1 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and welcome to A Ball with eric Os. 2 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: I am eric Os, and it's good to have you 3 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: with us this week as we'll be talking with one 4 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: of the lumber Kings pitchers, a reliever, a starter Andrews. 5 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: He was the tenth round pick by the Miami Marlins 6 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 1: back in twenty eighteen out of Purdue University. A Rochester, 7 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: Indiana native. We'll be talking with Tanner as we record 8 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: this on June third, a Monday, which is the first 9 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: off day for the lumber Kings since Mother's Day on 10 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: May the twelfth, breaking up a three week stretch of 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: baseball for the lumber Kings. It is their largest stretch 12 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: of baseball without a day off. There were some rainouts 13 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: in there, but still you still had to report to 14 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: the yards, so it was not an off day. And 15 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: that's why the lumber Kings, I'm sure right now we're 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: either sleeping or in the case I think of Dan 17 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: Andrews and Connor Scott. They are headed out to Chicago 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: in just about a two and a half hour drive 19 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: here from Eastern Iowa on the banks of the Mississippi 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: with the lumber Kings. Despite that off day, they're coming 21 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: into the off Day with a series win over the 22 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: Kane County Cougars. They are now twenty eight and twenty 23 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: seven on the season, one game over five hundred. The 24 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: cougarsy Single, a affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, a very 25 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: good team who are thirty and twenty six on the season, 26 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: but the lumber Kings in this three game series that 27 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: had just finished here at Nelson Corpfield in Clinton. It 28 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: was an impressive run for the lumber Kings in which 29 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: we saw jd. Osborne have another home run. It homered 30 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: in three straight games for his first three home runs 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: of the season. It was pretty impressive too to see 32 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: the lumber Kings then hold on for a two to 33 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: one win on Sunday, which was phenomenal pitching from Alberto Guerrero, 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: one of the lumber Kings starters, and he has been 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: very sharp this year. At times, he has had issues 36 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: when it comes to being hit rather hard. Guerrero had 37 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: given up ten hits a couple of starts to go 38 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: back on May the tenth, and Bowling That's the Single, 39 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: a affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, also had nine 40 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: hits surrendered against or hit against him in his second 41 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: time out in the season back in April, so the 42 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: hits that Guerrero had allowed coming into this start were 43 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: twenty three on this season. As we mentioned, hit hard 44 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: at times, but he was incredibly sharp. It was easily 45 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: his best start of the season. On Sunday afternoon, he 46 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: went seven shutout innings for the Clinton lumber Kings. Unfortunately, 47 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: though would get a no decision for Alberto Guerrero, He's 48 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: a fun guy to watch. He's got a great slider, 49 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: especially to right handed hitters. It is something that he 50 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: will use for his strikeout pitch. And even though the 51 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: strikeouts weren't incredibly high for Guerrero in that start, the 52 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: only blemish for him were the walks at times. He 53 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: can also get the proverbial wild hair up his nose 54 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: as a say, lose command of the strike zone. He 55 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: did issue four walks, but he limited the damage. Kind 56 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: of had a Houdini act in the third inning of 57 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: a scoreless tie because that was the type of game 58 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: that was played in which the bases were loaded against 59 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: him with only one man out and it looked like 60 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: the Cougars were destined as first in that game where 61 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: runs round a premium and then he struck out the 62 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: next two batters. It was part of the few strikeouts 63 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: that he had and he needed a most that's when 64 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: he got them. Lumber Kings would win that game in 65 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: the eighth inning thanks to Dara and Karnacion's great base running. 66 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: He would walk, he would move to second on a 67 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: wild bitch. He would then take third on a flyout 68 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: to center and score on a Sean Reynolds sacrificed fly 69 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: and that was a lumber Kings game winner on Sunday. 70 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: A team that at times has had troubles stringing it 71 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: all together, but a series win is certainly appreciated, keeping 72 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: them above the five hundred market twenty eight and twenty 73 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: seven on the season. Tanner Andrews, who will be talking 74 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: with on this episode, he had a great outing out 75 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: in Wisconsin his last time out. He's been piggybacking in 76 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: the lumber Kings starting rotation with Jake Walters, the University 77 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: of Alabama product. And what Andrews had done and we'll 78 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: talk about it on the interview. But when we saw 79 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: him in Wisconsin, the lumber Kings they were getting beat 80 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: really bad. They were swept by the Wisconsin timber Ratlers. 81 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: That's the single a affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, and 82 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: at the seventh or in the first year of the 83 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: final game of that series, that's when Andrews was expected 84 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: to piggyback the start of Walters. Well, Walters could not 85 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: make it through the first He went just a third evening, 86 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: allowed seven runs. Lumber Kings would then have to go 87 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,119 Speaker 1: to Alex VESI had to get him through just kind 88 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: of to bridge that gap to Andrews, which he did, 89 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: and then he came in in the third inning and 90 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: was lights out. Andrews with six shutout innings for the 91 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: lumber Kings. Unfortunately, though those seven runs in the first 92 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: would prove too much to overcome. That was part of 93 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: a five to seven loss and series sweep in Wisconsin 94 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: that the lumber Kings. It was an ugly series, and 95 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: I would say probably their ugliest of the season when 96 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: you look at a game in which they allowed thirty 97 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: two total hits between the two teams on the second 98 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: meeting of that series, because the lumber Kings had put 99 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: up eleven runs, they would lose then thirteen to eleven. 