Speaker 1: Grayson Rodriguez is here from the Oils back on FT
Speaker 1: Grace and great to see you, man. Always love the smile.
Speaker 1: I know you're going through it a little bit right now.
Speaker 1: Always really appreciate you coming on during these times too.
Speaker 1: So first off, of course, want to start with how
Speaker 1: you're doing and what's next for you?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I'm doing all right. You know I
Speaker 2: could be better. You know, I wish I was out
Speaker 2: there and he's time around the IL is bad deal.
Speaker 2: But yeah, so it looks like I'm gonna have some
Speaker 2: some bone chips removed next week. That's kind of the
Speaker 2: plan right now. But like I said, just grinding trying
Speaker 2: to get back out there. I think, is really that
Speaker 2: all you can do?
Speaker 3: Hey, Grace, you know you you one of my favorite arms,
Speaker 3: and I'm still going to continue to put it out there.
Speaker 3: You will get that cy young to get back healthy.
Speaker 4: I believe it.
Speaker 3: But here we are, right and I just want to
Speaker 3: know a guy that's been through injuries myself, you know
Speaker 3: how hard is it one watching your team knowing they
Speaker 3: could use your arm every five days? And then two, like,
Speaker 3: what's your mentality process on going through this? Are you
Speaker 3: relieve that it isn't worse than you know, than.
Speaker 4: It could have been.
Speaker 3: There, Like, where are you mentally on this right now?
Speaker 3: As far as the steps and process moving forward.
Speaker 2: First off, I appreciate the confidence that means a lot
Speaker 2: coming from you, So thank you.
Speaker 5: For saying that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, dude, right now obviously, like you know,
Speaker 2: like you said, it could be a lot worse. I mean,
Speaker 2: that's that's kind of how I've been looking at it.
Speaker 2: You know, it could be TJ, it could be you know,
Speaker 2: some kind of shoulder surgery. You know, it's you know,
Speaker 2: each little setback has been minor, but you know it's
Speaker 2: something that you can't push through because then it'll turn
Speaker 2: into something major. So I think for me, the most
Speaker 2: frustrating part right now is kind of figuring out, you know,
Speaker 2: why we keep having these little setbacks and you know,
Speaker 2: really trying to you know, look into the specifics of things.
Speaker 2: And right now, I mean, I think, you know, these
Speaker 2: kind of these bone chips are kind of you know,
Speaker 2: creating all that.
Speaker 5: You know, it's something that I've kind of dealt.
Speaker 2: With for the last three or four seasons and now
Speaker 2: just kind of gotten to the point where you know,
Speaker 2: it's really kind of you can't really push through it,
Speaker 2: you know, like you're saying, you don't want, you know,
Speaker 2: to play through an injury, and then it starts to
Speaker 2: turn into something else and something you know severe. So
Speaker 2: obviously it's frustrating right now. Man, just trying to trying
Speaker 2: to get through it, you know, leaning on my family,
Speaker 2: my teammates, everybody's been pretty supportive.
Speaker 5: You know. Like I said, it's really hard not being
Speaker 5: able to be out there and and to pitch.
Speaker 2: But uh, you know, we got to get this thing
Speaker 2: fixed and you know, do everything we can to get
Speaker 2: back out there and get back to being healthy.
Speaker 6: I gotta just flip the switch. That background, Is that
Speaker 6: a background or is that real in the back of
Speaker 6: your house there. I mean, that's probably the incredible background.
Speaker 4: I always rock.
Speaker 5: I've ever, I've ever.
Speaker 6: That's my first time talking to them, I mean that
Speaker 6: is absolutely incredible.
Speaker 2: Yeah, phrase, this is the first time I think you've
Speaker 2: you've been on the show.
Speaker 4: When I've been on.
Speaker 5: I feel like I've been on a bunch, but you
Speaker 5: know you've always duck me, so uh yeah, I like exactly.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: So I've been I mean very fortunate to have been
Speaker 2: raised in the outdoors.
Speaker 5: I live in Texas.
Speaker 2: My my uncle is a wildlife biologist and you know,
Speaker 2: specializes in deer management and everything. So I like to
Speaker 2: you know, think I do the right things when I
Speaker 2: hunt outdoors. But yeah, being raised by family that that's
Speaker 2: hunted and stuff, yeah, I mean I've done it, done
Speaker 2: it my whole life.
