1 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. Welcome into another episode of Cam Smith Territory. 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: My name is Chandler Rome, along with Tyler Stafford and 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: Josh Reddick, and I think the whole city of Houston 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: is just gonna name everything after Cam Smith now, because 5 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: we learned today about a couple hours ago that Cam 6 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: Smith will make the Astros opening day roster in a 7 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: move that it's not unprecedented, but it is certainly there 8 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: are few parallels to draw between this and anything else 9 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: that's happened in baseball. Cam Smith is the third quickest 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: position player to ever make a team's opening day roster, 11 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: trailing only Pete Incavalia, former Sugarland Skeeters manager. He played 12 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: zero games before he made the Texas Rangers opening day roster, 13 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: and then John Olrud played six games before making the 14 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: Blue Jays opening day roster in nineteen ninety. Camp's Smith 15 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: has played thirty two games as a professional. His thirty 16 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: third will be in dyk In Park against the New 17 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: York Mets opposite Juan Soto, who will be in right 18 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: field for the Mets. He's gonna make seven hundred million dollars. 19 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 2: Uh. 20 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: Cam Smith will make seven hundred thousand. Cam Smith will 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: make seven hundred thousand dollars. I will get into why 22 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: I was so skeptical about this from the beginning, but 23 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: I will. I'll take my l cam Smith's a big leaguer, 24 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: Chann the Romes an idiot, Josh Tyler, I can't at 25 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: this point. I don't think any any of us are surprised, 26 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: but just to have it official and to have it 27 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: happens a pretty incredible. 28 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 3: Thing in it. 29 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 2: How you want to take this one? I know you 30 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: had something ready to go. 31 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 4: Well, well, well all this talk chance, no I did? 32 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 4: I did don my finest uh seven to one three 33 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 4: a giveaway chain if you want to see that on YouTube. 34 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 4: I'm rocking some some bling, Yes I am. I am ready. 35 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 4: Cam Smith is year. I can't believe it either. 36 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: It's insane. 37 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 4: I mean, obviously I'm messing with Chandler, but look, this 38 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 4: is what you get for for jumping on a hype 39 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 4: train seven days earlier than everyone else. I'm assuming that 40 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 4: they've replaced the train at dyk And Park with a 41 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 4: cam Smith hype train. That's I just want to giant 42 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 4: face where the the oranges used to be. And so 43 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 4: I am ready. I can't believe it, Al Tuve and 44 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 4: left cam Smith and right, just like we all said 45 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 4: all throughout the off season, what a day. Let's let's 46 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 4: get to opening day as soon as possible. 47 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,239 Speaker 2: I think I think we're already. I think we're ready 48 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 2: to see what this kid can do. Like you said, 49 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: I think we're all very surprised by the actual move. 50 00:02:58,280 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 2: You know, obviously, I think we all knew that it 51 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 2: could possibly happened at a very high rate, but I 52 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 2: think just actually having that decision to come along was 53 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: probably a little bit of a shot for everybody. I 54 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 2: know that we're all kind of reeling and Tyler and 55 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: I know where we are, where we stood on this 56 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 2: camp Smith train. Now it's time for Chandler to hop 57 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 2: on that bandwagon and just you know, hang out in 58 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: the caboose and then when he's ready to realize his mistake, 59 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: he can come up to the front and have a 60 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: drink with us at the barcart. So I do want 61 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 2: to add one thing that, you know, I love what 62 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 2: Joe Spot and the Astros did for him that they 63 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: get known that he was going to the big leagues, 64 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: Like super cool moment for a kid not to just 65 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 2: get that call, but like, just have your parents there 66 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: and be there to have them surprise you with that news. 67 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 2: Like what a great feeling for a parent to know 68 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: before your son does, because I mean, you see all 69 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 2: these great ways that guys get told about, you know, 70 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 2: the opening days. We saw Paul Skens do it with 71 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: the opening day start, which was really not a surprise fromber. 72 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 2: You know, just anytime you can get kind of news 73 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: like that, getting called up from Triple A or something 74 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: like that has to be a fantastic feeling. And you know, 75 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 2: I'm gonna speak from personal experience. You know, I was 76 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 2: one of the few guys that when I debuted No. Nine, 77 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: I had nobody there. My parents didn't get flown in, 78 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 2: I didn't have anybody there. I literally had to go 79 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: back to my hotel room and take it all in myself. 80 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 2: So I know what a great special moment he's having, 81 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 2: you know, to be able to play right now and 82 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 2: get those emotions too. But what's gonna be running through 83 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 2: his mind when he gets done with that game today 84 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: and goes back to his hotel room and he gets 85 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 2: to hang out with his family. I can't imagine just 86 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 2: the excitement that he's going to have. 87 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, we're I mean, he was he even planning on 88 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 4: living here? Where is he going to be sleeping for 89 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 4: the first week of the season. 90 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 2: Well, there, there's there's you know, there's there's there's ways 91 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: around that. There's you know, you get a certain amount 92 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 2: of hotel days for free from the team, the team, 93 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 2: and then with as knowledgeable as the guys are, you know, 94 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,119 Speaker 2: they can pretty much give him a good place to rent. 95 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: The astros can give him a lot of information about that. 96 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 2: But you know, there's ways around and who knows. He 97 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 2: may you know, he's a young kid. He may get 98 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 2: to shack up with another guy on the team as well. 99 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 2: I know the guys do that as well. You know, 100 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 2: you get two or three guys and get another nice 101 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 2: place and split the rent. 102 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: So there you go. 103 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: Here's options, plenty of options, and we got a lot 104 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 2: of great areas in the area of Houston. 