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Speaker 3: Welcome to Guardian's Weekly. Jim Rosen House along with you
Speaker 3: this weekend from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland. Great to
Speaker 3: be back home as the Guardians have a National League
Speaker 3: homestand in progress with three against the Phillies, including Saturday
Speaker 3: night at six ten and then the series finale Mother's
Speaker 3: Day Sunday Night, a seven to ten first pitch. Then
Speaker 3: the Brewers come into town next week. Good show lined
Speaker 3: up for you. Today, we'll go heavy on the minor
Speaker 3: league side, visiting with minor league field coordinator and former
Speaker 3: top shelf middle infielder for not only Cleveland but also
Speaker 3: several other teams over the course of his sixteen year career,
Speaker 3: John McDonald will join us, and we'll also have a
Speaker 3: report on single A Lynchburg some of the intriguing young
Speaker 3: prospects there from Vice President of player Development Stephen Osterer.
Speaker 3: Earlier on in our show, we will hear from Daniel
Speaker 3: Schneeman the suddenly red hot Guardians mostly second Basement while
Speaker 3: also sometimes outfielder and also pitcher Jacob Junis will join
Speaker 3: us too. But first our week in review, and we
Speaker 3: begin with the series in Washington, DC that began on
Speaker 3: Monday night. No, it did not. It was rained out
Speaker 3: on Monday night, forcing a doubleheader on Tuesday, wild ballgame
Speaker 3: in game one where Washington came from behind late to
Speaker 3: win it by a final score of ten to nine.
Speaker 3: So the Guardians were looking for a split in Game two,
Speaker 3: and there was really strong pitching on both sides early
Speaker 3: on in that nightcap of the doubleheader. In fact, it
Speaker 3: was scoreless until the sixth inning. That's when the Guardians
Speaker 3: broke through. With two men on and Carlos Santana at
Speaker 3: the plate.
Speaker 4: The pitch swung and trill deep.
Speaker 2: Bright field down the line, go into the National's bullpen.
Speaker 4: A baby down the line.
Speaker 2: For Carlos Santana and the Guardians with a three nothing
Speaker 2: laid on one swing of the vat and Carlos Santana
Speaker 2: swinging the bant in this doubleheader better than he has
Speaker 2: at any point this season. A laser down that line
Speaker 2: and Dave Martinez leed Brad Lord face one batter too many.
Speaker 3: The Nationals got on the board in the bottom half
Speaker 3: of the sixth inning with a solo home run that
Speaker 3: made it three to one. But in the seventh, the
Speaker 3: Guardians offense was back at it with runners at second
Speaker 3: and third and Brian Rochio the batter.
Speaker 2: Lucas Simms is ready. Here it comes swung On Grumbold
Speaker 2: a short coming home with a throw.
Speaker 4: Is Abram slide tag.
Speaker 2: He's in there in time to tag him throw, pull
Speaker 2: them away from the plate, and Nolan Jones slid in
Speaker 2: and puts Cleveland up four to one.
Speaker 3: Daniel Schneeman scored on a wild pitch that made it
Speaker 3: five to one, and then Stephen Kuan drove home one more.
Speaker 3: The pitch swung and trill to the gap in the
Speaker 3: right center and he'll get down and scoot to the wall.
Speaker 3: Rocchio scores Kwan into second with an RBI double and
Speaker 3: the Guardians with three of them the sixth, three, and
Speaker 3: the seventh now leaded six to one. In the eighth,
Speaker 3: thenning another Nationals wild pitch allowed Carlos Santana to score
Speaker 3: that made it seven to one Cleveland, and then Schneman's
Speaker 3: big road trip continued.
Speaker 4: Now the one two swung On.
Speaker 2: Hit a ton deep bright field. It's got a chance,
Speaker 2: go on to the second deck. Daniel Schneeman, what a
Speaker 2: road trip. Third home run on this road trip. Daniel
Speaker 2: Schneeman hits number five and the Guardians blow and wide
Speaker 2: open leading this ballgame now eight to one, and one
Speaker 2: more blast came in the ninth inning, courtesy of Austin Hedges.
Speaker 4: Braziki from the set. The right hander lets it fly.
Speaker 2: In Hedges drives under deep left field, back goes wood
Speaker 2: track wall leaps and this ball is gone. Austin Hedges
Speaker 2: has hit us third. All have been solo homers. When
Speaker 2: the six seven would left his feet, you thought if
Speaker 2: anybody could make all home run robbin ketch, it would
Speaker 2: be him. And for a while, I don't know if
Speaker 2: Austin Hedges realized it was gone and the Guardians now
Speaker 2: laid at nine to one. Here in the ninth inning
Speaker 2: on hedges third home run of the campaign.
Speaker 3: Zach Kent was called up to be the twenty seventh
Speaker 3: man for the double header, and he got the call
Speaker 3: to finish things up in the bottom half of the
Speaker 3: ninth inning.
Speaker 1: The bitch swung and banged the first Santana to second
Speaker 1: one Rochio Relay Double Play Bowl game and the Guardians
Speaker 1: get a split, winning the night Camp nine to one.
