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Speaker 1: join you from Angel Stadium in Anaheim. This weekend, the
Speaker 1: Guardian into Angels playing a three game weekend series and
Speaker 1: for the Guardians it's the back end of a three
Speaker 1: city road swing that will lead them back home after
Speaker 1: Sunday series finale and finally the home opener for the
Speaker 1: Guardians on Tuesday. Good show lined up for you today
Speaker 1: as we will hear from Stephen Osterer, the Guardian's Vice
Speaker 1: president of player Development. We'll have a farm report previewing
Speaker 1: the Akron Double a season. We'll also hear from Kyle
Speaker 1: Manzardo and Logan Allen after some impressive performances earlier this week,
Speaker 1: and former Cleveland Indian and Angels broadcaster Mark Langston with
Speaker 1: some great memories of his time with the nineteen ninety
Speaker 1: nine edition of the Cleveland Indians. That's all coming up
Speaker 1: in just a little bit, but first to look back
Speaker 1: at our weekend review, and we begin on Sunday at
Speaker 1: Kansas City, the series finale there and with the series
Speaker 1: even up at one win a piece after the first
Speaker 1: two games, the Guardians had tannered By on the mound
Speaker 1: after his bout with food poisoning that pushed back his
Speaker 1: first start a few days, took him off of opening Day,
Speaker 1: but he was all set to go on Sunday and
Speaker 1: the Guardians, we're glad to have their ace back out there.
Speaker 1: Now the wind now the one oh swing by win
Speaker 1: and a routine fly to left. Stephen Kwan has it measured,
Speaker 1: drifts into left center makes the catch.
Speaker 2: Boy, did Tanner Biby need that? That was an eight
Speaker 2: pitch inning.
Speaker 1: Here comes the one two pitch called strike three, fastball
Speaker 1: right down the middle, and Garcia took it, and Bibby
Speaker 1: has his second strikeout on the afternoon. Bibby has now
Speaker 1: set down eleven straight Kansas City, wishing maybe the food
Speaker 1: poisoning could have kept Tanner Biby out of the series.
Speaker 1: Now the two oh swung on a broken bat bouncer,
Speaker 1: the first handled by Santana and that's twelve in a
Speaker 1: row set down and the defense behind Bibby was terrific
Speaker 1: in this one as well. Mikeel Garcia three for six
Speaker 1: in the young campaign. Right handed hitter at third the
Speaker 1: pitch and he hits a ground ball up the middle,
Speaker 1: diving to his left fielding in Rochio up throwing got
Speaker 1: him pa want to play by Brian Rochio in short
Speaker 1: sharply hit back up the middle. Rokio, diving towards second,
Speaker 1: smothered it and got the speedy Garcia. Renfro had to
Speaker 1: hold it second too down. Brian Rochio is going to
Speaker 1: win a Gold Globe someday. The Guardians took a one
Speaker 1: nothing lead in the second inning on a sack fly
Speaker 1: by Gabrielarius, and they added to the lead in the
Speaker 1: fifth with a runner on and the hot hitting Kyle
Speaker 1: Manzardo at the plate. Here's the one to zero, swung
Speaker 1: on and blasted by Kyle Manzardo, high and deep to
Speaker 1: right and off the facing of the fountains.
Speaker 2: Home run.
Speaker 1: Mansardo, who's hot start, continues, there's.
Speaker 2: Your big blow.
Speaker 1: All four of his hits this series against left handed pitching. Well,
Speaker 1: he had a big double off of long in the
Speaker 1: opener and his two run home run makes it three nothing.
Speaker 2: Cleveland.
Speaker 1: Another long ball in the sixth inning, this time Gabrielarius.
Speaker 1: The bitch swung on, hit a ton deep right field.
Speaker 1: This ball is going. This ball is gone. Gabriel Larius
Speaker 1: with an opposite field home run to right and the
Speaker 1: Guardians laid at four to nothing. In Ricochete off the
Speaker 1: back wall behind the right field wall and the Guardians
Speaker 1: pounding a couple of home runs here in the last
Speaker 1: two innings. Then Stephen quandrove in another run in the
Speaker 1: sixth with the ground out to make it five to nothing,
Speaker 1: and in the eighth Daniel Steamen joined on the fun The.
Speaker 2: Pit swing on hit high, hit deep to right center.
Speaker 1: Renfro track wall leaps, it is gone, a solo home
Speaker 1: run to right center. Bye, Daniel Schneeman. Cleveland has its
Speaker 1: third of the game and lead a six.
Speaker 2: To nothing the Royals.
Speaker 1: They got on the board with two runs in the
Speaker 1: bottom of the eighth inning, but the six to two
Speaker 1: lead was enough. With a manual class A on in
Speaker 1: the ninth to finish things up. The pit swing and
Speaker 1: a mess bugging high cutter gets Bobby went Tandon and
Speaker 1: the Guardians have captured their first series of the season,
Speaker 1: taking two out of three here in Kansas City.
Speaker 2: They win the rubber match here today six to two.
