1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 2: Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory. My name 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 2: is Chandler Rome. Here with Tyler Stafford and Josh Reddick 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 2: from West Palm Beach, where the Astros won their first 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 2: game of twenty twenty five today, eleven to six. I 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: believe in a game against the Saint Louis Cardinals that 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be quite frank with you, I did not watch. 8 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: I was there though. Spencer Araghetti pitched Okay. A man 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: named Joseph Sullivan, the grandson of former Heisman Trophy winner 10 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: Pat Sullivan, hit a two run homer, first home run 11 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: for the Astros in spring training. Joseph Sullivan, I believe, 12 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 2: was drafted last year and Josh I wanted to get 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: before we started getting into the Astros and stuff. A 14 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: lot of fans are gonna watch Great Fruit League games 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: as the season goes, and they're gonna have a lot 16 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: of takes. They're gonna see a lot of stuff that happens. 17 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: They're gonna see some pitchers that may give some stuff up. 18 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: They're gonna see some hitters that aren't in mid season form. 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: Can you explain to the audience what the goal is 20 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 2: when you go into a Great Fruit League. 21 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 3: Game, Well, I think I think it varies on the player. 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 3: You know, you got your guys that are going to 23 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 3: be your set starters. I think for them, it's about 24 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 3: just getting everything timed up to where you want to 25 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 3: be and just getting your your timing right and just 26 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 3: working on seeing as many pitches as you can to 27 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 3: make the best situation for you to be ready for 28 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 3: the season. You know, for guys like that, stats don't 29 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 3: really matter as long as you're you know, you're having 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,559 Speaker 3: good swings, putting good advanced together, just swinging good pitches 31 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 3: really and when when you're looking at a guy who's 32 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 3: you know, battling for a spot, you know, then then 33 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 3: the numbers become a very important thing to to a 34 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 3: point to where like these guys are still watching what 35 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 3: pitches are swinging at, so on and so forth. 36 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 4: In the same regard as for an every day guy. 37 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 3: So I think it jumps from from player to player, 38 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 3: but it's all around just getting good pitches, focusing and 39 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 3: getting your body right and training, getting into what we 40 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 3: call baseball shape because there's no there's no way to 41 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 3: get in baseball shape except for play the games. 42 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: Suffice to say. 43 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 2: So all that to say, if a guy with an 44 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: established track record, if a guy with a ton of 45 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 2: service time, struggles in Great Fruit League play, please do 46 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: not run. 47 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: To Twitter and bash him. 48 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 2: Conversely, if a non roster guy that's fighting for a 49 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,839 Speaker 2: spot or a prospect lights it up in Great Fruit 50 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: League play, please remember that they are facing a lot 51 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: of those guys. I just talked about those guys that 52 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 2: are entrenched and that are basically just trying to get 53 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: through this healthy. They're trying to get into baseball shape, 54 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 2: get rounded into form. One thing that we do know, 55 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: you know, so the thing with the Ashlers right now, 56 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 2: none of their established major league guys have appeared in 57 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 2: a Great Fruit League game yet. Chas McCormick and Jake 58 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: Myers played in the first on the first day of 59 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: a split squads at Dezenzo's gotten in there a little bit, 60 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 2: but haven't seen Alvarez, haven't seen Yesak Paratus, haven't seen 61 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 2: Christian Walker. 62 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: That is not that, that is not abnormal. All these guys. 63 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 2: They like to ease veterans into Great Fruit League games. 64 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: I don't want to play them too early. But one 65 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 2: thing that we did learn is when Jose Altuve does 66 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: make his Great Fruit League debut, it will be in 67 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 2: left field. And we have not talked a ton since 68 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 2: we really got into the swing of full squad workouts, 69 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 2: But Josh, if Jose al Touve has taken a ground 70 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 2: ball since he's been in West Palm Beach, he has 71 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 2: done it on a backfield where no one can see it. 72 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 2: He has worked exclusively in the outfield, doing everything from 73 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 2: cuts and relays to pop up call drills to everything 74 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: he's he's out there during batting practice, reading breeding balls 75 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: off the bat, working on his first step. 76 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: Josh, this is happening. 77 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: Jose Altuve is going to play a lot of left 78 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 2: field for this team. And I know when we last 79 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 2: talked about it, it was kind of in the experimental 80 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: stages of oh, sure, like we'll see. But as this 81 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: is becoming more real, Josh, how surprised are you and 82 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: how do you think he will acquit to left field? 