WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.879 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. 2 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:10.359 Guardians Weekly is brought to you by Progressive helping Guardians 3 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:12.679 fans save hundreds on car insurance. 4 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:03.119 Hi, everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse along with 5 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:06.680 you from spring training in Goodyear, Arizona. We're at the 6 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:10.359 Guardian Spring Training Complex where this afternoon they will take 7 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:13.519 on the San Diego Padres. This is our final show 8 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:16.439 from spring training. How about that flew by as it 9 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:18.920 always does. As our next show will come to you 10 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:22.599 from Kansas City, the first weekend of the regular season, 11 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:27.280 which begins with the opener on Thursday afternoon in KC. 12 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.079 Big show for you today. In a little bit, we'll 13 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:34.519 hear from Carl Willis, the longtime pitching coach for then 14 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:38.400 the Cleveland Indians and then now the Cleveland Guardians. We'll 15 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:41.959 also hear from Gavin Williams, who's had an impressive spring. 16 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.920 Kai Correa, who's the field coordinator but the coach who 17 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:49.959 puts together these schedules daily for spring training and it 18 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:51.760 is quite a test. So we'll talk to him about 19 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:55.040 that among other things. But first we had a chance 20 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:59.519 to visit with a longtime Cleveland Indian and now guardian 21 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:04.200 Carlow Santana back for his third go round with the organization. 22 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:08.199 This will be his sixteenth major League season. Ten have 23 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.120 been spent with Cleveland, but not since twenty twenty. 24 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:11.319 Now. 25 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:13.240 When we caught up with them earlier this week, he 26 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:16.319 talked about some of the differences this time around. 27 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.520 This a little bit chang especially they have a lot 28 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:26.680 of jungle player to great talent. Dan he's gray. Yeah, 29 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:30.599 he's a gundawn. Little memory to me in the past. 30 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:37.879 What I'm gonna start here younger, But you know, we 31 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:41.240 have to leave day to day. And now I'm be 32 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:45.159 here and I'm happy, and I'll come back to my 33 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.400 house the Cleveland warder now. 34 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:50.719 And I remember last summer seeing you with the twins, 35 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:53.560 and you had mentioned you thought maybe at some point 36 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:57.240 you might come back or we're hoping to. What makes 37 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:00.000 this special here? What makes Cleveland special to you? 38 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:06.960 Especial because they give opportunity, UH start my career in Cleveland, 39 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.759 and I play for a long time, Cleveland half in 40 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:15.960 my heart for the rest of my life. I have 41 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:22.639 good memory. Uh me and my family, UH fans support me. 42 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:29.000 UH the office, my my shournal and Chris Antonetti. You know, Uh, 43 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:31.919 they the first guy signed to my first contrast, So 44 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:35.319 I mean I have a lot of memory to to 45 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:40.120 Cleveland Warrior. Uh, and that's why I'm taking decision comeback. 46 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:43.599 We're recording this interview in the clubhouse and your locker 47 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:47.000 is right next to Jose Ramirez. You guys been friends 48 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:48.400 for a long time. What's it been like to be 49 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:49.000 back with him? 50 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:52.879 He's happy, he's happy. He's the guy, the first guy, 51 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:59.840 UH talk to me before Si'm here, you know, doing 52 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:03.280 during the season. We're talking me and him a lot, 53 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:06.159 and he's happy. You know, he's happy. 54 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:07.000 Uh. 55 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:13.680 We have good relationships, me and him. So I'm happy. 56 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:15.840 You know, I'm happy he learned to me. I longed 57 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:23.319 to him about in general to the life. So I'm happy. 58 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:26.279 You know, I'm happy and have uh ste Wi Josse. 59 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:31.040 He's one of the best player in the league. I'm 60 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:35.439 very happy, you know, play with him and play with 61 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:37.079 all the all the team here. 62 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:41.399 Carlos Santana joining US gold Glove winner a year ago. 63 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:43.720 You've done a lot of things in your career. What 64 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:45.759 did that mean to you to win a gold Glove? 65 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:52.000 Something special for me, but more special to my mom. Uh, 66 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:55.759 and I'm promo to to her before before she is so 67 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:00.720 last year she asked me, uh, what you want? What 68 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.439 do you have to do? And no, she told me. 69 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:07.920 She asked me, what do you want, uh, before you retire? 70 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:12.959 And I'm telling to think I want wing Wing World 71 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:18.439 Series and wing gold Glove. That's why I'm using the 72 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:24.959 the pink glove because this is my mom family colors, 73 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:29.879 you know, And I'm doing doing he is? She happy? 74 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.879 He's been me proud to me and and my mom 75 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:41.360 and uh and the and the the gold glove when 76 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:43.040 I'm wing his for my mom. 77 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:45.879 When we first saw you, you were a catcher and 78 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:47.800 he had a little bit of time at third base 79 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.279 and then moved over the first What did you do 80 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:54.439 to become a really good defensive first basement preparing. 