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Speaker 2: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jimros in house along
Speaker 2: with you from Chicago. This weekend, the Guardians playing the
Speaker 2: White Sox in what is scheduled to be a four
Speaker 2: game series. A little weather struggle on Thursday night, but
Speaker 2: on Friday, the Guardian's able to get in some of
Speaker 2: the action over at rate Feel the ballpark for the
Speaker 2: White Sox that has been renamed once again. Guardians closing
Speaker 2: out play pre All Star break with a lengthy road trip,
Speaker 2: and we'll have the weekend review that started unbelievably well
Speaker 2: in Houston earlier this week. Coming up a little bit
Speaker 2: later on in the show, we'll have a full Minor
Speaker 2: league update from Vice president of player Development Stephen Osterer,
Speaker 2: and we'll also hear from a couple of infielders for
Speaker 2: the Guardians on Hell Martinez, who also plays some center field,
Speaker 2: and Brian Rochio, the shortstop who's back at it for
Speaker 2: the Guardians, both swinging hot bats. But first that wee
Speaker 2: can review and we'll take a time out and come
Speaker 2: back with that after this time out on the Cleveland
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Speaker 2: Jim ros announced back with you. We're in Chicago where
Speaker 2: the Guardians are taking on the White Sox this weekend,
Speaker 2: and it has been a great week for the Guardians.
Speaker 2: After enduring a ten game losing skid, they headed out
Speaker 2: on the road after a tough loss Sunday at home
Speaker 2: against the Tigers to extend that losing streak to ten games.
Speaker 2: And they were facing a Houston Astros ball club that
Speaker 2: had the best record in baseball since June the first,
Speaker 2: and they were coming off a three game series sweep,
Speaker 2: blowing out the Dodgers at Dodgers Stadium on a nightly basis,
Speaker 2: So it certainly looked like an uphill battle. But that
Speaker 2: was the challenge, starting on Monday night in Houston, and
Speaker 2: with good pitching on both sides early in this one,
Speaker 2: Colton Gordon for Houston, Tanner Biby for the Guardians. Here's
Speaker 2: the old one, swung on, bouncing ball back to the mound.
Speaker 2: Bibby's got it and he'll underhand flip it to Santana
Speaker 2: at first for the out. A three up, redown inning,
Speaker 2: and we'll head to the fifth. Still no score in Houston.
Speaker 2: In the fifth, the Guardian's got something going. A pair
Speaker 2: of singles to start the inning. Brian Rochio moved the
Speaker 2: runners up with a sack bunt, and then Stephen Kwan
Speaker 2: came through Gordon from the stretch. Here's his pitch, swung
Speaker 2: online off the glove of Gordon. He falls down, the
Speaker 2: ball trickles to Altuve, the second baseman. All hands are safe.
Speaker 2: The Guardians take the lead on a base hit, and
Speaker 2: it looks like Gordon is okay after that line drive
Speaker 2: us not a rocket off the bat of Kwan, but
Speaker 2: enough is Kwan will get credit for an RBI base
Speaker 2: it and the Guardians take a lead. Two batters later,
Speaker 2: two men on and Jose Ramirez stepped in. Here's the
Speaker 2: pitch and Ramirez launches it high and deep to left.
Speaker 2: Home run Jose.
Speaker 1: Ramirez, and there is the big inning for the Guardians.
Speaker 1: Three run blast for Ramirez and Cleveland takes a four
Speaker 1: nothing lead. Well, leave a de Jose Ramirez to get
Speaker 1: it done. Home run number fifteen now with forty two
Speaker 1: runs driven in and there is the big two out
Speaker 1: base it for the Guardians and it's a home run
Speaker 1: for Ramirez. So finally the big inning for the Guardians
Speaker 1: and a big lead. But Houston, well, they didn't back down.
Speaker 1: They responded in a big way with four runs in
Speaker 1: their own in the bottom half of the fifth inning,
Speaker 1: and just like that, the game.
Speaker 2: Was all tied up at four. The Guardians responded in
Speaker 2: the sixth a double from on Hell Martinez, a walk
Speaker 2: to bow Naylor and that brought Brian Rochio to the plate.
Speaker 1: Now the Yo two swung on line the third off
Speaker 1: the glove of parades down the left field line. It'll
Speaker 1: roll to the corner into score. Martinez coming home. Nailer
Speaker 1: throat of the plate, first slide safe and a two
Speaker 1: run double into the left field corner by Brian Rocchio
Speaker 1: has given Cleveland the lead back at six to four.
Speaker 1: Houston guy within a run with a solo home run
Speaker 1: in the bottom half of the sixth inning, but the
Speaker 1: Guardians got that run right back in the ninth thanks
Speaker 1: to David Fry. Now the payoff hit high in the
Speaker 1: air to deep left, Tremmeel going back, Tremmeel near the wall.
