1 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Giants manager Tony Bytello is here, and Tony, it's great 2 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,240 Speaker 1: to have you on. We really appreciate the time. We 3 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: really enjoyed our chat with you at the winter meetings, 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: looking forward to this one here, I have sources, so 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: these guys are going to ask most of the questions, 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: but I'm going to start the conversation like this. I 7 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: heard you have the sickest house in Arizona and that 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: is total rock star status out there and the players 9 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: are freaking loving it. 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 2: Well, it's a good setup. 11 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 3: The first year of doing this, there are a lot 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 3: of people that want to join in the fun or 13 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 3: you know, come to games and things like that. So 14 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 3: I want to make sure I could accommodate anybody that's 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 3: coming through town, uh, you know, but also make it 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 3: a place where the coaches could come or certain you know, 17 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 3: group of players wanted to come over. 18 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: We could do that as well. 19 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 3: So but as of late, falling into the spring training routine, 20 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 3: it is very early to bed and very early to rise. 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 4: So what do you what is what is what is 22 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 4: your routine? This is your I mean you're told a 23 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 4: spring training routine because this is really you know, it's 24 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 4: your first year. So what is your routine. Have you 25 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 4: avoided the nap? 26 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 2: Yes, I have. 27 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 5: I have. 28 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 3: Fortunately, Uh, we got about everything you can imagine in 29 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 3: the building for guys, uh, you know, snack wise, energy, energy, drink, 30 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 3: whatever it might be. 31 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: And then there's just a lot of natural energy in 32 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 2: the building. 33 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 3: I think there's a lot of guys here who have 34 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 3: an edge to them about, you know, responding to last year, 35 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 3: whether it be team or individual status, you know, having 36 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 3: a little bit better goal of it this year. 37 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 2: And then our coaching staff is unique. 38 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 3: There's a lot of guys getting an opportunity that that 39 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 3: maybe they couldn't envision the year before. 40 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: So the natural energy has helped for sure. 41 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 3: But the routine, I say that, you know, we're playing 42 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 3: games every day, we got workouts every day. But because 43 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 3: it is my first year, there is kind of still 44 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: a feeling out process of Okay, when do we add 45 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 3: in this meeting, or or when do we accomplish this thing, 46 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 3: or when do we address this. But it's been fun. 47 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 3: It's been a fun set of trial and error circumstances all. 48 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 4: Right, before we get to the team and all the 49 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 4: goals and all that stuff. I texted your bench coach 50 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 4: Chase Tingler, I said, has Tony messed up at all 51 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 4: this year? Because Jase the first time he came to 52 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 4: the team, he gave his clip, his laundry clip to 53 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 4: the GM of the team. So have you like put 54 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 4: your foot in your mouth or like done like a rookie, 55 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 4: a rookie mistake here now in your first few weeks 56 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 4: of being in spring. 57 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: Training, you know, there's so much help. 58 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:53,959 Speaker 3: I don't know that I've been given the opportunity to 59 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 3: screw up too bad to be honest with you know, 60 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 3: I'll illustrate that with one of my biggest mistakes is 61 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 3: I went and bought my own scrubbing bubbles, put them 62 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 3: in a certain area, and they they were the next day, 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 3: they were gone. 64 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 2: They took it away. 65 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 3: I think they knew what I was scheming, trying to 66 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 3: take care of my own deal right there. So you know, 67 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 3: I will say this at Tennessee, if we did anything well, 68 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 3: we had a really unique. 69 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: Culture of. 70 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 3: What what stays in the locker or what goes on 71 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 3: in the locker room stays in there, and we were 72 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 3: just very open with each other. And uh, I don't 73 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 3: know if this group's ready for a couple of my 74 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 3: jokes they've they've they've either fallen on deaf ears or 75 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 3: I've gotten looked at like you're not supposed to say that. 76 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 2: But we'll loosen up as the year goes on. 77 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 6: Now, you just mentioned Tennessee, and I know you got 78 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 6: a couple former players here, Drew Gilbert and Blade Tidwell 79 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 6: and some other guys there that do you You might 80 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 6: have already talked to them, So this is my first 81 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 6: time getting to really meet you. How is that jump 82 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 6: then from straight from college to pro bawl? And do 83 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 6: you kind of seek out guys that you're familiar with 84 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 6: to lean on them a little bit for some some 85 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 6: questions or answers a little behind the scenes because it's 86 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 6: a familiar face, or is it kind of business as 87 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 6: usual you don't want to treat anybody differently. 88 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 5: I guess yeah. 89 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 3: I think Drew's Blade's a smart kid too, but it's 90 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 3: a little easier with the everyday position guys to gather information. 