WEBVTT - Kyle Stowers & Steven Matz join FT 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.000 Keegan ach and grab one of my bats, my bats, 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:05.440 and he forged my signature and put it in his locker. 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:07.080 After that Live at Bats. 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:17.079 Session, Here we go, Kyle Stowers joining us right now 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:19.279 on FT. I could see that smile. You got a 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:22.639 good care here today, Brazinski krats Trevor May with you, Kyle. 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:23.160 How you doing? 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:23.960 You having a fun year? 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:24.959 Yeah? 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:26.520 Yeah, it's been been a good time. 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:27.080 You know. 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:29.000 I feel like we're close against some more wins, so 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:32.040 hopefully we start rolling off some of those and having 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:32.600 some more fun. 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:36.479 What's the identity of the team, Because there's guys like 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:39.120 you who I've actually talked about for a few years 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:40.680 now that I was like, hey, is he gonna get 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:42.800 an opportunity in the bigs. I mean, he's crushing it 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:45.000 in the minors. I know Norby was like that for 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.720 a few years as well, among others. So do you 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.760 feel like the Marlins have that kind of identity flowing? 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:51.880 Yeah? 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:53.640 I think kind of like the when we like is 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:55.920 s fighting fish, you know, I feel like, you know, 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:57.639 there's been a lot of times lay in games, even 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:00.080 when we're down games a little out of hand and 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:02.360 where we you know, will put up you know, three 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:05.440 or four runs, you know, make make the leverage relievers 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:07.240 get in. And I think it's just kind of like 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:09.120 that mentality of the matter of the score, that we're 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:11.240 going to keep fighting. You know, we got a bunch 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.440 of guys who are you know, young and trying to 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:16.800 establish and improve themselves in this game. And and you know, 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.480 I don't think it's like every man for themselves type 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:20.920 of thing. I think we're all trying to push each 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:23.720 other together and start trying to bring winning baseball here 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:24.200 in Miami. 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:27.959 Kyle, before I asked the question, I need you to 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:29.720 do me a favor when you walk back into the 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:32.960 clubhouse and let tell Jonah Bride to get off his phone. 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:33.840 And uh. 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:39.840 Second question, have you ever in your career, in professional 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:42.039 or even amateur, had you ever gone deep on a 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.840 fastball over one hundred miles an hour before the Grand 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:45.560 Slam the other night? 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:47.680 I have never gotten. 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:49.400 I don't think I put a ball in play on 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:52.280 a pitch that was a true one hundred. So I 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.160 when I look back at the video and I saw 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:59.040 that it was one on one point seven, I was, yeah, 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.720 it was definitely a first for me. It is pretty cool. 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:07.600 What was what was the best part the celebration at 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:10.440 the end, or celebrating it with your family. 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:15.040 Yeah, I think, you know, the best part is that 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:16.480 we won. I mean we were kind of I think 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.600 we're on like a five or six game losing skits. 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:23.680 So you know, I've always truly felt that, like, you know, 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.800 when the teams win, things are the most fun. You know, 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.160 obviously you guys know like the energy in the clubhouse 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:30.919 is just at its best when the team is winning. 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.880 And so to me, you know, you just have everyone 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.919 being that winning mindset after the game was was probably 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.280 the best part. And then having some family there, my 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.520 wife and her parents. It's just it's so special. You know, 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.920 nearly get emotional every time like something like that happens 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.280 when they're there, because you know, it truly takes a village. 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:52.320 They play such a big role in my family. It's 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:57.480 so supportive, you know, don't don't lack support from back home. 0:02:57.560 --> 0:02:59.959 So it's it's you know, just feel so very fortunate 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.080 to do something that people are so invested in and 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:02.959 care so much about. 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.160 The Marlins do anything for you winning player of the week, 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:09.359 Like do you get like a watch, do you get 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:10.240 like something sick? 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:15.639 Not not that I've seen quite yet. We'll see hopefully 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:17.799 maybe maybe this will get him to do something. 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.440 No, No, it's just you know, it's been a lot 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:23.880 of love and support from the whole organization, which has 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:28.080 been really cool. You know. Yeah, it's been a big blessing. 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:29.560 Kyle. 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.200 Take me back to when you were traded last year. 