Speaker 1: It was onto San Diego after the Kansas City Series
Speaker 1: and a tough three days. It was in San Diego
Speaker 1: as the Padres swept the Guardians seven to two, seven
Speaker 1: to nothing, and five to two in the series finale
Speaker 1: on Wednesday, leading into the off day on Thursday, and
Speaker 1: even though it's early, the off day seemed to come
Speaker 1: at a good time, as the Guardians had their hitting
Speaker 1: shoes on Friday night, most notably Jose Ramirez. Ramirez switch
Speaker 1: inter manning left handed. The kick and delivery Ramire was.
Speaker 2: With a long drive, deep bright field down for Ramirez.
Speaker 1: Jose Ramirez has now hit seven home runs in this
Speaker 1: ballpark in his last eleven games. A line drive, bullet
Speaker 1: to right, and the Guardians have a one nothing lead
Speaker 1: here in the top of the first. The Angels answered
Speaker 1: in the bottom of the first with a solo home
Speaker 1: run from their superstar Mike Trout that tied the game
Speaker 1: at one, but the Guardians came right back with a
Speaker 1: run in the second thanks to a two out hit
Speaker 1: from Brian Rocchio. The pitch with a shot to center.
Speaker 1: That's a Mase hit over toward the right center to
Speaker 1: cut it off. A Dell hustling to second. Is Rokyo
Speaker 1: coming home arius throat of the plate? Slide take safe?
Speaker 1: I think the Angels will challenge to call it the
Speaker 1: plate A line drive would look like a normal base
Speaker 1: hit to center, just to the right of it, and
Speaker 1: Rokio hustling towards second to make it a hustle double
Speaker 1: and Gabrielius never stopped running and a close play at
Speaker 1: the plate. Thought that maybe the Angels would challenge the call,
Speaker 1: but they did not. That'll be a double, an RBI
Speaker 1: and Rokyo to third on the throat of the plate.
Speaker 1: The Angels again responded, scoring three in the third to
Speaker 1: take a four to two lead, and it stayed that
Speaker 1: way until the fifth. That's when Jose Ramirez stepped in again,
Speaker 1: with this time a runner on base out the two
Speaker 1: to two, swung on and launched high and deep to right.
Speaker 2: Is it a multi homer game? You bet? Howt it
Speaker 2: goes to right field?
Speaker 1: Home run Jose Ramirez and with one swing this game is.
Speaker 2: Tied at four three on the season. Now for Ramirez.
Speaker 1: And with that Guardians offense sluggish here at the start
Speaker 1: of the season, no one better to ignite it than
Speaker 1: Jose Ramirez. The Angels threatened in the bottom of the
Speaker 1: fifth inning, as they had the bases loaded with just
Speaker 1: one out and Tim Herron on the mound for the
Speaker 1: Guardians trying to keep the game tied. Here's Heron's pitch
Speaker 1: swung on and there's a high fly ball to center
Speaker 1: cruising after it is Lane Thomas and he makes the
Speaker 1: catch and Heron works out of it. Angels leave the
Speaker 1: bases loaded. We are headed to the sixth. Then in
Speaker 1: the six another big two out hit from Brian Rochio
Speaker 1: put the Guardians back on top. Swung on grounded toward
Speaker 1: third Bye Moncata in the left field of a said
Speaker 1: Manzarto and Naylor score. There's the big hit from Rochio
Speaker 1: and Cleveland's got a six to four lead. Asarius scampers
Speaker 1: to third Yoan Moncata trying to play it to his
Speaker 1: glove side and for some reason kind of went to
Speaker 1: a half slide, half dive and at no point has
Speaker 1: Yoan Moncata been mistaken for Brooks Robinson, and that turns
Speaker 1: into a practically gift two out, two run single. Kate
Speaker 1: Smith came on with the lead in the sixth and
Speaker 1: made quick work of the Angels that bit swung on him,
Speaker 1: miss got him to chase down and away. Kate Smith, well,
Speaker 1: is he automatic or what? Two stray outs in one, two, three, sixth,
Speaker 1: thenning and Cleveland's got a six to four lead heading
Speaker 1: to the seventh. Then in the seventh the Guardians were
Speaker 1: looking for more. They had runners at the corners with
Speaker 1: one out and Kyle Manzardo at the plate.
Speaker 2: Here's the two to.
Speaker 1: Two swung on hit pretty well to left, bank goes ward.
Speaker 1: He'll make the catch, but this will easily get the
Speaker 1: run home. Kwan tags and scores. Another good event for
Speaker 1: Kyle Manzardo. Seven to four Cleveland, Manzardo with a team
Speaker 1: high eight RBIs on the sack fly to left, and
Speaker 1: Cleveland getting back to doing some of the little things tonight.
Speaker 1: The Guardians bullpen continue to throw up zeros, with Paul
Speaker 1: Seawald getting it done in the seventh, and then Hunter
Speaker 1: Gattis was on in the eighth. Again the three to
Speaker 1: two swim and a miss got them for the slider away.
