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Speaker 2: Hi, everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly, Himro and how So
Speaker 2: along with you as we continue our shows from Guardian
Speaker 2: spring training in Goodyear, Arizona. And we are heading in
Speaker 2: to the final week of games now, as it won't
Speaker 2: be long before the start of the regular season begins
Speaker 2: two weeks from this past Thursday, so we are closing
Speaker 2: in on the final days of spring training. Still a
Speaker 2: lot to be decided, including who would be that opening
Speaker 2: day second basement and the regular second basement on this team,
Speaker 2: if indeed there is one. They may end up rotating
Speaker 2: several players through that position over the course of at
Speaker 2: least the early portion of the season, and right field
Speaker 2: still very much up for grabs. It may yet be
Speaker 2: a platoon like it was for much of the second
Speaker 2: half last season with Will Brennan and John Kenzie Noel
Speaker 2: in that platoon. We'll see, Still a lot to be
Speaker 2: decided there, maybe some spots or a spot in the
Speaker 2: starting rotation, and certainly some spots in the bullpen up
Speaker 2: for grabs too, as we had down the stretch, but
Speaker 2: not many, so really not a whole lot to be
Speaker 2: decided at this point in terms of the roster. Good
Speaker 2: show lined up for you today. Coming up in just
Speaker 2: a little bit, we will hear from David Frye, who
Speaker 2: won't be on the roster to start the season. He's
Speaker 2: recovering from Tommy John surgery, but one of the heroes
Speaker 2: from last season's postseason run. He'll join us and talk
Speaker 2: about his recovery from the surgery, when he's expected back,
Speaker 2: and some of the things that he's looking forward to
Speaker 2: when he does return to play. We'll hear from All
Speaker 2: Star outfielder and Gold Glove winner Stephen Kwan, looking forward
Speaker 2: to another big season at the plate as well. Catcher
Speaker 2: Bo Naylor will stop by and chat with us as well,
Speaker 2: and we'll bring you up to date on some of
Speaker 2: the great summer camp opportunities for kids in Northeast Ohio
Speaker 2: courtesy of Guardian Summer Camps. That's coming up a little
Speaker 2: bit later on in our show today, but first we
Speaker 2: had a chance to visit recently with first baseman Kyle
Speaker 2: man Zardo, who had a strong finish to his season
Speaker 2: a year ago, had a big home run in the
Speaker 2: postseason and figures to be a key bat in the
Speaker 2: lineup for this year's Guardians. Is he'll see some more
Speaker 2: time at first base this year instead of just as
Speaker 2: a designated hitter as he was a season ago, and
Speaker 2: he says his solid finish to the regular season and
Speaker 2: performance in the postseason a year ago helped him get
Speaker 2: things done in a positive note this past off season.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was. It was a great offseason. I went
Speaker 3: into it, you know, feeling really inspired and ready to work,
Speaker 3: just based off of how last season went and you
Speaker 3: know how it ended, unfortunately, So I kind of I
Speaker 3: just went to work, did did this a lot of
Speaker 3: the same things I've done, and then you know, made
Speaker 3: some some adjustments that I learned that you know, I
Speaker 3: needed to do, kind of as I've gotten.
Speaker 4: A little bit older.
Speaker 2: When you look at your season a year ago, you
Speaker 2: get that ear call up and then go back down
Speaker 2: and then come back and you really had good success
Speaker 2: when you came back. I think that's happened. There's so
Speaker 2: many players at this level, so it's not anything new,
Speaker 2: but but what is the difference when when you do
Speaker 2: come back after having a chance to have seen it
Speaker 2: earlier in the season.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, I mean a lot of it kind
Speaker 3: of comes down to you just don't know what you
Speaker 3: don't know. So whenever, whenever I had came back up,
Speaker 3: there was a I mean a lot of things that
Speaker 3: I had learned, you know, from the first first trip
Speaker 3: up and h nothing, nothing really came as like a
Speaker 3: shock to me the second go round. So I was
Speaker 3: able to, you know, show up and just be ready
Speaker 3: to play baseball.
Speaker 2: And you had some big home runs down the stretch
Speaker 2: and then also home run in the postseason. What was
Speaker 2: that postseason run like for you, and especially as a
Speaker 2: rookie to go through.
Speaker 3: That, Uh, Man, that was a that was a dream.
Speaker 3: It was cool and it was I was happy that
Speaker 3: it came in a game that we won. Uh definitely
Speaker 3: makes it feel a little sweeter.
Speaker 2: Well, I'm getting back to your your off season, most
Speaker 2: of it spent back home in Idaho, but you did
Speaker 2: come down here for a week to good year. What
Speaker 2: was the purpose of that and why can't that be
Speaker 2: really helpful for you.
Speaker 3: Just to just to check in, make sure the coaches
Speaker 3: and stuff are seeing where my swing's at. That way,
Speaker 3: It's it was still early enough to where I was
Speaker 3: able to make any any adjustments and you know, tweak
Speaker 3: anything that I needed to. And then obviously nice to
Speaker 3: see some some sunshine in the middle of the winter.
