1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: One seven hundred w l W. I turn up the 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: volume here, at least in my head anyway, it is 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: the Eddie and Rocky Show on this President's Day, Dan Carol, 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Jason Williams. 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 2: My look a man in the ship as it were. 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 2: You were on Time today. That's good. I was actually 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: I was here for you. Why you were? You're busting 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 2: my balls as soon as we opened the mic. Honestly, 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: I wasn't thinking about it. And then you just hit me. 10 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 2: I'm like, oh wait, last. 11 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: Weeks, would you co host the show with me? He's 12 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: already side. Yeah, he's wearing me, wearing me at already 13 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: on Time today. 14 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 2: Well, America, for the record, you were here before me. 15 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: You know, I'm just joking with you, that's all, you know. 16 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 3: I'm a little I always enjoyed doing the show with 17 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 3: I'm a little envious, a little envious. 18 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: He just told me you're heading to uh Arizona in 19 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: a week. 20 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: And uh yeah, on Sunday, flying out there for my 21 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 2: inquirer role. Hey, you've got you've got duties. 22 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 3: I got duties, you got I got lots of ideas 23 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 3: and uh, I'm gonna hit the ground running. You are. 24 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 3: I've already suffered through the worst that winter has the offer. 25 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 3: I believe you're in the tristate. I gotta be honest 26 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 3: with you, man, that's I know. I'm I'm not loaning this, 27 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 3: but it's just affects your mood, dude, it really does. 28 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: Our guest, Our guest, by the way, is already in there. 29 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: He is. 30 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: He's been there for over a week now. Gordon Myer, 31 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: How long has he been? Covering Reds for the third 32 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: season for the Inquirer? Third season for the Inquirer? Gordon, 33 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: how you doing? 34 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: How's it? 35 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: How's everything covering? 36 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 2: Is everything in the goodyear Arizona? Today? 37 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 4: Great? It's nice and warm up. You guys need some 38 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 4: more time to work some stuff. 39 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 2: Hey, Gordon, Hey Gordon. Dan came out firing. 40 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 3: Dan's like, uh, Dan, you know I got a relationship 41 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: with Dan like I got with you. You know, we're 42 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 3: we'll argue and then we'll shake hands out. 43 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: We're good to go. 44 00:01:53,120 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 5: You know what I'm up against you all the So 45 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 5: Dan and I don't argue politics, and well I'll leave 46 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 5: it at that. 47 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: So like you and I do. Anyway, So today. 48 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 4: Is February an argument usually. 49 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, today is February sixteenth, first full squad workout. How 50 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,399 Speaker 1: big of a day is that in Arizona when it's 51 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: the first full squad workout. 52 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 4: Well, it used to be bigger than it is these. 53 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 4: I mean, guys come into camp so early and so prepared. 54 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 4: I mean, I think, I think I've seen every position 55 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 4: player in camp already over the past week, and they're 56 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 4: out in the cage already getting work in and hitting 57 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 4: the conditioning room, and so I mean that's a good sign. 58 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 4: That's always a good sign when you get your whole 59 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 4: squad out there before they're due. But I would say, 60 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 4: you know, sort of symbolically and from the standpoint of 61 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 4: the manager has his kicking off spring meeting on that 62 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 4: day and delivers the message that he hope sets a 63 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 4: tone for what's to come the next five or six weeks. 64 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 4: That's where it's probably sort of the biggest day just 65 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 4: in terms of maybe I don't know again, setting a 66 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 4: tone I guess more symbolic than anything else. But it's 67 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 4: a it's a big day in terms of like everything 68 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 4: everybody scheduled for hours, this field, that field, that it 69 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 4: activity picks up a certain degree. 70 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 3: Uh and Gordon, you mentioned the Tito's message to the 71 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 3: team and I saw I saw somewhere I don't know, 72 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 3: maybe Charlie Clifford a Channel five, And I don't know 73 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 3: if this was he shared this with Tito shared it 74 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 3: with all the media folks. 75 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 2: But uh, he. 76 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 3: Talked about ahead of time what his message was going 77 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 3: to be, and uh, yeah, the messages it's time. It's 78 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 3: time boys. 79 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he's he said this more than once 80 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 4: over the first week. Uh. He talked to those guys 81 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 4: when they got eliminated in la last October two games, 82 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 4: Real Quick made the playoffs and then we're out. He said, 83 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 4: I want you guys to remember what it was like 84 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 4: to pop that champagne and then I don't don't want 85 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 4: you to forget it, but I also don't want you 86 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 4: to forget what this feels like today getting eliminated, he said. 87 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 4: He said, so next year when we come back, we 88 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 4: want to remember both those things. And he said he 89 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 4: put that in the context of right now, as they 90 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 4: get ready for the season, he