runs driven in playing a variety of positions including first
base, third base, the outfield, catcher, and he also saw two
games on the mount. In fact, he had a four inning relief outing
in early September against the Twins that was the longest by a Cleveland position player
since nineteen thirty six and the longest appearance by a position player in the Major
leagues since nineteen eighty eight, when Jose Alcendo for the Cardinals pitched four innings
against the Braves. And that was quite a night for Fry. But at
least this spring they're starting him working behind the plate exclusively, trying to get
him up to speed and become the best possible defensive catcher he can be.
David Fry a hard nosed player who really embraces that utility role. And last
year he was in major league camp for the first time, didn't make the
club out of spring training, went to Columbus, swung the bat well,
and then got that call up fairly early on. But he said, in
terms of spring training, what a difference a year makes. Yeah, last
year being first big league camp, kind of first time around big league coaches
and some of the guys on the big league roster, just kind of trying
to stay out of people's way. And then this year getting to play with
those guys and being around the big league staff a little more, a little
more comfortable and definitely more relaxed. Feel this year and the time in the
major leagues last year. What did that say to you about your ability and
your status as someone who can play up here and have success up here.
Yeah, obviously, big leagues is something you kind of think about your entire
life, and you make it this big, huge deal and you get there
and you're like, it's just baseball and a bigger stadium. And obviously guys
are very very good at that level. But I feel like as I got
more comfortable and just you know, like, hey, I'm gonna have fun
playing baseball, I was like, I can stick around here. Hopefully you
had a lot of good things happened to you too at the major league level
a year ago. Is there any one of them that stands out of that
most unique or most satisfying to you? I don't know. I wouldn't say
there's one that was like way more satisfying the other. I was just really
lucky enough to I mean that was kind of my role. I was coming
in a late situation, so I got to like be in some really big
spots like plays at the plate and big at bats and stuff. So there's
a whole lot of fun stuff. David Price joining u Sam. We usually
like to tag a position on there when we talk about players, but for
you, that's hard to do, but in a good way. And as
you head into camp this year versatility wise, what are you going to focus
on first and foremost as you get deeper into the spring. Yeah, focusing
on the catching stuff the spring training and kind of doing most of my work
back there and then still continue to try to get reps everywhere. I've already
had conversations with Hedgy. He's talked to me about his era being better than
mine, so maybe I need to work better. I'm a pitching but hopefully
I want to do that much. Yeah. And you look at that and
he's as good as it gets in terms of a defensive catcher. And I
know, by some and you're still very young to the catching game. And
what can you pick up from someone like that, maybe even more so than
from a coach, because they're in there and living it right now, right,
I mean so much. I mean because he pretty much is a coach.
I mean, he's so invested in the catching position that like every rep
that every other catcher is getting in camp, he's staring at you and he's
not critiquing you, but he's wanting to make you the best player you can
be. And so already the conversations that we've had about catching and calling a
game and all that, it's been so helpful. And obviously the way he
does it, and he does it at a very high level. All right.
Off season preparation, obviously, everyone's trying to be in the best shape
they can be coming into camp. But you had as unique an off season
as you will ever have being a dad for the first time for fans who
who may remember it came at the end of last season, a daughter.
How is it going and how has that changed your life perspective wise and everything
else. Yeah, it's it's been going great. She's the best. She
sleeps well and knock on wood at least, and she's just been a really
good baby. And I'll say off season training, you know, you're trying
to get your workouts in best workout you can do is just hold a baby
for a couple hours in a row and your arms are shaken, that's for
sure. Michael Brandtley used to call it daddy strength, and there was something
to that for sure. You're in a unique situation where you live down in
Texas, in the Dallas area. It sounds like it's a great spot to
be in the winter time for a lot of reasons. Explain that. Yeah,
So obviously at least beginning of the off season warmer weather so you can
get to do stuff outside, and just kind of where we live, it's
just a huge hub for baseball players. That's where a lot of guys live
and got to hit with Will Brennan the off season, a bunch of other
players, and there's so many guys who can throw down there pretty much full
full of year round, and have so many buddies around the league now that
just text and say hey, you need me to catch a bullpen can go
just pretty much whenever. And as you get here to camp, you look
around that clubhouse and certainly this team is looking to improve on a year ago.
What are you seeing early on that has you excited about the season to
come. Yeah, obviously it still super early. Guys. Now we have
everybody officially in here, but just the energy and the atmosphere that we have
in the clubhouse, I mean, it's just such a fun group to be
around. And then just obviously from the catching side getting to catch his bullpen.
I mean, it's amazing the depth and how good we are as a
pitching staff. I mean, there's a reason where we have so many one
run games. It's because our pitching staff keeps us in every single game.
But I mean it just never stops our organization. They just do an amazing
job of acquiring good pitching and then developing like crazy. And you just see
some no name guy that you've never heard of and he comes over to the
field and you're like, this guy throws ninety seven to ninety eight. What
a shocker? Like they got something figured out over here with the pitching side.
So everyone knows about Bieber, McKenzie, Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibe,
all these guys. I know I'm forgetting somebody, but uh, anybody,
maybe a name to keep an eye on that that we're not even thinking about,
that that you caught early on in the spring. Yeah, there's a
bunch. We just added Kate Smith to the forty man roster. He's been
he's come out here and looked really really good. He's throwing really hard.
He's got really good stuff. Gaddis who's who's been up and down last couple
of years. He's come out and me and Heggie were talking about him the
other day during his bookpin. I mean, it's it's been lights out so
far in the spring. He looks really good. We got a bunch of
guys who signed Beattie who just came over. I think he was in Korea
and he looks really good. He made me look really bad bad about a
week ago. But yeah, but no, we got a bunch of guys
who will be really good. So last question, how many gloves in your
locker? Different gloves for the based on the positions you play. If you
include the backup gloves that I have at positions, it would be seven.
Seven gloves. Yeah, play, and they let you know before the day
begins which one you might want to use that day. Yeah, They're like,
hey, maybe we'll give you a heads up today. All right,
David, thank you, Yeah, appreciate it. And is David Frye Utility
man for the Guardians, coming off a real strong season a year ago,
and again there'll be a battle for him to see where he fits on this
year's club, depending on what other things happen. But he's one of those
players that I think every manager likes to have on his team because of the
variety of positions that he can play, and he usually puts together a really
good at bat when he has a chance to play, and even pinch hit
in different scenarios. So great to visit with David, and thanks so much
for the time from Tristan McKenzie. Askedevon Florie All and Chris Bleaka This week
again baseball on the Radio on Saturday afternoon, a three to zero five first
pitch against the Royal Shane Bieber making his first start of the spring, and
more baseball on the radio as well on Sunday afternoon with the Giants coming over
here a good year to take on the Guardians. Another three to zero five
first pitch and again we'll have it for you on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio
Network with Tanner Biby on the mound making his first start of the spring as
well in exhibition play for the Guardians. So until next week. For Brian
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