Speaker 1: Here we go, Padre Slugger, Gavin Sheets. We might we
Speaker 1: might have to.
Speaker 2: Oh I like this, I like that.
Speaker 1: Like that way, that's more of a trippy Friday. Now
Speaker 1: we're on the I don't know what's going on there there.
Speaker 1: It is Padre Slugger joining us right now. But before
Speaker 1: you say hello, this is Lance Lyn's ft guest hosting debut.
Speaker 1: So Lance, do you want to introduce your former teammate.
Speaker 3: Well, first of all, you're welcome for let me bring
Speaker 3: you helping them bring you on because you need some
Speaker 3: love for sure. Man, how's everything going?
Speaker 4: Everything's great, man, Really enjoying San Diego, really enjoying this team,
Speaker 4: this organization, and it's been fun so far.
Speaker 5: But the real sprints just beginning now, which is exciting.
Speaker 1: All right, So I'll do the burning question right from
Speaker 1: the jump. What changed? Was it getting away from Lance
Speaker 1: or something else?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think getting getting away from this was definitely
Speaker 4: good for me. But you know, I think, uh, getting
Speaker 4: this organization and and just getting kind of a fresh start,
Speaker 4: you know, was was really important for me. And you know,
Speaker 4: something this off season that I was excited about. And
Speaker 4: obviously you know, whenever you get non tendered, it burns
Speaker 4: a little bit, But for me, I was just excited
Speaker 4: about a fresh start and getting somewhere where, you know,
Speaker 4: winning was the most important thing.
Speaker 6: Talk to us a little bit about forget about baseball
Speaker 6: right now, we'll get back to that. You just had
Speaker 6: a new baby daughter. You're a little sleepy in those eyes.
Speaker 6: How you feeling right now? Congratulations? Healthy, happy, hopefully and
Speaker 6: my mom is doing.
Speaker 5: Well, healthy, happy.
Speaker 4: We timed it really well, you know, Sunday I missed
Speaker 4: one game and then wrote it right into the All
Speaker 4: Star break and yeah, such a such a cool, cool,
Speaker 4: just experience. Most respect for my wife after watching everything
Speaker 4: that she went through and going on a ten day
Speaker 4: roadstand right now is tough obviously being away from them
Speaker 4: and only getting a couple of days with him, But no,
Speaker 4: we got a healthy baby and a health of mommy,
Speaker 4: so it's uh, it's been great.
Speaker 3: Hey did you use my advice and make sure you
Speaker 3: didn't gripe about your back hurting sleeping?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I did, I did.
Speaker 5: That was that was good advice?
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 4: I didn't want to bring up how uncomfortable a couch
Speaker 4: was for a couple of nights, but I felt I
Speaker 4: felt that I would just wear that one and and
Speaker 4: be supportive.
Speaker 5: But I appreciate you. Uh. I think that was a
Speaker 5: good piece of advice you gave me perfect.
Speaker 2: That's awesome. I want to talk a little bit more
Speaker 2: about family.
Speaker 6: Your dad, Larry, played eight seasons with the Orioles, Tigers
Speaker 6: and Mariners. Talk a little about what he is ingrained
Speaker 6: in you in baseball, the grind, you know, the ebbs
Speaker 6: and flows of the of the ever lasting, getting humbled
Speaker 6: all the time. What are you and your dad have
Speaker 6: talked about over the years, just so you know, to
Speaker 6: get your mind right here, because I find this so
Speaker 6: interesting and fascinating how family members and it genetics makes,
Speaker 6: you know, the world go around in this baseball world.
Speaker 5: Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 4: You know, it's fun because each year we've had different conversations.
Speaker 4: You know, in the beginning, it was how to come
Speaker 4: up in the league and and stay in the league,
Speaker 4: and then it was you know, I've had different roles.
Speaker 4: I've been a platoon player, I've been off the bench guy.
Speaker 4: Now this year I'm an everyday starter. So you know,
Speaker 4: being able to talk to them through each scenario and
Speaker 4: how to handle your situation, how to you know, make
Speaker 4: the most of each role that you're in, and so
Speaker 4: every day it's a it's a different conversation, but just
Speaker 4: having someone that's been through and understands how hard this
Speaker 4: game is and what it takes to stay in this
Speaker 4: league for a long time has been has been very important.