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:35.160 I mean the Orioles involve you in the Trevor Rodgers deal. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:37.280 I mean, you get to go along with the guy 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.600 that you knew i'm sure pretty well from your minor 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:43.080 league time, and you probably look at an opportunity to 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:46.320 be able to get consistent playing time because you know, 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:48.839 Baltimore a good farm system and you know they would 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:51.480 also sign players on top of that. So I'm sure 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.280 it was maybe frustrating at times to not be able 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.120 to get the everyday vis in the big leagues. 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.960 Yeah, it's kind of like, you know, twofold. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.440 Like, on the one hand, I always felt like, you know, 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.800 if I took care of myself and did what I 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:05.600 was capable of. 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.240 Doing, that you know I would end up all right. 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.480 And obviously you know, and with that kind of happened 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.320 in regards to the trade, but it was definitely also 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:15.040 The other thing was when I was with the Orioles, 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:16.839 like there's so many good players, you know, we had, 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:21.159 you know, ahead of me was Santander, Cedric Hayes. You know, 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:24.480 all three of those guys are just incredible players. And 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.160 then you know, behind me, and then eventually who kind 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.440 of kind of leap frogging me on the totem pol 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.159 was a cowser and kurs dad and and also both 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:33.760 of those guys are great players. All three of us 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.359 were young outfielders, left handed hitting, and you know, although 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:38.599 we were a little bit different players, we were you 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:41.640 know all you know, capable in our own right. So 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:46.359 you know, for me last year, when I was in 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.320 Baltimore in May and June, I was playing some pretty 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:51.760 good baseball coming off the bench, and I ended up 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:55.120 getting optioned kind of just because we needed an extra 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:58.560 infielder and I was kind of the collateral on that 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:01.039 part of it. And I was playing really well, and 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:02.640 that was for me when I was like, oh, maybe, 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:06.160 you know, maybe my opportunity won't be here. So when 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:08.400 I got traded, I was very excited for the opportunity, 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:11.560 very happy that I got to come over with Connor, 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.400 someone that's one of my really good friends, and I'm 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:18.279 glad to be able to go through this experience with them. 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:21.440 Uh, expand on the opportunity thing a little bit, because 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.880 I think this is always an interesting conversation, especially when 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.599 guys are traded and they see they go from you know, 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:29.800 wondering if they're going to get playing time that day 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.400 or even you know, being on the the option train 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:34.599 to knowing that they're going to be in the lineup 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.520 every day, which is seems seems to be what's what's 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.880 happening in Miami? So how does your preparation change knowing 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.120 that you're gonna you're going to be in the lineup, 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.000 you know, after the game, you know you're gonna be 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:46.960 in the lineup the next day. How did how does 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:48.440 that different for when you were in the big leagues 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:50.360 with the Orioles to now when you're with the Marrows. 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.080 Yeah, there's so many layers with the Orioles that I 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:54.880 think you said it you hit on the head. 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.200 Like I felt like I was just like, hey. 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:58.880 Like, am I going to be here next week? Like, 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:02.040 you know, trying to planned visits and stuff with family 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.320 was really complicated obviously because it's like, hey, like you know, 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.000 I don't know how long I'm gonna be here, you know, 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.360 especially you kind of see the riding on the wall 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.320 when you're not really playing a ton and you're still 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.880 you know, regarded as a prospect in the organization and 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:15.919 they want you to get at bats and whatnot. So 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:19.200 coming over here it's you know, it's actually, you know, 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:21.760 been a new challenge learning how to be an everyday 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:24.440 major league player. I think I got that last year 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:27.120 while I was here, like just kind of figuring out 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.280 how to mentally be in a state that it's ready 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:31.240 to play every single day at the big league level. 