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Rays status check + Blue Jays rookie CF Brett Bateman joins FT · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: All right, I'm not even going to try on the
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  Speaker 1: record here. So go ahead, Neil. Neil, the Tampa Bay
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: Rays radio broadcaster, tell me how to say your name
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  Speaker 1: because they're trying to– they said Solon's.
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  Speaker 2: Is that right? Solon's. Repeat that, please. Solon's. Okay, all right.
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  Speaker 1: I just wanted to make sure, because I do not,
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  Speaker 1: that's one of the worst things. I don't want to
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  Speaker 1: say your name wrong, so I want to make sure
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  Speaker 1: that I get that right. And if you say it wrong,
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  Speaker 1: then it's all your own fault.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, just don't ask me to spell Brzezinski, because I
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  Speaker 3: can't spell that if you can't say my name, we're even, right?
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  Speaker 2: That's fine, that's fair. My name is really easy to spell.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, and I'm sorry to bring this up,
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  Speaker 1: your predecessor for the Rays podcast was one of my favorites.
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  Speaker 2: So again, I mean, that happened a while ago.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry for the loss, but he was one of the greatest,
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  Speaker 1: guys and greatest radio broadcasters.
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  Speaker 2: Of all time. He was awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Dave's always with us, trust me. And in a year
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  Speaker 3: like this, he's smiling a lot, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, good. I love Dave.
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  Speaker 1: Dave was awesome. Always one of my favorites when I
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  Speaker 1: went to Tampa. What's going on with the Rays? How
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  Speaker 1: good are the Rays? Where are they at in the season?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they just keep winning games no matter what.
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  Speaker 1: They lose a guy, we win. We lose a guy,
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  Speaker 1: we win.
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  Speaker 3: It's a great group. It's been that way since day one.
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  Speaker 3: And I think Part of it gets back to the
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  Speaker 3: steady leadership they've had, the character they have in the clubhouse,
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  Speaker 3: the people they have overall, and the fact that they
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  Speaker 3: are really, really good players. But I think they've been
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  Speaker 3: a steady force. And probably in terms of leadership, the
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  Speaker 3: guy who's been leading the way has been Nick Martinez.
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  Speaker 3: And it's rare to have a starting pitcher do that.
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  Speaker 3: But he's been unbelievable in terming blending this group together.
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  Speaker 3: And whenever it seems like they're going to hit a
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  Speaker 3: tough moment, they get right over the hump. And I
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  Speaker 3: think it's because they're so together as a unit.
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  Speaker 4: Wait, you said since day one. I feel like this
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  Speaker 4: team was good last year. They were just getting cooked outside.
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  Speaker 4: Do you feel like this is something that could have
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  Speaker 4: happened last year, but they had to deal with the
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  Speaker 4: fact that they were playing half their games outside, even
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  Speaker 4: though they did play them a stacked early in the season?
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  Speaker 3: It definitely didn't help, right? I mean, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: don't think, I think the beauty of this group is
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  Speaker 3: they don't make any excuses, right? Yesterday, last year was
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  Speaker 3: last year. and they had to deal with the situation.
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  Speaker 3: They never complained about it. They just played through. But
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  Speaker 3: I also think that Tropicana Field is perfect for the
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  Speaker 3: style of play that they have. They're a contact-oriented team
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  Speaker 3: with a lot of speed. They can beat you in
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  Speaker 3: different ways offensively, and Tropicana Field is suited to that,
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  Speaker 3: where Steinbrenner Field wasn't necessarily. And you also get to
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  Speaker 3: play in 72 degrees versus, you know, you could argue, yes,
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  Speaker 3: the games were front-loaded at the beginning of the schedule,
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  Speaker 3: but then that means you're also cooking in the heat
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  Speaker 3: still in May and June, and then you have a
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  Speaker 3: lot of road games. And maybe that affected the ball club.
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  Speaker 3: Who knows? But right now they've played really, really well
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  Speaker 3: all the way through, and their stars have been their stars,
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  Speaker 3: and everybody else has played a major role.
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  Speaker 1: Neil, one guy who has been cooking inside or outside
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  Speaker 1: is Junior Caminero. The ball he hit last night, oh, boy.
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  Speaker 1: That ball was absolutely smashed. He's now the AL leader
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  Speaker 1: in home runs. He's kind of killing the triple crown
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  Speaker 1: for Jordan Alvarez. Can he keep this up and win
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  Speaker 1: the American League home run race?
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  Speaker 3: I would hope so. But I mean, I think more
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  Speaker 3: than that is it's all the other things that Junior does. Yesterday, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: he hit the long home run on the first and
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  Speaker 3: that kind of set the tone against Atlanta in last
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  Speaker 3: night's win. But I also want to emphasize his next
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  Speaker 3: time up, he beat out a double play ball. And
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  Speaker 3: when your stars are hitting home runs and beating out
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  Speaker 3: a double play, the guy behind him, Liam Hicks, who
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  Speaker 3: they got at the trading deadline, hits a home run
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  Speaker 3: for a 3-1 lead. And the club never trailed after that.
