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to Guardians Weekly, chim Rosenhause, back with you from Angels Stadium in Anaheim,
California, where the Guardians are taking on the Angels this weekend. And
what a week it's been for the Guardians as they finished up a perfect homestand
after sweeping Minnesota last weekend. At home, the welcome the Mets on Monday,
and it was a close ballgame with Ben Lively on the mound leading it
off for the Mets. Making his return to Cleveland was Francisco Lindor, four
time All Star, wearing the Cleveland uniform. The pitch to him and he
cuts and misses got him on a change up away, so Lindor strengths out
to start tonight's ballgame, first time for Lindor back in Cleveland since he was
traded after the twenty twenty season. In the bottom of the first inning,
the Guardians mounted a two out rally with singles by both Jose Ramirez and Josh
Naylor, and that brought the red hot David Frye to the plate. Now
the one oh to fry and he slices one the right field and it'll get
down for a base hit. Ramira scores. Here comes Taylor, he'll score,
and Marte lops it into second. Two nothing, Cleveland on three straight
two out singles and David Frye with an opposite field two out, two runs
singled or right, and these stays red hot. The Mets cut the lead
to two to one with a solo home run in the third from Tomas Nido.
But in the fourth inning, the Guardian's got that run right back thanks
to the rookie Kyle Manzardo. Here comes the two to one swung on and
that's drill desc center hit well going back on it, head over the head
of the centerfielder Bader, one hop off the wall. Manzardo chugs into a
second, storing his fry and Manzardo delivers, the Guardians are up three to
one. Ben Lively held the Mets to just one run through five and two
thirds innings before he turned it over to the bullpen, starting with Nick Sandlin.
Here's the O two pitch to Beaty swinging and a foul tip hung on
two by Nailer Sandlan with a strakeout in this top ranked bullpen keeps getting it
done daily. It stays Cleveland three, the Mets one, middle of the
sixth, boy, what are you going for? Sandlan? Next Scott Barlow
and then Kate Smith each worked a scoreless inning before a Manual Class came on
to close it out in the ninth. They're on their feet at the corner
of Carnegie and Ontario twenty thousand. They've had a fun homestand so far.
The two to one pitch swinging a ground ball to first did say fair ball
over the bank. Naylor clubs runs to first ball game. He just did
beat Beatty in a sprint, and the Guardians keep rolling unbeat to the homestand
and a one two three ninth inning for Emanual Colosse. The final the night
Cleveland three and the Mets one. So a very workman like three to one
win for the Guardians over the Mets on Monday. They tried to keep it
going on Tuesday. The game was scoreless until the bottom half of the third
when the Guardians got it going. With a man on and Brian Rochio at
the plate. The switch hitter Manning left handed, hits a high chopper over
the head of Alonso down the right field line, headed toward the corner,
honest way to the third. Nailer's being waved home. Rochio makes the turn.
He's going to third in with a head first slide, as Nailer in
with a first slide. A third is Rochio and the Guardians have a one
nothing lead. And when you're hot, you get all the mounces going your
way. And then it was back to the top of the order and Tyler
Freeman coming through. Now the kick in the pitch and it swung on line
the left base hip down the line. Ricochet's into the left field corner home
to scores Rochio the birthday boy with a stand up Arbi double. It is
two nothing Cleveland and Tyler Freeman, who has really helped fill the void at
the top of the order in the absence of Stephen Kwan as his eighth double
and seventeenth RBI. Then Jose Ramirez capped off the beginning the next offering from
the right hander and it swung on line the fairly deep field Marte hes he
go over his head on his way to a second with an RBI double is
Ramirez. He makes the turners Marte butchers in again in right field and the
Hoses at third with an RBI double and an air on starling Marte. The
Mets struck for two runs in the top half of the fifth to cut the
Guardians lead to one, but in the bottom half of the fifth, Freeman
walked, setting the stage once again for Jose Ramirez. The three to two
pitch swung on and lifted high in the air to right deep back on it
as Marte at the wall pom run Jose, they pitched to him and he
made. The Mets paid a two run bomb for Ramirez and the Guardians are
now in front five to two. New York scored two runs in the top
of the six to get back to within one, but once again the Guardians
responded in the bottom of the inning, this time David Fry with the big
blow. The pitch and it's hit high in the air, fairly deep right.