81 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:57.319 I'm working hard in the off season, I'm working hard, 82 00:05:57.439 --> 00:05:59.959 and the spin training and working hard. And the season. 83 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:03.160 You know. 84 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:07.439 I'm working. You know, I'm working my body. I'm working 85 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:12.920 everything or try to keep it play, especially my age. 86 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.839 You know, couple players they don't believe how what I 87 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:21.600 look like to my age. But I'm the guy working hard. 88 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:26.040 I prospect the gang. I've prospect my time. I prospect everybody. 89 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:27.360 That's why I'm here. 90 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:30.360 At the plate. Obviously, you're gonna try and put up 91 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:32.839 the best numbers you can. How have you evolved as 92 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:38.120 a hitter as the years have gone by? Yeah? 93 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:44.759 No, for me, nothing change. You know, nothing change. Uh Cleveland, 94 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:49.920 they summed back because they they they think or they know, Okay, 95 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:52.279 I can help to the team making playoffs and make 96 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:57.680 it to the World Series. So you know, we see 97 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.399 this is some, but I think this is some. That's 98 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:04.199 why I'm preparing for making gunnumbe and hold to my 99 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:08.079 team making playoff, for making Winter the War Series. So 100 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:13.639 you know, I'm thinking day to day. I'm thinking one 101 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:16.680 day out of time and see what happen into the season. 102 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:18.879 But everything he's positive now. 103 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:21.319 Carlos, great to see, a great to have you back. 104 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:22.680 Thank you, Thank you very much. 105 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:26.000 Always fun of visit with Carlos Santana and in his 106 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:29.279 age thirty nine season, the Guardians counting on him to 107 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.800 be a key at first base. Another key for the 108 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:36.560 Guardians on the mound in the rotation Gavin Williams. After 109 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:40.439 an injury plagued twenty twenty four campaign, Williams has been 110 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:43.199 the talk of spring training in terms of the starting rotation, 111 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:47.120 he has been absolutely terrific, and he says he's really 112 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:49.759 happy with how things have gone so far this spring. 113 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:53.639 Really please honestly, especially coming off last year. It's not 114 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.040 definitely not what I expected and not what I wanted 115 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:59.160 last year. So having won eighty from last year is 116 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:00.079 going to be a good thing for me. 117 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:05.000 And explain your off season, and maybe geography helped a 118 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:08.040 little bit. Being close to Carl Willis. How often did 119 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.319 you guys get together and what we're able to do. 120 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:15.279 Probably thirty minutes from Carl, so I think it was 121 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.639 once or twice a week whenever I would throw pins, 122 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:20.879 and sometimes during touch play we come over or I 123 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:22.639 would go out his way and throw and he would 124 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.199 come out and watch me. And we just worked on 125 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:27.480 a little things in the in the wind up and 126 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:30.480 in the stretch, just trying to figure out some things. 127 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:34.919 It helped me, I mean honestly helped me tremendously, especially 128 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:35.559 where I'm. 129 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:35.960 At right now. 130 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.919 Maybe without getting too technical, what were some of the 131 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.240 things that have allowed you to really take off here 132 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:42.679 so far? 133 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:43.759 Uh? 134 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:47.120 Yeah, just staying more upright with my back leg, not 135 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:49.879 getting too deep, spinning out of it was the big 136 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:54.919 thing last year, so I was getting two on my 137 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:59.759 back toe, so it creates bad pitch profiles, and trying 138 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:01.720 to throw a slider at times was more of a cutter, 139 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:03.120 which didn't work out that well. 140 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:07.320 So we see velocity readings and probably somewhat similar to 141 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:10.200 a year ago in the upper nineties. But what's the 142 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:12.960 difference with your fastball that that you're seeing early on 143 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:13.799 in spring training. 144 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:19.919 Yeah, the vertical movements definitely back, especially after like when 145 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:22.919 I got drafted to now it's going back to where 146 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:26.440 when I got drafted. That's a little bit higher. I 147 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.799 don't want it to creak down any lower than what 148 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:29.159 it is. 149 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.679 And team wise, rotation wise, how much do you look 150 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:36.639 forward to being with this group again and a Tanner, 151 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:38.840 Biby and some of the others that are in the rotation. 152 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.399 Yeah, it's gonna be awesome, especially after the things some 153 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:46.320 of the guys did last year, especially the bullpen guys 154 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:50.559 looked phenomenal and what Biby did last year is insane. 155 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:53.480 So I'm ready to be with everybody again. 