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  Speaker 3: And Junior also made two really good plays defensively. And
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  Speaker 3: I think he's grown there. And you look at his numbers,
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  Speaker 3: he's walking more than he did last year. I think
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  Speaker 3: the addition to Hicks means that teams have to pitch
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  Speaker 3: to him more. So in terms of the home run race,
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  Speaker 3: let's see how it goes. But I mean, either way,
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  Speaker 3: he's having one of the more fantastic seasons that a
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  Speaker 3: raised baseball player has ever had. And that's saying a lot.
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  Speaker 4: MVP is out of reach this year. What does he
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  Speaker 4: need to improve on to.
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  Speaker 4: Win an MVP because most people don't know much about
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  Speaker 4: the Rays or Junior Caminero.
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  Speaker 2: He's still only 23 years old.
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  Speaker 3: You're right. And his best baseball is in front of him.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's going to get even better and better.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, what, he doubled his walk rate this year
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  Speaker 3: and he's in the 70s. I wouldn't be shocked if
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  Speaker 3: he were a guy who walked 100 times and hit
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  Speaker 3: 40 homers and hit 300. I mean, I think all
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  Speaker 3: those things are possible. and he's not far off from those.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's got a nine-something OPS for the year.
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  Speaker 3: And I think the other thing is his defense at
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  Speaker 3: the start of this year was maybe not where he
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  Speaker 3: left off last year. And I think he'll never make
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  Speaker 3: an excuse, but for me, he DH'd for two and
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  Speaker 3: a half weeks in the WBC and really didn't get
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  Speaker 3: to play third base. And I think the rhythm of
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  Speaker 3: spring training and a regular spring training would have allowed
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  Speaker 3: him to get that because I thought he's really taken
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  Speaker 3: off defensively the back half of this year, as he
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  Speaker 3: did a year ago.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Let's not use the WBC excuse again. I mean, certain
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  Speaker 1: teams are using that with certain players. This guy's still
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  Speaker 1: having an unbelievable year.
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  Speaker 2: So we moved on.
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  Speaker 1: We moved on, Neil, from the WBC and the WBC jinx.
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  Speaker 1: The stars on Tampa Bay are what's amazing, right? We
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  Speaker 1: mentioned Junior. Yandy Diaz is having a heck of a year.
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  Speaker 1: Aranda's having a great year. And then you bring in
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  Speaker 1: Liam Hicks, who you also mentioned. Is this star power
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  Speaker 1: enough to carry the Rays for a deep postseason run?
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  Speaker 1: They've always been better than expected in the regular season,
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  Speaker 1: probably even this year. They get to the postseason, and
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  Speaker 1: they've had a couple nice runs where they've gone to
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  Speaker 1: the World Series, but can these stars carry this team
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  Speaker 1: to postseason glory?
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  Speaker 3: I think so, because I think those aren't the only
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  Speaker 3: stars among the group. I mean, to me, Drew Rasmussen,
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  Speaker 3: the way he's pitched this year, is a star pitcher.
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  Speaker 3: Brian Baker has been arguably the best reliever in the
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  Speaker 3: American league during the course of this year. You know,
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  Speaker 3: and I think you look at the rest of the rotation,
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  Speaker 3: the way Freddie Peralta has pitched his last three times out,
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  Speaker 3: he's pitched like the Freddie Peralta who was an all-star
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  Speaker 3: with the Milwaukee Brewers. And I'm not even including Shane McClanahan,
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  Speaker 3: who certainly the expectations are he will be back before
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  Speaker 3: the end of the regular season and Nick Martinez in
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  Speaker 3: the year he's had. I certainly think there are enough
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  Speaker 3: options pitching wise. And then I think, From a position
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  Speaker 3: player standpoint, I think Liam Hicks has made them deeper,
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  Speaker 3: but he may not be seen as a superstar, but
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  Speaker 3: Chandler Simpson's got, what, back-to-back 40-steal seasons, and he's second
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  Speaker 3: to Jordan Alvarez in hitting in the American League. And
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  Speaker 3: guys like Victor Mesa have really... Victor Mesa Jr. have
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  Speaker 3: really come on the second half of the season. Richie
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  Speaker 3: Palacios has had a nice run. They've got some really
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  Speaker 3: good support players, and they also are the team that
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  Speaker 3: strikes out the least. And when teams are trying to
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  Speaker 3: get swing and miss in the postseason... to me, the
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  Speaker 3: teams that can put the ball in play and score
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  Speaker 3: in more than just hitting the home run ball, I
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  Speaker 3: think that's value in the postseason.
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  Speaker 4: All right, set out my rotation. Sit on my rotation
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  Speaker 4: for the five-game series because they're going to have the
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  Speaker 4: off days. And I think for a team like this,
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  Speaker 4: it's huge. Obviously, Rasmussen is first. But from there, where
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  Speaker 4: do you go?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, first things first, they got to make
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  Speaker 3: sure to– they still have four games with New York.
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  Speaker 3: But let's say they do. Okay, let's say they do.
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  Speaker 3: And they finish out the division and they get the
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  Speaker 3: number one seed, which I think is really important for
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  Speaker 3: this group to avoid New York and Boston and– let
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  Speaker 3: them hopefully beat up one another. But the way that's
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  Speaker 3: set up, you probably only need three starting pitchers, right?
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  Speaker 3: You could start Drew in games one and five, and
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  Speaker 3: then you're looking at games one and four, and then
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  Speaker 3: two and five would be the same starter, and then
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  Speaker 3: it's who you want to go with in game three.