100 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: They allowed a pair of five run rallies in that 101 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: frame or in that ballgame, which was a barn burner 102 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: and a long one. It was the longest game of 103 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: the season. It lasted over four hours to get us 104 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: through those I think it was twenty four total runs. 105 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: Thirteen to eleven was our final score out in Wisconsin. 106 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: It was a long one, unfortunately for the lumber Kings. 107 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: A series sweep, the first on the road. That had 108 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: come first on the road all season long for the 109 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: Clinton lumber Kings. But Andrews was very sharp in that 110 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: allow the lumber Kings to come from behind a bit, 111 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,799 Speaker 1: and that's when the JD. Osbourne home run train had begun. 112 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: He had his first home run of the season out 113 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: in Wisconsin, hit his second home run of the season 114 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: the following day, took the first day off of the 115 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: series at home against kank County, and then homeward again 116 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: in the next outing. We had him on the pregame 117 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: show and what JD, the Canadian native, was telling us 118 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: that he was mainly a hockey player and that he 119 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: just kind of did baseball on the side for a 120 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: summer thing and then he got a better opportunity in baseball. 121 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: So here he is to describe his hockey style as 122 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: a Bruisery said he liked to hit the guys and 123 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: get the boys fired up, is how he described it 124 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: on our pregame show. It's good to see JD's bat 125 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: coming alive for the lumber Kings as he has been 126 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: one of the hottest lumber Kings as of late. It's 127 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 1: not just been the three home runs for Oz, he 128 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: is also in his last five games batted five forty five. 129 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: Over his last ten games he averaged then plummets to 130 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: four to twenty one, but another big bat for the Lumberkings. 131 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: He's really been the backup for Will Banfield behind the plate, 132 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: who just continues to be a very impressive defensive catcher. 133 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: But Osborne has now been receiving some more playing time 134 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: either as a DH or as a first baseman. We've 135 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: seen Sean Reynolds then move down into the DH role 136 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: because when it comes to the running game, there is 137 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: no one quite like Will Banfield. He has caught twenty 138 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: seven would be base Steelers in forty four attempts on 139 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: this season. That is a success rate of six thirteen. 140 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 2: On the year. 141 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, j D Osbourne he has had twenty stolen based 142 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: attempts against him this season, and they have all been successful. 143 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: He has not thrown out a base Steeler this season, 144 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: and that's what Osborne said. He goes, I am not 145 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: a defensive weapon. It's more of an offensive approach at 146 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: the plate. At least that's what you get from Osborne, 147 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: and that bat has certainly come alive. But on the 148 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: catching court a bit of a different and easy study 149 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 1: in contrast to see between the two catchers for the 150 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: Clinton Lumberkings. Also big bats from Jerarin Carnassion. He had 151 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: kind of become a victim of his own success when 152 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,559 Speaker 1: we talked to you last when his average had dropped 153 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: below the three hundred mark, because in Carnacion, as Mike Jacobs, 154 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: a manager, had described, it was a young guy who 155 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: thought at one point he could hit everything, and in 156 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: Carnassion looked like it. He was swinging at everything, and 157 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: the strikeouts began to pile up. The average then went down. 158 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: Carnassion is far more selective now at the plate. He 159 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 1: walked three times in Sunday's win over the KMP County Cougars, 160 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: and of course scored the winning run of that game 161 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: without a hit. And because of in Carnacion's patient and 162 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: more selection at the plate being more selective. He is 163 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: batting four seventy six over his last five games, four 164 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: hundred over his last ten games, and the average is 165 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: now back up over the three hundred mark. That's what 166 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: Jacobs had said that he just needed to kind of 167 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: get back to the way the season had started, being 168 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: more selective, and that has turned in to another hot 169 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: stretch for jar and Carnacion, which is really a time 170 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: to put the whole Midwest League on notice. When that's 171 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: the case. He has been a run producer from day one, 172 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: has been in the middle of the lineup really since 173 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: day one, and is back to what he had done 174 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season. Wanted to highlight one 175 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: more other player for the Clinton lumber Kings, and that 176 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: would be Connor Scott. He had the most dramatic win 177 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: of the season for the Clinton lumber Kings on Friday night. 178 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: You may have seen it on the Twitter sphere on 179 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: our twitter feed because Connor Scott. He had the walk 180 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: off home run on that night. It was part of 181 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: a three hit performance for Connor. So we've seen his 182 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: average deadily climb as well. Over his last five games, 183 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: Scott batting four to twelve three to h six over 184 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: his last ten games. His home run was his third 185 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: of the season, and the lumber Kings also had inserted 186 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: him down into the three spot on Sunday's game, putting 187 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: him in the middle of the lineup where Connor has 188 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: typically been the leadoff hitter here in Clinton. See if 189 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: that is a theme that will continue when the lumber 190 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: Kings resume action on Tuesday here at home against the 191 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: Cedar Rapids Kernels. But that hot stretch for Connor Scott, 192 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: remember he would on the interstate he was in the 193 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: one hundreds for the better part of the first two 194 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: months of the season is average. It is continuing to 195 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: creep up two twenty five now on this season, three 196 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: home runs and eighteen RBIs as we record this on Monday, 197 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: June the third, and that is also for Connor Scott 198 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: come with a two ninety six on base percentage, a 199 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: three point fifty three slugging percentage, and as we mentioned, 200 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: moving into the three spot for the Clinton lumber Kings. 