91 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: And Drew's been a great resource as a player at Tennessee, 92 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 3: a player here during the process of you know, being 93 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 3: a potential higher and I think you know, I've leaned 94 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 3: on him a little bit, but also when he's on 95 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 3: the field, even when he was there in Knoxville, kind 96 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 3: of always been harder on him than anybody else because 97 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 3: he can handle it. Now at times you got to 98 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 3: back off because he's so hard on himself. But you know, 99 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 3: the transition has been a little easier because of all 100 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 3: the familiar faces. It's not just those two guys. There's 101 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 3: several guys like Sam Henches. I don't know if you 102 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 3: ever played with Sam Henches, signed him at Arkansas, knew 103 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 3: him very well. Just a lot of other guys through 104 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 3: recruiting or competition, the first round pick from last year, Right, 105 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 3: Sam's a little bit older, but I think there's a 106 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 3: Tennessee guy that yeah, yeah, Gavin Keelyn. Gavin Keelyn's here, 107 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 3: mau Yahuna's here. Uh So, yeah, there's there's a lot 108 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 3: of guys in the building that you know. It's it's 109 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 3: made things a little bit easier, and you know, it's 110 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 3: also been painful too. 111 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:10,799 Speaker 2: And we're playing opponents. 112 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 3: Yesterday, Charlie Connon from Georgia and Jordan Beck from Tennessee 113 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 3: both combined to score the first run against us. So yeah, 114 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 3: it's been interesting. These guys are just older, smarter, and 115 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 3: maybe even a little bit stronger. 116 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 4: Have you watched your old school, have you watched the 117 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 4: college baseball as it started, or is it something that 118 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 4: you've been able to turn it off and focus solely 119 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: on big league stuff. 120 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not an intentional I'm only gonna focus on this. 121 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 3: It's just kind of organically happened that way. With again, 122 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 3: I mentioned visitors. You know that'll be sorry for a 123 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 3: personal tangent, but it'll be important to say no at 124 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 3: times during the season. 125 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: I can already since that. 126 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 3: But with how many people have come to Scottsdale, visited 127 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 3: former Giants players, just getting to know all these people 128 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,559 Speaker 3: and also trying to do a quality job up here, 129 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 3: I've had my hands full. So Coach Van Horn and 130 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 3: I were going back and forth about something non baseball, 131 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 3: and I said, are you guys playing well? And I 132 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 3: was like, oh, man, I hope I'm not saying that 133 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 3: right after a day they lost or. 134 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 2: Anything like that. 135 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 3: I kind of had no idea how things were going 136 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 3: for them, but I would think eventually, you know, I'd 137 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 3: be able to settle in and catch up a little 138 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 3: bit on college ball. 139 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 4: All right, the game is based on superstars. You have 140 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 4: a superstar in Rafael Devers. What kind of ability have 141 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 4: you had to communicate with him, especially hearing you know, ah, 142 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 4: you know, some of the stuff that happened in Boston 143 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 4: last year, precipitating the fact that he got traded was 144 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 4: based around communication. How has that been for you communicating 145 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 4: with one of your best players. 146 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 3: It's been comedic. I don't know if is you know what. 147 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 3: I'm a big stand up comedy fan, and I know 148 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 3: those guys have to work just as hard as actors 149 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 3: or baseball players, and timing is really important. I don't 150 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 3: know if he's doing it on purpose, but his timing 151 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 3: is really good with some of the drop ends he's 152 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 3: got or the answers. And I know we're talking about 153 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: big o' hitter, but comedy is literally the first thing 154 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 3: that comes to mind. So when people are laughing, it 155 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 3: makes it easier to get along and and form a 156 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 3: relationship or you know, just communicate in general. But I think, 157 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 3: you know, kind of like I've learned, there's so much 158 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 3: help around here. When Wash is working with him on 159 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 3: the infield, Hunter and Ob have been with him in 160 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 3: the cage a bunch. My job's been easy just to 161 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 3: get to know him and some of the other guys 162 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 3: a little bit better. 163 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 2: And if I see. 164 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 3: Something that I think I can help him with, you know, 165 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 3: I'll give that input. But he's kinda he's kind of 166 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 3: shown in attitude, like a lot of other guys, of 167 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 3: a desire for improvement in certain areas and including defensively 168 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 3: at first base, even on the basis So I've just 169 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 3: kind of been complimentary to the other coaches to this point, 170 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 3: and I think you know, I've gotten along with him 171 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 3: as well as you know the other guys, and you 172 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 3: don't have to go far to know that the guy's 173 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: a great teammate. 174 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 2: I said it the other day to the media's. 175 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 3: Alex Bregman's probably got as good of a brain in 176 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 3: this for this game as anybody, and I know he's 177 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 3: a huge Raffi fan and vice versa. 