1 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: Matt's manager, Carlos Mendoza is back. Mandy, What a week 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: do you just have? Endless champagne bottle popping right now? 3 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: Going on? 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 3: What a fun week this is? 5 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: Are you enjoying watching this and getting the phone calls 6 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: with Bashette, Luis Robert and Freddie Peralta in a one 7 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: week span? 8 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 4: I know, right, especially after what we went through so 9 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 4: the first part of the off season, right when. 10 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 5: I see Cratsy laughing there, But yeah, it's exciting, man. 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 5: And everything happened so fast, you know, it was one 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 5: move after another one I could getting. 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 4: I kept getting text from David or call from our 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 4: front office members about the move that we were making. 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 4: And it was just exciting, you know because, like I said, 16 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 4: they wait, the off season started it and the fact 17 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 4: that we got to this point. 18 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 3: He's excited. 19 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 6: To me a little bit about I'm sure you've thought 20 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 6: about this. People are wondering too this infield now, talk 21 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,199 Speaker 6: to me. Have you thought about you know, where guys 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 6: are going to be You know, I haven't heard anything. 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 6: That's why I'm asking, like, have you thought is there 24 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 6: like any specific positions that Bo's going to be at? 25 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 6: And you know everybody else. I mean, so, I mean, like, 26 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 6: talk to me about where guys are going to be 27 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 6: in this infield er. Is he going to just try 28 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 6: and move people around? 29 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 7: Yeah? 30 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 3: No, I mean we're pretty much set with bo. We 31 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 3: were pretty honest from the beginning and he was all in. 32 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 3: I remember the. 33 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 4: Suit call that we had with him. He was clear 34 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 4: that the position that he was going to play was 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 4: third base, and he was all in. So we'll have 36 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 4: bow up there. Lian Bore obviously a sure mark is 37 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 4: second base. And then you know, we got Polanco that 38 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 4: we signed to play first base, another former middle infielder, 39 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 4: a guy that moves around, uh that for the first time. 40 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 3: In his career is going to be playing first base. 41 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 3: Bred Batty will get some reps there. 42 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 4: Mark Viento's is going to get an opportunity to earn 43 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 4: from a bat's there as well. So, like I said, 44 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 4: we feel pretty good with the way our infhill is 45 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 4: set right now. 46 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 7: Mandy, have you ever seen the movie Moneyball? 47 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 3: Of course? 48 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 7: Okay, Ron Washington in that movie is quoted is saying, 49 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 7: it's not that easy. Do you believe first base is 50 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 7: that easy? And because you you kind of tiered, you 51 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 7: kind of tiered the athleticism from Jorge Polonco to Brett 52 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 7: Bady to Viento's. But it's experience, it's angles, it's are 53 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 7: you going to have them go to their right because 54 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 7: you're gonna have Marcus Simeon controlling that area? You know? 55 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 7: Do they only go to the bag afterwards? Like how 56 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 7: easy do you think this transition is going to be? 57 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 7: So do you have a lower level of expectation if 58 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 7: you don't think it's that easy? 59 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 3: Expectations are there? They're going to be able to handle. 60 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 3: Especially I gotta like Polanco, He's not that easy. He's 61 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 3: not that easy. 62 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 4: People just think that, how we'll put him at first 63 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 4: base and he'll figure it out. 64 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 3: There's so much that goes into it when you're making 65 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 3: that type. 66 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,559 Speaker 4: Of transition, whether it's you know, not to mention fundamentals 67 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 4: right cuts and relay, is bunt plays, getting familiar with 68 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 4: your pitching staff, who gets off the man well, having 69 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 4: the awareness with the second basement is playing. So you 70 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 4: got to get on a habit to pick to you right, 71 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 4: especially the guys that are used to playing up the 72 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 4: middle that as soon as the balls hit, their first 73 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 4: reaction is go get the baseball in this case, when 74 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 4: you're playing first base, you gotta be familiar, you know, 75 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 4: with how far the second basement is. 76 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 3: Do I need to go for that ball? Do I 77 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 3: need to just go straight to the base. 78 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 4: And that's almost some of the players that only by 79 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 4: playing the position, that's how you're gonna get better. So 80 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 4: our job is to get him as many as game 81 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 4: reps as possible, because it's not so much about catching 82 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 4: a ground ball. They know how to catch a ground ball, 83 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 4: they're gonna get to baseballs. And then on top of that, 84 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 4: it's the footwork at first base, you know, making sure 85 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 4: they're not stretching too soon, the balls in the dirt, 86 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 4: their ability to use the whole back like. 87 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: It's going to be a process. 