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  Speaker 3: And I think the last few weeks are going to
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  Speaker 3: kind of determine what route the Rays go in that regard.
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  Speaker 3: I think they have a lot of good options. I
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  Speaker 3: wouldn't be shocked if they tandem started anybody. I wouldn't
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  Speaker 3: be shocked if they bullpenned. I don't think it's it's,
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  Speaker 3: you know, all hands on deck type situation because the
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  Speaker 3: way the postseason is set up and you've seen the draw,
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  Speaker 3: the three best teams are going to be in one half.
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  Speaker 3: So you kind of feel if you can get out
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  Speaker 3: of a best of five that you've got a much
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  Speaker 3: better shot of getting to to the fall classic.
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  Speaker 1: You know, what is Freddie Peralta brought? He got off
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  Speaker 1: to a terrible start. He wasn't having a great year.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, nothing like the Rays hooking him up, by
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  Speaker 1: the way. Oh, your first start's going to be in Colorado.
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  Speaker 1: And then I think his second start was in Sacramento, right?
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  Speaker 1: So thanks, Kevin Cash. And, you know, I just blanked
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  Speaker 1: on the pitcher, Kyle Snyder, who's been there forever, right? Thanks, guys,
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  Speaker 1: for really giving me a solid start. Couldn't have pitched
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  Speaker 1: me in Seattle or somewhere else. So what has he
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  Speaker 1: changed and what has he done since then? Because he's
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  Speaker 1: been really good his last three starts.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, first you can see by the way
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  Speaker 3: he's pitching, his confidence is there. And and when you
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  Speaker 3: throw with conviction um you're going to have success in
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  Speaker 3: this game and I think they've made some mechanical tweaks
• 10:03
  Speaker 3: you know once they had a chance to work with
• 10:04
  Speaker 3: him and get him into their lab and make some
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  Speaker 3: adjustments you're starting to see the extension back on the
• 10:10
  Speaker 3: fastball and really for Freddie as you know everything plays
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  Speaker 3: off his fastball And last night after the first inning,
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  Speaker 3: I think he was almost 70% fastballs. But the threat
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  Speaker 3: of that changeup and his off-speed stuff makes it really
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  Speaker 3: play up well. And when he's got 94 to 97
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  Speaker 3: with extension and he's getting pop-ups and shallow fly balls
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  Speaker 3: and swings and misses, you know he's right. And beyond that,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he brings a great energy and a vibe
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  Speaker 3: to a clubhouse. Nick Martinez and he have known each
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  Speaker 3: other for several years. He played with Drew Rasmussen in Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 3: I just think this was a great environment for him.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's probably the closest thing he could find
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  Speaker 3: to what he had in Milwaukee. And now he's got that,
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  Speaker 3: and hopefully it leads to further success in September and October.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, last one, Neil, for me. I live in Orlando, okay?
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  Speaker 1: The Rays weren't around when I was a kid. They
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  Speaker 1: became kind of the team for people in Florida, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in the northern part of Florida, central part where I live.
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  Speaker 1: I know Patrick Zalupski. I've had many conversations with him.
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  Speaker 1: He seems like a great guy, right? I know some
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  Speaker 1: other guys that are involved in the ownership group of
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  Speaker 1: the Rays. What does it mean to know that they
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  Speaker 1: are actually going to get a stadium? And for me, listen,
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  Speaker 1: I have family that lives in Tampa, in Tampa proper,
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  Speaker 1: right there in Carolwood and all that. They are so
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  Speaker 1: excited that they don't have to cross the causeway. I
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  Speaker 1: was with them this past weekend, and they said, man,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to get season tickets because it's so much
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: easier for us not to have to drive across the causeway.
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  Speaker 1: What does it mean to the Rays organization that, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: unless something crazy happens that this is done and the
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  Speaker 1: Rays are actually going to have this thing. And I
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  Speaker 1: think they have 133 acres. They're going to be able
• 11:50
  Speaker 1: to do a battery type thing.
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  Speaker 2: What does it mean?
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  Speaker 3: It's kind of neat that we're in Atlanta right now
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  Speaker 3: because the battery is kind of the model for everybody else.
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  Speaker 3: And the area that the Rays have is twice the
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  Speaker 3: size of the battery. So you can imagine the impact
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  Speaker 3: it can have. in terms of your organization financially. You know,
• 12:09
  Speaker 3: I look at an organization like the Braves and they
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  Speaker 3: have guys like Acuna and Albies and Riley and Olsen
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  Speaker 3: and so many of their young, talented players are locked
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  Speaker 3: up for several years. I think it'll give the Rays
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  Speaker 3: the opportunity to hopefully do some of that, be more flexible.
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  Speaker 3: But also I think it's just going to be a
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  Speaker 3: great place and environment and have a forever home. And
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  Speaker 3: I think the organization has done a marvelous job of
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  Speaker 3: getting it to this point and I know that ownership
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  Speaker 3: has been in Atlanta, too, to get a closer look
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  Speaker 3: at how things have been managed here. They've been here
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  Speaker 3: on several occasions, this series as well. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I'm hoping everything continues to go in the positive direction
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  Speaker 3: because you're not the only one who and your family's
• 12:54
  Speaker 3: not the only one who's super excited about what's to
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  Speaker 3: come here in the future. But first things first, hopefully
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  Speaker 3: this team can wrap up a playoff spot this week
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  Speaker 3: and hold off the Yankees in the divisions.
