1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: New Met's third Basement Bobachhet with us on foul Tiritory. 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: How is that sounding? And is everything what you thought 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: it would be here? 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 2: How you doing? 5 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 3: Bo? Hey, what's up guys? Thanks for having me. Yeah, 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 3: it sounds good. I mean it's definitely a new experience, 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 3: you know, a new challenge, but taking a head on 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 3: and trying to get the best. 9 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 4: That can be. 10 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: How's third base? Is it weird? 11 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a little weird. It's a little weird. I mean, 12 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 3: practice is good in the game. He's you know, I'm 13 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 3: trying to get the point where just letting my athleticism 14 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 3: take over, and you know, I mean at the end 15 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 3: of the day, you just got to catch small throat 16 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 3: at first. But you played different position, you start thinking 17 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 3: of like different ways to make it and things like that, 18 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 3: and so those are the kind of things I'm working. 19 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 2: Through different angles. 20 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 5: And how about you made one throw that was like 21 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 5: way back there and you threw it off line like 22 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 5: I've seen every other third basement in the world do, 23 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 5: and the people. 24 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 2: Are like, this isn't gonna go well, Like, dude, give 25 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: him a break. It's spring training. 26 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, yeah, I've been making that playing practice 27 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 3: and then I get the one in the game throw 28 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 3: it a little offline, But I mean, I don't know. 29 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 3: I understand that I'm under a microscope, you know, new position, 30 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 3: big market, the contract and everything like that. So I'm 31 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 3: just trying to take it day by day and get better. 32 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 6: What's the toughest part about making a transition Because I've 33 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 6: asked different shortstops that when you sign, I've asked different 34 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 6: shortstops that have like made that transition, dudes that are athletic, 35 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 6: and it's like they all had different answers. 36 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think just like finding what mentality 37 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 3: works for you over there too. It's just different. You know, 38 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 3: like the hot smashes are a thing, choppers are more 39 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 3: of a thing. So you kind of got to get 40 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: in the right mindset. But I think probably seeing the 41 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 3: ball off the bat is a lot different. At shortstop 42 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: you can kind of see everything in front of you. 43 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: At third it's almost like you can't really look at 44 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 3: the hitter. So that's been an adjustment for me. 45 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 6: All Right, So are you going to become a unit? 46 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 6: Cause if I'm a shortstop my entire life, I'm super athletic, 47 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 6: like just moving a look how cool I am. Now 48 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 6: I'm at third base, are you doing more like bicep curls? 49 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 6: Like eating everything? Put twenty pounds on and hit forty 50 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 6: five bingers this year? 51 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 3: Now, forty five dingers is never a goal of mine. 52 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 3: I mean, if I believe that, if I'm in the 53 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 3: right mind frame and having consistent at bats, then you know, 54 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 3: you take care of mistakes and you hit homers. But yeah, no, 55 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 3: I'm not looking to get bigger. If anything, I'm trying 56 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 3: to get more athletic. I feel like, you know, I 57 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 3: can get back to kind of the athleticism I had 58 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 3: when I was a younger kid. And yeah, that's kind 59 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 3: of where I want to get to. 60 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 2: What's it like for your dad? 61 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 5: Obviously everyone knows your dad is Dante and he was 62 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 5: a hell of a hitter, but he teaches a little 63 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 5: different than like a lot of guys. So is that 64 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 5: a struggle when you step into the cage and everyone's like, oh, 65 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 5: lift and your dad's like, no, we don't hit like that. 66 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 3: No. I'm lucky enough to have had some pretty good 67 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 3: success very quickly in my career where people didn't didn't 68 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 3: mess with me. I would say that, Uh, the thing 69 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 3: that people would talk to me about was more like 70 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 3: my load and stuff. I mean, I I just have 71 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 3: a flexible torso so I get in different spots than 72 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 3: most people. But yeah, like I've had people try and 73 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 3: coach that out of me, which that's been a little 74 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 3: bit of a challenge for me. But overall, I've been 75 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 3: lucky enough to be left alone. 