1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Everybody, Welcome to the show today. Welcome to Masa Territory, 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: and we have our first ever guest here on Monster 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: Territory in case you are just finding us. So we 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: were family Faithful before. We are now with the Foul 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: Territory Network, and we got David Sandlin on the show. David, 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: how you doing, my friend doing good? 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: Happy to be here. 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: Thank you for coming on. Man, I really do appreciate it. 9 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: I mean, it's you know, it's funny. I was looking 10 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: at the date today and I'm thinking, Wow, it's been 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: almost one year to the date where you got traded 12 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: from the Kansas City Royals in the John Schreiberg trade. 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: How's this whole? You know, if you're gonna give me 14 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: like a quick little rundown of this past year, you know, 15 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: what has this past year been like for you? 16 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,319 Speaker 2: It's definitely been a whirldwin. Learning a lot of new 17 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: faces really quickly, obviously joining right at screen training, then 18 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: hit the ground running with everybody over here with Boston. 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: It was it was a lot of fun to put 20 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: the faces, the names and being such a great historic organization. 21 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 2: But it was a whirlwind. You don't ever think you're 22 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 2: gonna get traded in the next day. It just happens, 23 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 2: and you gotta rock with it. The industry is of 24 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: business and you got to keep going. 25 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I gotta ask. I'm always curious that these are 26 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: actually some of my favorite stories where when the trade happened, 27 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: where were you, what were you doing? Kind of give 28 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: us the rundown on that. 29 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 2: So I was down in Dallas for Oklahoma University of 30 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: Oklahoma's opening weekend. It was the opening weekend for them. 31 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 2: They had the tournament down there. I think it was 32 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 2: then Tennessee, some other big twelve schools, so stuff like that, 33 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 2: and they already played the Friday game. So I actually 34 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 2: had like talk to like the amateur scouts and stuff 35 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 2: from the Royals the day before. Like everything was cool. 36 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: Now I wake up Saturday morning from a phone call 37 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: from the director of player development with the Royals. I'm 38 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 2: telling me I got traded. It was about nine in 39 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: the morning. We were supposed to go with me and 40 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: my dad, my buddy that we're all in the hotel room. 41 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: We're supposed to go golf. I got got quickly changed, 42 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: which thankfully was like forty something degrees outside. So I 43 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: don't know how enjoyable. It would have been to golf, 44 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 2: but I knew I had a full day of phone 45 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: calls ahead of me, so we switched from golf and 46 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: then ended up going down to the game down there 47 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 2: and one of my roommates, Dad's it was a huge 48 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 2: like support of me, and I think he was more 49 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 2: hype than anybody. I guess he was a closet Red 50 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 2: Sox fan and he was pumped when I showed up 51 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 2: to the game to talk to my ear off about 52 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 2: the Red Sox and everything. 53 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: So who who is the guy from the Red Sox 54 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: to give you the call? What was it? Was it 55 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: Craig Breslo or uh? Yeah? 56 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 2: I mean I talked to talked to everybody. I talked to, 57 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 2: Abs of course brother Low. Just I mean, I honestly 58 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 2: forget exactly who I talked to that day. After that 59 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 2: first phone call, everything just kind of came at me 60 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 2: so quick, and I was like just thinking, what's going on. 61 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: I didn't expect this, Like my immediate thought was, don't 62 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 2: let it be traded for cash considerations because they didn't 63 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 2: tell me traded for and so to see it was 64 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 2: for Shreiber. It was a really cool deal. Obviously, I 65 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 2: think he's a great pitcher and he showed it this year. 66 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 2: It's really well for the Royals, so I think it 67 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 2: was a good fit for both teams. But yeah, it was. 68 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: It was a whirlwind. I don't remember a lot of 69 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 2: the phone calls. I just remember, Uh, it was Saturday 70 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 2: I got traded, and Monday was when I was supposed 71 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 2: to be going to Arizona, and I just flipped it 72 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 2: right to Fort Myers and drove down. 73 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean I can't even imagine, right, you know, 74 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: you're just coming off of, you know, a full season. 75 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: You know, you're earlier in your career, and then you 76 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: got a phone call saying you're going to the Boston 77 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: Red Sox of all places. But uh, you know, kind 78 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: of looking back on this past year without really looking 79 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: at any of the stats, you know, adjusting to a 80 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: new organization, you know, what was that like? You know, 81 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: what were some adjustments that you had to make, you know, 82 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: making a change like that very early in your career. 