83 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 3: The one thing that really surprises me and stands out 84 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: is how quickly he has developed to being something more serious, 85 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 3: even after all the moves that have been made and 86 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 3: around the league. First it was when we're gonna split 87 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 3: time if we get Bregman back didn't get Bregman back. 88 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 3: He just seems to keep working more and more time, 89 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 3: spending more and more time out there. So it seems 90 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 3: down that the planet along was to get out l 91 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 3: two A out there, regardless of what happens, what happened, 92 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 3: or what. 93 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 4: May or may not happen here in the near future 94 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 4: as well. 95 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: So they seem to be said that they're going to 96 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 3: have him out there for a majority of games. And 97 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 3: you know, for all we know how two A might 98 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 3: be loving it. He might be thinking, you know, this 99 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 3: is a huge weight off my shoulders getting out of 100 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 3: the infield. Because it's a constant movement in the infield, 101 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 3: you get a little bit more time to kind of 102 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 3: relax and be a little lazy out there. You know, 103 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 3: why would you pick your spots? 104 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 4: Right? Maybe he's enjoying it out there, so we never know. 105 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 3: And but yeah, the biggest surprise is how much this 106 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 3: has developed regarding how much we knew about Oh, it 107 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 3: was just just for if we get Bregman back. If not, 108 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 3: then he's going to be right back. So it's definitely 109 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 3: something that I think they kind of beat around the 110 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 3: bush with and and and in the beginning they were 111 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 3: just like, you. 112 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 5: Know what we're doing this anyway, I think you're right. 113 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 5: I think I'll two is just having fun. Every video 114 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 5: I see of him out there, he he just looks 115 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 5: like he's goofing around and he's enjoying playing. And who knows, 116 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 5: maybe he just took a couple of fly balls, you know, 117 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 5: when they mentioned it and he was like, yep, this 118 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 5: is what I want to do now, and they said, okay. 119 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 3: The easiest job in spring training is an outfielder because 120 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 3: there's only so many drills that you can do while 121 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 3: waiting on the infield, because the infitter has they have 122 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 3: to do their pfps with the pictures. They have to do, 123 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 3: you know, pickoffs and rundowns at the pictures. Well, there's 124 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 3: only so many fly balls we can get off the machine, 125 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,559 Speaker 3: only so many sunballs you can work on ground balls. 126 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 3: So in my experience, outfield has a lot more time 127 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 3: to kind of just hang out, get more water breaks, 128 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 3: kind of just take take our time in between drills 129 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 3: kind of so to speak. And if you're an outfit 130 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 3: and majority of the town, you get to go to 131 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 3: the cage and do more work while their guys are 132 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 3: kind of still working on their defense. And infield are 133 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 3: out there with the pictures, so I know it was 134 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 3: always a relief for me to kind of go hang 135 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 3: out in the shade, go sit on the bench, and 136 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 3: get a few cups of water while we wait for 137 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 3: them to get done. 138 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 5: You mentioned getting into like baseball shape, right like, you 139 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 5: talked about that, you know, the especially the veterans, that's 140 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 5: really what they're trying to do. For those of us 141 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 5: who have not played professional baseball, what does that mean? 142 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 5: Because I know that you could physically play a game 143 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 5: of baseball, but what like, what does it mean internally 144 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 5: of like, here's what's off right now, here's what I 145 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 5: need to feel ready for the season. 146 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 3: So I think the one thing when I talk about 147 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 3: baseball ready and baseball ready in the season, you're talking 148 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 3: about basically being out there in cleats for a certain 149 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 3: amount of time. Because when you're working out in the offseason, 150 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 3: you're doing everything possible, but you're rarely wearing your cleats 151 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 3: unless you're taking your ground under is your defensive work. 152 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 3: You're never really out there for two or more hours 153 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: in your cleats, And until you get to spring training, 154 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 3: you're not doing that, and then you still don't do 155 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 3: it for the first week, especially if. 156 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 4: You're a guy you know that's not going to play 157 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 4: until week two. 158 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 3: All these young kids are getting their time and you're 159 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 3: not putting on the metal spikes. 