Speaker 3: It's a nice win to earn a split of the
Speaker 3: double header for the Guardians. They were looking for a
Speaker 3: series win. On Wednesday afternoon, the third game in a
Speaker 3: twenty four hour period for football clubs, and it was
Speaker 3: Washington that jumped in front with a run in the second,
Speaker 3: two more in the third, giving them an early three
Speaker 3: to nothing lead, and it stayed that way until the
Speaker 3: sixth inning, when the Guardians' bats exploded. Two singles and
Speaker 3: a hit batter later loaded the bases with nobody out
Speaker 3: for suddenly hot Carlos Santana.
Speaker 2: From the set. Soroka lets it fly. Santana swings and
Speaker 2: winds it to right down the light fair ball, It'll
Speaker 2: scoot to the corner. Kwan scores, Schneman scores. Ramirez is
Speaker 2: being waved home, throw to the plate piece and sliding.
Speaker 4: We are tied at three.
Speaker 2: Carlos Santana comes through with a basis loaded, clearing double
Speaker 2: into the right field corner. He now has had six
Speaker 2: rby eyes in the last two days, sixteen rby eyes
Speaker 2: on the year, A single for Gabrielarius and a walk
Speaker 2: to bow Naylor followed, and that brought on Hell Martinez
Speaker 2: to the plate. Lopez is ready and the pitch to
Speaker 2: Martinez and he suddens one up the middle, base it
Speaker 2: into center field. Santana scores. Arius is right behind him.
Speaker 2: He touches home plate, stopping at second bow Naylor and
Speaker 2: on Hell Martinez puts Cleveland up five to three on
Speaker 2: a two run single right back up the middle and
Speaker 2: almost on cue another bullpen implosion by the Washington Nationals,
Speaker 2: as Lopez has come in and given up two hits
Speaker 2: and a walk and his day is done after three batters,
Speaker 2: and Dave Martinez is going There's gotta be an easier
Speaker 2: way to make a living than what he is going
Speaker 2: through right now.
Speaker 3: Boy, Yet another Nationals wild pitch brought home bow Naylor
Speaker 3: with another run that made it six to three, and
Speaker 3: then Brian Rochio made it a seven run inning.
Speaker 2: The bitch swung on tap to third fair ball right
Speaker 2: at the backfield of by Rosario. He'll throw the first,
Speaker 2: but Martinez broke on the ball. Hitting the bat, he
Speaker 2: scores easily. That'll be an RBI. Rochio put it in play,
Speaker 2: picks up his eighth run, batted in. It's a seven
Speaker 2: run sixth. Still in the sixth two men on Jose
Speaker 2: Ramirez stepped in the pitch swung on, ripped into left
Speaker 2: base at Ramirez Kwan being waived home.
Speaker 4: Here comes calls throw out.
Speaker 2: Of the plate, slide tag safe, good throw by call,
Speaker 2: but an RBI single to left by Jose Ramirez and
Speaker 2: the Guardians have scored eight in the sixth and now
Speaker 2: lead it eight to three. Ramirez with his seventeenth RBI
Speaker 2: And for the Guardians, they are doing it without the
Speaker 2: long ball, but doing it the way that they are
Speaker 2: at their best. Eight runs on six hits in the inning.
Speaker 2: He run seventh pulled the Nationals to within two and
Speaker 2: it would be up to Emmanuel class A to close
Speaker 2: the door.
Speaker 3: In the night.
Speaker 4: The one ozer.
Speaker 2: Pitch swung on line shot to left coming on Schneman
Speaker 2: dies spakes the catch ball game and the Guardians get
Speaker 2: out of town, winning the rubber match by a final
Speaker 2: score of eight to six.
Speaker 3: Off day Thursday for the Guardians, after the series in Washington,
Speaker 3: they opened up a new homestand on Friday night against Philadelphia,
Speaker 3: and the Guardians got on the board first in the
Speaker 3: fourth inning when Kyle Manzardo added to his team lead
Speaker 3: in home runs. Man Zardo still with the team high
Speaker 3: honors and home runs with eight. Here's the one one
Speaker 3: delivery swung on and there's a drive to center. Boy,
Speaker 3: this one's hit well. Back is Rojas looking up paulrah
Speaker 3: Manzardo to dead center field.
Speaker 2: He snaps the scoreless tie as the Guardians take a
Speaker 2: one nothing lead. Number nine for Kyle Mansarto, whose big
Speaker 2: season continues.
Speaker 3: Boy, and he hunts the fastball. He got one out
Speaker 3: over the plate and drove it or the wall in center.
Speaker 3: Meanwhile on the mound, it was Gavin Williams with another
Speaker 3: one of those bend but don't break type outings as
Speaker 3: he kept the Phillies off the board. Through five, Williams
Speaker 3: starts to close in on the one hundred pitch mark.
Speaker 3: Here's his payoff pitch called strength three, run.
Speaker 4: Around the move the thrown out. He got him.
Speaker 2: It is a strike him out, throw him out, double play.
Speaker 2: Not easy to throw out trade turner, but Bo Naylor's
Speaker 2: been throwing extremely well lately, and he put that one
Speaker 2: right on the money and Williams works out of it well.