83 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 2: I think the biggest change would be that working on 84 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 2: stuff like during the season, working on in games, using 85 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 2: the games more as a development piece. Obviously, since I 86 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 2: didnk it't the full off season with the Red Sox 87 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 2: and we jumped into spring training and they obviously had 88 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 2: a little bit of a different path than the Royal 89 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 2: side for me, so I had new pitches coming in 90 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 2: and it was just kind of a work in progress 91 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: all last year. So going through the season adjusting the 92 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 2: stuff and every new goal thrown at me every other 93 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 2: week or whatever it was, was definitely a challenge to 94 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 2: do during the season, but it was a lot of 95 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 2: fun to do that. 96 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: After going to the Red Sox is they've really revamped 97 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: their pitching department over the last couple of years. Were 98 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: there's some things, you know, not taking anything away from 99 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: the Royals, but was there anything different that you know, 100 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: you really enjoyed when it came to, you know, working 101 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: on the pitching side of things. After coming to the Red. 102 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 2: Sox, Yeah, I feel they were very very hands on. Obviously, 103 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: you had guys like Willard would come out to the 104 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: affiliates every so often. Then you have the other pitching 105 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: coordinators like Nigotti come out and to but you would 106 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 2: also have phone calls with those guys once a month 107 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 2: to talk about your goals and everything and work through 108 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 2: those things, develop pitches. And it was like like I 109 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 2: said like if you beat one goal, they're like, all right, 110 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 2: here's the next one, go get it. And I found 111 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 2: that really cool to just like nothing was ever enough, 112 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 2: which is exactly how it should be. You should never 113 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 2: be satisfied, so you keep tackling goals and keep going 114 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 2: at whatever they throw at you. So I got to 115 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 2: ask after you know, I would imagine like you're going 116 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 2: to a new organization. 117 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: It's almost like going to a new school. You know, 118 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: when you were a kid, you know, after you came 119 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: to the Red Sox, who were the guys that you 120 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: became close with. 121 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 2: Luckily I had I knew some guys in the organization 122 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 2: coming over. Wilde Olds was at Oklahoma a few years 123 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 2: before me, so I talked to him before, so he 124 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 2: kind of helped me throughout scring training. Michael Fulmer signed 125 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: a minor league contract with the Red Sox. He kind 126 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 2: of runs partially runs the facility I train at during 127 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 2: the off season. Yeah, and Jared Godman, who was with 128 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 2: the team when I was first there, was on the 129 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 2: roster with me in the World Series Team Pro Okahoma. 130 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: Well, on the field, you know, there were some ups 131 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 1: and downs for you this past year, but you put 132 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: up some you know, really solid numbers when it came 133 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: to the strikeout walk ratio, right under thirteen strikeouts per nine, 134 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: just under three walks per nine. Very good slash line 135 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: or sorry, very good ratio there. But when you know 136 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: they were all some times here he had some ups 137 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: and downs. You know, looking back on this past year 138 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: on the field, you know, what were some takeaways for 139 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: you from a developmental point of view. 140 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 2: I think it was really encouraging to see this stuff 141 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 2: was in the right place. It just comes down at 142 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: the end of the day to execution. A lot of times, 143 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 2: a lot of the damage came on pitches I just 144 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 2: didn't execute, left it to a middle middle or I 145 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: get behind them counts and then have to battle back, 146 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: and the accounts got predictable. I also think that comes 147 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: with working on certain pitches. Pitches things start to get skewed. 148 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 2: So hitters be able to sit on those pitches, knowing 149 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 2: that you're working on them, they can do a little 150 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 2: bit more damage. So I had to take everything with 151 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 2: a grain of salt. Obviously talking about the pitching development 152 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: and they're like, hey, we're working on stuff like you 153 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 2: still are showing you have elite stuff. And it plays 154 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 2: in the zone, so we're not worried. So just having 155 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 2: to get out of my own head with that kind 156 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 2: of stuff seeing that stuff happen. Yeah, I like that 157 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,239 Speaker 2: you mentioned earlier as well, you know, the trade happened, 158 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 2: you know, later in the off season last year. 159 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: Now that you've had, you know, a full gear under 160 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: your belt with the Red Sox and now that you're 161 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: having a full off season, would you say it's like 162 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: night and day. How are you going about things this 163 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: offseason compared to last? 164 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, No, I feel way more prepared going into 165 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 2: spring training, not having much question mark, So I mean 166 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 2: I at least know the organization now, just going in 167 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 2: being able to communicate all off season with Willard and 168 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 2: the other guys on the pitching development side, communicate with 169 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 2: Shed on the strength and conditioning, and then obviously putting 170 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 2: my body in the right place. I feel really prepared 171 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 2: and excited to get into the screen training and hit 172 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 2: the ground running. 173 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 1: So what are some things, like little things you've been 174 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: working on, whether that's you know, in the gym on 175 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: the mound this offseason, what have you been doing to 176 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: really tackle those adjustments? 