178 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: Hey, Tony, I'm going to relate Rafi to another player 179 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: on your squad new to the party here, like you, 180 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: Luisa Rise? So do you look at a player like 181 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: a Rise? And I guess we can still talk about 182 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: Devers here and be like, what was I missing? 183 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 7: Right? 184 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: The Red Sox did ultimately trade Devers away and for 185 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: a Rise. A lot of teams said no this offseason. 186 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: So do you look at two guys like that, of 187 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: course and say, hey, I'm grateful they're on my side, 188 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: but do you also question, like, why the heck were 189 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: these guys one traded as a superstar and one not 190 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 1: looked at by many teams in the offseason. 191 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, sorry to be Johnny College here, But recruiting is 192 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 3: all about a match. And if there's any kids you know, 193 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 3: watching a lot of times you're you're looking for the 194 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 3: shiniest object, or the best sales pitch, or who's got 195 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 3: the best Nike uniforms or whatever it might be, or 196 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 3: any any brand uniform you know, and it's really more 197 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 3: about match. Who do you vibe with? Where are you 198 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 3: going to become the best version of yourself? So it's 199 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 3: vice versa two at Tennessee or other colleges or major 200 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 3: league organizations. I think it's the same thing as what's 201 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 3: what's the best place for you? And then again college 202 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 3: stuff now it's nil, but scholarship back in the day 203 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 3: was you have to manage money and you have to 204 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 3: manage your rosters. So there's so many moving parts that 205 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 3: go into a guy landing in an organization. And then 206 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 3: also it's got to be a match for it to 207 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 3: be the best thing for that organization and that player, 208 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 3: And you know, I can only go off present experience. 209 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 3: A rise covers a lot of blind spots for us, 210 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 3: and then also he brings a lot of intangibles every 211 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 3: day to. 212 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 2: The park with his energy. 213 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 3: I say at the other day to the media, and 214 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 3: I was like, oh, man, I hope they know I 215 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 3: was saying this is a positive. 216 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 2: He kind of. 217 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 5: No twisted. 218 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 3: I've kind of sized up who's looking to twist things 219 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 3: and who's willing to just listen. But but that's another topic. 220 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 3: He's like a walk on out there the way he 221 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 3: plays the game, and I think you guys can relate 222 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 3: to that and understand where I'm coming from because of 223 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 3: your backgrounds. 224 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 6: I like that. Now, speaking of matches, did it not? 225 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 6: We know you have a little connection in friendship going 226 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 6: with Max Scherzer. Yeah, the match not fit. How hard 227 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 6: did you try to get your friend to come in 228 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 6: here and be on this staff and help you out 229 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 6: a little bit? 230 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 5: Yeah? 231 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 3: We we never really cross that line. I don't know 232 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 3: if his mutual respect or probably. 233 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 5: More my risks with pleasure. 234 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I. 235 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 3: Would always joke with everyone like they'd ask, and I'm like, 236 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 3: it's not like I'm inviting this guy to a Halloween party, 237 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 3: you know, or a social event. It's uh again, it's 238 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 3: got to be a match, and there's contracts and things involved, 239 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 3: and I just know there was a really good go 240 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 3: back and forth between he and the Blue Jays and 241 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 3: immense appreciation for one another. You know, it's not my 242 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 3: business to say his deal, but he's pretty East Coast 243 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 3: flavored right now with you know, both both sets of 244 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 3: parents or grandparents are there. 245 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 2: They got four kids. 246 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 5: Match for him. 247 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a great match. So I'm happy for him. 248 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 3: And the group chat smack talk has already started. But 249 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 3: it's all very lighthearted. 250 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 5: All right. 251 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 4: One of the things that new rules that Major League 252 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 4: Baseball institute this year is third and first base coaches 253 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 4: have to stay in the boxes because of fear of 254 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 4: pitch tipping. How much pitch tipping was going on in 255 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 4: or fear of pitch tipping was going on in college, 256 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 4: because I remember back, I mean I didn't play at 257 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 4: a Division one level, but when I was in college, 258 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 4: I heard Division one guys in summer ball talking about, oh, 259 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 4: we went into this place. They had a camera set 260 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 4: up in the house across the street that was focused 261 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 4: on the fingers of the catcher, Like, how much of 262 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 4: that is still going on in college baseball? 263 00:11:58,480 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 2: Yeah enough. 264 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 3: One of the guys I'm mentioned earlier, his you know, 265 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 3: his prowess on the field was being doubted, and you know, 266 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 3: is it technology or whatever? 