201 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: We'll see as the lineup card has kind of been 202 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: fluctuating a little bit lately. Also, it'll be interesting to 203 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: see exactly how the team will be impacted by the 204 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: Miami Marlins draft, which as we record this is happening 205 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: right now, and the Marlins who will be drafting fourth. Overall, 206 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: that means that some of the people that will be 207 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: taken over the next couple of days will likely be 208 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: coming here to Clinton during the second half sort of 209 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: that busy time. Although we do not have any All 210 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: Stars to report to you as of yet, we imagine 211 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: that will be changing. For our second episode, we'll be 212 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: back with Tanner Andrews, who joins us here on a 213 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 1: Ball with Eric Oas to talk about the development the 214 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: close route to a small town in Indiana, and of 215 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: course the path of choosing baseball for a three sport 216 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: athlete in his native Indiana. Tanner Andrews joins us next 217 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: year on a ball and welcome back on a Ball 218 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: with Eric Ost. We're now joined with one of the 219 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: lumber Kings pitchers, a reliever, a starter. Tanner Andrews, thanks 220 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: for taking the time here to talk with us. 221 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 2: Yea, thank you for having me. 222 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: We are recording this, we should say on Sunday, June second, 223 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: after the lumber Kings just took a series from the 224 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: King County Cougars. But when talking with Tanner Andrews. Last 225 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: time we had seen you was out in Wisconsin, which 226 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 1: was a six inning performance against the Timber Ratlers the 227 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: single a affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, really saving the 228 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 1: day for the lumber Kings. There were a lot of 229 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: big innings in that series, kind of steadying the contest 230 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: for him. Turned out to be a loss, but allowed 231 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: the lumber Kings to creep back in that game. What 232 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: was working for you? And I guess what was a 233 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: relief start for you? 234 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a piggyback day. 235 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 3: So I was scheduled at the back end of that game, 236 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 3: and things didn't go as planned early in that game, 237 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 3: so I knew I had a chance to go in sooner, 238 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,599 Speaker 3: and he readied it down and said I had the 239 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 3: third So I just prepared like it was a start. 240 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 3: I got ready in a bullpen with Banfield. He gets 241 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 3: me ready, he gets me ready to go into the game, 242 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 3: and really just had to take the hitters one by one. 243 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 3: And I feel like their hitters were really aggressive, so 244 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 3: they were getting a little too comfortable in the box, 245 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 3: hunting the fastball away going. 246 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 2: The other way. 247 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 3: They did a really nice job of going the other 248 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 3: way with fastball, so we had to mix not only speeds, 249 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 3: but we had to mix NL up down different quadrants 250 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 3: just to get them uncomfortable in the box a little bit. 251 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 3: Fastball command was pretty good that day, and then mixing 252 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 3: in the splitter and the slider was really good for 253 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 3: me too. 254 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: And you mentioned the aggressiveness of that lineup, because I mean, 255 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: Bryce Terrang probably is the first name that you know 256 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: pops out on that list. He was taken in the 257 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: first round, and he was playing like a first round 258 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: pick in that series. I think get an average round 259 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 1: seven fifty over those three games. Was there any specific 260 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 1: way you wanted to attack him? You mentioned the aggressiveness, 261 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: and obviously he was one of them having singles all 262 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: over the place, But what did you go into with 263 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: that chess match and facing Terring in those instances out 264 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: in Wisconsin. 265 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, it's it's a challenge and he's a really 266 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,439 Speaker 3: good hitter, and those are the moments as a pitcher 267 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 3: you really want you want to get that guy out. 268 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 3: You want to be able to say I got his number, 269 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 3: But I don't know if I could say I got 270 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 3: his number, but he I just really, like I said, 271 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 3: got to get him off the plate. He was a 272 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 3: guy that was going the other way really well, but 273 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 3: also could get his hands around and pull the ball, 274 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 3: and so sometimes you got to go even in off 275 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 3: the plate a little bit. 276 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 2: And so that's what we did. 277 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 3: We went in first, I went in a little further, 278 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 3: just tried to make him uncomfortable. I wasn't trying to 279 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 3: hit him or anything, but just going in off the plate, 280 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 3: moving his feet is what we called his a picture. 281 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 3: And then go the other way soft or go hard 282 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 3: and just really read the hitter, read the takes. And 283 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 3: that's what we did. 284 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: And you mentioned getting warmed up to by Will Banfield. 285 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: It's a person that we talk obviously quite a bit 286 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: about on the broadcast because he's a catcher that's known 287 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: for the defensive skills that he has. What is that 288 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: like as a pitcher because the game he calls, we 289 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: know what he can do on the running game, right, 290 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: there's not a whole lot going on with the running 291 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: game because he's throwing him out just about everyone who 292 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: runs against him. But what kind of game does he call? 293 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: How is he as a receiver for a pitcher? 294 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 2: Yeah? 295 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,079 Speaker 3: Absolutely, he's a great talent. It's fun to throw to 296 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 3: him and JD both and Wisconsin. I threw to JD, 297 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 3: and I love throwing the JD. You kind of have 298 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 3: the camaraderie from last year, but it was cool to 299 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 3: have will to get me ready in the bullpen. He 300 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 3: would set up well on a good glove side. He'd 301 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 3: set up off the plate, and I try to get 302 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 3: into there, and just the little adjustments he makes to 303 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 3: get the pictures ready to get arms sided or get 304 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 3: glove side. It's pretty fun. And obviously you mentioned he's 305 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 3: a cannon so. 306 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: And you mentioned too as kind of a piggyback start. 