160 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 4: You're putting on the rubber or the molded But those 161 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 4: are a. 162 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 3: Lot of different feel than putting on those metal spikes 163 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 3: and kind of training your feet and your body to 164 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 3: get back to being used to wearing those spikes, because. 165 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 4: It does everything. Everything connects once you put those things. 166 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 3: On, and you don't realize it until you're standing out 167 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 3: there for two two and a half hours that you 168 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: know this. 169 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 4: This is something you can't just do in the back er. 170 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 3: You can't go in your back round and put cleats 171 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 3: on for two hours and have the same thing you're 172 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 3: going to get when you're out there. 173 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 4: So it's just a whole different way of moving your body. 174 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 2: Josh, one thing you said, and Tyler you mentioned it too. 175 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 2: As someone that is here and that is watching whose 176 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 2: all two they do this, I'm here to tell you 177 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 2: that he is energized, Like he is as excited as 178 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: I've seen him. I mean, this is his fifteenth spring training, 179 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: like these things can get old. And he is smiling 180 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 2: he's bouncing around. He ran off the field the other 181 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 2: day after they did cuts and relays. He was like 182 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 2: he had like four or five guys behind him. And 183 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 2: when he's running off the field, he goes, guys, the 184 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: outfielders are here as he's running into the bench. I 185 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 2: really think this is like, this is energizing him, and 186 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: he is excited. I think part of it is he 187 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 2: wants to maybe prove some people wrong that are doubting 188 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 2: whether he can play the outfield. But I mean, Josh, 189 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 2: like tell me if I'm off base here. But like 190 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 2: I think, like when you've been in the league as 191 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 2: long as Altuve has, and when you played the same 192 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 2: position for as long as he played, Like, is there 193 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 2: a world in which he kind of got bored and 194 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 2: he kind of just got you know, like and it's 195 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 2: one of these things where just moving him and getting 196 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 2: him into a new place and a new position, giving 197 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 2: him new challenges to do, can kind of reinvigorate him. 198 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 5: Yeah. 199 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 3: I think that's a good way, great way I put it, 200 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 3: Like you said, it did switches up a routine that 201 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 3: he's been so used to in the to for years. 202 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 4: You get put in. 203 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 3: A place where you've never really been before, and you're 204 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 3: learning a whole new routine, so maybe it becomes this 205 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 3: new exciting thing to kind of, you know, be able 206 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 3: to joke with these guys and work with these guys 207 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 3: every day and see what their day's like and we 208 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 3: can always go back to you know, like I said. 209 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 4: I feels a lot easier in spring training of a job. 210 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 3: You know, the hardest thing you got to worry about 211 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,079 Speaker 3: is the undrel so when you're when you're out there, 212 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 3: being able to kind of just you know, kind of 213 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 3: just be lazy, I mean, be lazy the best way 214 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 3: to put it. That might be something that's kind of 215 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 3: been different for him, and like you said, learning a 216 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 3: new thing could be that way of challenging himself to 217 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 3: see what kind of athlete he can be and prove 218 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 3: people wrong while doing it. So absolutely, and I think 219 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 3: just the switch of scenery can be enough to get 220 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 3: something to give a guy a new boot. 221 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 2: I know everyone wants to keep talking about Josel Tuvan 222 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 2: left Field because that feels like the only storyline in 223 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 2: Astro's camp, But there are more and we will touch 224 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 2: on those in a second. 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I was looking for it. 248 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 5: I did find my my carea. 249 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: And that's that's that's got to be his rookie card. 250 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: He looks like he looks like he's twelve. 251 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,719 Speaker 5: And then they had like the alternate photo one two. 252 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go, Josh. 253 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 2: Some reporting came out in the past couple of days 254 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 2: about the Astros renewing some interest. 255 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: In Nolan Arnatto. 256 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 2: What I'm what Katie Wu and I at the Athletic 257 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 2: have reported, and Katie Wu Cardinal territory as well. What 258 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 2: we've reported is that the Astros did reach back out 259 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 2: to the Cardinals shortly after Alex Bregman signed with the 260 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 2: Red Sox. From what we understand and what we've been 261 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 2: told by people involved, those negotiations, if you can even 262 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 2: call them, that were very brief, UH did not lead anywhere, 263 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 2: and there is no deal for Nolan Arnado imminent there. 