Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly is brought
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everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Gim Rosen House along with you from Goodyear
Arizona and Guardian Spring Training. As we get deeper and deeper into camp under
three weeks to go now until the season opener in Oakland on March the twenty
eighth, and a lot of good battles going on for certain spots on the
roster, and we'll get to some of that a little bit later on as
Matt Foreman, the assistant general manager, stop by and talked with Tom Hamilton
during the game broadcast on Friday afternoon. Also on our show today, we'll
visit with Daniel S. Spino, who's trying to come back from injury and
reclaim some of his prospect status on the mound, and we will also visit
with Gold Glove winner and one of the top defensive players in the game today
second basement, Andre Simenez, as he gets ready for a new season.
But first we'll talk pitching with young starting pitcher Logan Allen, one of three
rookies in the rotation. A season ago, Allen went seven to eight in
twenty four major league starts with an ERA of three point eight one, and
when we caught up with them earlier this spring, he reflected on the season
ago, Oh, and where it leads to this coming year. I definitely
was, you know, very thankful and excited to have that opportunity to debut.
Obviously really happy to stick around and continue to make starts and continue to
continue to stay healthy. I think the biggest thing is realizing that, you
know right where I belong. I felt at home up there, and you
know, taking the like I said, taking the lessons and little things that
mishaps in the previous season, just try to do whatever I can to prevent
them from happening in the future. This time a year ago, you're in
major league camp for for a while. Did you think, based on what
you saw and how you were feeling, that if there was an opportunity that
that you might get the call and be able to pitch in the major leagues
last year? Yeah, absolutely, I think, you know, it was
a big thing that TL definitely kept us ready for as knowing that we're in
camp for a reason. They have us here for a reason, and we're
kind of that next next group up, so just kind of got to be
ready when our name is called. And yeah, I was definitely thankful to
get that opportunity. Probably came a little bit sooner than a lot of people
would have expected, but like, I just got to take it and roll
with it, and I was very thankful. You know, obviously the circumstances
aren't always the best, but that's kind of how it goes in this business.
But uh no, I was definitely very thankful to have that opportunity and
show that I can belong and you prove that I'm able to stick around.
You mentioned belonging. Was there a point in time where that clicked in or
was it from your debut game on that that you really felt like, hey,
I can do this. I would say I probably walked around for the
first two three weeks kind of like on edge, like every day, not
really feeling comfortable. And I think I've probably about a month and it's set
in where I started feel comfortable come to the field every day and it didn't
feel is you know, eyes wide open, kind of you felt fell that
home a little bit borre this organization is so good pitching wise in so many
ways. So when you get to the end of the season, can you
share some of the things that that they said, Hey, you know,
maybe try this and this might help you be more effective in the future.
I think what they did they were able to look at kind of my usage,
just percentage is and just you know, clean some things up, maybe
draw back from a one pitch here there, ad add some more to something
to another one. But I think that's the biggest thing is just understanding,
you know what guys were facing, where we went wrong, where guys were
able to have success against me, and kind of use that to backtrack and
see what we can do to prepare for them. So you head into the
off season and it's amazing most pictures find catchers to catch them, which you
would think might be difficult, but maybe it's not. In your family,
explain what's going on there. Yeah, Yah, I'm definitely very lucky.
You got older brother that is two years older, has been a catcher's whole
life, so obviously me being a pitcher, we still work out together and
he's able to catch all my bullpens, be out there every day with me
to throw, so very thankful, very lucky to have him, and he
definitely keeps me ready for the season. And it seems like things are moving
and progressing very quickly here this spring for just about everybody. The full roster
was in early. How long have you been here and how are you progressing
and compared to maybe years past, I've been here for about a month.
Yeah, feel all settled in, Feel ready to go. You know,
you got games rolling in here in the next at the end of the week,
so ready for that as well, and just you know, ready to
get the ball rolling. And honestly you're ready to get into April and get
the season going. But no, these these games are important for the tune
up and everything, but you no, definitely looking forward to April getting getting
started. And certainly last year, your first major league camp, you're trying
to leave an impression. Uh, there's a nice body of work that you
put together a year ago. Do you approach things any differently this spring?