Speaker 1: So the punch outs continue as Cleveland pitchers have struck
Speaker 1: out fourteen angels tonight, and then in the top half
Speaker 1: of the ninth, Jose Ramirez did it one more time
Speaker 1: now the one to one swung at it hammerd Hi
Speaker 1: deep to right center, Hawai backing go and for the
Speaker 1: second time in his career, Hose Ramirez with a three
Speaker 1: homer game and the Guardians with an eight to four
Speaker 1: lead here in the ninth and Ramirez with nine home
Speaker 1: runs in his last eleven games in this ballpark, and
Speaker 1: even the late night chill couldn't keep Jose in the ballpark.
Speaker 1: Amonial Classe was on in a non safe situation in
Speaker 1: the bottom of the ninth. The Angels did nick him
Speaker 1: for a pair of runs, but the Guardians hang on
Speaker 1: for an eight to six win. That's your weekend review.
Speaker 1: Stay with us when we come back. We'll hear from
Speaker 1: cal Manzardo Logan, Allen, Mark Langston, and Stephen Osterer, all
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Speaker 1: On Heal Surpas pitch swung on and Kyle Manzarto with
Speaker 1: a deep drive deep right center. This ball's got a chance.
Speaker 2: It is gone.
Speaker 1: Kyle Mansardo into the fountains and right center, left on left,
Speaker 1: and man Sarto has given Cleveland its first lead of
Speaker 1: the campaign at four to three on Heal. Sirpa, who
Speaker 1: was so big for the Royals a year ago, brought
Speaker 1: in to face the left tender and on a left
Speaker 1: on left matchup, Kyle Manzardo blasted won four hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty four feet to the fountains and right center. Manzardo
Speaker 1: another guy who just came into camp bounding with confidence
Speaker 1: based on September and what he did in October. Welcome
Speaker 1: back to Guardian's Weekly. Jim Rosenhause back with you from
Speaker 1: Angels Stadium in Anaheim. Kyle Mansardo has been off to
Speaker 1: a really nice start where the Guardians at the plate
Speaker 1: the d H first Basement finished the season strong a
Speaker 1: year ago and had a solid postseason and that carried
Speaker 1: over to spring training and he's been off to a
Speaker 1: terrific start the first week of the regular season. We
Speaker 1: caught up with him after the series in Kansas City
Speaker 1: and he talked about how the experience he gained last
Speaker 1: year has been a big factor in his hot start.
Speaker 5: I mean it's definitely, you know, how I hope to
Speaker 5: start my year. Obviously, baseball's a roller coaster, so I
Speaker 5: mean you can't always control the results, but just trying
Speaker 5: to be mindful of you know, maya bats and trying
Speaker 5: to learn from each one, especially early on like this.
Speaker 5: But it feels good to get off to a good start.
Speaker 2: You had a good spring.
Speaker 1: But players always say, you know, spring training is different
Speaker 1: and the regular season is a whole different animal. Why
Speaker 1: do they say that and how is it different from
Speaker 1: what you trying to do?
Speaker 5: Yeah, you've got a more uh you know, big league,
Speaker 5: big league atmosphere once the season starts. But I think
Speaker 5: for me, you know, making sure that I was truly
Speaker 5: preparing for the season during my my spring training at
Speaker 5: bats and uh, you know, learn trying to learn from
Speaker 5: each one throughout the spring has uh you know, helped
Speaker 5: me settle in I think early early on here.
Speaker 1: As a left handed hitter, a lot of your damage
Speaker 1: early has come against left handed pitching.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 1: Explain your approach though it sounds like you try and
Speaker 1: not think about it too much.
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I mean I don't. I try.
Speaker 5: I try and just treat them like uh, like just
Speaker 5: any at bat, you know, the way way I have
Speaker 5: my whole life.
Speaker 3: And uh, I don't.
Speaker 5: Know, it's you know, yielded yielded success early on. And
Speaker 5: I think as long as I'm not trying to do
Speaker 5: too much and just staying within myself, looking for for
Speaker 5: a good pitch to hit, and just going.
Speaker 1: Those things you just mentioned that you've come through in
Speaker 1: key spots points in the game that have turned the game.
Speaker 1: Is that the key those things that you just mentioned.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think.
Speaker 5: Just deciding that whenever whenever I do swing the bat,
Speaker 5: I'm gonna do it with with conviction, not like starting
Speaker 5: my swing and second guessing whether or not it's a
Speaker 5: strike or a pitch that I can hit hard, but
Speaker 5: just trusting my eyes and you know, trusting my hands
Speaker 5: and working through the big part of the field defense.
Speaker 1: When when you look at what you're working on, you
Speaker 1: haven't had that opportunity yet to play first base, but
Speaker 1: you've been working hard to explain what you've been doing
Speaker 1: to try and get better there, so that when you
Speaker 1: do get that chance, you're ready.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Just you know, working working hard pregame, making sure that
Speaker 5: you know, I'm not falling behind on any of my
Speaker 5: work so that whenever I do get to get a
Speaker 5: shot over there, I'll be prepared and ready for it.
Speaker 1: Team WISA a good series against the Royals over the weekend.