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:32.839 You know, I've done at the minor league level, but 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.440 definitely a new challenge and in the major leagues. And 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:38.719 you know, for me, you know, it's just kind of 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:41.120 about finding a way to get a clean slate mentally 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:44.080 each day. Obviously, you know, physically you're gonna have good 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:46.320 days and bad days, and some days your body's not 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.800 gonna be feeling as good and whatnot. But for me, 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:52.360 it's just how can I be fresh and clear mentally 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.280 each game? And you know that I've spent a lot 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.640 of time on my mental routine this year, and well 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:01.400 that's you know, mindfulness, meditation, prayer, you know, write in 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.280 a journal, you know, just coming up with different things 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:05.640 that spend a lot of time in the cold tub 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.960 before I get my day started, and so things like 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.520 that just to kind of give me back to the 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.560 present moment. And you know, you know, God promises that 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:16.760 he'll give us enough for today, and so I just 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:18.800 try to, you know, take it one day at a time. 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.400 FT fan by now, you know, if you're buying, selling, 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:26.600 trading collecting cards, Arena Club is the spot. We've been 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:29.160 talking about them all season long. But I do want 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:32.600 to focus on the slab pack experience Scrats, since you've 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.640 been ripping some slab packs digitally and what happens. 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:38.480 I mean, as a kid, you wanted to rip open 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.600 the packs. How can they do this digitally? Oh baby, 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.920 this is exciting. How the graphics come out and everything. 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.800 And oh yeah, the card that you pull, you can 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:51.800 actually get that John physically, so it's perfect. It's all 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.520 in one place and it's a super exciting experience. 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.080 Yeah, they send that to you from the vault if 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:58.560 you want it. But if you look at it and 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.640 you're like, it's not the car for me, I want 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:00.960 to sell it. 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:01.800 Back, go for it. 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.280 You can do any of that on Arena Club, and 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.280 you can acquire the best value for your money with 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:10.600 those slab packs, transparent checklists, and Arena Club's slab Safe program. 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.080 Right now, you can get twenty percent off your first 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.640 slab pack or card purchase by going to Arena club 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.280 dot com slash foul and use code foul. Arenaclub dot 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:19.920 com slash foul, use code foul. 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:22.920 I love to hear that you have that you have 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:27.400 that effervescent, like happy smile always going on too. You're 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.160 you just you look like you're enjoying yourself. Obviously you're 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.560 hitting well, but you look like you're enjoying yourself. So 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:36.800 it permeates your daily routine, permeates out of your out 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.280 of your your face right now. 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:41.360 But I gotta ask you. I gotta ask you. 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.800 When I asked a bunch of Orioles guys, let me 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:48.480 tell me something about Kyle Stowers, the only thing that 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.520 they wanted to talk about was how you owned Friend 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:55.400 of the Show in spring training, Grayson Rodriguez. They said, 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:58.240 if there was a live at bat to be had 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.840 on the backfield, you were going to hit a dinger. 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:06.320 It was like death taxes and Kyle Stowers taking Grayson 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:07.280 Rodriguez deep. 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:08.040 Now he's on the. 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:11.160 Show quite often, so we're gonna play this back to him. 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.120 Is this true or is this not true? And how 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:15.200 much do you own him? 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:20.040 There's a little bit of truth to it. So Grayson 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:21.319 is one of the. 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:26.440 All time smack talkers that I've been around. And when 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:30.160 I first was around him, he was type of guy 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:32.280 when we'd go into a live at bat, he'd say, 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:34.480 hope you guys brought enough bats, and. 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:38.600 And so he'd be chirping. And one day we had 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:39.719 an inner squad. 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.760 And I got to a two oh count and I 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:44.000 ended up pinning a homer off of him. And ever 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.760 since then, the way he talked to me during these 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.439 live at bat sessions completely changed, and definitely he had 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:54.720 a lot more respect, I guess if you will, So 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:55.560 now it's just funny. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:56.560 There's one other time where I. 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:58.080 Got him in a live at bat, but he had 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.120 punched me out twice right before that, so he's he's 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.880 had his share of success off of me, but I've 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:05.600 I've gotten him a couple of times. 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.800 I am very much looking forward to you two facing 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.120 each other in a big League match up Pupefully soon 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:13.000 we'll get him back on the field and then we 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:15.240 can see that. Do you guys have the Oriols by 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:15.720 the way. 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.640 Yeah, we go to them right before the All Star break. 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.120 One other funny story about the line at bads. Actually, 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:23.199 the second time I hit a homer off, I'm Keegan 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.880 Ake and grabbed one of my bats, my bats, and 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.240 he forged my signature and put it in his locker 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:32.440 after that live at bat session. A lot of a 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:35.480 lot of fun antics over there with those guys. I 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:38.000 always say, there's not not really a bad apple over there. 