88 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 4: I'm glad that we started early, but again, until we 89 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 4: see it in games, we just got to stay on 90 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 4: top of it. 91 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 7: I think I'll be playing more games. Are those guys 92 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 7: gonna be playing more games at first base? Not to 93 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 7: like only key on one position? More games at spring 94 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 7: training than they ever have, Like, are they going to 95 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 7: be going down to the B game in the minor 96 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 7: league side to get reps because you have three guys 97 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 7: for one position and there's only one big league game. 98 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 7: I think you played twenty six of them during spring 99 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 7: and they can't play. 100 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 2: All of them. 101 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, we're gonna have to get creative here in making 102 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,799 Speaker 4: sure we're giving these guys game reps. 103 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 3: So, like you mentioned, whether it's a big game, backfield action, 104 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 3: minor league games. 105 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 4: You know, not to mention that Bret Baide is going 106 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 4: to be getting some reps in the alphiel as well. 107 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 4: So the communication is going to be huge here making 108 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 4: sure that when we are putting together their their plans 109 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 4: and you know, you know, like the progression and where 110 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 4: are they going to be potential to be playing, they 111 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 4: have a pretty good idea in a heads up so 112 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 4: they can get ready. But again, creating as many as 113 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 4: game opportunities as possible is going. 114 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 3: To be the key. 115 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 7: All right, let's take it back to that time where 116 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 7: the beginning of the off season that you alluded to 117 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 7: when you first came on. What did those conversations sound like, 118 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 7: Because people don't know, Mandy, you are one of the best, 119 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 7: most connected, most communicative managers in the game, and that 120 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 7: is you know, that's a superpower for you, and that's 121 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 7: what helps drive your team when you see that you're 122 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 7: going to lose or you lose a guy like Pete 123 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 7: Edwin traded Nemo. What are those conversations like, did you 124 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 7: have conversations with all three of those guys and how 125 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 7: hard were they if you did have those conversations. 126 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I talked to them after day's fine, 127 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 4: you know, only happened back to bad days. 128 00:05:58,200 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 3: I think it was Edwin. 129 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 4: Men, so he seems like he was he's being forever, 130 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 4: but I think it was ed when the first guy 131 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 4: and then I called him and you know, as much 132 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 4: as you hate seeing him leave, you know you're happy 133 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 4: for him in his sauel. And you create those relationship 134 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 4: with those guys and you just have to appreciate what 135 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 4: they did for us. 136 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 3: And then the same thing happened with p You know, 137 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 3: I call him and then I. 138 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 4: Saw him down here went to Vesta the player UH, 139 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 4: and then he was there and and we had a 140 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 4: long conversation. Again, you create this relationship with these players 141 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 4: that he means a lot, you know, but you wish 142 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 4: them well, you thank them because they posted and they 143 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:46,799 Speaker 4: were a huge part of this organization. 144 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 3: Same thing with the UH trade with Brandon he wasn't easy. 145 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 4: And then getting on the phone with him and after 146 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 4: the trade went down, you just appreciation. 147 00:06:58,640 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 3: A lot of respect for this guy. 148 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 4: Same thing with Jeff McNeil after the trade, you know, uh, 149 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 4: the conversations with him and uh, just like I said, 150 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 4: I appreciate what they did for us. 151 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 2: All Right. 152 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 6: You talked a little about hitters that you lost there, 153 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 6: a little bit talk. I want to go back to 154 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 6: Bobbashev for a second. Where do you see him hitting 155 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 6: in the lineup? And you know, talk about that situation too, 156 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 6: because you can put him anywhere. 157 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 2: Uh, he's a guy that can bat too. He can 158 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 2: bat four. 159 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 6: Talk to me about like if you thought about that, 160 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 6: and where do you see him hitting starting, you know, 161 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 6: first day of the year. 162 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he's early and I'm not gonna lie. 163 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 4: When the transaction went down, has some time the following 164 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 4: day just kind of start envisioning. 165 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: Where I could potentially be hitting. 166 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 4: But like you said, he's so versatile that this is 167 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 4: a guy that could lead off to hit take and 168 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 4: who hit ther who hit fourth? But if you're asking 169 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 4: me right now, and I mean we're so far away 170 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 4: from opening day, I could see a combination of when 171 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 4: door to shit right away, you know. But again, I 172 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 4: gotta have these conversations with the players. But the fact 173 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 4: that Bo he's such a good hitter. 