1
00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:05,240
Speaker 1: I'll betching us.

2
00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:09,000
Speaker 2: We were on FT New York, met Luke. Great to

3
00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,719
Speaker 2: have you on, man, Congratulations, we haven't had you since

4
00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,960
Speaker 2: the deal. So first off, tell us how it all

5
00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,360
Speaker 2: went down this offseason for you.

6
00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,320
Speaker 1: Boys. Happy to be here, Thank you for this valuable

7
00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:25,600
Speaker 1: time on this wonderful show. It uh yeah, it's it's

8
00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,880
Speaker 1: an interesting process. I will say, I'm grateful to finally

9
00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,000
Speaker 1: be in a position where you know you're not just

10
00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,960
Speaker 1: scrapping at the bottom and hoping to fight your way

11
00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,600
Speaker 1: into finding a team a roster, and that's a really

12
00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,120
Speaker 1: tough place to be. So this game has its ups

13
00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,160
Speaker 1: and downs, and so it was a really smooth process.

14
00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,040
Speaker 1: It was learned a lot about myself, a lot about

15
00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,519
Speaker 1: the the the ins and outs of that industry and

16
00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,640
Speaker 1: the business side on both ends. And we just landed

17
00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,040
Speaker 1: in a similar I guess city and maybe in a

18
00:00:59,040 --> 00:00:59,760
Speaker 1: different location.

19
00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,360
Speaker 3: Right before we get into before we get into your

20
00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,640
Speaker 3: free agency and what happened and how you ended up

21
00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,199
Speaker 3: on the Mets, which I want to hear all about.

22
00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,360
Speaker 3: You played with Cody Bellinger last year? Is he worth

23
00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:11,759
Speaker 3: what they want him to be worth?

24
00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:12,040
Speaker 4: You?

25
00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:13,720
Speaker 3: You were there, you were in the you were in

26
00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:15,520
Speaker 3: the room with them every day for one hundred and

27
00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,720
Speaker 3: sixty two days, eight months of the year. Tell us

28
00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,520
Speaker 3: about Cody Bellinger and his worth, because there just seems

29
00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,959
Speaker 3: to be such as a difference of opinion on what

30
00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,960
Speaker 3: Cody Bellinger brings every day to a team.

31
00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:31,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, I've I've enjoyed being on his team more

32
00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,160
Speaker 1: than I've had facing him over my time. So great player,

33
00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,480
Speaker 1: even better, dude. You know, he's consistent, He's just the

34
00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,040
Speaker 1: same guy every day. He's a guy who won your clubhouse,

35
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,640
Speaker 1: certainly a player you want on your team. He's got

36
00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,320
Speaker 1: unique skill set, plays the outfit really well, runs really well,

37
00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,280
Speaker 1: and he's got an interesting approach at the plate where

38
00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,840
Speaker 1: it's kind of shifts depending on where he's at in

39
00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,320
Speaker 1: the count, and he uses all the field well. So

40
00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,800
Speaker 1: I'm make sure that I get a text from him

41
00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,320
Speaker 1: telling me thank you for all that. But at the

42
00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,160
Speaker 1: end of the day, I don't know the numbers personally

43
00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,160
Speaker 1: is what he's kind of going for. I kind of

44
00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,679
Speaker 1: just see the surface level stuff. I think at the

45
00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,239
Speaker 1: end of the day, he's as good as somebody wants

46
00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,120
Speaker 1: to pay him, right, that's what they always say. But

47
00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,640
Speaker 1: he is a valuable player, and I think he'll be

48
00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,200
Speaker 1: a great fit. I think he's worth all the money

49
00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,080
Speaker 1: that he wants. But at the end of the day,

50
00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,320
Speaker 1: the teams will decide that if they see that fit.

51
00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,959
Speaker 3: Did you have a number going into free agency? Did

52
00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,320
Speaker 3: you have a number or years or.

53
00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,839
Speaker 4: Even I guess location or was it something that we'll

54
00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,720
Speaker 4: wait and see where you're at. And then if you

55
00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,400
Speaker 4: did have a number, how close did the market come

56
00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:46,000
Speaker 4: to your number?

57
00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:47,840
Speaker 5: Yeah?

58
00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,200
Speaker 1: What I'll say on that is I just wanted to

59
00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,000
Speaker 1: try to land somewhere for at least two years if possible.