Speaker 1: Gavin, I'll do another classic question. I'm sure you've been
Speaker 1: asked it before. What are the differences behind the scenes
Speaker 1: that are helping you prep for games? Every organization runs
Speaker 1: themselves differently. We've spoken to quite a few players either
Speaker 1: on the padres or that are former padres. You say,
Speaker 1: the info and the preparation is elite, is top notch,
Speaker 1: and I know you don't have a million teams to
Speaker 1: compare it to, but I'm sure friends around the league
Speaker 1: have talked to you about them as well.
Speaker 5: What do you got for us?
Speaker 4: Yeah, the way we prepare here in the and the
Speaker 4: stuff available to us is awesome, you know, just preparing
Speaker 4: on a daily basis for the pitcher at hand.
Speaker 5: And but I just like how simple they keep it.
Speaker 4: You know, it's they don't they take out the eye
Speaker 4: wash and you know, the most important thing is is
Speaker 4: six forty every night?
Speaker 5: You know, it's it's.
Speaker 4: Not about you know, it's not about the We get
Speaker 4: our work in for sure, but when you show up
Speaker 4: to the ballpark every day, you understand the most important
Speaker 4: thing is is once the game starts. And you know,
Speaker 4: I think that's that's most important. You keep all your
Speaker 4: effort and your energy and you save it up for
Speaker 4: the game. And we're extremely prepared. And the way we
Speaker 4: go about our business and the way we talk in
Speaker 4: the meetings and just prepare for the game is pretty special.
Speaker 1: How did it come about when you linked up with
Speaker 1: the Padres? Like take us through that process? Like you mentioned,
Speaker 1: you know, it never feels good getting non tendered. Of course,
Speaker 1: I'm sure that adds some juice for you. But what
Speaker 1: happened after that?
Speaker 4: Yeah, then it was you know, seeing the interest around
Speaker 4: the league, talking to a couple of teams.
Speaker 5: And narrowing it down.
Speaker 4: And you know, it's funny one of my one of
Speaker 4: my big mentors that you know, Lance played for a
Speaker 4: while was Tony LaRussa, And you know, I had some
Speaker 4: I was talking to some teams that Tony was.
Speaker 5: Was knew the guys running it, and you know he he.
Speaker 4: Spoke very highly of of Shilt and you know, he
Speaker 4: felt it would be a good fit. And you know,
Speaker 4: I talked to him and obviously you know, making it,
Speaker 4: making sure the Padres was a good fit as well,
Speaker 4: you know, what they needed it and what you know,
Speaker 4: what I could bring to the table, and you know,
Speaker 4: and then the business side of it is is the
Speaker 4: business side of it, So that's the negotiations with all
Speaker 4: the teams and everything.
Speaker 5: But just felt like a really good fit.
Speaker 3: Hey, I know you you signed to be a d
Speaker 3: H and you're getting some left field time and I've
Speaker 3: seen you run out there, but I've seen you progress
Speaker 3: over the years when we were from Chicago on the years,
Speaker 3: how much how comfortable were you out there? And you know,
Speaker 3: is it something you were expecting as the year went on.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think when I came in it was it
Speaker 4: was going to be mostly first in First and d H.
Speaker 4: But as the season per dressed on and what our
Speaker 4: needs were and you know, being able to go out
Speaker 4: there and help us out there has been huge. And
Speaker 4: I feel like I've gotten a lot better out there.
Speaker 4: You know, put in a lot of work with the
Speaker 4: guys here, and you know, I think that's the cool
Speaker 4: thing about being able to play different positions is you
Speaker 4: allow yourself to get on the field in many different ways,
Speaker 4: and you know, being able to help this team and
Speaker 4: play out there every day has been It's been a
Speaker 4: lot of fun.
Speaker 5: It's been a new challenge for me and really embracing it.
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Speaker 6: So I got a gyues no question, and then I'll
Speaker 6: ask the real question I want. Do you naturally hate
Speaker 6: the Dodgers? Now since you're on the padres.
Speaker 5: I enjoy the rivalry. I enjoy.
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Speaker 6: I love that political answer. I'll take it, no worries.
Speaker 6: How how are you guys gonna get over the hump
Speaker 6: this team, the Dodger's been struggling. It's always a battle
Speaker 6: against them, but they always seem to come out on
Speaker 6: top of the division or what have you in the playoffs.