Speaker 2: But yeah, yeah, none of that in Idaho.
Speaker 3: No, no, no, we don't see the sun for a
Speaker 3: few months up there.
Speaker 2: But you do have a good spot to work out.
Speaker 2: And I know your batting practice thrower is someone you
Speaker 2: know very well, dell Us who helps you out with that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so my my dad throws me bp uh kind
Speaker 3: of throughout the off season and then we mix in
Speaker 3: some machines and stuff too, so able to see some velocity.
Speaker 2: How long has he been doing that and helping you
Speaker 2: with your game?
Speaker 3: Long as I can remember, long as I can remember?
Speaker 2: And it's is that something that you know you look
Speaker 2: back on, he said, And maybe you don't even realize
Speaker 2: it now, but is it something you think you might
Speaker 2: look back on at some point say, that's pretty cool
Speaker 2: that I was able to do that with my tame.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's something I look back at even
Speaker 3: now and realize, you know, how special that is, very
Speaker 3: very grateful and appreciative for that, because it's you know,
Speaker 3: it's not a very common experience.
Speaker 2: We talked so much about hitting, but I know you
Speaker 2: want to play some first base this year, And what
Speaker 2: do you think you or what are you working on
Speaker 2: to become a better defensive first basement? And how far
Speaker 2: along do you think you've come?
Speaker 5: Uh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, just just trusting, trusting the work that
Speaker 3: I've been putting in for the last yes, you know,
Speaker 3: a year and a half or so, a few I
Speaker 3: mean it's been a few years now, and you know,
Speaker 3: just staying staying dedicated to my work, making sure that
Speaker 3: I'm getting everything I need to get done done, and
Speaker 3: try to put myself in the best position I can.
Speaker 2: That's first basement. Dhkyl Manzardo, looking forward to his first
Speaker 2: full season in the major leagues. Stay with us, We'll
Speaker 2: have more to come as Guardians Weekly continues from Goodyear,
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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Guardian's weekly Jim Rosenhouse back with you
Speaker 2: from Goodyear, Arizona and Guardian Spring training. And here in
Speaker 2: spring training but not participating in games just yet is
Speaker 2: David Frye, who was such a key especially in the
Speaker 2: first half a year ago. He was catching, playing some outfield,
Speaker 2: some first base, a DH as well, and he hit
Speaker 2: well enough to be a part of the American League
Speaker 2: All Star team. But a sore elbow really hampered his
Speaker 2: efforts in the second half of the season to stay
Speaker 2: on the field defensively. In fact, was used mainly as
Speaker 2: a DH down the stretch. Tommy John surgery after the
Speaker 2: season followed. So he's behind everyone else here this spring.
Speaker 2: But fry is at spring training and he's around his teammates,
Speaker 2: and he says that is especially important to get back
Speaker 2: here and finish his rehab amongst his teammates.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, huge part as soon as they got
Speaker 4: out got out here obviously, like rehaven's not fun. You
Speaker 4: want to be on the field plane, but just being
Speaker 4: around the guys, joking around in the clubhouse makes everything
Speaker 4: a lot easier.
Speaker 2: And you look back at last year, when did things
Speaker 2: start barking on you for your arm and how much
Speaker 2: of a challenge was it to at least stay available
Speaker 2: at the plate.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was one of those things kind of started
Speaker 4: a little before All Star break and kind of continued
Speaker 4: for a little bit, and then probably a little after
Speaker 4: All Star break there was like, hey, you're just gonna
Speaker 4: hit play first if we absolutely need you to, which
Speaker 4: was really cool by them to let me stay active
Speaker 4: and kind of be a part of that run.
Speaker 2: And when you look back on last year, you're an
Speaker 2: All Star and you're part of a postseason run. Could
Speaker 2: it go any better? I mean, obviously you want to
Speaker 2: take that last step team wise, but when you look
Speaker 2: back on it, what were your thoughts at during the offseason.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean really cool year.
Speaker 2: Special.
Speaker 4: Obviously would have rather not had the arm injury, but
Speaker 4: I mean it was a really fun year, and I
Speaker 4: think we got another really good chance this year, hopefully
Speaker 4: win two more series this year.
Speaker 2: And when you look back at coming through in key spots,
Speaker 2: obviously the huge home run in the Tiger Series and
Speaker 2: another one in the Yankee Series, did it teach you
Speaker 2: a little bit about yourself and that ability to come
Speaker 2: through in a key situation.
Speaker 4: Yeah, maybe a little bit. A lot of it was
Speaker 4: just I mean, Voter and Albie put me in good spots.
Speaker 4: I mean, whether it was a pinch hit late or
Speaker 4: it just seemed like every get bad I had was
Speaker 4: like runners on base, two outs, and it didn't help
Speaker 4: my wife's nerves. But I definitely had plenty of opportunities
Speaker 4: to have those moments.