says, you know, we're 91 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 4: going to be younger than a lot of teams were 92 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 4: competing against. But we got a lot of talent here 93 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 4: and we know how to do it now. So that's 94 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 4: the message going in and I think they you know, 95 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 4: the Suarez signing and some of the things they've done 96 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,679 Speaker 4: in the bullpen have put them in a position where 97 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 4: I think on paper, they're better than they looked a 98 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 4: year ago. 99 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 2: Today, no doubt. Yeah. 100 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: I've read I don't know a half dozen pieces about 101 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: the Red so far, and from different sources, you know, 102 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: Sports Illustrated, you know whatever, Yahoo, k News, whatever, And 103 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: the one line that I've seen in just about every 104 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: piece that I've read so far is that there is 105 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: this year a level of expectation out of this team. 106 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: And I don't think that's something that these guys went 107 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: into camp with the last two, three or four seasons 108 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: to have a level of expectation. So I would think 109 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: I would think that the vibe around camp has got 110 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: a feel a little different this time around. 111 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 4: Oh completely. In twenty twenty four, when they were coming 112 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 4: off that surprising run into contention, there was this sense 113 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 4: that all the young guys were about ready to produce 114 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 4: and they could ride that wave of youth maybe into 115 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,239 Speaker 4: the playoffs, or at least back into the playoff chase, 116 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 4: and then we know what direction that went. It got 117 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 4: kind of sloppy at times, and then eventually the manager 118 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 4: was replaced. Going into last year, largely because of the 119 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 4: reaction to that season. With replacing the manager, with doing 120 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 4: some of the things they did to the roster, there 121 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 4: was a sense of urgency like, Okay, we got to 122 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 4: get this thing back in the right direction, whether it 123 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 4: was going to go to the playoffs or not. I mean, 124 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 4: nobody really expected. They just they needed to see the 125 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 4: ship turn back in the direction it looked like it 126 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 4: was headed in twenty twenty three. And I think you're 127 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 4: a thousand percent right. That sense of urgency a year 128 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 4: ago has has evolved into this sense of expectation now 129 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 4: because they did it, and having Frank ConA Hall of 130 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 4: Fame caliber manager come in and change the tone and 131 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 4: the culture of the place last year he had to. 132 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 4: You know, it was a it was a work in 133 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 4: progress for much of last year. Now everybody's on the 134 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 4: same page. Everybody's coming to camp knowing what to expect 135 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 4: from their manager, knowing what what's expected in spring training, 136 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 4: and then on a day to day basis once the 137 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 4: season starts and he's got there's been some personnel. There 138 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 4: were some carryovers from that core that weren't there by 139 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 4: the end of the last last season. The guys who 140 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 4: are there are going in the same direction as the manager. 141 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 4: And that's a big deal. It's especially a big deal 142 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 4: to this particular manager. Whatever your talent level, if you're 143 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 4: he doesn't have a lot of tolerance for for anything 144 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 4: less than that. Uh. 145 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 3: Gordon Wittenmeyer from The Inquirer, Red's reporter joins us. And 146 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 3: you know, Gordon, you and I do are Wittenmeyron Williams 147 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 3: column during the Red season on Cincinna dot com and 148 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 3: The Inquirer. And you and I have talked about this before, 149 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 3: but and you've accused me of being a kool Aid drinker, 150 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 3: But I felt like the Geno Suarez signing was really 151 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 3: that piece that I think, at the very least gets 152 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 3: them through the first round of the playoffs, or at 153 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 3: least gives them a chance to get through the first 154 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 3: round of the playoffs. I don't know if it's necessarily 155 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 3: a World Series run, but you know, we've always talked 156 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 3: about this, get in, get in, But I think that 157 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 3: this is a team that has to not only get in, 158 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 3: I think it has to avoid the Dodgers in the 159 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 3: first round, and and then and then and then I 160 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 3: think you've got a shot to get to that next 161 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 3: round and win their first playoff series. And now over 162 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 3: thirty years, well what do you They went one in seven, 163 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 3: by the way against the Dodgers last year, and uh yeah, 164 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 3: I think avoiding the Dodgers in the first round of 165 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 3: the playoffs would be a big thing. And I think 166 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 3: they've got the guy now or the pieces, uh to 167 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 3: potentially do that. 168 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you're right. I think probably the teams. 169 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, this goes back to what we talked about at 170 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: the top, right right, yeah, right right. 171 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 2: The look when I said that, I was like, whoa, 172 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 2: I didn't know he had that kind of you go. 173 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 4: It's uh man, it's column time now, buddy. Yeah, let's 174 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 4: go the laptop out. 175 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: Sorry. 