Speaker 5: I like being outside.
Speaker 6: Now, any any of those Jersey bucks or no, you're
Speaker 6: not allowed up here to you're not allowed in Jersey.
Speaker 2: So yeah, so I've hunted Jersey bucks. Now the Jersey
Speaker 2: bucks have slipped me. Yeah, I mean I'm gonna I'm
Speaker 2: gonna try it again. You know this. I'm gonna try
Speaker 2: it again this offseason. But Jersey the Maryland Bucks. Yeah,
Speaker 2: the Jersey and the Maryland Bucks has given me the
Speaker 2: slip so far.
Speaker 6: They're they're Italian bucks. They know out a swindle, they
Speaker 6: know where to go and everything, so watch out.
Speaker 7: No, I'm kidding, they're tough. They're tough.
Speaker 6: Hey, they'll go ahead you're doing and they'll be in
Speaker 6: a different part. I know Scott wants to talk a
Speaker 6: little bit more about the injury. I want to talk
Speaker 6: about some of the trade tips you got going on
Speaker 6: here are not trade ships guys that have left. You know,
Speaker 6: you got to know the Ryan o'harons and Cedric mullins
Speaker 6: of the world. I know you're gonna miss him. Got
Speaker 6: some new guys coming in. Where do you see the
Speaker 6: direction of these Orioles going with all the acquisitions and
Speaker 6: guys that left.
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I mean, obviously, you know, it really sucks
Speaker 2: to lose teammates, you know, like you said, you know
Speaker 2: Cedric O'Hearn, you know, those are two, you know, unbelievable guys,
Speaker 2: clubhouse leaders. But I mean when you really kind of
Speaker 2: you know, you have to look back at you know,
Speaker 2: you know what's what's who's still on a team, and
Speaker 2: you know, you kind of you know, you move on.
Speaker 2: You know, you know, whatever happens yesterday, you know, is
Speaker 2: not gonna affect.
Speaker 5: Us today or tomorrow.
Speaker 2: You know, being in Baltimore, we have an extremely young,
Speaker 2: talented corps group of guys. You know, a lot of
Speaker 2: guys like Gunner, Jordan Westburg, Colton Cowser, I mean, Adley
Speaker 2: like you know, a lot of us played in the
Speaker 2: minor leagues coming up together. So you know, you know
Speaker 2: we're obviously going to stay together. You know, that's kind
Speaker 2: of the focus. I mean, there's a lot of guys
Speaker 2: you know, obviously still left in the clubhouse, you know,
Speaker 2: that can go out and win a World Series next year,
Speaker 2: you know, years down the road. But yeah, I mean,
Speaker 2: you know, it's you know, the trade deadline. You know,
Speaker 2: you're either you know you're getting players or you know,
Speaker 2: trading them away. And you know, unfortunately for us, this
Speaker 2: is the first time, you know, we've had to experience
Speaker 2: something like that.
Speaker 5: But I think, you know, in all, it's gonna make
Speaker 5: us better ballplayers.
Speaker 2: You know, a lot of guys we haven't been in
Speaker 2: the big leagues for too long, and you know, kind
Speaker 2: of seeing this and you know, know, you know how
Speaker 2: bad it sucks. That's just gonna you know, motivate us
Speaker 2: next year for this not to happen. Ever again, I
Speaker 2: think it's kind of how you know, we're looking at
Speaker 2: it a.
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Speaker 4: Slab pack, Scott, so I can get the Bobby Witt
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Speaker 4: It's worth a lot. He's a stud, he's not going down.
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Speaker 1: the code fo U l gras and I'll relate this
Speaker 1: to you for a moment too. So, yeah, the team,
Speaker 1: you know it's it's not going to be a playoff
Speaker 1: team this year. So that's what you do at the deadline,
Speaker 1: You sell so that you can load up for the future.
Speaker 1: Did any of your decision making, like with the surgery
Speaker 1: you have to do with where the team is at
Speaker 1: as well. Would this have happened regardless or like, you know,
Speaker 1: like sometimes guys will be like, I'm going to try
Speaker 1: and push through it.
Speaker 7: I think Reese Olsen right now is a shoulder injury.
Speaker 1: With the Tigers, and he's like, I might be able
Speaker 1: to come back in October.
Speaker 7: No surgery for now. Was any of that on the table?
