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Friday 6pm hour 05/08/26 · Ron Verb

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  Speaker 1: News Radio 570, WKBN. 623, Ron Furb, News Radio 570, WKBN.
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  Speaker 1: You're on air.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you allude to AI on an occasional basis, and
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  Speaker 2: that's good that you're doing that. I think it's wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: And what you were saying, or the news with Minneapolis
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  Speaker 2: and maybe some issues in Columbus or some other parts
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  Speaker 2: of Ohio, and that's what you would do. You would
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  Speaker 2: ask your AI programming team, of all of the payees,
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  Speaker 2: all the checks that are going out for a particular program,
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  Speaker 2: let's say daycare or maybe getting assistance from a family
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  Speaker 2: member or a friend to avoid having to go to
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  Speaker 2: a nursing home, which would save Medicaid money, and that
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  Speaker 2: would be a good thing. But you can get AI
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  Speaker 2: and ask it to arrange all of the payees by
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  Speaker 2: zip code and then arrange all of those payees by
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  Speaker 2: street names alphabetically, and then arrange all of those by numbers,
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  Speaker 2: like street numbers, in order numerically. And then all you
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  Speaker 2: would do is just run your finger down those lists,
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  Speaker 2: and you'd find out that, gee, this is kind of odd.
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  Speaker 2: There's 20 people getting this check, 20 different payees. They
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  Speaker 2: are in the same building, but they do have different
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  Speaker 2: doors that So there's 102, 104, 106, 110 Commerce Boulevard
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  Speaker 2: on this particular street, and they're all getting the same assistance.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe we should look into this. Why are all these on?
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  Speaker 2: Could it even be possible that there's enough room in
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  Speaker 2: the building to take care of or provide the service
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  Speaker 2: that you're investigating? And that's an application of AI. That's
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  Speaker 2: a Perfect way to do it is what I just described.
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  Speaker 2: We could have an AI program that would do that
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  Speaker 2: and keep track of all that. And all you do
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  Speaker 2: is just run down with your finger. You'd spot them
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  Speaker 2: like red lights on a street.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: Technology, basically you give me hope that technology will stop
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  Speaker 3: this fraud that is going on.
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  Speaker 1: If the government..
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  Speaker 3: Isn't that what Musk really wanted to do with the
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  Speaker 3: federal government that they fought him on and drove him
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  Speaker 3: out of town?
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  Speaker 1: And we should really do that with our state government.
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  Speaker 2: Doge was fantastic what he was doing because he was
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  Speaker 2: picking up on all of these red lights or all
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  Speaker 2: these hints or teasers that he spotted. The people that
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  Speaker 2: he had working with him in the Doge, those weren't.
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  Speaker 2: uneducated people. They were smart. They knew exactly what they
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  Speaker 2: were doing. And sure, he ruffled a lot of feathers
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  Speaker 2: because people were getting caught with their hand in the
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  Speaker 2: cookie jar.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And the Democrats wanted to end it because in many
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  Speaker 3: cases that money was going to their non-profits and then
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  Speaker 3: would go back into their campaigns.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it was just total corruption.
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  Speaker 3: And like Tex Fisher was saying, we know that we
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  Speaker 3: could be talking billions of dollars in the state of
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  Speaker 3: Ohio as far as Medicaid fraud is concerned. We'll never
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  Speaker 3: get the money back, but we can certainly stop it
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  Speaker 3: from happening and hopefully prosecute people who've participated in it.
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  Speaker 3: And you give me hope by saying this technology should
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  Speaker 3: make this relatively easy in the future. Very near future.
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  Speaker 2: Right. And it's... That's what it's supposed to do. That's
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  Speaker 2: what AI does. It accumulates all that data and presents
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  Speaker 2: it in a form that makes it easy to understand
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  Speaker 2: and to utilize it. But just to mention one other
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  Speaker 2: thing before I hang up. Well, I was one of
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  Speaker 2: the people that didn't like using illegal immigrant. I didn't
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  Speaker 2: like the word immigrant to be involved in that at all.