I think there is a little bit different. I think last year there was
more of an expectation of coming into camp day one kind of game ready,
whereas this year, I think there's a little bit more of treating spring spring
training as a progression into into game speed. So I think that's a little
bit different in terms of, you know, maybe getting ramped up about a
month later than probably in seasons past. But yeah, I think it's definitely
nice having a little bit of experience on the belt. But I'm still in
that same position where still got to fight first spot, still got to earn
it, and it's all I'm trying to do every day. That's Logan Allen,
one of three rookie starters in the rotation a year ago who really probably
too dramatic to say that they saved the season, but really provided some encouraging
signs for that starting rotation heading into this year. One of the others,
the former number one draft pick, the big right hander Gavin Williams, who
made sixteen major league starts, was three and five with an ERA of three
point twenty nine and very much like Logan Allen. When we caught up with
Gavin earlier this spring, he talked about how pleased he was with what happened
a year ago. Yeah, I mean, I knew I could play up
there. Just looking back at that it was tremendous. I think overall had
a good year, but there's definitely things that could work on. Yeah,
that's what I would say. And what's the feedback that you get that helps
you in the off season for specific things to work on it to make sure
that you're the best you can be this year. Yeah, just talking with
the pitching coaches and then the strength coaches and just people in the training room,
see what I could work on, what they have for me so I
could come back in spring training. And last year obviously started in the minor
leagues. This year your first major league camp. What been like some of
the highlights for you so far? Oh? Yeah, it was kind of
crazy. I started in Double A last year, made my way up,
and then this year actually being here for big league spring training. It's kind
of exciting be my first one. In terms of teammates that help you.
What did you find last year in terms of obviously your coaching staff is going
to help you, but in terms of teammates that can help you, and
even this spring, I mean just asking questions. I know have asked Tristan
and Beeb's and last year I was asking Cal a lot of questions. So
just keeping on with that. If I don't know some just ask when you
look at the Cleveland Guardians are known for pitching. You've been through the system.
It seems like they did it right in terms of when to bring you
up, when to move you a level. What is it in your mind
that makes this an organization that's so successful pitching wise. I mean, they
just know how to develop pictures. You can just see it from a long
time ago. It's always been a thing they've done, so, I mean,
it's pretty awesome to be in this organization as a pitcher. Anything specific
that they did for you that you think maybe even sped your process along,
although it was pretty quick anyway. Yeah, I had a few mechanical adjustments
I made, and then just being able to keep the VLA of where it
was and have it honestly coming up a little bit higher and below. It
was one of the things that helped me out moving forward. Consistency always a
hard thing to achieve at the major league level. What do you think you
can do to be as consistent as possible this season? Yeah, I think
just being will throw all speed, all speed pitches more in the zone for
strikes, and then being able to put the fastball where I want to repeat
my delivery at that really, and you're trying to make a rotation here to
start the season that has some big names coming back from injury, and when
you look in that room, how much do you feed off of each other
in terms of what you could do and what this rotation could be? Yeah,
I think the are the sky's the limit. Really, everybody knows what
we can do, and just be able to learn different things from each other
is going to help everybody out. Team wise. College you were part of
some really good teams, so you have a pretty good idea of what it
takes your sense in anything early on in the spring that has your feeling really
good about the possibilities for this club this season. I mean, just feeding
off our inergy from last year and what we did with everybody, I think
we can take that onto this season. That's Gavin Williams one of the top
young starting pitchers in the game today and along with Tanner Biby and Logan Allen,
those three had tremendous rookie seasons and should be mainstays in the rotation at
the start of twenty twenty four. And a good pitching and good defense go
together, they always do, and the Guardians have one of the best defenders
at second base in the game today, and that is multi time Gold Glove
Award winner Andre Simenez. We'll come back and talk to him when we return
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Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse back with you from Goodyear Ballpark in
Goodyear, Arizona and Guardians Spring training, and certainly for the Guardian's defense will
be a big key. Any team that pitches well needs good defense, and
they have multiple Gold Glove Award winners sprinkled throughout the Diamond, none more prolific
than Andre Cimenez, the Guardian's second Basement. Last year once again a tremendous
year defensively, put up some good offensive numbers, but he won his second
consecutive Goal Glove Award and also won the Platinum Glove Award in the American League
for the best defender overall regardless of positions. So to say he had a
great defensive season might be understating it. And when we caught up with him,
along with translation help from Agi, Rivero Andres talked about the season that
he had after some rule changes were handed down that really seemed to highlight some
of his defensive skills. Oyament, you know, they think it feels good
to be doc to Camino healthy and seeing what we did last year. But
obviously he was an adjustment. The first months of the season ad just into
the new rule was quite a challenge for me, but I was able to
adjust properly, And I think the satisfaction comes to being able to help with
pitchers help down, you know, like they keep their owners down and help
the team in a way to get to win more games. So I feel
like early on the season was a struggle, but we're glad to finish in
a strong note. Defensively, I think one of the side benefits of no
shifts was it for players like you allowed for better great plays because you had
to go further. Did you kind of embrace that and enjoy that the idea
that you could make some spectacular plays because of not being able to shift,
Like, yeah, I mean obviously with the shift, you also had to
push yourself to get those balls. You know, previously I had to push
myself sometimes to get down to the outfield to catch some balls. But here
is the same. I always have to push myself to make that extra play
because you know, I take a lot of pride in my difference. I'm
really passionate about playing difference and in the way how I can help the team.