267 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 2: The guy can hit. 268 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 3: But going back more specific to your question, I think 269 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 3: it's like everything else in the big leagues. These the 270 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 3: players in college are really physical. These guys are a 271 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 3: little more physical. The players in college now are more experience, 272 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 3: they've played more baseball. These guys are more It was 273 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 3: going on a ton in college. The technology there because 274 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 3: you've got college football fans paying good money for one 275 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 3: hundred thousand seat stadium. All the bells and whistles are 276 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 3: there too, and the desire to win, and quite frankly, 277 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 3: the kind of the cutthroat business it's become. It's like 278 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 3: the big leagues in every category. It's just a little 279 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 3: bit lower level because minor league teams have been taken away. 280 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 3: I keep saying there should be a closer marriage between 281 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 3: college and MLB because it's basically like low a baseball 282 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 3: or however you want to phrase it's it's a minor 283 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 3: league feeder to major league Baseball. And I say that 284 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 3: with comfort because I think everything you see at the 285 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 3: major league level, it's going on at college level, maybe 286 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 3: just to a little bit lesser extent, and I think 287 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 3: it applies to that as well. 288 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 1: Tony, thank you so much for the time. We appreciate that. 289 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: Notes busy out there, and you don't need to hear 290 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: this from me, but I'm gonna say it anyway. 291 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 5: Keep being you. 292 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm loving you know the way that you're doing media 293 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: interviews and everything else. It's entertaining, it's fresh, and it's real. 294 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: So thanks man, good luck this season. We'll chat with 295 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: you at some point. 296 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 3: All right, thank you guys so much. Sorry, I got 297 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 3: bad AirPod heres. My AirPods always pop out, so maybe 298 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 3: I get an nil. 299 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 2: Deal with them during the season. If we win any games. 300 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: We can work on that for you. We'll collab on 301 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: that one. 302 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 5: Thanks Tony. 303 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 2: All right, appreciate you all. Take care. 304 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: Let's do a season preview on the San Francisco Giants 305 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: while we're at their camp. We'll look at additions and 306 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: subtractions for this team. They're trying to get out of 307 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: mediocrity range. Luisa Rise added Harrison Bader to man center field, 308 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: some pitching depth with Tyler Molly and Adrian Hauser. Verlander 309 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: moved on. They traded Doval and Rogers last year. Yaz 310 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: didn't come back. So there's your additions and subtractions, Kip, 311 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: what do you got for us? You're at camp right now. 312 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: San Francisco's looking up at a team that they wish 313 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: they were right now in the Dodgers. Everybody does. They're 314 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: the dynasty at the moment before them. You could maybe call, 315 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: you know, what Houston was doing somewhat of a dynasty, 316 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: and then you can definitely point back to the Giants 317 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: winning three titles in five years. They had it, they 318 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: had it going. Can they get it back? 319 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 6: Talking to Chapman a little earlier, I do like what 320 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 6: they've been doing. Bringing in a little bit older guys 321 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 6: with Arias saddamis a lot of these guys I think 322 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 6: will help lengthen this lineup. I think it'll give them 323 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 6: a little bit more of professional bats throughout the entire lineup, 324 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 6: allow those young guys to kind of he's in or 325 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 6: not put as much pressure on them. But to me, 326 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 6: this team goes as far as Devers goes, I think 327 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 6: you need to get him back into a full season 328 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 6: of him where he's healthy, happy and hitting the way 329 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 6: that he always has really up until this point. So 330 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 6: I think he's the catalyst for the lineup, as he 331 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 6: would be in most lineups. But I think this offense 332 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 6: and this team goes as far as he goes, you're 333 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 6: gonna need some quality pitching. You know that they're not 334 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 6: gonna back down from anybody in this division, but you're 335 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 6: gonna have to be on your game if you want 336 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 6: to mess with the big dogs at the top his division. Unfortunately, 337 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 6: that's just the way the Dodgers are a position. But 338 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 6: I think as if they stay healthy, if a Riot 339 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 6: is getting on base, maybe at the top of the order, 340 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 6: and Chapman's healthy doing what he does, there's gonna be 341 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 6: a lot of RBIs out there for Devers. But they're 342 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 6: gonna need that for this offense to kind of score 343 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 6: runs to compete with those other teams. 344 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 4: If we're talking about this team in this division, not 345 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 4: even in this league, the National League. Ron Washington was 346 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 4: just doing talking about all this hard work, hard work. 347 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 4: It just seems like you pushed all in with Devers 348 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 4: and you're like, yeah, we got them. Essentially, they the 349 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 4: Red Sox didn't really want anybody because they've gotten rid 350 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 4: of everybody that except for one pitcher that they traded 351 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 4: for him. So they took that salary on. That was 352 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 4: their big move offensively. To me, they got to finish 353 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 4: with the They got to finish with this rotation. This 354 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 4: is how you win in San Francisco. I don't think 355 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 4: Buster Posey is like, oh no, we're gonna win with offense. 