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  Speaker 2: I preferred something like illegal entrant immigrant. So an illegal
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  Speaker 2: entrant to the country, not an illegal immigrant, because a
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  Speaker 2: lot of immigrants aren't illegal. I didn't like the use
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  Speaker 2: of that, and I called your show one time about
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  Speaker 2: that and said maybe we could use illegal entrant. And
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  Speaker 2: not too long after that, they started using illegal alien.
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  Speaker 2: So they gave up on that. You don't hear that
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  Speaker 2: illegal immigrant as much as you used to. There's these
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  Speaker 2: other alternatives, which is a good idea in my opinion.
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  Speaker 1: I kind of like your word better than any of them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, because it makes it very general. That's right.
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  Speaker 3: It's very clear, and I like that word. Because now
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  Speaker 3: that they're talking UFOs, people are saying, what about those aliens?
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  Speaker 3: Possibly real aliens.
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  Speaker 2: Illegal aliens.
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  Speaker 1: Something to think about.
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  Speaker 2: I only want authorized UFOs to come to my world.
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  Speaker 1: There you go.
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  Speaker 3: You've got to call more often. You're an interesting guy.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate your time.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I enjoy your show.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: and the Minnesota Twins in the opening game of a
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  Speaker 5: coming off a good road trip, 4-3 after their victory
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  Speaker 5: Welcome back to Guardians Warm-Up. Time for the weekly farm
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  Speaker 5: report with Vice President of Player Development, Stephen Osterer. We
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  Speaker 5: talked single-A Lake County this week, the home of several
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  Speaker 5: college-drafted players, high-round draft picks from a year ago who
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  Speaker 5: are battling the ups and downs of that first long
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  Speaker 5: minor league full season. And Oste talked about what some
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  Speaker 5: of the challenges are for these young players.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, good morning, Rosie.
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  Speaker 8: We do have an interesting bunch there with a lot
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  Speaker 8: of those college players and I think when, whenever a
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  Speaker 8: player makes a transition to professional baseball, the volume of
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  Speaker 8: the work and the volume of the games is something
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  Speaker 8: that they have to adapt to. And I think for
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  Speaker 8: the college players, it's really no different than a high
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  Speaker 8: school player. And they're trying to figure out what does
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  Speaker 8: the day look like?
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  Speaker 4: What does the week look like?
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  Speaker 8: How do I put two weeks together and all of
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  Speaker 8: the things that go into preparing their bodies, preparing for
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  Speaker 8: the game and how to recover from all of those
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  Speaker 8: things and, It can be a real adjustment for everyone. So, yes,
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  Speaker 8: the college age players are obviously older and a little
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  Speaker 8: bit more experienced with games. But when you try to
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  Speaker 8: stack together the volume of things that they have to
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  Speaker 8: do on a daily and weekly basis, there are a
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  Speaker 8: lot of things that they have to navigate and learn
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  Speaker 8: and learn about themselves. So that can lead to a
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  Speaker 8: ton of inconsistency day to day. And these guys are
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  Speaker 8: no different in seeing some of that to start the year.
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  Speaker 5: Well, let's start with last year's top-round draft pick, Jace Laviolette,
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  Speaker 5: the big center fielder. What do you think from him
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  Speaker 5: so far as he battles through some of those ups
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  Speaker 5: and downs of pro ball?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, he's he's an incredibly gifted athlete. He's got,
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  Speaker 4: he's got kind.
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  Speaker 8: Of like the Ferrari body, the incredible power plus speed,
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  Speaker 8: you know, the, all the tools to dream of this
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  Speaker 8: huge upside and ceiling. And he's a confident guy. He's
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  Speaker 8: really competitive. He wants to be really good. And like
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  Speaker 8: I said, he's one of them who's, who's settling into
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  Speaker 8: what that professional season looks like.
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  Speaker 4: Those adjustments aren't easy.
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  Speaker 8: And yeah, I think for a guy coming from a
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  Speaker 8: big program, sometimes it's a little bit more grind than
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  Speaker 8: luxury in the minor leagues.
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  Speaker 4: So there's that adjustment to it too.
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  Speaker 8: But yeah, from a development developmental standpoint, yeah, it's just
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  Speaker 8: limiting strikeouts, getting a little bit more consistent contact.