Beck goes Marte on the track at the wall, he leaps, it
is gone. A two run home run just snuck over the nine foot wall
near the right field corner, and David Fry with a pinch at two run
home run the other way, and the Guardians back on top by three at
seven to four. David Fry's fifth home run in the eighth, another two
run home run from the Mets made it seven to six Guardians, but it
would be up to Emmanuel Classe in the ninth to try and preserve that one
run lead. Now the pitch swung on grounded the first handle by Nailor to
second one Rochio relay the first bubble pin ball game, Hawsey took the return
fro from Rokio. How about that for an ending three six one, A
game ending double play, and the Guardians keep finding different ways to win,
and tonight they knocked off the New York Mets by a final score of seven
to six. So the Guardians were in line for another series sweep. Could
they do it on Wednesday afternoon? Well, looking for that sweep, they'd
have to play catch up in this one as The Mets hit three solo home
runs in the first four innings, and they held onto that three to nothing
lead until the sixth, when the Guardians finally got something going. Starting with
a gutsy at bat from Austin Hedges. Hedges bunch third bay side, trickling
down the line, still down the line, it comes to a dead stop
fair halfway to third. A bunch single for Austin Hetches. Now what,
that's a good idea, any way to get on, anyway to maybe disrupt
Jose Kintana And a perfect bunt single by Austin Hetches down the third base line,
Cleveland's second hit. Two batters later, Tyler Freeman doubled, making it
runners at second and third with two outs for Andre Semenez. Kintana's ready the
three to one delivery swung on hit high, deep to right center field.
This ball is gone. We are tied at three. Andre Semenz well a
towering three run home run to right center and just like that, the Guardians
are back to Evan and Hemenez continues to be as good as anybody in the
game when the chips are on the table and the game is on the line.
Wow. And in the seventh David Fry led off with a single.
He moved up to second on a wild pitch that brought Jonathan Rodriguez to the
plate. Now the two to two swung on a chopper. Why the first
in the hole in the right base hit coming home is Fry. Here's Stuart's
throat of the plate got in time. Guardians take the lead on the first
major league hit of Jonathan Rodriguez. Rodriguez got a pitch away and he poked
it the other way, and for some reason they threw him a fastball.
And Jonathan Rodriguez has delivered an Army iye single to right and the Guardians have
taken a four to three lead. In the eighth inning, the Guardians we're
looking to add to that one run lead, and with a man on,
Jose Miraz delivered. Now the pitch runner goes pitch hit pretty well toward the
gap deep left center. This ball is off the wall on his way to
third heading home as Heimaaz. That's a huge run. A stand up RBI
double off the base of the wall and left center by Jose Ramirez and the
Guardians now leaded by a score of five to three. Hell Jose Ramirez double
number nine rby I number forty five tops in the American League and the song
serenading Jose Blairs across progressive field. Two batters later, Kyle Mansardo followed up
with another big bass hit a look back at second the next delivery runner goes
pitch swung on drill deep left field. This ball is on its way to
the wall, off the wall in the scar Ramirez throughout a second feet first
slide and RBI double for Kyle Mansardo and the Guardians breaking it open late six
to three. Why that's the most power we have seen from Manzardo. The
other way, he hammered one about this six feet up the nineteen football in
left and a huge two out RBI double by Kyle Manzardo and the Guardians have
played it two here in the eighth and without emmanual class to save it today.
These are mammoth insurance runs and in the ninth the annual Class A.
He was unavailable after working the previous three games, so Kate Smith got the
call with a chance to save it. Smith is ready here it comes a
swing and a mess ball game. Oh he reared back for a little extra
and blew away Pete Alonso and the Guardians sweep a homestand, and for the
first time this year, they have won six in a row. The final
today Cleveland six, the Mets three. What a homestand for the Guardians as
they sweep the home stand, winning all six games. Thursday was an off
day and they open up a new road trip in Anaheim against the Angels.
Right here on Friday night and man. After a quick jump for the Angels
on a solo home run by Luis Renhifo in the first inning, the Guardians
came right back with two men on and Gabrielarius at the plate. In the
second. Here's Sandobal's pitch and it swung on, bounced past the second basement
into right center at base at this will tie it up. Fry, We'll
score. On his way to third is Rodriguez and Gabrielarius comes through with an
RBI single. We are tied at one. They took the lead later on
in the second inning thanks to a wild pitch, and then in the third,
with a runner on, Jose Ramirez got into one. Here's the two
to one and Ramirez launches one high and deep left center home run. Jose
Ramirez speaking of hitting something into the rock pile. Ramirez goes to the rocks
exactly. A two run bomb for Jose Ramirez and the Guardians are now in
front four to one. As Ramirez just continues to sizzle. Home run number
thirteen, he's driven in an American League best forty seven. Angels scored a
run in the bottom of the third to make it four to two, but
in the fourth, Tyler Freeman got that run right back with a sack fly,
making it five to two, and then with two men on, Jose
Ramirez was back at it. The two to one swung on and there's another
drive to center deep back is polar at the wall. Gone. Home run
Jose Ramirez, his second on the night, just to the left of center.