156 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.320 It's Gavin Williams seems primed for a big year in 157 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:01.480 that Guardian starting rotation, stay with us. When we come back, 158 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:06.320 we'll visit with field coordinator and also the defensive specialist 159 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:09.799 for that Guardian's coaching staff, Hi Korea. 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Jim rosan Al back with 175 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:04.639 you from Guardian Spring training in Goodyear, Arizona. It's winding 176 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:07.399 down now and that means a little bit is off 177 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:10.559 the plate for Kai Korea, who is a part of 178 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.600 that major league coaching staff. He's the field coordinator and 179 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:18.000 some of his specialties defense, base running, in game strategy. 180 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:22.559 But this time of year he is extremely busy because 181 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:25.919 he is the man responsible for the daily schedules for 182 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.399 what at one point in time was close to one 183 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.279 hundred players at the start of spring training. It has 184 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:34.000 whittled down quite a bit since then. But when we 185 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:36.519 caught up in them earlier this week, he said, it's 186 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:40.159 no accident that things are running smoothly at this point 187 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.759 the spring because of some of the planning that goes 188 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:43.240 into it. 189 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:43.919 Yeah. 190 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:48.399 Traditionally, I start building the spring training both like big 191 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:53.600 peck pictures, monthly, weekly and daily schedules as far back 192 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:56.480 as like mid November, and so I'll start churning out 193 00:11:56.519 --> 00:12:02.080 the drafts where they're kind of plotting things out, building curriculum, 194 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:07.000 building infu and presentations for meetings. Way back when, I 195 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:08.960 found that if you do that and you start early, 196 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:11.200 it gives you the most tools in the two back 197 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:14.519 to then go and be flexible once the spring begins. 198 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:18.200 You did it last year, plan spring training, you're back 199 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:21.200 again doing it this year. Any easier second year in 200 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:24.039 the organization, or in your case, back in the organization 201 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:25.440 from one year to the next. 202 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:30.159 Yeah, I think anytime you repeat things, the ease comes 203 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:34.159 from like the rest of the personnel's familiarity, right, They 204 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.919 kind of know what they expect, and so there's just 205 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:40.679 less surface level questions about why we're doing something or 206 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:41.440 what comes next. 207 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:45.440 When you look at your busiest time right now, it's 208 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:47.840 starting to slow down a little bit as the roster thinds. 209 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:51.919 But at the beginning of camp full roster plus depth camp, 210 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.120 how many players are you responsible for to to get 211 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:56.639 them to the right place at the right time. 212 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:59.799 Yeah, that's something that we unique that we do here, 213 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:02.200 which is an amazing part of our culture, putting everybody 214 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:06.240 on under one roof, under one schedule through the you know, 215 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:11.159 the start of February and into late February. And in 216 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.240 that one though, you're talking about over just shy of 217 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:15.039 one hundred players. 218 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:18.639 Obviously, huge communication with Stephen Vote and the rest of 219 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:23.159 the coaches. Ultimately, what's the most important thing that they 220 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:24.960 want to see on a day to day basis from 221 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:27.360 an organization standpoint, Well. 222 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:29.399 I think you want to see a couple of things. 223 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:31.159 You want to see the main things kept, the main 224 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:33.600 things right, the things that are front and center that 225 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:35.879 are featured in meetings, that are featured in activities when 226 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:38.759 we all collide on one field, that are emphasized time 227 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:40.200 and time again are the things that are going to 228 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:42.039 lead to wins and losses in gameplay. So that's the 229 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:43.440 first thing you want to see. The second thing you 230 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:47.879 want to see is fluidity. You know, people bouncing from 231 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:50.360 one activity to the next without lulls in the schedule, 232 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:53.159 both from a workload standpoint, so you're not getting cold 233 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.360 and hot and again, and then both from and from 234 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:59.039 a respect and time standpoint. So I think those are 235 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:01.480 the two priority that you're looking for when you're building 236 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:03.360 a schedule that everyone wants to see. 237 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.480 And maybe it's easy to look back on it now 238 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.600 because of the success the team had a year ago, 239 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:10.679 But how much do you think spring training had to 240 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:13.159 do not only with the wins and losses, but the 241 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:14.519 style of play this team had. 242 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:18.519 I think spring training is an really important time to 243 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:22.759 set the tone for a team's culture in regard to 244 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.639 style of play. 245 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:25.000 You have. 246 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:30.559 Three four hours in a day to curate specific blocks 247 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:33.639 to make things important, and I think if you consistently 248 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:37.559 do so and justify why you're doing so, inevit inevitably 249 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:39.559 they'll show up in your team style of play. 250 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:43.080 Kay Kry is joining us. He's a field coordinator, puts 251 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:47.480 together spring training defense based running game strategy. We're not 252 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:49.559 too far from field too, which I feel like that's 253 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:52.039 your classroom in spring training. Tell us what goes on 254 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.559 there that makes this team a year ago one of 255 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:56.120 the best defensive teams in baseball. 