76 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: All right, have you gotten over the World Series yet? 77 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: I know you're on a new team. I mean you 78 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: guys were this like this close to winning. Yeah. 79 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 3: I mean I would say I have no choice but 80 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 3: to be over it. You know, like I got a 81 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 3: new season, I'm with a new team, and I got 82 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 3: to turn the page and you know, be in the 83 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 3: present now. But yeah, definitely that was you know, you 84 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 3: dream winning World so on one leg. 85 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I listen. I was like, I wouldn't play them, 86 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 2: but you played so he too. 87 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 3: By the way, I saw what you said next to 88 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 3: a J must not watch me hit. 89 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: That's fair, that's fair. 90 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, but no, it was definitely, Yeah, make tough one. 91 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 6: What what percentage were you at? Everybody, what what percentage 92 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 6: were you playing at? Because everybody, like AJ does TV stuff, 93 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 6: is like, oh, you know it's probably this or it's that. 94 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 2: Where where would you say you were at during the 95 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:14,279 Speaker 2: World Series. 96 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 3: Hitting? I was totally fine. I had no issues hitting 97 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 3: everything else. I don't know if I'm gonna give a 98 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 3: percentage on it, but I wasn't in a good place 99 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 3: for sure. But I'm feeling good now, so you know 100 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 3: that's all that matters. 101 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 6: All Right, You're gonna have to go and play Philly 102 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 6: either six or seven times this year. What do you 103 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 6: think your reception is going to be like when you 104 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 6: go there? 105 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 3: If I know Philly fans, probably not the best. But 106 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know. I've never been I've never 107 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 3: been booed by an opposing crowd like that. 108 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 2: So do you need advice. If you need advice, let 109 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 2: me know. 110 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 4: Okay, I got that. 111 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 7: I got I look forward to it, man, I look 112 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 7: forward to that's you know, that's in my opinion, that's 113 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 7: you know, that's something actually pretty cool to experience. 114 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 4: I look forward to. 115 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 5: Just say this when you come when they ask you 116 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 5: about just say, hey, I can't hear him. I was 117 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 5: standing on my wallet and they were so far below 118 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 5: me that I couldn't hear that. A low down there. Listen, 119 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 5: Thanks bo we love you. We appreciate you coming all 120 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 5: with us. I've known this guy and he didn't even 121 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 5: remember this since he was like in ninth grade. He 122 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 5: tried to come to the first Academy and we didn't 123 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 5: want him. We said he wasn't good enough, so he 124 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 5: went to a different school. No, I'm just kidding. We 125 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 5: really wanted him. But I met him. I love him. 126 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 5: I was just guy the best, and no, I just 127 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 5: wanted the best for you. So when I said those 128 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 5: things about the World Series, I just wanted you to 129 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 5: be healthy. You get this contract. I didn't know you're 130 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 5: enough and then but I don't know. 131 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: But thanks for joining us. We really appreciate it. 132 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: We're chatting now with Sean and Iyah of the New 133 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: York match. Seawan, it's great to see you. How's camp 134 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: going for you and really for the entire rotation, what 135 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: is it looking like? 136 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 8: Yeah, things are going great, you know a little different 137 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 8: than last year. Healthy, you know, coming to camp healthy 138 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 8: and I feel good and a lot of I vps 139 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 8: and I think I'll get into a game on Friday 140 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 8: and you'll go from there. But yeah, I think just 141 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 8: watching everyone pitch has been really fun. Uh, you know, 142 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 8: got some arms out there, and yeah it's been it's 143 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 8: been really good so far. 144 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 5: What did you change this year? Last year or two 145 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 5: years ago you kind of went to the Chris Sale. 146 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 5: So are you trying So are you gonna go like 147 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 5: Kent to Kolbe this year like Lefty's side arm. 148 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 8: I don't think we're going I think we're going to 149 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 8: the opposite. So, oh, you're going up, You're going more up. Yeah, 150 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 8: I'm not going to be here. 151 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 5: But somewhere in the in the middle, are you still 152 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 5: doing the crossfire? 