Speaker 2: And it sounded like it gave you an opportunity to
Speaker 2: get in touch with some people that you hadn't heard
Speaker 2: from in a long time, in terms of coaches and
Speaker 2: all players too. Yeah, for sure, after those games there
Speaker 2: were a lot of techs and stuff, but yeah, good
Speaker 2: good old friends kind of reaching out and stuff. That
Speaker 2: was cool. David Fry joining us recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Speaker 2: You don't hear about it a whole lot with position
Speaker 2: players How different is it though for you as opposed
Speaker 2: to being a pitcher where you rely so much out
Speaker 2: of your throwing off.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's what I mean. It's kinda not as like
Speaker 4: you know, a pitcher has it's like, all right, he's
Speaker 4: gonna be out for the year. Luckily as a hitter
Speaker 4: can kind of come back a little quicker and my
Speaker 4: whole game doesn't just rely on me throwing the ball.
Speaker 4: So just hopefully progress quick and get to join the
Speaker 4: boys soon.
Speaker 2: And maybe a different perspective for you because of the
Speaker 2: spring you're having. But what are you seeing in this
Speaker 2: room that has you excited about what could be this
Speaker 2: season for the team?
Speaker 4: Honestly, just the way guys came in was I mean,
Speaker 4: I feel like now it used to be you show
Speaker 4: up spring training and get ready for the year. Now
Speaker 4: everybody shows up spring training ready to go. But just
Speaker 4: the arms that we have, like depth and depth of
Speaker 4: the arms is ridiculous. And then guys came in ready
Speaker 4: to play.
Speaker 2: That's David Frye, who figures to be someone who can
Speaker 2: help this ball club. Maybe around the midway point, as
Speaker 2: he has been cleared to take some dry swings in
Speaker 2: the cage, he's been doing some receiving work as a
Speaker 2: catcher and gradually implementing more and more facets of his
Speaker 2: game as that elbow gets stronger. Stephen Kuan is looking
Speaker 2: forward to a big start to the season. This will
Speaker 2: be his fourth major league season. He's won three Goal
Speaker 2: Glove awards as one of the best left fielders defensively
Speaker 2: in the game. And last year, what a start he had,
Speaker 2: as he was flirting with the four hundred mark batting
Speaker 2: average wise for quite some time in the first half
Speaker 2: of the season, tailed off with some injury issues in
Speaker 2: the second half, but performed extremely well in the postseason.
Speaker 2: And here he is heading into year number four in
Speaker 2: the major leagues, and he says, man, those first three
Speaker 2: have moved awfully fast.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I guess it's both both yes and no. I
Speaker 7: remember that first spring so vividly. I can't believe it's
Speaker 7: already been three years. But yeah, like you said, there's
Speaker 7: been so many things that have happened, got Mary. We've
Speaker 7: been the playoffs twice. I mean, what is that three
Speaker 7: times one sixty two? You know, a lot of games
Speaker 7: to play. It's been a blessing to be part of
Speaker 7: all this. But yeah, it just feels like yesterday we
Speaker 7: were talking on the patio and I got that call.
Speaker 2: And so along those lines. You look at it now,
Speaker 2: and as is the case every offseason, there's some changes
Speaker 2: to the roster. Do you feel like a veteran guy
Speaker 2: yet and someone who can take over more of a
Speaker 2: leadership role too.
Speaker 7: I don't know about veteran, but you know, a little
Speaker 7: more comfortable with kind of know anybody's name now, knowing
Speaker 7: where to go the schedules. Yeah, it definitely is less
Speaker 7: chaotic than my first year. But I know something about
Speaker 7: coming into spring and everything just feels new and exciting.
Speaker 7: So I'm excited.
Speaker 2: How about your game? Last year, you made some adjustments
Speaker 2: to your approach and it led to a career best
Speaker 2: in home runs and you still maintained your average. What
Speaker 2: did you take away from that at the end of
Speaker 2: the season as you prepare for this season.
Speaker 7: Yeah, just being able to, you know, attack my a pitch,
Speaker 7: want the ball, middle, middle end. I think before I've
Speaker 7: been scared to kind of let it go because my
Speaker 7: game was singles the other way, working account kind of
Speaker 7: giving myself the grace to go out and get it
Speaker 7: and see what happens with with home runs. I think
Speaker 7: that builds up all my confidence. I think it builds
Speaker 7: the kind of import against pictures too, where they can't
Speaker 7: just attack the zone, get ahead, and then I have
Speaker 7: to fight with two. It changed the game a little bit,
Speaker 7: which just I'm excited for. But the game's always evolving
Speaker 7: as well.
Speaker 2: Stephen Kwan joining us, We love to talk hitting. It's fun.
Speaker 2: Defense such a big part of your game, a goal
Speaker 2: glove multiple How much effort and time do you need
Speaker 2: to put into that, especially this time of year to
Speaker 2: make sure you're ready to go?
Speaker 7: Yeah, definitely a ton of work, especially being out in
Speaker 7: Chicago where it's cold outside you can't get too many
Speaker 7: live reads. But JT keeps us on top of that,
Speaker 7: especially when we get to spring. We hit the ground
Speaker 7: running with all that, even if we can't, you know,
Speaker 7: lengthen it out just to keep our legs safe. We're
Speaker 7: doing glove work, really small, short, intentional work that works
Speaker 7: the gloves. Yeah, it takes a whole village to achieve
Speaker 7: those kinds of things. So I'm grateful for JT.