Speaker 5: Tremmeel jumps in. This ball is gone.
Speaker 1: He got into that little triangle out there where the
Speaker 1: wall juts from three point fifteen out to three sixty six.
Speaker 1: Tremmeel disappeared from our review jumping up and that ball
Speaker 1: somehow's snuck out and a huge home run by David Fry,
Speaker 1: his third.
Speaker 2: And that set it up for Emmanuel Class to close
Speaker 2: the door with a two run lead.
Speaker 1: The pit swung on a high shopper to second. Schneman
Speaker 1: gloves throws Boggie. The streak is dead. Cleveland ends a
Speaker 1: ten game slide, and they do it against the hottest
Speaker 1: team in baseball since June first. They beat the Astros
Speaker 1: seven to five.
Speaker 2: W a satisfying win for the Guardians to get back
Speaker 2: in the win column for the first time in a
Speaker 2: week and a half. Tuesday night, still in Houston, the
Speaker 2: Guardians didn't waste any time getting the scoring started. In
Speaker 2: this one top half of the first inning, Nolan Jones
Speaker 2: singled and then once again it was Jose Ramirez doing
Speaker 2: the damage.
Speaker 5: The pitch swung at.
Speaker 1: Hit high, deep to right, Hawaii back and gone Jose
Speaker 1: Ramirez for the second night in no row. This time
Speaker 1: got a change up and a moonshot to right and
Speaker 1: the Guardians with a tune nothing lead and Ramirez with
Speaker 1: two runs and five RBIs in one game and one
Speaker 1: at bat here tonight and Jose Ramirez is out of
Speaker 1: it big time.
Speaker 2: The Astros scored a run in the bottom half of
Speaker 2: the first to make it two to one, and then
Speaker 2: the Guardians went back to work in the third with
Speaker 2: doubles from Brian Rochio and then Nolan Jones. Now the
Speaker 2: three to one swung and ripped in the right tensi
Speaker 2: basit near the line. This is going to go all
Speaker 2: the way to the wall in the score is Rochio
Speaker 2: a stand up RBI double for Nolan Jones. He has
Speaker 2: a two hit game, He's got his twenty third RBI
Speaker 2: and Cleveland's got a three to one lead, and Nolan
Speaker 2: Jones got into a hitter's count, and then Nolan Jones
Speaker 2: got a pitch that he could.
Speaker 5: Pull for an RBI double.
Speaker 2: Still in the third, two men on and two men out,
Speaker 2: with Daniel Steaman at the plate.
Speaker 1: The O one to Schneeman and one in the right field.
Speaker 1: It'll score two base hit Schneeman, Jones scores, Ramirez scores.
Speaker 1: Cleveland is taking it to Hunter Brown five to one.
Speaker 1: Guardians and give Daniel Schneeman a huge two out, two
Speaker 1: runs single and the steal by Ramirez results in another run,
Speaker 1: and the Guardians have scored more runs in three innings
Speaker 1: tonight than what Hunter Brown gave up in the entire
Speaker 1: month of June.
Speaker 2: Then in the fourth, Brian Rochio's big series continued. Here's
Speaker 2: the one zero and he blast one high and deep
Speaker 2: right field.
Speaker 5: How run Brian Rocchio? Oh, what a series.
Speaker 2: Rokio is having the huge double last night and now
Speaker 2: a double at a homer tonight it is six to
Speaker 2: one Cleveland and they are hitting Hunter bre harder than
Speaker 2: any team has this season. But back came the Astros
Speaker 2: once again. Two runs in the fifth cut the Guardians
Speaker 2: lead to six to four, and then two more in
Speaker 2: the eighth, and we were back to even at six six.
Speaker 2: Neither team was able to score in the ninth. On
Speaker 2: who extra innings the game went. Stephen Kuan was the runner,
Speaker 2: starting at second base before the Guardians. In the top
Speaker 2: of the tenth, he moved up to third on a
Speaker 2: bunt and then a walk to Jose Ramirez Carlos Santana
Speaker 2: and that would load the bases for on Hell Martinez.
Speaker 5: One in one. The count Hater's ready. Here it comes.
Speaker 1: Swung on, hit in the air, deep left, humble, back
Speaker 1: humble in front of the wall.
Speaker 6: This bolt on into grand slam on Hell Martinez, fist
Speaker 6: race rounding the bases.
Speaker 1: He barely snuck it over the nineteen football into the
Speaker 1: Crawford seats. It's a grand slam and the Guardians have
Speaker 1: taken a ten to six lead. In the tenth off
Speaker 1: of Josh Hater and on Hill Martinez. With everybody out
Speaker 1: of the dugout welcoming him on the third day side
Speaker 1: of the park and just about all thirty thousand heading
Speaker 1: for the exits in Unison.
Speaker 5: That would be plenty.