153 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, until the higher angle. Yeah, just refining it a 154 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 2: little bit. 155 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 8: Okay, So I think last year I was doing a 156 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,239 Speaker 8: little too much, like get a little too far down 157 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 8: and crossfier, trying. 158 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 2: To do all that, and yeah, it just wasn't wasn't. 159 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 5: That's one of the craziest things I've ever seen for 160 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 5: people that don't know. I'm sure you know, Scott and 161 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 5: Eric know, but you went like one start and we're like, 162 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 5: you know what, screw this, I'm just gonna start throwing 163 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 5: like Chris Sale. And you did it and you were 164 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 5: super successful. 165 00:06:58,880 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 4: Yeah. 166 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 5: To me, that's one of the most wild things, wildest 167 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 5: things I've ever heard in my life. 168 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, sometimes you just gotta I just gotta 169 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: try it out see what happens. 170 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 8: And I'm a big field guy, so it feels good, 171 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 8: and you know, it just gives me confidence and then 172 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 8: just like a snowball effect after that, you know. So, yeah, 173 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 8: that was that was one of those things that felt 174 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 8: good and then I just ran with it. So yeah, 175 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 8: if you ever hear a big leaguer say that, that 176 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 8: just means they're supremely talented and much better than everybody 177 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 8: else when they're like, oh, I'll just try this and 178 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 8: then go ahead and have like a cy young second 179 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 8: half of the season. But as a whole, asked or 180 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 8: Scott asked about the group as a whole, how many 181 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 8: conversations were had since the end of last year for 182 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 8: you guys as a pitching staff, the starting rotation about 183 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 8: going deeper into games, about the shortfalls that you guys 184 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 8: had as a group last year. 185 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean. 186 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 8: That's uh, that's definitely a like a big point of 187 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 8: the season. Right like last year we started off extremely 188 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 8: well and then you. 189 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 2: Know, toward the end of the season, you know it. 190 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 8: Wasn't and yeah, it's it's no uh, no secret or 191 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 8: anything like that. 192 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 2: That's definitely. 193 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 8: You know, when when the starting pitchers are going deep 194 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 8: into games, Uh, they're doing their job, taking pressure off 195 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 8: the bullpen, you know, and let our letting our offense 196 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 8: work and do do his thing. You know, I think 197 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 8: that's our success. And you know, it definitely starts with us, 198 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 8: uh setting the tone and doing all that and uh, 199 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 8: yeah last year, you know, we we didn't do that 200 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 8: at the end, and it's definitely, uh, you know, it 201 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 8: was frustrating how things ended. But yeah, I think everyone 202 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 8: that was on the team last year going to the season, 203 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 8: you know, we kind of kind of know that. 204 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 2: And yeah, I think everyone you know, did good jobs 205 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 2: this offseason. And yeah, I was just going out there 206 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 2: and doing it. 207 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: Hey, Sean, you're a veteran guy, been in the game 208 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:54,839 Speaker 1: for a minute. It felt like last year, at least 209 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: for us as a show, we're covering your team and 210 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: we're like, hey, there's some concern about the starting staff, 211 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: there's some injuries up right, and it's just like you mentioned, 212 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: it was a great start and then things started to unravel. 213 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: Did it bother you and did you feel like it 214 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:12,599 Speaker 1: was overblown when eventually the coverage turned to oh well, clubhouse, 215 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: So that's why the team didn't perform. You know, and 216 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: you've been around the block with some teams, like do 217 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: you really look around and say, oh, well, I guess 218 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: everyone wasn't best friends at all times and doing you know, 219 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: the the Jose Glaciers sing along and the whole thing, 220 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: and that's why we didn't make it. So what was 221 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: your take. 222 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 3: On all of that? 223 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, yeah, you've been around. 