Full Transcript for Guards Ball Heads West

him up inside. 35 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:38.199 Just worked him, went inside. 36 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:41.599 Then he went upstairs ninety six above the zone, changed 37 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:44.080 the eye level and he got him to chase on 38 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.280 this ball and he couldn't quite catch up with it. 39 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:49.000 Later on in that first inning, the Giants picked up 40 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:51.199 a run to take the early lead, but in the 41 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:56.360 third Jonathan Rodriguez got something started for Cleveland. Rodriguez drives 42 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:58.960 one up the alley right center field and it rolls 43 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:01.360 all the way to the wall. Will it be triples 44 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:04.680 alley for Rodriguez. He's gonna try and he'll be in 45 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:06.360 with a stand up triple. 46 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:10.560 That's exactly why they call it triples alley. He got 47 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:12.840 a fastball up and a little bit out over the 48 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.719 play where it can extend his arms in a beautiful 49 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:17.639 pass at the ball. He didn't try to do anything 50 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:20.280 but go with this pitch, and he just plugged the 51 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.879 gap and right center and the ball trickled all the 52 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:25.080 way to the wall, and that's an easy triple. 53 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:28.840 And then Austin Hedges delivered to tie the game. Hedges 54 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:32.439 hole for his last sixteen trying to come up big 55 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:35.879 here with the infield in again, Rodriguez at third, the 56 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.919 pitch to him, he's swung on and that's lifted high 57 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.120 in the air to deep left back Is Ramos on 58 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:45.879 the track makes the catch plenty deep enough to score 59 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.159 Rodriguez as he tags and scores from third, and this 60 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:54.319 game is tied at one. In the bottom of the 61 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.120 third inning, Rafeael Devers got that first hit with his 62 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:00.319 new team and RBI double, and that gave the As 63 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.159 a two to one lead. But the Guardians responded in 64 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:06.400 the fourth, a lead off double from David Fry brought 65 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:09.400 Carlos Santana to the plate. There's a bouncing ball up 66 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:11.159 the middle and on through a base. It in a 67 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:15.199 center field at'll score Fry and tie this game at two. 68 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:19.959 It's an RBI single for Carlos Santana. Two to two 69 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:21.319 ball game here in the four. 70 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.199 Boy, this is good offense going by here by The 71 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:28.199 Guardians got that double in Santana with a nice job 72 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:31.399 taking this breaking ball and waiting for it and then 73 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:33.319 being able to use the middle of the field and 74 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:35.800 driving it up that way and getting the run in. 75 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:39.680 It's stay tied until the sixth inning. That's when Gabriel 76 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:42.399 Aarius stepped in with one out. Here's the O two 77 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:45.160 pitch swung on and here's a high fly ball to 78 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:48.279 deep right center. This one's carrying headed to the gap 79 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:51.839 way back there and it is gone a home run 80 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:58.600 for Gabrielarius to a deep part of this ballpark, and 81 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:02.160 Arius says, put the Guardians in front three to two. 82 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:06.079 Boy, what a swing he put on that basketball early 83 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:10.079 in this count. Robbie Rae just threw two right by him, 84 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.480 and he wanted to throw another one right by him, 85 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:15.360 but he wouldn't have it, and he launched that ball 86 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:16.160 to the right center. 87 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:19.360 The Giants threatened in the eighth inning with two men 88 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:22.079 on and nobody out and a dangerous pinch hitter at 89 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:25.800 the plate and Wilmer Flores he was facing Hunter Gaddis. 90 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:29.319 Nobody out. In the eighth inning, Casey Schmidt the tying 91 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.319 run at second, go ahead run Mike Yastremsky at first, 92 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:36.240 the one two pitch swung on line drive to left 93 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:40.120 coming on, Kwan makes the catch, throws back to second, 94 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:47.079 double play. Schmid was off the bag and Kwan threw 95 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:52.240 him out two down. Man Kwan was just getting started 96 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:55.319 on his great night defensively. Gaddis picked up the final 97 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.040 out in the eighth and it was still a one 98 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:00.680 run lead in the ninth, but the Giants wouldn't so quietly. 99 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.399 A walk in two singles loaded him up with one out, 100 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:07.040 and once again Amannual Classe was on trying to battle 101 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:09.639 his way out of it. Classe sets here's his O 102 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:12.680 two swung on and here's a fly ball to left, 103 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.839 Kuan circling under it, makes the catch, tagging and. 104 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:18.199 Not coming home is Lee. 105 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:22.560 Kuan's throw is a beauty and Lee went about ten 106 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:24.720 steps and went back to third. 107 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.800 Well, Kwan did such a good job not only getting 108

00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.000 to this ball, but he got his momentum going towards 109 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:34.480 the plate and he got off to a very quick throw. 110 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:38.600 Lee rock watching it. He was tagging and he stopped. 111 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:41.680 And that was a short hop throw in. 112 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:45.040 There that was not handled, and luckily he stopped for 113 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:45.720 the Guardians. 114 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:50.639 So two outs, basses loaded. Casey Schmidt, the batter, a 115 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:54.839 right handed hitter. Classe sets up high. 116 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:55.680 Here's the one. 117 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:00.079 Two swing and I missed strike three and the Guardian 118 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:03.360 win a tonight in San Francisco. 119 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:05.040 They hang on. 120 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:10.839 For a three to two victory as Classe comes up 121 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:12.600 big with the bases loaded. 122 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:14.399 What a finish. 123 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.040 On Tuesday night in San Francisco, the Guardians a winner. 