307 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: We've seen you kind of flip flap that role with 308 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: Jake Walters who was in the lumber King starting rotation 309 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: as well. What goes into the preparation you mentioned kind 310 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: of treating it like a start, but after seven runs 311 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: are scoring the first inning, I'm sure it doesn't feel 312 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: quite like that because the house was on fire, so 313 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: to speak. But is there anything extra, any different preparation 314 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: that might go into that when you're piggybacking to start 315 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: as opposed to going out there to start the game. 316 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 2: No, absolutely not. 317 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 3: Every time you go on as a pitcher, you just 318 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 3: kind of want to get in there and compete and 319 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 3: execute your pitch. Whether it's a ninth inning or the 320 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 3: first inning. You just want to execute one pitch at 321 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 3: a time and if you execute your pitcher pretty good odds. 322 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: And where did this season start for you? Because obviously 323 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: you weren't with the lumber Kings for opening Day. You 324 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: came with the lumber Kings out in May, So how 325 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: did it start for you and your road to Clinton 326 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: here in twenty nineteen? 327 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 3: So I started spring training as a reliever and through 328 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 3: really well throughout spring training, and by the spring training 329 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 3: I saw list and I was on the extended list. 330 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 3: I was frustrated with that, but when I met with Mahaalik, 331 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 3: the pichon coordinator here with the Marlins, he just said, 332 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 3: we're gonna transition you back into a starter. 333 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 2: We really liked the way you throwing. 334 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 3: So that was that was a positive for me, and 335 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 3: I stayed in extended for a little bit, built up 336 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 3: innings and it spent a few days in Jupiter, Higa. 337 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 3: I got a relief of parents there actually, and a 338 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 3: few days later they sent me here and it's been fun. 339 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 3: There's a great group of guys here, a great camaraderie, 340 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 3: great fun, not only on the field but outside the 341 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 3: field with the personalities and the team we have here. 342 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's a common theme for the lumber Kings, 343 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: is just everyone getting along too, because it's a common 344 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: theme that we say we hear from other people on 345 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: the podcast. This is our tenth episode, so it's something 346 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: that we hear pretty regularly. Mentioned being starting this season 347 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: and extended spring training where he had been assigned a 348 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: little frustrated. What was going into the work to get 349 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: over that frustration to get here to Clinton that you 350 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: felt like you had to prove You mentioned maybe extending 351 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: the innings a little bit, but what was something that 352 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: you focused on that you thought was going to get 353 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: you to a full seat and team, which is where 354 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: you are right now with the lumber Kings. 355 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 3: Right absolutely, I mean extended, it's not really the place 356 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 3: anybody strives to be that obviously, everybody wants to be 357 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 3: in the big leagues and Clintons is stepping stone for that. 358 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 3: But really just being consistent, being consistent every day, every catch, play, 359 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 3: every time I step on the field, whether it's practice, 360 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 3: whether it was a game, just really being consistent with 361 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 3: both my fastball and my osty pitches and even my delivery. 362 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 3: We broke down my delivery a little bit, cleaned some 363 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 3: things up to make it where I could be more 364 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 3: consistent and I didn't have to work as hard to 365 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 3: create velocity or to get the pitch down in a 366 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 3: way like like like I would like to. So I 367 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 3: mean it was it was a good process for me. Yeah, 368 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 3: at the time, it was frustrating, but at the same time, 369 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 3: I learned a lot through the process, got some one 370 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 3: on one work, and I feel like it really made 371 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 3: me a better pitcher in in the long run. 372 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: Mentioned starting as a reliever with the out and extended 373 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: to bring training, you come back into the starting role 374 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: and being extended out over that time. When we had 375 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: humber till he out in Dayton, it was kind of 376 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: interesting to see because he was piggybacking starts early in 377 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: the season and then the lumber Kings were getting blown 378 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: out in this game in Dayton, and then he comes 379 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: on in relief and we saw the fastball get up 380 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: to like ninety five. You really just let it fly. 381 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: So what is the difference in that from a starting perspective. 382 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: Sometimes you hear about guys having to maybe hold back 383 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: a little bit conserve some energy to you know, have 384 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 1: the stamina to go through several more innings as opposed 385 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: to just letting it fly right out of the bullpen. 386 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: Was that something that you may have had to refine 387 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 1: a little bit and getting into those starting roles. 388 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely. 389 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 3: I mean when you're back in guy, when you're eighth, 390 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 3: ninth inning, guy, you can come in and just let 391 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 3: it fly. Throw everything you have at them, all your pitches, 392 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 3: whatever you need to get an out. 393 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 2: As a starter, you kind of I don't really. 394 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 3: Want to say hold back a little bit, but you 395 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 3: you're not max effort on every pitch. Maybe you have 396 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:48,360 Speaker 3: a pitch where you run it up there a little 397 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 3: more effort wise, but really you just want to stay 398 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 3: consistent and you want to maybe as a starter for me, 399 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 3: one thing I like to try to do is maybe 400 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 3: save my putaway pitch for the second time through over 401 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 3: when I really need it. That's not always the case. 402 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 3: Sometimes you get yourself in situations where there's a runnerund base, 403 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 3: there's running scoring position. Maybe it's a first inning and 404 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 3: you're gonna ge You're gonna go to your outpitch. But 405 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:13,239 Speaker 3: just kind of ideal as a starter, maybe you can 406 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 3: get to the first time with your fastball, on your slider, 407 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 3: fastball or your change. 408 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 2: Up, whatever you need to do. But I'd say it's 409 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 2: a little different. 