224 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 8: You're not you're not best friends with every single one 225 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 8: of your teammates and that's okay, you know, it's it's 226 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 8: not always like that, even in twenty twenty four. You know, 227 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 8: we're not now all of us are best friends with 228 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 8: each other. But the excuse me, that doesn't mean you 229 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 8: can't be a good team, right, And you know, things 230 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 8: were very frustrating last year, and I take you know, 231 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 8: a huge part of that. You know, it was definitely 232 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 8: a huge part and the reason why you know, the 233 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 8: Mets didn't perform well, obviously being injured at the beginning 234 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 8: and then you know how performed at the end. You know, 235 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 8: just wasn't That's not how successful teams win. And yeah, 236 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 8: it's you know, it's different coverage, different, you know, new stuff, 237 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 8: but you know, at. 238 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 2: The end of the day, we just weren't performing. 239 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 8: And I don't think I had anything to do with 240 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 8: you know, the clubhouse vibes or anything like that, you know, 241 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 8: I don't. I don't think that was the main reason 242 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 8: why we were like not performing as well as as 243 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 8: we could have. 244 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 2: It just happened to be like that. Listen. 245 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 5: I've been on good teams that didn't get along, and 246 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 5: I've been on bad teams it got along great. 247 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 2: So when you win, everything is fine. If you win. 248 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 2: But you guys didn't have any skits last year. 249 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 5: You didn't have the OMG, you didn't have grims, you 250 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 5: didn't have the pumpkin. 251 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, you didn't have all that stuff. You were just 252 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 2: kind of van Ella made. Do you guys need some 253 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: skits this year? 254 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 5: If you talked to to Bo and Simeon and some 255 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 5: of the new guys and said, man, we. 256 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 8: Need some skits y'all, maybe I haven't brought that up yet, 257 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 8: but now that you bring that up, yeah, maybe we'll 258 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 8: uh want to do that. 259 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 5: You know, you guys had the EyeBlack with the numbers, 260 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 5: you had all that, you had all these things though. 261 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 8: We were you know, we did all the things. So yeah, 262 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 8: maybe maybe that's one reason why. 263 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 5: All right, well, I mean you've got to start now 264 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 5: at spring train. You got to start practicing your skits. Yeah, 265 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 5: maybe the day we'll start it up. 266 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. 267 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 6: No, if you if you throw strikes and strike people out, 268 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 6: that's that's the best skit that you can that you 269 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 6: can ever have. Twenty twenty four, you guys had your 270 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 6: starting rotation. You guys stepped up. You had, you know, 271 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 6: that career year platform year for you to get that 272 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 6: nice free agent contract. Jeremy Hefner was your pitching coach. 273 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 6: Now you have a new pitching coach and Justin Willard, 274 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 6: am I correct on that? Yes, he has to learn 275 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 6: this staff, he has to learn you guys, how hard 276 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 6: is that as the pitching coach? Because in other sports, 277 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 6: like in football, if you have a brand new offense, 278 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 6: some coordinator, defensive coordinator like that's talked about a lot, 279 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 6: how hard is that for you? And how hard obviously 280 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 6: we'd have to ask him, but how how easy has 281 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 6: this transition been for him? Coming in for somebody? And 282 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 6: Jeremy Heffner, who to me that you guys had one 283 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 6: blip in the radar in the last two years and 284 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 6: you know he was gone. 285 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, I think as a as a pitching coach, 286 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 8: like you said, it's it's not an easy transition. But 287 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 8: I think what he's been doing, what he's been showing 288 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 8: in spring training has been you know, nothing short of 289 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 8: incredible so far. You know, it seems like he's gone 290 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 8: out of his way to you know, get to know guys, 291 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 8: get to know the routines, get to know you know, 292 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 8: what you know, makes makes them click, makes them work, 293 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 8: and you know, as far as like what he's able 294 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 8: to do, and right now in this moment, I think 295 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 8: he's doing a you know, a very very good job. 296 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 8: Seems like every day, every time you talk to him, 297 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 8: every day he's prepared. You know, if you have any 298 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 8: any sort of questions, you know, if he doesn't, you know, 299 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 8: he'll point you in the right direction. Stuff like that, 300 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 8: which you know is kind of like the baseline. But 301 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 8: you know, spring training, you know, it's a little bit 302 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 8: different kind of like routines and