WEBVTT - D’backs 3B Nolan Arenado joins FT 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:09.240 He's actually in the intro there. 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:12.000 Nolan Ironato joining us right now, new member of the 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:14.640 Arizona Diamondbacks. Nolan, great to see you man, and has 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:17.759 the off season going for you getting set up for 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:18.520 a new spot. 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:21.640 Yeah, it's going great, man, Thanks you guys for having me. 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:26.319 I'm excited back in talking Stick for spring training, which 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:30.120 is great and uh no, man, I'm excited. Great young team. 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:30.880 It should be fun. 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:34.879 Oh yeah, I forgot right, you know, talking Stick pretty well. 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:38.159 Confused, He's gonna get confused. He's gonna go in the 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:40.400 wrong door. He's gonna park on the Rocky Side, and 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:42.760 he's not gonna realize he has to go to the Diamondback. 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:44.840 So he's gonna walk in the wrong door. He's gonna 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:46.320 open the door and there he's gonna go. Wait, these 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.680 aren't the Rockies, I remember, Sorry, strong door. 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:51.960 I did drive by. I usually stop at the Starbucks 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:53.560 right there, and then I kind of did go around 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:55.279 the Rocky Side first, and I had to go make 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:57.160 a big of big loop, so I did kind of 0:00:57.160 --> 0:00:59.440 toss of the old way I used to. 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:03.080 So is that why you agreed then to go to 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.000 the Diamondbacks Because they had the same spring training side 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:07.640 is the Rockies. So you felt at home. 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:10.720 Yeah, it felt close to home, you know, obviously being 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:13.479 in Scottsdale for sure, But no, I mean I picked 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:15.600 that team because it's, like I said, it's close to 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:17.960 home being in Arizona. You know, I'm from Orange County. 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:22.200 And then also it's a great young team with great 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:26.600 young players, and it'll be nice to be surrounded by 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.080 guys like that, and being a veteran player, you know, 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:31.240 as you know, as veteran players, it's nice to be 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.240 surrounded by a young group. It makes you feel younger 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:35.680 and kind of just helps you boosts you up a 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:37.240 little bit. And I'm excited about that. 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:41.320 How tough was that was? This decision? Obviously, you know 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:45.360 we hear rumors, but only you go through and actually know, like, oh, 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:49.080 I was really thinking about these different decisions and how much, 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:51.440 how long or how tough was it to weigh those 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:52.320 different decisions. 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:55.280 I mean it was pretty tough. I mean obviously, we 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:56.880 built our you know, we built our family. You know, 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:58.680 we had our babies in Saint Louis. You know, we 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.960 had our family there and you know, we had a 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.000 great house, great we lived in a great neighborhood. And 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:06.560 you know, honestly, when I opted in in twenty two, 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:08.440 I thought that would probably be where I ended, you know, 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:11.000 I finished my career. But as you guys know baseball, 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:15.079 things happened fast and things change and it just comes 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.679 with the territory. And you know, I think with where 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.640 they're headed, and I thought a fresh start for myself 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:23.760 would be great also, So you know, I just saw 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:25.720 it as an opportunity to go play show who I 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:27.239 am and I'm excited for the season. 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:29.400 Nolan, How does that work? 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:31.200 Did the Cardinals come to you and say, hey, we 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.760 got an opportunity for you or did you or did 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:35.440 they get because you see in other sports, you don't 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.000 really say it in baseball very often, right, You see 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:39.760 it in some sports where they say, hey, we'll allow 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.200 whoever quarterback to find his own trader. In the NBA 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:45.640 will allow whoever to find their own trade. Did the 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:47.440 Cardinals come to you and say, hey, if you can 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:49.080 find a place you're happy, or did you give them 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.720 a list of teams that you said, hey, I'll go to. 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:55.640 Because you know, your situation is so unique where you 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.080 said no to Houston from what we heard, right, and 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.760 then Arizona came and you said, yeah, I'll go there. 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.440 So how does that start? How does that conversation start? 