Speaker 3: We head to the bottom of the fifth. The score
Speaker 3: remains the Guards one. The Phillies nothing in the bottom
Speaker 3: of the fifth. The Guardians added to that lead, Gabrielarius
Speaker 3: leading things off of the walk and then On Hell
Speaker 3: Martinez stepped in the pitch and Martinez launched his one
Speaker 3: high in the air to right. This one's deep pull.
Speaker 3: It carry yes, home run on Hell Martinez. It's a
Speaker 3: two run shot and the Guardians lead it three nothing,
Speaker 3: Number one for On Hell Martinez just made it into
Speaker 3: the lower stands in right. Carlos Santana drove in one
Speaker 3: more in the fifth with a fielder's choice ground out
Speaker 3: that made it for nothing. Daniel Sneaman did the same
Speaker 3: with an RBI ground out in the seventh that made
Speaker 3: it five to nothing, and later on in the seventh,
Speaker 3: Jose Ramirez blasted one to write again the one two
Speaker 3: delivery swung on pounded deep fair siguals, well, you're out
Speaker 3: of the adjectives to describe this guy, Ose Ramirez, simply
Speaker 3: putting one of the greatest players in the history of
Speaker 3: Cleveland baseball six nothing. Guardians ose Ramirez with the home
Speaker 3: run number sixteen, and once again the bullpen was lights out,
Speaker 3: starting with Tim Herron. In the sixth, Hunter Gaddis worked
Speaker 3: a scoreless seventh, and then with the big lead, Matt
Speaker 3: Festu was on and he blanked the Phillies in the
Speaker 3: eighth and the ninth.
Speaker 4: Now they're set by Matt Festa.
Speaker 2: Here's the one to one pitch, swung on, smashed on
Speaker 2: one hop to first, Santana has it, goes to the
Speaker 2: bag bulgate and the Guardians keep winning.
Speaker 4: They have now peeled off eight wins in their last
Speaker 4: ten games.
Speaker 2: They have kept pace with the Tigers, two and a
Speaker 2: half games in back of the red hot Detroit Tigers.
Speaker 2: And they take game one of this series and homestand
Speaker 2: and they shut out the mighty Phillies by a final
Speaker 2: score of six to nothing.
Speaker 3: So good stuff from the Guardians taking the series opener
Speaker 3: over the Phillies six nothing, and again. Game two of
Speaker 3: that series is Saturday night at six' ten and the
Speaker 3: series Finale Mothers Day. SUNDAY i remember now it's a
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Speaker 3: Back we'll talk with one of the hottest hitters not
Speaker 3: only For cleveland but in baseball the last, Week daniel Schnem.
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Speaker 6: SPORTS i can't believe they're moving the team to another. City,
Speaker 6: true but you'll never forget all the joy they brought
Speaker 6: into your.
Speaker 7: Life.
Speaker 6: Joy they made the playoffs twice in fifty. Years, gosh
Speaker 6: those two times were pretty, great weren't.
Speaker 7: They how WOULD i?
Speaker 4: KNOW i wasn't even born.
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Speaker 7: Days those games were the highlight of my.
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Speaker 3: Welcome back To Guardians, Weekly Jim Rosen house along with
Speaker 3: you From Progressive field in Downtown. Cleveland what a week
Speaker 3: it has been For Daniel, schneemann who has solidified his
Speaker 3: spot on an everyday basis in the. Lineup now it
Speaker 3: might be second, base it could be left, field it
Speaker 3: could be center, field shortstop, maybe but he moves all
Speaker 3: over the. Place point being he's swinging a hot. Bat
Speaker 3: that included last weekend In toronto when he hit two home,
Speaker 3: runs the second a grand slam in the. Ninth they
Speaker 3: didn't Last saturday to give The guardians the, lead and
Speaker 3: when we caught up with him the next, day he,
Speaker 3: says there's no doubt that that will be a day
Speaker 3: he never.
Speaker 8: Forgets, YEAH i mean it was A it was definitely
Speaker 8: a game That i'm gonna remember for a. While i'm
Speaker 8: opening to just take that confidence into the rest of the.
Speaker 3: Season explain some of the adjustments that that you were
Speaker 3: making that that may have led to what happened later
Speaker 3: in that.
Speaker 8: GAME i think IT'S i think it's more approach wise
Speaker 8: instead of like. Mechanical i'm really just trying to keep
Speaker 8: my direction going towards the middle of the, field and
Speaker 8: and so that allows me to hit through off speed
Speaker 8: and and then AS i would have catched a couple
Speaker 8: fastballs out in front last.
Speaker 3: Night, hey the team's going through a good stretch right.
Speaker 3: Now and what are you seeing in there that that's
Speaker 3: starting to come together a little bit as it always
Speaker 3: does early in the season when when THERE'S i think
Speaker 3: roles being defined and things like. That but what are
Speaker 3: you saying as we get deeper into this.
Speaker 8: THING i think everyone's just going out and playing hard every.
Speaker 8: DAY i think even when we go through a tough,
Speaker 8: STRETCH i think everyone really has the same. Approach they're
Speaker 8: they're going in and playing hard and sometimes things don't
Speaker 8: go our. Way but right now we've you, know we've
Speaker 8: been throwing the ball, well eve been taking good at
Speaker 8: bad AND i think one of those two things coming,
Speaker 8: together that's when we win a lot of.