Wow, he's had big nights and this one's really shaping up to be
a big one. A pair of two run home runs. Ramirez now with
fourteen bombs forty nine runs driven in. Next up Josh Naylor. Josh Naylor
steps in and he drives one to right. This one's deep, way back
gone. Naylor goes back to back after Ramirez launches one and the Guardians are
piling it on. Josh Naylor makes it eight to two. Guardians and here
comes Ron Washington making that long slow walk to the mound that got away from
sand of ball in a hurry, and after the Angels made a pitching change,
David Fry got into the act. David Fry leans into one, drives
it high and deep to left into the bullpen. Another home run, the
third straight for the Guardians, Ramirez, Nailer, and Fry back to back
to back, nine to two Cleveland for Fry number six on the season,
and a rude greeting for left hander Jose Suarez. The route was on as
the Guardians added one more in the fifth on an Andre Simenez RBI infield single
and made it ten to two on the way to a tend to four win.
What a start to the weekend series in Anaheim, and we'll see what
transpires. The remainder of the road trip is clean, heading into play on
Saturday as one seven in a row. Stay with us, We'll have more
to come after this time out on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network, Durand's
ready in the pitch to Will Brennan. I'm swinging a drive hi deep to
ride this ball do and I walk up three run home run for Will Brennan
and I'm not seeing at home and through it all. Oh, the Guardians
have beaten the Twins and sweep them out of Cleveland today five to two on
a two out, game winning three run home run to right by Will Brennan,
Cleveland's fourth walk off win of the year, their first walk off home
run, and some way, somehow, this ball club continues to find ways
to win games, and they do it today in dramatic fashion. They walk
Josh Naylor and Will Brennan with a walkoff three run homer. The Guardians beat
the Twins five to two. Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, Jim Rosenhouse back
with you in Anaheim, California, where the Guardians are taking on the Angels
this weekend. Will Brennan has had a good start to his season. He
hit a game I'm winning three run home run in the ninth inning last Sunday,
you know, win over the Twins, and I gave the Guardians a
sweep of that series. We caught up with Brennan the following day and he
talked about what it felt like rounding the bases after his first ever major league,
minor league, college, high school, first ever walk off home run,
I mean, yeah, first time, it was just pure you know,
simon jubilation. I think I blocked out. I don't really remember if
anything was said. You know that my mom would be upset about. I'm
sorry, but it was. Yeah, it was awesome, and I'm just
to get you know, mob by our teammates. There's no better feeling.
And when you look at that at bat, I thought it was interesting.
After the game you mentioned with the hitter in front of you being walked that
Josh Naylor said, hey, take that personal. But baseball seems to be
a game where you have to kind of keep your emotions in check. How
do you balance that when you come to the plate. Yeah, I mean
he's always told me to take things personal. And you know they're trying to
to pitch around a guy to get to you or you better take that personal
and you better use that to your advantage. But Hall staying calm. You
know, you got to stay calm and know that you still have a job
to do. And you know, luckily they're just swinging a good pitch and
put him player. That's all you can really ask for in that situation.
And you swing in a good pitch from a guy who has one hundred plus
fastball, yet it's a curveball that you get. How big an adjustment do
you have to make during the ad bat to make sure you make good contact
on that. Yeah, you're just trying to, you know, see things
up and you know, luckily this curveball popped a little bit. I don't
think you're ever really sitting on a curveball with a guy throwing a hundred.
So it just kind of reacted and it was down and end kind of in
that lefty honey hole, and you know, thankfully went out. Will the
team's I think the fourth team now in baseball that has thirty or more wins.
When you get off to a good start, everyone says, hey,
it's a good start. When is it turned into something different where maybe you
have a really good team here. How's that feeling going? It feels good.