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.040 Well, I started I like the end of the season, 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.760 like right before the season ended. Me and him met 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.840 and we talked about, how, give me a list of 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.560 teams that you'd be willing to and I gave them 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:16.960 the teams that you know i'd be willing to leave, 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.040 you know, that I would move to. And it's just 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:22.320 kind of like some of those teams are interested, some 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.320 of them aren't. Some of them don't want to give 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:26.920 up what they want, you know, all those things, the 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:29.480 money and all. You know, it's a pretty complicated process, 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:31.600 to be honest with you, but you know, honestly, having 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:33.639 a full note trade cause is probably the greatest thing 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:39.760 for a player to have. And I just thought, you know, 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.240 I knew that I didn't play great last year obviously, 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:43.960 dealt with some injuries, and I also didn't perform the 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:45.480 way I wanted, so I could see how teams some 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:47.680 teams didn't want me, So you know, I just wanted 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.920 an opportunity to go somewhere, and Arizona showed interest pretty early, 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.520 and I saw that as a place that you know, 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:55.680 I've played in Chase Field for so long. Obviously playing 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.320 with the Rockies, I know the NLS, and I felt 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.480 very comfortable, and obviously moving my family there was kind 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:02.160 of a no brainer. 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:06.080 It's playing third part of that and the part about 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:09.080 Chase Field. I looked up your numbers at Chase Field 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.600 your first two years. You were kind of since then, 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.240 You're right, you kill it in Chase Field. See, I 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:17.160 get it. You feel a little feel a little sexy 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.000 in that sense. But playing third did that matter a 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.960 lot because we heard we heard possibly a Padres moving 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.560 to first base. And when you're having those discussions, do 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.240 they say, hey, you know this team would want you, 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:30.520 but it's as a first baseman and that's part of 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:31.120 your decision. 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.080 Well, there was definitely comfort in like playing you know, 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.080 just sticking at third base and that's what I want 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.240 to play. But I was very open playing first. I 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:41.920 like it. I love taking grumble I mean, I love 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.440 taking grumballs anywhere, but I love teaing grumballs. At first. 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:46.800 I would do anything, you know, whatever they asked. I 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.359 didn't mind, you know, Like I said, Arizona was just 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:52.440 a place that showed the most interest and uh, it 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.480 was obviously one of my yesses of the team listed 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:57.039 that I sent, and uh so I just said, yeah, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:58.360 I mean, if you can get it done, then I'm 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.360 good to go. So if Arizona would a told me me, hey, 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:02.080 we need you to play first base, I would have been like, 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.040 that's no problem. I would have no problem with it. 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:05.599 I know what happened. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.400 You wanted to live in the same city for spring 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:08.800 training and the season. 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:09.320 That's smart. 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:16.320 That's like going to Arizona. Yeah, definitely, And so you 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:17.919 can get home too if you need to get home 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.120 in your class. But I mean, I know we're harping 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:23.720 on this, but it's just such a unique situation. Last year, 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:25.839 the rumors were you're going to Houston, and then you 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:27.800 say no, and then everyone's like this, Nolan ar Not 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:29.919 is a terrible human being because he doesn't want to 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:30.520 go to Houston. 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:31.800 He doesn't want to win. Right. 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:33.679 I've known you for a long time. I've known nothing 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.960 about other than you want to win, and you're a 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.000 great dude, and you want to compete and you teach 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.839 young guys and you come to work every day. Do 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:42.920 those feelings hurt you a little bit when you see 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.799 that stuff? Because someone that knows you from the outside. 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.320 I know that's not true. I know you want to 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:48.800 win and I know you want to be on a 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:49.680 good team. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:54.760 Yeah, I mean, obviously, I think I think when trade 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:56.560 stuff like this comes up and you have a full 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.800 no trade and you know, you obviously wish it doesn't 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.000 come to the public, but it's just going to because 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:03.919 you know, it's part of the business and it just 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.200 you know, things get shared. I have the utmost respect 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.120 for Houston. I've said this so many times. You know, 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:14.120 they traded Kyle Tucker, Bregman wasn't going back. There was 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:15.880 a lot of things that I was just a little 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:19.440 hesitant at the time. And I respect all those players 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:22.200 that are there and that organization. They're they're great. But yeah, man, 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.120 I mean I didn't enjoy the things that people were 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.240 saying about me, but you know, you kind of just 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:28.520 block it out. You know, it's just one ear and 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.280 out the other. I I know who I am, you know, 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.480 you know me. I think my teammates know me so, 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:35.160 and people are in the league know who I am. 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:37.280 So you know, I try not to show nobody up 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:39.240 or just spect me, but you know, it's my life 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.000 and I have a family, and I got to make 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:44.000 the decisions for it, and it wasn't an easy one, 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:46.800 but it was the one I went with. 