356 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 4: I think the offense is where it needs to be. 357 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 4: I don't think they needed any big moves. And then 358 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 4: they added a rise. I think the Batter move was good. 359 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 4: I don't think you're going to get the same thing 360 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 4: you got last year out of Beata. It'll be closer 361 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 4: to especially in San fran closer to what he normally did. 362 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 4: Last year was a career year. To me, it was 363 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 4: that rotation. To me, there's a lot of guys for 364 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 4: them to make that move. That would have maybe pushed 365 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 4: them up a little bit, because right now you have 366 00:16:55,200 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 4: Sion candidate Logan Web and you have Robby Ray's. 367 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 2: Gonna give you some good innings. 368 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 4: You're gonna have maybe Tyler Maley's gonna be in there 369 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 4: and giving you something. Adrian Hauser is probably that consistent, 370 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 4: high value in San Francisco type of pitcher where he's 371 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 4: gonna get some balls on the ground for you that 372 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 4: are gonna get those easy outs. But there's just too 373 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 4: much in that three four five range that is a 374 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 4: question mark for me, and I thought that Buster Posey 375 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 4: was gonna address it. But if you also look back 376 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 4: at the times that Buster Posey was there, they had 377 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 4: those guys from within, they had Matt Kine from within, 378 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 4: had ten ten Linse to come from within, and then 379 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 4: later on they were winning from got with guys from 380 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 4: the outside and Madison Bumgarter. So to me, I just 381 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 4: I feel like I felt like there was one more 382 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 4: move and it didn't have to be Framber. It didn't 383 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 4: have to be you know, the Ranger Suarez type of move. 384 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 4: But I thought, Zach Allen knows the league, I thought 385 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 4: that type of move would have pushed this team to 386 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 4: be a playoff team because currently I don't know. I 387 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 4: think they're on the outside looking in. 388 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,239 Speaker 5: Yeah, I agree with you a little bit. 389 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 6: I think, uh, like I said, there's a lot of 390 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 6: stuff that probably needs to go right for this team 391 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 6: to be there at the end. But bringing in Ron Washington, 392 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 6: bringing in some of these older guys, I think they're 393 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 6: gonna play a better brand of baseball. 394 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 5: Though. 395 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 6: I think they're gonna not shoot themselves in the foot 396 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 6: like a young team might. I think they're gonna they're 397 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 6: gonna force you to have to beat them. They're not 398 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 6: gonna lose it themselves. So I like out They're just 399 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 6: they're getting a little bit more mature with their approach 400 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 6: and their lineup. 401 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 5: So we'll see. 402 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 2: We'll see. 403 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,239 Speaker 6: They've got some they've got some interesting pieces, and if 404 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 6: things go right, they are gonna be a tough team 405 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 6: to beat. 406 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 2: But they are gonna need some things to go right. 407 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: Kratz, I'm with you on the rotation side. Let's look 408 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: at the projected starting lineup here and I'll read it 409 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: out for people listening on the podcast. So they signed 410 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: a rise. He's gonna play second. He's a one tool guy, 411 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: We get it right. It's contact. He's got a hit tool, 412 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: not gonna walk a ton, not going to play the 413 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: best defense, not going to run the bases like a 414 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: speed demon. But does he take advantage of a big 415 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 1: ass outfield. 416 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 5: I think so. 417 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 1: I think that ninety nine ohps plus from last year 418 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: goes more towards the one to fifteen range. Devers comfy 419 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: in there for a full first season with the Giants. 420 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,880 Speaker 1: A Domis Chapman, Jung Hu Lee. I think this will 421 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: eat some pressure off him. Center field was not his 422 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: spot right, that was not scouted correctly. Corner outfield should 423 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: be a better place for him. Elliott Ramos who had 424 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: a pretty nice year and really good the year before. 425 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 5: We've talked about him. 426 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: Bader out there in center. Bryce Eldrids is a huge 427 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 1: X factor because he's a massive hitting prospect that you're 428 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: looking at a forty two oh ps plus number that's 429 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,120 Speaker 1: not real, it's in five seconds of played appearances. But 430 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: I mean that could be a big impact. And then 431 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: Patrick Bailey is definitely more of a glove first guy. 432 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,719 Speaker 1: So thoughts here, Yeah, thoughts here, Kratz. 