Speaker 1: You come here to play a Padres team that looks
Speaker 1: like they're gonna be trouble for the National League and
Speaker 1: in general. How important are these games here early in
Speaker 1: the season to make sure that this team's competing and
Speaker 1: doing what they think they can do.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think the the general mindset, you
Speaker 5: know throughout the team is that that all these games are,
Speaker 5: you know, equally important, especially early on. So we'll go
Speaker 5: out in the same way we go to anybody.
Speaker 1: You've been here before, but just for a workout pre draft.
Speaker 1: Is this as much fun as anything else as part
Speaker 1: of your your rookie season to see the new ballparks,
Speaker 1: maybe the ones that you haven't seen before.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I mean it's definitely definitely one of the
Speaker 5: cooler parts of you know, getting to be with the team,
Speaker 5: you know early on, is you know, checking out some
Speaker 5: new fields.
Speaker 1: Kyle, always great to see it.
Speaker 6: Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1: It's first basement d H Kyle Manzardo who has been
Speaker 1: put right in the middle of that Guardians lineup on
Speaker 1: most nights and it has worked well for the team.
Speaker 1: Stay with us, We'll have more to come after this.
Speaker 1: Kim Rosanow's back with you at Angels Stadium in Anaheim.
Speaker 1: It's Guardians Weekly. Thanks so much for joining us as
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Speaker 1: Youngstown on WKBN. Of course, you can hear it wherever
Speaker 1: you like to download your favorite podcasts. Logan Allen made
Speaker 1: the starting rotation for the Guardians after a really good
Speaker 1: spring training and some hard work in the off season.
Speaker 1: He was named the fifth starter in the rotation and
Speaker 1: his first start came on Tuesday in San Diego. Pitched
Speaker 1: pretty well despite a loss. We caught up with him
Speaker 1: prior to that first start and he says, it never
Speaker 1: gets old when the manager tells you you've made the
Speaker 1: ball club on an opening day.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, I think Voter said it best when
Speaker 7: he when we kind of we had that team meeting
Speaker 7: and he's like, you know, opening days of blessing and
Speaker 7: an honor for everybody. You know, anytime you get to
Speaker 7: do it. So you know, to be here for my
Speaker 7: second one is really cool and you know, obviously.
Speaker 2: Happy to be back here at the big league club.
Speaker 7: So yeah, there's definitely a lot of work and everything
Speaker 7: like that, but obviously the work's just getting started too.
Speaker 7: But no, it's definitely nice to have the results from
Speaker 7: spring payoff and you know, have this opportunity to be.
Speaker 6: Up here and have a chance of wing games.
Speaker 1: To get those results. What did you have to do
Speaker 1: and what were some of the things that you really
Speaker 1: focused on, maybe as far back as as last year
Speaker 1: before the season even ended.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it's just you know, I think I'm
Speaker 7: just trying to, you know, go out there, trust my stuff,
Speaker 7: go right after guys, you know, just put pressure on
Speaker 7: the hitters. I think last year I did a lot
Speaker 7: of you know, nibbling and putting a lot of pressure
Speaker 7: on myself and make perfect pitches and just trying to
Speaker 7: put the flip that put the pressure on them. What
Speaker 7: the guys in defense make their plays, you know, let them,
Speaker 7: let them do their jobs out there.
Speaker 1: And you mentioned that, and it sounds so simple, but
Speaker 1: obviously it's not the easiest thing in the world to do.
Speaker 1: Does your stuff have to get better? And are there
Speaker 1: things that you can do that that allow your stuff
Speaker 1: to be better this spring so that you can go
Speaker 1: ahead and be aggressive.
Speaker 7: Uh yeah, if you feel like like stuff's probably in
Speaker 7: a similar spot, I mean maybe has ticked up a bit,
Speaker 7: you know what I mean. Just just being in the
Speaker 7: back in this environment facing these guys kind of bring
Speaker 7: the best.
Speaker 6: Out of you.
Speaker 7: But uh yeah, more than anything, I think, and just
Speaker 7: just trying to trust my stuff, whether whether it has
Speaker 7: gotten better or not, just going out there and trusting
Speaker 7: it and remember that's hard to hit and not giving
Speaker 7: these guys too much credit.
Speaker 1: I know Steven Vote and Carl Willis both said they
Speaker 1: feel you're moving better on the mound. Do you feel
Speaker 1: that and has that resulted in some better results?
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 7: I think just you know, not being out there worrying
Speaker 7: about mechanics as much, you know, kind of moving feeling
Speaker 7: like you're moving a little free or I think that
Speaker 7: that's the biggest thing. And you know, not being so
Speaker 7: caught up and are you know, hitting the right checkpoints,
Speaker 7: moving on the bound and just kind of feeling you
Speaker 7: can go out there and compete, you know, just and
Speaker 7: play the game, enjoy the game. So I think it's
Speaker 7: been nice to be back in that kind of mindset a.
Speaker 6: Little bit more.
