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 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:57.119 Hi, everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rose in house 5 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:01.000 along with you from Progressive Field on Town Cleveland. This 6 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:04.319 weekend the Guardians taking on the Houston Astros. Good show 7 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.239 lined up for you. Today, we'll have a full Minor 8 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:11.680 league report with Stephen Ostro, the vice president of player 9 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:15.560 development for the Guardians, updating us on the Akron Rubber Ducks, 10 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.439 and Jayalen Norman was in Akron this weekend. She'll visit 11 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:23.280 with Catcher Cooper Ingele and then I'll also hear from 12 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:26.959 Nolan Jones, Guardian outfielder, and Gavin Williams, who had a 13 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.640 tremendous performance on the mound last weekend against the Angels. 14 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:34.079 And we'll also visit with Yankees manager and former Cleveland 15 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:36.719 Indian Aaron Boone. So a lot to get to on 16 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:40.000 this week's show, including the week in review, and it 17 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.640 hasn't been an easy week for the Guardians as they 18 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:45.079 were in New York to play the Yankees in a 19 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:47.920 three game series that started Tuesday night. At three to 20 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:51.799 two victory for New York, but the Guardians did even 21 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:53.879 up that series at one win a piece with a 22 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:58.400 stellar performance. On Wednesday. The Guardians offense jumped on Yankee 23 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:01.519 starter Clark Schmidt early right from the start, Stephen Kuan 24 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:03.799 leading off the game of the walk, and then On 25 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:08.120 hell Martinez stepped in. Here's on Hell Martinez switch inter 26 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.520 manning left handed in center field. 27 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:15.800 The pitch swung on driven Hi deep to right. Forget 28 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:21.080 about it. On hell Martinez with a towering two run 29 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.719 home run to right and the Guardians jump on top 30 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:29.319 two to nothing two banners into the game. Wow, did 31 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:33.599 he put a charge into that one? On hell Martinez 32 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:37.360 has now hit four home runs, three of them left handed. 33 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:40.719 Jose Ramirez followed that up with a double, and then 34 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:43.199 Daniel Schneman delivered a big two out hit. 35 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.520 Here's the two to one offering, swung and ripped to 36 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.319 right base, hit near the line, It'll go to the wall, 37 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:53.520 It'll score Ramirez schneaming on his way to second base, 38 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:57.560 sliding with a two out RBI double and the Guardians 39 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:01.439 slugging percentage and ending number one Z one is off 40 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:05.919 the charts. Two doubles a home run three nothing Cleveland. 41 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:09.319 So it was an early lead for Luis Orties on 42 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:14.080 the mound, and he responded with another terrific performance. Runner 43 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.840 first two down or Tees about to make his twentieth 44 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:21.520 pitch of the inning. Here it comes, swung on a 45 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:25.199 week chopper to the second baseman. Schneman charges gloves, throws 46 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:29.719 to first, ding over and Ortees throws up a donut. 47 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:34.800 Now the two to two strike three call out looking 48 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:38.560 as lemayhew and as always, if a Yankee hitter is 49 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:42.039 called out on strikes, they go back to the dogout 50 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:47.479 in total shock and disarray. Ortez comes sent, he lets 51 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:54.280 it fly and Aaron Judge takes strike three call a 52 00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:00.840 slider surprised him on the inside corner. Four strikeouts for Orties. 53 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:02.599 That was massive. 54 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:06.439 Ortiz worked five and two third shutout innings before turning 55 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:09.120 it over to Tim Herron, who had some great defense 56 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:10.680 behind him. In the seventh. 57 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:13.520 Now the pitch swung on, grounded up the middle the 58 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:17.519 second baseman schnemin' the second one, Arius dunsit to first 59 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:21.879 double played in the inning. Well done by Schneeman and 60 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:26.519 Arius and the Guardians keep the Yankees off the board 61 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:29.519 through seven three nothing Cleveland. 62 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:31.879 Then in the eighth inning, the Guardians added to the 63 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:34.319 lead thanks to Kyle man Zardo. 64 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:39.120 The bitch swung on hit high deep to right center 65 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:46.399 field and gone. Kyle man Zardo with his eleventh home run, 66 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:51.079 and the Guardians get a big insurance run for nothing Cleveland. 67 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.959 Here in the eighth on a two out solo homer 68 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:59.639 to the right center by Kyle man Zardo, and man 69 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:05.720 who had five home runs all of last year with Cleveland, 70 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:10.399 has more than doubled that. That one went four hundred 71 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:14.199 and five feet to the bleachers and right center. 72 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:18.439 And in the ninth annual class looked unhittable. 