105 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: Forrest Whitley, Spencer Arraghetti, and Hunter Brown all shared a 106 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: house in spring training this year. They shacked up, split 107 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: the rent. Sounded like it was a good time. A 108 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: lot of steaks being consumed, a lot of video games played. 109 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: Maybe Cam Smith can get on that on that train 110 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: and Josh, I think you brought up a good point. 111 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: You know, we've it's kind of gets tired, right you 112 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 1: see the hidden camera in the manager's office and the 113 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: man and it's still cool when that happens. But the 114 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: thought that Joe Espata and Dana Brown and whoever else 115 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: was involved here to get Cam Smith's mom, his grandmother 116 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: was here, his stepdad, his girlfriend. They flew everyone out 117 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: here and we got to speak to them shortly after 118 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: it all went down. This happened very quickly. Sounds like 119 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: the astros like formally decided last night that Cam Smith 120 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: Monday night, that is that Cam Smith is going to 121 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: be on the roster. They called his mom and said, 122 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: you're getting on a plane tomorrow to Houston. Don't tell anyone. 123 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: Don't tell Cam. Don't And she said Cam, Actually, he 124 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: was very This was cute. I can't think of a 125 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: better word for it was cute. He said, you know, 126 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: I text my mom every morning. We stay in touch 127 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: a lot, and this today was the one morning. Today 128 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: was the one morning he did not text his mom. 129 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 2: Oh wow, So it was. 130 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: Kind of like, well, I wonder if he would if 131 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: he had have texted her, would he have figured it out, 132 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: and she was firm said no, I would not have 133 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: spoiled the surprise. I had my location turned off on 134 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: my phone where I was, and this was not going 135 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: to be a spoiled surprise. And I think another thing too, 136 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: the fact that they got this out of the way 137 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: today and he's got the off day on Wednesday, he 138 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: can spend he can spend time with his family tonight. 139 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: He can take Wednesday to kind of soak everything in 140 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: and then you know, look, Thursday is not going to 141 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: be any less. I mean, he's making his major league 142 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: debut against the New York Mets on opening Day, Like 143 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: that's gonna be a huge whirlwind for him, but it'll 144 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: be a he'll at least be able to breathe a 145 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: little bit, and he has the buffer zone. He has 146 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: the day. Josh, you're shaking your head. Probably not, but 147 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: at least he's got thirty six hours to decompress. 148 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: A little bit, right if he even gets an ouse 149 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 2: of sleep tonight, who have all day to recover. Like 150 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 2: you said, I think this is huge. You get that day, 151 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 2: like you said, gets to hang out with the family, 152 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 2: gets to kind of go out and explore the city 153 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 2: of Houston, A little bit if he wants to go 154 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 2: grab some nice food all day, just kind of get 155 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: that way to kind of decompress and adjust to it. 156 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 5: Because, like we all know, opening days, you know, it's 157 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 5: like a national holiday when you're when you're on a 158 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,679 Speaker 5: baseball team, So that the ceremonies and the pregame stuff 159 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 5: that's gonna take place for him, you know, the fanfare 160 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 5: is gonna be a lot for him to handle. 161 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 2: So it's gonna be a lot of stuff for him 162 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 2: to take in on that day. So it'd be good 163 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: for him to kind of relax and kind of get 164 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 2: a feel for it and just kind of sit back 165 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 2: and win realize like, wow, I'm doing it. I'm here, 166 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 2: so you know this is this is opportunity. I got 167 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 2: to step up. But yeah, what a great for him 168 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 2: to get through it, to have an off day. 169 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 4: I wish my boss would call my mom whenever I 170 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 4: do a good job of work. If I get a promotion, 171 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 4: I want my mom to hop on the zoom call 172 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 4: with me and uh and let me know more. 173 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 2: People should do that absolutely in any job anyway. 174 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, come on, it's fun. 175 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 2: Hey, mister Stafford Tyler Employee of the Month This you 176 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 2: got a twenty five dollars gift card to Papasito. 177 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 4: Well, what am I going to do with twenty five dollars? 178 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,119 Speaker 2: You get an appetizer in a kid's water. 179 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: I'll get you half a picture of marks. 180 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 2: I need a half picture, please, You'll got that by 181 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 2: a fine. 182 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: We will talk about Cam Smith's what to expect from him, 183 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: the rest of this roster composition, and maybe is this 184 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: going to become the new normal of guys getting fast 185 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: tracked to the big leagues Because we saw another guy 186 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: today named Ryan Johnson. He's a picture for the Angels. 187 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: He has not pitched in a minor league game. He 188 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: made the Angels opening day roster. Ye, so there's a 189 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: lot to talk about the Angels. 190 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: It's the Angels, though, Chamdler. 191 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: It is the Angels, and the Angels are the Angels 192 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,959 Speaker 1: are kings of this zach netto Nolan Shahnawell Logan o'happy. 193 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 1: Guys that barely played in the in the minor leagues 194 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: are now in the big leagues with the Angels. They're 195 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: not playing for anything. The Astros and Cam Smith will 196 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: be playing four things. 