256 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:59.039 No, that's really fun. I as well think about it 257 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:01.879 as a classroom as well, and spring training being the 258 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:03.879 closest thing to a baseball school, and that's why I 259 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.080 love this time of year so much. But in terms 260 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:09.679 of our defensive work, it starts first and foremost with 261 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.840 how we acquire players. You don't get good at defense 262 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:15.879 at the major league level if you don't acquire players 263 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:17.519 at the minor league level and the major league level 264 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:20.080 that are good defenders to begin with. And this organization 265 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:23.279 does a great job identifying and developing those players in 266 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:27.480 terms of in spring training in particular, our days kind 267 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:30.480 of build up from all kinds of individual and custom 268 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:34.960 work into position specific work and then into larger team concepts, 269 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:39.799 and we build our defensive schedule much more like a 270 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:42.240 NFL team would run a training camp, as opposed to 271 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.120 a classic spring training in the way that it kind 272 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:48.240 of funnels to a singular, singular point of emphasis on 273 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:48.840 a given day. 274 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:51.440 I thought it was interesting. Will Wilson, who's new to 275 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:55.000 the organization during the drills, plays a lot at third base. 276 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:59.000 He said, Jose Ramirez is invaluable to him this spring 277 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:01.120 in terms of helping him get better. What does Hosey 278 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:03.039 do out there that helps his teammates. 279 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:07.480 Well, Hosey isn't afraid to provide feedback. Hosey isn't afraid 280 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:12.200 to hold teammates accountable. He's a natural teacher. He's highly observant. 281 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:15.960 He's got an elite memory and recall for previous plays 282 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:19.120 and previous players, And so Will is right. Not only 283 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.960 is he a great resource for Will, but he's a 284 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.399 great resource for all of us. 285 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:25.279 When you look back at a season ago, there's so 286 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:29.240 many different metrics. One of them is defensive run saved, 287 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:31.320 and I'm not sure which is the most important, but 288 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:34.200 in that one, Cleveland was at or near the top 289 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:37.039 all season long a year ago, and their top tier 290 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.159 minor league teams have been at or near the top 291 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:43.080 as well. How much does that philosophy filter down to 292 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.960 what's going on at Columbus. 293 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.759 And Acron, Yeah, very much so. One of our great 294 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:51.960 strengths as an organization in terms of defensive play is 295 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:55.840 alignment in regard to our beliefs in terms of positioning 296 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:58.720 and positional versatility and taking care of the ball and 297 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:02.600 promoting athleticism. And our minor league staff does an amazing 298 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:08.799 job mirroring and enhancing the pregame routines, meetings and processes 299 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:10.559 that we execute here at the major league level. 300 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:13.400 Spring training is winding down. It do you miss it 301 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:15.279 when when the season starts or is it time to 302 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.440 kind of put it in the rearview mirror and get going 303 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.079 with the season. 304 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:21.039 No? No, for me, A year after year, it's almost 305 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.880 the perfect amount of time. 306 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.799 You're ready to get rolling. 307 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:23.559 You know. 308 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:28.839 I feel like the cycle of a professional season is 309 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:33.000 oddly appropriate. When the season's winding down and the postseason's there, 310 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.200 you're ready to get home and see your family. And 311 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.759 at the end of the off season you feel like 312 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:39.640 you got that itch to get back the spring training, 313 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:41.880 and a spring training winds down, you're ready to get 314 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:43.880 it to the season. And so just when you get 315 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:47.920 worn out or tired of something, the page turns intil 316 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:48.440 the next chap. 317 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.519 There good stuff there from Kai Korea, especially on that 318 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:54.920 defensive side of things. As the Guardians, depending on who 319 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.400 you look at in terms of defensive measurements, one of 320 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:00.720 the tops in baseball a year ago, and they'll need 321 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.160 to be again to be a factor in the Al Central. 