Speaker 1: And because of the team's not going to be playing
Speaker 1: in October, you can be like, hey, I need to
Speaker 1: get right and be ready to jump at spring training
Speaker 1: next year.
Speaker 2: No, not really, you know, I mean obviously, you know
Speaker 2: I ended the year on the il last year, you know,
Speaker 2: tried to get back for the playoffs and that wasn't possible.
Speaker 5: But no, I mean I don't.
Speaker 2: Think really, you know, how the team was playing had
Speaker 2: an effect on my decision. I think for me personally,
Speaker 2: it just got to a point where Okay, I can't
Speaker 2: pitch through this. I tried, you know, since spring training
Speaker 2: I had an issue with it. It was the second
Speaker 2: start of my spring training where I had to come
Speaker 2: out early and it was due to these you know,
Speaker 2: the bone chips and stuff in my elbow that just
Speaker 2: you know, it had too much inflammation, uh in the area,
Speaker 2: and you know kind of you know, rehabbing through the
Speaker 2: first half of the season. You know, finally, you know,
Speaker 2: you just kind of get to a point where it's like, Okay,
Speaker 2: you know, I've dealt with this for three or four
Speaker 2: years now, and now it's just to the point where.
Speaker 5: You know, it's just you know, it sucks. It just
Speaker 5: you know, won't go away and.
Speaker 2: Said, no, I have I have to get it taken
Speaker 2: care of, you know, in order to you know, be
Speaker 2: who I want to be next season, you know, I
Speaker 2: think is most important uh to me, and just trying
Speaker 2: to get everything ironed out so I can come back
Speaker 2: next year and you know, hopefully you know, make thirty
Speaker 2: starts and take a team into the postseason.
Speaker 7: Cam you muted.
Speaker 3: So sorry you talk about losing some of those veteran guys, right,
Speaker 3: and Cedric Mullins has been there for a long time.
Speaker 4: O'Hearn has been around the game.
Speaker 3: I think everybody has an ability to lead in their
Speaker 3: own way, right, I don't I don't believe truly, you
Speaker 3: you know, it's just one guy that leads the truths.
Speaker 3: I think the manager has a big part to do
Speaker 3: with it, and I think it's the guys around. But
Speaker 3: as those guys have kind of left the clubhouse, who have.
Speaker 4: You feel like?
Speaker 3: Because it's hard when you're not playing right, who have
Speaker 3: you felt like is kind of try to step into
Speaker 3: that role because we know this isn't a season that
Speaker 3: you guys expect, especially with the expectation that you guys
Speaker 3: have built the last couple of seasons. Who's kind of
Speaker 3: stepping into that role and say, hey, guys, you know what,
Speaker 3: we're gonna finish this your strongest. Hell, we're gonna, you know,
Speaker 3: give it everything we got and kind of let's focus
Speaker 3: on the winning and not the individual, you know, element
Speaker 3: of the game, because that's what happens when you get
Speaker 3: kind of in this end stretch.
Speaker 4: You start to kind of me, me, me.
Speaker 3: But who's the guy kind of trying to still galvanize
Speaker 3: and say, hey, let's win at all costs and that'll
Speaker 3: kind of help.
Speaker 4: Us roll things into next season. Who's kind of taking
Speaker 4: that leadership role?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's Gunner for sure. It's Gunner Henderson.
Speaker 2: You know, I can see you know it's spring training
Speaker 2: this year. You know, when you have the whole you know,
Speaker 2: you remember how spring training is. You know, there's a
Speaker 2: lot of dudes in that clubhouse, you know, the first
Speaker 2: couple of weeks, a lot of faces. You don't know,
Speaker 2: you're trying to get familiar with a lot of guys,
Speaker 2: you do know. You know, anytime we had team meetings
Speaker 2: or you know, anything with the whole camp, you know,
Speaker 2: Gunner was always you know, taking charge, saying some things,
Speaker 2: you know, telling us about things we could do better,
Speaker 2: I mean different things.
Speaker 4: He was.
Speaker 2: He was taking a leadership role early this year, you know,
Speaker 2: and you can kind of see that last year. But
Speaker 2: this year I think he really stepped forward. And I
Speaker 2: think that's somebody who's kind of steering the ship right
Speaker 2: now and gives a lot of people, or a lot
Speaker 2: of guys on the team, you know, someone you know,
Speaker 2: I don't know, just to get some advice, to get
Speaker 2: some help.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 2: Gunner, I mean, awesome guy, you know, awesome clubhouse guy.