410 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, it's really just competing, 411 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 3: competing to execute each pitch. Whether it's a pitch or 412 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 3: O two pitch or two O pitch, you just gotta execute. 413 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 3: And as a pitcher, the odds are in your favor. 414 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: And what's that outpitch for you too when you really 415 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: need I guess it changes day by day, right with 416 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 1: the feel is, But I guess on most days, what 417 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: would it be the pitch that you would need for 418 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: an out you'd go to. 419 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 3: I mean, it really depends on the hitter, like you said, 420 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 3: if it's a rity or a lefty, if he's got 421 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 3: a longer swing or quick swing, whatever it is. I mean, 422 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 3: I pitch off my fastball a lot, so fastball is 423 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 3: might go to pitch and then I like the slider 424 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 3: at times, I like the splitter at time, and I 425 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 3: get more feel for the change up too, So it 426 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 3: really just depends on the situation, reading swings and trust 427 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 3: in my catcher. 428 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: Well single way here in the Clinton lumber Kings, So 429 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: that usually means development. Right for the guys that are 430 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: here with lumber Kings, I guess today we should say 431 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: the Clinton a lotates because it was part of the 432 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: Copa Dela diversion. Great look too if you haven't seen it, 433 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: but for the lumber Kings too in the development that 434 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,239 Speaker 1: comes along with it. You mentioned maybe a goal early on, 435 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: and you didn't say it specifically as a goal, but 436 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: you wanted to get to a full season affiliate, which 437 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: you have done, battling through some adversity or some goals 438 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: that you came into this season that you're still trying 439 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: to work on. Pitches who are just in game mentality 440 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: that you want to be at towards the end of 441 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: the season, that you're still working on here in the 442 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: early parts of June, really. 443 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 3: Just getting comfortable with all my speed pitches, being able 444 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 3: to throw the slider or the change up to oh 445 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 3: as big. I mean, if you watch big league games, 446 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 3: you can't one hundred percent say a fastball is coming 447 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 3: in any count. And that's and that's pretty that's pretty 448 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 3: cool to see, and it's pretty hard to hit. I mean, 449 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 3: as a hitter, if you can't set on one pitch, 450 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 3: it's pretty tough when there, when the hitters can start eliminade. 451 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 3: Pitching pitches is when hitting it's easier for them. So 452 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 3: if it's two oh and I can throw a change 453 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 3: up in there, then I'm heading the right direction. So 454 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 3: that's just one thing I'm working on. And then obviously 455 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 3: there's always room to grow with your fastball, your command, 456 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 3: getting ahead of hitters and all of them. In My 457 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 3: goal every time I go out there is give my 458 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 3: team the best chance to win. So whether that's run 459 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 3: around the third and you need to punch out, or 460 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 3: whether it's just getting early contact, pitching deep into games 461 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 3: and saving the bullpen. 462 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: We're talking here with Tanner Andrews, one of the lumber 463 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: Kings starting pitchers. A question that I'm always interested to 464 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: hear about because at the single A level here with 465 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: the lumber Kings in the Midwest League, we hear a 466 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: lot from pitchers they're working on the change up. So 467 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: what is something Why is that a pitch that takes 468 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: some refining when you get into the professional ranks to 469 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 1: throw it consistently that you're trying to do right. You 470 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: mentioned commanding those off speed pitches, So why is the 471 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: change up one of those more difficult pitches to throw. 472 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 3: I think if you ask any almost any hitter, or 473 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 3: the hardest pitch in baseball to hit is the change up. 474 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: So it makes sense, right, because hardest to throw, hardest 475 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: to hit. 476 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I don't know some I was just 477 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 3: have a knack. For Tyler Mitchell was an unbelievable change 478 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 3: up and that's his pitch. Uh, there's other guys, the 479 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 3: big league guys have an unbelievable change up and they 480 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 3: just that's something they've thrown and they have feel for. 481 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 3: For me, I just learned to change up last year. 482 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 3: I never threw one, So learning it last year and 483 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 3: just bringing into this year, I'm getting more and more 484 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 3: comfortable every time I throw it. So that's something that's 485 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 3: positive for me and something that I'm growing them as 486 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 3: a pitcher. And I mean when it's a pitch that's 487 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 3: made to look like your fastball. 488 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 2: So these hitters are so talented. They can hit ninety 489 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 2: five mine our fastball. They can hit ninety nine our 490 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:37,640 Speaker 2: fastballs if you watch the Big League. 491 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 3: So when you have the change up to really get 492 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 3: them in between pitches, that's what's what makes your fastball better. 493 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 3: And then also you have the change up and it 494 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 3: makes your other pitches better as well. 495 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: What were some of the breaking and pitches that you 496 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: were working with before you added the change up to 497 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: your repertoire. 498 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 3: So I was a fastball, slider and the split finger guy. 499 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 3: I watched John Smoltz growing up. 500 00:21:58,640 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: Okay, that makes sense. 501 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 3: Loved I loved John Smoltz and a split finger and 502 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 3: I have really really big hands, really long finger. So 503 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 3: it's a pitch that kind of came naturally to me 504 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 3: when I started pitching. So it's just something that I have. 505 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 3: I know, it's kind of a weird pitch. Not a 506 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 3: lot of people throw it, but it's kind of something 507 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 3: I take pride in. 508 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 1: So from Indiana, But were you a Brais fan then 509 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 1: growing up watching John Smoltz? 510 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 2: I was a Brais fan. Yes. 511 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 3: My dad grew up in Simmi, Florida, which is where 512 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 3: the Bravestream spring training was at for a long time. 513 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 3: I believe they just moved to Sarasota or somewhere down there. 