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  Speaker 4: Neil, I have no idea how they're going to run
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  Speaker 4: the organization. But I doubt they're going to ask you
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  Speaker 4: when they build the new stadium what you would like.
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  Speaker 4: So now is your chance in the new stadium. What
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  Speaker 4: is the one thing you want in the radio booth
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  Speaker 4: that you're like, that would be awesome?
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  Speaker 3: In the radio booth? Boy, that's a good question, Eric.
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  Speaker 3: As long as we're still at a great vantage point,
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  Speaker 3: I know AJ's been to our ballpark and you have
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  Speaker 3: as well, Eric. As long as we have a really
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  Speaker 3: good sight lines, Um, everything else would take care of itself. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: I don't ask for much. I'm the most low maintenance guy, um, uh,
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  Speaker 3: of all. So I'll, I'll let others tell, say what
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  Speaker 3: they want for the ballpark. And as long as it
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  Speaker 3: has a Ray tank, I'm good.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, come on. They're not going to have a Ray tank,
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: but just don't be like Michael K. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: And you need such a big fridge, because I don't
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: know if you heard this, but I got accused by
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  Speaker 1: Michael Case. When you see Michael, tell him I love him,
• 14:00
  Speaker 1: but I didn't steal his diet Snapples that he was
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  Speaker 1: complaining about. So when I go to the Rays, when
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  Speaker 1: I do a Rays game, which my first ever game
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: was a Rays game, just know that I am not
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  Speaker 1: the Snapple stealer, okay? So when you have a huge
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  Speaker 1: fridge and a huge booth, I am not the Snapple stealer.
• 14:17
  Speaker 3: So do you want Snapple the next time you're here?
• 14:20
  Speaker 3: Is that what I'm hearing?
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  Speaker 2: No, no.
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  Speaker 1: I usually get a black coffee before the game, and
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: then I just get waters during the game. So I
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: usually get one water and one coffee during the game. Now,
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: they bring me all kinds of food. So if I
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: have one request, we need cool food. I mean, it's Tampa.
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: You got Columbia. I mean, you got Dats.
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: You got all those places.
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  Speaker 1: Like, you got Burns. I love a Burns steak. I mean,
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: you can bring me Alaska from Burns.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: Just bring me the whole dessert room menu from Burns. Like,
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  Speaker 1: that's my request as a broadcaster. A nice booth with
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: lots of room and great food. And the rest I'm
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: happy with. And a game under two and a half hours, too,
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  Speaker 1: if we're being really picky.
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  Speaker 3: Well, hopefully the Rays pitch as well as they have
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  Speaker 3: this year. Maybe you'll get your wish.
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  Speaker 2: Perfect.
• 15:02
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  Speaker 3: Sounds good.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, let's talk to Brett Bateman, center fielder of the
• 16:31
  Speaker 6: Blue Jays, joining.
• 16:32
  Speaker 5: Us right now.
• 16:32
  Speaker 6: Brett, great to have you on the show, man.
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: Thanks for the time.
• 16:34
  Speaker 6: And how's life in Toronto for you?
• 16:38
  Speaker 5: It's been pretty good. You know, it was a bit
• 16:42
  Speaker 5: of whirlwind for a little while, just getting my feet
• 16:44
  Speaker 5: underneath me. But, you know, playing a lot of baseball,
• 16:47
  Speaker 5: playing well, boys been hot. So we've been playing pretty well.
• 16:53
  Speaker 5: Can you give us a little bit more? Oh, go ahead, AJ. No, no, no. Awesome.
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: Before we get into this interview, I just want to know,
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: was I your favorite player growing up since you had
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: to grow up a Twins fan?
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: I knew Kratz.
• 17:05
  Speaker 5: Would love that. I remember some of the good old beef, but, yeah,
• 17:10
  Speaker 5: I mean, I always enjoyed watching some good ball and
• 17:13
  Speaker 5: then watching some good on-field beef.
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: That's all.
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: By the way, you were born at, like, you were born,
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: I was already basically not a twin anymore, so it doesn't,
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: it's okay, it's okay. It doesn't affect my ego at all.
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: You barely, probably don't remember. You're more of a Joe
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: Maurer fan. That's okay, I understand.
• 17:30
  Speaker 5: Joe Maurer, Nick Punto. Joe Nathan.
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: We need a random twin, though, that you were like,
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: I really like that random twin.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: Everybody can say Joe Maurer.
• 17:45
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, Ben Revere was the one.
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: I love watching him run it down the center.
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: He wasn't that random. He was a first-round pick.
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: Yeah, no, I mean, he's just a good outfielder that
• 17:58
  Speaker 5: I really liked watching growing up for the Twins.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Did you go to a game in the Metronome?
• 18:04
  Speaker 5: No, so my dad was, I did, yes, but not
• 18:08
  Speaker 5: that I can remember. I actually remember my dad was
• 18:10
  Speaker 5: a college baseball coach for Augsburg University, and they would
• 18:14
  Speaker 5: always get the dawn games, like the 1 a.m., 2 a.m.