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I was skeptical 223 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: when spring training started because the Astros were skeptical, and 224 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: skeptical is probably the wrong word. Camsmith exceeded every imaginable 225 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: expectation that this team had for him. And usually when 226 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: you say a guy, usually when you say a guy's 227 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: exceeded expectations, the expectations were low. That's usually like a 228 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: pad on the head, or like, hey, you did nice work, 229 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: good job, you did better than we thought. They had 230 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 1: huge expectations for this guy before spring training even started, 231 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: and he somehow still exceeded them. The fact that they 232 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: did not play him in right field until two weeks 233 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: were left in camp shows you that they didn't think 234 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: this was going to be a possibility. I mean, Josh, 235 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: you have been in enough big league camps with enough 236 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: top prospects, and they usually get sent like very very 237 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: few of them last till the last week of big 238 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: league camp. They usually come up, get two or three 239 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: weeks around. The guys play in a week or so 240 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: of games, and they get sent to the minor league side. 241 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: And I mean, I'm not trying. I don't want this 242 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: to disparage Bryce Matthews, but I mean Bryce Matthews got 243 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: sent out basically the first week of March, and he's 244 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: considered there. They're maybe their second best position player prospect. 245 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: The longer Camp Smith stuck around, the more conversations that 246 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: people had with him in the clubhouse on the field, 247 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: how he went about his business, because look, we know, 248 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: we saw what he did on the field. We saw 249 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: the home runs, we saw the swing decisions, we saw 250 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: the athleticism. I am telling you this is not opinion, 251 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: this is I know this. How camp Smith acted in 252 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: that clubhouse. His demeanor, his makeup, everything about that was 253 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: the driving force and why the Astros carried him, because 254 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, there were veterans in 255 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: that clubhouse basically clamoring for him to come to be 256 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: on the team because they liked him that much. They 257 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: saw the potential, they saw the power, They saw everything 258 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: we have talked about with him on the field, but 259 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: being around him. His locker in the spring training clubhouse 260 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: was right next to jord On Alvarez, right next to 261 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: Mauricio Dubon, right next to jose L Tuve, Jeremy Panna, 262 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: was around the corner. He was around all the guys 263 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,479 Speaker 1: that matter, and he gave off such a good impression 264 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 1: gave off I think Dana Brown put it best today. 265 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: He has the combination of humility and confidence that you know, 266 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: he's humble enough to know to not show anybody up. 267 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: He's humble enough to know his place, but he's confident 268 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: enough to say, like I belong here. I'm just as 269 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: strong and big and talented as these guys. And for 270 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: a twenty two year old kid, he displayed that far 271 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: beyond his years. A lot of people struggled to comprehend 272 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: the fact that he was twenty two years old. And Josh, 273 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: maybe you can speak to this as someone that was 274 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 1: in a clubhouse for one hundred and eighty days a 275 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: year and you're around these guys a lot. How important 276 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: is makeup and how important is just being a good 277 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: dude in that clubhouse? Maybe a little bit even more 278 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: than what you do on the field. 279 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 2: Oh gosh. And it speaks volumes when you look at it, 280 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 2: because I've been on some teams where the you know, 281 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 2: the team chemistry wasn't all there. And you know, when 282 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,319 Speaker 2: you walk into that Astro's clubhouse, from my experience, you 283 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 2: you you you walk in there ready to go, ready 284 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 2: to win, and just all about the team. And that's 285 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 2: what that's what it seems like he's doing. He's he's 286 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 2: getting in there and he's being a team guy. He's 287 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 2: you know, kind of uniting himself with not only in fielders, 288 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 2: but getting in there with outfielders. And that's what makes 289 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 2: that Astros organization so great. It's how tight knit they've 290 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 2: always been. From one side of the clubhouse to the next. 291 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 2: We've you know, the way that we've lined up the 292 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 2: clubhouse was you know, you'd had your outfielders in one corner, 293 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 2: pictures on one side, and your infielders over here and 294 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 2: your starters over here. So it was always kind of 295 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 2: mixed up no matter where you are in a clubhouse. 296 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 2: But I've never been in a clubhouse like that where 297 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 2: guys are just you know, chirping all the way across 298 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 2: the clubhouse at each other, talking trash to each other, 299 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 2: and then you get down to the dugout and man, 300 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 2: everybody's just ready to high five you and give you 301 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 2: a big old' hug for doing such a great job. 302 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 2: And it seems like that's something that he's jumped on. 303 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 2: The names you've listed, guys that have been there long 304 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 2: enough to know what it takes to be that kind 305 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 2: of guy, what it takes to succeed. So throwing him 306 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 2: into that fire, so to speak, of learning, was probably 307 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 2: the best thing you could have done for this kid, 308 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 2: as opposed to sticking in the corner of the spring 309 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: training clubhouse with double A guys to where he kind 310 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 2: of just be stuck in a corner and kind of 311 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 2: keeping to himself. So for him to have to actually 312 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 2: be engaged and involved with those guys, you know, they 313 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 2: end up walking to the cage with him, he ends 314 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 2: up going to have breakfast or lunch with him. It 315 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 2: becomes more of just not being on the field and 316 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 2: not just being in the locker. But we're gonna go 317 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 2: do everything together and we're gonna become brothers in this life. 318 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 2: And that just seems like what he's really really attached 319 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 2: to because you don't really see veterans speaking up for 320 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 2: a guy who's on the bubble of making that team, 321 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: much less being a twenty two year old kid with 322 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 2: the intentions of being on there. So it just goes 323 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 2: to show you how great those guys love him, how 324 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 2: much they want to win because they feel like he 325 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 2: gives him them the best chance to win. So obviously 326 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 2: they're gonna have his back in that regard. But just 327 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 2: to be a mature twenty two year old in life 328 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 2: outside of sports is pretty special. But when you put 329 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 2: that maturity into a big league clubhouse to a kid 330 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 2: who's gonna make his debut in two days, it makes 331 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 2: it that much even more special. 