Speaker 2: And now, wait a minte January in Chicago, you're not
Speaker 2: going down to the lakefront and taking flyballs?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 7: I might be able to walk on the lakefront at
Speaker 7: that time and get those flyballs.
Speaker 2: Hey, your off season, though, you had some great things
Speaker 2: happen in your life. Tell us about it.
Speaker 7: Yeah, got married this offseason, had a really small little
Speaker 7: event which was really cool. I was able to make
Speaker 7: it about us, which I was super happy about. So, yeah,
Speaker 7: best off season so far.
Speaker 2: Change your outlook coming into too spring training in a
Speaker 2: new season.
Speaker 7: Yeah, one hundred percent. Yeah, it's just crazy to wrap
Speaker 7: my head around. But having her here, understanding what she's
Speaker 7: been able to do for my career as well, it
Speaker 7: just makes it that much more serious. So I'm really
Speaker 7: excited for that.
Speaker 2: And you walk into this clubhouse and not too deep
Speaker 2: in the spring training yet, but it just seems like
Speaker 2: there's that good vibe again, which has been such a
Speaker 2: great characteristic of this team. What are you seeing early
Speaker 2: on in spring training that has you excited about what
Speaker 2: could be again?
Speaker 7: Yeah, just the team's focus I think right now, had
Speaker 7: a ton of really good meetings, addressing the elephant in
Speaker 7: the room I think has been really important. Twenty two
Speaker 7: we had a really great year. Twenty three we didn't
Speaker 7: have the year that we wanted, and I think that
Speaker 7: could have been choked up to complacency or you know,
Speaker 7: a bunch of different things. So I think we as
Speaker 7: a staff talked about, you know, we don't want to
Speaker 7: have that happen again. We had a great twenty four,
Speaker 7: but you know, twenty five we have to build off that.
Speaker 7: We can't get comfortable, We can't assume that things are
Speaker 7: going to be like that. We have to go out
Speaker 7: and get what we earned. And you know, in twenty
Speaker 7: three there was a target on our back a little bit,
Speaker 7: and I think maybe we didn't live up to that.
Speaker 7: This year, we understand we're not going to surprise as
Speaker 7: many people before making the alcs last year, so we
Speaker 7: got to come out really confident, really strong, and then
Speaker 7: you know, take it by the horns.
Speaker 2: It's interesting you mentioned that you worked hard going into
Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, but is there just that something extra
Speaker 2: that you need to do to really be successful in
Speaker 2: this game? And if you miss that, there's that fine line.
Speaker 7: I'd like to think, so almost having that like desperation
Speaker 7: anxiety almost of like you know, we have to get better,
Speaker 7: we need to get better. If not, you know, there's
Speaker 7: gonna be some big changes around here, and you don't
Speaker 7: want to be there when when changes are made, it's
Speaker 7: a lot easier. When you have a successful year, you know,
Speaker 7: you feel a little more comfy, and then in that
Speaker 7: complacency comes you don't work just as hard. I think
Speaker 7: we're trying to erase that, make sure we have that
Speaker 7: kind of edge, still trying to achieve that. And Voter
Speaker 7: and all of them such a great job implementing that. But
Speaker 7: I think that can be a factor, especially for young
Speaker 7: teams going in.
Speaker 2: And what did you see in Steven Vote last year
Speaker 2: that that allowed this team to continue on a great
Speaker 2: path that had been set before him.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 7: Just trusting the players I think was super important. He
Speaker 7: didn't come in and, you know, puff his chest and
Speaker 7: say I'm the manager, you have to listen to me.
Speaker 7: He developed so much trust early on camaraderie, and it
Speaker 7: was genuine too. It wasn't this you know, fake kind
Speaker 7: of thing where he had to impress a lot of people.
Speaker 7: He was just Stephen Vote, And at least for me,
Speaker 7: I grew up watching him play with the A's, so
Speaker 7: you know, I was already starstruck. But he seemed to
Speaker 7: get everybody else's attention and get everybody on board. Super quickly,
Speaker 7: and I think that that shows just him as a person,
Speaker 7: him as a manager, so excited for your two for
Speaker 7: all of us.
Speaker 2: That is Stephen Kwan looking forward to a big season
Speaker 2: here in twenty twenty five. Stay with us when we
Speaker 2: come back. We'll hear from catcher bow Naylor. That's next
Speaker 2: on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network.
Speaker 1: Now the one pitch swing in a high drive deep
Speaker 1: right field. This bull's got a chance. Go on, bow
Speaker 1: Nailer onto the concourse beyond the seats and right and
Speaker 1: the Guardians catcher sends a liner toward the gamp and
Speaker 1: right center on the runners. Robert It drops of acent.