• 18:17
  Speaker 5: games in the Metrodome in that, like, marsh-ish time when
• 18:21
  Speaker 5: snow would still be on the ground. I remember, you know,
• 18:24
  Speaker 5: skipping school to be a bat boy and going to
• 18:27
  Speaker 5: the Metrodome, so it was pretty sweet to, like, be
• 18:29
  Speaker 5: on field. That's what I remember about that.
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: That's cool. That's cool.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: I also remember we had to play at 10 a.m.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: So the Gophers, your Gophers could play football at 7 p.m.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: We had a 10 a.m. start and we had to
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: be done by like one o'clock because if we went
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: past one o'clock, they couldn't get the field ready. So
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: thank your Gophers for those 10 a.m. Eric Milton saying
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: thanks him for a no hitter one time because he
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: threw a no hitter in one of those games.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: So it's cool, Brad. Thank you.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: But the other question I have for you is, is
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: you mentioned all these. all these like random twins. And
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: you mentioned your dad coached at Augsburg college. Why is
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: every college in Minnesota, the Augsburg, Augs, Augies, the St. Olaf, Oles,
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: the St.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: John's, Johnny's.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: Can we not get original with the nicknames? We just
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: have to take their names and just whatever their first
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: name is. We're going for the second name too.
• 19:12
  Speaker 5: Nah, I mean, I couldn't tell you about that. I mean,
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: I was more of a gopher kid growing up. Uh,
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: so I would just say, uh, I like my Gophers, Augsburg,
• 19:23
  Speaker 5: Augsburg Augies. But yeah, I mean, I never really even
• 19:26
  Speaker 5: noticed that until you just pointed that out.
• 19:29
  Speaker 4: Well, now, see, this is why you come on the show.
• 19:32
  Speaker 4: AJ will teach you something about your state that you
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: didn't even care to know. But what I want to know,
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: because we talk all the time, we have different guys
• 19:39
  Speaker 4: on here. We just talked about Kevin Gaussman. You know,
• 19:42
  Speaker 4: he was in Toronto forever. He gets traded. What is
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: it like for you getting traded and then right into the,
• 19:50
  Speaker 4: the mix in the big league team that clearly still
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: has aspirations of making the playoffs?
• 19:57
  Speaker 5: Yeah. Like I said, it was a whirlwind. The first
• 20:02
  Speaker 5: game that I played in the Toronto Blue Jays organization
• 20:05
  Speaker 5: in Buffalo, I didn't have my gear, so I was
• 20:07
  Speaker 5: using a teammate's bat. I was using a teammate's cleats, um,
• 20:11
  Speaker 5: and then finally got my stuff, played one game and
• 20:14
  Speaker 5: they said, all right, you're going to the show. You're
• 20:15
  Speaker 5: going to face Zach Guler in Philadelphia. So, um, it
• 20:19
  Speaker 5: was pretty crazy. Uh, I wasn't thinking about like, you know, uh,
• 20:23
  Speaker 5: post-season stuff at the time. I was just trying to,
• 20:27
  Speaker 5: you know, put good at-bats together, um, find out how
• 20:30
  Speaker 5: I kind of fit in to the team and the
• 20:32
  Speaker 5: Oregon for the future plans. And, uh, Obviously, like I said,
• 20:36
  Speaker 5: we've played really, really good baseball down the stretch, and
• 20:39
  Speaker 5: we're going to continue to do that.
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: Were you a little pissed now that you've been up
• 20:44
  Speaker 4: in the big leagues and you're one of the best
• 20:46
  Speaker 4: players that have produced the most since you've been up there?
• 20:50
  Speaker 4: Were you a little pissed that you had to go
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: one game in Buffalo? Because had you, as a guy
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: that got traded from AAA teams to big league teams,
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: they would have paid for all your moving expenses had
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: you gone right to the big leagues. Did you feel
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: like the one game in Buffalo was necessary, or was there, like,
• 21:06
  Speaker 4: a roster move that ended up happening that you ended
• 21:09
  Speaker 4: up making your debut then after that first game?
• 21:14
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: Honestly, I.
• 21:18
  Speaker 5: Have morally been taking it where my feet have been at,
• 21:21
  Speaker 5: not really worrying about the next step, like, things I can't.
• 21:24
  Speaker 5: That's not really something I can control. So, like, when
• 21:29
  Speaker 5: I first got traded, like, I initially was, like, And
• 21:32
  Speaker 5: this was before the Varsha trading. I was just more like,
• 21:36
  Speaker 5: I want to be where my feet are at. I
• 21:38
  Speaker 5: knew I was going straight to Buffalo. I was just
• 21:40
  Speaker 5: going to play baseball. And that's nothing really changes, you know,
• 21:45
  Speaker 5: at all. So I just wanted to be who I
• 21:47
  Speaker 5: was and just keep playing baseball. And then, yeah, I mean,
• 21:51
  Speaker 5: the travel did suck. It was like five flights in
• 21:54
  Speaker 5: three days, I think, or something like that, maybe six
• 21:56
  Speaker 5: and three days. But like I said, like I wouldn't
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: have traded for a world. it was an opportunity and
• 22:02
  Speaker 5: just wanted to make the most out of it.