174 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 3: You know, you can put him in from a soda. 175 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 3: You can put it behind him, you can put me more. 176 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 4: Whether take him out of the leadle spot and put 177 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 4: him third, Like, there's so many different ways I could 178 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 4: go here, all right. 179 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 7: One of the things that was said, because we didn't 180 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 7: hear a lot about Bobashet and it was said on 181 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 7: this show, not by me, not by aj, not by 182 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 7: Scott or Todd, somebody said the bow signing was a 183 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 7: panic pivot. Do you feel like it was more of 184 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 7: a surprise for you than if you had gotten Tucker, 185 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 7: if that had gone all the way through and had 186 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 7: been Tucker, Or was it something that we had this 187 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 7: coming down the lane the whole time? It is just 188 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 7: you stupid media people didn't know about it. 189 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 3: Pratz. I know you're gonna tell me if you said it, 190 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 3: you will tell me. 191 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 2: Hey I said it. 192 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 7: Oh, I would tell you, you know that. 193 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 4: No, Listen, I don't see it as a panic because 194 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 4: we laid down that foundation, like we were prepared. You know, 195 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 4: we had some calls with him, you know, so we 196 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 4: had conversations with him. This wasn't all talker went somewhere else, 197 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 4: and then the very next day here we are signing both. 198 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 3: We have meetings with him. 199 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 4: Like I said, you gotta get credit to David Stearns 200 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 4: in the front office because they lay down that foundation 201 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 4: that you know, they we had an idea in case, 202 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 4: you know, this guy goes here, we can always go there. 203 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 3: But I wouldn't say it was a panic move. 204 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 7: All right. Does it feel a little bit better signing 205 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 7: Bow that the Phillies thought they had Bow? Just a 206 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 7: little bit, just a little rivalry. Does it feel a 207 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 7: little bit better? Yeah? 208 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 4: I mean there's so much out there that I don't 209 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 4: know that you get caught up on all the noise 210 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 4: and all that. But I saw those reports where like 211 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 4: the Phillies are getting close to getting both. 212 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 3: I think you just getting an an elite player period. 213 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 4: Regardless whether we got them or they didn't get them, 214 00:09:57,920 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 4: they're still a pretty good team. 215 00:09:59,640 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 2: You know. 216 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 4: But the way I see it is just that we 217 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 4: got better as the team as an organization as soon 218 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 4: as we sign them. 219 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 7: Okay, it was confirmed by Dombrowski, so it wasn't just 220 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 7: a rumor. But I won't let you. I won't. I 221 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 7: won't belabor the point because my next one's a little 222 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 7: bit tougher. There's not not report, not reports, but there's 223 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 7: things coming out about, Hey, they wanted you guys wanted 224 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 7: to change the culture. When you see the moves that 225 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 7: were made on a team that didn't pitch well, and 226 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 7: yet it was position player, position player, position player, position 227 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 7: player that weren't signed back, maybe it to me it 228 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 7: kind of confirms that. And or was it a shift 229 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 7: of what type of team you want to be and 230 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 7: not necessarily the culture of a team that needed to 231 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 7: be shifted. 232 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, look, I know there was a lot of noise 233 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 3: as well about that. 234 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 4: For me, I think it was just some of the 235 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 4: personality and the way we want to construct a roster. 236 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 3: We had a really good culture. You know. The truth 237 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 3: was that we didn't play well. You know, we didn't 238 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,319 Speaker 3: get results. I thought that at the beginning of the year. 239 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 4: For the first two and a half months, you know, 240 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 4: nobody said anything about, you know, what was going on in. 241 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 3: Our locker room. It was a professional. 242 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 4: Look now, if we're comparing twenty twenty five to twenty 243 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 4: twenty four, then maybe we could there's a case there, 244 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 4: you know, but that was something magical that will happened 245 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty four. 246 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 8: I feel like the guys got along well. They respected 247 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 8: each other. But when you're not winning games, you know, 248 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 8: like you're trying to keep it fun. You're trying to 249 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 8: push guys. But we just didn't get the job done 250 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 8: on the field. 251 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 4: But I think we hear David and how much we 252 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 4: wanted to improve our defense, and some of this move 253 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 4: will reflect that. 254 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 6: I want to go on another guy. You guys just 255 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 6: picked up Lewis Robert. Have you won Have you had 256 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 6: any conversation with him? And two, we know him, we 257 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 6: know he's got the and we know he can hit 258 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 6: the ball a long way, big in stature. You're looking 259 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 6: for him just to get it, be healthy and bring 260 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 6: back that Oldthouis Robert and Wold Junior. 