124 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:20.319 They would try and make it two straight over San 125 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:24.399 Francisco on Wednesday night, Guardians got the scoring started early 126 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.759 first inning, a one out double from Kyle Manzardo brought 127 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:31.560 Jose Ramirez to the plate. Here's the two swung on 128 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:35.720 drilled right center base hit, headed for third and being 129 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:39.600 waved around as Manzardo he'll score without a throw on 130 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:43.560 the RBI single by Ramirez and the Guardians take the 131 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:48.120 early lead. One nothing, still won nothing Guardians in the fourth. 132 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:51.120 That's when they put two men on for Daniel Schneemann. 133 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:54.160 Here's the two swung on and here's a high fly 134 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:56.040 ball deep left center field. 135 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:59.079 This has hit a ton and that ball is gone 136 00:07:59.160 --> 00:07:59.920 a home run. 137 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:06.639 Daniel Schneeman to the opposite field, a three run blast, 138 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:10.759 and Cleveland is now up for nothing. 139 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:17.199 Another center cut basketball by Erlander, who thrown at ninety four. 140 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:21.720 Can't overpower hitters right there like he used to, and 141 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:24.519 Schneemann made him pay. I mean that was hit high 142 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:28.079 and hit deep to the opposite gap, showing some power. 143 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:32.720 The Giants got something back in the fifth inning, a 144 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:35.960 two run home run from Elliott Ramos, but the Guardian's 145 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:39.679 bullpen took over and as usual, they shut down the opposition. 146 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:43.240 Here's the one two from Smith swing and I missed 147 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:48.440 strike three. Hey got him with the heat. Ramos down 148 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.600 on strike, Sider retired. We're headed to the eighth Guardians four, 149 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:57.879 Giants two. Here's his pitch and that swung on popped 150 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:02.360 him up foul territory on the infield first base side. 151 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:07.960 Manzarno puts it away and Heron does the job. We 152 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:11.919 are headed to the ninth it's the Guardians for the 153 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.879 Giants two. And then the annual Classe was back out 154 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:18.600 there in the ninth inning trying to nail down another save. 155 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:22.759 Classe ended it with a strikeout. Last night there comes 156 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:27.799 as two to two called strike three and Closse does 157 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:31.720 it again. So do the Guardians as they defeat the 158 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:36.559 Giants tonight by a final score a four to two. 159 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.240 So a good couple of nights in San Francisco for 160 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:42.639 the Guardians, but the Giants would come back and salvage 161 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:45.559 the finale of the series on Thursday afternoon, a two 162 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:48.639 to one win over Cleveland. And then it was on 163 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:52.360 the Sacramento for a Friday night contest against the Athletics, 164 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:55.360 who won it five to one. And then now it's 165 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:58.480 on to Saturday night in Sacramento for the Guardians in 166 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:02.279 the road trip finale on Sunday afternoon. Stay with us 167 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.720 while we come back. We'll talk outfield play with J. 168 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:08.039 T McGuire and visit with center fielder Lane Thomas. That's 169 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:10.679 next on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. 170 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.759 Switching to Progressive is a game winning call, and that 171 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:21.480 reminds us of other game winning calls in the history 172 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:22.039 of sports. 173 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:25.000 It was a doubleheader in August and really hot inside 174 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.360 the concession stand, so instead of winning for people to 175 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:29.679 come to me, I figured I'd walk around yelln hot, 176 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.840 and that's how I became the first hot dog vendor 177 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:33.440 in sports. 178 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:36.279 Okay, not really a game winning call, but it was 179 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:39.279 a good call. You can make one two switch to 180 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:43.039 Progressive and you could save

hundreds. Progressive Casualty Insurance company 181 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:44.559 and affiliates not available in all states. 182 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:55.639 Here's the one O pitch, swung and hit pretty well 183 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:57.360 to right deep and toward the corner. 184 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:59.399 Joe on the run, Joe in the corner. 185 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:05.159 This ball is gone, a three run home run. It 186 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:10.000 just did clear the thirteen foot wall in that right 187 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:15.240 field corner, and the Guardians with a three run home 188 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:19.480 run right down the right field line by Lane Thomas. 189 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:21.759 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. 190 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:27.039 Jim Rosenhouse along with you as we join you from Sacramento, California. 191 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:30.720 The Guardians taking on the athletics here in Sacramento on 192 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.080 a weekend series. Earlier in the week they were in 193 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:36.720 San Francisco, And for Lane Thomas, that's been a good 194 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:39.679 place for him as he has had some good success 195 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:42.159 in the past in his career and he's trying to 196 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:44.120 get going on this season. He's battled a couple of 197 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.440 injuries so far, but he returned during the last homestand 198 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.399 from his second stint on the IL, and he says 199 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:53.480 he's feeling as strong as he has in quite some time. 200 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:54.320 Yeah. 201 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:56.240 You know, I think I'm dealing with the wrist and 202 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:59.120 the foot and just hadn't really felt like myself a 203 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:01.200 whole lot in those those first you know, a month 204 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:03.480 or two and miss some time, and you know, I 205 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:06.840 feel like I'm you know, on the uptick, you know, 206 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:07.000 on the. 207 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:07.840 Rise a little bit. 208 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:09.080 So I feel a lot a lot. 209 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:11.879 Better running and you know in the outfield too, So 210 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:12.879 I feel good about it. 211 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:15.559 Everyone wants to have that perfect off season where you 212 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:18.080 build up the way you want. How challenged were you 213 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.279 that this off season to try and work through some 214 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:21.960 things that just weren't going well. 215 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:23.759 Yeah, you know, I still had the foot thing, and 216 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.200 the off season got pretty bad. I took a little 217 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:27.000 time off and it started to feel a little better. 