So I believe those changes. Still, it was the same mindset for
me to try to do my best and and keep playing the difference I didn't
I can play offensively some ups and downs last year, and when you were
going good, I think we saw a similar hitter to what we had seen
the year before. What was challenging for you a year ago that you were
trying to get to more consistently, that that could be a struggle at times.
So yeah, I feel like, you know, as we know,
always things that you know, ups and downs I go through the season,
but I embraced that process as the as the lessons I needed to learn,
and I take it like that things that I needed to to to do it
to keep improving. And this year and when I continually put that in practice,
and then specifically last year, I felt like my mindset was a little
more like like trying to chase what the pictures were trying to do to me
and the plate and not necessarily what I was trying to do at the plate.
So I was able to learn, you know, maybe the last month
of the season and ended in a positive note that I was able to execute
my plan what he wanted to do in the plate and not only what the
pitches wanted to do with me at the play. When you look at your
off season, you spend most of it in Florida. Uh, take us
back a couple of years you played in Venezuela and winter ball. Explain the
fans here who have never seen it or been there, what's that like for
especially for someone who's from there and and and grew up there pro It's really
hard to put into wards. To be honest, I'll try to do my
best with this crabby, but I think it's just the level of passion that
is perceived during the games. Right when you are doing going well, you
know, you get really like elevated to a higher level that you're not recognized
normally here as a player. But also when you don't do well, you
also you put down as as the worst as the worst player they can be.
So obviously for us, the guys who you know, active players that
were not able to play this season, we're able to enjoy it. Watch
on TV. It was a really good tournament that just finished recently. And
but again it's really hard to put into wards. I just invite the fans
here in the US to take a look at it, because a really excited
and passionate league to follow. So you come in here well rested for a
new season, ready to go. You've been here a while now, it
seems like you were just breaking in, but but you have some good experience
under your belt. Uh, do you kind of feel like one of the
veterans on this team at this point or is that hard to even wrap your
head around? So if you, I mean, I wouldn't conceive myself a
veteran yet, you know, like, let's let's keep remember that I'm twenty
five, right, so you know, let's just try to keep the war
bedterund away for a little bit because I consider myself, you know, a
little more experienced, right, and I've been here for four years already,
so this will be my fourth season, and obviously I can share a little
bit with the younger guys, but again it's more like my experience and not
necessarily that I'm a veteran persone. Right, we'll stay away from veterans fair
enough. You look at the team, you've been here, when this team
has been on a real good role and made the postseason. What are you
seeing in that clubhouse early on that that gives you hope that that this could
be another real special season. For this team, it's really enjoyable what we
have there. Obviously you see a lot of new faces in the clubhouse,
but at the same time, the good byes continued right there. Just carry
on to what we had last year. Obvious the last year difficulty, it
would always, you know, the result that we wanted in a lot of
injuries for the teammates. So for me, it's you know, enjoying that
good cammaderie and like environment that we have built for each other, but also
hoping everybody's very healthy so we can so we're able to play the game that
we know, the baseball that we know we can play. That is Andre
Cimenez along with translation help from Agi Raferro and Andrea seems primed for another great
defensive year and he's looking to crank it up again at the plate after the
numbers slipped just a little bit a year ago. Stay with us when we
come back. We will visit with Daniel Espino, a young, promising young
pitching prospect who's been hampered by injuries the last couple of seasons, but Cleveland
looking to get him back on the bound yere in twenty twenty four. That's
next as we continue with Guardians Weekly after this time. Welcome back to Guardians
Weekly. Shimros in house along with you from Guardian Spring Training and Goodyear Arizona.