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:49.720 You mentioned this several times. You get to go play 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:53.080 with some young players who from Afar, since you're only 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:56.840 played against them on the Diamondbacks, are you like, I 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:58.680 don't want to see this guy play one hundred and 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.840 sixty two games like this is this is legit. It's 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.000 no shade to anybody else. But you have to choose 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.039 which in your teammates you're gonna like more before you 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:07.919 get there. So that's what I'm asking to do. 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.679 Well, I mean Corbyn Carroll special, I mean I think 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.480 when you he's one of the players that you play 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.720 against that makes you pretty uncomfortable on a baseball field 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.240 playing against him, because he could really run. He's gonna 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:21.160 get the extra base, he's gonna steal bags, and he's 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:24.280 got serious power. So like players like that, they're rare 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:28.120 to come by. I think he's one of the top 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:29.320 you know, I know he was a top ten, they 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:30.960 voted him top ten, but I think he's like top 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.120 five player in the game, position player, that's for sure. 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:36.760 And I just think the stress he causes for other teams. 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:38.320 If he hits a ground ball, you have to get 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.760 rid of it quick. Extra bases. Like I said, stealing 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:43.400 base is in power. It's just a pretty special player 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.120 and I'm excited to watch him go about it his business. 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:47.640 I've heard great things. 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:48.080 You know. 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.040 Obviously, I've played against Katel for a long time and 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:52.120 he's special. And then obviously I'm excited to play the 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.520 left side with Perdomo, who's an absolute stud. So, I mean, 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:57.560 these guys are good. They got some great players, you know. 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.720 Moreno's got a chance to be great. It's with great players. 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:03.000 So but Corbyn Carroll, for me, is one of the 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:04.920 best players in the game. So I'm excited to watch him. 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.200 Damn, you should be on the PR team for the 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.240 Diamondbacks right now. This got me pumped up. You got 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:14.920 me pumped up to go. I mean, wow, I can't 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:15.920 wait to go to Diamondbacks. 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:16.080 Cam. 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.040 Now, I'm super excited about this team because listen, hey, 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:22.320 you guys get any kind of pitching. Perdomo is one 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.760 of the most underrated people you mentioned him that you've 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.160 ever seen. Look up his war for all those analytics 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.320 moving out there, you won't be you won't believe it 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.000 when you see a plus. The way he stood up 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:33.400 for Marte last year was absolutely awesome when he had 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:36.880 problems with his mom and people were wearing him out. Unbelievable, unbelievable. 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:38.360 I want to go back to you, just here for 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.480 a second. People are saying, you're you're on the you're 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.760 on the decline, right, how do you fight that? I 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.720 played till I was forty years old. My year thirty 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:48.640 nine I had or thirty eight I had a great year. 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.360 My year thirty nine four, turning forty, I absolutely stunk. 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.199 It was my last year. How do you fight the 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.839 decline that people say, Oh, his defense is falling off, 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:57.280 he didn't have any power anymore. 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:58.240 How do you fight that? 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.480 Yeah, I mean it's not easy. I mean the fact 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.640 that you played till forty is awesome. I don't think 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.560 I'm gonna want to do that. That's hard to do. 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.199 But you know your body when you play a lot 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.679 of games, as you know, and you know better than 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:12.839 I do, being a cat you could both of you 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:14.880 guys being catchers. It's just the wear and tear on 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:15.319 your body. 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:15.480 You know. 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:18.920 I took my defense really serious and I played hard 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:22.000 on both sides of the ball. And I think there's 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.160 some things in my off season training program that I 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.560 had to change that I felt I was a little 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:29.679 late to recognize that. I'm hopeful that will come into 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:32.280 fruition this year. As far as like taking care of 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.880 your hips a little better, making sure your lower back 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.240 is feeling good, your core is strong. I mean I 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.240 always kind of did that, but it was easier when 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.120 you're younger. When you get older, it has to be 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.839 like something you're super focused on. So I changed a 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:45.760 lot of way I went about my business this offseason, 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:50.120 changed my diet, and I feel better. I feel great 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.520 right now. I've been working hard changing some things in 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:57.280 my swing, and obviously I think those things that I 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:58.880 think are going to be huge for me, because this 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:02.960 offseason I felt really good, So I think, you know, 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:04.400 I got to go out there and do it. Obviously, 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:05.840 I could sit here and talk about all I want, 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:07.800 but uh, there's some things I'm doing this off season 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:11.120 that I don't usually do, as far as like challenging 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:14.000 myself getting on the machine earlier, just just making myself 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.880 a little bit uncomfortable in the cage and see if 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.199 my swing breaks down, and trying to like make sure 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:20.760 I can able be able to counter that when the 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:21.440 season starts. 