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  Speaker 4: That is going to be the big thing for him long-term. There's,
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  Speaker 4: really no.
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  Speaker 8: Secret around the tools and the upside. And it also
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  Speaker 8: doesn't mean that this is an easy fix or it's
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  Speaker 8: going to be something that's developed quickly. So it requires time,
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  Speaker 8: getting more information, learning about himself, getting a clearer picture
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  Speaker 8: of how we're going to impact change and tweaking things
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  Speaker 8: over time and, You know, it's not the prototypical just
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  Speaker 8: get bigger, stronger pathway for some of these guys. And
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  Speaker 8: this is one of those included. So it's a little
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  Speaker 8: bit more complex than that. But he's bought into the work.
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  Speaker 8: He recognizes what we're trying to make progress on. He
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  Speaker 8: does make really good swing decisions and has plus power
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  Speaker 8: when he connects. So, you know, he's shown both of
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  Speaker 8: those things thus far at a high level. And that
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  Speaker 8: part is really exciting. So, yeah, he's had some rough
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  Speaker 8: patches of strikeout rates early and has had to handle that.
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  Speaker 8: you know, the ups and downs of that already. And
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  Speaker 8: he's done that really well. So it's going to be
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  Speaker 8: a bit of a slow burn and a slow cook
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  Speaker 8: to make the adjustments over time. And, you know, we'll
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  Speaker 8: probably look more like that than just this immediate takeoff. But,
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  Speaker 8: you know, we're already making progress. He's a phenomenal attitude
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  Speaker 8: to the work and showing up. And he's a great teammate.
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  Speaker 4: So we're excited about Jace.
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  Speaker 5: We will talk pitching at Lake County after this time
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  Speaker 5: out on the Cleveland Clinic Radio Network.
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  Speaker 9: the Guardians to get it done in game one tonight. Now,
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  Speaker 9: Messick enters with a 2.40 ERA. He's also coming off
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  Speaker 9: a rough outing. This is a bounce-back situation, but Messick
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  Speaker 5: It's Guardians Warm-Up. Vice President of Player Development, Stephen Oster,
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  Speaker 5: is joining us. And we're talking Lake County, and the
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  Speaker 5: captains have some arms. They're sprinkled throughout the system, and
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  Speaker 5: some good ones down at single-A Lake County. Let's start
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  Speaker 5: with Franklin Gomez. Here he is, five starts in. He's
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  Speaker 5: allowed two earned runs the whole season. And there's got
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  Speaker 5: to be a lot of excitement. The strikeout walk numbers
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  Speaker 5: look pretty good, too.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, we got Franklin as part of a trade with
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  Speaker 8: the Mets in the offseason. We were really excited about
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  Speaker 8: him when we got him, and I think more excited now.
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  Speaker 4: Than when we got him, too. Left-handed pitcher, he's young.
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  Speaker 4: He spent most of the last year in low A.
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  Speaker 8: We thought we got a guy that had a really
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  Speaker 8: advanced arsenal and approach for a 20-year-old. I think in
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  Speaker 8: getting to know the person and watching him work and
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  Speaker 8: throw more, we are even more excited and more.
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  Speaker 4: Confident in both of those things.
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  Speaker 8: He's really thoughtful he's got these preparation habits.
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  Speaker 4: And routines that are years beyond his age and.
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  Speaker 8: He understands himself really really well like he knows his
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  Speaker 8: strengths his weaknesses his goals at as a high level
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  Speaker 8: as we probably have you know in the a ball
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  Speaker 8: level if not even higher in the system and He
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  Speaker 8: has performed exceptionally well to start the year. He deploys
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  Speaker 8: five pitches really well, has a game plan for that,
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  Speaker 8: his slider.
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  Speaker 4: He's gained a few.
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  Speaker 8: More inches of cut than it has last year, so
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  Speaker 8: it's allowed him to generate a little bit more width.
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  Speaker 4: He's cut down his walk significantly.
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  Speaker 8: I think he's been more consistent with his delivery, which
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  Speaker 8: has helped with that. To your point, he's really dominating
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  Speaker 8: the level through the month of April, and There's just
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  Speaker 8: so much to be excited about the long-term development with him, too.