Great to have you with us as we talked baseball on the radio.
Spring training heading deeper and deeper into the month of March. Under three weeks
to go now until opening night in Oakland on Thursday night, March the twenty
eighth, right around the corner and tracking nicely for an opening day started hasn't
officially been announced, but the way it's tracking in terms of lining up days,
Shane Bieber will make another one for the Guardians, and he really looks
primed and ready to go. And one of the keys every year for Cleveland
is good starting pitching. They have hit on something in their development system that
works, Shane Bieber being a great example of that as he was drafted and
developed by the Guardians organization and obviously has had a tremendous major league career and
they are hoping still hoping for more of the same from Daniel Espino, a
twenty three year old right hander out of Panama City, Panama. He was
the first round pick twenty fourth overall by Cleveland back in twenty nineteen, and
he had some good years when he first got started, but he has really
struggled to stay on the mound since the twenty twenty two campaign began. He
had a knee issue first that took a while to get pasted, and then
shoulder surgery last summer really has set him back and he just hasn't been able
to make much progress. But had a good off season, and when we
caught up with them earlier this spring, he filled us in on where he
stands in terms of the rehab and when he might be able to return to
the mound in game action. Yeah, you know, I'm going through a
throw throwing progression, feeling good, getting more reps, feel more comfortable each
time I'm throwing a ball. So so yeah, that's kind of like where
I'm at right now. You were making good progress when injuries cropped up?
How can you handle that mentally? Maybe more so than than the physical rehab
part. You know, at the beginning, it was tough. It was
it was really trying to get back, and mentally it was really tough because
he was my never being hurt. It was my like my first time actually
going through that. But I think that that I've learned through through the ups
and downs, and I've learned how to manage my head my head and being
able to you know, attack each day and be happy and no matter the
circumstances. I think that that's one of the keys, and try to get
better each day, and that looks so much like the future. Just take
it day by day and that that's gonna set you off for the future.
Tristan mackenzie has had great success in the major leagues, but he too has
had injury issues, especially in the minor leagues when he was trying to get
here for the first time. I understand he's talked to you and you guys
have had conversations and how beneficial has that been and what did he say to
you that's been helpful? Yeah, basically just take it day by day.
You know, when I got drafted, he was going through some of the
injuries in twenty nineteen. So just watching him go through that, it was
kind of like an example for me. He went about his business and you
know, taking it day by day and stuff like that is something that sure
like I was able to watch it and then he backed it up with his
words and he's like, yeah, he's working for him. I kind of
like tried it, so so yeah, I think that not only that,
but also like talking to the feesios, people in the training room, the
training stuffs and see everybody just take a day by day just kind of like
is everything up, and just go enjoy throwing a baseball. I mean,
I was at surgery May May second. I had like six months without throwing,
and now it's the time for me to enjoy what I missed the most,
which is throwing a baseball. Sometimes when a player is hurt and they
miss extensive time and they can't do the physical part of it, they watch
a lot and they can learn through that and when they come back they might
be more. They've learned some things that make them a better picture. Do
you feel that that you've been able to do that during your downtime, Yeah,
definitely. I look forward to some of the sprint training games and just
being able to be in the dugout and just being able to, you know,
watch guys lasts Cookie, Shane Beaver and all those guys, you know,
like even the young guys Vibe and and and Logan. Just being able
to watch them how they attack. And I think I'm more punked about just
to be able to be in the dougout. I think that's gonna be kind
of cool. Daniel Lespainou joining US UH born and raised. You're a Panama
native if you get back there as often as you can. But high school,
most of it was in Georgia. Explain how you got here and the
benefit to that. Yeah, he was through a through a family friend.
He kind of like told us about an opportunity of an academy called Abony Albany
Police which they take people, young guys around and chow them to tryouts and
stuff like that around the US South Georgia, Florida. And I was able
to to, you know, make a trial for Joia Premier Academy. They
accepted me apparently I was kind of good or they looked in the future and
they were like, yeah, he's gonna be somebody. And you know that
has been like my second family did sophomore, junior, senior year there.