Speaker 2: As I Monu will class a slam the door shut
Speaker 2: on the Astros in the bottom half of the tenth inning.
Speaker 2: He lets it fly and Smith swings and missus bogie.
Speaker 5: What a game for Cleveland.
Speaker 1: Led six to one, tied six to six, win it
Speaker 1: in the tenth on a two out grand slam to
Speaker 1: left beyond Hill Martinez.
Speaker 5: Off Josh Hater.
Speaker 1: Ten to six Guardians in ten have beaten the Astros. Man.
Speaker 2: We will hear from Martina a little bit later on
Speaker 2: in our show what a week he's had at the plate.
Speaker 2: And as the Guardians are going for the sweep on
Speaker 2: Wednesday night again, they got that early lead with the
Speaker 2: hero from Tuesday, Martinez stepping in the pit.
Speaker 1: Swung on him high and deep to left. This ball's
Speaker 1: way out of here on hell Martinez. Wow, what a
Speaker 1: blast to left and the Guardians have a one nothing lead.
Speaker 1: He snuck one over last night. He hammered one out
Speaker 1: of here tonight and seven home runs for Martinez. That's
Speaker 1: his fourth when batting right handed, and Cleveland's got a
Speaker 1: one nothing lead on a no doubt about a bomb
Speaker 1: to left for on Hell Martinez man.
Speaker 2: After that, Jose Ramirez, his big road trip continued. Now
Speaker 2: the kick and delivery and he sends one in the
Speaker 2: air to deep left.
Speaker 5: This ball's got a chance.
Speaker 7: It is gone.
Speaker 1: And for the third consecutive ball game, Jose Ramirez, he
Speaker 1: has hit a home run. He hit that off his
Speaker 1: front foot. He went down and gulfed a change up
Speaker 1: out of here the left and the Guardians have a
Speaker 1: two nothing lead on the back to back home runs
Speaker 1: and now Jose Ramirez hits his seventeenth and three straight
Speaker 1: home runs for Jose Ramirez in this series. That would
Speaker 1: be it for scoring until the seventh when the Guardians
Speaker 1: put two men on and Jonathan Rodriguez delivered a big
Speaker 1: base hit. Now the two to one swung on a
Speaker 1: high chopper in the left. It's a base hit. Ramirez scores,
Speaker 1: Santana scores.
Speaker 5: Fry stops at second for nothing.
Speaker 1: Cleveland a high chop single between third and short in
Speaker 1: the left field for Jonathan Rodriguez, and Cleveland has come
Speaker 1: up with two. Rod Rigus RBIs two and three on
Speaker 1: the mound. It was another terrific start for slate Seconi
Speaker 1: maybe his best yet. This is Seconi's last start before
Speaker 1: the All Star break. Boy, he's done a great job
Speaker 1: mixing up his pitches and of course Austin Headges brilliant
Speaker 1: behind the plate in his game calling now the one
Speaker 1: two strike.
Speaker 5: Him out looking at the heat.
Speaker 1: Why they had humbles Head spinning seven in the books
Speaker 1: for nothing?
Speaker 5: Cleveland.
Speaker 2: Houston got a little closer with two runs in the
Speaker 2: eighth to make it four to two, and in the
Speaker 2: ninth again it was a monuo classe a this time,
Speaker 2: though unavailable he worked the previous three games, so Paul
Speaker 2: Sewald came on to try and close things out for
Speaker 2: a Guardian's sweep.
Speaker 5: The one to two delivery and straight three call poll game.
Speaker 5: How about that?
Speaker 1: Ten straight losses to a three game sweep in Houston
Speaker 1: and the Guardians completed with a four to two win tonight.
Speaker 2: Thursday's game in Chicago was rained out as the scene
Speaker 2: shifted on this road swing to the Windy City. That
Speaker 2: made for a split doubleheader on Friday. Game one, the
Speaker 2: Guardians kept it rolling. They got the scoring started in
Speaker 2: the second with one big swing from Daniel Schneman.
Speaker 1: The pitch swung on rocket in the deep right field and.
Speaker 5: Way out of here.
Speaker 1: Daniel Schneaman with his ninth home run, no doubt about it,
Speaker 1: line drive home run to right and the Guardians have
Speaker 1: a one nothing lead. That is only the eighth home
Speaker 1: run giving up all year by Shane Smith, and Schneman
Speaker 1: hit a four hundred and eight feet well over the
Speaker 1: bullpen into the seats beyond the bullpen and right. The
Speaker 1: next batter was On hell Martinez and his big week continued.
Speaker 1: The pitch swung on drill deep right field again. This
Speaker 1: ball is gone, just did sneak over the fence in
Speaker 1: right All beat off the bat of On hell Martinez
Speaker 1: and the Guardians go back to back again and it's
Speaker 1: two nothing.
Speaker 5: Cleveland.