218 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:28.879 But that's tough to do the middle of the year. 219 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.159 So you know, like I said, it's just something you 220 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:33.399 have to deal with. It's part of doing what we do. 221 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:36.200 And you know, I had, I guess, three pretty healthy 222 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:38.320 years the last few years, and you know, it's just 223 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:40.399 part of you hit those little roadbumps and it's just 224 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:41.679 kind of how you come out of them. 225 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.679 So the success you had late last season and on 226 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:47.679 into the postseason, were you trying to manage that during 227 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:49.720 that time and still being able to come through. 228 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:53.200 Not to the extent you know lately, but I definitely 229 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:54.919 still had it. Didn't really know what it was, but 230 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:56.320 I was just starting to kind of get a little 231 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.600 bit worse. And when I took some time off after 232 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:01.639 the postseason, when I got home is kind of when 233 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:04.879 it fired up pretty bad. So took care of it. 234 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:06.519 It just it's just one of those things that it's 235 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:08.799 tough to get to go away completely. So hopefully we've 236 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:09.480 taken care of it. 237 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:12.559 How hard is it to stay patient and get it 238 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:15.480 taken care of properly, especially when you want to help 239 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:18.080 your team, especially on that offensive end. 240 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:21.519 Yeah, I mean, you know, they're expecting you to go 241 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:23.679 out and produce, and that's kind of what you know, 242 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:26.080 what you stick around for is because you consistently do 243 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:27.639 a good job and they trust you out there. So 244 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:29.799 when you're dealing with something like that, you definitely feel 245 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:32.559 the pressure to either get it fixed or keep rolling 246 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:34.799 through it. So I you know, I tried my hardest 247 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:36.559 to kind of fight through a couple of things, and 248 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:38.200 you know, it just comes to a time when not 249 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:41.279 helping myself or them, and you know, getting it, getting 250 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.519 right and feeling good is the best thing for both sides. 251 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:46.240 Lane, thanks for the time, appreciate it absolutely. 252 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:46.519 Thanks. 253 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:50.879 That's Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas. And speaking of outfield play, 254 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:54.639 JT McGuire is The Guardian's

outfield instructor and he had 255 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:58.000 his hands full over at Oracle Park in San Francisco, 256 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:03.159 a ballpark that features several different fence heights in the outfield, 257 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:06.399 and you have a brick surface out there as well, 258 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:08.720 and some other things going on, especially in right field. 259 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:12.039 It's the trickiest outfield in baseball according to some and 260 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:14.440 JT says they had to do a little more work 261 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:19.200 to prepare for things at an unfamiliar ballpark for the Guardians. 262 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:22.720 Not only just the dimensions, it's the wind factors. So 263 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:27.360 you have right field, which is just odd in itself, 264 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:30.039 and then you have the ballpark factors of wind coming 265 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:35.840 off of the ocean and how that can switch just dramatically. 266 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:40.799 So yesterday pregame prior to the series opener, I saw 267 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:42.600 you out there trying to hit some fungos off the 268 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.679 right field wall. 269 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.200 There's bricks, there's. 270 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:47.080 Cage type stuff. 271 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:49.039 You hit a few out into mcuvey Cove too, it 272 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.559 I saw you, and you're gonna go get those and 273 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.559 bring those back in. 274 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:54.039 I just figured me and Barry Bonds might have something 275 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:56.759 in common, so wanted to put one in McVey Cove. 276 00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:59.200 What did you learn though at firing them off the 277 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:01.279 bricks and and then the screening and then all that 278 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:01.919 kind of stuff. 279 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:07.159 So it really has like almost four different types of surfaces. 280 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:10.440 You have the brick, then you have the lettering, which 281 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:14.600 is totally different, it's like almost aluminum. Then you have 282 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:17.000 the fencing, and then you have the padding, and then 283 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:19.480 I guess you can add one more factor of like 284 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:23.840 the different types of polls that connect everything together. So really, 285 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:26.799 like what we told our outfielders is if the balls 286 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:30.039 hit over your head, specifically your right fielder, the balls. 287 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:30.840 Hit over your head. 288 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:34.200 Almost play it like field of dreams, where once you 289 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:36.639 approach that warning track, like we don't go on the 290 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:41.799 warning track only because that ball can bounce on different directions, 291 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:44.919 So we don't want to scramble and chase the ball. 292 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:48.039 We want to let the ball hit the wall wherever 293 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.399 part of the wall it hits, and then we want 294 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:53.039 to assess where to go. And then from a center 295 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:59.840 fields perspective, you have the Willie Mays McCovey numbers that 296 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:03.399 are retired that faces more towards right field, but after 297 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:07.799 that it shoots out towards centerfield, so the center fielder 298 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:10.679 has to be backing up and moving over in that 299 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:13.440 direction as well if the ball hit to that area. 300 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:16.679 So you're one outfielder who didn't have to deal with that. 301 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:18.960 And the series opener had a game for the ages 302 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.240 defensively and Steven Kwan throwing out a runner at second, 303 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:25.200 stopping another runner from trying to tag and score the 304 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:29.039 tying run. When you look at what he does, what 305 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:34.159 do fans not see that allow him to be great defensively? 