When I was there, I was basically like one of them. Jean Reynolds,
the guy that runs the fact, the the the academy there, he's
like my second dad, and you know, he's meansfuled out and I'm always
proud to say that that I was able to be part of that academy,
and obviously it had a positive impact on your life. But tell me,
though, when you made that decision to go, before you got there,
how nervous were you about it working out and leaving your family behind in Panama?
So I think I wasn't really nervous. I think I didn't understand like
the magnitude of it because I told my mom, like, if you don't
let me go, she was really nervous. I told my mom, like,
if you don't let me go, like you're gonna root my future.
And it's kind of like, you know, like now that I think about
it, it's like your son is telling you that, like why can you
do? So I think like she was more nervous mostly anybody. But then
like little by little, we were seeing the results. And one thing that
they always talk to me and told me is that don't let baseball beat the
ending point, meaning like you gotta get an education and all that. And
I think that was one of the reasons why they kind of like were okay,
like this is a good fit. Obviously they went and sawhere or it
was gonna be they sell the people I was gonna be and wanting that.
I that I I'm always gonna be thankful for is that I went there because
of baseball, but I think in the academy like it made me who I
am right now more as a person, and in my faith, it kind
of like sat like uh, like the building bricks to to where I'm at
right now. So I'm always thank thankful for that. This is your first
major league camp. What's that experience been like? Even though you can't participate
in a lot of what's going on physically, what's it been like being around
the major league staff and also the different pictures that you probably have watched quite
a bit. It's been really fun. It's been really I know you're starting.
It's been really fun just to be in the locker talk to some of
the guys, older veterans or people or guys like me which is their first
the first beat league camp. But also especially for me right now since I
had I had surgery, been talking to to Vogue, to the manager and
all that because he had the same surgery. So it's kind of like cool
to be able to talk to him. And I think that he kind of
like understands what I'm going through. So so yeah, he's been he's been
fun, just doing PFPS and everything like that. I mean, I think,
uh, I think on Monday it was my first time that I was
catching some grave balls in the last what year I have, So that was
really exciting. I think that that just enjoying the little things, man like
able to be here. I'm blessed and and just happy that I'm part of
this team. You know, you mentioned where you're at in terms of throwing
four days a week and it's a slow process. Have you learned a lot
about patients through this and and how you really have to just dial it down
and take your time. Yeah, I think it's something that you're never gonna
master. I think it's something that you'll go every single day and and and
you know, you try to be good at it. And definitely, yeah,
my patient, my patient has grown a lot. But I think that
not so much that I think it goes more to to just enjoying where you're
at, accepting it and being like, Okay, this is where I'm at
today. What can I do now? Instead of asking like why this is
happening to me? You know, it's so easy to get cout in those
negative questions and stuff that you don't know the answers, and then okay,
like what now, Like I'm here, what am I going to do to
get better? It might not be like throwing in a game, but yeah,
I can work on my mechanics. I can work on like moving more
smooth and stuff like that. So yeah, I think that's that's where I'm
at right now. I think just enjoying every time that I'm able to to,
you know, to be here and try to learn a little thing every
single day. And it's Daniel Lespino in it what a store in terms of
moving here at at a very young age, moving to the United States from
Panama, and how he has really taken a great outlook on that move and
it has been a tremendous life experience for him. And if he can get
healthy, man, he has a rocket arm and could really be special,
but it's going to take getting healthy first, and it looks like he's on
a good path at least so far this spring. Stay with us when we
come back, we'll hear from Assistant general manager Matt Foreman. That's next the
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form wherever you like to download your favorite podcasts. Well. On the radio
broadcast of Friday's game against the White Sox, Tom Hamilton was joined by assistant
general manager Matt Foreman and Hammy and Matt talked about all things spring training with
a lot of issues on the table, and here's what they had to say.
First off, Matt, your thoughts on what you've seen from Tanner?
Heym, it's good to be on And I's gonna say, unlike court Bery
trip yesterday, I was listening to the broadcast, I'm gonna try not to
bring the rain in the third game today, but no tent, so far,
so good from from Tanner. I was a little bit late getting over
to the game today, so I missed the early action. But you know,
Tanner's so business like in his work, so focused on continuous improvement.