Speaker 2: Chicago answered in the bottom half of the second with
Speaker 2: a two run home run from Luis Robert and it's
Speaker 2: staytiede at two until the sixth when Carlos Santana came
Speaker 2: to the plate with a man aboard. Alexander Sets delivers
Speaker 2: and the pitch hammered deep to center.
Speaker 5: Field and Don.
Speaker 1: Carlos Santana just to the left of straightaway center has
Speaker 1: put Cleveland on top four to two. Boy that he'd
Speaker 1: pound that baseball, so Santana with a two out, two
Speaker 1: run home run to center field and the Guardians back
Speaker 1: on top four to two. Santana home run number eleven,
Speaker 1: the fourth home run that he has hit right handed.
Speaker 1: He hit that four one hundred and eighteen feet to
Speaker 1: center and on the mound.
Speaker 2: Aside from the home run he gave up in the second,
Speaker 2: Logan Allen was brilliant pitching deep into this one.
Speaker 1: Allan's pitch swinging and a mess. What away to finish
Speaker 1: for Logan Allen. What a job he's done again here
Speaker 1: Today's giving up one hit, folks, That's it. And Logan
Speaker 1: Allen has been absolutely brilliant since he gave up that
Speaker 1: one hit the home run, as he has set down
Speaker 1: fourteen in a row, and the Guardians laid four to
Speaker 1: two going to the seventh. Kate Smith and Hunter Gaddis
Speaker 1: each worked a scoreless inning in the seventh and eighth
Speaker 1: innings respectively, and then Classe was on in the ninth
Speaker 1: to try and close it out again. The set the
Speaker 1: pitch and the hit swung on grounded the second Steaming
Speaker 1: Gloves Throws ballgame and the Cleveland Guardians have now captured
Speaker 1: four straight after dropping ten.
Speaker 2: In a row, so the Guardians extended that winning streak
Speaker 2: to four games and it ended in the nightcap as
Speaker 2: the game went eleven innings. That's where the White Sox
Speaker 2: would win it by a final score of five to four.
Speaker 2: Stay with us when we come back. We will hear
Speaker 2: from on Hell Martinez, Brian Rochio, and Vice President of
Speaker 2: Player Development Stephen Osterer as we continue with Guardians Weekly
Speaker 2: after this timeout.
Speaker 1: Welcome back.
Speaker 2: It's Guardians Weekly as we join you from Chicago this weekend,
Speaker 2: the Guardians and the Chicago White Sox closing out play
Speaker 2: pre All Star Break. They'll have action on Saturday afternoon
Speaker 2: and then also on Sunday afternoon, and then it's the
Speaker 2: four day All Star Break on Hell. Martinez put on
Speaker 2: quite a show in Houston earlier this week. A couple
Speaker 2: of home runs, including a tenth then and grand slam
Speaker 2: on Tuesday night A propelled the Guardians to attend to
Speaker 2: six win and it came off of one of the
Speaker 2: game's best closers and Josh Hater And the next day
Speaker 2: we talked to Martinez about his strategy heading into that
Speaker 2: at back compete.
Speaker 8: That's all that you can do, you know, like you
Speaker 8: gotta be paying attention to like what he's doing, like
Speaker 8: from the dug out, like that way when you go
Speaker 8: into the balls, like you know what to do. But like, honestly,
Speaker 8: all the all that I was trying to do is
Speaker 8: just like competing, trying to be accountable for the team.
Speaker 2: Did you think it was gonna go out when you
Speaker 2: hit it because of the short porch there and left?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean I knew that I get better. It's
Speaker 8: just like it was going up, so I was like
Speaker 8: I would fit defeat.
Speaker 2: And that feeling when when you cross home played and
Speaker 2: you get back with your teammates after such a big
Speaker 2: base at what is that like?
Speaker 8: It feels really good honestly, you know, but like I
Speaker 8: gotta switch the paste right away and like be focused
Speaker 8: like to what I it's going on in the game
Speaker 8: and after that go to defense. So honestly enjoy it.
Speaker 8: But like gottas just the.
Speaker 2: Base joined by Onhell Martinez who hit the grand slam
Speaker 2: that ended up winning the game last night, and it helped.
Speaker 2: Since you've been back it it seems like you've had
Speaker 2: some of your ups and downs, but you battled through
Speaker 2: those and are a little more consistent this time. Around.
Speaker 2: What's been the biggest key this year that's allowed you
Speaker 2: to make good progress?
Speaker 8: Just keep learning, you know, like we're playing, we're playing
Speaker 8: the baseball. So like you say, it's a young career
Speaker 8: and I just gotta be able to I just I
Speaker 8: dislivel and show what I'm able to do. So honestly,
Speaker 8: you just keep playing the game and keep learning.
Speaker 2: And having that chance to go through some tough stretches.