Speaker 1: Logan Allen joining us as he makes his first start
Speaker 1: of the season tonight, and Logan, you face the Padres
Speaker 1: obviously a good lineup. The difference between spring training regular
Speaker 1: season in terms of scouting reports and preparation, How different
Speaker 1: is it for a major league start in a regular
Speaker 1: season compared to a Cactus league start.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, we definitely do a lot more homework
Speaker 7: here for this regular season games just different because you're
Speaker 7: facing guys, you know, three or four times through. You
Speaker 7: kind of don't see that in spring as much. So
Speaker 7: being able to know how to set guys up for
Speaker 7: multiple at bats, I think it is probably the biggest
Speaker 7: difference in terms of scouting. But yeah, definitely a little
Speaker 7: bit different than a Cactus League start for sure.
Speaker 1: And is it kind of fun for you to get
Speaker 1: away from just kind of worrying about, you know, some
Speaker 1: of the things that you're trying to take care of
Speaker 1: in spring training and then really diving into an opponent
Speaker 1: and seeing how that fits with what you like to do.
Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure. I think it just you know, it
Speaker 7: kind of brings a fan out any you know, sitting
Speaker 7: there watching the games and studying back scene as they
Speaker 7: face other guys that are similar to you, and just
Speaker 7: seeing anything you can pick up from a guy that
Speaker 7: can potentially help you in then a bat here or there.
Speaker 7: So yeah, I definitely, I definitely enjoy it, and yeah,
Speaker 7: ready to.
Speaker 6: Get to it.
Speaker 1: I Logan, thanks lot for coming. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 1: As that is Logan Allen the Guardian spitz starter in
Speaker 1: their rotation, and he's coming off a terrific spring and
Speaker 1: looking for big things as the season gets under way. Well,
Speaker 1: we're here in Anaheim, and that means we get to
Speaker 1: catch up with a former Cleveland Indian who had a
Speaker 1: lengthy major league career. Talking about Mark Langston, who is
Speaker 1: now part of the radio broadcast crew for the Angels.
Speaker 1: He pitched in Cleveland at the end of his major
Speaker 1: league career in nineteen ninety nine, appearing in twenty five
Speaker 1: games for the Indians. That was after a stellar career
Speaker 1: eight seasons with the Angels, six more with Seattle, also
Speaker 1: time with Montreal San Diego and the Guardians one hundred
Speaker 1: and seventy nine wins over those sixteen seasons. We had
Speaker 1: a chance to catch up with him and talk about
Speaker 1: how special that nineteen ninety nine season was that he
Speaker 1: spent in Cleveland.
Speaker 8: You know, truly one of the most funnest summers I've
Speaker 8: ever had in my entire life.
Speaker 6: Wet to spring training with San Diego.
Speaker 8: Was released in the last week of the season, came home,
Speaker 8: which I lived here in Anaheim. The Indians were opening
Speaker 8: the season against the Angels here. May As you called
Speaker 8: me and said, hey, they want you to throw a
Speaker 8: stimulate a game. So I ran came out here, Dwight
Speaker 8: Gooden and I were throwing a simulated game, and it's
Speaker 8: it was very ironic because Doc and I both came
Speaker 8: up the exact same year in nineteen eighty four, and
Speaker 8: here we were, you know, for me for certainly the
Speaker 8: back end of my career, kind of the back end
Speaker 8: of his career.
Speaker 6: He pitched a little bit longer.
Speaker 8: But out there throwing a simulator game. I guess the
Speaker 8: Indians liked it. I ended up signing and by the
Speaker 8: time they got off the roadhop because they sent me
Speaker 8: to Florida real quick to do a rehab. By the
Speaker 8: time they came off the road trip, they made a
Speaker 8: call and said, you're come on up to Cleveland. So
Speaker 8: spent the entire season one of the funnest teams I've
Speaker 8: ever played on my entire life. It was so much
Speaker 8: fun and just to see that team. It's still to
Speaker 8: this day. It's the best lineup I had ever seen.
Speaker 8: I always explained to people. They always ask me, what's
Speaker 8: the best lineup you've ever had? I go, it's not
Speaker 8: even close. The ninety nine Indian team that I played on,
Speaker 8: best lineup up and down and all start every position.
Speaker 8: They just mashed and it was fun to watch them
Speaker 8: on a nightly basis.
Speaker 1: And the vibe in the city you came in as
Speaker 1: a visitor before than Jacob's Field night and day when
Speaker 1: you came back as a player for the Cleveland Indian.
Speaker 6: Oh, definitely.
Speaker 8: Once they put Jacobs Field into play, it was really
Speaker 8: revived the downtown area. It was fun to come there
Speaker 8: and play. And in fact, once I got there, I
Speaker 8: still remember this. I try to get some cable TV
Speaker 8: for my apartment that I was in and they said, sorry,
Speaker 8: it's going to be about three weeks. I go, oh, man,
Speaker 8: three weeks, how about some tickets to the Indians game?
Speaker 8: And immediately guy goes, I'll be there in ten minutes.
Speaker 8: Ten minutes later, guys knocking on my door. Look at my.