332 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know, the Ashtro's lost a lot of 333 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 4: vocal leadership with with Bregmann leaving, and obviously they've just 334 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 4: gotten older too, and so I think part of it 335 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 4: is just having another young guy come in with that 336 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 4: confidence and just give some juice to the locker room. 337 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 4: So many of the core the astros have been there 338 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 4: so long that it, you know, we've seen how much 339 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 4: fun alto bays having doing something new. Camp Smith almost 340 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 4: feels like the roster equivalent of moving Altuve to left field, 341 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 4: where it's like, I don't know if this is gonna work, 342 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 4: but we're all having fun doing it, and what is 343 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 4: baseball if not? Let's try it and see what happens, 344 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 4: and you know, the good guys are gonna rise to 345 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 4: the top. And Josh, I would love your thoughts on this. 346 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 4: To me, it almost seems like less pressure because of 347 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 4: how insane it is that he's made the team, because 348 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 4: it's not like he's spent a whole off season or 349 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 4: even a whole year the year before going fixated on 350 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 4: one spot on the team. I mean, they literally just 351 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 4: taught him a new position two weeks ago, and we're like, 352 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 4: let's see what happens, and to the point where it's like, look, man, 353 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 4: we have expectations, but you're so far above them right now. 354 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 4: Whatever you do is fine, Like we're we're not going 355 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 4: to think less of you if you make some goofy 356 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 4: error in right field, which is gonna happen, and he's 357 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 4: gonna get embarrassed because you know, he's gonna have to 358 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 4: face real you know, pitching at some point. Maybe maybe 359 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 4: not in the Mets series, as we'll talk about in. 360 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 2: A tall task. 361 00:17:55,720 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, but you know, he's he's going to not be 362 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 4: able to do this forever. But the team has clearly 363 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 4: seen enough to say, you know what, there's there's no 364 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 4: reason to hold this guy back other than this doesn't 365 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 4: happen often and sometimes when when somebody can just make 366 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 4: that much of an impact, look you roll the dice 367 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 4: because again, look, if if it doesn't work out in 368 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 4: the first month of the season, nothing is lost. No 369 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 4: one is going to be upset. His confidence shouldn't be shot. 370 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 4: I would assume that that he can handle that. And man, 371 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 4: it's just it really is crazy. And Chandler you mentioned 372 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 4: this too. I have that list pulled up of the 373 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 4: other hitters who have made it, you know, as quickly, Josh, 374 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 4: did you see that other than what Chandler told me? Okay, 375 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 4: so yeah that. Then you had Cam Smith and then 376 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 4: a bunch of guys from the last couple of years. 377 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 4: You got Wyatt Langford with the Rangers, Nolan Chanelle Chanelle 378 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 4: Nolan with Angels, Andrew Vaughn who again came up, and 379 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 4: then Dave Winfield pretty good company, and Robin you out, 380 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 4: Paul Mallader, Will Clark, Ozzie Smith or all these guys 381 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 4: down there. But there seems to be this new trend 382 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 4: of like, look, if somebody's been dominating in high level 383 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 4: college ball, they might be relatively ready, or at least 384 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 4: ready enough that you can just let them get ready 385 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 4: at the major league level. There's not the need anymore 386 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 4: for some of these top end guys to toil away 387 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 4: for two or three years in the minors. 388 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, I think that, you know, obviously, I think 389 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 2: when you go back to the COVID season, that was 390 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 2: obviously the kickstart of all these young kids getting pushed 391 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 2: up because of the that they didn't get to have 392 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 2: in the minor. So I think that was probably one 393 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: of one of the factors as well. But when you 394 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 2: look at it, and you know, I'm going to go 395 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 2: back to the beginning when you talked about the pressure 396 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 2: of things for him, because it all changes in scenarios 397 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 2: and atmospheres, because this kid's going into a team that's 398 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 2: gonna win, so that can obviously help the pressure off 399 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 2: him as opposed to maybe go into like let's just 400 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 2: say the White Sox. In an instant they call this 401 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 2: kid up, he's like, oh man, I got to impact 402 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 2: this team right away because we're not going to be 403 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 2: good like, I've got to show myself and show these 404 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 2: guys that I'm not here to joke around. So he's 405 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 2: got plenty of guys around him that can pick up 406 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 2: his so called slack and still win ball games and 407 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 2: he can still learn on the fly. But yeah, when 408 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 2: you're talking about the fast track to the big because 409 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 2: it does seem to be more common that they're trying to, 410 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 2: I guess the correct term with season them and get 411 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 2: them ready. They're as opposed to having them, you know, 412 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 2: struggle in Double A for six months or Triple A 413 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 2: for three months and then try to figure it out there. 414 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 2: So if you're going to struggle, I guess the positive 415 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 2: thing there is, well, at least I'm struggling. It's a 416 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 2: big league pitching. And you know, if I do, no 417 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 2: big deal. Because I'm a kid who's, like he says, 418 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 2: got thirty two games in the minors. You know, if 419 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 2: I do great, everybody's gonna be happy. But if I don't, 420 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 2: everybody's going to understand why. So I think there's just 421 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 2: there's no lose lose for him. It's all win win. 422 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 2: But man, just go out there with that same mindset 423 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 2: he had in spring training and have the guys behind 424 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 2: you to fall on, and you know, this is a 425 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 2: great over, this is a great team in a orization. 