Speaker 2: How has that helped you, knowing that that you're gonna
Speaker 2: still get some playing time and be able to see
Speaker 2: if you can improve again.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean we got a great staff, We've got
Speaker 8: a great people support you around, so that helps a lot.
Speaker 8: And I mean, just a young career, like we we
Speaker 8: face a lot of good pictures, Like you gotta adjust
Speaker 8: to that. You gotta be able to keep coming to
Speaker 8: the field and like trying to do you best and
Speaker 8: eventually it's gonna show up.
Speaker 2: And you were doing it as a switch hitter. You
Speaker 2: were relating that you picked that up at a very
Speaker 2: young age. Tell us how young you were and who
Speaker 2: encouraged you to hit from the left side after growing
Speaker 2: up as a right handed hitter.
Speaker 8: Yeah, my dad and my dad, I remember like so young.
Speaker 8: He told me, like, I feel like you you're gonna
Speaker 8: be able to hit both sides, and I would like
Speaker 8: you to try it. So I didn't, like, it feels
Speaker 8: really good.
Speaker 2: Did you think initially that they would be really tough
Speaker 2: or has it been easier than maybe you thought it
Speaker 2: might be.
Speaker 8: No, he's just like he's another part of my game,
Speaker 8: you know, Like I just like being young. Like honestly,
Speaker 8: we don't think how about none of that, you know,
Speaker 8: we just like gotta go to the play and have fun.
Speaker 8: But like growing up and like learning how to like
Speaker 8: separate like right side from the left side, let's side
Speaker 8: from the right side, just like another part of my gaming,
Speaker 8: I gotta learn how.
Speaker 5: To do it.
Speaker 2: And another part part of your game is defensively in
Speaker 2: field outfield and last night, and it's been like this
Speaker 2: a couple of games where you've gone back and forth
Speaker 2: a couple of times, it seems. And what are those
Speaker 2: nights like where they're asking you to play two very
Speaker 2: different positions in the same game.
Speaker 8: Normal, you know, because like I'm still playing and having fun.
Speaker 8: So I mean it's it's very normal for me. Like
Speaker 8: I said, it's just like you gotta learn how to
Speaker 8: turn the page like real quick and be accountable for
Speaker 8: the team, like be able to do you best and
Speaker 8: help help the team.
Speaker 2: And it was a tough stretch team drop ten in
Speaker 2: a row, but now two really nice wins. How different
Speaker 2: is it in the clubhouse after a couple of nice
Speaker 2: wins like that?
Speaker 8: No, it's not. You know, it's a long season and
Speaker 8: we know, you know, like we are family and we
Speaker 8: keep together, so like it doesn't matter what we're going through.
Speaker 8: We are family and we're gonna go through.
Speaker 9: Hell.
Speaker 2: Great to have you along. Thank you, Thank you. That
Speaker 2: is on Hell Martinez, who again is swinging a hot bat,
Speaker 2: playing well defensively at second base and in center field
Speaker 2: as he continues to go back and forth between both.
Speaker 2: Brian Roeko is back with the ball club, playing shortstop
Speaker 2: on an everyday basis while the Guardians wait for the
Speaker 2: recovery from injury for their other shortstop, Gabriel Arius. But
Speaker 2: it's been Rokio is playing like he was a year
Speaker 2: ago down the stretch and on end of the postseason.
Speaker 2: He had a big night in Houston in Mondays seven
Speaker 2: to five win that snapped the ten game losing skid.
Speaker 2: He had to go ahead to run double. Also a
Speaker 2: pair of big sacrifice bunts, and he says those bunts
Speaker 2: are just as satisfying as an extra base hit.
Speaker 9: I mean, that's that's really important for me, like help
Speaker 9: the team and in part of the of the game,
Speaker 9: and that's huge. Get those bone to to get the
Speaker 9: running position in close to to bring to home.
Speaker 2: Everyone thinks it's easy get a bunt down, you know,
Speaker 2: and if you don't, it's all come on. But how
Speaker 2: hard is it to face major league pitching and get
Speaker 2: upun down fair?
Speaker 9: I mean, it's pretty hard. It's really hard. He's more
Speaker 9: hard when they throw a out of aspy. It's hard
Speaker 9: to bund the ouspie. So I got a practice, a
Speaker 9: lot of bond practice for for those moments. Get idle
Speaker 9: it more easy.
Speaker 2: And when you come through in a big spot like
Speaker 2: you did with with the two run double, you worked
Speaker 2: hard to get back here. And how much of that
Speaker 2: hard work came into play in that at bat allowing
Speaker 2: you to come through.
Speaker 9: I mean, I'm trying to get my confidence down, like
Speaker 9: get get good good to be trying to put the
Speaker 9: ball in play and trying to don't do much.
Speaker 2: And obviously it comes down to helping the team win.