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  Speaker 4: We think the velocity will continue to trend up over time.
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  Speaker 8: We think there's some levers to pull, too, and the
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  Speaker 8: quality of his arsenal and how he deploys them. He's
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  Speaker 8: got the work ethic and mentality to capitalize on that.
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  Speaker 8: We've got a really good arm as part of a
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  Speaker 8: number of good arms in this Lake County roster.
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  Speaker 5: One of the other arms down there, a high school-drafted kid.
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  Speaker 5: Not too long ago, and I know you like to
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  Speaker 5: take it slow with some of the high school kids,
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  Speaker 5: but Braylon Doty looks like he's making really good progress.
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  Speaker 5: What do you like about his progress as a youngster
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  Speaker 5: in the system?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right.
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  Speaker 4: He is a youngster.
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  Speaker 8: 20 years old, very young for the level.
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  Speaker 4: In high A.
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  Speaker 8: He performed really well last year and continues to perform
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  Speaker 8: at a high level again to start this year. Braylon's
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  Speaker 8: carrying trade is in the draft and even last year,
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  Speaker 8: we saw it even.
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  Speaker 4: Improve was just this ability to throw strikes.
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  Speaker 8: Um, yeah, he's just so advanced in that department, almost
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  Speaker 8: regardless of age that, you know, makes his.
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  Speaker 4: Floors so high long-term and, um, you know, it's not
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  Speaker 4: quite command.
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  Speaker 8: He's not necessarily executing exactly where he wants the ball
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  Speaker 8: to go all the time, but it's not, it's not
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  Speaker 8: really unrealistic to think that in three to four years time, he's,
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  Speaker 8: He's still going to be in his early 20s at
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  Speaker 8: that point to be potentially elite in this area, just
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  Speaker 8: with the strides that he's making. He's walking around, I think, 3%
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  Speaker 8: of the.
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  Speaker 4: Batters he's faced.
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  Speaker 8: We talked about it the other day, just to put
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  Speaker 8: that into perspective. When Bieber was in the minor leagues,
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  Speaker 8: he held a 2% walk rate, and he was a
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  Speaker 8: college-age pitcher.
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  Speaker 4: Not to draw the strong comparison.
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  Speaker 8: To Shane Bieber and what we saw and put unfair
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  Speaker 8: expectations on Braley, but just to put a little bit
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  Speaker 8: more perspective on what we're seeing from a 20 year
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  Speaker 8: old in professional baseball as he's trying to navigate and
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  Speaker 8: handle a lot of other things that you know not
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  Speaker 8: a strong history of competitive games and development in high
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  Speaker 8: school I mean it's really impressive to see what he
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  Speaker 8: does and you know the primary focus for him really
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  Speaker 8: in the short term has been just to learn lean
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  Speaker 8: into you know building out his arsenal we take it
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  Speaker 8: slow like like you said and He mainly relied on
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  Speaker 8: two pitches.
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  Speaker 4: Sometimes three last year.
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  Speaker 8: We're maturing into the developmental stage of handling maybe more
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  Speaker 8: of a complete mix and try to get to five
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  Speaker 8: pitches that he can deploy confidently. Long term, I think
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  Speaker 8: we still believe the quality is going to be dependent
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  Speaker 8: on how hard he's throwing. We've seen the velocity improve.
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  Speaker 8: It waxes and wanes because he's 20 years old. We're
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  Speaker 8: really optimistic that he's going to continue to grow physically,
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  Speaker 8: sustain physically. Some of the higher clips that he's hit,
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  Speaker 8: like 97 this year. And, you know, he's had some
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  Speaker 8: already adversity in starting the year.
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  Speaker 4: He's had some issues with sickness and battling through the flu. And,
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  Speaker 4: you know, we've seen some up and down on this stuff.
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  Speaker 8: But, yeah, I mean, we've got a 20-year-old who is
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  Speaker 8: incredibly advanced in his ability to throw.
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  Speaker 4: The ball in the zone.