Speaker 1: This will score two runs. Here's the set. Here's the
Speaker 1: one to one runner goes ithit's outside Nailor good throw
Speaker 1: to second tag, got him tato of the tag on
Speaker 1: the feet first sliding Remolard Man, you can't make a
Speaker 1: better throw than bon Naylor just made.
Speaker 2: Here's the one two pitch.
Speaker 1: I'll swing of the line right pasin right center, game
Speaker 1: winner bone Nayler.
Speaker 2: Kim Rosanow's back with you from Goodyear, Arizona and Guardian
Speaker 2: spring training. The Guardian's getting ready to take on the
Speaker 2: Kansas City Royals later this afternoon. You can hear that
Speaker 2: game right here on the Guardians Radio Network, beginning with
Speaker 2: a four to zero five first pitch from Surprise Guardians
Speaker 2: on the road today taking on the Royals and Hamm.
Speaker 2: He'll have that first pitch coming your way shortly after
Speaker 2: for a'clock. Bo Naylor maybe in the lineup today as
Speaker 2: he continues what has been an impressive spring. He has
Speaker 2: swung the bat well, he has played well defensively as
Speaker 2: he continues to work on his game. And that's after
Speaker 2: a season where he caught more than one hundred games,
Speaker 2: his first full season in the Major League from start
Speaker 2: to finish, and certainly a learning experience for him both
Speaker 2: at the plate and behind the plate. And these are
Speaker 2: some of his thoughts on his progression a season ago.
Speaker 8: The season definitely, you know, kind of had its toll physically,
Speaker 8: but I feel like I came out of it feeling
Speaker 8: really good. You know, I definitely had a good idea
Speaker 8: as to what I wanted to work on moving into
Speaker 8: the offseason physically and mentally, you know, offensively, defensively, all
Speaker 8: that stuff. So had a clear picture and got on
Speaker 8: the same page really well with the team as well,
Speaker 8: So I think the transition to the off season and
Speaker 8: the off season being had now to this point, it's
Speaker 8: it's been a great time for sure.
Speaker 2: I know a lot of it spent here in the
Speaker 2: Phoenix area, not necessarily here at the at the complex,
Speaker 2: but some of it. I'm sure, how do you approach that,
Speaker 2: especially offensively? What what did you try and do and
Speaker 2: who helped you in that regard?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think the main thing was just you know,
Speaker 8: a few things movement wise, and then you know, just
Speaker 8: really you know, hammering out some some concrete approaches to
Speaker 8: be able to bring into the game and you know,
Speaker 8: kind of be able to put put them forth and
Speaker 8: just just let everything kind of come together. A lot
Speaker 8: of work was done, mainly with Grant Fink and Josh Tubbs,
Speaker 8: but it was an all hands on deck effort, you know,
Speaker 8: kind of again everyone being on the same page and
Speaker 8: making themselves available for any conversations that I had wanted
Speaker 8: or needed or anything.
Speaker 2: To be had.
Speaker 8: So super grateful for all the resources that we here,
Speaker 8: being the coaches, you know, them on me to come
Speaker 8: in and use the cages and stuff.
Speaker 2: It was. It was awesome and obviously you can't really
Speaker 2: tell till the regular season begins, but have you noticed
Speaker 2: things early in the spring that that you worked on
Speaker 2: that that have made things not easier but allow you
Speaker 2: to have some success at the play.
Speaker 8: Yeah, for sure, I think especially you know, not just
Speaker 8: in VP, but you know on field, you know, in
Speaker 8: the lives. You know, now we're transitioning games. But the
Speaker 8: movements have been consistent, which I'm really happy about. The
Speaker 8: ball flight's been good, so yeah, I just that's it's
Speaker 8: a matter of trusting it and just kind of allowing
Speaker 8: it to come forth.
Speaker 2: Major development in the offseason, your brother Josh was traded,
Speaker 2: and and rarity in baseball where you get to play
Speaker 2: with your brother on the same team, much less making
Speaker 2: it to the major leagues at the same time, how
Speaker 2: is the reaction there and how how are you in
Speaker 2: a place now where you can deal with that. I'm
Speaker 2: really happy for him.
Speaker 8: I know that the Diamondbacks have really got a good one,
Speaker 8: really good clubhouse presence and someone who who's going to
Speaker 8: go out there and play as hard as for that team,
Speaker 8: those fans and everything that comes with them. So I'm
Speaker 8: really happy for him. Definitely gonna cherish all the time
Speaker 8: that we had together. To this point. We shared some
Speaker 8: amazing moments, not just me and him, but you know,
Speaker 8: all the other guys in that clubhouse and him, you know,
Speaker 8: the team overall. There's been some great years that we had,
Speaker 8: and I think that my mind is in a spot
Speaker 8: where I'm really grateful for it, and I'm really grateful
Speaker 8: for the trajectory that his career is headed in and
Speaker 8: just how everything's kind of been progressing for us all.
Speaker 2: I feel like you're in a good place on where
Speaker 2: you are in the major leagues now and having been
Speaker 2: through some of the ups and downs having had him
Speaker 2: here though when you first broke in. How is he
Speaker 2: helpful to you? And maybe more so than than anything
Speaker 2: you could have hoped for.