73 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:22.680 Not much of this crowd remains on hand, maybe the 74 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:26.600 only people left for those taking the subway home. Here's 75 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:30.720 the next offering, swinging and a mess got him of 76 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:35.720 the slider. Closse strikes out judge. Now the O two delivery, 77 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:43.680 strike three call out, looking at another wicked cutter at 78 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:47.560 one hundred miles an hour, two down in the Yankee 79 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:52.000 ninth Now the one to two swinging an a miss 80 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:57.120 Bowl game Class A strikes out the side. Cleveland pitches 81 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:01.600 its eighth shutout, and the the Yankees shut out for 82 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:06.199 the second time all year, Guardians win it four nothing, 83 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:07.040 so the. 84 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:09.279 Guardians had even up. The series had won went a piece, 85 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:11.759 but the Yankees returned the favorite with a four to 86 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:14.480 nothing shut out win on Thursday night, and then then 87 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:17.319 the series opener against the Astros right here at Progressive 88 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:20.720 Field on Friday night. Houston wins it by a four 89 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:23.279 to two score. Stay with us, we want me come back, 90 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:27.000 We'll hear from outfielder Nolan Jones. 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In fact, at one point on 113 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:33.920 Friday night, he was in a stretch where he was 114 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.600 ten for his last twenty at the plate. We caught 115 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.560 up with him in New York and he talked about 116 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:42.199 the biggest key to getting the better results lately. 117 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.560 Yeah, I think just sticking with my process and you know, 118 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:48.600 simplifyings and things a little bit, you know, maybe uh, 119 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:51.480 trying a little less hard and just allowing some things 120 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:53.240 to happen on the field, you know, just going out 121 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:55.759 there playing and doing my part and not trying to 122 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:56.839 put so much preussure on myself. 123 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:00.480 And I heard you mention that trying less uh the 124 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.199 other day. How hard is it to do that though, 125 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:05.319 To actually back off a little bit and just let 126 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:06.399 your talent shine through. 127 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:09.720 Yeah, It's really hard, obviously, this is uh, you know, 128 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:11.839 our lives and we want to go out there. We 129 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:13.759 want to get hits every day and help the team 130 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:16.160 win and be a part. And so I think it's 131 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.720 really hard, but you know, I think just trusting in 132 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:21.439 it and trusting in your abilities and knowing that it's 133 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:22.839 in there and you don't have to search for it 134 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:23.360 as you. 135 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:27.720 From that mental standpoint. Difficult when when you believe in 136 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.480 what you're doing but don't necessarily see the results to 137 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:31.600 to kind of get through that. 138 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:34.000 Yeah, definitely. I mean, like I just kind of talked about, 139 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:36.080 I think it's it's just it's trusting in your work. 140 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:39.159 You know, we're here for long days, hitting in the cage, 141 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:41.279 hitting on the field, hitting in the cage again before 142 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.879 the game, and you know, you see the you see 143 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:46.039 the results there and you see that you know the 144 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:48.279 ball's jumping off your bat and you're hitting at good angles, 145 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.159 and you know, you get into the game and not 146 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:52.720 having those same outcomes, and I think it's just trusting 147 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:55.159 that it will come and and sticking with your routines 148 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:55.759 and your plans. 149 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:00.120 Nolan Jones joining us from Yankee Stadium and No, just 150 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:04.240 talking earlier about that process and staying with that, you 151 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:06.480 had people who believed in you and believed in some 152 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:10.039 of the advanced numbers that would say, hey, it's gonna 153 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:13.279 turn quickly. How important is that to have that support 154 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:15.960 from coaches, manager, front office? 155 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:16.720 Yeah, it's huge. 156 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:20.120 Obviously looking up at the scoreboard and seeing some pretty 157 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.080 disgraceful numbers is not is not easy. But when you're 158 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:27.559 obviously getting that support from you know, the manager and 159 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.159 the hitting coaches and you know, telling you to keep 160 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:34.039 going and trusting your process and and not changing anything 161 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.120 for results, I think it really helps. And you know, 162 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:37.159 it's still confidence in you. 163 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.600 Teammate wise, maybe not all teams are the same, but 164 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:44.360 this one seems to be a close knit group. Does 165 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:46.480 that help when when you're trying to get to a 166 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:49.000 good place and maybe it takes longer than you hope. 167 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.039 Yeah, definitely, I think. I mean, I think having guys 168 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:53.440 that are there to pick you up, and obviously, you know, 169 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:57.320 being on a winning ball club and trying to rally 170 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.639 through that and support those guys and doing what I 171 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:02.840 can know. Obviously sometimes it's not happening at the plate, 172 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:06.120 but you can make a big play on defense that 173 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:09.080 definitely helps. And