1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,439 Speaker 1: We are going to look forward to talking for the 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:07,440 next twenty six weeks. I like it to be thirty 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,160 two weeks or so with a manager of the Houston Astros, 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,480 Joe A Spot at twelve thirty Tuesdays here on seven 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,439 I skip. It's Matt and Ross, happy season opener, happy 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:16,920 three game winning streak. How are your friend? 7 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: I'm doing well, man, How are you guys doing? No? 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,359 Speaker 1: I got no complaints. Hey, a little old school. Last 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,920 night you got al Tuov with a couple of home runs. 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,559 Lance gave you seven. I mean water is making plays, Corre. 11 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,079 It's like it's like twenty nineteen all over again. 12 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, Coorey, I'm making those plays that sure. Let's not 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,439 take away from that bomb that you're done. Hid glad 14 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,560 that this one did not hate the roof almost you know, 15 00:00:42,759 --> 00:00:44,560 it almost looked like it was going to hate the roof. 16 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,600 And getting also contribution from some of the young players man, 17 00:00:49,719 --> 00:00:54,039 you know, Bryce Matthews, just just everyone putting putting a 18 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:56,000 little bit in there, just to contribute and help us 19 00:00:56,039 --> 00:00:59,280 win some games with really happy the way we are 20 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,600 we're playing right now. Lance the Colors, My goodness, how 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,599 phenomenal he was last night really pick us up. We 22 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,480 really needed an outing from him like that, and he delivered. 23 00:01:08,719 --> 00:01:10,519 Speaker 1: You know, when we were down in West Palm with 24 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,040 you in February, he was very reflective about his season ahead, 25 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,480 his fit as past, and his future. What has it 26 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:20,599 been like watching him in that month of spring training 27 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,079 gaining the confidence for you to put him in that 28 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:24,200 opening starting rotation. 29 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,359 Speaker 2: Uh, you know what, I think Lence understands the pitcher 30 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:34,280 he is today right for him to have success, he 31 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:40,120 needs to be the guy that controls the game from 32 00:01:40,159 --> 00:01:42,120 the very first pitch. And how you do that is 33 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:46,760 attacking the strike zone. It's when Lance's attackes out the 34 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,760 zone like he did yesterday, He's able to command the 35 00:01:50,879 --> 00:01:53,280 a bat, He's able to control the game. I uh 36 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,560 fast both for strikes, really good, change up the sweeper 37 00:01:58,599 --> 00:02:02,120 effective because everything was looking the same right, everything was 38 00:02:02,159 --> 00:02:05,879 coming out from the same lane, executing pitches, heading the count, 39 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,879 effrasient from the very get go. I think he knows 40 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,599 that that's the picture he needs to be to be successful, 41 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,319 and he's not running away from it. No. 42 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,319 Speaker 3: One of the reasons I really roofer Lance is obviously 43 00:02:18,319 --> 00:02:20,319 because he's been here for so long and part of 44 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:23,840 these championship runs. But just to me also seems like 45 00:02:23,879 --> 00:02:27,599 such a great dude and teammate. So if you could 46 00:02:27,599 --> 00:02:31,120 just expand on that and just give us your thoughts 47 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,879 on what type of person he is. 48 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 2: Yes, and you know, we all we're all rooting for 49 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,960 him because what he what he has done for this organizations, 50 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,639 what he's done in our community, and what he means 51 00:02:42,719 --> 00:02:47,000 to to the club. Now, you know, great teammate, great father, 52 00:02:47,759 --> 00:02:51,840 man of faith. This guy's pitched some big games for us. 53 00:02:52,479 --> 00:02:54,639 I've been here for nine seasons right now. This guy 54 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,479 has been in the biggest games. Uh, this organization has 55 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,639 had since I been here. And also I see it 56 00:03:00,719 --> 00:03:02,319 from the other side when I was with the Yankees, 57 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:07,000 how we dominated in the LCS. So he's still in there. 58 00:03:07,039 --> 00:03:10,840 That guy's still there and just getting that out of 59 00:03:10,879 --> 00:03:16,879 them because he's fully healthy and he's frame of mind. 60 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,240 He's such a really good place that I think he's 61 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,439 going to HELPO was winning now is you know, build 62 00:03:22,479 --> 00:03:26,159 him from this outing, right, not try to do anything different, right, 63 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,560 I get ready for his next start and build from 64 00:03:29,599 --> 00:03:31,639 this and because the stuff is there. 