322 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:07.519 Another facet of the game that is so important to Cleveland, 323 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.880 pitching and the pitching factory rolls on once again under 324 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.680 the tutelage of Major League pitching coach Carl Willis. Back 325 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:17.799 for another season. We'll talk to him about it next 326 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:39.599 on the Cleveland Clinic. Guardians Radio Network. Welcome back to 327 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:43.200 Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse back with you from Guardians Spring 328 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:47.319 training in Goodyear, Arizona. Our final show this spring from 329 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:51.720 here as the regular season begins on Thursday in Kansas City. 330 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:54.720 Still some more baseball on the radio today though, as 331 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.519 we'll join you from Goodyear Ballpark for the Guardians and 332 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:02.359 padres Hammy has the first pitch four five. Once again. 333 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:07.359 The Guardian's pitching coach is Carl Willis. Fifteenth season in 334 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:12.039 the organization, twenty second overall in baseball. He's worked with 335 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:15.920 five different Cy Young Award winners over the course of 336 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:19.480 his outstanding career, and at this point in time in 337 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:22.279 his career, he goes year to year in terms of 338 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:24.960 whether he wants to continue or not. And when we 339 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:27.319 caught up with them earlier in the spring, he talked 340 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:31.200 about his reasons for returning this year to oversee that 341 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.640 Guardian's pitching staff. 342 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:36.319 Well, you know, Rosie, number ones of people and the organization. 343 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.960 They've obviously been been very good to me, and you know, 344 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:44.640 one of the first things that I asked them or 345 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:49.079 we talked about at the end of the postseason, I 346 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:53.160 really wanted to make sure that they feel I'm still 347 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:55.359 the right guy for the job. Listen, the game has 348 00:19:55.440 --> 00:20:00.200 changed so much, and I have tried to, you know, 349 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:04.880 stay abreast with a new technology and a different language 350 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:10.799 of teaching and coaching. And yet, you know, as I 351 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:14.599 tell some of the younger pitching coaches who played and 352 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:18.240 at high levels, don't forget what you know because you've 353 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:20.599 experienced how it is to be on the mount and 354 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:23.319 maybe not have a pitch that day, or you know, 355 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:27.119 physically not feeling you know, close to one hundred percent. 356 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:30.880 So I just I don't want to overstay my welcome. 357 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:34.039 I want to make sure that I'm giving the players 358 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:39.799 the right information in a way that allows them to 359 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:44.200 have success. And honestly, that's at the forefront of the 360 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:48.119 decision each and every year. So you know, it's the 361 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:53.000 people and and I really really want to be here 362 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:57.720 when we raise that trophy, and I feel like it's 363 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:02.079 unfinished business and hopefully, you know, we can have that 364 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.680 happen soon. 365 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:07.039 Yeah, it's interesting you mentioned blending things and trying to 366 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:10.599 stay relevant. Do you ever think back to to when 367 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:12.920 you were just breaking into the major leagues and what 368 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:17.000 it took and what was available to you then compared 369 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:20.000 to now how barebones was it when you were breaking in. 370 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:26.200 Well, you know, back then, video was just becoming a thing, 371 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:29.319 you know, like watching video. I know, talking when I 372 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:31.720 was young to some older players, they was like, boy, 373 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:34.240 I wish we'd have had this video, you know, to 374 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:37.359 watch when when I first broke in, or a few 375 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:41.319 years ago, when I was a little bit younger, I 376 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:45.000 can remember, you know, we didn't have advanced meetings. I 377 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.960 mean maybe there were a couple of guys you had 378 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:49.400 an idea of what to do and what not to do. 379 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:54.720 But these guys have everything at their fingertips now in 380 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:58.640 terms of you can go as deep as you want 381 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:03.480 to go in terms terms of not only yourself but 382 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:06.240 the opponents, and you have to take advantage of that. 383 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:10.279 But you also have to be mindful of who you are, 384 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:14.319 what you do best. And you may see a guy 385 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:18.640 can't hit a slider. Sometimes you have to check yourself 386 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:22.759 and realize your slider may be your third best pitch, 387 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:26.880 and so how are you going to compensate. You know, 388 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:31.960 you don't want to throw your least effective pitch just 389 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:37.559 because the hitter struggles with that. So I always use 390 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:40.440 the term the art of pitching. We develop stuff, we 391 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:44.279 develop great deliveries, or try to, but at the same 392 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:48.279 time there's still that cat and mouse game of changing speeds, 393 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:52.920 changing eye levels, throwing the different quadrants of the strike zone. 394 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:56.200 That's an art of pitching and learning how to use 395 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.720 the stuff that you've developed. 396 00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:00.079 I thought it was interesting the other day we're talking 397 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:04.240 about preparation and obviously in spring training that the scouting 398 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:08.519 reports aren't nearly as detailed. You're a pitching coach, you 399 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:11.720 work with pictures, but you were saying that it's so 400 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.960 important to have your catchers in a lot of these 401 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:17.319