stuff like that as 303 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 8: you would in season. So you know, ultimately, you know, 304 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 8: you won't won't know until we get there. But as 305 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 8: far as you know, I'm conservaive spring training and you know, 306 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 8: all the guys has got to go. 307 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 4: Jog. 308 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 2: I think he's been doing a good job. Sean, you 309 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:30,719 Speaker 2: know you have to go. 310 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 5: But since you didn't win the Good Guy Award last year, 311 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 5: Clay Homes, your teammates stole it from you from the 312 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 5: New York writers, were you trying to win it back? 313 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 5: When you went and saw Indiana State play against Miami 314 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,239 Speaker 5: and you sat in a bullpen during the game. 315 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 2: Where do you talk about? 316 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 4: What? 317 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,959 Speaker 5: What do you talk about with a college kid when 318 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 5: you're sitting in the bullpen, You're you're just like hanging out, 319 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 5: Like I mean, look at you, You're just like down 320 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 5: there hanging out. You couldn't get your j couldn't get 321 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 5: you a pullover to wear, you had to go street clothes. 322 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,079 Speaker 2: Well I didn't. 323 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 8: I mean I planned to go out there, like I 324 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 8: knew they were going to be down there in Miami, 325 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 8: and I'd seen Indian State played and since I left, 326 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 8: so it's been you know, twelve thirteen years, and this 327 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 8: is as closest they they'd been to anywhere I played. 328 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 8: So I was like, you know what, I gotta gotta 329 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 8: make the drive. Let's go see the boys support him, 330 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 8: And yeah, you know, I just sat there and I 331 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 8: got a. 332 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 2: Little bored just sitting there like watching it. 333 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 8: I was like, I have nobody to talk to, and 334 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 8: so I was like, you know what, I'm just gussing 335 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 8: if I can get down into the into the bullpen, 336 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 8: and you know, I asked the coaches and they were 337 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 8: totally cool with it. 338 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 2: So I was like, all right, any of them know 339 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 2: who you were? Yeah, as soon as I walked down there, 340 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 2: not the coach, you know, the players. 341 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 8: Okay, down in the bullpen, they saw me like so yeah, 342 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 8: I sat down there, and you know, they you know, 343 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 8: had some great questions. I just talked about, like in 344 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 8: Indiana State baseball, you know. 345 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 2: A range of topics as you do in the bullpen. 346 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 2: And yeah, it was awesome. 347 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 8: I I wasn't trying to be like viral or anything 348 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 8: like that. It just, I don't know, it just happened 349 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 8: to be and it was cool to kind of just 350 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 8: relive that, you know, the college called days in college moments, 351 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 8: and yeah, these young guns have a different vocabulary than 352 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 8: I do. 353 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 2: Yes, I'm now that I'm now the old guy that's 354 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 2: a screaming at the cloud. I guess so, but no, 355 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 2: it's it was. 356 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 4: It was awesome. 357 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: It was a yeah, cool organic viral moment, so it 358 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: was fun to watch. Well, it was great to see 359 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: you man, great to catch up. We'll get you right 360 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: to your meeting. I appreciate you. We'll talk to you 361 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: during the year. 362 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 2: Sounds good. Thanks so much, guys. 363 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: Matt's outfielder Carson Bene up next in Port Saint Lucy. Carson, 364 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: great to have you on the show. Has camp for you, man. 365 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: It's got to be a lot of fun so far. 366 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 9: Right, definitely, you know, meeting all the guys, getting around 367 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 9: new faces, just being around everybody again. It's just really 368 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 9: fun and looking forward to see what this season hasn't sotore. 369 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 2: For me, dude, you were hitting bombs out there. 370 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 5: I was watching your beef even Simmy and was comment 371 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 5: commenting on your VP. I told Marcus, I'm like, wait 372 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 5: till he's our age though, because you lose the excitement 373 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 5: of being in BP every day. But yeah, I mean, 374 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 5: tell me about just meeting these guys meeting you know, Sodo, 375 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 5: I know is not here, but he was here earlier, 376 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 5: right Marcus, Simmy and Francisco Lindor. When you walk into 377 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 5: the clubhouse and you see these guys what's that feeling like? 378 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 9: Well, I mean, at first it was kind of a 379 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 9: surreal you know, like watching all these guys as I'm 380 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 9: in college or growing up and then just being in 381 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 9: the same clubhouse as them is pretty surreal. But I 382 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 9: think as time went on, it's kind of feeling more 383 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 9: and more normal, getting more and more comfortable. 