Speaker 2: And this team had gone through a stretch and obviously
Speaker 2: you're well aware of that. When you look at some
Speaker 2: of the little things that a team needs to do
Speaker 2: to win, how many of those came in to play
Speaker 2: last night? Do you think for this team to get
Speaker 2: back in a winning situation?
Speaker 9: I mean, we every every time we fight him from
Speaker 9: the first out to the last hout. That's that's why
Speaker 9: we are so good, so good playing baseball because we
Speaker 9: fight him from the first first time of the game
Speaker 9: for the last time of the game.
Speaker 2: Scardian shortstop Bryan Rokio joining us back with the big
Speaker 2: club after a stint in the minor leagues, and it's
Speaker 2: never easy to go back. But what did you learn
Speaker 2: during your time in Columbus that's been helpful since you
Speaker 2: came back.
Speaker 9: I learned a lot of stuff, to be honest, Like no,
Speaker 9: who I am as a player. That's the biggest thing
Speaker 9: for me. Practice am my hitting bar and my defensive
Speaker 9: bar basement in bar, Like trying to be consistent to
Speaker 9: get back to the with the team.
Speaker 2: And you had that really good stretch at the last
Speaker 2: month or so of the season last year, and then
Speaker 2: your postseason was really good? Does it it give you
Speaker 2: some appreciation for how difficult that can be, that to
Speaker 2: have that success when when you do have to go
Speaker 2: back to the minor leagues the following season.
Speaker 9: I mean it's part of the process, you know, Like
Speaker 9: I'm trying to take those moments like a sample for
Speaker 9: me and get better to come to come again to
Speaker 9: the team, I help the team win.
Speaker 2: Rugless Odor third base coach for the Guardians. But he's
Speaker 2: been there at different stages in your career. Explain what
Speaker 2: he means to you. How does he help you, not
Speaker 2: only now, but maybe even earlier in your career.
Speaker 9: I mean, he's like my father in baseball. He teach
Speaker 9: me a lot of stuff. He teach me how to
Speaker 9: how to be inside the play, outside the play. How
Speaker 9: can I be better playing baseball? I mean he's he's
Speaker 9: huge for me being together.
Speaker 2: To have someone like that that knows you as well
Speaker 2: as anybody here. Now, how helpful can that be? A
Speaker 2: think going forward?
Speaker 5: Huge?
Speaker 9: Huge, because he's he's still teach me. That's that's why
Speaker 9: I have I also said here in the ability because
Speaker 9: he teached me a lot of stuff. So that's pretty
Speaker 9: good for me.
Speaker 2: Ryan, Thank you so much for coming by.
Speaker 9: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2: At Young shortstop Brian Rochio having a solid weekend after
Speaker 2: some time at Triple A. Columbus really playing well here
Speaker 2: with the big club once again. We'll take a time
Speaker 2: out and then we'll come back with our final segment.
Speaker 2: We'll hear from Vice President of Player Development Steven Osterer,
Speaker 2: who has been keeping an eye on Columbus. And you
Speaker 2: know there are some big names down there, and we'll
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Speaker 2: It's Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhaus joining you from Chicago, where
Speaker 2: the Guardians are closing out play free All Star Break
Speaker 2: with a series against the White Sox. Stephen Ostro is
Speaker 2: the vice president of player development for the Guardians, and
Speaker 2: we check in with him on a regular basis find
Speaker 2: out what's going on in the farm system. Well, we'll
Speaker 2: talk tripa a Columbus this week with Osti and Chase. Delatter,
Speaker 2: of course, is the name that everyone wants to know
Speaker 2: about and everyone waits patiently for perhaps his first outings
Speaker 2: at the major league level. Ostro talks about what he's
Speaker 2: seen recently from Delatter in terms of his development.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean Chase has been back in Columbus, Rummels,
Speaker 4: I think two months at this point, building up his
Speaker 4: workload and getting his body to just adapt the playing
Speaker 4: five of six games at this point and even four
Speaker 4: games in a row. So I think last week was
Speaker 4: the first time in two years that he's played four
Speaker 4: games and in four days, and one of those was
Speaker 4: as a d H. So you know, it's adapting to
Speaker 4: that and getting his body able to handle those types
Speaker 4: of workloads. But he's doing really well right now. His
Speaker 4: surface and underlying numbers are are really good. He's you know,
Speaker 4: still elite, you know, at not chasing and making contact
Speaker 4: and doesn't strike out a ton. You know, he's shown
Speaker 4: i think, real signs of growing as a hit. It
Speaker 4: from like a preparation standpoint. You know, he's not overthinking
Speaker 4: as he's getting into the box or in the box,
Speaker 4: and he's just kind of maximizing his compete mode so
Speaker 4: to speak, as he's as he's at the plate. So
Speaker 4: you know, the work defensively has also been an arrow up.