176 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, no, you're every once in a while, you know, 177 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 4: a squirrel in the and the blind squirrel and the nut. 178 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 4: You know, you're right, So, like like Suarez, is that 179 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 4: one piece I did something for I think it was 180 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 4: in today's paper. It's on our website right now, where 181 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 4: I looked at the five best moves by any team 182 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 4: in the division that has a chance to swim the 183 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 4: outcome of the division. And look, the Pirates got better, 184 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 4: the Cubs got better. The Brewers on paper took a 185 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 4: step or two back. But I think the Suarez move 186 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 4: is the best, most most impactful move any team in 187 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 4: the division made as far as its potential ability to 188 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 4: impact the outcome. And look, the Cubs went signed one 189 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 4: hundred and seventy five million dollars guy Alex Bregman, and 190 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 4: I think this move is bigger because of the singular 191 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,079 Speaker 4: value to this team. They needed a guy in the 192 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 4: lineup that was going to play most games, and this 193 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 4: guy's been durable in his whole career, and it's going 194 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 4: to be a power threat even when he's not hitting well. 195 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 4: He needs to be a threat. He needs to be 196 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 4: a guy that if you're a pitcher, you're afraid to 197 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 4: make a mistake to this veteran guy who hit forty 198 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 4: nine home runs last year. And that alone is going 199 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 4: to get a few more fastballs for Elie daily Cruz, 200 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 4: who saw more breaking balls than almost anybody in baseball 201 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 4: last year. And then not to mention he'll do just 202 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 4: directly in terms of raising the run production of this 203 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 4: team if he does what he's done on average in 204 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 4: his career last year playing in one of the best 205 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 4: hitters ballparks in baseball, if not the best. The Reds 206 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 4: were below averaging run scoring and below average and slugging. 207 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 4: So this should raise all those boats in the lineup, 208 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 4: certainly the ones right around him, and that and that 209 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 4: when you look at the starting pitching, the improved bullpen, 210 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 4: and the improved around the edges defense of this team 211 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 4: makes this team look like like a like a legit 212 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 4: playoff team going in that it didn't last year. But 213 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 4: not only that, to your point, a team that can 214 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 4: how about secure the chance of playing a home playoff 215 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 4: game and then maybe actually win a series. It is 216 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 4: their deal for this club in thirty years. 217 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, Gordon, to your way of thinking, is there any 218 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: chance we're going to see any experimentation this spring training 219 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: with Ellie da la Cruz in the outfield field or 220 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: is that written in stone that he's he's going to 221 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: be a shortstop again this year? And then again, I 222 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: think the most, at least the pitching, the pitching, I 223 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: guess battle that I'm looking forward to most is to 224 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: see what Ratt Louder does over the course of spring training. 225 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 2: So there's there's two guys right there. 226 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, So with Ellie I think short term, you're not 227 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 4: going to mess with it, you know, And until Edwin 228 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 4: Arroyo shows that he's ready for the big leagues and 229 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 4: establishing himself as an everyday player, I think you're going 230 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,839 Speaker 4: to see Belly as a shortstop for this team. I don't. 231 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 4: I don't think that discussion is there yet, even with 232 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 4: him at short right now. I say even with him, 233 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 4: I know that he's got people out there and say, well, 234 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 4: why would you even talk about that? But maybe that's 235 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 4: a topic for another day. But even with his errors 236 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 4: and some of the things involved with him and maybe 237 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 4: trying to get him off his feet a little more 238 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 4: for higher production, their playoff teams with him right where 239 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 4: he is and it's a comfort zone for him. It's 240 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 4: a confidence level thing for him, and he's your best player. 241 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 4: A mess with it, So right now, that's where they're at. 242 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,719 Speaker 4: As far as that pitching staff goes. I'm with you, man. 243 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 4: When you look at the starting rotation, which was a 244 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 4: think top two in the National League last year and 245 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 4: it had Louder out for the year. This guy had 246 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 4: a won seventeen ERA and six starts as rookie the 247 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 4: year before he missed all season and then you had Chase 248 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 4: Burns debut. He's striking out ten guys a game even 249 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 4: when he pitches five innies, so he's back. He's healthy. 250 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 4: And then you got Brandon Williamson in twenty three, who 251 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 4: looks so good, got better down the scratch, a left 252 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 4: hander who missed all the last season with the with 253 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 4: Tommy John Serger, he's back. You got other than those 254 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,959 Speaker 4: three guys, you got four guys that are locked in, 255 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 4: including two All Stars, Hunter Green and Andrew Abbot Ladolo 256 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 4: and Grady Singer. All those veteran guys are locked in. 257 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 4: He's going to get that last fart if everybody is healthy. 