261 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean we're looking at a very toolsy player. 262 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 4: When he's healthy, he's he's one of the best. You know, 263 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 4: we know the defense, we know the power, his ability 264 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 4: to steal. Basis is our job to keep him on 265 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 4: the field. Now I spoke with him. I know the 266 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 4: trainers are already with their hands on him. 267 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 3: Again. We got to get to know the player. We 268 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 3: got to get. 269 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 4: To know his routines and the way he prepares, and 270 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 4: then we're going to have to make some adjustments in 271 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 4: communication with him because that's going. 272 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 3: To be the goal. We need this guy on the field. 273 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 4: So I feel good where he's at in talking to him. 274 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 4: And like I said, our group, our medical group is 275 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 4: already in communication with him, and I'm pretty sure they're 276 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 4: gonna put a plan moving forward so he allows him 277 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 4: to be on the field as much as po awesome. 278 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 7: Quanta temple blah blah, Coln Luis, how many times have 279 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 7: you talked to Luis? Because you have a little different 280 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 7: connection than you know, say Will Venable did last year. 281 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 7: I get it. You know the previous manager, he was Pedro, 282 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 7: had had the Spanish connection. That means a lot to 283 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 7: Cuban guys, I think more than some guys who come 284 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 7: up through the minor leagues and spend a lot of 285 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 7: time in the minor leagues. He was in the minor 286 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 7: leagues for a little bit and then bang in the 287 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 7: big leagues. So how many times have you talked to 288 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 7: him to make that connection as much as you can 289 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 7: in these you know, previous few days that you've had 290 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 7: him now as a player. 291 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I only talked to him once, but I'm 292 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 4: planning on uh visit him, uh so I can see 293 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 4: him in person and watching work out. I know he's 294 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 4: down here in Florida, but I know our trainers already 295 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 4: in contact with him. But as far as like my 296 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 4: first conversation, I mean, he happens so fast, right, uh, 297 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 4: just more like introduction. But again, it's good to have 298 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 4: a player that you know, with that calibor and that potential. 299 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 4: And my job now as the manager and our coaches 300 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 4: is to build that relationship with him so he can 301 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 4: trust us. 302 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 7: All right, Freddie P my guy, one of my favorite 303 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 7: teammates of all time. You see, yeah, how how how much? 304 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 7: How much is this first conversation that you're gonna have 305 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 7: with him if you haven't had it yet or you 306 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 7: already had it, Does it mean to set out a 307 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 7: standard of you need to be our number one or 308 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 7: you don't need to be our number one. You just 309 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 7: need to be you, right? 310 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 3: Uh? 311 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 4: And that's it, grat See, he needs to be himself. 312 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 4: I spoke with him as soon as the transaction went down. 313 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 4: I got on the phone and I had a. 314 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 3: Very good conversation. He was super excited. 315 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 4: Uh, and everything that I'm hearing, we all know the 316 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 4: quality of the picture and the competitor that he is 317 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 4: on him out, but everybody keeps telling me the quality 318 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 4: of the person. And you could feel it right away 319 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 4: with my first conversation with him, and how excited he was. 320 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 4: And he's willing to report a porson Lucy earlier. So 321 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 4: he started meeting people, and that for me goes a 322 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 4: long way again. He was a he was a productive 323 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 4: and a really good conversation. But at the end of 324 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 4: the day, he's got to be Freddie Peralta. Go out there, 325 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 4: compete and give us a chance to win every time 326 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 4: you take the base. 327 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 7: Did you make him laugh the first time you talked 328 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 7: to him on the phone or were you serious, Mendy. 329 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 9: I was, I was, Mandy. You know, it's just maybe 330 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 9: maybe they laugh. He's not like, Hey, how are you 331 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 9: now telling him about the organization? Who we are, what 332 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 9: we are all about? And you just appreciated that. 333 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 7: And did you tell tell him that it's extension time? 334 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 7: Have you guys in an organization said we're gonna make 335 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 7: this We're gonna make this guy a permanent met because 336 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 7: your other guy, Boba Schett said nothing when asked about 337 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 7: playing for a one year contract or was it going 338 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 7: to be a little bit longer. 339 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll let them get comfortable here. 340 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 4: We'll let Freddy get his feet wet here and go 341 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 4: out there and do himself and the rest will take 342 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 4: care of itself. 343 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 3: Same thing with both. 344 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 4: You know, we need those guys to go out and 345 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 4: have a huge year and then the rest will take 346 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 4: care of itself. 