Speaker 3: Games, Well, daniel a memorable game On saturday for sure In,
Speaker 3: toronto and thanks love for coming. By appreciate, It.
Speaker 8: Thanks appreciate.
Speaker 3: It Daniel steaming one of the nice guys in the
Speaker 3: game who has worked extremely hard to get where he
Speaker 3: is after being a thirty third round draft choice in
Speaker 3: his draft. Year they don't even have thirty three rounds,
Speaker 3: anymore but he was fortunate enough to be drafted and
Speaker 3: continued to be given opportunities on his way up the
Speaker 3: minor league ladder and now making it big in the major.
Speaker 3: Leagues also making it big for a long time and
Speaker 3: being a big part Of The guardian's. Bullpen now veteran
Speaker 3: right Hander Jacob. Junis he's in his first season With,
Speaker 3: cleveland and he says it's been easy to fit in
Speaker 3: with this, club and he couldn't have envisioned the first
Speaker 3: month going much.
Speaker 9: Smoother, oh it's, great, man everybody's been super welcoming over.
Speaker 9: HERE i feel like all the guys have been really
Speaker 9: good to me and open, arms you, know making me feel.
Speaker 9: Comfortable the guys in the bullpen are, great lot of.
Speaker 3: Fun you've been with a couple of different. Teams does
Speaker 3: it get easier as you move around and get more
Speaker 3: experience in the league to kind of adjust to a new. Situation.
Speaker 9: YEAH i, mean at the beginning of my, CAREER i
Speaker 9: was in the same spot for so, long and then
Speaker 9: WHEN i, LEFT i was In San francisco for two,
Speaker 9: years so you kind of build that chemistry and friendships
Speaker 9: over two. Seasons and then obviously last YEAR i was
Speaker 9: in two different places during the, season so it was
Speaker 9: like quick. Turnarounds but, YEAH i MEAN i think that
Speaker 9: it's just all, experience kind of learning and kind of
Speaker 9: going through those. Things but, yeah it's just about the
Speaker 9: people that year, around and we got great people here
Speaker 9: and they made me feel, welcome and you, Know i've
Speaker 9: enjoyed my time so.
Speaker 3: Far and the bullpen was the best in baseball a year.
Speaker 3: Ago very. Good once, again how much is that factor
Speaker 3: and when you're looking for a good, situation the success
Speaker 3: of others in that, Bullpen.
Speaker 9: Yeah it's definitely something you want to be a part.
Speaker 9: Of you, know a lot of, success a lot of
Speaker 9: young guys going out there and throwing the ball really,
Speaker 9: well and you kind of just want to come in
Speaker 9: and do the same, thing you, know kind of follow
Speaker 9: their leading the way and just go out there and
Speaker 9: do your job and give it to a chance to.
Speaker 3: Win, jacob thanks for a, time appreciate.
Speaker 7: It, yeah thank. You it's really.
Speaker 3: Pictured Jacob juna is part of a really good bullpen
Speaker 3: for The guardians and a nice veteran presence out there as.
Speaker 3: Well stay tuned when we come. Back we'll go heavy
Speaker 3: on minor league reports and prospects and all kinds of
Speaker 3: good stuff along those. Lines that's after this. Time i'm
Speaker 3: In Cleveland, Clinic Guardians Radio.
Speaker 10: Network first ball, Swinging Christian guzman bangs it up the.
Speaker 4: Middle Jinny mack.
Speaker 2: Makes a sliding, step gets, up throws out Guzban what
Speaker 2: a play By john.
Speaker 3: McDonald welcome back To Guardians. Weekly we're back at The
Speaker 3: Progressive field in Downtown cleveland And Jim rosenhouse along with
Speaker 3: you this. Weekend great to have you with, us and
Speaker 3: it was fun to catch up With john, McDonald the
Speaker 3: Longtime major. Leaguers sixteen seasons in the big leagues as a,
Speaker 3: player including breaking into the major leagues With cleveland after
Speaker 3: they drafted and developed, him and one of the slickest
Speaker 3: fielding infielders that played during his. Era he's now the
Speaker 3: field coordinator In The guardian's minor league, system and he's
Speaker 3: had a couple of different roles in the organization since
Speaker 3: his playing, days and he explains what his day to
Speaker 3: day looks like in his current.
Speaker 11: Position, yeah, BASICALLY i get to work with all of our,
Speaker 11: groups you, know work with our hitting, coaches our pitching,
Speaker 11: coaches our bench, coaches are. Managers it's just constant conversations
Speaker 11: about baseball and how are helping our players get?
Speaker 3: Better how enjoyable is? That and we catch up with.
Speaker 3: You you're you're at the big league game In, washington D.
Speaker 3: C but it's between two stops Following. Lynchberg how enjoyable
Speaker 3: is that to kind of pop, in see some guys
Speaker 3: and get some good things.
Speaker 7: Done it's fun come in here for a.