Speaker 4: You know, he's his arm strength has gotten better. He's
Speaker 4: put a lot of work into that over the last
Speaker 4: year in a bit and his first steps and jumps
Speaker 4: have been improved as well. So he's getting a lot
Speaker 4: of time in the corner outfielders, becoming a more well
Speaker 4: rounded defensetive player as well. And you know, it can
Speaker 4: be really hard for these guys at this level to
Speaker 4: keep their head where their where their feet is, you know,
Speaker 4: and you know when they're really close like Chases, you know,
Speaker 4: it can be difficult to stay focused. For a lot
Speaker 4: of credit to Chase and how he's approached the day
Speaker 4: to day and where he's put his mindset in his
Speaker 4: focus in terms of development, because it doesn't stop even
Speaker 4: when he gets to the major leagues and there's still
Speaker 4: a lot for Chase to continue to work on. So
Speaker 4: he's been really good in the last couple of months
Speaker 4: about that.
Speaker 2: And how refreshing is it to finally be able to
Speaker 2: talk about and work with him on on development things
Speaker 2: instead of worrying so much about that health side of
Speaker 2: it for him.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean that's that's always uh, that positive for
Speaker 4: guys that are coming back, is you know, being able
Speaker 4: to switch the mindset from am I healthy? To what
Speaker 4: can I attack aggressively in my pregame.
Speaker 7: And what can I attack, you know, in game.
Speaker 4: To get better as a baseball player. So you know,
Speaker 4: obviously Chases had some unfortunate injuries in the past, and
Speaker 4: I think his mindset right now has been really positive
Speaker 4: towards attacking the development side.
Speaker 7: So really cool to see.
Speaker 2: Stephen Oster is joining us the vice president of player
Speaker 2: development for the Guardians.
Speaker 5: Staying with Columbus.
Speaker 2: And we talked so much about Chase the lottter, but
Speaker 2: there's another kid down there having an outstanding season offensively,
Speaker 2: ce Jkafis, And what do you see from him as
Speaker 2: he gets deeper into this season and maybe to that
Speaker 2: point where a year ago he started to tail off
Speaker 2: a little bit. How is he holding up as he
Speaker 2: gets deeper into this one.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he's continuing to hit. So I think
Speaker 4: at this point as z average is hovering around three
Speaker 4: under it, his ops is maybe a tick over nine
Speaker 4: to twenty, and he's playing well defensively, so offensively, there's
Speaker 4: still the work to be done maintaining posture and his
Speaker 4: loading and trying to help his back path maybe make
Speaker 4: him a bit more resilient to secondary pitches, breaking balls
Speaker 4: and higher end vielows. But I mean he's a really
Speaker 4: good hitter and he's adjusted well to the level and
Speaker 4: the jump to triple A. Again, I think the tail
Speaker 4: off part is, you know, sometimes just navigating and we've
Speaker 4: talked about this, just navigating the physicality and the routines
Speaker 4: and making it through a really long professional season and CJ,
Speaker 4: you know, headed into this offseason with a really good
Speaker 4: mindset of you know, tacking on the required physical motor
Speaker 4: and some fat free mass and getting stronger and more prepared.
Speaker 2: To do it.
Speaker 4: And he's upheld that so far this year, and I
Speaker 4: think that's allowed him to just be more consistent as
Speaker 4: we kind of hit to the All Star break, So
Speaker 4: you know, credit to him for tackling that this offseason,
Speaker 4: maintaining his work, you know, both on and off the
Speaker 4: field so far in Columbus and you know, he's been
Speaker 4: really good and it'll be exciting to watch him play
Speaker 4: in the Futures game in a couple of days with
Speaker 4: Parker Messik.
Speaker 2: And you mentioned defensively coming along nicely outfield, something new
Speaker 2: for him. How has that gone and what are some
Speaker 2: of the things you see there?
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, it's gone well. And I think we, you know,
Speaker 4: as you do sometimes in Triple A, trying to balance
Speaker 4: where guys are at from a development standpoint and exposure
Speaker 4: to different positions and build up the skill set, which
Speaker 4: is what we've been trying to do with CJ and
Speaker 4: the outfield. But at the same time, you know, he's
Speaker 4: not the only player on the roster and you have
Speaker 4: to make sure that the reps are there for other
Speaker 4: players to develop and work on their skill sets. So
Speaker 4: it hasn't been a full fledge jumped fully into the outfield.
Speaker 4: He's played quite a bit and he's he's gotten, you know,
Speaker 4: better in that regard, but you know there's still the
Speaker 4: solidifying him at first base and ensuring that, you know,
Speaker 4: other outfielders are getting the reps that they need to.
Speaker 4: So a bit of a juggling act at any point
Speaker 4: with guys, you know, in the Triple A space, especially
Speaker 4: with the forty man guys that are there. But CJ
Speaker 4: has been really good about making the improvements and is
Speaker 4: working pretty hard you know, in the pregame prep as well,
Speaker 4: even when he's not playing in the outfield that day.