347 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 7: All right, The end of the season didn't go well, 348 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 7: then you had some coaches changes, all that stuff. How 349 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 7: did you handle that? Now that you look back on it, 350 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 7: You've had Christmas, in New Year's and some hopefully some time. 351 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 7: People need to know managers are very busy. They're on 352 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 7: zoom calls and flights for people that are signed. How 353 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 7: did you looking back on those weeks, the end of 354 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 7: the season, through the play off, the coaching changes, how 355 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 7: did you handle it? And how tough was it or 356 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 7: did you know it was tough in the moment and 357 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 7: then when you're looking back on it, Ah, you know what, 358 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 7: I handled it as well as I could. 359 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, look, I'm not gonna lie. 360 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 4: They were probably the toughest days of my professional career, 361 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 4: whether it. 362 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 3: Was a player, coach, manager at any level. You know, 363 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 3: because you developed this relationship with these coaches. You know, 364 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 3: we work together for a couple. 365 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 4: Of years, and you know, when you know, you know 366 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 4: you're gonna have to make some tough decisions. And man, 367 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 4: I'm telling you, you know, not only get close with them, 368 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 4: because you spend so much time with them. You know, 369 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 4: you spend more time with them than what you do 370 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 4: with your family. They become your family. And when you're 371 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 4: making those phone calls, uh, it just breaks your breaks 372 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 4: your heart, you know, but it's the business. Obviously everybody understands. Uh. 373 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 4: But to answer that question, Pratzy, very difficult few days, 374 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 4: a few weeks to be on this with you to 375 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 4: kind of get over the hump. But I'm happy that 376 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 4: pretty much all of them found home, which I'm not 377 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 4: surprised because again, not only they were really good coaches, 378 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,919 Speaker 4: they were great people. But we need to make some 379 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 4: tough decisions. 380 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 6: Talk about your starting rotation pitching wise, if everybody's healthy, 381 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 6: you know, Singer coming back from his injury, do you 382 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 6: see a six man rotation through this? 383 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 2: I feel like Sanger, you know, I'm not a manager. Yeah, 384 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 2: it's tough, but don't go there to man. I don't know. 385 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:31,640 Speaker 2: I feel like. 386 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 3: Like here's doing me a topic with Kode. I. Well, 387 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 3: you guys gonna go five man, you guys gonna go 388 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 3: six man. 389 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 4: I remember last year when we were rolling right and 390 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 4: all of these starters were throwing the ball extremely well, 391 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 4: and somebody asked me, hey, you got Manaya coming back. 392 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 3: You got Frankie Montez coming back. That same day goes down. 393 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 4: Three days later, I think Griffin Canning blows hiss Achilles. 394 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 3: Then Tyler mcgeel goes down. 395 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 4: Here we are now, you know now a days aygo, 396 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 4: people were asking me what do you guys want to 397 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 4: do with ten starters? 398 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 3: And now we're down like two of them. Oh, and 399 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 3: here you are now to ask me. 400 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 2: I'm saying it now, so the injuries are done. Now, 401 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 2: we'll do it now. 402 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 6: So when the season comes, the question was already yes, 403 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 6: so nobody's gonna get injured. 404 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 2: You're good. 405 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 3: I'll blame you well, but. 406 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 4: You know, the goal obviously is to keep these guys 407 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 4: healthy and then hopefully we're making those tough decisions and 408 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 4: you know, whether off days, how many you know, do 409 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 4: you want to go six, man, you just gotta wait, 410 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 4: so wait and see. 411 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 2: Yep. 412 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 7: Do you feel like do you feel like Stearns and 413 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 7: Stevie Cohen are done? Do you feel like if you 414 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 7: added another starting pitcher? This is this is always a 415 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 7: touchy subject for me when you're on a roster, you're 416 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 7: the manager. If I say yes, we want another starting pitcher, 417 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 7: then it sounds like, well, which of these six is it? Me? 418 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 7: It's important at me, Mandy doesn't like me. I understand 419 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 7: that part of it is there a Is there a 420 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 7: world where you guys continue to talk about adding a 421 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 7: big frontline starter that you can continue to add in 422 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 7: and add to this ten man rotation that you had 423 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 7: last year and now this this year you're starting with 424 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 7: a few less. Yeah. 425 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 4: I mean, look, man, I know Davey is going to 426 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 4: continue to stay active with Stevie, like you just ask 427 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 4: the manager. 428 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 5: You appreciate having an owner you know and Steven Alex 429 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 5: that are. 430 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 4: Willing to put all the resources right. That's a really 431 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 4: good feeling. So for me to sit here and say, ah, 432 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 4: I don't know. I know we will continue to be active. 