384 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 4: But Soto, he's been all the guys have been great. 385 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 9: They've all taken me under their shoulder and just let 386 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 9: me know right I'm wrong, what to do, what not 387 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 9: to do, And I'm really blessed to have that. 388 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 6: All Right, First of all, you never lose the joy 389 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 6: for BP, only AJ lost a joy for it. And 390 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 6: how do you stay fix that, fix that ice like that? 391 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 6: How do you stay comfortable but also stay yourself because 392 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 6: sometimes when guys come into Big League camp, it's like, oh, crap, 393 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 6: is this guy gonna make fun of me for this? 394 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 6: Or is this guy gonna like how do you? How 395 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 6: do you keep that balance? 396 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 9: You know, I came into the camp, you know, just 397 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 9: trying to be the best version of myself that I 398 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 9: can be, and in my meeting, they just told me. 399 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 4: To be myself. 400 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 9: So I feel like that just helped me get more 401 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 9: comfortable with it, and you know, I feel like being 402 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 9: myself is the best way to go about my business, 403 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 9: not trying to be anything I'm not. So I feel 404 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:42,120 Speaker 9: like with that, just being myself has always been one of. 405 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 2: My core values. Is that part of it the mustache and. 406 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 4: I just I just shaved a little bit so it's 407 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 4: pop a little more, but it looks good. 408 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: Hey, Carson, So the Mets did a lot this offseason, right, 409 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: a lot of shoppling, a lot of new additions. How 410 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: much did it mean to you that they kept a 411 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: lane open for an outfield spot for you to be 412 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: able to earn that, Because often with a prospect, even 413 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: a highly rated prospect that doesn't matter right, a team 414 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: will just still say, hey, they're gonna have to break 415 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: their way through. You're gonna have to do that. But 416 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: they put you in a position where it's not like, hey, 417 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: there's three guys that would be really difficult to suddenly sit. 418 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: There is a lane here for you to play every 419 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: day very soon. 420 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 9: You know, I feel the competition in right field is great. 421 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 4: Everyone's mashing right now. 422 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 9: So being able to compete with all those guys is 423 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 9: really special, and being able to learn from them and 424 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 9: see how they go about their business. 425 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 4: I think will help me tremendously. 426 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 5: You went to Oklahoma State Holidays, Josh is a coacher, 427 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 5: Matt is around there all the time. Then you had 428 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 5: Jackson and Ethan running around that place all the time. 429 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 5: Do you ever call it Jackson Ethan and be like, Hey, 430 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 5: I'm gonna well maybe Ethan, not Jackson. I'm gonna be 431 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 5: in the big league soon with y'all right into the holidays? 432 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 5: What did the Holidays do to help you get to 433 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 5: where you are now? 434 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 9: I'll talk to them every now and then, you know, 435 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 9: not to not like an everyday basis, but like in 436 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 9: the off season, just like being around then. I feel 437 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 9: like has helped me a lot. Especially Matt. He's a 438 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 9: great resource for me. 439 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 2: That wasn't a right fielder though he was, but he 440 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 2: wasn't he could hit, Yes, thank you, that's yes, That's 441 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,679 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. But did did did? What do they do? 442 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 5: Because Matt Holiday knows how to hit right yeah, and 443 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 5: Josh Holiday is a great college coach. And then you 444 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 5: have the other two sons that obviously were the first 445 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 5: first round picks and you were a first round pick. 446 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 2: What did Matt say to you. 447 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 5: What was his advice that Matt said to you or 448 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 5: Josh said to you that said, hey, this will help 449 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 5: me now in my big ley career. 