Speaker 2: We're joined by Steven Oster, the vice president of player
Speaker 2: development for the Guardian Stocking Triple A Columbus. This week
Speaker 2: on the mound at Triple A. You mentioned Cjkaphus going
Speaker 2: to the Futures Game as part of All Star Week.
Speaker 2: Parker Messik will as well, and gosh, you look at
Speaker 2: him and it seems like he's taken every start and
Speaker 2: been able to develop along those lines. And what's been
Speaker 2: particularly impressive to you about his season.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's done really well this year in Columbus making
Speaker 4: that adjustment and again, similar to CJ, it'll be excited
Speaker 4: to watch him throw in the Futures Game in a
Speaker 4: couple of days. But Parker's strike throwing and weak contact
Speaker 4: has been really good. You know, it's been increasing over
Speaker 4: the last month for sure, and I think, yeah, the
Speaker 4: underlying the bat missing has always been a strength of his,
Speaker 4: so you know, mixing that all together is resulting in
Speaker 4: him going out and performing very well in triple A. Yeah,
Speaker 4: I think there's you know, some tweaks that he's been
Speaker 4: making over the last few weeks. He's mixed in a
Speaker 4: lot more sinkers, you know, new offering this year, and yeah,
Speaker 4: I think there's some room for him to refine his
Speaker 4: plan of attack, specifically to right handed hitters, and you know,
Speaker 4: honing in on his pitch shapes and how they're moving,
Speaker 4: and really just also taking care of the physical side,
Speaker 4: because again, it's a long season and up until this point,
Speaker 4: he's made every start and he has a history of
Speaker 4: doing that. But you know, just like any other picture,
Speaker 4: we're trying to just make sure that they're healthy and
Speaker 4: prepared to throw every single game. So for a guy
Speaker 4: like Parker who's about to take on most likely the
Speaker 4: most amount of work he's ever thrown in a year,
Speaker 4: you know, we want to make sure that he's physically
Speaker 4: prepared and in a good spot to do so. But
Speaker 4: you know, he's super mature, he's a really hard worker
Speaker 4: and has great self awareness. So yeah, I think the
Speaker 4: improvements that we've seen this year, and you know, being
Speaker 4: open to adjust some things and tweak some things as
Speaker 4: he's confronted higher level hitters and better competitors, I think
Speaker 4: we'll continue to see him grow as a picture.
Speaker 2: Yeah, moving forward, and just wrapping up this week. You've
Speaker 2: been in Cleveland in recent weeks to help out with
Speaker 2: draft preparation and from from that standpoint, player developments role
Speaker 2: in the draft for Cleveland. How involved are you and
Speaker 2: your staff and what are some of the things that
Speaker 2: you would help with as they prepare for a draft day.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so draft preps started for us a few months ago,
Speaker 4: and player development is really tied into the process of
Speaker 4: knowing those players. So we've had you know, various members
Speaker 4: digging in on players and assessing them over the last
Speaker 4: few months, which honestly is a lot of fun. I
Speaker 4: think that carries over into more excitement and care for
Speaker 4: the players when you do get them into the system.
Speaker 4: And yeah, it's happening in a couple of days, you know,
Speaker 4: Sunday night, there's rounds one to three where I think
Speaker 4: we're going to have the twenty seventh pick overall, and
Speaker 4: then four more of that day by way of some
Speaker 4: comp round picks. But you know, player to development really
Speaker 4: digs in and supports the process overall. And you know,
Speaker 4: it's a very exciting time of the year, you know,
Speaker 4: for everyone and player development, when you're about to hit
Speaker 4: the All Star break and there's excitement about bringing in
Speaker 4: some new talent.
Speaker 2: Well, it's a busy week, I'm sure, and a lot
Speaker 2: of excitement as new players will come into the system
Speaker 2: and who knows, maybe we'll be talking about them as
Speaker 2: early as next season on our weekly visits. But Austin,
Speaker 2: thanks a lot for stopping by. Enjoyed the All Star break,
Speaker 2: and we'll talk to you soon. Thank you, Rosie. A
Speaker 2: lot of good stuff this week from Steven Ostro, the
Speaker 2: vice president of player development for the Guardians, talking Triple
Speaker 2: A Columbus, some players getting awfully close to the major
Speaker 2: league level and it'll be interesting to see if they
Speaker 2: get those opportunities in the season's second half.
Speaker 5: That's going to do it for our show this week.
Speaker 2: Thanks so much as always to Brian Matse for all
Speaker 2: of his help each and every week on Guardians Weekly
Speaker 2: until next week when we join you from back home.
Speaker 2: The Guardians will open play out of the All Star
Speaker 2: Break at Progressive Field with a series against the Athletics.
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