258 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 4: And I love, like, like the two high impact caliber 259 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 4: guys to the best pitching prospects in baseball are right there, 260 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 4: Chase Burns and Red Louder. Maybe there's a maybe there's 261 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 4: a world in which both of them make it, even 262 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 4: with people healthy. I don't know how that's gonna work. 263 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 4: It's it's I mean, really, it's one of the best problems, uh, 264 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 4: any manager in Arizona is dealing with right now, if 265 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 4: you want to call it a problem, but it is 266 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 4: a fascinating job battle to watch. 267 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, when they say, a good problem to have. This 268 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: is probably the very definition of it. So great stuff. 269 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: Hey Gordon, we appreciate the time today. 270 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 4: Man. 271 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: What uh, what's what's on your schedule for the rest 272 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: of this evening? Are they out on the field right now? 273 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: Are you got you taking time away from eyeballing these 274 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: guys or what do you what do you do? 275 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 4: They just they just finished up. Talk to a couple 276 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 4: of them, and then I'm going to start to you know, 277 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 4: whooping Jay Dubbs ass and a call him that there 278 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 4: there you go. 279 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 3: Then you're gonna go to phil Barto's and gets you 280 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 3: a breakfast burrito. 281 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 2: Man, better be ready. 282 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 3: Are you ready to eat some phil Berto's because you 283 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 3: know I'm gonna be there in less than the week 284 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 3: and that's our that's our spot, that massive, massive breakfast burritos. 285 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: Baby grd Nate. Thanks a lot, man. I hope we 286 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: get a chance to talk to you during the course 287 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: of the season. 288 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely say in a week, all right, so. 289 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: You can hear you can hear the tone of his voice, 290 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: how relaxed he is, how comfortable he is, and these 291 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: he's not fighting the cold. He's exactly basking in the 292 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: in the glow of baseball and the the beautiful Arizona Son. 293 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 3: You know, I was thinking, Dan well, as you said, 294 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 3: the good problem to have. I mean, you're you're a 295 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 3: Cincinnati native, you grew up here in Anderson Township. Think 296 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 3: about all those years, all those decades where the Reds 297 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 3: like they were never known for their pitching and never 298 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 3: had pitching, never had pitch. You know, Mario Soto came 299 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 3: along and he was and they you know, they had 300 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 3: a few guys here and there, but. 301 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 2: Now there and there. 302 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, this might be the best pitching Hunter Green, or 303 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 3: they might be trending toward having the best pitching in 304 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 3: their history. 305 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 2: Brady Singer, Andrew Abbott. I mean it's you know, Nick Lidola, 306 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 2: that's a Louder. Chase Burns. 307 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you know what what lat Louder did 308 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: and that very small sample size we saw him initially, Yeah, 309 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: and then what what I think he's capable of doing 310 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: is it's going to be It's going to be fun 311 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: to watch. 312 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 2: So it is. 313 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: There's going to be a ton of interest in this ring, 314 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: as there always is, but I think this year a 315 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: little bit more coming off what they did last Yep. 316 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: All right, let's got to a little traffic and was 317 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: it together on seven hundred W and LW. 318 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 6: From the UC Health Traffic Center. Around forty percent of 319 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 6: cancers are preventable. Lifestyle changes and screenings can make a difference. 320 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 6: Called five one three five E five UCCC one accident 321 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 6: now cleared away westbound State Route sixty three that was 322 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 6: over near seventy five. However, on northbound seventy after town 323 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 6: left lane blocked off from another accident, about a ten 324 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 6: minute delay from Mitchell at the moment, northbound seventy one, 325 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 6: it's a disabled metro bus onto the right shoulder approaching 326 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 6: Martin Luther King and construction work southbound seventy five between 327 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 6: Ronald Reagan Highway and the Norwood Lateral. About a minute 328 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 6: or two worth of delays there. From Galbreath, I'm at 329 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 6: Ezeleek on news radio seven hundred WLW. 330 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: And here is the nine first warning forecast. Some of 331 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: that fog still hangs around till about ten o'clock tonight. 332 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: Then it's going to get a little bit windy, a 333 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: slight chance of rain and an overnight low of fifty three. 334 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: Slight chance of rain. Tomorrow, partly sunny, windy with a 335 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: high of sixty six tomorrow night, slight chance of rain 336 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: during the overnight hours, and an overnight low of forty eight. 337 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: Right now fifty three at seven hundred WW. 338 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 7: I am working to better myself. That's why I'm digging 339 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 7: this survival bunker in my backyard so when the big 340 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 7: one hits boo, I'll be fine while my neighbors get 341 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 7: vaporized suckers. That's also why I listen to Scott Sloan. 342 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 7: He has common sense answers for the problems we all face, 343 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 7: and he's pretty funny. 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