Speaker 8: Yeah, Yeah, there's there's a lot to be said, for sure,
Speaker 8: But I think the biggest thing is just being able
Speaker 8: to have him in times where you know, you know,
Speaker 8: you kind of need to hear something, you know, any advice,
Speaker 8: any anything to be able to take that out that
Speaker 8: will help elevate your game, not just physically but mentally.
Speaker 6: So.
Speaker 8: Yeah, and and he knows me, He knows me really well,
Speaker 8: and and I feel like I can definitely get, you know,
Speaker 8: on a more personal level to be able to have
Speaker 8: those conversations that need to be had. So yeah, he uh,
Speaker 8: he definitely had a great experience. I think one of
Speaker 8: the big the biggest things I'm thankful for is just
Speaker 8: how he'd really made the transition from the minor leagues
Speaker 8: to the major leagues so easy. He's one of the
Speaker 8: big parts in you know, this clubhouse being so welcoming,
Speaker 8: you know, definitely continue to make it such an amazing environment,
Speaker 8: and that made it really easy to be able to
Speaker 8: transition and you know, get comfortable with the guys, to
Speaker 8: get comfortable with the game and all that. And I'm
Speaker 8: sure a lot of you know, of of the young
Speaker 8: guys that had come up while he was here with
Speaker 8: would say the same.
Speaker 2: Bo Naylor joining us another mentor for you. And he's
Speaker 2: back again as Austin Hedges. And look, he's a fun
Speaker 2: guy to be around. And obviously we see that, but
Speaker 2: when you get right down to it in terms of
Speaker 2: how he helps you defensively, what has he done for
Speaker 2: your game behind the.
Speaker 8: Plate, He's He's done a lot. He's super smart, He's
Speaker 8: been in this game for a while, has a lot
Speaker 8: of experience, has a lot of different perspectives on a
Speaker 8: lot of things, and he has no problem sharing it
Speaker 8: and you know, being there for you to help to
Speaker 8: help you grow in different parts of that that are
Speaker 8: required to be a catcher, you know, game calling, receiving
Speaker 8: all the things that come with being a catcher in
Speaker 8: and out of the game. He's he's something that I've
Speaker 8: gotten really close with and he's been amazing to me.
Speaker 8: He's he never shies away from an opportunity to help
Speaker 8: me grow, whether that's in being a leader, being someone
Speaker 8: that this team can kind of look to and for
Speaker 8: any guidance in any type of boy and that that
Speaker 8: that That's how I've handled the relationship with him as well.
Speaker 8: I know I can always go to him, and he's
Speaker 8: continued to help make this experience a great one for
Speaker 8: the team.
Speaker 2: A wonderful year season ago. Every year is different. It
Speaker 2: was such a tight knit group last year and so
Speaker 2: many of those players are back. What are you seeing
Speaker 2: so far in spring training that says, hey, we they
Speaker 2: can rerun this thing and maybe take it one step further. Yeah,
Speaker 2: the the vibes are great.
Speaker 8: Everyone came into camp really early, which I feel like
Speaker 8: you don't see too often. The like I said, the
Speaker 8: vibes have been awesome. Everyone's happy, we're in all we're
Speaker 8: on a good spot. We're all really excited to see
Speaker 8: each other, be around all the boys again, uh, and
Speaker 8: really get back to work. I think we understood kind
Speaker 8: of where we left off, and you know, heading into
Speaker 8: spring training, Uh, we we understood what we'd done and
Speaker 8: like voter says, you know, be appreciative of it, but
Speaker 8: understand that it's in the past. And you know that's
Speaker 8: excuse me, that's.
Speaker 2: Our floor now.
Speaker 8: We we want to build on that. I think we
Speaker 8: have a really good group to be able to do that,
Speaker 8: and I think everyone's on the same page with that
Speaker 8: idea as well. So at a lot of good vibes,
Speaker 8: a lot of a lot of games, a lot of
Speaker 8: card games, a lot of a lot of opportunities to
Speaker 8: help one another grow. And you know, when you look around,
Speaker 8: that's that's nothing short of exciting.
Speaker 2: And maybe along those lines and we'll close with us.
Speaker 2: Usually the NCP like tournament brings out the pride of
Speaker 2: guys that went to college where they went. You had
Speaker 2: a great opportunity about a week ten days ago, the
Speaker 2: Four Nations tournament for the NHL team Canada with the win,
Speaker 2: and there's a couple of countrymen in that clubhouse and
Speaker 2: Sabrowski and Smith and Naylor and what was that like
Speaker 2: the night of the game and then the next day?
Speaker 8: It was amazing. I mean, first of all, what an
Speaker 8: amazing game, you know, to say the least, but to
Speaker 8: be able to have that ending, I can only imagine
Speaker 8: what it was like to be in that type of environment.
Speaker 8: But I know I was screaming, I was going crazy,
Speaker 8: and I knew that there was gonna be a lot
Speaker 8: of words coming out of my mouth and in the
Speaker 8: clubhouse the day following.