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.040 You know, so many good people, and uh yeah, we 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.600 go to them in then in July or right before 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:46.400 the All Star break, and that's gonna be, you know, 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.760 one of those really surreal moments because it's gonna be 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:52.920 somewhat familiar because I've played that ballpark so much and 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.360 then also have spent so many time and live at 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.000 bats inder squads throughout the years, you know, like having 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.880 you know, Rutch Calm pitches against me. I mean, I 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:05.280 mean Maverick Hanley who was my college teammate at Stanford, 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:08.559 and uh he's over there catching. So there's so much familiarity. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.920 It's gonna be one of those really unique and fun experiences. 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:15.000 I want to ask you about the journaling and how 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.120 you just like you write your thoughts down at the 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:19.480 end of the day. I tried to do journaling for 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:22.280 a little bit. My issue was I went back and 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:25.600 I read my journaling and I was like, man, I 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.000 was just I was, I was in a bad place. 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.480 Do you ever go back and go do do you 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:32.640 get inspiration from your own journaling? 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.240 Do you never read it? How does that? How does 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:36.000 that work for you? 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:39.840 Yeah? I haven't looked back at it yet, but I 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.960 think one day I will. We're going through some old 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.319 stuff in my room a couple of years ago, me 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:50.199 and my wife, and we found my brother's kindergarten one 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.160 of his, like I guess journals if you will that 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.679 you know, kindergarten or second grade or something. To read 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:57.160 some of those stuff was so cool and obviously, you know, 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.880 not not in kindergarten, and I can, you know, write 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:02.880 complete sentences. But I think down the road there will 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.160 be a time where I really appreciate looking back at that. 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.640 For me now, it's just a way to avoid ruminating, 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.120 you know, just trying to put my thoughts into complete 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.480 sentences so that in my mind's not going in circles, 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:15.880 and that way I can wind down and get some 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:17.240 good rest before the next day. 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:24.040 Hey, Kyle, I got one for you from a number standpoint. 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.080 I know you know the Marlins are run by a 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:30.040 former Raised guy of course front office wise and Peter Bendix. 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.400 Do you feel that, like, do you feel any effects 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.959 of you know, advanced analytics stuff like that? What kind 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.640 of guy are you? Obviously, because I mean you're in 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.280 your mid twenties. We've got a lot of data available. 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.360 What do you look at? What do you care about? 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:47.440 What is helpful for you from a team perspective? Or 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:49.040 is that not really your game? 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:50.120 Yeah? 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:53.480 I think you're taken both right, There's definitely room for 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:57.240 both in my opinion from us part analytics wise, Like, 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:00.000 I think a big one for me is chase percentage, 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.120 Like can I can I mitigate that? Can I swing 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.600 up you know, pitches in the zone and then you know, 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.240 making sure that like you know, I'm swinging at those 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.040 pitches with good bad speed and then putting h hint 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.040 them heart so exit velocity for me, and I would 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:16.280 say chase percentage are probably the two things that I 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:19.640 would say are key for me in my game. You know, 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.600 pretty cool story about Peter. Last year, I got off 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:26.840 to an incredibly slow start, and I really the whole 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.240 time here, I didn't quite play my best baseball in 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.560 the second half last year, and it was just really 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.800 cool to have, you know, Peter come out to me like, hey, 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:35.200 you know, just want to let you know, like we 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:37.160 believe in you and just to keep going and then 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:39.720 we believe that this is going to turn around. And 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.760 you know, last year there wasn't a ton of stretches 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:44.600 where I turn around, but it was just you know, 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.559 really I felt that type of support from the entirety 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.679 of the staff and the front office. You know, I 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:56.280 feel like I you know, from coaching staff, players, yeah, 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.439 the front office. I just don't feel like I've ever 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:00.600 had so much support around me. And I think it 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.800 says a lot about what the more Marlins organization is becoming. 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:07.160 And you know, and and yes, it's there's data driven, 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:08.920 but you know, there's you know, I think we're well 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.360 aware that there's the person behind the player, and and 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:13.839 how can we you know, support the person. And I 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.000 think they've done a great job of that. 