Speaker 11: Day it's a welcome opportunity to be able to be
Speaker 11: seeing our minor league team and having the big league
Speaker 11: team play so.
Speaker 7: Close so getting upop in here has been really nice
Speaker 7: to connect with this.
Speaker 11: Group AND i think that's what we do a lot
Speaker 11: with our with our minor league. Trips you, know we
Speaker 11: want to be a resource for our. Staff our players
Speaker 11: want to be available some of it that they can
Speaker 11: connect with when when we're not, there when they have
Speaker 11: questions and give them another set of, eyes, uh when we're,
Speaker 11: there because you, know our our our staff is so
Speaker 11: close to the players and everything they're. Affiliate so our
Speaker 11: Our lynchburg staff right now is so intrenched on what
Speaker 11: the players are. Doing i'm not as, much SO i
Speaker 11: get to see it through my eyes and see them
Speaker 11: in the things THAT i, see which you know are
Speaker 11: are oftentimes different because they're so focused on individual players
Speaker 11: development And i'm looking a little bit more of the
Speaker 11: big picture of what everybody's.
Speaker 3: Doing so you have seen all of the full season,
Speaker 3: teams there are four of, them and we'll focus on
Speaker 3: a couple of players and, uh some off to great,
Speaker 3: starts some off to okay. Starts See Jake caphis is
Speaker 3: a name that we've heard a lot. About he's been
Speaker 3: promoted From DOUBLE a acron To TRIPLE A columbus and
Speaker 3: doesn't seem to miss a. Beat what are you seeing
Speaker 3: there from him that that's really encouraging very early in the.
Speaker 11: Season, Yeah i'm seeing a player that that got after
Speaker 11: his all, season had a great spring, training came, out
Speaker 11: swung the bat.
Speaker 7: Well but he's playing very good.
Speaker 11: Defense and you, KNOW i MEAN i told him a
Speaker 11: couple of weeks, AGO i was just impressed with how
Speaker 11: well he was running the running the.
Speaker 7: Base it's just aggressive a little.
Speaker 1: Bit you.
Speaker 11: Know we want all of our players to go hard
Speaker 11: all the, time and we see it happening at the
Speaker 11: major league.
Speaker 7: Level we're seeing it in the minor.
Speaker 11: Leagues and when players are attacking base running just like
Speaker 11: they attack every other part of their. Game you, know
Speaker 11: it's something that we always want to we always want
Speaker 11: to praise and make sure we keep it top of
Speaker 11: mind that we're doing every everything we, can that they're
Speaker 11: doing everything they can to be big. Leaguers and you
Speaker 11: were in that position that as you got To TRIPLE
Speaker 11: a where you were close to the major. Leagues he's
Speaker 11: now at The TRIPLE a. Level you talk to him
Speaker 11: at all about trying to maintain that focus At TRIPLE
Speaker 11: a and maybe not look too far. Ahead, yeah we
Speaker 11: start having some of those conversations in In DOUBLE a
Speaker 11: with guys and what it could be like and to
Speaker 11: start wrapping their head around the fact that it's it's getting.
Speaker 11: Possible you, know when players are so far, AWAY i
Speaker 11: think it's hard to harder to put that in front
Speaker 11: of you That i'm gonna be a major league. Player
Speaker 11: we don't know that, yet but as you continue to
Speaker 11: work over, time you start to see the things that
Speaker 11: make players big leaguers and the way they can impact our,
Speaker 11: team you, know a little more. Specifically it's never a,
Speaker 11: guarantee but the conversations should start. Happening you're performing In
Speaker 11: DOUBLE a and you're In TRIPLE, A, a, hey this
Speaker 11: could be a.
Speaker 7: Reality have you started thinking about what it's going to be.
Speaker 11: Like there's gonna be. Pressure you know you're gonna be
Speaker 11: able to handle. It what are some of the things
Speaker 11: that you're gonna do to get you through some of
Speaker 11: the situations that are gonna be a little. Overwhelming playing
Speaker 11: in big stadiums and and you're you're hitting late in
Speaker 11: the ball game and in a tie. Game can you
Speaker 11: can you stay loose and have the same. Swing talking
Speaker 11: about it really helps it play out for them when
Speaker 11: they get.
Speaker 3: There john McDonald joining. Us he's a field coordinator For
Speaker 3: The guardian's minor league. System Travis bozana the number one
Speaker 3: pick in the draft the Euro go he's at double a.
Speaker 3: Acron what do you sing from him in the times
Speaker 3: that you've seen?
Speaker 4: Him that's really.
Speaker 11: Encouraging, YEAH i SAW i saw him a couple of
Speaker 11: weeks ago put together some great at.
Speaker 7: BATS i saw him firing around the.
Speaker 11: Bases think there's two, triples, triple triple and the double
Speaker 11: WHILE i was. THERE i, mean he puts up competitive
Speaker 11: bats at bats and we knew that coming in that
Speaker 11: he's gonna be a guy that's gonna be.
Speaker 7: Able to hit all all parts of the.
Speaker 11: Ballpark and he, walks he gets on, base he.
Speaker 7: HITS i, mean it's it's something we love to.