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:25.880 Compare where you were the last two off seasons to 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.640 where you are now. Do you feel like you're advanced, 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:30.160 because at this is the point in the off season 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.000 where every year ione's like I'm the best. I might 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:35.800 not even make it out this year. Yeah. Where compares 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:38.840 physically how you feel, because that's really the only thing 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.000 that gets in the way when you get older is 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:45.160 how do you feel you're playing through something the whole time, 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.640 or your body feels like I'm resting, I'm ready to go. 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:52.280 Yeah. Yeah, I think this is the first off season 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:54.280 where I didn't stop working out when the season was over. 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.280 Obviously getting hurt had a lot to do with that. 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:58.000 You know, usually after a season, you know, you take 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:01.320 like two weeks going vacation or whatever. Offseason. You know, 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.160 we had a baby, so I didn't really have a 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:04.440 whole lot of time to take a break, but I 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.400 also made sure I didn't. I just kept lifting and 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:09.600 kind of being in the gym every other day and 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:11.800 kind of you know, like four days a week and 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.080 just kind of just making sure my body feels good. 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.640 And I think as I've gotten older. That's what I've 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.480 needed to do. When I'm younger, I could take you know, 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:21.680 two and a half weeks off and get in the 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:23.200 gym and be like, all right, I'm pretty sore, but 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:24.720 I'm good to go. Like I think, as you get older, 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:26.880 you just can't take too much time away from the 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.880 gym or working out or just sweating and you know, 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.720 doing some things because I don't know, you just feel 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:34.679 old when you just feel a lot older when you don't. 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.000 So just those things. I've been really focused on that, 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:40.559 making sure I'm not taking two days off. And it's 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:42.880 really been I think it's been paying dividends. Is offseason 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.240 and I'm hopeful that it'll be a great year. 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.200 Hey, welcome to old age. And okay, yeah, it only 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:51.440 gets worse. Okay, it doesn't, trust me. It doesn't get 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.520 any easier. Even when you stop playing and you're sitting 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.559 off stop. It crats when you sit at home and 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:58.679 you're just like, oh, I've played for so long, I 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:00.760 have so many gold gloves, and you're like, I don't 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:02.160 want to go work out today. And then a month 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:03.960 goes by in your and you look in the mirror, 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:05.520 you get you know what, the worst is you'll see 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:07.720 you'll get the you'll get the picture with your family 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:11.679 and you're you'll have like a belly and you're like, 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:13.959 I gotta get back in the gym. So don't ever 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:17.040 stop doing that. I'm just telling you, just don't ever 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.480 stop because that day, that day comes for all of us, 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:21.920 except for maybe scoy Bron, who will be jacked until 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:26.960 he's he's dead. Yeah, just understand that that day never 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:30.520 never ever goes away. All Right, when you get the 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.560 spring training, what's your role going to be on this team? 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:36.840 Because it's not like the Diamondbacks are young, but they're 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.200 also not ten year vets, kind of like some of 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.080 the lot of the guys you had when you first 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:44.199 got to Saint Louis. So is your role going to 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:48.400 be a mentor to? I mean, Marte's got time, Corman 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.040 Carroll's got time, a lot of these guys. If you 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:52.800 don't have some time, right, these guys have a few years. 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:54.840 So are you gonna be more of the leader type? 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:56.600 Are you gonna be more sit back and watch and 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.440 then wherever they put you, because that's it's it's a 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:01.760 different team then, not young and not old. 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.880 Yeah, Well, I think you know obviously when I first 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:07.360 get there, get to know a lot of these guys, 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.040 you know, I kind of I went there last week 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:10.960 to kind of try to get to know, you know, 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.080 the coaches and some of the players, but definitely, uh, 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:15.520 probably be a little bit more quiet, watch the way 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.040 everyone works, get to know them, but you know, obviously 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.640 be a mentor at them and and just be there. 