65 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,719 Speaker 3: Astro's manager Joe Spotted, was here on Sports Talk seven 66 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,039 nine let's go to the other holdover from the twenty 67 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,840 seventeen championship team, Jose al two a couple of home runs. 68 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,960 I mean, obviously we've talked about a lot about him 69 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,800 over the years, but just just at the play it 70 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:50,120 approach seems like some more patients from him. How much 71 00:03:50,159 --> 00:03:52,360 of is it is it the same old Josel tuove 72 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,400 and how much of is it kind of a new 73 00:03:54,439 --> 00:03:55,639 slant on things? 74 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: You know, I think it's the new slam Zone things. 75 00:03:58,159 --> 00:04:00,439 I think, you know, patient, you know, we we've been 76 00:04:00,479 --> 00:04:04,199 seeing a lot of pitches here the last three games, 77 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,840 and then that's been something that we highlighted in the 78 00:04:06,919 --> 00:04:10,360 off season. We're preaching to our hitters, let us control 79 00:04:10,439 --> 00:04:14,000 the bat like, forcing the pitchers to make pitches. We 80 00:04:14,039 --> 00:04:17,720 know our strength, Stay within yourself. We have a really 81 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,920 good lineup. If you don't do the damage, the guy 82 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,199 behind you will do the damage. If they don't, if 83 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,759 they choose not to pitch someone, we are capable of 84 00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:29,759 having enough definitely our lineup that the next guy is 85 00:04:29,759 --> 00:04:32,839 going to do it. And that has been the theme 86 00:04:32,959 --> 00:04:37,360 here for the first few games. Contribution from the guys 87 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,759 in the bottom. So when al Tuobek comes up to 88 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,920 the plate and Jordan comes to the plate. There's traffic 89 00:04:42,959 --> 00:04:46,519 on the basis, there's people on the basis, and we've 90 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,639 been carrying out our game plan very very well the 91 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:50,720 last couple of games. 92 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this. You know about Jeremy's finger, 93 00:04:54,079 --> 00:04:55,879 and you've used him a couple of times day off 94 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:58,319 here and there. What have you been told. Do you 95 00:04:58,439 --> 00:05:00,680 visit with him on the daily? How much does he 96 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:02,240 want to test it? How much do you want to 97 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:03,600 see it tested at least early on. 98 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 2: You know, we all want to see Jeremy in there 99 00:05:07,439 --> 00:05:09,759 every single day. He wants to be out there every 100 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,759 single day. But we're doing best for Jeremy in our 101 00:05:12,759 --> 00:05:16,519 club right now. We want to build his body. You know, 102 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,360 this is not about the finger right now. It's about 103 00:05:19,399 --> 00:05:23,720 his full body. You know, his legs, he's you know, 104 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,600 he's all for body. We want to make sure that 105 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,120 eating really had a long like it's springs training, to 106 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,000 really build off. There was a little post even though 107 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,240 he was on the basis, he was in the weight 108 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,120 where he's taking ground balls, but heating't really had a 109 00:05:36,199 --> 00:05:39,680 big build up towards the NF camp. So we want 110 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,519 to make sure that we do that. We were hampered 111 00:05:41,519 --> 00:05:44,360 about injuries last year guys, and I want to be 112 00:05:44,399 --> 00:05:47,399 really smart about, you know, the volume of games that 113 00:05:47,439 --> 00:05:50,439 this guys are getting. And also we've been playing some 114 00:05:50,519 --> 00:05:53,040 long games here in the last few days, so we 115 00:05:53,079 --> 00:05:54,720 want to be smart to make sure that this guy's 116 00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:56,519 stay healthy throughout the season. 117 00:05:56,879 --> 00:05:59,199 Speaker 1: You mentioned a long games. I don't mind long games 118 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,879 when you've head back to back games where you've overcome deficits. 119 00:06:01,879 --> 00:06:05,160 The reality is this, that's something Joe, you hopefully can 120 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:06,959 use in your back pocket, is that if a team, 121 00:06:07,079 --> 00:06:09,600 your squad falls behind four nothing or gives up a 122 00:06:09,639 --> 00:06:11,600 four nothing lead like a day the other day, that 123 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,439 you have the comeback ability. That is something that is 124 00:06:14,519 --> 00:06:16,920 not you're not stopping the game and yelling the guys 125 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,120 in the middle of the dugout. Where does that come from? 126 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 2: Absolutely not? Absolutely not, absolutely not. And you know, I 127 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,279 think what's what's very really important to recognize is that, 128 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,519 you know, we we have we had gotten some of 129 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,439 their starters that we faced. They're being out of the 130 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,000 game before the fifth end. Now, when you do that, 131 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,560 that trickles down and pushing a really good spot for 132 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,480 game two, game three. Overseers, right it's showing the Angels 133 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,040 who lost the first two. Uh so Rihanna went out 134 00:06:45,079 --> 00:06:48,000 seven innings first game, and then we started, you know, 135 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,680 having some longer up bats. We're starting, uh you know, 136 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,079 passing the baton further down the further down the lineup, 137 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:56,759 and now all of a sudden Game three, Game four, 138 00:06:57,319 --> 00:06:59,800 the same relievers that pitched Game one, their stub was 139 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,199 not playing to say, because they've been using twice maybe 140 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,360 three times doing a series. And I think that's something 141 00:07:05,399 --> 00:07:08,680 that we are we are talking to the guys in 142 00:07:08,879 --> 00:07:13,160 points of it. It's when our lineup, it's does that 143 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:17,040 it helps everyone in the lineup and also allow us 144 00:07:17,079 --> 00:07:19,199 to to win games and win series. 