• 22:04
  Speaker 4: Do you have to constantly repeat what you just said?
• 22:06
  Speaker 4: Be who you are, be where your feet are at
• 22:09
  Speaker 4: because you're a guy in, in the game of baseball
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: where everybody has to hit home runs or they're not
• 22:16
  Speaker 4: productive in the big leagues who doesn't hit home runs.
• 22:19
  Speaker 4: Do you have to, when a hitting coach, when I'm
• 22:22
  Speaker 4: trying to think of, I mean, I'm blanking on the
• 22:24
  Speaker 4: hitting coach in Toronto, he's gonna be like, Hey, you
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: know what? I see a little bit that we can,
• 22:29
  Speaker 4: We can unlock some power for you here. I'm sure
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: in the minor leagues you were told that all the time.
• 22:35
  Speaker 4: How do you listen but then block it out and
• 22:39
  Speaker 4: just play your game?
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: I mean, ever since I got here, Toronto's really been
• 22:45
  Speaker 5: just like be yourself. They have not pushed any on
• 22:49
  Speaker 5: the lope of like you need to hit for power,
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: which is great. It puts a lot less pressure on
• 22:54
  Speaker 5: me just to perform and just try and get on
• 22:57
  Speaker 5: base and be a catalyst for this team. um but
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: yeah no absolutely like when I was in the Cubs
• 23:02
  Speaker 5: org especially in the minors it was like what can
• 23:04
  Speaker 5: we do to get your bat speed up what can
• 23:06
  Speaker 5: we do you know to get your launch angle up
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: um and I've always been open to it like I'm
• 23:10
  Speaker 5: never gonna say no to power I'm never gonna say
• 23:12
  Speaker 5: no um you know to some extra base hits but
• 23:16
  Speaker 5: I think it's really easy to forget about like what
• 23:19
  Speaker 5: gets you to where you're at and like being successful
• 23:22
  Speaker 5: because I think now like the game is so statistically
• 23:24
  Speaker 5: based and there's a lot of good merit in it
• 23:27
  Speaker 5: for sure um but Yeah, I mean, I'm always going
• 23:31
  Speaker 5: to be open for it, and I always want to
• 23:33
  Speaker 5: try new things. The game is all about adjustments, as
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: you guys know. Changing, moving your hands around, however your
• 23:42
  Speaker 5: stance is. I'm always going to be open to that,
• 23:44
  Speaker 5: to try and become a more complete player, because everyone
• 23:48
  Speaker 5: can still work on something, no matter what. But yeah,
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: I mean, it is always there. Like, oh, if he
• 23:55
  Speaker 5: could have more power, if he could do this, if
• 23:57
  Speaker 5: he could do that. But ultimately, I just... want to
• 23:59
  Speaker 5: be able to do what the best that I can
• 24:02
  Speaker 5: based on what I've been given. And I'm not like
• 24:05
  Speaker 5: Aaron Dredger's height. I'm not, you know, the biggest dude.
• 24:08
  Speaker 5: So just trying to make the most of what I've
• 24:09
  Speaker 5: got right now. And we can figure all the other
• 24:12
  Speaker 5: stuff out down the road.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: What's it, what's it like? I mean, I'd tell him
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: that I'm not changing anything. Cause you're raking, you're playing
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: an unbelievable center field. You kind of, and then when
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: you talked to him, the blue Jays, they said you've
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: kind of been a spark plug for them. since you've
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: come up, have you ever just thought about looking at
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: some of these people and saying, you know what, dude,
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: I'm doing just fine. I'm just going to keep doing
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: what I'm doing. I know you don't need to hit
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: and not everyone's a 30 home run guy.
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: If you can get on base at the clip you're
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: getting on, you can cause havoc the way you're causing it.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: There's got to be value in that, right?
• 24:43
  Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely. I mean, you see that with Chandler Simpson,
• 24:46
  Speaker 5: like he's the one of one, you know, type guy
• 24:50
  Speaker 5: where he's literally just slapping a ball on the ground.
• 24:51
  Speaker 5: And I, I think it's, as much as it's frustrating
• 24:54
  Speaker 5: when you're on the opposite side of the field, it's
• 24:56
  Speaker 5: really fun to watch. Like, cause it's just something that's
• 24:59
  Speaker 5: not ordinary, right? It's just totally different. And I think
• 25:03
  Speaker 5: that's what baseball is all about. Like there are guys
• 25:06
  Speaker 5: that are going to be able to hit 50 pumps
• 25:07
  Speaker 5: a year. And then there's guys that are going to
• 25:08
  Speaker 5: be able to hit 300, like your eyes. And I
• 25:11
  Speaker 5: think taking away from what you're really good at is
• 25:15
  Speaker 5: something that it makes you less of a ball player. And,
• 25:19
  Speaker 5: I think we're now starting to see a little bit more,
• 25:21
  Speaker 5: especially with pitching and how good pitching is. You guys
• 25:23
  Speaker 5: were talking about Flitler. Like I've faced him twice and man,
• 25:25
  Speaker 5: that dude stuff is stupid. It's, it's really important to
• 25:30
  Speaker 5: have people that, you know, can have long at bats
• 25:32
  Speaker 5: against guys like that and tire them out or steal
• 25:34
  Speaker 5: bases or that is a complete team. And like I said,
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: it's a one through nine, it's a one through nine order.