433 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 4: I mean, for me, I would disagree with what Up said. 434 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,959 Speaker 4: He said, this lineup goes by Raffie Devers. No, this 435 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,719 Speaker 4: lineup like you have to have his one forty oh 436 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 4: ps plus. You have to have him at his career numbers, 437 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 4: not like ooh, he's carrying them. Like, to me, that's 438 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 4: that's ground zero. I think the big splash here, not 439 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 4: to be pun intended. In San Francisco, what does Bryce 440 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 4: Eldrid do? What does he do when he comes in. 441 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 4: It's a lot to put on a young kid. But 442 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 4: if they're going to give him one hundred and fifty 443 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 4: to two hundred a bat leeway at the DH spot, 444 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 4: and I'm not saying they are, I'm saying that's what's projected. 445 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 4: If they're gonna give him that leeway, that's a you know, 446 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 4: that's thirty forty percent of the season at the DH position. 447 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 4: If he can figure out how to hit twenty five 448 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 4: home runs in San Francisco and I say twenty five, 449 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 4: everyone else will be like, he's got forty home run power. 450 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 4: Let's pump the brakes in San Francisco. The first guy 451 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 4: to do it since Barry Bonds was William Damas last year. 452 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 4: So to me, it's a lot to put on Bryce Eldridge, 453 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 4: but it's something that has to happen. To me, they 454 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 4: haven't projected right there, eighth in the lineup. If he's 455 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 4: not hitting fourth or fifth in this lineup, I feel 456 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 4: like maybe they missed on trying to add a DH 457 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 4: missed on adding a veteran type of DH, which I'm 458 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 4: totally fine with because I've seen he has ridiculous power. 459 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 4: But they got to give him a long enough runway, 460 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 4: and I don't know if that runway at DH is 461 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 4: gonna be fair to the team because they need him 462 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 4: to hit. I think he can, but it's there's a 463 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 4: lot of pressure on him. I think Patrick Bailey when 464 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 4: he showed me in the last month and a half 465 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 4: of the season, I think he could hit twelve to 466 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 4: fifteen home runs. He didn't hit anything early in the season. 467 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 4: So for me, I'm looking at that projected lineup and 468 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 4: I go the bottom of the order has to lift 469 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 4: this order to be able to say, Okay, well, we're 470 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 4: just not gonna throw to Raffie Devers because you're not 471 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 4: going to hit many home runs out of this ballpark. 472 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 4: We're just gonna mitigate our way through the lineup. If 473 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 4: I'm an opposing team and say, we're just not going 474 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 4: to let the big boys beat us. 475 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: Matt Chapman joining us right now, Matt, we really appreciate 476 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: the time. Thanks for joining us house camp. And also 477 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to kind of enter the conversation this way 478 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: because you've been with this team back when you know, 479 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: there wasn't as much success and there weren't as many 480 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: guys like a Domis and other big names Devers that 481 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: came through. Is it more fun like this version of 482 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: the Giants You've got some of these star names. Tony 483 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: Vaytello pops in like there's got to be a little 484 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: more flavor to camp, right, you. 485 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 7: Know, going back to twenty twenty four, my first season 486 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 7: with the Giants, I love the organization. I really enjoyed 487 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 7: playing here and I know that. You know, I had 488 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 7: talks with Buster. You know, he wanted me to stay here. 489 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 7: The front office wanted me to stay here, and Buster 490 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 7: pretty much just laid it out for me that they 491 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 7: want to compete, they want to win the division, they 492 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 7: want to compete for a world series. So you know 493 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 7: that doesn't just you know, start and stop with me 494 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 7: that you know it started obviously they had Webby and 495 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 7: some guys here as well, but bringing in trading for 496 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 7: Robbie Ray, signing me, bringing you know, signing Willia Damas, 497 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 7: trading for Raffi Devers. So you can kind of see 498 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 7: it building. You can kind of see the foundation they're building. 499 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 7: Then we go and get Baier and Riah's. 500 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 4: Buster stepped in when he still wasn't the GM. Some 501 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 4: people don't understand he wasn't quite the GM. He was 502 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 4: working with the front office. Was that encouraging to you? 503 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 4: Was that confusing to you? But it ultimately, like you said, 504 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 4: kind of got the contract across the across the finish. 505 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 5: Line right, one hundred percent. No, it was. 506 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 7: Uh, it was definitely something I hadn't experienced before. But 507 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 7: I knew I wanted to be with the Giants. You know, 508 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,959 Speaker 7: I was coming off a big year in twenty four Uh. 509 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 7: Could I have gone to Free Agency, Yeah, and tested it, 510 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 7: and you know, who knows what would have happened, But 511 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 7: I know where I wanted to be, and talking with Buster. 512 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 7: We were already in talks with the Giants trying to 513 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 7: work out an extension, so it didn't come out of nowhere. 