Certainly had a great rookie campaign and excited about him continuing to build from the
foundation that he set. Shane Bieber looked good yesterday. In fact, Stephen
Volte said this morning before the rains came, his stuff was electric and in
visiting with Shane, I mean he is in such a good frame of mind
right now. It looks like he is poised to have a monster year.
I think you're right. I mean, a unanimous cy young winner in twenty
twenty who continues to invest in the craft of pitching, and you know,
I think he fell in love with the process of getting better and better this
offseason. Really, for the most part, Matt, all the starters have
looked good. What are your concerns as far as the bullpen, especially with
Trevor Stephen and James Karenshak they won't be ready obviously for Oakland and beyond.
Yeah. I think one of the things that we talk about all the time
is that you need a bounty of players to get through a season, right.
I think we probably ended up using twenty five pitchers last year and fifty
players, and so a big part of the message in spring training is ever
player who's in the locker room has a chance to impact us over the course
of the season, and it speaks to the importance of building depth and resiliency
throughout the roster, but certainly in the bullpen is no different. Matt Foreman,
assistant general manager with the Cleveland Guardians joining us here in Goodyear. I
thought it was interesting today and visiting with manager Steven Vote, Matt, everyone
talks about Gabriel Aarius and Brian Rocchio in the battle for short here's the wine
in the two to one, and I guess it was outside a cutter three
in one, but Stephen Vote was saying, Hey, look other guys are
in that hunt too, Tyler Freeman and the kid that's really opened eyes on
hell Martinez. How do you look at it? Well, at some point
we'll have to make tough decisions, and I can promise you Steven will have
a line up on opening day. So you're not going to give us the
call right now. Well, until then, I think our focus is help
each player get better. You know, we're preparing for for a long season
and guys are still taking strides, so that's really our focus. But certainly,
you know, Steven mentioned on Hell Martinez had a great offseason. Credit
to him for being open minded to try the outfield, where he trained a
lot this offseason in the outfield, and he's built some versatility and certainly has
had great at bats so far in camp. So in on Hell Martinez,
even last year man he'd played, I don't want to say it was a
split, but it was close. Third second short in the minors. Could
he be an everyday short stop? Sure? I think you know, we're
of the mind that it's really hard to predict exactly what players' skills will be
or where opportunities will present themselves, and so our focuses helped players develop defensive
capacity at a number of positions to prepare themselves for opportunities down the road,
regardless of where they may come. Okay, we've seen Rochio, we've seen
Arius. Let's take Jose Tana, Tyler Freeman and on Hell Martinez out of
the equation for this question. What decides if it's Rochio on Arius? Do
the numbers this spring decided? Or how do you how do you look at
that? Well, I think it's easy to overread spring training performances and certainly
there's a there's a body of work that we're relying on, and I think
the process uh information is really important. You know, how guys are going
about their work, what their attention to detail is, what's happening away from
you know, just the fifty played appearances that that we'll have outcomes on in
Major league spring training games is also really important. And as I mentioned,
you know we'll have a line up on opening day, but you know,
opening day is an artificial marker in the calendar whereby just like we talked about
on the pitching side, we'll have many players impact us over the course of
the season, and we want to create as many opportunities for those guys to
be able to do so for us can chase the latter beyond the opening day
fun to watch. Hasn't he the policy? Impressive? He really is.
Obviously he's missed a lot of development time. Have you figured out where he
starts this year? Akron Columbus. We haven't figured that out yet, but
Kwan with a dribbler headed towards second shoemaker will throw him out. Well,
I'll tell you what. I didn't even get to ask you who the first
pick in the draft's going to be? Can you figure do you want to
tell us quick? Do you have the answer to it? I figured you
would tell us. Doesn't matter what I think in your crystal ball. Well,
I'll tell you what the politically correct. Matt Foreman joining us. Man,
Thanks so much, Thanks so much. That's Assistant general manager Matt Foreman
with Tom Hamilton during the game broadcast of Friday's game against the White Sox Guardians.
Back at it on Saturday, another broadcast on the Full Radio Network with
the Angels in Town, and that's a three zero five first pitch from Goodyear
Ballpark. Well, we'll join you again next week for it. Other edition
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