We're gonna, you know, keep the prepper that we've had throughout spring
training into the first couple of months all the way through the season. That's
one thing that we're going to stay consistent with. We're not going to change
and you know, good times and bad times, we're going to stay the
same with that preparation or always going to communicate, have good plans, and
go out there and play the game the right way. So that's what we
do. And you're also showing the ability to come from behind and do good
things late. Where does that come from? And how does it keep going
where it's on a regular basis then, I mean, I think it's been
instilled in us for all of our careers with Cleveland to really never give up
and play hard. I think that's just kind of the players that they draft
and develop, and so I kind of think it's in our DNA from the
jump. But we know we're never down and out. And even if you
are, if you can't show that, you got to keep playing hard through
all twenty seven outs. And that's the most important thing. And it's not
always perfect. You're in the outfield when the ninth inning is going to right,
when your team's in the field, what's going through your mind when when
all that's happening to try and stay positive. Obviously, you feel for your
teammates and you want to pick them up the best you can, So you
use folks on that next pitch. You know, on defense, you want
that ball, You want to be able to make that next play. I
know both those guys next time that happens, they're gonna make those plays.
Rokyo especially, he's a wizard out there, and you know, I mean
Classe deserves every save that he goes out there and gets. So I know
those guys are feeling for the next play. And that's that's all you can
ask. Well, all right, we'll finish with the important stuff. There's
twenty six players that are part of this, but there's a small army that
gets you ready and in the hallway outside the clubhouse. I mean it's less
than twenty four hours and there's a photo of you circling the bases after the
walk off yesterday. Part of a collection of fun moments is that taking it
up a notch and making sure everyone's involved. I think so. I think
Russ, our team photographer, does a great job of getting you know,
content out and you know, celebrating wins is a huge deal. Winning's awesome
and there's nothing like winning. So yeah, you want to celebrate those moments
and put as many as those moments off in the cluboss as you possibly can.
Now yours is the latest. Will thanks a lot for coming by.
I appreciate it. Thank you. Rosie. Always fun to catch up with.
Will Brennan, I mean, a good start to his season. Kyle
Manzardo, recently up from the minor leagues for his rookie major league season.
Took him a while to get going, but he has started to swing the
bat well over the last several games and at bats, and we caught up
with him and he talked about how much more comfortable he's been feeling with each
passing at bat. Yeah, I've been feeling feeling good, especially this last
few days or so. So just trying to, you know, keep helping
the team win games and keep everything trended in the right direction. What is
the biggest difference from say that, you know, the first couple of games
to where you are now. I don't know, the games just kind of
I guess slowed down in some sense, kind of just the nature of it,
I think. So, yeah, just trying to keep enjoying it.
Anything surprise you at all that I know everyone says, hey, you be
yourself and all that kind of stuff, the cliches, But anything surprise you
about these these first couple of weeks in the Major League's competition wise? Uh?
Yeah, I mean it's it's exactly what I expected. You know,
a lot of the best, you know players in the world, So of
course, you know, I knew it was going to be challenging whenever I
showed up, but kind of just trying to figure out that adjustment has been
interesting. Kyle Manzardos joining us coming off a strong game on Monday night against
the Mets. Teams playing well, and now you mentioned winning's most important thing.
That you come into a team that has a winning environment. What are
you noticing in here that that makes that especially helpful, especially for you to
to try and get comfortable at this level. Yeah, I mean, there's
just there's kind of a winning culture, man, where you know, everybody
only real concern out there is you know, doing what they can to try
to help the team win the game that night. So it's it's just been
really cool to just kind of, you know, falling fall back into just
like trying to, you know, help the team win the games and stuff
like that. It's been a lot of fun, and you're doing it as
a designated hitter, which for a young player sometimes can be a challenge.
What makes it a challenge for you to to try and get the job done
and what can be a difficult situation. Yeah, Yeah, it's just it's
interesting just because you kind of got to find find a way to you know,
make your own routine and stuff like that to try to you know,
keep your body ready to go hit every every time you come up in the
lineup, so that that part of it is is different. You know,
I've been kind of trying to mess around and figure out like a routine in
between at bats that I can kind of get dialed in and you know,
help my self stay ready for the next step at is some of that not
thinking too much between that bats because it seems like you have a lot of
time to do that. Yeah, that's certainly. Certainly part of it is,
uh, you know, being able to put your last setbat behind you,
whether you know he failed or succeeded. So that's yeah, that's I
mean, that's part of it for sure. We'll close with this. You
were mentioning earlier that your dad was a big influence on you growing up.