60
00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,360
Speaker 1: I know it's super hard to get multi year deals

61
00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,000
Speaker 1: as a reliever, especially in the three three range, So

62
00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,320
Speaker 1: to be able to land a two year deal was

63
00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,440
Speaker 1: a huge thing for me and my family to just

64
00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,040
Speaker 1: have some of that stability, some of that time where

65
00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,000
Speaker 1: and as a player, you guys understand that you just

66
00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,480
Speaker 1: want to be able to know where you're going to

67
00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,680
Speaker 1: be each day, but really in the next year or so.

68
00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,200
Speaker 1: So having that come together was great. The number side

69
00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,560
Speaker 1: of things, not necessarily in my head. I mean, I

70
00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,320
Speaker 1: don't really know what that market even looks like. I

71
00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,000
Speaker 1: know as relievers it can be a bit off of

72
00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,560
Speaker 1: what the guy did before you, or you know, the

73
00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,440
Speaker 1: people that you're looking left and right on in the market. So,

74
00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,720
Speaker 1: you know, I'm very thankful for like a Brad Keller

75
00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:43,800
Speaker 1: to go out there and get a nice deal and

76
00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,040
Speaker 1: kind of open up some some availability for me in

77
00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,760
Speaker 1: that way. And you know the guys before him just

78
00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:55,680
Speaker 1: settying different different you know, levels to it and just

79
00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,720
Speaker 1: be impatient through it and to see what happens.

80
00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,080
Speaker 3: That's awesome. Brad kil we just had on last week,

81
00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,880
Speaker 3: by the way, he was super excited about going to Philly,

82
00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,760
Speaker 3: so you get to face him. You guys, you have

83
00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,400
Speaker 3: some eighth inning showdowns possibly here in the near future

84
00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,520
Speaker 3: in the NL, so you know, be careful what you

85
00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,560
Speaker 3: wish for sometimes, Luke, were you shocked all the Yankees?

86
00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,640
Speaker 3: Were you shocked? Did the Yankees make an offer or

87
00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,400
Speaker 3: did they did not make you an offer? Correct? Were

88
00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,720
Speaker 3: you kind of shocked that they didn't try at all?

89
00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,719
Speaker 3: Because you did some good things? I mean, you closed

90
00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,800
Speaker 3: when they needed a closer, right, you were their eighth

91
00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:26,920
Speaker 3: inning guy who needed an eighth inning guy. You've done

92
00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:28,400
Speaker 3: a lot of things for them. Were you a little

93
00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,480
Speaker 3: bit surprised that they didn't come to you? And say hey, look,

94
00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,400
Speaker 3: we really value what you did for us.

95
00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, they didn't have a fish off or anything of

96
00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:42,640
Speaker 1: that deal. Uh yeah, you know, I have forever ingrained

97
00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,040
Speaker 1: into that organization these last two years of just kind

98
00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:51,280
Speaker 1: of resurrecting my career, gaining momentum and just being able

99
00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,000
Speaker 1: to play on a platform that is just really high

100
00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,120
Speaker 1: and to do some really cool things and to you know,

101
00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,520
Speaker 1: from my own personal gain, just to gain that confidence

102
00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,200
Speaker 1: and that love for baseball once again and just see

103
00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,520
Speaker 1: where it takes me to the finish. Yeah, I think

104
00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,719
Speaker 1: I really really loved and value every single person in

105
00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:16,200
Speaker 1: that clubhouse and on the team in general, and would

106
00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,599
Speaker 1: have loved to have been able to continue to things

107
00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,880
Speaker 1: to roll. But you know, we know there's always a

108
00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,000
Speaker 1: chapter that ends, and somewhere else you got to pick up.

109
00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,440
Speaker 1: And I got all love for those guys. I hope

110
00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,200
Speaker 1: they do extremely well and achieve all they want. You know,

111
00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,039
Speaker 1: there's no bad blood on my end. I don't flee

112
00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,000
Speaker 1: there is. I've got a lot of great text and

113
00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,200
Speaker 1: support from them and wishing me the best, and obviously

114
00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,000
Speaker 1: they're not going to root for me when the time

115
00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,640
Speaker 1: comes near and we're in a subway series, But at

116
00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,440
Speaker 1: the end of the day, just a really really cool

117
00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,279
Speaker 1: time there and and everybody there was just so impactful

118
00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,600
Speaker 1: in my life.

119
00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,839
Speaker 2: Hey, make good eats at home part of your twenty

120
00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,839
Speaker 2: twenty six New Year's resolution.

121
00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,239
Speaker 5: HelloFresh is what we're talking about.

122
00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,560
Speaker 3: Here, steaks, seafood, whatever options you want. They have stone

123
00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,360
Speaker 3: fruit to corn on the cops. Got I know you're

124
00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,400
Speaker 3: a big stone fruit fan.

125
00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:10,920
Speaker 5: Hey, you've eaten it all I have.

126
00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,520
Speaker 3: I've tried a lot of things, but HelloFresh always delivers.

127
00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:18,240
Speaker 3: They're fresh, delicious meals that you get to cook so

128
00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,560
Speaker 3: you feel like you actually accomplish something when you eat

129
00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:21,520
Speaker 3: them after you're done.

130
00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:25,080
Speaker 2: Cooking over one hundred mouth watering recipes each week. It's

131
00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,520
Speaker 2: made with wholesome ingredients like one hundred percent antibiotic and

132
00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,599
Speaker 2: hormone free chicken. Because when dinner tastes this good, nothing

133
00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,239
Speaker 2: hits like home cooking. Go to HelloFresh dot com slash

134
00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,480
Speaker 2: ft ten FM to get ten free meals plus a

135
00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,560
Speaker 2: freeze willing knife, a one hundred and forty four ninety

136
00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:47,640
Speaker 2: nine value on your third box offer valid while supplies last.

137
00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,680
Speaker 2: Free meals applied as discount on first box New subscribers

138
00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,800
Speaker 2: only varies by a plan Get America's number one meal kit.

139
00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,680
Speaker 4: Hello Fresh, talk about teammates, Well, you're going over play

140
00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,960
Speaker 4: with one Soto again, but Devin Williams is going to

141
00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,240
Speaker 4: be in the bullpen with you again.

142
00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:05,520
Speaker 3: He signed before you.

143
00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,000
Speaker 4: Was there any process where maybe you were going through

144
00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,760
Speaker 4: the free agent process and they were like, hey, you

145
00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,000
Speaker 4: know what we offered Devin Williams, or hey you know

146
00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,320
Speaker 4: what you saw we just signed Devin. Did he reach out?

147
00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,520
Speaker 4: Was there any like not recruiting or was there any

148
00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,880
Speaker 4: kind of like, hey, you know what I enjoyed or

149
00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,680
Speaker 4: didn't enjoy my time with Devin Williams. Got go into

150
00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,720
Speaker 4: that process for you and your decision.

151
00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, nothing to those elaborate details. It just was simple

152
00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,400
Speaker 1: like he signed pretty early, got an awesome deal for himself,

153
00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:47,160
Speaker 1: well earned stud picture, great dude, had a good relationship

154
00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,880
Speaker 1: with him each and every day in the trenches there.

155
00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,160
Speaker 1: I'm very grateful to be a teammate that is again

156
00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,400
Speaker 1: to him just be it his elite self and know

157
00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,400
Speaker 1: what that looks like, and to feed off of that

158
00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,080
Speaker 1: as well and help them in any way I can,

159
00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,480
Speaker 1: And you know, nothing recruiting wise, just you know, it

160
00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,120
Speaker 1: all speaks for itself. I mean, the Mets are a

161
00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,520
Speaker 1: big time organization who successful. You've seen the last couple

162
00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,320
Speaker 1: of years, and you know, being right there at the

163
00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,880
Speaker 1: World Series close to it, and then last year having

164
00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:19,920
Speaker 1: a lot of success and it just didn't go their way.

165
00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,880
Speaker 1: So they got all the pieces. One dear friend of

166
00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:27,040
Speaker 1: mine send me a nice text when I signed, and

167
00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,520
Speaker 1: we've stayed in touch off and on over the last

168
00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,000
Speaker 1: year or so. But Clay Holmes another one we've been

169
00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,319
Speaker 1: in a lot of communication with and the time we

170
00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,200
Speaker 1: spent in New York on the Yankee side. But just

171
00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,559
Speaker 1: really excited. I mean, it's they've obviously got a big

172
00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,439
Speaker 1: thing going on over there. They've got some pieces, they've

173
00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,760
Speaker 1: moved them, some things they've got to maybe continue to

174
00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,400
Speaker 1: work out. I'm unaware. I just show up and play,

175
00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,600
Speaker 1: but I'm very very excited to be a part of it.

176
00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,560
Speaker 1: And again, like that market in New York is unbeatable

177
00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,840
Speaker 1: in my opinion, and I just feel that intensity and

178
00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,520
Speaker 1: that the pressure just trying to rise to it and

179
00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:05,960
Speaker 1: try to put out some quality work.

180
00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,920
Speaker 3: Look, first of all, I thought Wan Sota lost everyone's

181
00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,720
Speaker 3: phone number when he went to the Mets remember that

182
00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,480
Speaker 3: whole thing last year, remember so well, okay, because they said,

183
00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,360
Speaker 3: remember he said, oh, I don't have anyone's phone number.

184
00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,960
Speaker 3: I got a new phone. So apparently he liked you

185
00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:20,760
Speaker 3: enough to give you his new phone number. I don't

186
00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,320
Speaker 3: know if that's true, but that's nice to hear that

187
00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:24,840
Speaker 3: he reached out to you. So that's good.

188
00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,800
Speaker 1: Well, well, I'll make sure I clean up and say

189
00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,640
Speaker 1: on his part, you know, I had to. I did

190
00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:36,040
Speaker 1: d M him on Instagram at a certain point and

191
00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,560
Speaker 1: then got his number through that, So you know, the

192
00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,960
Speaker 1: timing of it, I'm not sure when it kind of

193
00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,000
Speaker 1: a line, but I'm not definitely not here to mix

194
00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:51,600
Speaker 1: up timelines and to That's that later, Dave, But it

195
00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:52,319
Speaker 1: doesn't matter.

196
00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,920
Speaker 3: It was just more funny that, you know, because everyone said, oh,

197
00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,640
Speaker 3: he didn't talk to any of his ex teammates, so whatever,

198
00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:58,760
Speaker 3: it's just funny to me.

199
00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,280
Speaker 1: That's great.

200
00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,079
Speaker 3: Dude, Do you and Devin Williams, are you gonna this

201
00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,000
Speaker 3: guy's just gonna stay in the same place you live

202
00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,040
Speaker 3: last year? Do you have to move places in New York?

203
00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,640
Speaker 3: Obviously for spring training go from Tampa to Port Saint Lucy,

204
00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,640
Speaker 3: But in New York, do you stay. I don't know

205
00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,079
Speaker 3: where you lived in New York. I'm not going to

206
00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:16,880
Speaker 3: ask you where you live. Well, will you just go

207
00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,520
Speaker 3: back to the same place and Devon do the same

208
00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:21,800
Speaker 3: thing and then just just drive maybe a little bit

209
00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,560
Speaker 3: different route, take the seven train or tuck the Long

210
00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,160
Speaker 3: Island Railroad into Queens instead of going to the Bronx.

211
00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:29,679
Speaker 1: Yeah, great question.

212
00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,400
Speaker 3: Well, but the better thing is will you take the

213
00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,000
Speaker 3: wrong train? Will you maybe make the wrong turn at

214
00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:34,600
Speaker 3: some point.

215
00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,240
Speaker 1: If you do, I'm not doing the train life. I'm

216
00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,959
Speaker 1: a Florida guy. I like to live in the woods.

217
00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,920
Speaker 1: I like peace and tranquility, and staring at a deer

218
00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:52,319
Speaker 1: every once in a while has its benefits and such

219
00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,600
Speaker 1: to be useful. I think Devin is more of that

220
00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,480
Speaker 1: that speed, and I'm sure he's got some sites to

221
00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,080
Speaker 1: where he'll be if not similar. I know you had

222
00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,880
Speaker 1: a good spot there in the city. So for me,

223
00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,160
Speaker 1: I'll be driving in and like you said, it'll be

224
00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,840
Speaker 1: a different route. You know, I'm sure this time will

225
00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,600
Speaker 1: be hit with a toll or something which add up,

226
00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,640
Speaker 1: but you know it'll be okay. We'll just get back

227
00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:17,199
Speaker 1: to the city.

228
00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,880
Speaker 4: Did the Mets talk to you like they talked to

229
00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:25,559
Speaker 4: Clay Holmes about starting. Did they have a conversation and say, hey,

230
00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,480
Speaker 4: you know what, there's a chance we like we see

231
00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,960
Speaker 4: what the adjustments you've made in the pen, could we

232
00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,000
Speaker 4: see you as a starter with the New York Mets.

233
00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,000
Speaker 1: So, yeah, that was an interesting feeler I threw out

234
00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,800
Speaker 1: there at one point. H You know, I did have

235
00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,640
Speaker 1: aspirations if that was something that was on the table,

236
00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,199
Speaker 1: not necessarily something that I was like one hundred percent

237
00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,959
Speaker 1: wanting to do. Necessarily, I felt like the relieving life

238
00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,800
Speaker 1: is kind of comeing to my own on and finding

239
00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,280
Speaker 1: ways to be more efficient and to try to be

240
00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,199
Speaker 1: my best version of myself. A lot of the teams

241
00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,440
Speaker 1: that I was communicating with it was kind of the

242
00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,480
Speaker 1: first question was I guess tech checking my temperature on

243
00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,800
Speaker 1: what my goal was from a relieving or a starting standpoint.

244
00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,880
Speaker 1: And I think basically one hundred percent of them we're

245
00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:23,839
Speaker 1: all looking for a relieving position. So I don't think

246
00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:25,840
Speaker 1: I take too much offense to that. I do feel

247
00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,600
Speaker 1: like it would be a better starter than I was.

248
00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,520
Speaker 1: And that's not to say that there's a big jump there.

249
00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,480
Speaker 1: I mean I didn't necessarily kill it, but I did

250
00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,120
Speaker 1: have some moments, but I think relieving is the way

251
00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:38,400
Speaker 1: to go.

252
00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,280
Speaker 5: I like to do one of the reflective questions, So

253
00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:47,520
Speaker 5: you know, if.

254
00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,560
Speaker 2: We go back like you could be, I mean, you've

255
00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,280
Speaker 2: had some you've had some different spots, You've you've been to, right,

256
00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:54,640
Speaker 2: I would say, because I was trying to do the

257
00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,480
Speaker 2: look as you were talking, like maybe twenty three, I

258
00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,559
Speaker 2: think you bounced to a few different teams, right, and

259
00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:00,920
Speaker 2: then end up with the Yanks.

260
00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,120
Speaker 5: And then of course you know, took off in the

261
00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:03,839
Speaker 5: reliever role.

262
00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,960
Speaker 2: I was even looking back to you know, twenty sixteen,

263
00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,000
Speaker 2: for example, I think you were battling for a starting

264
00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,400
Speaker 2: spot with like Alex Reyes, who was super talented, and

265
00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:12,960
Speaker 2: you just look right like he's been out of the

266
00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000
Speaker 2: sport for years, right, And it was a guy that

267
00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,760
Speaker 2: we thought might be the best pitching prospect in baseball.

268
00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,240
Speaker 2: So my reflective question is, just like when you do

269
00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,320
Speaker 2: a look back and you sign a contract like this

270
00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,720
Speaker 2: for big money with a big market team, do you

271
00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,319
Speaker 2: think back to the whole journey just now?

272
00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:37,560
Speaker 1: I promised myself I wouldn't cry on this show. N Yeah,

273
00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,880
Speaker 1: I mean I absolutely do. I don't necessarily give myself

274
00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,840
Speaker 1: time to do that. I think we never really slow down.

275
00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,959
Speaker 1: I think I just speak for myself. You just kind

276
00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,040
Speaker 1: of get in the rhythms of the day. I do

277
00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,959
Speaker 1: know for a fact that during the twenty twenty fourth season,

278
00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,440
Speaker 1: you know, I had nothing to lose. It was just

279
00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,360
Speaker 1: a complete like you know, I didn't know I was

280
00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,440
Speaker 1: in a play again. I just was at that mental

281
00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,280
Speaker 1: battle of like injuries and just is this what I

282
00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,320
Speaker 1: want to do? And then you get that spark of

283
00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,240
Speaker 1: like I'm not a quitter, like I'll go until you

284
00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,520
Speaker 1: know they tell me not. So there's just several times

285
00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,800
Speaker 1: to that year where things to success just kind of

286
00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,280
Speaker 1: continue to build. The positions changed out of the pen,

287
00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,840
Speaker 1: and just got kind of two cooler moments, you know,

288
00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,080
Speaker 1: higher leverage, and just had a lot of reflecting moments

289
00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,240
Speaker 1: that kind of hit your question. That hit me the

290
00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,600
Speaker 1: hardest then was just like where I was, you know

291
00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,880
Speaker 1: what I went through, and you know my own journey

292
00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,400
Speaker 1: and to where I was now is just overwhelming. It

293
00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:42,000
Speaker 1: was just a very peaceful, humbling, grateful time to just

294
00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,280
Speaker 1: show up every day. And you know, my two biggest

295
00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,000
Speaker 1: prayers were just stay healthy and be just be a

296
00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,120
Speaker 1: good dude. Just be a good teammates show up and

297
00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,280
Speaker 1: just be consistent. And you know, I didn't really care.

298
00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,440
Speaker 1: I mean, of course I cared to be successful, but

299
00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,560
Speaker 1: I wasn't really asking to myself to like be good

300
00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,800
Speaker 1: or bad. I just wanted to be healthy, to see

301
00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,840
Speaker 1: what was possible. Like if it was like, hey, you stink,

302
00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,000
Speaker 1: you're not cut out for it anymore, Like go get

303
00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,280
Speaker 1: a different job, Like sure, I'll do it. But if

304
00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,760
Speaker 1: it works out the way you you know, envision it,

305
00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:18,760
Speaker 1: and your confidence is at an all time high and

306
00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,840
Speaker 1: you what you always thought you were going to be,

307
00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,680
Speaker 1: then let's ride on that as well. And you know,

308
00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,800
Speaker 1: I think I hope whoever I shocked or whatever I did, like,

309
00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,560
Speaker 1: there's no shock in my mind, right, it was just

310
00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,840
Speaker 1: a time where it just finally came. And I think

311
00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,360
Speaker 1: that's the whole the cool part about journeys, and you know,

312
00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,840
Speaker 1: especially in our game, is like you could be good

313
00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,680
Speaker 1: at thirty five, you could be good at twenty one,

314
00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,280
Speaker 1: you could be good the whole time, you could stink

315
00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,680
Speaker 1: the whole time. But I think lasting the course of

316
00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,520
Speaker 1: time and to look back and to be like the

317
00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,800
Speaker 1: percentages are pretty small each year you get to stay

318
00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,920
Speaker 1: in the big leagues is a pretty cool and just

319
00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:55,680
Speaker 1: humbling moment.

320
00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,720
Speaker 3: Overall, a great degree. But let's say one thing straight.

321
00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,280
Speaker 3: You went to Florida State. There's not a lot of

322
00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,880
Speaker 3: jobs you're you're qualified for. Let's just make sure we

323
00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,000
Speaker 3: established that fact. Because you're like, oh, I could go

324
00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,560
Speaker 3: find another job. I don't know what those jobs are.

325
00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,400
Speaker 3: My wife went to Florida State. She doesn't work, so

326
00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:12,560
Speaker 3: you know, I don't know what.

327
00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,240
Speaker 5: We have Florida battling going on right now. We've got

328
00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,160
Speaker 5: mister UF, mister mister f s U.

329
00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,440
Speaker 2: If you want to have an alliance, I'm happy to

330
00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,360
Speaker 2: do that against them.

331
00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,360
Speaker 1: You know. I look, I'm not going to comment on

332
00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,160
Speaker 1: my wife by any means. I think that was very

333
00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:35,800
Speaker 1: honorable of you to do that. You know, I've looked

334
00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,120
Speaker 1: at the Mets colors. The funny thing, right, I'm looking

335
00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:42,800
Speaker 1: at the colors and I'm just going, okay. The great time.

336
00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,240
Speaker 1: I wasn't prepared for it. My agents didn't tell me

337
00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,440
Speaker 1: is the team certainly didn't speak on it, and I

338
00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,920
Speaker 1: didn't have that reflecting to think that this switch was

339
00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,760
Speaker 1: going to be one of transition. I came across an

340
00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,880
Speaker 1: FSU hat and it was near like a Mets shirt,

341
00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,600
Speaker 1: and I'm just like, oh boy, those are just different colors,

342
00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,119
Speaker 1: you know. But I certainly can stand behind it and

343
00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,000
Speaker 1: just kind of take like a a small exception for

344
00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,280
Speaker 1: my time wearing the gear, and then I'll just shower

345
00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,879
Speaker 1: and make sure that I got the right garding gold on.

346
00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,240
Speaker 1: But they do not correlate to be the same. UF.

347
00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:20,960
Speaker 1: It's not the Mets.

348
00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,320
Speaker 3: That's not as mess as you can get right there.

349
00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,080
Speaker 3: I'm sorry that Mets.

350
00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,520
Speaker 1: Like a knockoff helmet. It looks pretty cheap.

351
00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:34,320
Speaker 3: This is not enough.

352
00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,840
Speaker 1: It's just like a it's like a retro like you

353
00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,680
Speaker 1: couldn't use their trademarks, so you decided to paint it yourself.

354
00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,240
Speaker 3: This is I mean, I have plenty of real ones.

355
00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,000
Speaker 3: I just can't get up because I'm tethered in this

356
00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:45,960
Speaker 3: is real. This is real.

357
00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,280
Speaker 1: This is real. This is the real one that.

358
00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,679
Speaker 3: We are. You in Florida right now? Are you in Florida?

359
00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:53,679
Speaker 3: You still live in Florida?

360
00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,439
Speaker 1: I am currently in Tallahassee, Florida.

361
00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,000
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, of course. Okay, that's that's why you have

362
00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,560
Speaker 3: the blanket. Everyone's commenting on how cozy that green blanket

363
00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,320
Speaker 3: looks behind you. The thing about it is. We're having

364
00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,400
Speaker 3: a cold front here, so make sure that you bundle

365
00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,800
Speaker 3: up with that blanket because it is freezing here. It's

366
00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,800
Speaker 3: like sixty five craziers.

367
00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,399
Speaker 1: Oh it's it's as low as thirty five this morning,

368
00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:20,200
Speaker 1: we're seventy one.

369
00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,720
Speaker 3: Now, we got up to seventy one.

370
00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:28,560
Speaker 1: I didn't see what Yeah, you see this cold this morning.

371
00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:30,960
Speaker 1: I know when I was doing my quick ten miles

372
00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:32,639
Speaker 1: you know, CrossFit stuff.

373
00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:34,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're mad.

374
00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,800
Speaker 1: I'm really good at weight cross the weight the training

375
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,720
Speaker 1: just expedentally, just super high here at Florida's Stay. We

376
00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:44,639
Speaker 1: put in the work ethic, that's for sure.

377
00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:47,480
Speaker 3: How much did you give to the new football complex

378
00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:52,439
Speaker 3: because I've seen it. It's pretty snazzy, you know.

379
00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,440
Speaker 1: I unfortunately, I feel like they got to prove themselves

380
00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,760
Speaker 1: to get back on the high horse here because I'm

381
00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,679
Speaker 1: not a fair Weather fan. But I know when I

382
00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,800
Speaker 1: went to school, we won a national championship and my

383
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:09,760
Speaker 1: good friend Jabu Wins was leading leading the pack then

384
00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,920
Speaker 1: and there. So my expectations are pretty high.

385
00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:13,520
Speaker 5: You know.

386
00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,440
Speaker 1: I know it's a process, but at the end of

387
00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,879
Speaker 1: the day, we only have what we know, and what

388
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,600
Speaker 1: I know is success. I've seen it, and I just

389
00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,040
Speaker 1: need to see it again, Luke.

390
00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,600
Speaker 4: National Championships the UF got when AJ went to school there,

391
00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,280
Speaker 4: like when he went to class there.

392
00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,400
Speaker 1: I don't know, is that like a primee.

393
00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,280
Speaker 3: Some of you have to go to college, some of

394
00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,399
Speaker 3: us skip it, you know, but I've seen him.

395
00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,640
Speaker 4: What a team.

396
00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,879
Speaker 1: Say, Oh, you didn't go to us.

397
00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:53,120
Speaker 3: Actually no, he didn't even attend any classes. Count See

398
00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,440
Speaker 3: it's not even.

399
00:19:54,720 --> 00:20:03,480
Speaker 1: An entire conversation and you never attended He's he goes right, yes, Okay,

400
00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,960
Speaker 1: I'm feeling a lot better about myself. Thank you.

401
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:08,800
Speaker 5: Educational doing.

402
00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,639
Speaker 3: I just can't wait to see you in Port Saint Lucy.

403
00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:12,840
Speaker 3: And I'm just I might even bring you a Gator

404
00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,359
Speaker 3: baseball jersey to wear and just be like, hey, Luke,

405
00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,120
Speaker 3: look these colors match perfectly.

406
00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,439
Speaker 1: I did take a visit to Florida and then I

407
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,920
Speaker 1: just said, nah, I'm gonna go to Florida State.

408
00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,800
Speaker 3: You couldn't get in. We get it. You had a

409
00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:27,560
Speaker 3: hard time spelling.

410
00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,919
Speaker 1: I was trying to play shortstop and pitts. So I

411
00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:33,200
Speaker 1: mean you can look however you want.

412
00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,720
Speaker 2: Hey, on that note, one more baseball went on our

413
00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,480
Speaker 2: way out, just playoff related to get us back on

414
00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,040
Speaker 2: track for one. I know, I think last time you

415
00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,400
Speaker 2: were on with us you talked about Yamamoto and how

416
00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,880
Speaker 2: you were a big fan and also kind of watched

417
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,760
Speaker 2: the way he worked and it impacted you. So just

418
00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:52,359
Speaker 2: have to ask, I mean, what did you think of

419
00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,600
Speaker 2: the performance just now from him in the postseason Slash

420
00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:57,240
Speaker 2: World series.

421
00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it was it was a bit unreal, right,

422
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,720
Speaker 1: Like it's you know, you watch your Otani's, you watch

423
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,280
Speaker 1: those guys do like unbelievable stuff. And then from a

424
00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,000
Speaker 1: pitching side, right, you just want to see you want

425
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:17,240
Speaker 1: to see some love. And uh, I just don't think people,

426
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,840
Speaker 1: and I think you guys understand this just as well

427
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:25,000
Speaker 1: as I do. The magnitude of him being available to

428
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:30,199
Speaker 1: pitch that soon, like this doesn't make any sense. Like

429
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,960
Speaker 1: it's taken me a full five days up to the

430
00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,280
Speaker 1: hour to the minute of pitching as a starter to

431
00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,280
Speaker 1: be ready to go fully healthy, to feel decent, and

432
00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:44,879
Speaker 1: he's doing it after throwing many pitches, Like it's unfathomable,

433
00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,840
Speaker 1: Like I don't know how you replicate that in any

434
00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,800
Speaker 1: other sport to do what he did at that stage

435
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,000
Speaker 1: and to do it successfully, And you know, I also

436
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,000
Speaker 1: want to give a big shout out to and I

437
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,680
Speaker 1: don't know him, but Varlin. They were running him out

438
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:04,240
Speaker 1: like crazy, and it was just so impressive to see

439
00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,880
Speaker 1: his availability and to be able to to do that

440
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,520
Speaker 1: and successfully and have his his run too. So it's

441
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 1: really cool to see when players just kind of push

442
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 1: on the gas and just empty it and just to

443
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,040
Speaker 1: see success through it. It's just a really cool thing

444
00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:22,000
Speaker 1: to sit back and watch.

445
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's cool to hear from guys like

446
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,600
Speaker 2: you when you're seeing that. So obviously you've been through

447
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,680
Speaker 2: the playoff grind too, but to get your perspective.

448
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:30,879
Speaker 3: You should try that at Florida State. Maybe they'll win

449
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,960
Speaker 3: a College World Series. Oh wait, sorry too soon.

450
00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,880
Speaker 1: Sorry, Look, look that that would have hurt a lot

451
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 1: more if you would have went to UF. But it

452
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,639
Speaker 1: is devastating, So thank you for freaking it up.

453
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000
Speaker 5: This is my time right now. I get one week.

454
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,000
Speaker 3: You do. He's a Miami guys, so he didn't even

455
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,399
Speaker 3: watch family must Stanley.

456
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 2: We've got Yeah, we've got like eight cousins all everybody went,

457
00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 2: So this is a big week for us. We get

458
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,400
Speaker 2: to have our one week. Yeah, Louke, great stuff man,

459
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,359
Speaker 2: great to have you on all seriousness. Congratulations on the deal,

460
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:08,560
Speaker 2: and yeah we're excited.

461
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,280
Speaker 1: To see you in camp. Thank you, guys, appreciate you,

462
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 1: thanks for what you do and talk so