306 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.799 When they do see him playing a game. 307 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.480 So one of the things I think one of the 308 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:42.639 most special things about Kwani is prior to a game 309 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:47.879 even coming close to happening, he's on the outfield, whether 310 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:51.320 it's a one on one or we have the entire outfielders, 311 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:54.559 or whether it's batting practice, but he takes every single 312 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:58.679 ret like it's a game. So regardless of like if 313 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:01.519 we're on the road or at home, he plays balls 314 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:05.640 off the wall. I can speak just for being at home. 315 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.079 I feel like he knows where every ball is going 316 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:12.279 to land off of the wall after it hits the wall. 317 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:17.599 So he puts himself in an incredible positions to field 318 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:21.240 carems off the wall. When we go to a new ballpark, 319 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:25.359 he wants balls off of the wall. He does it 320 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:28.759 in batting practice, so it almost becomes second nature to him. 321 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:31.240 But the one thing that just sticks out to me 322 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:34.480 more than anything is the attention to detail that he takes. 323 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:37.319 Whether it be ten reps or whether it be just 324 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:41.559 five reps. He treats a game like so when the 325 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:43.920 game happens, it's not too quick

for him. 326 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:44.480 JT. 327 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:47.519 McGuire, you've had your hands full here in San Francisco. 328 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:50.079 Who knows what Sacramento brings, but thanks for coming by 329 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:50.880 the coach's corner. 330 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.960 Appreciate it. Rosie. 331 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:55.720 That's outfield instructor J. T. McGuire and always nice to 332 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:58.319 have him along. And yes, Stephen kui is having some 333 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:02.079 kind of season defense and left. Certainly we'll be a 334 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:06.200 contender for a fourth consecutive Gold Glove award. Stay with 335 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.440 us when we come back. We'll hear from a former 336 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:13.160 Cleveland Indian Duwayne Kuiper and another former Cleveland Indian, Coco Crisp. 337 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:39.720 That's next time in Cleveland Clinic. Guardians Radio Network, Welcome 338 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:43.279 back to Guardians Weekly. Jim rosenounce along with you from Sacramento. 339 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:46.880 Earlier in the road trip, the Guardians were in San Francisco, 340 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:49.200 and that means a chance to catch up with longtime 341 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:53.680 Giants broadcaster and former Cleveland Indian Dwayne Kuiper, part of 342 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:57.720 the Top one hundred Cleveland Indians All time list. He 343 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:01.079 was a Cleveland Indian from nineteen seven four through nineteen 344 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:03.640 eighty one before he was traded to San Francisco and 345 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:07.319 finished his playing career there, and he talked about some 346 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:10.240 of his memories that stand out from that era of 347 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.559 Indians Baseball. 348 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:15.039 Well, look, I cherished those years mainly because, look, I 349 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:16.319 was in the big leagues and I was in a 350 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:21.480 big league town, and I have, you know, relationships from 351 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:27.200 those years with guys that, you know, I cherish, guys 352 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:29.920 like you know, Buddy Bell, and I had a chance 353 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:32.480 to sit with Buddy for two and a half hours 354 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:36.559 out of Starbucks in Scottsdale this spring, and it really 355 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:38.720 was one of the most enjoyable two hours I've had 356 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:42.640 in a long time, because you reminisce about the days 357 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:46.240 where maybe we weren't very good, but on that given day, 358 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:49.920 we thought we would win that game, and we tried 359 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:52.759 as hard as we could and we got dirty, and 360 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.799 you know, and what are we playing for. We're playing 361 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:58.319 to try to get out of last place. But those 362 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:03.119 games were so important. Yeah, I Look, I couldn't have 363 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:05.720 started my career out in a better place, just because 364 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:09.920 the way the fans accepted you. If you didn't give 365 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:11.880 a full out effort, and if you didn't like the city, 366 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:14.680 you were not going to be able to fool that group. 367 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:17.680 And that's why I really loved it so much. Look, 368 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:19.880 I didn't want to get traded. I did everything I 369 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:22.519 could to flunk my physical once I got traded here, 370 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:25.480 And how do you do that? Well, you go to 371 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:27.440 the doctor that did your surgery and you say, how 372 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:31.240 can I do this? And I'm not going to tell 373 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.960 you if you told me how to do it or not. 374 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:35.680 But it didn't work. Let's put it that way. 375 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:39.319 And there's a generation of fans probably listening tonight who 376 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:43.000 have no idea what Municipal Stadium was like. And I 377 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:46.200 know it probably gets a bad rap compared to Progressive Field, 378 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:49.880 But for you, what was it like as a ballpark? 379 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:53.240 Well, I think a lot of stadiums are going to 380 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:56.519 get a bad rap because of Progressive Field. It happens 381 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:58.759 to be one of my favorite of them. And I 382 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:03.119 know it's not new, but of the newer stadiums, I 383 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:04.319 would have loved to have played there. 384 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:06.319 But you know, you kind of. 385 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:10.240 Protect the ballpark that you played in and you got 386 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:13.000 to the big leagues and you kind of protect it 387 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:17.440 like it's part of your family. Somebody else says something 388 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:19.599 bad about my park, then I got a problem with it. 389 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:21.039 Right. It's kind of like what we had to do 390 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.799 at Candlestick. 391 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:25.519 You know, it's my place, so it's my home, so 392 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:27.559 you know, leave it alone. 393 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.359 But it was not an easy. 394 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.400 Place to play in. 395 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:32.920 I mean here there were times when you know, there 396 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:38.039 were five or six thousand people there. I mean, if 397 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:40.960 you go back and listen to people that talk about 398 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:43.160 Lenn Barker's perfect game,