Speaker 5: He plays hard. The the funniest.
Speaker 2: Thing I can say about Gunner is like this dude
Speaker 2: could be three for three four for four one or
Speaker 2: two Homer, you know, I mean playing having an unbelievable game.
Speaker 2: But he's gonna go up to each at bat and
Speaker 2: he's gonna grind like it's its own thing. You know,
Speaker 2: some guys you might be able to see, you know,
Speaker 2: a guy gets a hit and he's like, Okay, I'm
Speaker 2: good for the day. I got a knock Gunner. I mean,
Speaker 2: it doesn't matter, you know, what a bat, what point
Speaker 2: of the game. You know, he's gonna give it his all.
Speaker 2: And I think guys see that the way he hustles,
Speaker 2: you know, on and off the field. I think I
Speaker 2: think guys are really going to look to him, and
Speaker 2: you know, he's been able to step up and kind
Speaker 2: of getting that leadership role.
Speaker 4: Last one for me. As I look behind you, I
Speaker 4: see you got the whole crew, Donner, Bliss and comic Cupid.
Speaker 4: You got where's Rudolph?
Speaker 6: Like?
Speaker 2: Have you?
Speaker 3: Rudolph has alluded to that's the last one we need
Speaker 3: on the wall.
Speaker 5: He's up there somewhere.
Speaker 4: That's the jersey book we're talking about. Phrase Rudolph.
Speaker 2: All right, Yeah, we've put a red we put a
Speaker 2: red nose on him, uh years ago.
Speaker 5: So people kind of like that.
Speaker 4: But all right, that's dope, that's cool. That's it.
Speaker 8: I love it, Hey, Grayson, Yeah, yeah, sorry, I was
Speaker 8: gonna say, I don't know if you'll ever had venison,
Speaker 8: but it is the best meat you can buy.
Speaker 2: I mean, it's better than anything in the grocery store.
Speaker 2: You know, all these deer that we harvest are eating
Speaker 2: and donated to food banks and stuff. So, uh, it's
Speaker 2: the meat is spectacular. Just so if y'all ever get
Speaker 2: the chance to eat it, try it.
Speaker 3: I just had my fourth kid, so you can donate
Speaker 3: to the Maving Food Bank.
Speaker 4: I'm gonn see my dress. You can send me some
Speaker 4: Uh yeah, we do. You love it? We love it
Speaker 4: the Carolinas.
Speaker 2: Yeah, dude, We've got coaches and I've had teammates where,
Speaker 2: you know, last off season they send me their dress
Speaker 2: and I'll ship it to them. So send me your
Speaker 2: dress and I'll send you some stuff.
Speaker 4: Say less, brother, say less.
Speaker 7: Love that. Hey, So what's the timetable?
Speaker 4: Now?
Speaker 7: What do you got?
Speaker 5: So?
Speaker 7: Like, do you know when you're having it? And then
Speaker 7: did they tell you what this are between? You know
Speaker 7: now in March?
Speaker 2: Yeah, So the surgery is going to be sometime next
Speaker 2: week you know, and like I said, you know, thankfully
Speaker 2: it's not severe. It's a pretty quick surgery.
Speaker 4: Man.
Speaker 2: I should be playing catch here in about three or
Speaker 2: four weeks after so in about a month and a
Speaker 2: half to two months, I mean I should be you know,
Speaker 2: back to throwing bullpens, getting off the mound, you know,
Speaker 2: doing everything. I'll be able to go into the off
Speaker 2: season healthy and kind of have a normal build up
Speaker 2: going into spring training to really attack twenty twenty six.
Speaker 7: Nice. Okay, So somewhat normal off season is the plan.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, okay, sure, Yeah.
Speaker 7: That's great. I love that. Well, good stuff, Grayson. Good
Speaker 7: to have you on man.
Speaker 1: Good luck right, speedy recovery with it next week and
Speaker 1: then we'll catch you. We'll check in with you, and
Speaker 1: once you get through all that.
Speaker 5: I appreciate y'all very much. Thank you.
Speaker 7: Yeah, you too. Good to see a man appropreciate you.
Speaker 1: Okay, mhm