Speaker 6: Cable up, here's six tickets for you. Because you couldn't
Speaker 6: get a ticket to those games. Those games were sold out.
Speaker 8: Every game every night was sold out, forty five thousand
Speaker 8: people every night.
Speaker 6: It was the happening place. And that team was.
Speaker 8: So much fun to be around, and the city really
Speaker 8: embraced them and they had a you know, when I
Speaker 8: got there, there already had a really good run and
Speaker 8: I think the people were excited to sit and watch
Speaker 8: the talent on a nightly basis.
Speaker 1: I were going to take some fans down Memory Lane
Speaker 1: for off the field stuff. Music and baseball have a
Speaker 1: great relationship. You were part of that at a time
Speaker 1: where there were some other musicians on the team. Tell
Speaker 1: us about that.
Speaker 8: Yeah, in ninety nine, Richie Sexon and I we used
Speaker 8: to bring our guitars on the road and we'd sit
Speaker 8: in the rooms and play the guitars and goof around.
Speaker 8: I go, you know, we should do like a charity event.
Speaker 8: Let's throw something together, and we literally did in like
Speaker 8: three weeks. We put together I think they we called
Speaker 8: trib Jam, and so we did it down in the flats,
Speaker 8: the little amphitheater that was down there, and we didn't
Speaker 8: know what was gonna happen.
Speaker 6: I think we.
Speaker 8: Charged like ten dollars and all the money was going
Speaker 8: to charity, and we had all the participation of everybody
Speaker 8: on the team.
Speaker 6: All the players showed up and Jim told me he
Speaker 6: had a guitar.
Speaker 8: He couldn't play it, but he acted like he's gonna
Speaker 8: play it, and he ended up breaking it on stage.
Speaker 6: Omar, who was a drummer, actually got up and played
Speaker 6: the drums.
Speaker 8: Dave Burba saying everybody participated and it was really a
Speaker 8: fun time. Bernie Cozard, the very first one he came
Speaker 8: out was firing footballs into the crowd for the people
Speaker 8: we packed the place in and I literally in my mind,
Speaker 8: going only here in this town, with this team, could
Speaker 8: you pull this off? Because that's how embraced everybody was
Speaker 8: the team with the fans, the fans with the team,
Speaker 8: and to see these guys outside of what they saw
Speaker 8: Jacob Spield, to see them goofy and having fun on
Speaker 8: stage was really a special time and I felt very
Speaker 8: blessed we put that together. I did it one more
Speaker 8: year in two thousand and it was so much fun
Speaker 8: being part of that and again to show the fans
Speaker 8: a different side of these Indian players.
Speaker 1: For the most part, players can't pick when it's over
Speaker 1: as a player. It turns out that's your last year.
Speaker 1: Looking back on it, you okay with that? That that's
Speaker 1: how it ended.
Speaker 6: Sure, I went to spring training two thousand with the Indians.
Speaker 8: In fact, I talked my buddy Chuck Finley into you said,
Speaker 8: hey man, this is a great team.
Speaker 6: You got to come check it out.
Speaker 8: And he ended up signing that spring and I went
Speaker 8: to spring and it just wasn't I wasn't having a
Speaker 8: great spring.
Speaker 6: And I remember the last time I was on the mound.
Speaker 8: We had seen our buddy Eddie Money the night before
Speaker 8: Chuck and I and I just remember just the start
Speaker 8: that I wasn't even started.
Speaker 6: Chuck to actually started the game.
Speaker 8: And then I came in right after Chuck, and I
Speaker 8: think I gave up five runs some base you know,
Speaker 8: some some little blue pits, and then a three run
Speaker 8: home run.
Speaker 6: That I gave up, and I just went, it's time
Speaker 6: to take it to the house, you know.
Speaker 8: So I you know, I was fighting that for the
Speaker 8: last probably two or three years of my career, but
Speaker 8: I felt like that was the time. And I remember
Speaker 8: John Hart going, you know, you make this team. You
Speaker 8: don't have to performance spring training. I know, but I
Speaker 8: feel the tug of going home. My daughter was going
Speaker 8: to be a freshman in high school, so I felt
Speaker 8: like I need to go protect the door with her,
Speaker 8: you know now being a freshman in high school.
Speaker 1: Great memories. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the game tonight.
Speaker 8: My pleasure always great catching up with you, always fund
Speaker 8: talking the Indians baseball.
Speaker 6: One of my fun of summers ever.
Speaker 1: Always fun to visit with Mark Langston, one of the
Speaker 1: radio voices for the Los Angeles Angels and a former
Speaker 1: Cleveland Indian nineteen ninety nine edition, and clearly had a
Speaker 1: great time in his one season with the Indians. Stay
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Speaker 1: Jim Rosenow's back with you at Angels Stadium in Anaheim.