177 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing on the pitching development side 178 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 2: is just separating the pitches and getting the consistent I'm 179 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 2: getting the feel for him obviously, Like I said, I 180 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 2: think three out of the five pitches I threw last 181 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 2: year were new pitches are new grit. So just getting 182 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 2: that repeated feel for them to where I can execute 183 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 2: them no matter what the count is, I can throw them, 184 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 2: or I can throw them three oh or O two, 185 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 2: whatever it is. And then obviously two years in the 186 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 2: minor leagues, I've been on the il at least for 187 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 2: a little bit twice now, So just getting the mobility right, 188 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 2: getting the strength right, getting forced production where we need 189 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 2: it to be or where we think it's optimal, at 190 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 2: stuff like that, to put my body in the best 191 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 2: position possible on the mountain. 192 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I've been seeing a lot of the 193 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: mountain work this offseason, and I got to ask too. 194 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: There's there's one video that's floating around. I'm going blank 195 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: on where it is exactly, but there's this awesome border 196 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: collie that is hanging out of the facility you're at 197 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: trying to be Jason Vertek. What is the story on 198 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 1: that border Collie? 199 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 2: So that's Bailey, or we call her coach Bailey. It's 200 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 2: the facility dog. I mean, she's been up there longer 201 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: than I've been up there, and she is the next 202 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 2: coming of Airbud. Like she's she's hands on. She'll always 203 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 2: be in the cage with you when you're playing normal 204 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 2: catch or like if we're playing catch with a football, 205 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 2: you can toss it toar, she'll hit it off her nose, 206 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 2: toss it back to you. And she's not scared of baseball. 207 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: No matter how hard you throw it, She'll be behind 208 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: that net mark and let you know how you're doing 209 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 2: on the mountain. So she's awesome. We got a couple 210 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 2: more up there. They just got a new one, Oscar 211 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 2: the Wiener Dog. He's tiny, but he'll probably be back 212 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 2: there with Bailey at some point in the future too. Well. 213 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: I love that. Like I competed in powerlifting growing up, 214 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: and the gym that I went to everyone always brought 215 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: their dogs. It was kind of it wasn't like a 216 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: normal commercial gym, like a Crunch Fitness. It was kind 217 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: of like these garage gyms where people go to CrossFit 218 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: and whatnot. I always love that people bringing their dogs. 219 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: But for this offseason, all so you participated in the 220 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: rookie development program for the Red Sox. H you had 221 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: a lot of guys going out there, right, Roman, Anthony, 222 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: Christian Campbell, Hunter Dobbins, uh Nevaias was there as well. 223 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: How was that experience for you? Kind of run us 224 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: through that, you know what, what were you doing there? 225 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: Like give us the rundown on that. 226 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it was. It was pretty surreal, and uh, 227 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 2: it was a blessing to be a part of the 228 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 2: opportunity and then invite me. Know, obviously I think very 229 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 2: highly of guys like Roman and Casey and Dobbins and 230 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 2: Varees has been terrific coming over great guy. Uh, just 231 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 2: Nixon is also just a stud. So being there with 232 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 2: those guys is awesome. Getting to play with a lot 233 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 2: of those guys in the season and then being around 234 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 2: the big league team. It felt like like a little 235 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 2: starstruck at times, because at times I still see myself 236 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 2: as that seventeen year old kid that just loves baseball. 237 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 2: I grew up watching it, so be got around guys 238 00:11:56,160 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 2: like hal Can, Liam Hendrix and Garrett. I talked to 239 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 2: him quite a bit. Meeting Crochet like it was really 240 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 2: really cool to be around them and pick their mind 241 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 2: about the side of pitching, and then interact with the fans. 242 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 2: Like Boston has a very passionate fan base for whatever 243 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 2: sport it is, and it's the city of champions, So 244 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 2: it was nice to get out there and meet the 245 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 2: fans and interact with them and do the community service 246 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 2: but also kind of like operate the life of a 247 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 2: big leaguer for four or five days. It was it 248 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 2: was a nice experience to do that. It was really cool. 249 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, I've always loved when they've done that program. 250 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: It's always you know, when when when the off seasons 251 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: in its coldest time, you got the rookie development program 252 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: and it's like, oh cool. And for some of the 253 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: guys that participated there, right, Roman Anthony Christian Campbell, those 254 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: two guys have been turning a lot of heads over 255 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: the last year. What are your thoughts on these guys 256 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 1: coming into twenty twenty five and maybe some other guys 257 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: that you within the organization, anyone else besides those two 258 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: that maybe you think could make an impact this coming year. 259 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I obviously think everybody that was there 260 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 2: I can make any big big league impact this year. 261 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 2: But yeah, Christian and Roman those guys are big leaguers, 262 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: I mean their studs, and they showed it on the 263 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 2: field last year. Marcelo's right there with them. He gets healthy, 264 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 2: gets his right like he's going to be right behind him. 265 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 2: But no, I think we're loaded top to bottom in 266 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 2: the development side, especially with some of the new draft 267 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 2: guys got to work out with totally this offseason, and 268 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 2: really exciting to see what he does on the mountain 269 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 2: this year, playing with guys like early last year, Mullins, 270 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 2: Isaac Coffee, Dalton Rodgers, Cooper Adams, all those guys are studs. 