426 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 2: They'll have his back to keep him in the comfort, 427 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 2: at the comfort level he needs to be to be 428 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 2: at his highest performance. 429 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 1: Yeah. I was talking about this with somebody at the 430 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: ballpark today, and you know it's it'd be different if 431 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: they you know, let's say they would have sent him 432 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: to the mind he doesn't make the roster, and you know, 433 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 1: knock on Wood, jord and Alvarez gets hurt in May 434 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 1: or knock on Wood an outfield, someone gets hurt, or 435 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: the team is just struggling to a point where they 436 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 1: need a spark and they call this kid up and 437 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,199 Speaker 1: he probably thinks, I have to be the guy that 438 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: lifts this team out of nowhere, or I have to 439 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: replace this good injured guy that I'm coming up. I 440 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: have to replace his production. Right, there's none of that here, 441 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:17,439 Speaker 1: Like there's zero and zero. If this team starts twelve 442 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: and twenty four like the last year's team did, it 443 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: won't be because of Cam Smith. No, it will not 444 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: solely be because Cam Smith is on this roster. There 445 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: is a lot less pressure in this situation. He can 446 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: come along at his own pace. He's got he doesn't 447 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: have to carry the team. Jose al Tuove, Christian Walker, 448 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: Jordan Alvarez, they're the guys need to carry this team. 449 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 1: The guys that they pay to carry this team have 450 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: to carry this team while Cam Smith is learning and 451 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: coming along. Now with that, it does kind of everyone 452 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: kind of wants to know, like what are what are 453 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: the realistic expectations for camps? Like, I know, we just 454 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: watched him dominate Great Fruit League play, but as we 455 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,679 Speaker 1: got toward the end and he was facing you know, 456 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: Sonny Gray and Mason Williams and guys that are going 457 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: to be in big league rotations, it didn't look he 458 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,199 Speaker 1: never looked overmatched, but he never was still was not 459 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 1: getting the results that he got earlier in spring. He's 460 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: going to I mean, their first road trip, they go 461 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,959 Speaker 1: to Minnesota, who has the best bullpen in baseball, and 462 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: it is going to be freezing in Minnesota in April, 463 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: and then they go after that to Seattle where it's 464 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: going to be just as cold. 465 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 2: And they have the best pitches, the best starters. 466 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: So this ain't a soft landing spot for him, Like 467 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: he's gonna get thrown right into it. What are realistic 468 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: expectations for this guy he's gonna be hitting, you know, 469 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: I would imagine seventh, sixth or seventh in this order. 470 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: He's gonna have guys ahead of them that can do 471 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: a lot of damage. They're not going to be asking 472 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: him to drive in a bunch of runs. But what 473 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 1: are the realistic expectations for cam Smith in his first month? 474 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 2: And they it's hard to say that he won't struggle. 475 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 2: I think he's just got to learn to get through 476 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 2: that struggle, and how he copes through that is going 477 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 2: to be his big thing, because you get through that 478 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 2: that cold, and it's it's no fun facing anybody who's 479 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 2: not good in the cold because if you don't bare it, 480 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 2: it's gonna hurt for a day or two. So I 481 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 2: think that just you know, when you when you look 482 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 2: at his struggles, how he handles himself in the struggle department, 483 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 2: and how he really relies on the other guys in 484 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 2: that team and that that clubhouse to help pick him 485 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 2: up and carry him, I think that's your more realistic option. 486 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 2: He's probably gonna struggle for the first through two or 487 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 2: three weeks. Who knows he comes out hot. You know, 488 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 2: he comes out hot in the first week and kind 489 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 2: of just with you, And it's completely possible because nobody 490 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 2: knows anything about this guy. That's kind of the positive 491 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 2: he has going for him. There's no track record, there's 492 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 2: no video to go on this kid outside of spring 493 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 2: training video, which as we all know, is not going 494 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 2: to be nowhere near enough. So he's almost as much 495 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 2: as an advantage as he is a disadvantage because he 496 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 2: hasn't faced this pitching. But the same time, they also 497 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 2: haven't faced him yet, so they don't know what they're 498 00:24:58,640 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 2: gonna get out of him. They just know that he 499 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 2: They have big league stuff to go against this kid. 500 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 2: But it is really hard for me to say he's 501 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 2: not going to struggle because usually guys that come up 502 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 2: for that first time are going to struggle unless you're 503 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 2: just absolutely stupid lucky. You're in really good and he's 504 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 2: really good, but you know, you got to have luck 505 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 2: as well. So I think the first two to three 506 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 2: weeks can be a big learning curve for him, But 507 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 2: I think it's it's going to be a struggle for 508 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 2: that first month and after that he gets through that. 509 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 2: This guy's limit. 510 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, I'm gonna remind everybody, like we we've 511 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: reminded people about this on other podcasts, Like when Kyle 512 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: Tucker came up, it was not smooth sailing. They had 513 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 1: to send him back to the minor leagues. Alex Bregman 514 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 1: infamously was about two for forty his first few weeks 515 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: in the big leagues. Like, those guys are superstar players 516 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 1: that are getting paid like superstars, and they struggled. Jordan 517 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: Alvarez is a freak. Jordan Alvarez came up and didn't struggle. 