Speaker 6: You know, not to bring up bad things and what's
Speaker 6: been going on over the recent years. How do you
Speaker 6: guys get over the hump here and get through to
Speaker 6: this dog your team and make a run. Because last year,
Speaker 6: my partner here, Scotty, thought you guys would have won
Speaker 6: the whole thing if you would have won those last
Speaker 6: two games last year. So talk to you about how
Speaker 6: you guys finally get over the hump here and finally
Speaker 6: beat the Dodgers.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm excited for the challenge.
Speaker 4: You know, obviously on paper they are what they are,
Speaker 4: and you know, obviously we're not going to shy away
Speaker 4: from because we have a lot of star Town as well.
Speaker 4: And you know, I think that you know, our our
Speaker 4: pitching has been extremely good this year, our hitters are
Speaker 4: We're starting to pick it up and get it going.
Speaker 4: And you know, obviously at the deadline with with Peller
Speaker 4: and the way he does business, anything can happen. But
Speaker 4: you know, we got Michael King coming back hopefully soon,
Speaker 4: and you know, our team's really line it up to
Speaker 4: be special. So you know, I think that, you know,
Speaker 4: the biggest thing is is not worry about other teams
Speaker 4: and just kind of control what you can control and
Speaker 4: go out every day and put stack wins up and
Speaker 4: see what happens. But you know, obviously the Dodgers are
Speaker 4: the head of the pack right now, and you know,
Speaker 4: we're excited to, uh see what happens in this next sprint.
Speaker 1: I think you nailed it with the inclusion of Prowler
Speaker 1: in that sentence.
Speaker 2: So this is one of the.
Speaker 1: Premier Gunslinger executives in the game, which is fun for
Speaker 1: I would say basically everyone, right, it's fun for players
Speaker 1: when you get some help. It's fun for fans to
Speaker 1: follow really of the entire sport. We want more trades activity,
Speaker 1: and he's always making phone calls. He is more aggressive
Speaker 1: than most. So during this time period we're ten days
Speaker 1: away from the trade deadline. Do you get a little
Speaker 1: fandom in you in a good way where you're keeping
Speaker 1: track of the rumors and the reports. Are you one
Speaker 1: of those people that are checking the phone obviously? I
Speaker 1: know most club basses now have the guys in the
Speaker 1: phones a lot. Is that happening over these ten days here?
Speaker 1: And this is different. This is different from the White
Speaker 1: Sox days, where the phone checking is probably in a
Speaker 1: different way like uh trade.
Speaker 5: Yeah, no, it is. It is completely different.
Speaker 4: I remember in twenty three sitting with Lance and a
Speaker 4: couple guys and by thirty minutes later they're all off
Speaker 4: the team. So this is this is a little different now.
Speaker 4: But yeah, I've never seen you know, I've never seen
Speaker 4: Preller not.
Speaker 5: On the phone.
Speaker 4: So think we're always kind of looking around and you know,
Speaker 4: I know from just looking around the league when when
Speaker 4: I was with the White Sox, you always look to
Speaker 4: see what the Padres do because you know he's aggressive
Speaker 4: and you know he wants to win.
Speaker 5: I think it's great for baseball.
Speaker 4: I think you see now there's so much parody around
Speaker 4: the league and so many teams that are in it,
Speaker 4: and you know, obviously at the trade deadline, anything can happened,
Speaker 4: and teams bolster up around the league. And I think
Speaker 4: it's an exciting time for fans. I think it's exciting
Speaker 4: time for baseball. And you know, we'll see what happens
Speaker 4: with us.
Speaker 3: Hey, like you said, I know it broke your heart
Speaker 3: when I got traded from the White Sox years ago,
Speaker 3: and you're like I heard you're like the lost puppy
Speaker 3: running around the playpass, didn't know who to follow or
Speaker 3: anything like that. That being said, now you get to
Speaker 3: play every day and you know you're in the lineup.
Speaker 3: Is that hurt the golf game cause we're not getting
Speaker 3: to play much or what are we working with?
Speaker 5: It's definitely, it's definitely hurt the golf game a little
Speaker 5: bit in a good way.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 4: It's, uh, this is probably the least I've ever played.
Speaker 4: You know, I missed it a little bit. I got
Speaker 4: to play a couple of times in the road days.