Speaker 11: See if he's also working on his, defense you, know
Speaker 11: And Mark mumper And akrons got him out there almost
Speaker 11: every day working on different parts.
Speaker 7: Of his craft and continuing to grow him as a.
Speaker 7: Defender it's that's been fun to.
Speaker 3: Watch and you have that great perspective as a really
Speaker 3: good defender on the infield and what are you seeing
Speaker 3: That it, says, hey this guy's gonna be. Fine and
Speaker 3: as a second basement in the big, Leagues, well we.
Speaker 11: Saw him in spring. TRAINING i mean routine. Plays, yeah
Speaker 11: we were, hoping you, know dominate the routine. Play but
Speaker 11: we saw him extend himself up the. Middle we saw
Speaker 11: him extend himself to his left in the, hole, dive get,
Speaker 11: up make plays and the arm is the arms coming
Speaker 11: through because he's turning double plays better than he ever has.
Speaker 3: A couple of kids at At Lake, County Jason cherio
Speaker 3: a lot of certainly a lot of advanced building for
Speaker 3: him based on what he did At lynchburg a year.
Speaker 3: Ago what are you seeing now as he continues his
Speaker 3: minor league.
Speaker 7: Journey, Yeah i'm seeing a kid right.
Speaker 11: Now it's got a on base percentage over four. Hundred
Speaker 11: he's not getting as many hits as he'd, like but
Speaker 11: he's putting up really good at, bats playing great, outfield
Speaker 11: and his energy is. Infectious so you, know he goes over,
Speaker 11: four he goes four for, four you wouldn't really know the.
Speaker 11: DIFFERENCE i think that's something that's going to carry him
Speaker 11: through some.
Speaker 7: Stretches where he might not actually be doing.
Speaker 3: Well one of the other names and an interesting, Situation Ralphie,
Speaker 3: velasquez who he saw in some major league games in spring,
Speaker 3: training was very. Impressive numbers, wise just okay to to
Speaker 3: start the. Year it's still again very. Early but what
Speaker 3: do you say from him in terms of the importance
Speaker 3: of going through some ups and downs that everybody, does
Speaker 3: and how he handles.
Speaker 11: That, YEAH i, MEAN I i love watching our players
Speaker 11: when they're going through times like, that trying to.
Speaker 7: Ask them questions about how they're.
Speaker 11: Feeling or you, know put it into, words what your
Speaker 11: swing feels, like.
Speaker 7: Or how's how's your how's your daily workmen? Going how
Speaker 7: are your?
Speaker 11: Routines and he's been putting to sit together some really
Speaker 11: good routines and playing good. Defense you, know he's he
Speaker 11: likes to win, too so he's a grinder and he.
Speaker 11: Cares so sometimes that care factor gets in the way
Speaker 11: because you want to get hits and help your.
Speaker 7: Team but he's still having good at.
Speaker 11: Bats and AND i have no worries about about.
Speaker 7: Him as a.
Speaker 3: Hitter Johnny mack always great to see you enjoying the
Speaker 3: heck out of this this current job for. You always
Speaker 3: great to see and thanks for coming. By my pleasure
Speaker 3: man Is john. McDonnell always fun to catch up with
Speaker 3: him and some good perspectives on some top prospects in the.
Speaker 3: System when we come, back we will visit With Stephen.
Speaker 3: Ostro he's the vice president of player development and he's
Speaker 3: been with The Lynchburg Ball club at the SINGLE a
Speaker 3: level for the past week or. So we'll talk to
Speaker 3: them about that team when we.
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Speaker 3: Ats Guardians. Weekly our final. Segment we are joined out
Speaker 3: By Stephen, osterer the vice president of player development for The,
Speaker 3: guardians and we're Talking. Lynchburg he's been with that ball
Speaker 3: club for about a week or. So they're part of
Speaker 3: The Carolina League Low CLASS, a the first full season
Speaker 3: for most of the young players, there And asty talked
Speaker 3: about what they're looking for out of those young players
Speaker 3: as they get their first taste of full season pro. Baseball.
Speaker 14: Yeah, hey Hey, errosie thanks for having me on. Again.
Speaker 14: Yeah The Lynchburg hillcups club being our loy. Affiliate as you,
Speaker 14: mentioned a lot of young players who were either in
Speaker 14: their first year professionally with, us having been drafted last,
Speaker 14: year or in a lot of, cases their first year
Speaker 14: at a full season. Affiliate so typically in the early
Speaker 14: goings of the year for these, guys we're looking at
Speaker 14: how they're handling the, routines the day to day life
Speaker 14: of being out in an, affiliate how they're bouncing back from,
Speaker 14: playing and what that looks like from you, know just
Speaker 14: a routine, standpoint and how they're tackling their.
Speaker 3: Days, well let's get right into some of the position. Players,
Speaker 3: boy you talk about, youth he's still eighteen for a
Speaker 3: couple more. Weeks your, shortstop there well Been francisca who
Speaker 3: came into the season really just average, wise putting up
Speaker 3: some really nice. Numbers and what have you seen from
Speaker 3: him as he gets into that first full season at
Speaker 3: a full season.
Speaker 14: Affiliate, yeah he's he's one of our really young intellented,
Speaker 14: players you, know switch hitting shortstop who's still eighteen years.