Speaker 2: So it's good.
Speaker 8: The banter is good to be able to go in
Speaker 8: there kind of brag about the boys, kind of what
Speaker 8: they did.
Speaker 2: It was.
Speaker 8: It was awesome, And you know, I know Sebrowski let
Speaker 8: his voice heard me a little bit for sure, because
Speaker 8: we know if the situation was reversed, we'd be getting
Speaker 8: the brunto all of that. But yeah, it's all in
Speaker 8: good fun. But for sure a special win, special moment,
Speaker 8: and yeah, what a special game.
Speaker 2: What about the preliminary game with all the fisticuffs in
Speaker 2: the first nine seconds.
Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, that was that was definitely a special one
Speaker 8: for sure, but I think it made the final game
Speaker 8: that much more exciting. You know, a lot of anticipation,
Speaker 8: you know, a lot of high emotions. So yeah, just
Speaker 8: another thing that kind of helped the last one make
Speaker 8: it that much more special.
Speaker 2: Well, thanks for the time, enjoy the spring, Thank you
Speaker 2: very much. It's Guardians catcher Bo Naylor and Tandems with
Speaker 2: Austin Hetches to give the Guardians a really good mix
Speaker 2: of a good young catcher is going to play a
Speaker 2: lot and backed up by one of the best veteran
Speaker 2: catchers in the game and certainly a great teacher. As
Speaker 2: we heard from Bow, Austin Hedges will help him along
Speaker 2: and become even better defensively as the Guardian's head end
Speaker 2: of the season. Stay with us when we come back.
Speaker 2: We'll visit with Dan Cohen. He helps out with Guardian
Speaker 2: summer camps and he'll fill us in on some of
Speaker 2: the great options for youngsters out there when we come
Speaker 2: back after this time out on the Cleveland Clant Guardians
Speaker 2: Radio Network and now the two swung on.
Speaker 1: Hit a ton to right down the line. It goes
Speaker 1: if it's fair, it's way out of here, and it
Speaker 1: is fair and a home run for Boone Naylor. Now
Speaker 1: the one two to bow.
Speaker 2: Naylor swung on hit a.
Speaker 1: Ton deep right field.
Speaker 2: There she goes go on.
Speaker 1: To the party deck. That was more of a line
Speaker 1: drive home run. He hung the change up bone. Nailor
Speaker 1: wasn't fooled, and he smashes his second home run in
Speaker 1: two innings, his first two home runs of the spring.
Speaker 1: Boone Nailor four, Arizona. Nothing here in the third.
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Speaker 2: Okay, Guardian's Weekly Continuing from Goodyear, Arizona and Guardian Spring Training.
Speaker 2: Jim Rosenhause back with you on a Saturday in Goodyear.
Speaker 2: If you're listening to this on the Guardians Radio Network,
Speaker 2: our flagship station WTAM airs our show each week at
Speaker 2: seven am on Saturday mornings. So too does wm AN
Speaker 2: and Mansfield and WMRN and Marion and over in Youngstown
Speaker 2: on WKBN, the show airs at eleven o'clock on Saturdays,
Speaker 2: and of course you can hear it anytime you like
Speaker 2: in podcast form wherever you download your favorite podcasts. Dan
Speaker 2: cohen And is the associate director of Guardian Summer Camps,
Speaker 2: and they have quite a variety of camps to choose from.
Speaker 2: For youngsters age six to fourteen, it's baseball and softball
Speaker 2: options for you. And when we caught up with Dan recently,
Speaker 2: he talked about some of the great opportunities for kids
Speaker 2: this summer to grow their game.
Speaker 5: Thanks for having me, Rosie. Yeah, we are really excited
Speaker 5: where we have over fifteen different programs throughout the summer,
Speaker 5: over twelve week long programs. We have a few two
Speaker 5: day programs all throughout Northeast Ohio from all the way
Speaker 5: south as Canton to as far west as Avon and
Speaker 5: Aleyria and as far east as Willoughby, so all throughout
Speaker 5: the city for great opportunities for kids ages six to
Speaker 5: fourteen baseball and softball players just to learn and kind
Speaker 5: of have fun within like the Guardians kind of environment.
Speaker 2: And you mentioned the week long camps. Explain how those go,
Speaker 2: what's a part of that for these kids and just
Speaker 2: how fun that can be for a week in the summer.
Speaker 5: Yeah, sure, so our week long camps like their Monday
Speaker 5: through Friday from nine to three, so it's thirty hours
Speaker 5: of prime instruction. In addition to time on the field,
Speaker 5: kids will get a full uniform so at jersey pants camp,
Speaker 5: hat and belt. They'll get two tickets to a Union game.
Speaker 5: We have a skills competition throughout the week, and top
Speaker 5: performers from the summer will be invited back for a
Speaker 5: champions Day of source towards the end of the summer.
Speaker 5: One day a week at each camp, a player, current
Speaker 5: former or future Guardians player and a prospect will come
Speaker 5: out and talk to players, take pictures, sign autographs, and
Speaker 5: they really kids get a really kind of a full
Speaker 5: spectrum kind of look at what it's like to be
Speaker 5: a player for a week.