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  Speaker 8: And who has this developing mix that is really exciting
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  Speaker 8: to project on long term. So Braylon continues to be
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  Speaker 8: someone we're incredibly excited about now and in the future.
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  Speaker 8: He's a great kid who works hard, too, so I
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  Speaker 5: Exciting stuff, as always, at Lake County. Oste, thanks for
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, of course.
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  Speaker 5: forecast pregame from WKYC. It is courtesy of Shores and Islands, Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: Evening temps in the 50s.
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  Speaker 5: Well, that's where we stand heading into play tonight. When
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  Speaker 5: the Cleveland Clinic Radio Network. Welcome back to Guardians Warm-Up.
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  Speaker 5: Time for the Key Bank Manager Show with Guardians Manager
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  Speaker 5: Steven Boat as the Guardians open a new homestand tonight
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  Speaker 5: against the Twins and Boater, you come home with a
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  Speaker 5: 4-3 trip. I know you don't like looking behind too much,
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  Speaker 5: but just looking back on the trip, I feel like
• 21:41
  Speaker 5: some are better than others, and a 4-3 trip in
• 21:44
  Speaker 5: this situation seemed really good. What were your impressions after
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  Speaker 5: the game yesterday? A nice win to finish it.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, it was a great way to come home after
• 21:51
  Speaker 7: a nice win. That was a tough trip. Going to
• 21:54
  Speaker 7: the West Coast is not easy. Obviously, the Athletics are
• 21:59
  Speaker 7: a really good team, so going into their park and
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  Speaker 7: taking two out of three from them We felt really
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  Speaker 7: good about that. And then you drop the first two
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  Speaker 7: in Kansas City, not looking great, and turn around with
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  Speaker 7: two wins to come home. So we're really proud of
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  Speaker 7: our guys. They battled through a tough road trip. A
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  Speaker 7: lot of good things on the road trip and some
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  Speaker 7: things that we need to learn from. So all in all,
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  Speaker 7: a very successful trip.
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  Speaker 5: And you've been in this game long enough to know
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  Speaker 5: that sometimes that day game on the last day of
• 22:23
  Speaker 5: a trip can be a real challenge. But the quick start,
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  Speaker 5: how big was that yesterday?
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  Speaker 10: It was huge.
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  Speaker 7: I thought the way that our guys attacked Seth Lugo
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  Speaker 7: in that first inning was perfect. I mean, we had
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  Speaker 7: talked before the game that we have to be ready
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  Speaker 7: to hit when the ball's over the plate and lay
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  Speaker 7: off of the stuff on the edges.
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  Speaker 10: And boy, did they.
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  Speaker 7: Execute that yesterday and make him throw 100 pitches in
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  Speaker 7: four innings and did just a phenomenal job.
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  Speaker 10: That was a huge start.
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  Speaker 5: You always have a game plan going in. And you
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: mentioned executing it. I've What makes it more difficult sometimes
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  Speaker 5: to execute than other times, like yesterday, where it seemed
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  Speaker 5: like they were really on their game?
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  Speaker 10: Well, hitting's hard.
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  Speaker 7: And you don't know what the other pitcher's going to do.
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  Speaker 7: You can plan for all that you want. But at
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  Speaker 7: the end of the day, you still don't know what
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  Speaker 7: pitch is coming. You don't know when they're going to
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  Speaker 7: throw it. And sometimes it's just you watch the first
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  Speaker 7: guy or the second guy. And sometimes it might be
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  Speaker 7: the second time through the order. You see somebody go
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  Speaker 7: out and execute the plan. And then you're like, oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 7: let's go do that.
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  Speaker 10: But hitting's hard. That's why it's hard to do that.
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  Speaker 5: It's taken a little bit for Stephen Kwan and Jose
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  Speaker 5: Ramirez to get rolling like we've seen in the past.
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  Speaker 5: A couple of line drives for both. That most impressive
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  Speaker 5: to you instead of, I mean, a home run would
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  Speaker 5: be great, but the way they got on base and
• 23:36
  Speaker 5: came through with the type of at-bats they had?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I thought yesterday was a huge day for three
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  Speaker 7: of our guys, for Kwan and Jose and Bo. Sometimes
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  Speaker 7: you just need a day like that. All three of
• 23:47
  Speaker 7: them got on base. They got results. they've been hitting
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  Speaker 7: the ball hard just at people.