264 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 2: There is nothing gaining traction here. As always, Nolan Arnado 265 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 2: has the autonomy here because he has a full not 266 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 2: trade clause. 267 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: But Josh, the mere. 268 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 2: Fact that the Astros are reaching back out, or that 269 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 2: they did reach back out, UH to me, just signals 270 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 2: that they are that they're still uneasy about their lineup. 271 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 2: They think there's still a man short, they think there's 272 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 2: still a bat short or something. What was your reaction 273 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 2: when when you kind of saw that that the talks 274 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 2: have been re engaged. 275 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: However, however brief they were. 276 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 3: I think it's still a little shocking because when you 277 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 3: think about reaching out to a guy who's already turning 278 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 3: down once, you kind of feel like it's not going 279 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 3: to be in the cards for you the second town around. 280 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 3: So who knows, maybe they're trying to catch you, catch them, 281 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,719 Speaker 3: and you know, not just Nolan, but the Cardinals off 282 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 3: guard because we've seen what's going on over there. They're 283 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,599 Speaker 3: obviously kind of dump jumping ship and kind of slowly rebuilding. 284 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 3: So maybe I try to add a little pressure on him, 285 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 3: see if the would alter and just didn't work. 286 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 4: Out for him, So we'll see what happens. 287 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 3: They could always get to that point to where and 288 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 3: I was like, you know what, this is zero fun 289 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 3: for me to be over here. I'm not ready for rebuild, 290 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 3: and those guys are still in the pinnacle of winning. 291 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 3: So see what happened, you know, and he can grind 292 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 3: it out for a little bit in season as well, 293 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 3: and they can always come back around two or three 294 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 3: months into the season. 295 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 4: Don't even have to wait for the trade deadline. 296 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 3: Just get it out there, and you know, get it 297 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 3: before the All Star break if you need to get 298 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 3: settled in a little bit more comfortable as the post 299 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 3: for that little short rental. 300 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think if if they had not already 301 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,719 Speaker 5: signaled how often Altu was going to play in the outfield, 302 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 5: trading for another infielder would signal that even further, right, 303 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 5: Like that's that is really underlining the point that I 304 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 5: think Altuve is not planning on playing much of any 305 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 5: second base this year. 306 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 4: No, that seems like it might become his majority position 307 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 4: at that point. If a move like that becomes. 308 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 2: Me so then you have to wonder who's going to 309 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 2: play second base, which is not a question that we 310 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 2: have had to ask about the Astros in fourteen years, 311 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 2: you know. I it's been confounding to me that they 312 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 2: haven't just come out and said, Mauricio Duban is going 313 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 2: to be the everyday second baseman, because he seems like 314 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 2: the it seems like the most ideal set up to 315 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 2: just yeah, he's the guy, right, and you know, they 316 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 2: they brought in Brendan Rodgers on a minor league deal 317 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 2: a couple of days ago. Won the National League Gold 318 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 2: Glove at second base in twenty twenty two. Does his 319 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 2: home road splits while he was with the Rockies show 320 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 2: that he loved hitting a course field and did not 321 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 2: love hitting much else, did not love hitting anywhere else. 322 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 2: So I know the ashers are going to work with 323 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 2: him to try to get the ball in the air 324 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 2: a little bit more. Hits the ball on the ground 325 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 2: way too much. They've got Lewiski Army in Camp two, who, Josh, 326 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 2: I don't know if you ever crossed past with the Lewiski Army. 327 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 2: This guy can pick it. Watching him take infield is 328 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 2: a show like he quick hands, gets the ball out 329 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 2: very quickly, and he's left handed. So I do wonder, 330 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 2: you know, would they consider platooning luiski Orme and Mauricio 331 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 2: Dubon at second base. That way Dubon can be freed 332 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: up to still be the utility guy to play in 333 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 2: the outfield on some days when they need him to play, 334 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 2: you know, elsewhere, if injuries happened. But to me, you know, 335 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 2: if it's not going to be Dubon playing every day. 336 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 2: I think a platoon with him and a left handed 337 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 2: hitter like luiski Orme would work. 338 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's a fair, fair assessment. I mean, 339 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 4: this this guy is he's. 340 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 3: Not only known for picking and playing defense. You can 341 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 3: also catch a foul ball or a foul bat flying 342 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 3: in your dugout when needed. 343 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 5: Wait that happened. 