you'd have thought that there was 399 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.319 forty thousand people there. 400 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.519 There was probably. 401 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:51.400 Seven thousand, right, But that was our place, you know, 402 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.640 and we're in the big leagues. 403 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:55.200 So look, I loved that. 404 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:59.400 I loved going to the Browns games there, and it 405 00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.839 was just a. 406 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:02.400 Fact of the city. 407 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:05.599 They needed a new park, but my memories will always 408 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:07.400 be from Municipal Stadium. 409 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.839 And now you get to come to work in an 410 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:10.680 absolute gem of a ballpark. 411 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:10.720 I know. 412 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:13.039 And we feel like we paid our dues. At least 413 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:16.319 I did, because I played at the O Ballpark in 414 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:19.519 Cleveland and then all those years at Candlestick. We sit 415 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:22.200 up there, Mike and Mike Kruko, my partner, and we 416 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:24.599 look around and everybody says, boy, you guys are spoiled. 417 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.200 No we're not. 418 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:29.519 We paid our dues to get to the spot, and uh, 419 00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:32.759 and it's been it's just been a delight. Even though 420 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:37.519 what I doing here, I always wanted to do in Cleveland. 421 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:41.839 But you know, those opportunities have to be created and 422 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:43.680 if they're not, then you move on. 423 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:46.720 And uh, and it's been a joy since I've been here. 424 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:48.920 Okay, it's always great to see it. You have a 425 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:50.680 fun team to watch. Thanks for coming back. 426 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:55.160 Yeah, and it's really great that that Tom. 427 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:56.519 Shows up for these games. 428 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:01.480 You know what, a Hall of Famer makes trips, and 429 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:04.039 they tried to do all the games and I'm really 430 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:06.160 shocked that he got voted in, to be honest with. 431 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:09.480 You, Well, this one thirty seconds a little bit too long. 432 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:11.799 We'll be back with more after this. 433 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:18.000 That's Dwayne Kuiper, a former Cleveland Indian from the seventies, 434 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:21.680 a little more recent vintage Coco Crispy was in Cleveland 435 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:26.039 recently as part of the alumni program there and we 436 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:28.440 had a chance to catch up with him, and he 437 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:31.480 had a tremendous major league career. It started in Cleveland 438 00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:34.880 and finished in Cleveland, with some stops in between, including 439 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:38.079 in Oakland with the Athletics. But he broke in with 440 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:40.880 the Cleveland Indians back in two thousand and two, a 441 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:42.720 pretty good ball club, and he talked about what it 442 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:45.000 was like to get his first chance in the major 443 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:46.880 leagues with that team, right. 444 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:49.880 So I just got traded over from the Cardinals about 445 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:52.720 two weeks prior. So when I got the call, we 446 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:55.519 were on the road. Actually wasn't a call. The coaches 447 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:58.359 came up and knocked on the door and me and 448 00:23:58.440 --> 00:24:00.880 Luis Garcia at the time, and we just got traded 449 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:04.039 over together rear roommates, and they came in and they 450 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:07.119 told me that I was going to Tampa and I 451 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:09.640 thought that I got traded again. I mean, it was 452 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:12.039 fresh on my mind. So I was just like, oh gosh, 453 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.799 and they're all looking at me like, who's the matter 454 00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:16.759 with this kid. So once they told me it was 455 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:20.519 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at the time, then I jump 456 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:22.680 up and I'm jumping from bed to bed. I'm excited. 457 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:25.079 So then I end up going to Tampa and I 458 00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:27.200 get my call up and the first person. 459 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:29.599 That I that I see is Eddie. 460 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:33.119 He is a hitting coach, and I'm like, oh my gosh, 461 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:35.400 it's Eddie and I'm walking in the dugout. Then I 462 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:40.839 see CCO Marver Scaled, Jim Tomy. I'm like, oh my goodness, 463 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:44.559 you know, just playing video games with these guys and 464 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:47.279 now I'm up here with them, so it was very exciting. 465 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:50.279 I had a great time playing for Cleveland, especially when 466 00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:53.039 I first got caught up. I'll rephrase that a little 467 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:55.160 bit later, but especially when I first got caught up, 468 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:57.519 simply because a lot of the guys were young, like 469 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:01.920 Brandon Phillips, Grady Size More, Cliff Lee yet CC and 470 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:04.319 all these guys, and we all kind of came up 471 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:06.440 through the minor leagues together, so we got opportunity to 472 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:10.680 play together and still learn from veterans like Omar and 473 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:13.160 Jim Tomay and Ellis Spurks. So it was very special. 474