433 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 4: I know David will continue to look for ways to 434 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 4: continue to improve our roster. But we do feel really 435 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 4: good with where we are as a team, you know, 436 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 4: from the pitch inside, from the position players side, the 437 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 4: death or minor league system, like, we feel really good 438 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 4: where we're headed as an organization. 439 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 7: All right, No one wan claim. You know he's gonna 440 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 7: be pitching in some kind of big games at the 441 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 7: beginning of the season. How nervous does that make your hand? 442 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 7: Does it make your hands sweat? Does that make your 443 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 7: that he's going to play for WBC? Yes? 444 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 8: And no. 445 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 4: Again, you know, it could happen anyway, you know, whether 446 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 4: it's in the WBC, you know, but you hate to 447 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 4: just even think about. But for them to go through 448 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,959 Speaker 4: that type of experience, you know, I had the opportunity 449 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 4: to be with Team Venezuela the. 450 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 10: Past WBC, and what an experience, you know, Like for me, 451 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 10: the fact that he's going to be able to experience 452 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 10: that play with it against some of the best players 453 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 10: in the world in that type of environment, those settings, 454 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 10: is just going to continue to help his development. 455 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 4: So I'm excited about it, and I know he is 456 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,479 Speaker 4: super he's getting ready, he's ready, he's getting after and 457 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 4: I'm just looking forward to watching pitch. 458 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 7: All right, last one for me. I've already had a 459 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 7: lot of them, Mendy, So I used up all my 460 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 7: questions and I need to put another quarter in the system. 461 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 7: Your ABS, your ABS strategy. I know you've thought about 462 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 7: it because you're constantly thinking about stuff like this. How 463 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,239 Speaker 7: are you going to deploy it? And is there going 464 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 7: to be an onus on who has a little bit 465 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 7: more leeway than other people? And will you slap somebody 466 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 7: that's hitting ninth on the wrist for a bad challenge 467 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 7: When Juan Soda comes up in the ninth and doesn't 468 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 7: have a challenge, Yeah. 469 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 4: I think he's just creating that awareness, you know. I 470 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 4: think people are making way too much out of it. 471 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 4: The strategy part of this. At the end of the day, 472 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 4: they got to hit. They gotta go be a hit. 473 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 4: You know, that's hard to do. You guys know what 474 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 4: ta CRAF team like, He's hard. Like the last thing 475 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 4: I won from them is like thinking where this is 476 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 4: a high leverage, a media leverage, like go ahead, you know, 477 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 4: and then we'll add jus like I said, it will 478 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 4: be fluid. 479 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 3: I'm gonna tell no not to challenge on the first inning. 480 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 3: He knows his spikes so better than anybody. 481 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 4: If he knows a ball, he's gonna challenge regardless of 482 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 4: the leverage of the game, right, But I think we're 483 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 4: just gonna let it play out, uh, and then make 484 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 4: some adjustments us we move forward here. 485 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: Hey, last one from me, Mandy Carson Bench, so a 486 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 1: name that we're learning more about even during the offseason, 487 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: because it sounds like he could be a part of 488 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: the mix early in the season if things go right 489 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: for him in spring training. It doesn't hurt that he's 490 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: already down in Port Saint Lucy, which we heard about. 491 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: So what are the chances that we see him early 492 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 1: on cracking the team, maybe out of camp if he 493 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: has a big spring training. 494 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, and he is going to get an opportunity to 495 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 4: make the team. 496 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 3: He's Uh, he's got a legit chance to do it. 497 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 4: And like you mentioned, credit to him, he's already worked 498 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 4: out in Ports On Lucy, uh, and he's planning on 499 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 4: staying there until officially he has to report. So we 500 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 4: got a lot of our coaches already working with him. 501 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 4: But again, I'm excited, Uh, and he's going to get 502 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make make the ball club. 503 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 3: Auto Swing training I love it all right, Well, good stuff. 504 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: It's great to catch up, especially after a week like this, right, 505 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 1: you know, we we like to chat with you here 506 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 1: and there and figure out the time they're going to do. 507 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 4: We didn't catch up right after the winter meetings when 508 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 4: we we both be us and uh we tried. 509 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 7: We tried. We like try, just like Stern. 510 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: Said, wait, patience, patience. 