then having having leaders around the clubhouse 174 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:11.960 like you know, Jose and Kwan and all these guys 175 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:16.039 to talk through these situations and and you know been 176 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:19.080 so confidence in his huge Nolan, thanks for the time, 177 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:21.120 appreciate it, of course, thanks for having me. Good to 178 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.879 see some good things happening for it. Nolan Jones at 179 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:25.879 the plate as he has worked hard at it and 180 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:29.919 finally seeing some of those uh times in the cage 181 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:32.600 and some of the hard work payoff as well. Another 182 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:35.120 player on this ball club has been working hard to 183 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:38.320 get his season really turned in a positive direction, as 184 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:41.039 Gavin Williams, and he put together a beauty of a 185 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.879 start last Sunday right here at Progressive Field against the Angels, 186 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:47.679 took a no hitter into the sixth inning, and he 187 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.919 talked about what's allowed him to be successful. 188 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:51.440 In that outing. 189 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:54.000 Yeah, I think just from the beginning of the game, 190 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:57.480 just mixing the whole time. I mean, first picture of 191 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:59.960 the game was a curveball and that's never really happened before. 192 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:03.960 It kind of kind of got me. But just just mixing. 193 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:07.000 When you mentioned kurb Baal to start the game, did 194 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:08.799 you not know that when when you took the mound 195 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:09.960 or did both surprise yet. 196 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:13.840 I mean, I think the coaching staff and Bo they 197 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:18.000 talked about it a little bit before, but apparently I 198 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:21.919 walked off after getting done with warm ups too quick 199 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:23.919 for both to tell, like talk to me about it. 200 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:27.080 So it kind of surprised me. But I mean they 201 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:29.279 had it in the back of their mind, but it 202 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:30.360 definitely surprised me. 203 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.159 Krey Klueber has been around a little bit and a 204 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:35.480 new role for him, and you were mentioning that you've 205 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:37.360 talked to him a little bit, just kind of picking 206 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.480 his brain. And when you talk to someone like that, 207 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:41.559 what are some of the things that he's been able 208 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.679 to help you with in a very short period of time. 209 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:47.279 Yeah, I mean, mindset is a thing one of the 210 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:51.639 biggest things and routines, Like with him, he had the 211 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:53.559 same routine every day. He knew what he was going 212 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:57.080 to get doing the same thing every day. I mean, 213 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:59.759 it can it can be boring, but it definitely helps 214 00:11:59.799 --> 00:12:03.679 out the long run. So just talking to him, talking 215 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:06.039 to him about that, it's helped out. I've kind of 216 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:08.559 added a few things from him just to do in 217 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:11.639 my daily routine and it's kind of coming into play. 218 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:15.080 So it's it's definitely helping out a lot, trying to 219 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:17.360 try to learn some pitch scripts from him, but it's 220 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:19.759 kind of a little a little hard for me, especially 221 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:23.000 with the two seamer sinker that I got and the 222 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:25.240 way he threw is it's gonna be impossible for me 223 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:25.559 to throw. 224 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.799 There was only one Corey Klueber for sure. Hey, and 225 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:32.120 then closing an off day yesterday here in New York City. 226 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:35.279 You're from North Carolina. What is it like for you 227 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:37.279 to spend an off day here in the biggest city 228 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:37.720 in the world. 229 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:41.919 Yeah, it's definitely kind of crazy. Most people I'll ever 230 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:47.360 be around my life' it's it's a nice city. It's 231 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:51.399 a nice city, but definitely not my favorite one. But 232 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:53.000 it's fun. A lot of a lot of stuff to 233 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:53.480 do here. 234 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:55.480 All right, Kevin, thanks a lot for coming, b I 235 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:55.919 appreciate it. 236 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:56.720 Yeah, appreciate it. 237 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:00.919 That's Gavin Williams now searching for that can consistency, seeing 238 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:03.159 he he can back up that great outing last Sunday 239 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:06.360 with another good one here this weekend. Aaron Boone is 240 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:09.600 the Yankees manager. He's been so for eight seasons now 241 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:12.759 and took them to the World Series against the Dodgers 242 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.960 a year ago. He's a former Cleveland, Indian who played 243 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:19.159 here back in the two thousand and five, two and 244 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.600 six seasons. We've talked to him about his playing days 245 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:25.679 in Cleveland, also a little football, and how he became 246 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:29.120 a fan of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. But 247 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.919 he's start with baseball's top slugger, Aaron Judge, who's having 248 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:36.000 another monster season for the Bronx Bombers. And here's what 249 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:38.679 Aaron Boone had to say about one of the best 250 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:40.000 players in all of baseball. 