514 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 3: But so, yeah, my dad was a Brais fan growing 515 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 3: up and kind of watched the game. So me and 516 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 3: my brother as a son, grew up as a Brais fan. 517 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: Well, you had to be a pitcher then, right, because 518 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: those are the big nineties pitching staffs of the Braves. 519 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: I mean you've got Maddix, you've got Smolts, and even 520 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: further back you could go with Avery too and Glavin. 521 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: Of course, you've got Hall of famers right there. So 522 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: if you would have gone to be hit or that 523 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 1: would have meant you weren't paying attention to the games, right, Yeah. 524 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 2: That's true. I really loved Chipper Johnes two. 525 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: Of us, that's true. Yes, of course. I mean they 526 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 1: had some guys who produced runs. That's how you win 527 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: World Series, as they did in nineteen ninety five. We're 528 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: talking here with Tanner Andrews, one of the lumber Kings 529 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: relievers and also starter, mainly as starter because it's been 530 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: the piggyback experiences that we've seen from him for the 531 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: lumber Kings. Early on mentioned you're from Indiana. Was it 532 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: baseball just exclusively growing up or were the other sports 533 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: that you had played as well? 534 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 2: No, absolutely not. 535 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 3: I was a three sport guy all the way through 536 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 3: high school baseball, basketball. 537 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 2: And football. 538 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 3: Okay, at times, even a lot of people from my 539 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 3: high school would say baseball is my third sport. 540 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: Wow, So how did that come about? 541 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 3: Nick Wigren actually a Purdue pitcher Miami former Miami Marlins pitcher. 542 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 3: I met him my senior year of high school. His 543 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 3: junior college coach was from Fort Wayne, Indiana, which is 544 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 3: close to where I'm from, and I played summer ball. 545 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 3: Matt Kennedy knew my family. That's is juco coach, and 546 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 3: he's putting on a clinic and I ended up staying 547 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,159 Speaker 3: and throwing with Witgrand and it just kind of went 548 00:23:59,200 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 3: from there. 549 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: Is baseball something that you really liked, maybe more so 550 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: than basketball or football? Or did that come later on? 551 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: And maybe you know that meeting that you mentioned pushing 552 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: you in that direction as you go on to Purdue. 553 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 2: I mean, I love all the sports. I still love 554 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: sports all three. 555 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 3: I miss some football and basketball every time I go 556 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 3: a little WHI grab a basketball shoot around a little bit. 557 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 2: Don't sell Amanda. 558 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: Secret safe with us, although we will say the podcast 559 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: is released publicly. 560 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 3: Sorry, Amanda, But yeah, I mean my dad played baseball 561 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 3: in college. 562 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 2: My brother played baseball in college. 563 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 3: He's older than I am, and so it's something that 564 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 3: as a family we all we all love. But the 565 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 3: other sports were loves of mine too. 566 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: What positions did you play in football and basketball? 567 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 3: Football, I was a receiver, mainly played a little run backs, 568 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 3: little quarterback, and then on the defensive side like a safety, linebacker, combo. 569 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: It's so interesting to hear because you sometimes when you 570 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: watch MLB Network, I think Aaron Reynolds talks about it 571 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: a lot that you know baseball when you go into 572 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: the travel ball type of stuff where it gets really competitive, 573 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: that a lot of the kids have to really commit 574 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: early on to just that one sport, and Harold Reynolds 575 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: never wants to hear any thing about it because he 576 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: thinks those sports build a well rounded athlete. Was that 577 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: something that you might have agreed with right too, and 578 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: having that influence of basketball and football early on. 579 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's absolutely correct. I feel like each sport helps 580 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 3: you in another sport in some way. My basketball coach 581 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 3: in high school, he was a guy that he thought 582 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 3: maybe three was too many. He was a Hall of 583 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 3: Fame coach, all time winning as coach to Savaniana Bill Patrick, 584 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 3: and I learned a lot of him from the mental side, 585 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 3: But he knew me and my family well enough to 586 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 3: know that I wasn't going to give up football and baseball, 587 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 3: so he embraced it. And football helps quickness obviously, lateral 588 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 3: speed explosion. Baseball's more mental, basketball athleticism. I mean, you 589 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 3: can go on for days about what each sport helps 590 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 3: you with. But it was really fun just playing all 591 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 3: three with my friends from back home. I feel like 592 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 3: it really helped me as an athlete and made me 593 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 3: the athlete and the person I am today. 594 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 1: So you get out of high school, you had three sports, 595 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, football, basketball, and baseball. You then go 596 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: to Purdue. What was that moment like when you find 597 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: out that you're continuing that career into Purdue, which is 598 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: a pretty good baseball program as well, which means that 599 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: you're really focusing on baseball. Must have been a tough 600 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 1: decision too, but an exciting decision that was made. What 601 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: part did the parents and the friends and family play 602 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: and making that decision for you too? And what a 603 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 1: big moment that was? 604 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was awesome moment. 605 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 3: I know I've known for I knew before I went 606 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 3: to Purdue that it was Purdue. I've took a visit 607 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 3: there my freshman year, and that was a school I 608 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 3: wanted to go to. I just thought at home there 609 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:49,920 Speaker 3: more so than anywhere else. And if you ask my mom, 610 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 3: she'd be really relieved that I chose baseball because football 611 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 3: scares are a little bit and football is what I 612 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 3: was leaning all the way up until January, my senior 613 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 3: year of high school, and parents just supported me and 614 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 3: told me to do what my heart says, and we 615 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 3: prayed about it and prayed about it, and I just 616 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 3: felt led to play baseball. 