He was a college coach for a little bit. How did he help you
and how did that how did he lay that foundation of good hitting principles for
you? Uh? I mean a lot of it was just work, work
ethics, stuff, just stuff I've learned learned from him over you know,
growing up with him and stuff. He uh, he's a very like detail
oriented type of guy. So I don't know, kind of growing up with
him in the house and him as a coach and stuff. He definitely I
think rubbed off some of those characteristics onto me. And obviously you have other
coaches. Now, do you still lean on your dad every now and again
for certain things that might be helpful? Yeah, yeah, every every now
and again. Well we'll talk hitting, but I don't know. For the
most part, I think he just enjoys watching nowadays. Kyle, thanks a
lot for coming by. I appreciate it. Thank you, and man Sardo
continues to roll. He had a double in the series opener against the Angels
on Friday night. Another young player, Jonathan Rodriguez, more recently called up
to make his major league debut. We had a chance to visit with him
recently, along with translator Augi Rivero. After Rodriguez picked his first major league
hit and run batted in on Wednesday in a win over the Mets, and
he talked about what it was like getting that first hit out of the way.
I thought, I Followingeah. I mean, it was a great sensation
to be there and bring that run in, especially to go ahead run in
that particular moment. So that's the only thing you think of the moment,
like trying to hel the team. But once you get to that point where
you say, okay, help the t him, you just want to say,
hey, let's keep going, let's make this happen, and I want
to look forward to keep helping the team win. Everyone says when when you
go to spring training, major league camp you have a chance to impress,
you still have to go back to Triple A and they say, take care
of business and if you get hot, maybe good things will happen. How
difficult is that though, to make sure that you get off to a good
start at the triple A level so that you're on the radar, so to
speak, at the disciplina at at the Yeah, I think obviously it comes
down to the discipline, right. Obviously, I'm aware they didn't have my
best showing in spin training, but I was very clear with the manna.
You're told me to keep working hard and keeping control the things that I could
control, and luckily I was able to put that and you can play when
I was in Triple A and especially when he called me to come back to
the team where the team is winning and helping the team in this way.
So it's very special for me. And you put up good numbers in the
minor leagues a year ago. Was there anything specific that you felt you improved
in this year at the Triple A level? The software? Yeah, I
mean obviously the kind of like a very simple message was to like run from
hard the basis and everything that that implies. Right, I have all the
changes that that implied for your game. So for me, it was able
to put it in practice from last year and a little bit this year and
obviously being able to you know, play the game the right way running the
base hard is what helped us to you know, for them to consider me
to help the team like the way I'm doing it now. You played winter
ball back home in Puerto Rico. How does that help you from from year
to year? If you can do that to play in the winter time like
that, it's super healthful and anyway you see it, I mean, it
helps you to just to keep moving, to get more base, to keep
continuing. You know, there are two extra months of baseball that normally you
don't get anyone else. And I'm really thankful to the organization because they allowed
me to play there when I when I did. But while while you're there,
you get to talk to many different players that you face them doing the
season here, so when you get there, you get to hear a little
bit what they think about the game, how they played the game, and
obviously playing against different people as well, so they helped you a lot.
And and for me, the because advantages that you're kind of like on the
same page where you're ready to go right when you get to sprint training.
So once you report the camp, you feel that there hasn't been a long
time since you were playing competitive base And along those lines you mentioned spring training
didn't go the way you wanted, But what were you able to get out
of that Being around some of the established major league players following, I think
it's very nice to be around them, especially the one thing that you're focus
on those guys, we are more experiences seeing how they run the basis,
how they run from home to first, how how they turn hard after the
base hit, And obviously I was able to see that in practice and then
put it myself in practice while I was in Triple A, and I feel
that's one of the main reasons why the manager decided to give me this opportunity
and what will close with us. It's still your first week in the major
leagues, but it seems like you're comfortable. What does this group do to
help a young player feel comfortable because you're not the first that's come up this
year and and had some success early on. So at the ramire, thank
god I had the portunity to be here, and I think the main focus
is just to I feel comfortable enough to just because I know I can help
the team, and I think that goes a long way for Ramirez. We
had a conversation with the sprint training where he told me be ready that whenever
you get called up, you're going to be helping the team. So I
think by hearing that, he just gave me that confidence that I knew that
as soon as I come here, it will be one of the guys,
and that's what we've been doing. Yeah, help the team on Wednesday,
no question about it. Jonathan, thanks for coming back, Thank you,
Ogi, thank you, thank you guys. That's rookie outfielder Jonathan Rodriguez.