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  Speaker 10: It seems like.
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  Speaker 7: And so, um, but Hosey has been taking his walks
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  Speaker 7: lately and quality has been getting on base and that's
• 23:58
  Speaker 7: when we roll.
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  Speaker 5: And you mentioned Bo Naylor, um, the home run for him. Uh,
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  Speaker 5: I know you talk about process a lot, but results
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  Speaker 5: for him at this point, really, really important and maybe
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  Speaker 5: can give him a lift down the road.
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  Speaker 7: Well, it was great because, um, yes, is the answer
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  Speaker 7: to that question. And the day before, um, I can't
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  Speaker 7: remember what day of the week it is, Rosie, I
• 24:17
  Speaker 7: think it's Friday, but, I think it was on Wednesday,
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  Speaker 7: Bo went out early with Grant Feek and the hitting
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  Speaker 7: coaches and was working on hitting the ball in the
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  Speaker 7: air to right field. And so for him to go
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  Speaker 7: put in a ton of work on that and then
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  Speaker 7: go execute and get a homer the next day, that
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  Speaker 7: can be huge.
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  Speaker 10: That can be huge for the confidence.
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  Speaker 7: That can be huge as we start to get into
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  Speaker 7: the season.
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  Speaker 10: So we know what Bo's.
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  Speaker 7: Capable of, what he's capable of when he's at his best.
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  Speaker 10: And man, that was a beautiful day he had yesterday.
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  Speaker 5: Because of the challenges on the trip, your bullpen was
• 24:47
  Speaker 5: used a lot and you made a move prior to
• 24:50
  Speaker 5: the homestand here. Franco Alamon will make his major league
• 24:53
  Speaker 5: debut at some point in time. Why the move and
• 24:56
  Speaker 5: what has you excited to see him?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, so I mean, first of all, you know, anytime
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  Speaker 7: you have a move coming up, there's always one going
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  Speaker 7: down and we unfortunately had to designate Connor Brogdon for
• 25:06
  Speaker 7: assignment and.
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  Speaker 10: Connor was great for us and we're going to miss him.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know how it's going to play out with
• 25:11
  Speaker 7: the waiver process, but I'm truly thankful for Connor and
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  Speaker 7: Helped us win some games in this early part of
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  Speaker 7: the year. But Franco's been throwing the ball well down
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  Speaker 7: in AAA. I mean, I don't think he's given up
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  Speaker 7: a run yet, knock on wood. But we just really
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  Speaker 7: liked the way he was throwing the ball. And with
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  Speaker 7: Sean Armstrong still being out and needing to make the move,
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  Speaker 7: we thought, you know, Franco can come up.
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  Speaker 10: He can give us some innings. He can pitch and leverage.
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  Speaker 10: And we're really excited.
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  Speaker 7: I think this is a great day for Franco and
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  Speaker 7: his family and the organization as a whole.
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  Speaker 5: And if he gets in there this weekend, it's against
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  Speaker 5: the Twins. a team that's battling to stay near the
• 25:45
  Speaker 5: 500 mark. What are you seeing as you go through
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  Speaker 5: your scouting reports on Minnesota?
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  Speaker 10: They're good. They can hit.
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  Speaker 7: They can really, really hit. And so they match up well.
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  Speaker 7: They've got good right-handed hitters to face left-handed pitching. They
• 25:55
  Speaker 7: have good left-handed hitters to face right-handed pitching. And any
• 25:59
  Speaker 7: lineup with Byron Buxton, it's going to be a good one.
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  Speaker 7: So they can really hit. They play good defense. Their
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  Speaker 7: starting pitching has really good stuff. So we've got our
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  Speaker 7: work cut out for us this weekend. But we just
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  Speaker 7: need to play our game. Take care of our side
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  Speaker 7: of the ball, and we'll see what happens.
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  Speaker 5: That is Guardians manager Stephen Vogt, the Key Bank Manager Show.
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  Speaker 5: Stay with us. We'll have more to come after this.