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:16.519 And then the be able to finish my career with 475 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:18.839 the Indians. You know, my whole journey was a blessed 476 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.799 had just capped it off. 477 00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:22.160 I was gonna ask you about that. You had great 478 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:26.000 experiences with Boston and Oakland, a key part of some 479 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:28.000 good teams there. What did it mean though, to finish 480 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:30.039 your career here for a team that made it to 481 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:31.200 the World Series. 482 00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:33.680 To start off getting called up and having such a 483 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:36.240 special time here. And I thought that we had a 484 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:40.400 team at that time when I was younger to push 485 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:43.319 for playoffs and win a World Series possibly, you know, 486 00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:46.079 I felt like we're that good from the pitching side 487 00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:50.119 and the offense side, the defensive side, but it just 488 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:54.480 didn't happen that way. So after going from here to Boston, 489 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:56.519 where I was able to win a World Series and 490 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:00.279 take in the environment of being a major we're gonnation 491 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:02.799 as far as fans go, and everything like that, which 492 00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:05.160 which was really special. And then from there I went 493 00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:07.000 over to Kansas City. I ended up getting hurt, but 494 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:09.440 I still enjoyed my time over there, and then going 495 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:11.839 to Oakland. I'm from California, and being able to spend 496 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:15.480 my time over there and talk with Ricky Henderson, who 497 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:19.119 was my favorite ball player growing up, was truly special 498 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:23.400 as well. And then after that twenty sixteen came, it 499 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:25.119 was towards the end of my career. I just got 500 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:28.119 hurt with my neck and everything, and then Terry Francona 501 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:31.000 and the guys over here with Cleveland wanted me to 502 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:33.680 come back over here and be a veteran presence, which 503 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:36.039 was truly special to be able to come back over 504 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:39.279 here and finish my career playing in the World Series 505 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.839 for a team that I started with. 506 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:43.720 And you were more than just a veteran presence. You've 507 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:46.480 had some huge hits in the postseason run, and what 508 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:48.240 did that mean to you to not just be the 509 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:50.480 veteran guy in the clubhouse but actually get it done 510 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:52.000 on the field one last time. 511 00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.799 Special. 512 00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:55.039 Every time you step in between those lines, you're trying 513 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.559 to be successful. You're trying to go out there and 514 00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:59.200 put your best foot forward. Sometimes you put both your 515 00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:01.839 best fee forward, and sometimes you don't put any. So 516 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.559 I was just happy to be able to go out 517 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:06.440 there and contribute, whether it would have been as just 518 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:10.440 having some experience in situations like this and bringing it 519 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:13.440 to the guys who didn't or actually contribute inside the lines. 520 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:15.319 And I was fortunate enough to be able to do both, 521 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.119 and we played well. 522 00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.519 We'll go great to see you. Thanks for coming back, 523 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:21.279 all right, Thanks for having me fun visit with Coco Crisp, 524 00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:23.319 who has a lot of great memories of his time 525 00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:25.839 in Cleveland, both at the beginning of his major league 526 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:28.599 career and then at the end with that twenty sixteen 527 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:31.759 World Series. Club Stay with us when we come back. 528 00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:34.759 It's a Minor league report with Stephen Osterer. That's next 529 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:37.759 the Cleveland Clinic. Guardians Radio Network. 530 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:44.480 Switching to Progressive is a game winning call in my 531 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:46.680 bring minds us of other game winning calls in the 532 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.759 history of sports. 533 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:50.519 So it was the fourth quarter and went down by five, 534 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:53.359 sweat pouring down my face. Suddenly it hit me, if 535 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.920 only I could rep part of the towel around my forehead, 536 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:58.359 and that's how I became the first basketball player. 537 00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.319 It's a wear ahead band. 538 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.960 Okay, not really a game winning call, but it was 539 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:05.000 a good call. You can make one to switch to 540 00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:08.720 Progressive and you could save hundreds. Progressive Casualty Insurance company 541 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:10.240 and affiliates not available in those states. 542 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.759 Welcome back. It's Guardian's Weekly. 543 00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:43.200 We're in Sacramento this weekend and as always we check 544 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:46.799 in with Stephen Osterer, the Guardian's vice president of player Development, 545 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:49.440 for a minor league report, and this week we talked 546

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:53.720 singlely Lake County. Some good stories going on, including a 547 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:56.759 solid one loss record, and we'll start on the mound 548 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:59.640 with a picture. Everyone always wants to talk about the tugboat. 549 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:03.920 Mac Wilkinson, the leftandro had a great season a year ago, 550 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:06.680 off to a slower start this year, but starting to 551 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.559 turn things around. 552 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.720 According to Austin. 553 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:11.319 Yeah, Wilkinson's you know, kind of an up up and 554 00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:15.480 down year so far, not and not sugarcoating that that 555 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:18.000 it hasn't been quite as good as it was last year, 556 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:21.319 but that's also probably not a bad thing. Yeah, I 557 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:26.519 think developing as a as a pitcher sometimes requires you 558 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:30.680 to fail and requires you to develop your ability to 559 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:33.680 handle the peaks and valleys of the year. So yeah, 560 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:36.799 I think it's it's been good from that standpoint where 561 00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:38.680 he's been able to kind of set his targets on 562 00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:41.880 the daily process a little bit more, and you know, 563 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:44.799 I think he's really growing in that sense. So yeah, 564 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:47.880 there's some positive underlying signs with him. Pitching wise to 565 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:51.720 the fastball is you know, continues to be a good 566 00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:54.200 a good pitch for him. He's executing it well and 567 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:56.559 working on that to get it to better spots and 568 00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:59.599 slide sider execution has been