617 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: And the Purdue program. Can you give us a synopsis 618 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: of what that was like in your baseball development? Obviously 619 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 1: a pretty successful one because you get drafted early on 620 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 1: by the Marlins, But what was that like in the 621 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: Purdue baseball program? 622 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 2: Yeah? 623 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 3: Absolutely, just giving me a chance to pursue a lifelong dream. 624 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 3: Every kid grows up wanting to be a professional baseball player, 625 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 3: professional football player, whatever it is, and just giving me 626 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 3: the opportunity of the next step to be able to 627 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 3: accomplish that was awesome. Was Coach s Treiber when I 628 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 3: first got there, and Coach McIntyre really helped me, and 629 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 3: that was when I first really started pitching as well, 630 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 3: and they helped me develop not only as a person 631 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 3: but or not only as a player, but as a 632 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 3: person off the field. It's first time away from home. 633 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 3: I really I feel like that's when you really have 634 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 3: to grow up and separates a lot of people from 635 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 3: who can handle it and who can't. And then we 636 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 3: had a coaching change to coach was a cow ski 637 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 3: and pitching coach Home, who's now just one or didn't 638 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 3: win yet, but just beat Louisville at their regional. He's 639 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 3: one game away from a super regional, So good luck 640 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 3: coach Home. Coach Krancer, that's great Learner and the rest 641 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 3: of the Illinois State Redbirds, but he took the red 642 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 3: Birds job this past offseason, so that's exciting for them. 643 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 3: Ross Learn is an old teammate and Wally Krantzer is 644 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 3: also a coach at Purdue, so I really rooted for 645 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 3: the Illinois State Redbirds this weekend. But yeah, to go on, 646 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 3: Coach wa was and Coach Home really just elevated me 647 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 3: from a college player to somebody that could go on. 648 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 3: Just really getting me in the best shape physically mentally 649 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 3: and just really taking the time and devoting their time 650 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 3: into me and helping me get to where I'm at. So, 651 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 3: I mean, Purdue was a great spot for me, always 652 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 3: always going to hold a special place in my heart and. 653 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 2: Is the reason why I'm here today. 654 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: Taking in the tenth round out of Purdue. Another big 655 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: moment too, right there, Miles Stones along the way, you 656 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: choosing baseball, going into Purdue, you then getting drafted by 657 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,959 Speaker 1: the Miami Marlins in the tenth round early in the drafts. 658 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: What was that moment like? Imagine your mom you said 659 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: it excited that you went the baseball route so her 660 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: son wasn't being hit anymore on a football field. Imagine 661 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: very excited too to see that decision be rewarded right 662 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: at the professional level by the Marlins. Who was all 663 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: there with you when you'd found out you could have 664 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 1: been drafted? 665 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 3: Well, it was my It was my mom, my brother, 666 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 3: and my dad, and also my girlfriend at the time 667 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 3: and my cousin. So I mean, it was a really 668 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 3: awesome moment. It was surreal and dream come true, not 669 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 3: not away for me, but for my family. My brother, 670 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 3: like I mentioned, is older than me, and he if 671 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 3: you asked, if you ask my parents today, they probably 672 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 3: said the best baseball player growing up was my brother. 673 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 3: He didn't get the opportunity, had battled some injuries, but 674 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 3: without a doubt he was good enough to play at 675 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 3: this level. So it's not only awesome for me, but 676 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 3: it's awesome for my family. Really, growing up with my 677 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 3: brother two years apart is something that we both dreamed 678 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 3: of and kind of being able to live it out 679 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 3: for me and for him is pretty awesome. 680 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: It seems like it's full circle, right because you met 681 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: your mom and your dad. I'm sure they're taking you 682 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: to practices early on too, So there's that sacrifice in 683 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: the investment that kind of pays off. And what was 684 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: the coaching reception, Like you mentioned being close with coaches 685 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: in high school and also at the pretty level, I'm 686 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: sure they were pretty excited too to find out that 687 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: they had a picture that was going to be pitching 688 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: professionally as well. 689 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 690 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 3: Absolutely, from my high school coach and my young travel 691 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 3: ball coaches coach Raymon he out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. 692 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 3: He played in the minor leagues with the Reds for 693 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 3: a while and he coached me from the time I 694 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 3: was ten years old, and he told my parents that 695 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 3: when I was twelve that I play professional baseball someday, 696 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 3: and they kind of didn't tell me right away. I 697 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 3: didn't want me to get an ego or whatever. But 698 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 3: they told me later on, and Raymond's one of the 699 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 3: people that I'm super grateful for. My high school coaches, 700 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 3: my high school teammates, really, my hometown, they really rallied 701 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 3: around me, especially as the draft got closer, and I'm 702 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 3: pretty active in the Little League. When I went home 703 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 3: in the off season, I would umpire in the Little league. 704 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,479 Speaker 3: So just I come from a small hometown and they 705 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 3: just really rallied around me. Now you get text daily 706 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 3: from from my hometown and it's pretty awesome. 707 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 1: The community support, which is kind of rare if you 708 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: come from a bigger town, right, and so it's pretty 709 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,479 Speaker 1: neat and unique too to Tanner Andrew as well. As 710 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: we mentioned, you weren't here for the lumber Kings on 711 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: opening Day, which meant you could not fill out our questionnaire. 712 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: So we like to end with a nice, lighthearted question, 713 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: although it may be the most difficult of the entire interview. Tanner, 714 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: who is your celebrity. 715 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 2: Crush celebrity crush man? 716 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 3: I don't know this one. I'm gonna have to go 717 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 3: with Carrie Underwood. Okay, I've been watching a lot of 718 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 3: playoff hockey and the Preds and. 719 00:31:58,360 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: That makes a lot of sense. 