514 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 7: You know, Scott and Farhan had been work working on 515 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 7: a deal for a while. But sometimes those things don't 516 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 7: always you know, work on the timeline that you wanted to. 517 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 7: And I actually was talking with Buster and I went 518 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 7: over to his house and we were talking about the 519 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 7: future of the Giants more than anything, and kind of 520 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 7: his vision and where he saw this team going in 521 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 7: the next few years. And then we kind of brushed 522 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 7: over the contract thing at the end, and you know, 523 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 7: it kind of I think it just kind of sped 524 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 7: the process up and it got kind of all four 525 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 7: of us together and on the same page, and then 526 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 7: we hammered it out. So it was really cool to 527 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 7: be able to feel like I got to, you know, 528 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 7: take part in that, and I you know, I wouldn't 529 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 7: have done it if I didn't think Buster wanted to win. 530 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 7: And you see now all the moves they've made and 531 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 7: what we've done to put ourselves in a position to win, 532 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 7: and you know, I'm still a firm believer. This is 533 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 7: just kind of the beginning of, you know, something really 534 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 7: great with the Giants. So you know that's those are 535 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 7: the main reasons why you know, I signed up. 536 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 2: Now going off those moves. 537 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 6: Because we talked a little bit off air before you 538 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 6: got on about some of the veteran guys that we 539 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 6: brought in, But I want to talk about one of 540 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 6: the veteran guys, Ron Wash. How sore are your hamshrinsing 541 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 6: back from the morning ground balls? You gotta do every 542 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 6: single morning. Yeah, we're tell us about it. We are sore, 543 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 6: we are sore. There there's no shortage of grounders. But 544 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 6: you know the thing I love about Washes. I had 545 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 6: him in Oakland. It was which is crazy, like let coming. Yeah, 546 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 6: like the eleven spring trainings ago. 547 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 7: My first big league camp was with the A's in 548 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 7: twenty sixteen, and Wash was doing infield work. 549 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 5: My time slots a little later than it used to be. 550 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 7: Then, Uh, you know I don't have to go meet 551 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 7: him out at six forty five morning to do grounders. 552 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,719 Speaker 7: But the thing about Washes, regardless of you know, the 553 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 7: health issues or how long he's been in the game, 554 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,239 Speaker 7: the passion is still there. You know you're gonna when 555 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 7: you're with him, you work. You know, he pushes you, 556 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 7: he wants you know, he wants to get you better. 557 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 7: And you know, I think everybody can appreciate how genuine 558 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 7: he is and like the it's cool to see that 559 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 7: somebody that's been in the game as long as him, 560 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 7: you know, he really cares and how much passion he has. 561 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 7: And it's like this dude shows up every morning. He's 562 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 7: getting after it. It's not fake and you're getting the 563 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 7: same guy every single morning. Uh, I got to play 564 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 7: with him or in Atlanta at least for a spring training. 565 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 7: So I got my last year in twenty one, so 566 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 7: I got to be very, very familiar with the ground ball. 567 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, back in back in Hamstrings were not aware of 568 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 6: what the wash time no routine would be. We were saying, 569 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 6: we were saying off the air, if you want to 570 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 6: sign some some more free agents. 571 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 7: Just start a swear jar by wash. Yeah, he'll pay 572 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 7: for a bunch of the free agents. Yeah, what can 573 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 7: you tell us though? 574 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 6: We were talking again, let's go back to some of 575 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 6: these signings and new guys that you guys have brought in. 576 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 6: Who are you most excited about to team up with 577 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 6: this year or get a full season of? And what 578 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 6: can you tell us about what you guys are looking 579 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 6: forward to accomplish this year? 580 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean it's hard to put pick one player probably, 581 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 7: you know, I think the biggest thing that I would 582 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 7: like to see is, you know, all the the Dever's drama. 583 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 5: You know, behind all that, you know that was kind 584 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 5: of a weird situation. 585 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 7: But you know, for Raffi, you know, he came in 586 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 7: from day one and was amazing unreal teammate. You know, 587 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 7: great person, works really hard, so I know he started 588 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 7: slow with us. 589 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 5: There's a lot going on, a lot of a transition period. 590 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 7: But the thing I'm most excited for is probably just 591 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 7: to see him a full season and just see you know, 592 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 7: he's you know, when he's him, he's a catalyst for 593 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 7: any team. You know, and he carries the offense, so 594 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 7: you know, we fully expect to help him out and 595 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 7: you know, not put you know, the load on his shoulders. 596 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 7: But I'm excited to see what he can do for 597 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 7: us in the middle of our lineup every single day 598 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 7: and just makes us so much better. And I mean, 599 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 7: our goals is to win the division. You know, it 600 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 7: doesn't matter who's in your division. You know, we we're 601 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 7: gonna accept the challenge no matter who's who we play, 602 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 7: and we want to win the division and we want 603 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 7: to win a World Series, So it doesn't matter, you know, 604 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 7: if the Dodgers are our division. We have a tough division. 605 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 7: Padres everybody. I mean, d Backs are great too, so 606 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 7: we welcome the challenge. We expect to win every day 607 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,959 Speaker 7: we take the field, doesn't matter who we play. So 608 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 7: that's our mindset and I'm just excited to to go 609 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 7: out there. 