Speaker 2: And when you talk about the learning situation, the Guardians
Speaker 2: obviously great at player development for their own players. What
Speaker 2: are some of the things that you try and focus
Speaker 2: on with the kids, especially, you know, some of them
Speaker 2: are at that young end of the spectrum of six
Speaker 2: years old and maybe a little bit older, but just
Speaker 2: learning the game.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so we try to create kind of good habits
Speaker 5: and whatever we're doing, So we try to prepare our
Speaker 5: bodies and minds to like kind of learn every day.
Speaker 5: So good good routines in terms of kind of like
Speaker 5: stretching learning the fundamentals of throwing, fielding, and hitting, and
Speaker 5: just breaking skills down kind of earlier in the week
Speaker 5: into like really digestible parts that kind of for deep practice,
Speaker 5: and then throughout the week kind of challenging those skills,
Speaker 5: building on and then towards the end of the week
Speaker 5: having like I said, some of those competitions and some
Speaker 5: scrimmagists that kind of test what we've learned. And a
Speaker 5: lot of kids talk about kind of going into camp
Speaker 5: in the morning learning something and putting it right into
Speaker 5: play that night if they have a game or practice
Speaker 5: and that's a really fun part of things.
Speaker 2: And I know we were talking earlier, a lot of
Speaker 2: fans and parents have jumped on board already for this summer.
Speaker 2: How has the growth gone of the programs, especially with
Speaker 2: more camps available, it seems this summer.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so this is our third year since COVID. The
Speaker 5: first year, I think we had seven weeks of camp,
Speaker 5: so seven or eight camps. Last year, I think we
Speaker 5: had twelve or thirteen. I think this year, I think
Speaker 5: we're like I said, fifteen to seventeen camps. So we've
Speaker 5: gotten more kind of on an upward trend every year
Speaker 5: with the team doing well last year. Success always on
Speaker 5: the field, always breed success kind of away from the field.
Speaker 5: So there's a lot of excitement about camps. And I
Speaker 5: just know from like our reunion day last year we
Speaker 5: had a parade on the field. Just seeing the excitement
Speaker 5: of kind of kids seeing each other after like kind
Speaker 5: of a few weeks off was pretty cool. Just the
Speaker 5: camaraderie that's being built. So a lot of good culture to.
Speaker 2: Be around, all right, So the good stuff for parents,
Speaker 2: I want to know, how do we sign our kids up?
Speaker 2: How do they go about that to get them ready
Speaker 2: to go.
Speaker 5: Sure so you can. Everything is available on our website
Speaker 5: is at Celeague Guardians dot com last Summer Camps. You
Speaker 5: can find our schedule there. You can find more information
Speaker 5: about kind of what you can expect, and you can
Speaker 5: sign up there as well.
Speaker 2: Dan as always great to talk to you. Thanks a
Speaker 2: lot for the information and we'll talk to you again soon.
Speaker 5: Thanks Rosie too, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: That is Dan Cohen, the associate director of Guardian Summer Camp.
Speaker 2: Some great opportunities out there, so take advantage. Go to
Speaker 2: the website cl E Guardians dot com slash Summer Camps
Speaker 2: for all the information and to sign up. Stay tuned.
Speaker 2: We'll lot more of Guardians weekly after this time out
Speaker 2: on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Great stuff from
Speaker 2: Dan Cohen, and once again the spot to go to
Speaker 2: is cl E Guardians dot com slash Summer Camps. All
Speaker 2: the information is right there. Don't wait, as these camps
Speaker 2: tend to fill up and sell out quickly, so make
Speaker 2: sure you get your youngster signed up, whether it's boys
Speaker 2: or girls. They have baseball, softball, whatever you like, and
Speaker 2: they'll get you squared away and you'll learn baseball and softball.
Speaker 2: The Guardians way, so it should be a lot of
Speaker 2: fun this summer at all the different camps throughout northeast Ohio.
Speaker 2: And it's going to wind down our show this week.
Speaker 2: Thanks so much for tuning in, and again we had
Speaker 2: this week and then next week our last show from
Speaker 2: Goodyear this spring. As always, it just seems to fly
Speaker 2: by as not much as left in spring training. Now
Speaker 2: the Guardians with a game up in surprise later today,
Speaker 2: a four to zero five first pitch. We'll be on
Speaker 2: the air shortly before four with just a short warm
Speaker 2: up show to get you going, and then the Guardians
Speaker 2: and Kansas City Royals meeting. As the Guardians continue to
Speaker 2: get closer to the end of spring training. They're over
Speaker 2: in Maryville to play the Brewers on Sunday afternoon, and they
Speaker 2: head into that final week of exhibition play starting on Monday.
Speaker 2: The final full week of exhibition games next week, So
Speaker 2: we'll join you next week from right here in Goodyear, Arizona.
Speaker 2: One final show from spring training. As always, thanks to
Speaker 2: Brian Matse for helping to put together our shows each
Speaker 2: and every week and until next week. This is Jimros
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