145 00:07:20,959 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 3: You've had now five games of live action games that 146 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,399 count with the ABS system. How are you liking it? 147 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: We know, we we like we like it. We I think, 148 00:07:32,839 --> 00:07:36,199 you know, every seemed the umpires really locking it in 149 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,000 and really trying to get every call right. All right, right, 150 00:07:39,079 --> 00:07:45,120 that's the point that we are. We're making awareness of, Hey, 151 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,879 this system is here to help everyone get every call right. 152 00:07:49,279 --> 00:07:51,879 Conversation with the umpires in between innings and the eaters. 153 00:07:52,519 --> 00:07:54,720 You know, it's been it's been really good. The system 154 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,959 has been good. We haven't been very successful early on, 155 00:07:58,879 --> 00:08:02,879 but we always you know, looking over our decision making 156 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,920 when he comes to what to use the ABS, just 157 00:08:04,959 --> 00:08:07,360 to make sure that we're using at the right time. 158 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,040 Not only just you know, we don't want to be 159 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:10,879 you know, we have him not been too sceppible, but 160 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:12,759 we want to make sure that we are successful using 161 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,839 it at the right time. So when we have moments, 162 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,560 especially dating the game, we still have some of them least, 163 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,439 so we can execute. 164 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: Last one from us skip a brave you second performance. 165 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,079 The velocity was down, and I trying not to make 166 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,839 too much of that because it could be a gun, 167 00:08:27,879 --> 00:08:31,439 it could be the tired arm, you were quoted as saying, 168 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,360 and like you'd interpret it for us a little bit 169 00:08:33,399 --> 00:08:35,519 that it's more of a mechanical than it was about 170 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,720 just the arm. So where are you with him and 171 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:40,279 what was that mechanical adjustment you think he's going to 172 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,240 make and you don't tell us, But what is it 173 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:42,720 right now? 174 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 2: Well, so I'll share that with you. You know, in 175 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,000 a post game after he got outing, I had a 176 00:08:49,039 --> 00:08:51,759 conversation with very my office it and I wanted him 177 00:08:51,799 --> 00:08:54,399 to be handed with me, you know, it's a are 178 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,960 you healthy, it's a skip. I'm healthy. I'm one hundred percent. 179 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:02,200 But right now I'm battling some chan issues. And you know, 180 00:09:02,919 --> 00:09:08,159 Briana Brow is huge human being, and you know next 181 00:09:08,279 --> 00:09:11,679 upper body, lower half, there's got to be coordination and 182 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,919 there's got to be You've gotta be uh, the sequence 183 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,960 needs to be right right before he's delivered to be 184 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,279 working out in front. Right now, he's opening lower half 185 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,320 too quick, arm size dropping, and he's yanking everything. You 186 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,840 don't really see Briana Bread. When Briana Brew is missing 187 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:30,039 gloss side, that's that's a sign of he's spinning too quick. 188 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,559 He's opening too quick. Now when he's missing armside right 189 00:09:33,879 --> 00:09:36,120 when he's heard ninety eight to the top of his 190 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,360 own now he's finishing out in front. So he was 191 00:09:39,519 --> 00:09:41,919 walking me through that. He knows what he needs to 192 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,440 be working on and as coaches, and we're going to 193 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:50,360 help him through that right through videos, you know, through 194 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,960 flatground and but but it's I'm not concerned at all. 195 00:09:55,879 --> 00:09:59,000 It's it's just it's what happens early in the season, 196 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,399 Like just so I could hit my timing is not down, 197 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,000 it's not quite there yet, and You need to continue 198 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,279 to give him opportunity because we know how good he is. 199 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:08,879 We can't win without Brandon and brother. That's just the 200 00:10:08,879 --> 00:10:09,559 bottom line.