518 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: Carlos you know, yeah, op Obama's first game in the 519 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: big leagues, Carlo's Korea, same thing, didn't struggle. Josh, I 520 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: do want to get you know, you talked about he's 521 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: going to fail when you're this good of a baseball player, 522 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 1: when you're at this level, there's a good chance. Cam 523 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: Smith has never failed in his life on a baseball 524 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 1: and if he has, it is very relative. It was 525 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 1: like he went he had a week where he went 526 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: like one for fifteen. Right, I'm gonna assume Josh, you 527 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: were the same way. Like when you probably tore up 528 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 1: high school ball in Georgia, you probably got to you 529 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 1: probably got to the professional ball and you were probably 530 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: one of the better players on the diamond a lot. 531 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: How did you handle fail Like, how did you handle 532 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: failure the first time it really hits you in the face? 533 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: And do you have any advice to guys like Cam 534 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: Smith who are going to fail inevitably it's gonna be 535 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: the first time that that ever happens down. 536 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, So my first struggles I ran into prefarre would 537 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 2: have been double eight. Came up in the Eastern League, 538 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 2: which is known for its better pitching prospects back in 539 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 2: those days. So when I came up, I was obviously 540 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 2: a big free swinger. So I struggled very, very hard 541 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 2: with that one. But my biggest thing for me when 542 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 2: I struggled was always having an outlet, Like you got 543 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 2: to have an outlet away from the ballpark. But you 544 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 2: can leave everything in the ballpark. You can be upset, 545 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 2: you can be mad, you can break helmets, you can 546 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 2: do whatever you want to do with the ballpark, cope 547 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 2: with it. But when you get home, there's got to 548 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 2: be a release and in a way to get away 549 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,199 Speaker 2: from this game and get an escape so you can 550 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 2: be a normal person. You can be you know, Cam 551 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 2: Smith the person not Cam Smith, the ballplayer, Josh Reddick 552 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,919 Speaker 2: the person not dressed. So you know, for me, it 553 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 2: was I played video games, not against video games in 554 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 2: our in our career. I'm not shy. You know. If 555 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 2: I wanted to go out and grab some drinks, I 556 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 2: would go out and grab some drinks. I have no shame. 557 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 2: You know. If I wanted to go out and put 558 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 2: one too many down to forget my night, I had 559 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 2: no shame doing that. Kids don't do that if you're 560 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 2: listening or watching. 561 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: But yeah, there's twenty too. 562 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 4: He's probably only Yeah, I know, but. 563 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 2: But no, I think it's a you got to have 564 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 2: some kind of release and outlet from this game. There's 565 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 2: gotta be something where you can separate yourself from the 566 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 2: game and kind of just forget about it, because you 567 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,679 Speaker 2: know you're gonna wake up the next day and you're 568 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 2: gonna be there at one o'clock the next day till 569 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 2: about eleven o'clock. So you just got to have those 570 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 2: ways where you can have that short memory. We always 571 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,120 Speaker 2: hear about baseball's players having, but it is it's so cliche, 572 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 2: but you got to take it day by day and 573 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 2: find something that you can get away from this game 574 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 2: and just forget about it for that night. 575 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 4: Well, Cam, after your first oh for four with three strikeouts, 576 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,679 Speaker 4: you have a standing invitation. I have not seen the 577 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 4: New Galapagos Islands exhibit at the Houston Zoo, and I've 578 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 4: been meaning to go, Santami. I'm ready. I love a zoo. 579 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 4: I just haven't been. And so look, if you need 580 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 4: to get your mind off of things, we want to 581 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 4: go look at some penguins. I'm down. We cannot talk 582 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 4: about anything else. Just look at that. So that's a 583 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 4: standing invitation for Cam Smith. 584 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 2: He could probably call him late night too, and they 585 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 2: probably let him go through that night, so that'd be 586 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 2: no problem. 587 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 4: What's he gonna do? Just let him, let him look 588 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 4: at some drafts sleeping. It'll be fine. 589 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: He's Cam Smith. You can do whatever he wants to say. 590 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: At this moment. Cam Smith can do whatever he wants. 591 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 2: He's almost josel uh huh. 592 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: Let's talk about kind of some other roster things that 593 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: came out today in addition to Cam Smith. After telling 594 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: us all spring training that they were not going to 595 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,959 Speaker 1: carry Cam Smith or Zach Dezenzo if every day at 596 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: Bat's were not available for them they were gonna carry 597 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: both of them on the roster. Zac Dezenzo has made 598 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: this team in addition to Cam Smith. It's sound I'd 599 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,959 Speaker 1: be stunned if Cam Smith is not this team's every 600 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: day right fielder. You don't carry a twenty two year 601 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: old kid with this little experience to set on the bench. 602 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: So it's gonna create some some uh, some fascinating lineup 603 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: construction and some fascinating kind of in game management for 604 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: Joe Spata. Because Zach Dezenzo is older than Cam Smith, 605 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: He's played more than minor leagues, He's had a taste 606 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 1: of big league life. This is still a kid that's developing. 607 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: This is not a finished product. They need to get 608 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: him at bats. They need to play him and right now. 609 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,959 Speaker 1: To be completely frank, I don't know where the at 610 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: bats come from on a regular basis for Zach Dezenzo. 611 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: There could be some days where you know, Joe does 612 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: some different things in right field. I don't think Cam 613 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: Smith's going to start every single game, but I think, 614 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: you know, getting Zach Dezenzo in right field once or 615 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: twice a week will help Christian Walker. I believe, well, 616 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: he's going to be in the opening day lineup on Thursday. 617 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: That's what we've been led to believe. I still don't 618 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: think he's probably one hundred percent. I think he's good 619 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: enough to play, but Zach Dezenzo is a first baseman. 620 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: Played first base tonight for the Astros against the Space Cowboys. 621 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 1: I wonder if Christian Walker is kind of brought along 622 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: slowly in the regular and to begin the regular season. 