We'll take a time out. Come back with our final segment. We'll visit
with Joe Torres, the assistant pitching coach for the Guardians. After this,
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Rosenhouse back with you from Anaheim, California, where the Guardians are playing the
Angels this weekend. Joe Torres is the assistant pitching coach for the Guardians in
his third season now in that role, and he explains how his role has
changed. Part of a group of coaches that work with one of the league's
top pitching staffs. I appreciate you having me on Rosie. It's hard to
say. It's kind of like we're all just kind of balancing each other's strengths
and then taking on different roles each day. So it's like it's a little
jack of all trades where I'm trying to support any way I can with with
Carl and with BG. So I mean it's a little mix of everything.
And we're all we're all working together doing game prep stuff, We're working through
guys deliveries. I mean, it's a little bit of everything. So like,
uh, forcuning out, I'm glad to be part of it all.
And you see what you're doing and what Carl does and and Brad does with
the the the bullpen pitchers. You're not that far away from from your pitching
career as a player, But how different is it from from when you pitch
in terms of the availability of coaching and information and things like that. Yeah,
you say it wasn't too long ago. It feels like light years ago.
Right. The game has changed a lot in the last you know,
seven years, they'll say, And and part of that is that the coaches
and the resources that are around each player. So obviously we know the analytics
and all the information, the data that's out there, but now having a
group of coaches to be there for all the players. It's a necessity really
because because of the information and things happen so much faster that you know,
we need each one of the coaches to be in tune with things that that
can maybe help a player out. And it might be in a different realm,
but like it's sometimes it's hard for just one person to do all that.
And when you look at from the pitching perspective, how they balance that
information. Maybe it's scabbing reports on the other team, maybe it's about their
delivery. How much does it always come back to what they do best and
trying to take advantage of some of those other things based on what they do
best. Yeah, for sure, I'm glad you brought that up. I
mean, everybody's everybody's here for a reason. You're in the major leagues for
a reason. There's something you do well and you want to leverage that,
right, I mean pitching to your strengths or hitting, you know, it's
your strengths, whatever the case may be. You gotta lead with that because
if if you're out there chasing other people's weaknesses all the time, you're gonna
be chasing your own tail. It's gonna be a different game. The game
will chew you up. So, you know, a lot of times,
anchoring our guys back to who they are, you know, helping them remember
who they are and what got them here is the best place to start.
Having that strong foundation. Assistant pitching coach Joe Torres is joining us, and
you know what a great start for the pitching staff as a whole for the
most part, even with some injuries. And it's such a cliche they always
say next man up, But how do you view that when someone goes down
like as Shane Bieber earlier in the season, Gavin Williams in spring training,
and some of the relievers too, how do you present that to the guys
who stay and then some of the new arms that are expected to take over.
Yeah, I think there's definitely a balance to that, right. So
the guys that maybe you know, start your in the rotation that were expected
to be in the rotation, not putting too much pressure on themselves and being
themselves, not trying to, you know, pick up for somebody else,
which they it's not possible to do. And then for the new guys that
come in and do take a spot. It's an opportunity, right, someone
like Ben Lively jumping in and saying, Hey, I'm going to relish every
minute of this and take every second and do what I can to work towards
helping this team, which is pretty cool because that's what we're seeing collectively here
as a group is everybody's just pulling for each other in a way that that
you know, of course it's all well, you know, they do care
about themselves in their own performance, but they're challenging each other each day and
they're seeing how the guy's Pittsburg nine before, I want to go out and
do the same thing. And you know, it's all for wins and off
of the team. And it's been part of what has been a tremendous star
team wise for the Guardians. Joe Torres, thanks a lot for coming by.
Appreciate it, Yeah, sure thing, appreciate it. Rosen and Joe
Torre as the assistant pitching coach for the Guardians and wow, he Carl Willis
Brad Goldberg the new bullpen coach. They have done great work bringing along one
of the top pitching staffs in all of baseball. It's all added up to
a big start for the Guardians, who head into play on Saturday still in
first place with one of the best records in baseball as they sit atop the
American League's Central Division. That's going to do it. For this week's edition
of Guardians Weekly, thanks as always to Brian Motse for all of his help.
We will join you next week when the team is back home in downtown
Cleveland at Progressive Field. Until then, this is Jim Rosenhouse reminding you that
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