511 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 7: Patience yet Mandy, Mandy, last one. Now, somebody that gets me. 512 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 7: I get ripped very heavily on Twitter by Mets fans, 513 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 7: by Yankee whoever I'm talking about at the time. They're 514 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 7: one of the things they always say, besides the fact 515 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 7: that I sucked as a player, you buffoon. Turn your 516 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 7: hat around. So when people get get on you, they're 517 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 7: gonna be like, oh, what's our manager having his hat 518 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 7: backwards for? So just know there's some visceral hate coming 519 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 7: your way. Okay. I hope you have the broad shoulders 520 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 7: to be able to handle that. 521 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 3: All right, Yeah, live your life. 522 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, touch some grass to whoever's concerned about the way 523 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: that you're wearing your hat. On January twenty third, I 524 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: think everyone's good there. 525 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 2: It is good stuff. 526 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, nice, nice. I'm getting gready to go to the 527 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 3: ballfield with my boys. 528 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 7: So love that. That's right, love that for them. 529 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: This is a backwards hat show. We're gonna be with 530 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: Ken Griffy Junior. I think a little bit tomorrow too, 531 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: and I think he he says that backwards hats are 532 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: just okay with everyone. So I'll take his blessing and 533 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: anyone would take his career. Mendy, good stuff. Great to 534 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: catch up. Appreciate the time, fun times. Right now, we'll 535 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: see it. We're booking our day actually right now with 536 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: Matt's pr so we'll see in spring training. 537 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 3: All right, good seeing you guys. 538 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: You too, cheers. That's Carlos Mendoza, New York Mets manager 539 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 1: on Foul Territory. We also have our Mets show, Mets Up, 540 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: part of the FT network. Of course they talk and 541 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: they're talking all about the big week. We had a 542 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: lot of fans commenting the last few days like, hey, 543 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: we're getting a ton of Mets coverage on FT right now, 544 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: Yes we are. Have you seen what they're up to? 545 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 1: So with Meryfield is a little part of the FT fan. 546 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 1: He's hosted the show here before and he spoke the 547 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: other day about Bobaschet's relationship with the Blue Jays. This 548 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: is coming straight from our boy Witt, who is a 549 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,159 Speaker 1: straight shooter. He said, I know for a fact Bo 550 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: loves Toronto, loves the Jays, loves the city, loves the 551 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: fans there. I also know that there was some stuff 552 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: along the way that happened with Bo and the coaching staff, 553 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: so he thinks that there was a little bit of 554 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,239 Speaker 1: a strained relationship with the front office. He said, there 555 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: was some stuff that went on with Bo and the 556 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: Jays as far as the front office and coaching staff 557 00:26:55,680 --> 00:27:00,160 Speaker 1: that maybe tainted that relationship a little bit. We didn't 558 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: further details. I don't know if we ever will. Bo 559 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: is not one to do a ton of interviews like 560 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: the in depth staff, right, It'll be on the field 561 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: doing It's not like he's not accessible, but he's not 562 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: a big, big talker. 563 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 3: I don't think it would have much here. Yeah, I 564 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 3: mean that's true. 565 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: You guys know, you guys both played in New York. 566 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: You know Bo is gonna get a lot more attention 567 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: from the media. He's not the only one. But yeah, 568 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: in Queens you're gonna get tons. So what do you 569 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:33,239 Speaker 1: think here? And I guess we should start here. The 570 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: Blue Jays didn't seem like they were fully in on 571 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: pursuing him. Bo mentioned how they were conversations. I mean, 572 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: crats just because you're on every day you can start. 573 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: Ken's been on this show twice a week and then 574 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: on Fair Territory twice a week since we started, right, 575 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: Ken said every time we'd ask him in the off season, 576 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: I don't think the Blue Jays are in on him. 577 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 2: Ken was right. 578 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: They I mean, sure, conversation, parameters of a deal, whatever, 579 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 1: but it didn't seem like they were in the running 580 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: to a serious extent for a guy that played really 581 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: well there for a while. Do you think that there's 582 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,479 Speaker 1: any connection with what Wit said and why that happened. 583 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 7: I mean, I think I think what Witt said is 584 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 7: spot on, because I don't see why Witt would say 585 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,919 Speaker 7: something that like he's not just gonna come out and 586 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 7: say something that is not true just to get some clicks, 587 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 7: like that's not how, that's not how. That's very few 588 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,439 Speaker 7: player ex players are gonna play in the media like 589 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 7: it's just a straight shooter and he knows from experience, 590 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 7: and he was he was trying to be a little 591 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,719 Speaker 7: measured about how he said it, So you know there 592 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 7: was something there. But just look at the look at 593 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 7: the situation. Look how everything went down. Bow and Vladdie 594 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 7: and Calvin Biggio all came up. Calvin Bigio was you know, 595 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 7: didn't didn't pan out the way that Bow and Vladdie did. 596 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 7: And so then it's Bow and Vlattie up there and 597 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 7: they're you know, they're both having good careers. Even some 598 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 7: would say Bo. A few Bo's years, he was a 599 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 7: little more consistent. Then all of a sudden he fell 600 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 7: off the two years ago, not this past season, but 601 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 7: two years ago. Was he playing through injuries? Was you know, 602 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 7: was that part of it? No idea, But you see 603 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 7: Vladdy gets the extension. There could be some hard feelings 604 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 7: if you both were like the golden child, the next 605 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 7: era of Blue Jay baseball. And maybe Vladdie doesn't get 606 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 7: maybe Laddy gets a little bit more extension talks, because 607 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 7: you know they talk. It's not like Laddy's like, nope, 608 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 7: haven't heard anything, and then bang extension talk. And at 609 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 7: some point does that mean Bo never got extension talks? 