623 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: That way Dezenzo can get some at bats at first base. 624 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: They will, they will may need some defensive replacements late 625 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 1: in games you look at maybe he's there, but I 626 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: think the defensive replacement now goes to Chas McCormick. And 627 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: Chas McCormick did make this team as well. He's going 628 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: to be on the roster profiles as the fourth outfielder, 629 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: and Joe Spott has said today that he had a 630 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: conversation with Chas McCormick because carrying Cam Smith is going 631 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: to that is going to be the guy that's impacted 632 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: the most. Chas McCormick will not be playing every day. 633 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 1: But I've I wrote this earlier and I'll keep maintaining it. 634 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: The reason Chas McCormick has a roster spot, he's the 635 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: only other guy on this team that can play center field. 636 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: Mauricio Dubon is a center fielder, but I think he's 637 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: gonna get a lion's share of the time at second base. 638 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: As Tyler and I have talked about, Joe spot A 639 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: pinch hits a lot. They Ashers took one hundred and 640 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: nine pitch hit played appearances last year. It was their 641 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: most since twenty sixteen. Who are the two guys that 642 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: Joe Spott is probably gonna pinch hit for the most. 643 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: It's probably gonna be Mauricio Dubon, probably gonna be Jake Myers. 644 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: Those are your two center fielders, and center field has 645 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: never been more important on the Astros than it is now. 646 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: With Al Tuvan left and now Cam Smith and right. 647 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: They need a good defensive center field. They've got an 648 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: elite one in Jake Myers. Chas McCormick right behind him. 649 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,239 Speaker 1: Chas McCormick's a really good defensive center fielder. So that's 650 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: why he's on this roster to back up in center field, 651 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: to get some late game at bats against left handed pitching. 652 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: See how that goes for him. But Josh re surprised 653 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 1: that they're carrying both Dezenzo and Cam Smith a little bit. 654 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, because you let them with you. The bats for 655 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 2: Zach become a lot more minimal now with Cam getting 656 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 2: out there probably five times a week, like you said, 657 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 2: and he gets out there mixed up whenever he can. 658 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 2: I think the late night pinch hits become more of 659 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 2: a thing for those two guys, and like you said, 660 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 2: the defensive replacement becomes that big issue. I one hundred 661 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:52,719 Speaker 2: percent agree with you of him being the guy that 662 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 2: needs to be out there when they have to make 663 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 2: that pinch hit for Jake. It's so important to keep 664 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 2: those newbies in the corners and in line and to 665 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 2: be able to over the ground that they cannot. But yeah, 666 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 2: these guys just got to realize, like, look, you're not 667 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 2: gonna get a ton of bats. You're going to play 668 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 2: when we need you, and we just need you ready 669 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 2: every night from the fifth inning on. And that's just 670 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 2: one thing that they're gonna have to learn to deal with. 671 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 2: And you know, when they heat up, they can get 672 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 2: a little more at bats, but right now, their focal 673 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 2: point is to get these guys, excuse me, get these 674 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 2: guys ready when they need to be ready, and make 675 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 2: sure that they're ready for that pinch run, that pinch hit, 676 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 2: that defensive replacement, because you know, you want a defensive 677 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 2: replace out to me, but you can't. You can't take 678 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 2: him out of the lineup. And depending on who's you know, however, 679 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 2: whoever's playing third or second that day, you really can't 680 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 2: afford to move them there. So it opens up a 681 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 2: little bit more of the pinch hitting and the defensive 682 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,960 Speaker 2: replacement for a camp smith whoever's playing right field that day, 683 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 2: so and who knows, even if you don't do that, 684 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 2: you keep Jake out there to even throw Chazz and 685 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 2: right to make your outfitelt that much better as well, 686 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 2: if you're you know, call it the Michael Brandley theory. 687 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 2: You know Brandley was in left, George and then me, 688 00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 2: and then we bring in Jake and everybody would line 689 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 2: change and go over to make us a better defensive outfielder. 690 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 2: So this this ways to move things around. And Joe 691 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 2: does such a great job at moving those guys around 692 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 2: and mix it in his pinch hit. So yeah, I 693 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 2: think those guys just got to understand that, you know, 694 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,879 Speaker 2: it's it's better to be here with our roles now 695 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 2: than playing every day in Sugarland would be the way 696 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 2: I would have to look at it. If I'm those. 697 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: Guys, and then I'm not forecasting this is going to happen. 698 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: But you know, we just talked about Cam Smith is 699 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: probably going to struggle the first month, month and a 700 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: half of the season, and I think Joe will walk 701 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: a pretty delicate line of when to pinch hit for him, 702 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,320 Speaker 1: of when to you know, I think that's going to 703 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 1: have to This is gonna have to be cultivated through 704 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 1: a lot of conversations, a lot of Joe being direct 705 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: with Cam, probably early in a game if he's if 706 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,719 Speaker 1: he starts a game and he's been struggling for a while, 707 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: Joe will probably have to tell him early in a 708 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: game like, hey, if this, if they put in this reliever, 709 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,720 Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna hit the Zenzo or I'm probably gonna 710 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 1: Chazz because they've got to keep his confidence, you know, straightforward, 711 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,440 Speaker 1: they got to keep his head on straight. But Josh, 712 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,879 Speaker 1: you know this. Players love to know their roles. They 713 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,320 Speaker 1: love to know what's going to happen, what the plan 714 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,280 Speaker 1: is for them. And you know that's just another avenue 715 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: where Dezezo could get some at bats because if Cam 716 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: Smith does struggle a little bit to start out. You know, 717 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 1: de Zenzo's right there. That's their safety blanket. Their safety 718 