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:21.960 But also, you know, I have a job to do, 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.600 and let's play a good third base. And I'm excited 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:26.600 to play with these guys. You know, my expectations or 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.720 they're always high, maybe higher than what they should be, 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:32.040 but you know, I don't you know, that's the only 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:35.120 way to go, I guess, and my expectations go out 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:37.240 there and play and help this team win ball games. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.040 All right. No, when you were in Saint Louis, and 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.520 obviously you already mentioned it, you opted in back in 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:47.880 twenty two, did you see the team dynamic? Did you 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.520 see it change that it was going to change as 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:53.360 much as it did. And had you known that ahead 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:56.679 of time, were you like, eh, maybe I wouldn't have 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:59.160 stayed there or would it have been different? Everybody knew 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.199 Yachty and Wayne, Right, we're gonna be gone. But did 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.960 you think the ORG was going to change the way 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:04.520 that it did. 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.240 No, definitely not. I mean, you know, the Cardinals, I think, 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:12.040 you know, I've seen twenty two was so much fun 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.400 watching Albert do his thing, being you know, we were 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.200 a really good team. Then obviously in twenty three we 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.480 signed Wilson, who was a good signing, and you know, 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:20.880 I thought we were just gonna be good. You know, 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:22.800 I think the Cardinals have always found a way to 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:25.760 be good, even when on paper it may not look 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:29.120 like they're gonna be great, but they you know, we 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:32.200 always found a way and they always did. And I 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:36.640 think I didn't expect that this turnaround to be the 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:38.840 way it has been. You know, I thought twenty three 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:42.560 was obviously extremely tough. The first losing season and I 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.760 don't know how many years, so that was extremely disappointing. 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:50.200 But you know, I think, you know, it's just changes 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.240 happened fast. I don't know, it's hard to even explained. 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:54.240 I mean, it happened so fast. It was like twenty 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.320 two won the division. You know, obviously we got we 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.240 lost the Phillies, but we felt like we were really 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.320 good that year twenty three going in, we thought we 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:01.640 were going to be pretty good too, and then all 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.120 of a sudden, you know, losing season and then everything 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.680 kind of changed after that. But no, I didn't expect 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.600 it for sure, and I was actually kind of surprised. 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.000 I don't know if the new schedule got to us, 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.000 and you know, you don't play the division all the time. 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:15.760 I don't know if that was part of it, but 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:17.440 you know, I'm not sure what happened. 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:20.880 Yeah, it's okay, you're not You're not there anymore. 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:22.240 We don't have to worry about the Cardinals anymore. 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.920 Snakes now we're snakes now, all right, speaking of being 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:27.920 a snake, And this is kind of a weird transition, 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:29.880 so don't get mad at me. You played for Team 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:33.920 USA twice, okay, Yeah, now you're on the other team. 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:37.120 So you're like a trader because you went to Puerto Rico. 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:40.200 So I know your mother. Your mother's Puerto Rican So 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.280 I'm not I'm not getting on you at all. But 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:45.240 it's pretty cool that you can play twice for USA 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.000 Gold and Silver and now you get to go play 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.400 for another team. That's pretty awesome, right. 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.840 Yeah, I mean obviously playing for usc USA was great. 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:59.440 I've already had some pretty harsh dms coming at me 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:03.960 by some people. But uh, you know what, you know, 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:05.520 this will be the last time I get to do this, 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:11.440 Yachtie asked me, and honestly, that fired me up. He 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:13.320 asked me at the end of it last year, our 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:15.640 end of last season, and it kind of fired me up. 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.080 And I've been paring, preparing this whole off season for it, 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.440 and uh, I'm excited, and you know, I'm excited to 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.480 represent my Latin side that I have. You know, I 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.360 got the Cuban side, I got the Puerto Rican side, 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.880 and obviously my mom, so you know, I'm excited. My 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:31.800 mom is super punk. But I'm not too concerned about 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:34.960 everyone's feelings. Like I said, this will be the last 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:36.880 time I get to do this, and I'm excited to 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:38.560 open up in Puerto Rico and help his team win 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:39.880 and play with some great players. 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.000 Wait, wait, tell us about some of those d ms 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.360 where any of them you're have any of your USA 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.200 teammates been the ones that have reached out to you 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.120 giving you a hard time? Or is this just all 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:50.160 all narps? 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:54.200