251 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:40.639 Man. 252 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:43.320 I mean, I've you know, I've got to witness now 253 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:47.840 most of his career and seen his just his hunger 254 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:51.480 to get a little bit better every single year. He's 255 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:55.039 playing so well defensively in right field this year for us, 256 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:58.159 the consistency of his bats day in and day out 257 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:03.559 has just been and it's remarkable, you know. But I 258 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:06.279 got to watch twenty twenty two where he won the 259 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:09.360 MVP with sixty two homers, and he was probably better 260 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:12.960 last year where he won the MVP again, And I 261 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:14.840 don't know if it's better this year yet or not, 262 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:19.080 but it's it's awfully impressive what he does. And I've 263 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:22.639 kind of run out of superlatives to talk about him. 264 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:26.360 The biggest thing is, you know, he matches his greatness 265 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:28.519 on the field with who he is as our captain 266 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:29.480 in our clubhouse. 267 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:33.679 We're joined by Yankees manager Aaron Boone, a former Cleveland, Indian. 268 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:36.399 You've done a lot in your career playing wise now 269 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:39.159 managing here in New York broadcasting for a little bit 270 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:41.879 the two years in Cleveland. What was your takeaway when 271 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.080 you look back on that in terms of how it 272 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:45.600 was and things you remember. 273 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:51.519 Yeah, so, just a great organization from from top down 274 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:55.919 at that time, Mark Shapiro and Chris Antonetti and then 275 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:59.919 obviously Mark Mark moved on. But a lot of life 276 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.399 time relationships that I that I formed over there, and it's, 277 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:06.080 as you know, just a lot of great people that 278 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:10.000 work for that organization. And it's no surprise that you 279 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:13.600 know they've they've maintained a level of consistency while not 280 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.919 always doing it with a big payroll obviously, but it's 281 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:22.200 just such a close knit, well run progressive organization that 282 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:27.039 has a lot of smart, quality people uh involved with 283 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:29.759 it and people that I have a lot of respect for. 284 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:31.840 And I got to experience that as a player. 285 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:34.919 And tonight's the last game of the season series. Who 286 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:36.919 knows if they meet again in the in the postseason. 287 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:39.000 What are you seeing over there or over the games 288 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.200 that have been played between these two clubs so far. 289 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:46.480 Well, Jose Ramirez is still Jose Ramirez, and the underrated 290 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:50.200 is not underrated. I've I got Actually, it's funny you 291 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.960 say that. Somebody sent me something because they know I'm 292 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:58.200 a staunch opposition to this overrated narrative on Jose Ramirez. 293 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:02.279 He's just He's a Hall of Fame player that continues 294 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:05.639 to just and he's obviously playing at such a high 295 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:08.960 level right now and comes in here very hot. But 296 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:13.879 you know, you know they're they got platoon options over there, 297 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:17.919 so they create matchup challenges for you. Obviously, a bullpen 298 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:21.600 that's that's very deep and talented and always a team 299 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:24.279 that seems to kind of play the game the right way, 300 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:26.559 and you know it's going to be a factor deep 301 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:27.240 into the season. 302 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:30.320 All Right, we'll finish with this off the field. Born 303 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:32.480 and raised Southern California, but you moved around a lot. 304 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:35.919 You're a staunch Eagles fan, and I know this. Obviously, 305 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.559 the playoff run this year is a lot of fun. 306 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:39.279 They go to the Super Bowl and all that, and 307 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:40.519 you had a chance to be at a lot of 308 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:44.080 those games For fans who don't know why the Eagles 309 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.279 from where you grew up. 310 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.240 So, born in San Diego, but moved to South Jersey 311 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:50.399 when I was a baby for Philly. My dad played 312 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.279 with the Phillies from seventy two to eighty one. I 313 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:55.799 lived in Jersey through through fifth grade. So I was 314 00:16:55.840 --> 00:17:00.759 a huge Eagles, huge sixer fan, and that's never changed 315 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:04.359 even when I went back to southern California and went 316 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.440 through middle school and high school and went to USC 317 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.960 and always been an Eagle fan. And coming back to 318 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.720 the East Coast, it's a lot easier for me to 319 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:13.480 be there. I went to all three playoff games this 320 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:15.880 year ahead of the super Bowl, a couple in the 321 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:19.640 regular season, so and I've kind of passed on that 322 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:23.079 passion to my kids and even my wife, So we 323 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:25.599 all kind of love going down there in the offseason. 