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,400 Speaker 1: blank is de Zenzo, who, while certainly not an accomplished 719 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,959 Speaker 1: defensive outfielder, has been playing out there longer than Cam 720 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 1: Smith and has major league experience on the back of it, 721 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: so that can really help as well. 722 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 2: Oh, Gosha have just knowing the night before what your 723 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,000 Speaker 2: what your role is is huge. You know when I 724 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 2: when I was younger and all these younger guys that 725 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 2: come up, the managers always just such a good job 726 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:41,960 Speaker 2: of making sure like hey, kid, you're playing tomorrow, you're 727 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,879 Speaker 2: facing this guy or tomorrow, like hey, we're gonna sit 728 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 2: you down against this guy, give you a little rest 729 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 2: and not you know, destroy your confidence. So I I 730 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:51,719 Speaker 2: really do think they're gonna do a great job of that, 731 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 2: maybe not telling him so early as it's like, hey, 732 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 2: if we're in the fifth inning and the seventh rows 733 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,799 Speaker 2: around and you get whoever heart throw and righty, we're 734 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 2: gonna to hit you. That's something that you kind of 735 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 2: throw on him at the spur of the moment, I think, 736 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 2: because you don't want him to be up there in 737 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,360 Speaker 2: the fifth thinking about it about at the seventh just 738 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,839 Speaker 2: you know, like go up to him during banding price like, hey, today, 739 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:12,800 Speaker 2: this guy is not a very long starter. If it 740 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,440 Speaker 2: happens to work out that way, we may get you 741 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,239 Speaker 2: out of there. YadA, YadA, YadA. But yeah, they do 742 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,799 Speaker 2: such a good job of keeping those guys, you know, 743 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,839 Speaker 2: acknowledged on their day to day routine and what they're 744 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 2: going to do. So I'm sure that Joe and all 745 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 2: their crew will be plenty on top of when they're 746 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 2: playing when they're not, and just to kind of keep 747 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 2: them in line, you know, because like you said, when 748 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,400 Speaker 2: you when you wake up in the morning and know 749 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,480 Speaker 2: that you're playing, it starts from you know, ten o'clock 750 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:38,319 Speaker 2: in the morning, whatever time you wake up, that's when 751 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,880 Speaker 2: your day starts. When you're a starter, if you're not Againe, 752 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,560 Speaker 2: just like when you wake up and you're not playing, 753 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 2: it's a completely different atmosphere. It's a completely different feeling 754 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,880 Speaker 2: when you roll out of bed because you know, you 755 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 2: feel a little bit more relaxed. You don't have to 756 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 2: amp up so quick. So no one before is huge 757 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,439 Speaker 2: because you can one you sleep, maybe you sleep better, 758 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 2: you sleep worse, but you just start your day off 759 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 2: in a different in a different mood. 760 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 4: So when did they, uh, when did they call you 761 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:06,479 Speaker 4: as an independent contractor to to work on some right 762 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:08,720 Speaker 4: field tips and tricks out there? 763 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,000 Speaker 2: Hey, plenty of people in that organization have my phone 764 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 2: number and know that I live twenty five minutes down 765 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,600 Speaker 2: the road, so they they know when they need me 766 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,399 Speaker 2: to call. Just just not in the next week and half. 767 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 2: I won't be in town. 768 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:25,240 Speaker 4: What's uh, what's who's the person down the right field 769 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 4: line there? Or do they throw a center field? Does 770 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,360 Speaker 4: right field throw a center field? 771 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 2: No? Left field throes with centerfield? I always do with 772 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 2: Brockamani okay, or the or the or the or the 773 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:41,320 Speaker 2: foul ball kid. That's a super scary that's. 774 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 4: What that is the insight that we need. 775 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 2: No foul person should never play catch with a major 776 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:46,280 Speaker 2: league player. 777 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,319 Speaker 3: Oh gosh, no, you can't. 778 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 2: You can't get loose. You're just going. 779 00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:56,239 Speaker 1: I'd be I'd be scared. You couldn't pay me to 780 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 1: play catch with. 781 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,439 Speaker 2: Like, there was a few, There is a select few 782 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 2: that were really good. And actually, I tell you what 783 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,320 Speaker 2: with one of the better ones was in the old Arlington, 784 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 2: the old stadium there. They always had gosh. So when 785 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 2: I played left there, they always usually had girls down 786 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 2: the line, and I remember, like every time I go there, 787 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,480 Speaker 2: they must have gotten like some stud softball players from 788 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 2: their colleges. These girls were firing it. Okay, I can 789 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 2: let it go now, a little bit nice. But for 790 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,280 Speaker 2: the most part, no, it's like maybe forty rainbow lobs, 791 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 2: and then I usually just take the last one and 792 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:32,279 Speaker 2: chunk the heck out of it into the stands and 793 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:36,399 Speaker 2: get my arm loose. So he'll have Brockamanni to throw too, 794 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 2: so he'll be all right. 795 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,919 Speaker 1: That'll be cam Smith's first sight on a major league 796 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,000 Speaker 1: field when he runs out on Thursday. On Thursday afternoon 797 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,920 Speaker 1: at Dyke and Park, run straight to Avier Brocamani. The 798 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,960 Speaker 1: one guy you do want to see. If you want 799 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,440 Speaker 1: to see anyone in an astro's uniform, to make you 800 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: feel at ease, to make you feel comfortable, that's Javier Brockamanni, 801 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,439 Speaker 1: the bullpen catch. Cam Smith will play catch with him, 802 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,799 Speaker 1: turn around, be behind Fromerveld. Probably get zero fly ball, 803 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 1: said to him, because Fromber's pitching, his career will start 804 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 1: and we will be covering it all here on Crush 805 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: City Territory. The one podcast that told you from the 806 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: very beginning that Cam Smith would be on the Astros 807 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 1: Opening day roster. Never forget that that you heard it 808 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,239 Speaker 1: here first. Cam Smith Opening Day right fielder for the 809 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 1: Houston Astros. If you liked the analysis, if you liked 810 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,239 Speaker 1: that prediction, if you like anything you hear, please rate 811 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 1: and review us on Apple. 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