better this year and has 569 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:02.640 been trying to positively. So He's still missing a lot 570 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:04.559 of baths similar to what we've seen in the past 571 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:08.119 and generating the weak contact maybe to a lesser degree 572 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:10.279 to what we've seen last year. But you know, going 573 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:12.839 through a little adversity is not again not necessarily a 574 00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.720 bad thing, and it's a long year. 575 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.640 It's just year two for. 576 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:19.440 Him, and you know, we're really excited about the future 577 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.920 for Wilkinson and the things that you know he has 578 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:24.599 going on for himself as a pitcher, and you know, 579 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:27.079 a lot of room for growth in a high ceiling 580 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.720 long term. 581 00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:30.079 Josh Hartle has put up some really nice numbers so 582 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:32.240

far for Lake County and he's one of the young 583 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:35.839 pictures acquired in the offseason trade that brought Cleveland to 584 00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:40.519 wis Orties and a Wake Forest kid who seems like 585 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:44.319 he has really transitioned smoothly to a new organization. 586 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:47.799 Yes, he has, and you know he's coming from a 587 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:51.319 good spot of routines and and mindset and just a 588 00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:54.680 professional nature and he just continues to humme. 589 00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:57.519 Along as the season goes goes with us. He's going 590 00:30:57.640 --> 00:31:00.279 keep in the games. He's very efficient with his pitch 591 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.119 count that allows him to to do well and and 592 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.400 it doesn't walk anyone. 593 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:07.240 So you know, we've we've talked already a little bit 594 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:10.640 here about you know that first full year guys, Uh, 595 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:14.240 you needing to to refine and establish everything from a 596 00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:17.160 routine standpoint and get accustomed to it. And yeah, he's 597 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:20.519 he's been really good from that standpoint. So the velocity 598 00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:22.759 is kind of staying consistent. 599 00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.559 At this point, which is great. 600 00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:26.839 It's you know, been a slight trend upwards and continues 601 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.559 to be a long term focus for him. But yeah, 602 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:33.440 he continues to to just see improvements across you know, 603 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:36.160 his his pitches and and how he's able to execute them, 604 00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:39.200 and you know, continuing to focus on trying to create 605 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:41.720 a little bit more separation across all those all the 606 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:44.839 pitches that he is able to offer. So the focus 607 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:48.240 has been really good from from Josh thus far. He's 608 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:51.519 adapted really well to being in professional baseball and being 609 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:55.079 with this organization, and you know, excited to continue to 610 00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:58.119 work with him. He's a hard worker and wants to 611 00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:02.279 be really good. So a great start for Josh and uh, 612 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:05.279 you know again excited, excited to see where he goes 613 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.119 in the second half. 614 00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:09.759 Jack jay z acts an interesting story in in that 615 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:12.680 he's improving tremendously as he goes along. Drafted back in 616 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:15.640 twenty two out of college. What are you seeing from him? 617 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:18.319 That's that's really exciting here as he gets deeper into it. 618 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:21.440 Yeah, he's been a really cool development story for us. 619 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.960 You know, spent the last couple of years in low way. 620 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:26.599 You know, we got him in the twenty two draft. 621 00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:30.519 He you know, he's getting through some shoulders stuff, you know, 622 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:33.359 in his last year of college. You know, obviously super 623 00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:35.720 healthy now, but you know he's just shown like a 624 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:40.680 year over year improvement in in velocity and stuff. And 625 00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:43.079 you know, as he's thrown more and more. The calling 626 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:45.400 card of him in college is throwing a ton of strikes, 627 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:48.279 and you know, we've seen that continue to improve year 628 00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:50.240 over year to the point where you know, he's barely 629 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:54.039 walking anyone at this point. You know, he's been tremendous, uh, 630 00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:56.680 you know on the mound and the velocity is really 631 00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.200 jumped up. 632 00:32:57.279 --> 00:33:00.519 So you know, he's now started with us. He was 633 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:03.480 in the low nineties. You know, he's he's. 634 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:05.720 Now sitting in the mid nineties and has a pretty 635 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:10.279 unique ride and run fastball. You know, the slider is 636 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:12.759 now sitting in the mid eighties and it sweeps left 637 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:14.720 pretty good. And you know, the curveball he's able to 638 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:18.680 throw in there to mixed speeds versus left. So currently 639 00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:22.039 working on the secondaries and improving them and maybe creating 640 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:24.559 a little bit of separation between the two breaking balls, 641 00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:26.920 but his execution has been really good. 642 00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:31.200 The fastball again continues to turned up quite well from 643 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:34.000 a Velo standpoint and projects the play well moving forward. 644 00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:36.720 So we're just trying to get a little bit more 645 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:39.519 with outside of the fastball, and you know, there's some 646 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:42.680 really good ingredients there for him to be a successful 647 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:44.119 relief pitcher moving forward. 648 00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:47.039 So Jack's been awesome to watch continue to grow year 649 00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:50.720 over year and has been tremendous for Lake County so far. 650 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.640 We're joined by Steven Ostra, the vice president of player 651 00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:57.160 development for the Guardians. Our weekly minor league report focusing 652 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:59.400 on