Speaker 14: Old like you, mentioned you, know he's got a great,
Speaker 14: bat the ball. Skills you, know he's walking more than
Speaker 14: he strikes, out and despite some of the surface level
Speaker 14: numbers like batting average and ops not being maybe where he,
Speaker 14: wants you, know he's going through some swing adjustments that are,
Speaker 14: ENCOURAGING i think from our. Standpoints, so you, know with
Speaker 14: these young guys who are really, spending you, know their
Speaker 14: first time as a. Pro there's just so many facets
Speaker 14: that they're trying to learn and. Navigate you. Know we're
Speaker 14: more focused on the day to. Day there are teams
Speaker 14: that does consistent work that they're putting, in so these
Speaker 14: are probably more important than some of the outcomes we're.
Speaker 14: Seeing But welbn's a phenomenal hitter or a good. Defender
Speaker 14: we're excited about his year this.
Speaker 3: Year and another young guy also, Eighteen Luis, murrejo first basement.
Speaker 3: Outfielder looks like there's some power potential in.
Speaker 14: There, yeah no doubt he's got some. Juice he's i
Speaker 14: think one of the youngest players in the league right,
Speaker 14: now also eighteen years, old with a good chunk of
Speaker 14: time this, year going to be. Eighteen but big physical.
Speaker 14: Kid you can really really drive the ball and hit it.
Speaker 14: Hard he's got a few balls in PLAY i think
Speaker 14: this year over one hundred and ten miles an, hour
Speaker 14: which is elite for the level in the, age and
Speaker 14: has done some real damage against the right handed pitchers so.
Speaker 14: Far playing a lot of first, base some, outfield getting
Speaker 14: comfortable working through. Both, again with the young, guys we're
Speaker 14: just focusing on the day to day and ensuring he's
Speaker 14: able to get the work in and you, know adapting
Speaker 14: to both of those positions and getting used to the.
Speaker 14: Lifestyle but a lot of promise with the. Bat he's
Speaker 14: a great. Kid he works really, hard and we're excited
Speaker 14: to see him continue to do a lot of damage out.
Speaker 3: There shifting gears to some older. Players, comparatively a college drafted,
Speaker 3: kid Catcher Bennett thompson out Of, oregon and ran Into
Speaker 3: john McDonald the other day and then he, Said, hey
Speaker 3: This thompson kid is really, Impressive and what's been impressive for,
Speaker 3: you especially at a demanding.
Speaker 14: Position, yeah, yeah he's he has been very. IMPRESSIVE i
Speaker 14: love The Johnny mack quote on. That he's a really
Speaker 14: good receiver as a catcher and he's got a great.
Speaker 14: Glove he's been taking the line and share the reps
Speaker 14: behind the dish for us right now and has helped
Speaker 14: our young staff or young pitching staff, tremendously so helping
Speaker 14: navigate those guys into professional baseball and you, know their
Speaker 14: first full season as, well which is. Great on top of,
Speaker 14: that he's come out swinging the bat exceptionally. Well so
Speaker 14: he's drawn a ton of, walks he's not striking out
Speaker 14: really at, all and sitting in the middle of the,
Speaker 14: order driving him most of the most of the runs
Speaker 14: of the. Team so great start For. Bennett love what
Speaker 14: he's been doing behind the dish and still continuing to
Speaker 14: work through a number of things as he himself gets
Speaker 14: adjusted to that first full year of professional. Baseball but
Speaker 14: great start for.
Speaker 3: Him and another college drafted, Player Tommy, hawk who we
Speaker 3: actually saw in a couple of the major league games
Speaker 3: in spring. Training and how has the early season gone
Speaker 3: for him At.
Speaker 14: Lynchburg, yeah twenty three pick out Of vanderbilt that is
Speaker 14: spending another year here At. Lynchburg has been really good
Speaker 14: in the outfield for.
Speaker 4: Us you.
Speaker 14: Know he sets the table for us at the top
Speaker 14: of the lineup with a lot of, speed patient at the,
Speaker 14: play gets on basic, times leading the league and stolen
Speaker 14: bags right, NOW i think he is thirty three through
Speaker 14: twenty nine, games so quite the pace to keep. Up
Speaker 14: But tommy's played really well and he plays and trains
Speaker 14: really hard as well.
Speaker 3: Too Steven osterro is joining. Us he's the vice president
Speaker 3: of player development for The. Guardians a weekly minor league.
Speaker 3: Report we're focusing on the SINGLE a team in The Carolina,
Speaker 3: league The Lynchburg, hill and we shift our attention to the,
Speaker 3: mound and we'll start young With Braylan, dody a right,
Speaker 3: hander a high school drafted kid and last year's draft
Speaker 3: and he's already out at a full season. Club and
Speaker 3: what led you to, that BECAUSE i know sometimes you
Speaker 3: try and be really careful with the young.