Speaker 4: But you know, between playing every day and the baby,
Speaker 4: now it's it's gonna be off season.
Speaker 3: Only it looks like, yeah, you're finally grown up. Now
Speaker 3: it's good for you.
Speaker 5: Yeah it feels good.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 4: I still still enjoy taking money from you on the
Speaker 4: on the course, but that can always wait till the
Speaker 4: off season.
Speaker 3: Hey, that was Graveman. Don't get us confused. You always
Speaker 3: took it from Graveman.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: So I've got a few fan questions. This is a
Speaker 1: perfect one to start with because it involves Lance as well.
Speaker 1: So we can get Lance on the screen for this
Speaker 1: one too. Let's four box it. Okay, So Mike g said,
Speaker 1: for Gavin, how would he how would he approach that
Speaker 1: bad against prime Lance Lynn? And how would Lynn try
Speaker 1: to get him out? So we'll let Gavin.
Speaker 5: Well, I think we can.
Speaker 4: I think we can pull up the tape last year
Speaker 4: of our bats, he threw me a two oh change
Speaker 4: up with the guy that throws ninety percent heater. So
Speaker 4: you talk about the fear factor already, but I think
Speaker 4: there was a double down the left field line, and
Speaker 4: uh yeah, I actually had him sign the ball that
Speaker 4: you know said I was one for two of the
Speaker 4: walk and I put on their two oh change up
Speaker 4: on their well.
Speaker 5: So I had that sitting in my house at home.
Speaker 3: The question was Prime, Right, we're not talking last year
Speaker 3: in your career and missing a couple of hamstring tender.
Speaker 4: Look, I just I just saw the Saint Louis Cardinals
Speaker 4: jersey on, so I just figured it was Prime Lancelne.
Speaker 3: Wow, Yeah, you know, no, right he did? He shot
Speaker 3: a sinker. You know he's hitting fourth. He late barrels,
Speaker 3: slapped the ball down the left field line, so you know, yeah,
Speaker 3: a little bit of a slappy, but you know that's
Speaker 3: kind of fits his mold. That's he was a platoon
Speaker 3: guy back then too, So you gotta slap. You gotta
Speaker 3: get your knox just to hope you get in the
Speaker 3: line up the next day. So I get it. But
Speaker 3: you got Prime. Let's go to Texas, right, Todd? Prime?
Speaker 3: When you're just when I'm punching tickets, it's just four seems.
Speaker 2: Buy him up.
Speaker 3: Top all day long, and then every and then cut
Speaker 3: her in hard, let him hook it foul, Yeah, let
Speaker 3: him hook it foul. Thinks he's on it, and then
Speaker 3: it's buy him again up top.
Speaker 2: Oh my, So he's not catching up to the one
Speaker 2: up here, all.
Speaker 3: Right, and he's gonna he's gonna keep trying to get
Speaker 3: to it too, but he just gets it. It gets
Speaker 3: a little here, he gets a little here.
Speaker 2: He can't do it. That gets.
Speaker 4: This brings back to all of our clubhouse back and forth,
Speaker 4: and I do miss it.
Speaker 5: I do miss it.
Speaker 2: It's all good. It's all good.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, I'll get you another one. This from
Speaker 1: Chris Fan. Question Gavin, what's uh? Basically asked, what's what's
Speaker 1: the diet at this point in your life to kind
Speaker 1: of keep you fresh throughout a whole season? And what
Speaker 1: have you learned about that?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I think the biggest thing for me is just you know,
Speaker 4: this year, especially playing out there every day, especially in
Speaker 4: left field, has just been you know, sticking on all
Speaker 4: the proteins and just recovery. It's been more recovery than
Speaker 4: I've ever done in my career. And you know, just
Speaker 4: a lot of protein cars before the game and then
Speaker 4: you know, hydrating up and getting ready for the next day.
Speaker 4: Especially right now we're on this East Coast swing and
Speaker 4: and the heat and humidity has been has been tough.
Speaker 4: So yeah, recovering more than ever and being conscious what
Speaker 4: you're putting in.