450 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 9: You know, I've just been hearing the same thing from 451 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 9: them over and over. Never change for yourself and you're 452 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 9: gonna be good. 453 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 6: What about what about some of the other guys that 454 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 6: have been in your shoes but just a few years ago. 455 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 6: Do you feel like you get more or do you 456 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 6: think you'll get more if you haven't yet? More advice 457 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 6: from like a Brett Baty, like a Mark Viento, so 458 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 6: I know he's go and play for WBC, but like 459 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 6: then like a Juan Sota who made it up to 460 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 6: the big leagues at nineteen and hasn't looked back since. 461 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 6: But like Brett Baty's had that up and down. Different 462 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 6: guys have had the up and down. Who do you 463 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 6: think you can get more good advice from? Because it's 464 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 6: more recent. 465 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 9: I feel like any of those guys are a great resource. 466 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 9: You know, they're all willing to talk about it, willing 467 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 9: to talk me through it. But you know, being able 468 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 9: to have guys like that who are willing to have 469 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 9: my back is just really special. 470 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: Hey, Carson, gonna kind of throw you a different kind 471 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: of question here. So one of the other top prospects 472 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: in the sport, Max Clark, like dropped a fly ball 473 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: the other day and then social media just goes crazy like, oh, 474 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: he has too many chains on. I don't know if 475 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: you caught that at all. I mean, you've got some 476 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: ice on now, do you think that's ridiculous? And people 477 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 1: are just trolling? And he spoke about it and kind 478 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: of backed it up like really, that's what we care 479 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: about here and said he's going to be him. And 480 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: we see tons of guys in the bigs with with chains, 481 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: all kinds of you know, ice and accessories that they 482 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: wear that relate to them and sometimes it's from a 483 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,360 Speaker 1: family member, whatever it is. So just wanted to get 484 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: your take, you know, on that and if you caught that, 485 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,719 Speaker 1: because it starts to get to a point where some 486 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: you know, people are just bullying online. 487 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 9: In my mind, yeah, I feel like he's probably got 488 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 9: He's got a lot of like social media attention, a 489 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 9: lot of followers, all that. 490 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 4: Since high school. 491 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 9: So I feel like he's been the same throughout his 492 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 9: whole like up and coming. As for chains, I don't care. 493 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 9: Where as many as you want. 494 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 2: I mean, your's just thick. 495 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, I like it. I just got her yesterday. 496 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 2: Hi. 497 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, But where as many as you want, you know, 498 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 4: be yourself. That's that's what he's doing. All right. 499 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 6: You were picked in twenty twenty four. Last year you 500 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 6: played in hi A, Double A and Triple A. Are 501 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 6: any of your teammates from those levels in big league 502 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 6: camp with you? And if they're not, they're over on 503 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 6: the minor league side. Do you talk with them and 504 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 6: they like, hey, let's go out to dinner and you pay? 505 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 9: Oh no, not yet, not yet, but I definitely do 506 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 9: still talk to him. 507 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 4: Uh. 508 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 9: We got quite a big group of guys that I've 509 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 9: played with over the last year here in big league 510 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 9: camp and then quite a few more over on the 511 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 9: minor league side. But I still talk to everyone. Keep 512 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 9: good relationships, you know, they're all friends. 513 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,719 Speaker 4: And special to me. Who are you living with, Nolan McClain. 514 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 2: He's not here, So you're living by yourself. 515 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 4: Living by myself. 516 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 2: You have to pay rent by yourself? Then no, you 517 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 2: got it? Oh you still split it? 518 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 4: He split it? 519 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 5: Oh wow, I was generous of them. Yeah, all right, 520 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 5: did Nolan know you pitched. Also, yeah, we went to 521 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 5: Oklahoma State together. 522 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 2: Oh you guys were there together. Oh okay, So do 523 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 2: you miss pitching? 524 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 4: I do. It was fun. I just like going out 525 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 4: there and competing. 526 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 9: But I also don't think my attention span could be 527 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 9: in the dugout for a few days at a time. 528 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 2: So you're a leaver. 