324 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.240 And do you take anything from what they do and 325 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:31.680 think of ways to apply it here? Are you strictly 326 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:33.279 just it's fun to be a fan? 327 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:38.079 Yeah, pretty much fan. You know, I've although fortunate that 328 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.000 I've gotten to meet a lot of people down there. 329 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:43.119 I know Howie roseman the GM, and I know coach 330 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:46.319 and Big Dom who's kind of become famous in himself, 331 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:48.440 so they take really good care of me. I've been 332 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.359 to practice and everything. So but that said, I'm more 333 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:54.279 of just a fan and you're always trying to absorb things. 334 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:56.839 But it's been a lot of fun watching watching last 335 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:57.440 year unfold. 336 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.759 Aaron, thanks a lot for the time. Appreciate it. Yeah, 337 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.359 great fun chat with Aaron Boone, the Yankees manager, and 338 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:05.400 then we thank him for his time while the team 339 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:07.880 was in New York this week. Stay with us when 340 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:11.519 we come back, we will talk minor league system. Joining 341 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:16.000 us next. Vice President of player development Stephen Oster that's next, 342 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:47.799 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rose announced back with 343 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:51.000 you a progressive field in downtown Cleveland. Stephen ostro Or 344 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:54.000 is the vice president of player development for the Guardians. 345 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:56.759 We check in with him each week and talk about 346 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.759 a team in the system. This week that means double 347 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:02.480 a accurate and we start on the pitching side of 348 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:06.799 things with starting pitcher Austin Peterson, and he says that 349 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:09.759 the front office really likes the progress that Peterson has 350 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:11.240 made so far this season. 351 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:15.319 Yeah, for sure, Austin is someone we we've talked about 352 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.519 a couple of times up to this one, and he's 353 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.000 continuing to show some of that improved velo that we 354 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:22.559 saw in the early parts of the year as the 355 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:24.799 volumes build up and he's he's sustaining it. 356 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.799 So that's that's been great to watch. 357 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.279 Uh. 358 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:29.799 You know, like you said, he's stacking. 359 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:33.559 Up the good outings, uh, controlling controlling counts as as 360 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:37.279 the primary calling card here and throwing strikes and you know, 361 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:37.720 things have. 362 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:39.400 Progressed really well for him. 363 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:42.680 I think the emphasis moving forward is is just to 364 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:44.799 continue refining and kneeling. 365 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.599 Down his plan of attack. 366 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:48.240 You know, some of the things we're working on are 367 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:50.920 you know, limiting big, big misses with the fast one 368 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:53.759 the cutter, and trying to maybe reel in a little 369 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:56.160 bit of the north south execution and part of the 370 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:58.960 zone so that I think hopefully he can continue to 371 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:02.880 move the needle on converting on his strikeout opportunities. You know, 372 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.039 he throws a lot of strikes and he has been 373 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:08.640 limiting damage quite a bit over the course of his career. 374 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:11.759 But you know that jumped to Triple A and the 375 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:14.759 major leagues is it's very real from like a hitter's 376 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.640 preparing for his. 377 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:17.799 Standpoint and you know, not chasing. 378 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:20.319 And you know, this is kind of the level that 379 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:23.880 we have guys like Peterson who controls stuff pretty good 380 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:26.359 to really refine his plan of attack. 381 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:29.519 And execute the good spots. So you know, he's he's. 382 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:32.920 Continuing to sharpen his skills on those fronts. And Austin 383 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:35.240 keeps rolling with great start after great start. 384 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:38.559 And the just numbers wise for perspective for fans ten 385 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:40.960 starts as Era was under a run and a half 386 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:44.480 a game, so at least statistically, he's getting it done 387 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:47.279 along with all that other good stuff. Zane Morehouse another 388 00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:50.279 college kid out of Texas not too long ago in 389 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:52.759 the draft of twenty three, and what are you saying 390 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:54.480 from him as he progresses at double A. 391 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:58.680 Yeah, yeah, he's he's been very good since entering New 392 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:01.359 York for us as a reliever, and you know, the 393 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:04.240 history for him has been an above average strikethrower. 394 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:07.400 But you know, I was working on some delivery. 395 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:09.960 Stuff early in the year to maybe access to take 396 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:12.359 more of the velocity, and we think that's something that 397 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:15.160 we we could unlock with him, so you know, and 398 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:17.960 doing that it pulled back a little bit over the 399 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:20.319 last you know, first month and a half of the 400 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:23.519 season more or less, and in the last little bit 401 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:25.880