610 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 7: Does that mean during his injury season, maybe they could 611 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 7: have come to him with a Bobo extension that they're like, well, 612 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 7: we think this is fair. You're not having a great year, 613 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,239 Speaker 7: and he's like, wh what, I've been there. There's a 614 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 7: lot of positives about being in one organization, one play 615 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 7: for a long time. There's also negatives because when you 616 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 7: hurt somebody's feelings, whether it's through not calling them up 617 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 7: when you think they should be called up, whether it's 618 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 7: through the arbitration process. Players remember that stuff, and how 619 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 7: you're treated in families, how you're treated compared to the 620 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 7: other stars or people around you. It's it all goes 621 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 7: into it and where that is until Bo comes out 622 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 7: and says something we don't really. 623 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 6: Know and we might not know, like Scott said, And 624 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 6: I think that's you know, I don't think it's an issue. 625 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 6: I mean, I would love to hear, you know, what 626 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,320 Speaker 6: ensued and all that stuff, but I don't think that's 627 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 6: for Wit and Merrifield to come out and say. 628 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 2: But yeah, maybe there was friction. Maybe there was. 629 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 6: An instance in an example, something happened that really went 630 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 6: to Bow and Bo was inside He's like, man, I'll 631 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 6: never forget this. And they didn't come to a conclusion 632 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 6: about it. He just went about his every day. The 633 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 6: dude came back from injury when he was as posed to. 634 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 6: He went out hit a big three run. Homer made 635 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 6: some plays didn't look the same, but he was a factor. 636 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 6: This guy is a factor. He's going to be a 637 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 6: factor playing this game until he's done playing. 638 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 2: He's a stud. He comes from family lore and kind 639 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 2: of move on. But yes, yeah, there's there's probably something 640 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 2: to it. 641 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 6: But you know, short and spring training, those questions will 642 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 6: come up again and sweeping on the rug and they'll 643 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 6: move on from what happened last year. 644 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, we never really heard, Oh, the Jays are throwing 645 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: a big number at bow and he's turning it down. 646 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: We didn't get the report like we did the other day. Hey, 647 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: the Reds are trying to throw a bunch of money 648 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: at Elie de la Cruz. 649 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 7: We never heard that. 650 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, That'salonzo. Like we knew that, we didn't hear. 651 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 2: We didn't hear anything really about. 652 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 7: That, And that hurts. That hurts as a player, That hurts, 653 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 7: especially when you know what you've done. 654 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 2: In your career, what you've done for that organization. 655 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 7: There's only one way of knowing your true value to 656 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 7: an organization or to major League Baseball. And that's cage. Yeah, 657 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 7: somebody's pushing cash at you. They think you're a good player. 658 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 7: It's not just because you got a cool smile. 659 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 6: The one that hurt me with the Yankees after the 660 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 6: year never, I never got an off or anything I knew, 661 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 6: And after seventeen, yeah, I was like, that was the 662 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 6: one team. I'm like, please make me an offer. I'll 663 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 6: probably take it. Even if it was undervalue, I probably 664 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 6: wouldn't taken it. 665 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 7: They had a lot of turnover that year, so there 666 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 7: was a lot going on. It wasn't just you that 667 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,479 Speaker 7: they you know, they didn't didn't resign. I got I 668 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 7: got resigned by the Yankees. But but I'm you're just saying. 669 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 2: Your nickname back in the day was mister turnover. Yeah 670 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 2: it was yeah in basketball? 671 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 7: From basketball, Yeah, definitely definitely. 672 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: There you go, m No, that hurts. Yeah, I mean right, 673 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,239 Speaker 1: you play your whole career for a squad. He's been 674 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: in the organization for what a decade now if you 675 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: include the minor leagues, and then you're like, hey, are 676 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: you gonna seriously chat here? 677 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 7: No? What about me? 678 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,959 Speaker 2: What about us? What about all you? 679 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 3: Never? 680 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 2: After two for two today? 681 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 6: Stay hot, I've got a hip hop competition later. 682 00:32:59,120 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 2: What I'm trying to