Speaker 14: Kids, yeah that's that's exactly what it, Is. Rosie we
Speaker 14: try to take our time with the young kids and
Speaker 14: ensure that as we're sending them out to an affiliate
Speaker 14: that they're ready to, handle you, know not just the
Speaker 14: work and getting the outs and being productive staff, member
Speaker 14: but also being able to handle the day to day
Speaker 14: and the maturity that you need to have as a
Speaker 14: teenager going out and playing professional. Baseball So, braylin's like you,
Speaker 14: mentioned was drafted last. Year he's quite. Young you. Know
Speaker 14: his calling card out of the draft was having above
Speaker 14: average feel for the strike zone and creating movement on his.
Speaker 14: Pitches AND i think he's exceeded expectations thus far in
Speaker 14: a short. Sample so he's been really elite at getting
Speaker 14: his stuff in the zone and you, know maybe almost
Speaker 14: too much in the. Zone at times where he's going
Speaker 14: to have to learn how to pick his spots and
Speaker 14: expand the zone and get hitters to chase a little.
Speaker 14: Bit but you, know he's averaging ninety four months and
Speaker 14: now right now he's striking out over thirty percent of his.
Speaker 14: Batters he's not walking, anyone all the while being a
Speaker 14: teenager figuring out what professional baseball means and asking great
Speaker 14: questions and working really. Hard so we're really excited about
Speaker 14: having had sent him out and also the work that
Speaker 14: he's putting in and the adjustments he's making, already and
Speaker 14: obviously the performance has been very good, Too so really
Speaker 14: great For.
Speaker 3: Brilin and another picture college drafted picture out Of. Miami
Speaker 3: good program that The guardians have tapped into. Before With
Speaker 3: Andrew walters getting close to being back in the big.
Speaker 3: Leagues but a lefty, rafe sleshing. Jerk what can you
Speaker 3: tell us about him at an maybe a more experienced
Speaker 3: pitcher at this.
Speaker 14: Level, yeah, yeah he's another twenty four, pick fourth round
Speaker 14: out Of, miami like you know, it and he's been
Speaker 14: off to get start as. Well he's left you with
Speaker 14: a bit of a lower arm angle thre some unique
Speaker 14: looks for the. Hitters the focus for him has been
Speaker 14: really being aggressive in zone and he's done a really
Speaker 14: good job of that thus. Far so we've we've been
Speaker 14: flipping a little bit more focused towards developing the change
Speaker 14: up similar For, brail and building out some of those
Speaker 14: are autems to support long term development in the areas
Speaker 14: that he needs to grow. In despite having been through
Speaker 14: the college circuit with a good, program there's still lots
Speaker 14: to learn about being a professional pitcher and taking the
Speaker 14: ball every fifth or sixth day instead of once a
Speaker 14: week in. College so lots of growth there left For,
Speaker 14: raife you, know really exciting seeing him go out there
Speaker 14: and compete and make some of the adjustments already that
Speaker 14: we were hoping he would.
Speaker 3: Make and let's finish up with The Carolina league picture
Speaker 3: of The month for the month Of. April a youngster
Speaker 3: out Of venezuela by the name Of Joeblee, garcia a right,
Speaker 3: hander and we're talking before we went. On he was
Speaker 3: signed a little bit, later and it's something that The
Speaker 3: guardians have done in the. Past and what are you
Speaker 3: seeing from him and what are the benefits of waiting
Speaker 3: a little bit on an international sign if you.
Speaker 14: Can, Yeah, yeah so he was a twenty twenty two international.
Speaker 14: SIGN i believe he was nineteen when we got. Him you,
Speaker 14: KNOW i think the decision around deciding on what age
Speaker 14: and what level we bring those guys in is somewhat
Speaker 14: dependent on the quality picture that we. SIGN i think
Speaker 14: we saw a. Jobli there was a kind of upside
Speaker 14: to not only throwing, harder but being able to create
Speaker 14: some shapes on his pitches and create more. Movement and
Speaker 14: he's done a really good job with that since we've gotten.
Speaker 14: Him you're heading into the. Offseason last, year we challenged
Speaker 14: him a little, bit you, know up the velo and
Speaker 14: try to create a couple of distinct breaking, balls and
Speaker 14: he's done a nice job of coming back this year
Speaker 14: with both of those things in his. Pocket and you,
Speaker 14: know like you, Mentioned Carolina League pitcher of The month For,
Speaker 14: APRIL i think he's constricting out ho to forty five
Speaker 14: percent of the guys he's. Faced the velo's. Up he's
Speaker 14: sitting ninety three to ninety six for starting to build
Speaker 14: out the workload a little. Bit so it's exciting to
Speaker 14: see that development that he's taken on over the last
Speaker 14: six to ten months and run with that here With
Speaker 14: flinchbury to serve the.
Speaker 3: Year exciting stuff on the mound and position player wise From, Lynchburg,
Speaker 3: austy thanks so much for the time and we'll catch
Speaker 3: up with, You.
Speaker 14: Assume thanks so, Much rosie.
Speaker 3: As vice president of Player, Development Stephen Osterer, man that's
Speaker 3: going to do it for our show this. Week as,
Speaker 3: always thanks To Brian matze for helping to put things
Speaker 3: together each and every. Week we will join you next
Speaker 3: weekend From. Cincinnati The guardians will be taking on The
Speaker 3: reds next weekend down in The Queens. City should be
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