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:18.280 That's really cool. Last one, really quick. Did did you 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:20.680 have that? Because is that common? Like in Baltimore? Did 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:22.360 you talk to the front officer It's more like the 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.200 minor league coaching development staff and then the coaches and 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:25.920 the biggs. 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.720 Yeah, I mean I had I had good relationships with 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.760 the staff in Baltimore, really gonna, and I just was, 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:35.080 I think, at probably a different level of priority at 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.960 that time. And and then I understand it. You know, 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.400 it's you know, I wasn't the everyday player there, and 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:41.880 you know, I was kind of the four A guy 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.480 going up and down, and so I wouldn't say that 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.400 it wasn't that I didn't have support there, but that's 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.000 not kind of what I'm trying to get at, is 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.400 just you know, more that like it was just a 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:54.760 different position that I was in there, and and and 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:56.000 so I totally understood it. 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:59.040 Well, you're looking good in the Marlins TiAl. Man, it's 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:00.760 been fun to watch. Thank you for joining us. 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:01.560 Hope you enjoyed it. 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.240 I know you you got stuff to get to you 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:04.440 so appreciate the time. 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:04.600 Man. 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:05.560 Great to have you on and we'll. 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:07.680 Have you back all right, guys, Thank you so much. 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:09.120 Appreciate it all. 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.960 Right, Stephen match joining us right now in foul territory. Stephen, 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.000 You've got a full crew here today, Prasidski, Kratz, Trevor 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:15.560 May as well. 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:19.000 Great to have you on. How you doing, I'm doing great, guys. 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:20.720 How you doing good? Good? 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.320 How's life with the Saint Louis Cardinals. I know, for 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:25.960 me personally, I interviewed you a few times when you're 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:27.960 with the Mets. What's it like to be with Saint 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:28.640 Louis now. 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:32.400 For a few years, It's been great. Saint Louis is 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:33.000 a great town. 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:34.560 You know, when you come as a visitor, you don't 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.600 really get to enjoy what all Saint Louis has for you. 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:39.800 But h man, it's a great place to be, a 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.880 great place to live, very very nice place to play. 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:45.640 Is it as nice as you thought it was gonna 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:47.800 be when you signed? I mean the whole free agent process, 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.840 everyone's like, ah, you know, I gotta bring, got to 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:52.840 bring the wife, got to bring the family. Is there 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:55.520 gonna be a nice, you know, spot for us to 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:58.760 live and like get out in the parks and everything. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.480 Yeah, you know, well it was unique when I was 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:03.000 a free agent. 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.920 It was the whole lockout situation, So it was like 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:09.080 this deadline time period whereas like, you know, we wanted 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.640 to try to do that before the lockout was going 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.480 on November first or whatever, or December first or whatever 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:17.320 it was. So it was spurred the moment everything. You know, 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.960 we didn't really have a ton of time to ponder anything. 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.080 It was like, let's just let's just sign and get 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:23.680 this out of the way so we know where we're going. 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.000 Matsy, I want to ask you a little bit about 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.160 pitching roles because it has been announced that you're going 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.280 to be doing some more work out of the bullpen, 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.520 but also staying stretched out to start, which is something 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:38.640 that is, in my opinion, one of the hardest things 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:40.960 to do as a pitcher and one of the hardest 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:44.480 things do in baseball. So what is the what is 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:48.160 the biggest difficulty about mentally getting ready to go do 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.760 your job as a as a reliever, but also preparing 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:54.320 to be stretched out if that call comes both at 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:54.800 the same time. 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:56.600 You have to you have to both do the do the. 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:58.920 Work between the games as a starter, but be ready 0:16:58.920 --> 0:16:59.640 to pitch his reliever. 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.600 What's star as part? Yeah, you know, it's just the 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.399 routine in between is everything. You know, you like to 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:06.879 stay on your. 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:10.400 Workout routine, your conditioning routine, you know, throwing a bullpen. 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:12.960 But you know, my first outing of the season really 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:16.000 kind of helped me with all that because it was 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.399 like I was building up in spring training as a starter. 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.600 I got to six innings my last start, and then 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:24.320 I had like ten days off, and I was kind 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:26.280