529 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 9: So I like I like, well a little bit about 530 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 9: the little closer. And I started some games, but I 531 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 9: always hit in the games I pitched, so it's nice. 532 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 9: But like throwing and then like down for five days, 533 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 9: four or five days, I don't think that would be 534 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 9: for me. 535 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, you got to be in the one day. 536 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 4: Yeah. 537 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,479 Speaker 1: Well, Nolan obviously has found himself pretty quickly here in 538 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: the big leagues. So I got a couple Nolan questions 539 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: for you. Let's start with this, How crazy is the rise? 540 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 4: Right? 541 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: You know, people talk about you, you work hard, you 542 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 1: do your thing, You've been able to follow what he's doing, 543 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden it's Mets shining off 544 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: season conversations about him being one of the top starters 545 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: in baseball already. Stuff wise, Boom World Baseball Classic might 546 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 1: pitch in the title game if they make it. So 547 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: what have you observed from the rise here from someone 548 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: who I think was kind of still figuring things out late? Bloomer, 549 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: He wasn't you know, all the rage at sixteen seventeen 550 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: years old? 551 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 4: Right? 552 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: Didn't you pick up pitching a little late too? 553 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 4: In college? 554 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 9: We always knew he had the grossest stuff on the staff, 555 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 9: so it was never a stuff issue. 556 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 4: But uh, I mean for him, I feel like it 557 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 4: all happened so fast. 558 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 9: Like I'm pretty sure last year he wasn't in big 559 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 9: league camp and then bang, he's up there making an impact. 560 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 9: So I feel like seeing that is just like how 561 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 9: fast your life can change. 562 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 4: Yeah he was pitching. 563 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, he was pitching and hitting, and then they're like, 564 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: all right, dude, you're you're too good on the mound. 565 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: You gotta just pitch right, last one here on him. 566 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: Give us one thing we got to know about him, 567 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: because we we we haven't you know, obviously, learned much 568 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 1: about you and him yet, but one thing, like it 569 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: could be funny roommate thing. Give us, like one quirk 570 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: does do the dishes like. 571 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 5: Clown. 572 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 9: His clown loves his video games, loves his jokes. 573 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 2: Are you a video game guy too? What do you 574 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 2: play Call of Duty? 575 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 4: Rocket League? Rocket League's like. 576 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 2: What is it? Rocket League? We drive around the car? Yeah, 577 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 2: the best? 578 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 4: Yeah, you made the game. I'm not bad. 579 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 2: You know that Rocket League? I don't know. 580 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 4: My buddy made. 581 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 2: I know Call of Duty I know, but I don't 582 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 2: know the Rocket League. 583 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, rocket League? Just car soccer. 584 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 2: You know you play on teams? 585 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, like two B two three three? 586 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 2: Can you play online? What's your gamer? Text? 587 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 5: For people out there will know? I don't say it 588 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 5: unless you want. 589 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 4: People to know, probably something like sea baby. 590 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 9: Okay, baby, I think I'm c baby. 591 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 2: What's your rank? G C Two's not good? 592 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 4: It's up there. It's not quite like at the top. 593 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 4: It's not, but it's up there. 594 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 6: He's not he's not consistently pinching the ball on the wall. 595 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 6: But I mean, I'm I'm gonna let you. I'm gonna 596 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 6: let you play in my in my stadiums if you 597 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 6: want to play. 598 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 3: Wow. 599 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 2: Okay, I don't even know what that means, but it 600 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 2: sounds fun. 601 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 4: Yeah. 602 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: Well, Carson, this was great, great getting to know you. 603 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: Appreciate the time man, good luck the rest of case. 604 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 2: The way. 605 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 5: He just picked up chess too, just picked up chess 606 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 5: he told me a week ago. So I said, stay 607 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 5: away from like Will Benson, Joey Vato. Stay away from 608 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 5: those guys. I'll take all your money. 609 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: Cars with soccer and chess. All good, Carson, thanks man, 610 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 1: great talking to you, Thank you you too. 611 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 4: Nice meeting you.