• 25:41
  Speaker 5: Everyone's at bats batter. And so the more that you
• 25:44
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• 25:46
  Speaker 5: a little bit of that, you know, it's going to
• 25:47
  Speaker 5: make a more complete lineup for sure.
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  Speaker 4: KP, Kevin Pillar is one of the guys that comes
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  Speaker 4: on and hosts here with us sometimes. He said a
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  Speaker 4: few nights ago, you moved up in the box. Was
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  Speaker 4: that something that was just your, Hey, you know what?
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  Speaker 4: I need to move up farther in the box here.
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  Speaker 4: Or was that something that was suggested to you?
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  Speaker 5: No, I've always, I've always done that. Like, There's always
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  Speaker 5: a game inside of the game, and that's Craig Yoho's
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  Speaker 5: got one of the better change-ups. I faced him in
• 27:19
  Speaker 5: high A. I faced him in triple A. And like
• 27:22
  Speaker 5: I said, he's got one of the better change-ups in
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: the league. It's kind of like Devin Williams-esque, super slow,
• 27:26
  Speaker 5: like Bugs Bunny. And he was throwing it at like
• 27:29
  Speaker 5: a 55%, 56% clip. So I was just like, if
• 27:33
  Speaker 5: you're going to throw it, I'm going to try and
• 27:34
  Speaker 5: eliminate all the depth that you get in the last
• 27:38
  Speaker 5: five inches of the plate and move up. And he
• 27:42
  Speaker 5: ended up throwing two of them. I moved up on
• 27:45
  Speaker 5: the first one. He threw a front side, like a
• 27:47
  Speaker 5: front side, like in changeup, took it for a strike
• 27:50
  Speaker 5: and then moved up and moved back to try and
• 27:53
  Speaker 5: like make him throw a heater. But he left the
• 27:55
  Speaker 5: changeup up again. So I was able to get there,
• 27:57
  Speaker 5: but there's more mind games to it than it is.
• 28:00
  Speaker 5: And like, I always want to try and eliminate a
• 28:04
  Speaker 5: pitcher's best pitch to the best of my ability. and
• 28:08
  Speaker 5: uh try and make him run away from it because
• 28:10
  Speaker 5: then for me as a hitter i feel like i've
• 28:12
  Speaker 5: been a little bit more victorious even if i do
• 28:14
  Speaker 5: get out if i'm able to make them eliminate their
• 28:16
  Speaker 5: best pitch um but yeah like that was planned i've
• 28:19
  Speaker 5: been doing that in college i've been doing that in
• 28:21
  Speaker 5: high school um especially with guys that have really good
• 28:24
  Speaker 5: stuff i'm just trying to eliminate the off speed just
• 28:27
  Speaker 5: challenging me like just give me your best year um
• 28:29
  Speaker 5: because that's when i'm gonna be trying to hit and
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: uh just eliminate some of the the extra movement that
• 28:34
  Speaker 5: they get towards the bottom zone i'm in That.
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: Is just, that is tremendous. We're going to clip this,
• 28:41
  Speaker 4: and there's going to be so many people.
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: That will be like, what? He should be swinging for the.
• 28:45
  Speaker 4: Poolside dinger the whole time.
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: That is great.
• 28:48
  Speaker 4: Like, that is the approach that allows you to do
• 28:51
  Speaker 4: what you've done. And ironically, it is not done in
• 28:55
  Speaker 4: the game, and that's why I think we see such
• 28:57
  Speaker 4: low batting averages, even though pitches are really good, like
• 28:59
  Speaker 4: you said. But I want to talk about your defense.
• 29:03
  Speaker 4: What is it that makes your defense different? possibly be
• 29:07
  Speaker 4: able to make it to the next level, take it
• 29:09
  Speaker 4: to the next level of you're already at your short,
• 29:13
  Speaker 4: short time in the big leagues, gold glove numbers, gold glove,
• 29:17
  Speaker 4: defensive runs, saved all those things. How do you take
• 29:21
  Speaker 4: that to the next level in what you do daily
• 29:24
  Speaker 4: pregame and everything like that?
• 29:28
  Speaker 5: Yeah. I would say the big thing, especially about outfield
• 29:33
  Speaker 5: nowadays is like the first step time. That's what they
• 29:37
  Speaker 5: harped a lot when I was in the Cubs org.
• 29:39
  Speaker 5: And then burst is kind of like, I think it's
• 29:42
  Speaker 5: like the time that you have for the first 10
• 29:45
  Speaker 5: feet from where you start is like burst. And then
• 29:49
  Speaker 5: first step timing is like three feet from where you
• 29:51
  Speaker 5: land to like when the ball's hit. And worked on
• 29:54
  Speaker 5: that really, really hard over the past few years and
• 29:57
  Speaker 5: found something that clicked. and it's a little bit different
• 29:59
  Speaker 5: for everyone. So like, um, obviously I was behind Pete. Um,
• 30:05
  Speaker 5: and he, you know, he's got one of the best
• 30:08
  Speaker 5: in the league. Like that's why he is a gold Glover. He's,
• 30:12
  Speaker 5: you know, he's, he's the best defensive outfielder we've seen
• 30:15
  Speaker 5: in a long time, honestly, um, in my opinion, at least.