Speaker 1: Okay, I got one more for me. Back to the
Speaker 1: White Sox days again, are you keeping in touch with
Speaker 1: a lot of the guys there? Like you know, obviously
Speaker 1: you're not there anymore, and you mentioned it was good
Speaker 1: times when you had Lance there, But do you keep
Speaker 1: in touch now? Is more of a veteran right You've
Speaker 1: got dirt and your spikes in the league to provide
Speaker 1: even just motivation to some of the guys that are
Speaker 1: trying to find their footing or obviously going through hard
Speaker 1: times in terms of wins and losses.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's funny. I don't know many of the guys
Speaker 4: there now, you know. I know some of the pitchers,
Speaker 4: and obviously Ben and Tendi and I are really close
Speaker 4: and Luis Robert, but a lot of the guys are
Speaker 4: new and you know, I still stay in touch with
Speaker 4: a lot of staff. I love the staff there now,
Speaker 4: and you know, some of the guys been reaching out
Speaker 4: to me and congratulating me on just the years so far.
Speaker 4: But you know, there's been a lot of turnover there.
Speaker 4: I've been in touch with Vonnie a lot. I love
Speaker 4: to see what he's doing in Milwaukee. Really happy for him,
Speaker 4: and uh, you know, just just some of the guys.
Speaker 4: Obviously Ben in tending and I stay in touch a lot,
Speaker 4: but you know, a lot of the guys there young,
Speaker 4: and you know, it's an exciting, you know, exciting quarter
Speaker 4: that they're running out there right now. And you know,
Speaker 4: I know they have a lot of pitching coming up
Speaker 4: for him as well. So there's just been a lot
Speaker 4: of turnover there. And but I you know, it's I
Speaker 4: spend a lot of time there, and I wish nothing
Speaker 4: but the best for those guys.
Speaker 6: All right, last question overall here. I want to get
Speaker 6: Padre love here because I love watching you guys play.
Speaker 6: I love the personalities on your team. Talk to us
Speaker 6: a little bit about Tatis Machado, who's a guy in
Speaker 6: that clubhouse that you you nobody would understand, how funny,
Speaker 6: how just funny the dude is, like, talk to us
Speaker 6: about some of those personalities, like a guy everybody like,
Speaker 6: no way.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, uh man, it's it's such a fun clubhouse,
Speaker 4: just the brand that we play and the fun that
Speaker 4: we have in there.
Speaker 5: But you know, for me, it's Luisa Rias you know
Speaker 5: he is.
Speaker 4: He's hilarious and just the energy he brings and and
Speaker 4: just the behind the scenes. He's been a ton of
Speaker 4: fun to play with. Obviously, playing against in the Minnesota
Speaker 4: I could see some of that, but being around him
Speaker 4: every day has been has been a blast. But just
Speaker 4: seeing you know, Manny behind the scenes and just the
Speaker 4: work he puts in and playing every single day and
Speaker 4: playing through the aches and pains, and you know, just
Speaker 4: just not worrying about it, just going out there every
Speaker 4: day and and playing. And I don't think he's missed
Speaker 4: a game this year, so so seeing him and Toddy
Speaker 4: the way they go about their business. But you know,
Speaker 4: just the behind the scenes funny guys is Luisa Ryas
Speaker 4: for sure.
Speaker 2: It's fun to watch too.
Speaker 1: That's a very different player from you.
Speaker 2: Ever try hitting like him?
Speaker 5: Just I couldn't. I couldn't do it.
Speaker 4: I watched him in the cage and it's impressive. But
Speaker 4: I think i'd be out this league pretty quick if
Speaker 4: I tried to.
Speaker 2: Hit like.
Speaker 3: I could get him. I could not get him out.
Speaker 5: It's crazy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, well, Gavin, this was awesome man. Thanks
Speaker 1: for stopping by for Lance's FT hosting debut.
Speaker 2: How do you do?
Speaker 5: Wouldn't miss it?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 4: I love that Savana Banana's shirt on him too. That
Speaker 4: was fun team out there high pants. I don't think
Speaker 4: those high pants are your look. But other than that,
Speaker 4: I thought it was.
Speaker 2: Pretty cooor.
Speaker 3: Is either that or mid Casts, But the Midcasts might
Speaker 3: have been a place since I am retired, that's a
Speaker 3: retirement look true.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that was certainly a retirement.
Speaker 2: Look there you go.
Speaker 3: I retired for a couple of years.
Speaker 5: Appreciate you guys a lot of fun.
Speaker 2: I appreciate you man. We'll talk see Thank you guy.
Speaker 2: Brother