Speaker 1: It's Guardians Weekly. Thanks so much for joint us as
Speaker 1: we bring you baseball talk on the radio for an
Speaker 1: hour every Saturday morning. All Right, we're gonna wrap it
Speaker 1: up with a farm report. Stephen Oster is the vice
Speaker 1: president of player development for the Guardians, and we talk
Speaker 1: about Akron this week is say got underway on Friday night,
Speaker 1: and we began with a word or two about Rubber
Speaker 1: Ducks manager Greg Descenzo and why he's the right man
Speaker 1: for the job at the Double A level.
Speaker 10: Yeah, he's awesome.
Speaker 11: Another manager that we're very lucky to have spent a
Speaker 11: lot of time in college. Understands what it takes to
Speaker 11: work hard and to view it from the player's side
Speaker 11: as well. So he's one of those guys that you
Speaker 11: love playing for and he's gonna put you know, he's
Speaker 11: gonna be hard on you, but just enough that the
Speaker 11: challenging to make you better and tell it to you straight.
Speaker 11: He's been at the level before. He's in Triple A
Speaker 11: for a year. Very very fortunate to have Desenzo.
Speaker 1: When you look at top prospects there and everyone wants
Speaker 1: to know where's Travis Bizana going to start. He's going
Speaker 1: to start at Double A. Acron how come and what
Speaker 1: are some of the things that you're looking for him
Speaker 1: to work on? Especially early in the season.
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, these decisions are never really easy. I
Speaker 11: think when we were thinking about Travis and any of
Speaker 11: our young players, we're thinking of what does the best
Speaker 11: development opportunity for them, you know, in terms of challenge
Speaker 11: with the game level, and then the opportunity to go
Speaker 11: and work on the things they need to work on.
Speaker 11: We thought double A was the best blend of both
Speaker 11: of those things. He's done a really good job over
Speaker 11: the offseason working on the defense, showing some of those
Speaker 11: improvements in his time in spring training, and he is
Speaker 11: going to continue to work on those things in double
Speaker 11: and get a ton of playing time at second base
Speaker 11: with the bat. It's it's special, you know. I think
Speaker 11: Travis is a really good process and understanding of what
Speaker 11: he needs to do to get better, even at the
Speaker 11: time at the potential detriment at times of maybe not
Speaker 11: performing as much as.
Speaker 10: You'd want to.
Speaker 11: He understands what it is to straddle the line between
Speaker 11: performing now and doing the things that I need to
Speaker 11: do to get better so that can impact the big
Speaker 11: big league team in the long terms. So double A
Speaker 11: is a great fit for him, and seeing him out
Speaker 11: there will be a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: Another player. On the position player side, c J. Kapis
Speaker 1: had a big year last year, and what do you
Speaker 1: see from him as he gets ready for this season.
Speaker 10: Yeah, really talented hitter.
Speaker 11: He had a lot of success last year and in
Speaker 11: High A and also with Akron. Similar to a lot
Speaker 11: of guys in their first year professional baseball. As you
Speaker 11: get towards the end of the season, things get harder
Speaker 11: on you physically, and you know, understanding what it takes
Speaker 11: to sort of have a full year of games when
Speaker 11: you're coming from the college side or the high school
Speaker 11: side can be difficult. So there's maybe a little bit
Speaker 11: of fatigue that set in, and he tackled a lot
Speaker 11: of the physical side of things that he needed to
Speaker 11: do to be able to with stand and thrive throughout
Speaker 11: the entire year. So heading back to Double A great hitter,
Speaker 11: had a lot of success last year. We're looking for
Speaker 11: him to continue to build on that and then I
Speaker 11: think expose him to you know, not only just playing
Speaker 11: first base, but a little bit more of the outfield
Speaker 11: and gives some versatility there.
Speaker 1: Behind the play. We talked about Cody Huff at Triple A.
Speaker 1: Cooper Engel also in big league camp for a little
Speaker 1: bit similar type catcher or a little bit different skill set.
Speaker 11: There, Yeah, slightly different skill set, a bit of a
Speaker 11: different profile than a Cody Huff, where Cooper's got a
Speaker 11: really strong bat tool, his his contact skill set elite,
Speaker 11: and I think his defensive work has come a long way.
Speaker 10: Since he's come, since he's joined the organization.
Speaker 11: His exposure, similar to Cody or any of the players
Speaker 11: in the major league environment, allowed him to see some
Speaker 11: of the things that he needs to do from you know,
Speaker 11: defensive side, from a preparation side, and you know what
Speaker 11: it takes to be leading a staff at the major
Speaker 11: league levels. So you know a lot of those things
Speaker 11: were refined for him over the last few weeks in
Speaker 11: spring training and he's going to go ahead and tackle
Speaker 11: those things in Akron to start the year.
Speaker 1: Let's get on the mound at Double A Acron and
Speaker 1: we're joined by Steven Ostro, the farm director for the Guardians.
Speaker 1: Austin Peterson. Let's start there, and what are you seeing
Speaker 1: from him as he gets ready for the Double A season.
Speaker 11: Austin was I think he led our entire organization in
Speaker 11: innings last year. I think he was at one hundred
Speaker 11: and sixty, which is a substantial load and you know,
Speaker 11: in the top five or six in all.
Speaker 10: Of minor league baseball. He had a great year last year.