• 30:19
  Speaker 5: And like, there are other guys like a young for
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: the nationals who I watched a lot of film on. Um,
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: and it's just kind of taking what, works best for me.
• 30:30
  Speaker 5: So like, I like to walk into it and then
• 30:32
  Speaker 5: get a jump while the balls, uh, and I'd like
• 30:35
  Speaker 5: to be in the air when the balls hit. So like,
• 30:37
  Speaker 5: if you were to take a video of like, whoever's
• 30:40
  Speaker 5: that short, like Jimenez, I want to be in the
• 30:41
  Speaker 5: air with him, um, and land at the same time
• 30:45
  Speaker 5: as him pretty much like that would be perfectly ideal,
• 30:47
  Speaker 5: except I like to move forward, um, to just get
• 30:50
  Speaker 5: some sort of momentum, some sort of movement. And I
• 30:53
  Speaker 5: think that's really helped, um, me get a lot better jumps, um,
• 30:57
  Speaker 5: And obviously like having speed helps a lot. So you
• 30:59
  Speaker 5: get really good jumps with a lot of speed and
• 31:01
  Speaker 5: you can cover a lot of ground out there. I
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: would just say like the biggest thing too, like I
• 31:06
  Speaker 5: learned from David Peralta. He was with the Cubs for
• 31:09
  Speaker 5: spring training and I was in big league camp at
• 31:12
  Speaker 5: the time and just like a random minor leaguer. And
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: one of the things that he said is like the
• 31:18
  Speaker 5: best jumps and the best practice you'll ever get is
• 31:21
  Speaker 5: during BP. So whenever we had BP, I was out
• 31:25
  Speaker 5: in center trying to get jumps. And it didn't mean
• 31:28
  Speaker 5: like I was sprinting after the ball, like full speed,
• 31:31
  Speaker 5: like every single rep. It was more just like making
• 31:34
  Speaker 5: sure my timing was good, getting a good few, two,
• 31:38
  Speaker 5: three hard steps. And that's it. That's the rep. Take
• 31:40
  Speaker 5: a few breaks and then do the same thing over
• 31:42
  Speaker 5: and over again. I think that's really helped. And, you know,
• 31:45
  Speaker 5: hopefully we can continue to do that. And like I said,
• 31:49
  Speaker 5: like I want to be out there for my pitchers.
• 31:51
  Speaker 5: I've got their back. They've got mine. And they've done
• 31:54
  Speaker 5: a really good job as of lately. I've really not
• 31:56
  Speaker 5: had to go and get anything. That's why I was
• 31:58
  Speaker 5: talking to our outfield coach the other day. I was like, dude,
• 32:01
  Speaker 5: I really haven't gotten that many balls because our pitchers
• 32:04
  Speaker 5: have been really, really good. So, yeah, making it easy
• 32:07
  Speaker 5: on my legs.
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: You mentioned PCA and how you're behind him.
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: Is it pretty cool to see that he's going to
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: probably win the MVP in the National League for what
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: he's done?
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: And then you're thinking like, whew.
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: Man, I'm glad they traded me because I was never
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: going to get any run in Chicago with that dude there.
• 32:24
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, he deserves it, man. He works really hard.
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: Super down-to-earth guy. I think a lot of people think
• 32:30
  Speaker 5: that he's kind of not the nicest guy, but in
• 32:34
  Speaker 5: the clubhouse, he's one of the coolest dudes. Like I said,
• 32:38
  Speaker 5: I really wasn't a top huge prospect. I wasn't top
• 32:41
  Speaker 5: 10 in the Cubs, or never was, never top five. But,
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: you know, like whenever we went out to dinners as
• 32:47
  Speaker 5: a team, like during spring training or for a birthday
• 32:50
  Speaker 5: or something, and he was there, he was always like
• 32:52
  Speaker 5: super down to earth, like would ask me how I'm
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: doing and stuff like that. So it's great to see
• 32:57
  Speaker 5: him not only doing it on the defensive side, but
• 32:59
  Speaker 5: on the offensive side, because he's worked on it really hard.
• 33:03
  Speaker 5: I know he cares a lot. You see that a
• 33:05
  Speaker 5: lot with a lot of like the frustration that comes
• 33:07
  Speaker 5: out sometimes when he gets out. But I love to
• 33:09
  Speaker 5: see that because that means that he cares. And yeah,
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: just super happy for him. Oh, yeah.
• 33:15
  Speaker 6: That's cool that you were able to spend some time there.
• 33:17
  Speaker 5: And I'm with you.
• 33:17
  Speaker 6: I mean, we've had him on multiple times here.
• 33:19
  Speaker 5: He's fun.
• 33:20
  Speaker 6: And he knows how to play to the crowd, giving
• 33:22
  Speaker 6: you answers that aren't vanilla.
• 33:24
  Speaker 5: I mean, same with you, dude.
• 33:26
  Speaker 6: Great, great interview. Really appreciate the time. Hope you enjoyed it.
• 33:29
  Speaker 6: Thanks for hopping on with us. Keep doing your thing
• 33:31
  Speaker 6: out there.
• 33:33
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I appreciate it, guys. Thank you.