Lake County this week at the single A level 653 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:03.000 and familiar names on the position player front making their 654 00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:06.160 way through the season, getting close to that halfway point now. 655 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:09.280 And ralphie Velaski is someone that again goes back to 656 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:12.079 spring training. We saw him play some major league games 657 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:14.639 and it looks like the power numbers are starting to 658 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.519 come into play for him. And how is his season 659 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:19.000 gone after a slow start? 660 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:22.800 Yeah, that's right, he's uh, you know, the results are 661 00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.679 you know, starting to come in line with some of 662 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:28.400 maybe the leading indicators the uh you under under the 663 00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:32.719 surface layers or measures, sorry that we were tracking, and 664 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:35.599 the performance is starting to jump, so you know, ps 665 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.280 is climbing. 666 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:38.679 You know, he continues to hit the ball really hard 667 00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:40.360 on average, and you. 668 00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:43.280 Know, is consistently making contact now at better angles. 669 00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:45.000 To see some of that production show up. 670 00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:48.239 He's put a lot of effort, you know, into into 671 00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:50.840 some swing adjustments so far this year, and you know, 672 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:55.400 staying into maybe more productive posture angles for him that 673 00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:58.360 I think we've seen has helped him to not only 674 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:00.320 see the ball a little bit better, but time up 675 00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:03.599 pitches a little bit better too, again able to catch 676 00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:08.239 the ball maybe into better, better angles. So's he's a 677 00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:09.039 really good hitter. 678 00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:13.000 There are elite underlying measures that. 679 00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:16.280 We see consistently, and you know, we're we're still talking 680 00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:18.760 about a kid who just turned twenty years old in 681 00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:21.440 high A and it's excited to see what he's. 682 00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.559 Done at the plate. You know. 683 00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:24.599 An additional thing that we've seen a last couple of 684 00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:27.239 weeks and pushed him defensively to get. 685 00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:28.480 A little bit more reps in the outfield. 686 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:31.840 So yeah, still really early in that process, but interesting 687 00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:34.119 to see where that goes. And you know, for Ralfie 688 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:36.480 to continue to heat up is maybe. 689 00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:39.159 Not super surprising, but you have fun to watch him 690 00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:41.360 hit the ball over the fence a little bit more consistently. 691 00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:45.360 Well finished with Jason Curio, a really exciting young prospect 692 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:47.639 who had to deal with an injury issue at the 693 00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:50.519 start of the season and it's never easy at any level. 694 00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:53.639 How is he adjusted now that he's back playing again. 695 00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:56.199 Yeah, it's been great to get him back out there 696 00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:58.639 just a couple of weeks ago. And you know the 697 00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:00.679 shoulder flare up that he had earlier in the year 698 00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:04.079 was just you know, a minor setback long term, but yeah, 699 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.800 it takes a little bit of time to settle back in. 700 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.920 So I you know, he's he's doing a lot of 701 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:11.000 cheerio things or he's not chasing at anything out of 702 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:12.960 the zone. At this point, I think it, Uh, you know, 703 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:15.880 since his return, he's walking just to take over thirty 704 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:18.559 percent of the time. You know, he's getting some better 705 00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:22.239 swings off as again he's getting back into like real competition, 706 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:25.519 so you know, similar to Ralfie. You know, he just 707 00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:28.920 turned twenty, so he's one of the youngest players at 708 00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.320 the level. 709 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:31.480 He does a lot of you know, really good. 710 00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:34.199 Things to played in his great discipline and again it's 711 00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:36.880 just tapping into the ceiling as much as we possibly 712 00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:39.679 can moving the needle long term on the physical development 713 00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:41.840 so he can add a little bit more pop to 714 00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:44.719 the really good, you know, back to ball skills. And 715 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:48.079 you know, Jason again is another one of these guys 716 00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:50.440 that works really hard and wants to be really good, 717 00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:53.719 and you know he's young, so sometimes again there's the 718 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:56.760 peaks and valleys of things that happen in a professional 719 00:36:56.800 --> 00:37:00.639 season for young players. And we're really excited about the 720 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:03.360 athlete and the player that we have here and we'll 721 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:05.880 continue to see the second half I think him take off. 722 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:09.519 That's been a fun season for sure for Lake County 723 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:12.719 so far as they're above the five hundred mark and 724 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:15.519 I'm on that midway point of the season and Austy, 725 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:17.559 thanks so much for coming by and bringing us up 726 00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.599 to date on some of their. 727 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:21.079 Prospects and my pleasure, Rosie, thank you. 728 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:24.639 That's our minor league report with Guardian's Vice president of 729 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:28.559 player Development Stephen Ostro talking Lake County this week, and 730 00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:31.239 that's going to do it for our show from Sacramento. 731 00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:34.519 We'll join you next weekend back home finally, as the 732 00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:37.239 Guardians take on the Blue Jays starting Tuesday night. Then 733 00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:41.679 Saint Louis comes in next weekend for a three game series, 734 00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:43.719 and it's always fun when the Cardinals come in on 735 00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:45.559 a weekend because you know a lot of their fans 736 00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:49.039 will be on hand at Progressive Feel So until then, 737 00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:51.719 I want to thank Brian matse As always for putting 738 00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:54.239 together our show each and every week until next weekend. 739 00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:56.639 This is Jim Rosenhause. You're binding you that you've been 740 00:37:56.639 --> 00:38:05.480 listening to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Clint Guardians Radio network. 741 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:26.039 Guardians Weekly has been brought to you by Progressive helping 742 00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:29.000 Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance