WEBVTT - Michael McGreevy joins CT 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:10.280 Hi, Hello, and welcome back to Cardinal Territory. Longtime viewers 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:13.280 and listeners know this about the podcast. This show is 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:16.520 a pro Michael McGreevy show, So I thought, why not 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:19.799 live up to our hype, to our reputation, and indeed 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.440 bring him in. Michae McGreevey is our player interview guest 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:25.119 of the week. Mike, Nice to see it, Thanks for 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:25.799 joining the show. 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:27.840 Yea, thanks for having me, of course. 0:00:27.880 --> 0:00:31.520 So you're fresh off six shutout intings in Nashville. What 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:35.080 two hits, five strikeouts? Yeah, I think so that memory, 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:38.400 So another quality solid outing for you in Memphis. I 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:41.320 know a wide majority of the Cardinals fan base we'd 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:43.600 like to see most of your starts actually in Saint Louis. 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.519 But when we start the show, we usually go like, 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:50.400 let's talk about business, let's talk about baseball first, And 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:52.560 I thought this would be a good topic to discuss 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:55.360 because in our conversations when I do see you, I 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.520 thought you've handled this whole shuttle between the majors and 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:01.440 the miners really well. And the conversation happened in spring 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:04.920 training about the lack of depth in the organization and 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:07.440 where the Cardinals wanted you to be and where they 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:09.960 felt like they had to have you be. How was 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:11.960 that explained to you and what was your understanding of 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:12.480 the situation. 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:14.200 Uh? 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:18.840 Yeah, So all throughout camp, I each day by day 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.080 like as like you know, like the team got smaller 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:24.120 and smaller with cuts and spring training and sending guys 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:25.039 back down to Memphis. 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:26.800 It was like, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, like 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:27.960 I might make it. 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.399 I might make it, especially with ending the year last 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.479 year in the big leagues for those last two weeks, 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:33.160 which was great. 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:34.959 It felt like of possibility. 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.520 But then when you know, like you're the last guy 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.440 hen go either way, and then they bring you to 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:44.080 the office and hey, like you know, like like any 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:47.600 other year, any other circumstances, you would make this team. 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.480 You deserve to make this team, but like we need 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:52.840 you down in Memphis, like to provide a little bit 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:56.840 of depth. And you know that's it literally stinks because 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:59.240 they're telling you they want you in the big leagues. 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.840 But at the same time, like you understand, like you 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:05.160 provide like a valuable like your a valuable. 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:06.960 Asset if you are in Memphis at that time. 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:10.600 So it's a little bit of a it's a crap feeling, 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:12.560 but at the same time it makes you feel good 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.440 at the same time that like, hey, like we need 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.679 you here right now to help us in a way, 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.960 in a way that impacts the team when you're not on. 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.120 A big league field. So it's a little interesting. 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:25.519 It's a little it's kind of a mental battle with 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:27.080 how you have to deal with it. But at the 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:28.880 same time, like at the end of the day, it's 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:31.320 still just baseball, and like whether I'm in Memphis or 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.239 Saint Louis, like I have to just like smile, like 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:35.760 I get to play baseball today. 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:38.760 You're righted a as a mental battle, and it's not 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.600 one that I think a lot of players could have 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:43.480 that kind of mindset that you do. I mean, when 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.000 we've seen you for your various spots starts, it's been great. 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.560 You know, you're very welcome in the clubhouse. Obviously, I 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:51.160 think everyone knows that you should be there, whether that's 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.079 the front office, the coaching staff, and your guys out 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.919 in Saint Louis. But it's not easy to hear, hey, 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.720 we want you here, but so sorry you're not going 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:02.880 to be here. What kind of like what kind of 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.440 mental work did you have to go through to get 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.200 to where you are now. Because each time I see you, 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.880 whether it's you know, in Saint Louis for a spot 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:10.960 start against the Dodgers or calling up against the White 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.680 Sox for doubleheader, like, it seems like you're just really 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:14.880 assured of where you need to be. 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.680 Yeah, I'm very blessed to say I have a great 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:24.160 support support system, family, coaches, loved ones, Like everybody that 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:26.280 has been in my life and it's in my life 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:28.680 has always just supported me through the ups and the downs. 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.840 They've given me great mental lessons to, you know, just 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:35.080 get through the hard times, like giving me cliches like 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:38.440 the ball doesn't care how you feel, or like hey, 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:41.640 like you're entitled it absolutely nothing, but you have to 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:45.040 be grateful for everything, and just like thinking about those 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.440 like things that I've been taught throughout my life just 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:49.800 kind of get me through. And you know, like you 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:51.760 get to the big leagues and say, all you're in 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:53.040 heaven and then. 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:54.240 You just kind of smile and enjoy it. 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.200 And then when you get back down, then you know, 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:58.320 you could be sad about it for a day, but 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:00.600 then it's just back to the business. 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:03.520 Do you feel like the lessons that you learned from 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.280 twenty one to twenty five. I mean, the amount of 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:09.200 growth in four years for anyone is obviously a big deal, 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.320 but for you, particularly coming in as a top you 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:14.360 first round pick a lot of hype as a top prospect, 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:17.080 you come in in twenty four, you dominate and now 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.400 even you know, there have been maybe two innings and 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.320 your five appearances in the majors where it didn't go well, 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.359 but even after those two innings, you rebounded and you 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:27.160 posted and you were able to settle down. What kind 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.080 of growth have you made as a pitcher in that regard. 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:33.000 Yeah, it's been a huge change since I got drafted 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.640 till now I feel like I'm a completely different pitcher. 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:39.279 You know, that's just the hard work that people don't 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:41.960 really see in the off season. It's taking care of 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.880 your bodies, taking care of the non cool things. 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:46.160 It's not about chasing Velo. 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.960 It's about, you know, just refining the mechanics, getting the 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.640 muscle mass up, eating the right things in the kitchen. 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.839 The off season, all that just builds up into how 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.240 you perform on the field and what the fans do 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:02.839 see and Ben just getting experienced, like it's awesome to 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:04.560 see guys fly through the miners. 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:06.159 It's awesome to see the guys. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.640 That get drafted in twenty four and then all of 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:11.480 a sudden they're making their big league debut in twenty 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.280 twenty five. Those are special players, and like not trying 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.599 to take anything away from them, But the minor leagues 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.000 are there for a reason, and while you know they're 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.680 not the most fun place to be, they do offer 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:24.440 you experience. They offer you great learning lessons. Whether you 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.480 perform well or whether you perform badly in a stretch 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:30.640 or two. It gives you experience so that when you 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:32.800 do get to the big leagues, you're not figuring out 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.800 how to deal with the loss for the first time 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.599 in your career, or how to deal with a bad 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:38.479 ending for the first time in your career. You're still 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:40.600 you know how to do it because you have done 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:41.040 it before. 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.279 So things that you've done a lot of this year, Uh, 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.520 the drive, I think at a really good Instagram post yesterday, 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:48.760 ten out of ten caption. 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:50.520 Racking thank you fire Miles. 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:52.200 That was good? Is that you or was that your girlfriend? 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:53.520 No? That was me. That was me. 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.599 I came up that with all by myself. I just 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.640 had to make sure I got the pictures approved by 0:05:57.680 --> 0:05:58.240 my girlfriend. 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:00.800 That's right, that's you know, that's a good system. On 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:02.840 the Instagram post we have on the caption, I was 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:07.040 I was proud. When when you are being brought up 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:08.920 and when you spot start, I mean it's very clear 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:10.400 like this is the role that they saw you in. 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.400 I think candidly they probably thought you were going to 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:15.400 be up here a lot more consistently because knock on 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:19.280 wood there they've been very very healthy this year and right, 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:22.440 and then a sport where pitch, your health is not 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:24.640 where it's at, and there are plenty of teams just 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:28.280 being decimated by injury. That's a great thing, right, But 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:30.320 for you, they've still found ways to bring you up 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.120 because they do want to see you when you are 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.760 one of their best arms and in a season about 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:37.680 the you know, the next core, it's very clear they 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:40.160 see you in it. So they reward you by giving 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.400 you spot starts against the Dodgers or hey come in 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.360 and throw five innings and relief against the Mets when 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:47.320 they were going really well. How do you prepare for 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.560 those spots starts? You know, knowing that you're probably going 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:51.800 to be here just for the day, but not really sure. 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.560 You're jumping from the miners to the majors and then 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.040 you're getting some really quality hitters that you faced against 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:58.800 and you continue to post, how do you prepare for that? 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:01.560 Yeah, there's really no way to prepare for it, honestly, 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.320 which I think is good at the same time, like 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:04.679 there's good and bad. 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.240 The bad unfortunately it's like, hey, you don't get a 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:07.960 good routine. 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:10.720 You don't really have your legs under you because you 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.000 were traveling the day before. You probably didn't get to 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:15.720 have a nice steak dinner that you made at your apartment. 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:19.280 It's driving up, stopping at a fast food restaurant and 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:19.960 getting up there. 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:23.040 But at the same time, it's you don't have time 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:23.960 to think. You just go. 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.480 You stick to what you know, You stick to your strengths, 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.000 and you try not to deviate from that, because if 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.000 you spend too much time trying to game plan for 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:35.480 Juan Soto, Shoho Tani and you're not all there because 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.320 you haven't had a weak routine in the big leagues, 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.680 you're just gonna kind of mentally exhaust yourself. And it's 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:45.320 been funny, especially against the White Sox. I flew in 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.360 I woke up in Memphis that day at five am. 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.400 Flight was supposed to leave at seven thirty at Memphis, 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:55.040 didn't leave till nine. Get to O'Hare at eleven hour 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:57.200 traffic down to the south side, get to the field 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.760 at twelve. Game start at one for that day. 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:00.640 One game one. 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.120 I blink and it's the sixth inning because Betty had 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.720 a good game. And then I'm in the game at 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:10.800 four forty five pitch against the White Sox and there's 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:12.040 absolutely no time to prepare. 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.000 I'm super tired. I want to take a nap. 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:20.360 Because I woke up in Memphis that day and it's like, dude, just. 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:20.600 Throw the sinker, throw the slider. 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.520 Let's just try to get out and hopefully we'll give 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:27.040 them five plus and we'll win this game. And it's 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:29.680 funny situations like that, so you don't have time to 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:31.920 think and you just trust your stuff. 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.319 And you did. You went through five cardinals, got the win, 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.800 so it all works out. That's funny though, because you'll 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.240 hear a pitcher sale the time and I didn't have 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:41.000 my best stuff today or you know, and it's usually 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:44.640 something like that where it's their routine is super messed 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:45.800 up and you just kind of show up at the 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:47.640 stadium and you're like, all right, we'll screw it, let's 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.480 see what we got. And I think that's one of 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:51.240 your strengths actually, to be able to just come in. 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:54.480 You have such a mindset that that really handles this 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:56.560 situation because it's weird, and I don't think anyone in 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.000 the organization would argue that this is not a weird 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.560 situation that they it's not ideal. I'm sure they've said 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.880 it to you, but you've been able to keep a 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.480 really level head and it's encouraging to see as we 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:08.560 get into trade deadline month and maybe or maybe not, 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.440 an opportunity opens for you at the rotation. It's just 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.000 been cool to see your growth as not just a 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:17.120 picture but as a person in regard. So yeah, all right, 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.439 we'll get back to Mike mcgreeby and all that fun stuff, 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.960 but first, a quick message from our sponsors at Arena Club. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:25.880 We're going to take you through the latest card that 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:29.320 I pulled in my Arena Club slab pack AJ and 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:32.440 here it is. I pulled a Jared Jones card. 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Don't worry, we 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.360 only have one more so, Mike, when you think about 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.040 and this is our last like, well, it'll try to 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:36.520 be our last baseball question. Because you have such a 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.760 fun personality, I want to really grill you about your teammates. 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:42.800 What has been your favorite performance so far with the 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:43.760 big league club and why. 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.360 I would definitely have to say the last start in 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:50.640 San Francisco. That was my first time pitching back in 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:55.120 California since college. So I had about fifty plus family 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:58.000 and friends there and it was just really cool to 0:10:58.000 --> 0:10:58.560 see them all. 0:10:58.600 --> 0:10:59.280 After the game. 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:03.920 When I was watching video again, I have my last 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.640 strikeout from like the side view, I see like Pagro 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:09.240 like catch the ball, and all of a sudden, I 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.320 just see this guy in a white jersey just stand 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:15.560 up immediately before and everybody else. I'm like, there's my dad, 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:19.240 and like then you see like the other fifty people 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:19.720 stand up. 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:21.480 I'm like, ah, that's where they were sitting that day. 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:23.680 So it just means it meant a lot to be 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:25.800 able to pitch back in the home stay there, to 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.320 have a game like that end the season after two 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:33.839 just amazing weeks in the big leagues, despite how that 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:36.199 year had started as well for me, just coming off 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.320 to a very slow start, not thinking I was going 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.040 to make my debut in twenty four and for it 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:42.800 to end like that was just like kind of the 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:44.200 cherry on top to a great year. 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.520 Remind me, was that the final game of the season? 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:47.760 It was, yeah, okay. 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.440 So what I do remember about that game is we 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.600 talked to you after the start and you're, you know, 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.920 hyped up. It's like a bittersweet feeling because everyone last day, 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:58.960 but here you are all smiles and I ask you, like, hey, 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.560 what's what was you know, what stood out to you 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:04.040 about this game? You know, great start to end the season, 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:07.520 features looking good and you said that you were pretty 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.080 amped up because the Giants did a flyover that day. 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:11.440 Yeah. 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:13.600 I was not expecting me to say that. 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:15.920 About the flyover. 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:19.320 I was still warming up in the bullpen during the anthem, 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:22.840 and you know, the Jets fly by, and like I 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:24.800 look at Dusty and like that was so sick. 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.120 He's like this kid? What is this kid? Like thirteen? 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.840 Like he's like focus for Dusty. 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:32.680 I can picture that face too. But you were super 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.400 excited about it, for that's the first thing you said 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.120 after that start. I was like, oh, that must have 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:36.800 been a lot to him. 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:37.840 Yeah, totally. 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:40.640 All right, So let's let's talk a little bit about 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:42.200 your teammates. And this is fun because we can do 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.400 both Saint Louis and Memphis. We'll start with an easy 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:47.880 one because you are in the minor leagues and there's 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:52.400 a lot of weird transportation. It's beat writer travel. There's 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.280 no charter like, for example, I didn't get into Chicago 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.800 until eleven thirty last night because my flight was delayed 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.240 three hours. So you know all of this very well. 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:02.280 You do a lot of driving. You do a lot 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:05.400 of road trips. If you have to create your ideal 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:08.760 road trip car, okay, and it can be major league 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.000 and minor league teammates. Who's in the car? Who are 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:11.679 you road tripping with? 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:12.200 You have four? 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:20.080 Geez, that's tough, so like just like a minivan full 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:26.360 of like four like four other guys. Okay, gosh, you 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:31.959 could probably throw Gavin Collins in there. He's a good time. 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:42.360 I put Andre Grenio in there as well. I'll go 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:43.880 I'll go two more. 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:46.520 Here. 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:49.400 I wouldn't. I wouldn't put Quinn in there. 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:53.440 He'd be boring talking about investment banking and how he 0:13:53.440 --> 0:14:00.480 should have been an investment banker. Dang it, who I 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.920 put Darwin morero in there, our pitching coach, pitching coach, 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:15.120 oh yeah, oh yeah, good times, and then probably Brody Moore. Okay, yeah, 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:16.800 but then if I put Brody Moore in there, I 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:18.680 also have to put Jimmy Crooks in there as well. 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.920 So maybe I'll maybe I'll just be a player only 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.440 I'll kick Darwin out, Jimmy Crooks and Brody. 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:24.760 Moore as well. 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:28.600 You can have Darwin drive, yeah, exactly. So a funny 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:30.600 story about Andre Gonno. We saw him make his debut 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:34.240 in Milwaukee. Just I love debuts. I get so emotional, 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:36.720 but you know, I'm like trying to be a professional, 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:38.600 like don't cry for these guys, but inside in like 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.480 crying of happiness. And he was just a media delight. 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:45.480 It was so pure the emotion. I mean, he almost 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.080 basically started tearing up before like talking about it again, 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:49.920 and I was like, you're gonna start a chain reaction here. 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.840 But he did mention that you guys are usually roommates correct. 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.440 Uh, yeah for the most part, sometimes just with how the. 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.840 Room situation works, loose up and who's not like, but yeah, 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:03.840 I've been roommates with Andre plenty of times in our 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:04.520 minor league career. 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:06.840 Okay, so correct me if I'm wrong. When you got 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.560 your call up, he was your roommate, correct. 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:10.320 For Thomas Conor. 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:15.680 Yeah, Andrea was my first road roommate in low A. 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.800 So like he because he played in the Cape, like 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.400 straight from the draft, they put him in Palm Beach immediately. 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.120 I was like three weeks after the draft. 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:27.080 They build me up a little bit, and then I 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:30.320 get put in low A and so in Fort Myers 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.040 and Dunneat and Andre Gernio is my first minor league 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:36.800 baseball road roommate and so him for me to be 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:38.760 in the room when he got the call from DJ, 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:41.200 I was like, no way, this is so cool. 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.160 That's what it was. I knew there was like a 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.080 starting moment for you, but you got to you got 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:45.800 to hear the call. 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:50.720 Yeah, and literally an hour and a half before, I'm 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.200 like geez man, like we're like we're talking about, like 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.520 you know what the future might hold. How he's pitching, 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:57.520 like dude, Like you're pitching great, Like, dude, I want 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.400 to be surprised if you get called up soon, man, 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.560 like you deserve it. And we had a day game, 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:04.560 so I'd take a nap, like before I was gonna 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:07.080 get some dinner later and then some kind of in 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:08.640 and out of sleep, and all of a sudden, I 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.400 just hear, hey b JA. I'm like, oh my god, like, 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:13.920 oh my god, and like he like looks at me 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:16.280 like what I'm like, it's literally the call. 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:17.320 It's the call, like. 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:21.000 And then he's like, what what You're kidding, You're kidding, 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:21.360 And so. 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.840 Then I'm like, oh my gosh. I started freaking out. 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:27.520 That's awesome, that's great, my Because he was telling that 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.160 story in Milwaukee and he was also mentioned that he 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:33.400 saw a number from Memphis, Soj's number saved. 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:37.240 He was like, well, he should not have out of 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:38.160 himself like that. 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:40.440 I know he needs more media training. 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:41.880 Yeah, you were like there too. 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:43.480 You were twenty one. 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:45.680 I was like that, Yeah you were. 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.680 I remember our first we were on the field and 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.520 you were great. You still are great. You still are 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.000 like a top three in the clubhouse, but you're more 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:53.680 polished now. 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.560 I was twenty one. 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.800 No, now you're now, You're still authentic. This is what 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.199 I really like about getting to know players, because I 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:07.080 can imagine it's really hard to all these cameras are on, 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:09.440 especially after a start that doesn't go well, oh yeah, 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.080 turned around, cameras in your face, all these people like 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:14.399 crowding your locker. Especially in Saint Louis there are a 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:18.960 ton of like hoverers around and you're just like, okay, 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.320 but you always do such a good job of just 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:25.199 talking and being in communicating and just being authentic. Do 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:26.600 you is that does that come naturally? Do? 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:31.679 I like to think so My dad when like just 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.680 when I was younger, he'd always be like you always 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:38.159 pretended to be like an interviewer, like a reporter, like 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.960