Speaker 11: He's he's a command first guy, has always been that way,
Speaker 11: and we've tried to continue to move the needle on
Speaker 11: the velocity. This offseason he took another step and we're
Speaker 11: hoping to see that kind of hole.
Speaker 10: Throughout the year. He's a big guy, he's about six
Speaker 10: seven six'. Eight you has to.
Speaker 11: Continue to work on the physical, side and when you're
Speaker 11: logging a ton of, innings there's a lot of work
Speaker 11: that goes into. That so he tackled that this offseason
Speaker 11: and we're really excited to see how that kind of
Speaker 11: plays out and for the newfound velocity to you, know
Speaker 11: hopefully miss more bats and allow him to continue to
Speaker 11: develop at the upper.
Speaker 1: Levels if it's a secret and he can't, answer say,
Speaker 1: so but how do you get a young pitcher to
Speaker 1: increase their.
Speaker 10: Velocity it's a full prong.
Speaker 11: Approach SO i think what we do really well is
Speaker 11: an organization is look outside of not just the pitching,
Speaker 11: side but we crossed into the, physical the, nutrition and
Speaker 11: the medical, side the mental performance side to get a
Speaker 11: holistic picture of what we can do to make the
Speaker 11: player better on the velocity, spectrum it's very much there's
Speaker 11: a physical, component there's a mental component to training the
Speaker 11: way you need to train to get the. Velocity there's
Speaker 11: the pitching side obviously with how they're moving the, delivery
Speaker 11: and generally it's a. Count it is a mixture of
Speaker 11: all those things to try to move the. Needle In austin's,
Speaker 11: case it was a combination of all those things as.
Speaker 11: Well so you, KNOW i think we take pride in
Speaker 11: being able to kind of work across the aisle with
Speaker 11: all the domains and try to just get the biggest
Speaker 11: broad picture of how we can move the needle.
Speaker 1: PHYSICALLY a couple other guys in the rotation down at
Speaker 1: a Acron Aaron, DAVENPORT i, know put up really good
Speaker 1: numbers a year, ago and how do you see him
Speaker 1: progressing and what are some of the next steps that
Speaker 1: he needs to work.
Speaker 10: On, Yeah Aaron davenport had a great year last.
Speaker 11: Year he threw a ton of inings and really commanded
Speaker 11: the strike, zone which is a.
Speaker 10: Huge focus for.
Speaker 11: Him he's one of those guys that when he puts
Speaker 11: his mind on, something he generally to achieve.
Speaker 10: IT i think as we continue to move.
Speaker 11: Forward there's some refining and going from you, know throwing
Speaker 11: strikes to executing maybe a tick more to where you
Speaker 11: want to execute it so that you can miss more
Speaker 11: bats and not rely potentially on some of the weak
Speaker 11: contact that he has in the. Past the arsenal continues
Speaker 11: to get, refined and he's throwing a little bit, harder
Speaker 11: and he's done a lot of the things in the
Speaker 11: off season to make him a more complete. Pitcher so
Speaker 11: going back To, akron continue to show that and take
Speaker 11: the next step that we can hopefully see him as
Speaker 11: a starter In TRIPLE a this.
Speaker 1: Year and one last name on the pitching, Front Zach.
Speaker 1: Morehouse we saw him a little bit during the course
Speaker 1: Of major league spring training coming over from minor league.
Speaker 1: Camp relievers at The DOUBLE a, level what are you
Speaker 1: looking for from, them and in this Case morehouse.
Speaker 11: Stuff they have to throw, hard they have to have,
Speaker 11: secondaries and they need to execute. Them the mentality to
Speaker 11: go out and compete is generally what we're looking for with.
Speaker 11: Everyone when you're you, know Like Zay moreuse is a
Speaker 11: twenty three draft, pick you, know sometimes you move really
Speaker 11: fast if you've got stuff quality and you're able to.
Speaker 11: Execute and that's what he's. Done so you spent some
Speaker 11: time In akron last, year did very, well you, know
Speaker 11: got into some major league.
Speaker 10: Games he throw out spring and kept getting asked to
Speaker 10: get back into.
Speaker 11: Major league games by the staff because they are very
Speaker 11: obvious signs that's he's a good. Pitcher so, continuing similar
Speaker 11: to all our, guys just refine the little things of
Speaker 11: the preparation and knowing what it's like to handle the
Speaker 11: workload and continually just move the needle as much as
Speaker 11: we can on this stuff has been a big focus
Speaker 11: and you know he's shown signs of being.
Speaker 10: Electric it's just dialing in the consistency of.
Speaker 1: That that Is Stephen, ostro the vice president of Player
Speaker 1: development for The, guardians and we appreciate the update on
Speaker 1: The acron roster at the start of the. Season and
Speaker 1: that's going to do it for this week's edition Up Guardians.
Speaker 1: Weekly as, always thanks To Brian matse for all of
Speaker 1: his help on the. Show we will join you next
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Speaker 1: been forever after spring training in the lawn road trip
Speaker 1: to start the, season but looking forward to opening, day
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