720 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, so yeah, his wife Carrie Underwood is Yeah, 721 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 3: first of all a great person boss, so very very gifted. 722 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, good luck in that department. Well that's Tander Andrews. 723 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for taking the time here to talk 724 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: with this on a. 725 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 2: Ball with eric Oh's thank you, thank you for having me. 726 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: And welcome back on a ball with eric Os. You 727 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 1: had just heard from one of the lumber Kings starters, 728 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: really because the bullpen outings for Tanner Andrews have been 729 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: the piggyback starts, and you talked and we heard about 730 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 1: that path for Tanner Andrews coming out from extended spring train. 731 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: I need really stretching him out in order to take 732 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: that role. So a big thanks to him for taking 733 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: some time to talk with us. On Sunday after the 734 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 1: lumber Kings as the Clinton Olotes had beaten the Kane 735 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 1: County Cougars, Tanner Andrews was in off to enjoy the 736 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: lumber Kings first off day in three weeks while we 737 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: go over the roster moves for the Clinton lumber Kings. 738 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:20,880 Speaker 1: As we try to keep you abreast of all the 739 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: moving in and out, we were thinking about getting Dimitrius 740 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: Sims on the podcast, and then that decision was made 741 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: for us by the Miami Marlins as he was no 742 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: longer here. Dimitria Sims earning a promotion, becoming the third 743 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: lumber King to be called up to the High A 744 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,959 Speaker 1: Jupiter Hammerheads. It's part of the corresponding move, Bubba Hollins 745 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: was inactivated from the injured list. Remember he was batting 746 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: three point fifty eight at the time of his injury 747 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: back on May the second, So it's good to see 748 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 1: Hollands back in the lineup he has been. He gave 749 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: us a little bit of a scare at one point. 750 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 1: He came out in the game on Friday and then 751 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: was not in the lineup one day, but was right 752 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: back in the lineup for the lumber Kings win on Sunday, 753 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 1: So appears to be all right. Just some precaution taken 754 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: for the Kings. They also then had a roster move 755 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 1: on the first day of June the first. It was 756 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: Cam Baird being sent down to extended spring training and 757 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: Zach Wolf being activated from the injured list. So the 758 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,879 Speaker 1: lumber Kings right now becoming a bit of the healthier team. 759 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: They've still got Manuel Rodriguez on on the injured list, 760 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,919 Speaker 1: and that is it when it comes to the hurt 761 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 1: lumber Kings, which at a time there were four different 762 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,319 Speaker 1: players on the injured list, so that has changed a 763 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: little bit. Davis Bradshaw, who has been in the lumber 764 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,360 Speaker 1: Kings lineup since his arrival here to the team back 765 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,479 Speaker 1: on May the twenty fourth, when John Gunther had earned 766 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: his promotion up to the Jupiter hammer Heads. He has 767 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: been a speedy, fun outfielder disease primarily been out in 768 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: left field for the lumber Kings, a guy that had 769 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,800 Speaker 1: batted last season three seventy six with the GCL Marlins 770 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,719 Speaker 1: over twenty seven games, then was promoted to the Batavia 771 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 1: Muckdogs for nineteen games and batted three twenty four there 772 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: and stole twenty bases between the two locations. Bradshaw also 773 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: has a few stolen bases already on the season for 774 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,799 Speaker 1: the Clinton lumber Kings, and utilizing that speed, had another 775 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: hit in that win on Sunday, So Bradshaw's average is 776 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,920 Speaker 1: up to over two fifty now on the season in 777 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 1: that brief sample size, and that has come with two 778 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: stolen bases as well. Lumber Kings will be back in 779 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:13,360 Speaker 1: action against the Cedar Rapids Colonels. They will then be 780 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: hitting the road for a very important five game series 781 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,320 Speaker 1: with the Burlington Bees. That's the single A affiliate of 782 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Angels. The Colonels are the single A 783 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,280 Speaker 1: affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. The B series five games 784 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 1: because there will be a doubleheader on Sunday, June the ninth, 785 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: and that will then come to an end the following 786 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: day on the tenth of June. Lumber Kings will then 787 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 1: meet the peori A Chiefs for three from the eleventh 788 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: through the thirteenth, the Cedar Rapids Colonels for three from 789 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,840 Speaker 1: the fourteenth through the sixteenth, and that is it for 790 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,400 Speaker 1: the first half for the Clinton lumber Kings here in 791 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,319 Speaker 1: the Midwest League. Interesting to see the season kind of 792 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 1: flying by now as the first half will be coming 793 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: to an end for the All Star Break that starts 794 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,160 Speaker 1: here in the Midwest League on June the seventeenth runs 795 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: through the nineteenth. This year, it will be the South 796 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,800 Speaker 1: Bend Cubs hosting out in South Bend at four wins Field. 797 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: They are the single A affiliate of OBI of the 798 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,239 Speaker 1: Chicago Cubs, and so they'll be hosting it as the 799 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,560 Speaker 1: All Star Game will stay in the East. Last year 800 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 1: it was out in Lant saying this is the part 801 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 1: where we will shamelessly plug the broadcast side of things, 802 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 1: as we hope to see you out of the ballpark 803 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: at some point this season, always looking for new faces. 804 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,879 Speaker 1: But of course if you can't make it, you can 805 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: listen to all the lumber Kings action on one hundred 806 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: point three FM WCCI for those of you on the 807 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,839 Speaker 1: broadcast range. For those of you outside of it, no 808 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: need to worry. You can find us on the interwebs 809 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: at Lumberkings dot com via the tune in radio app 810 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,320 Speaker 1: with yours truly on the call for all one hundred 811 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: and thirty nine games of the lumber Kings two thousand 812 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: and nineteen season. That's going to do it for episode 813 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: number ten of A Ball. Want to thank everyone for 814 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 1: listening to the guest candor Andrews for taking some time 815 00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:45,759 Speaker 1: to talk with us, and we hope to see you 816 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,880 Speaker 1: on the broadcast and also on the next episode of 817 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: A Ball with Eric Ohs 818 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:16,000 Speaker 3: Company