610 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 5: And do it. 611 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 6: So I was kind of hoping. I was that should 612 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 6: be the motto of every year, the fresh start. We 613 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 6: want to go as far as this team can go. 614 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 6: You're not scared of anybody. You don't back down from anybody. 615 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 6: You've been doing this a long enough time. You said 616 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 6: this is your tenth year. 617 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:16,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, tenth tenth seasons, ninth full season. 618 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 6: And I think with the hand inflammation some other stuff, 619 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 6: you played your least amount of games this last season 620 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 6: at one hundred and twenty eight or so. Yeah, that 621 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 6: people don't know. That's sometimes that's the most games people 622 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 6: playing a season. So you've been one of the more 623 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 6: reliable guys. How do you take care of your body? 624 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 6: What is it about your routine that allows you to 625 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 6: play so many games every year? 626 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 7: For sure, it's I mean it's definitely a grind, you know, 627 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 7: getting yourself ready every day. There's you know, how it 628 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 7: goes you're on the road, or you know, quick turnarounds, 629 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 7: or maybe you had a big night the night before. 630 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 5: Who knows, man, but you know, or you got stuff 631 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 5: going on at home. 632 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 7: You know, we have people have lives too, so there's 633 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 7: a lot of kid on the way, yeap, second kid 634 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 7: on the way, so super excited. But it's you know, 635 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 7: it takes a lot to be able to tow it 636 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 7: up every day and get yourself ready. But luckily, over 637 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 7: the years, I've kind of built a good routine of 638 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,959 Speaker 7: you know where it's like, you know, if you have 639 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 7: time and you have a big day and you have 640 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 7: energy and you feel good, you know, I have one 641 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 7: that is a longer routine or a workout and stuff. 642 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 7: But then on the days that you're not, you know, 643 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 7: you might just want to save your energy more for 644 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 7: the game. 645 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 5: You know. 646 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 7: I have a short, a short, little routine, whatever I 647 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 7: can do to get my body right. You know, I 648 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 7: had an injury in twenty twenty. I ended up having 649 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 7: hip surgery, and I think that was kind of something 650 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 7: that kind of made me start taking care of my 651 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 7: body better and realizing that, like, you know, I didn't Luckily, 652 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 7: I didn't miss any time because I got it all 653 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 7: done in the off season. But like that kind of 654 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 7: put my attention to hey man, even if even if 655 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 7: you you know, you're tired, whatever it is, it's like, 656 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 7: you know, I have my checkpoint. 657 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 5: I get my arm ready to throw. 658 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 7: I get my hips and back like legs ready to 659 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 7: run and do stuff, and then my core ready to swing. 660 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 7: So it's like having those little check marks to go 661 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 7: out there and play every single day. And unfortunately, the 662 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 7: you know, knock on wood. But the only injuries I've 663 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 7: had have been of freak ones where last year I 664 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 7: dove back into the bag and tore those ligaments or 665 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 7: anything about those No, and that sucked because we were 666 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 7: starting to roll. I was playing really well, and you know, 667 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 7: it just sucks having to watch, you know, watch the 668 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 7: guys play when you want to help. 669 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 6: At what age did you kind of switch because you 670 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 6: always heard about like maybe around the age of thirty 671 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 6: you start switching from maybe more weight training to stretching. 672 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, have you made that switch? Probably? 673 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 7: I would say probably in twenty twenty four was like 674 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 7: thirty was right, Yeah, thirty, It is like thirty one, 675 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 7: and I feel like. 676 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 6: I'm as strong as I need to be. I know 677 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 6: how strong I need to be to play this game. 678 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 5: I need to be loose and yeah, yeah, one hundred percent. 679 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 7: You focus more on you know, maybe some speed stuff 680 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 7: and then you're getting more mobile. 681 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 5: Because that was that was when I realized was. 682 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 7: Like, you know, maybe maybe I'm more tired towards the 683 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 7: end of the year because I'm lifting too much and 684 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 7: working out hard. You know, you find that balance, like 685 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 7: you want to maintain and stay strong, but also you 686 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 7: know we want to play late into October and you 687 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 7: want to stay fresh man. 688 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 6: Well, we thank you for your time, thank you for 689 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 6: joining us. 690 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 2: We will keep it too long to keep some of 691 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 2: that jury. 692 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, hopefully hopefully you guys heard me live TV. Yeah, 693 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 5: you never know. This is what we were quick though 694 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 5: we did. It was great. Thanks Matt, thanks for having 695 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 5: me appreciate it.