271 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 2: Like we have a loaded system and it's really excited 272 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 2: to see all the young guys, especially with the new 273 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 2: additions that we got in the off season, ready to 274 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 2: get it after it this year. 275 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's you know, I mean, obviously I cover 276 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: the Red Sox, not trying to be biased, but when 277 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: you take a look at this farm system, it's not 278 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: even it's not even just Roman, Anthony, Campbell and Meyer. 279 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: It's all these other guys like yourself and you know, 280 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: Hunter Dobbins, I feel like, you know someone like him 281 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: is being slept on a lot. You know, there's so 282 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: many guys that you like, like you said, you're loaded. 283 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: You know, you can just go down the list and 284 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: you're thinking, oh, man, that this guy could even maybe 285 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: help out this year at the major league level. It's 286 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: an exciting time for the Red Sox and their fans. 287 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: For from your point of view for this offseason so far, 288 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: what do you think of the Red Sox moves? You know, 289 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: bringing in a pig like Garrett Crochet, like Lumerloni likes 290 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: to call him, you know, making a lot of moves 291 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: with Walker, Bueller and Bias was another one. H You know, 292 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on the off season so far 293 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: for the Red Sox. 294 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 2: I think it was great. I think we weren't obviously 295 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 2: far off last year. We showed the ability to compete, 296 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: and there's a lot of great on the team, and 297 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 2: there's a lot of talent on the team going and 298 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 2: pick it up two phenomenal starters like that and just 299 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 2: keeping the core and then having those young guys come up. 300 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be a lot of fun this year, 301 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 2: and you're gonna the fans are gonna get to learn 302 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 2: a lot of new names and see a lot of winning. 303 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, it almost kind of reminds me you know, go 304 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: back even ten years ago when you know, guys like 305 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: Mookie were just coming up RAFFI, we're just coming up right. 306 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: It's an exciting time. But for yourself here in twenty 307 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: twenty five, what are your goals here? You know, what 308 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: are you looking to accomplish this coming year? You know, 309 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: both on and off the field. 310 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 2: I think the first and foremost is just stay healthy. 311 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 2: I think that's the biggest thing I got to prove, 312 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 2: is just the endurance over a full year, especially I 313 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 2: wanting to be a starter. Just do you get it 314 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 2: through the year healthy? And then the biggest thing I 315 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 2: think would be execution on Leydon counts, and I think 316 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 2: that's gonna help me limit the long ball and it's 317 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 2: going to even out those stats that weren't so pretty 318 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: last year. But no, I think, just go out there 319 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 2: and compete my ass off every day, day in and 320 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 2: day out, and give my team the best ability to win. 321 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: That's the goal, and it's ever changing. 322 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: I also wanted to ask this too. I forgot to 323 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: ask this a little earlier. Obviously you got the gas, 324 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: you got the VLO. What are some pictures that you 325 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: have been paying attention to this offseason? Have you been 326 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: kind of working them all in or is there a 327 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: certain one or two that you've been working on. 328 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 2: Definitely been focusing on splitter. I'm getting that more consistent 329 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 2: on the lower vert just get that separation from the heater. 330 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 2: I think it's a real weapon I can use for 331 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 2: both sides of the plate. And then played around with 332 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 2: a new curveball grip that's showing real promise, so I'm 333 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 2: excited about that. And then touching up the slider and 334 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 2: bringing in a cutter. Now on the cutter seems like 335 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: it's in a good spot, so I'm excited to bust 336 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 2: that out in games too. Well. 337 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: Cool man, Yeah, we're very excited for you when you 338 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: came over. You know, that's the one thing with the 339 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: Red Sox organization over the last few years where they've 340 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: been trying to build up the pitching within the organization, 341 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: and when you came along, I was like, oh, all right, sweet, 342 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 1: we got a guy here. So I'm excited for you. Man, 343 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: I'm excited for the direction of the organization, excited for 344 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: the Red Sox in twenty twenty five. I want to 345 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: thank you for coming on here today. 346 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 2: Man. 347 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: It's a pleasure to have you on anytime you'd like 348 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: to come on, just give me a shower. 349 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 2: Right well, sir, thank you for having me. It was 350 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 2: a pleasure.