344 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 3: He's the guy who called the foul the bat in 345 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 3: Mets camp a couple of years ago. 346 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, like over the back of his head. 347 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 3: Back and then he had like a fourteen pitching bat 348 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 3: against Jordan Dicks and. 349 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 4: Then h Homer or something. So he's a he's a. 350 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 3: Spring training god. So for being a sports center in 351 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 3: spring training. But yeah, to your point, I mean, I 352 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 3: think that's a fair thing to look at right now, 353 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 3: because I went to Duba. 354 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 4: Second base is not with what you're going to put 355 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 4: out there one hundred and fifty times a year. And 356 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 4: the may excuse me, the. 357 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 3: Army provides a nice safety net for them if they 358 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 3: do need to make that piece of you require that 359 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 3: piece that they need to fill in that hole in 360 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 3: the gap for them. 361 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 2: You know, there seems to be fans, I think seem 362 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 2: to be upset that because the way this is working out, 363 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 2: they are probably going to have to commit a lot 364 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 2: of at bats to someone that has below average offensive 365 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 2: numbers for his career. And I think that's why the 366 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 2: Ronado thing was so intriguing, because even though he is 367 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: he has declined offensively last three years, this is still 368 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 2: an above average offensive player, obviously a generational defender. I mean, 369 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 2: this is the guy that would that would raise the 370 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 2: floor of this lineup. But as we look at the 371 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 2: lineup and as we look how kind of short it is, 372 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 2: and the Astros are signaling that it's short because they 373 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 2: keep calling the Cardinals about Nolan Arnado, I keep going 374 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 2: back to Jeremy Pania Josh, like, I think he has 375 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 2: got to find a way to find some of the 376 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 2: slug that we saw when he was a rookie, when 377 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 2: he did what he hit twenty five homers as a rookie, 378 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 2: saw what he did in the playoffs. Obviously, Josh, you 379 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 2: can as you watch someone you, when you watch a hitter, 380 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 2: you have more intricate knowledge of what goes on than 381 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 2: I do. 382 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: As you watch. 383 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 2: Pina, like, what do you think he can do to 384 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 2: elevate the ball a little more unlock some of the 385 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 2: power that we saw two years ago, and. 386 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 3: I think aggressiveness becomes a key factor for him. He 387 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 3: seems to be a little less aggressive than he was 388 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 3: in the past, and then when he gets to that 389 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 3: two strike he kind of expands a lot. We've seen 390 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 3: the slider down the way give him a lot of 391 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 3: issues in the past, so I think just kind of 392 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 3: staying more within his zone, but while being aggressive in 393 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 3: that said zone, not being aggressive in the hole zone, 394 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 3: but finding that that happy zone where you can really 395 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 3: trigger and let loose and let it eat, go to 396 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 3: speaking if you If you get one, you get one. 397 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 3: If not, then you just go back to grinding away 398 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 3: because at that point you're gonna provide natural power. 399 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 4: Natural natural pop's gonna come out of Moere. 400 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 3: But being a more aggressive hitter and kind of just 401 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 3: being more exertive out there. Just don't go up there 402 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 3: expecting to shoot everything back up the middle. There's a 403 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 3: time and place for that, because that was what he 404 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 3: was so great at last season. 405 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,719 Speaker 4: Early on he started out hot over three hundred. Everything 406 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 4: was back up the middle, not trying to do too much. 407 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 4: But then you look back and it goes. 408 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 3: Man, it really wasn't that much power, So I think 409 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 3: it just picks the spots, you know, you get you 410 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 3: always get one swing in and at bat maybe two 411 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 3: if you're lucky, to kind of let loose and get 412 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 3: that home. 413 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 4: Run ball swing. 414 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 3: But after that you just got to let it come naturally. 415 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 3: So just for him to be more aggressive in his 416 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 3: in his happy zone to be that as well. 417 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 5: What did you guys do at spring training when you 418 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 5: were done with work at like three in the afternoon. 419 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 5: I feel like that's a weird spot to be in 420 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 5: for you guys. You're normally getting done at like midnight. 421 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 5: What are you doing all day? 422 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 4: Are we talking Florida spring training or Arizona spring training? 423 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 5: Well, I guess Florida. 424 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 3: Well, see my West Palm Beach days were pretty much 425 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 3: filled with going back to my place, finding a little 426 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 3: pond to go catch some bass in. 427 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 4: If I could, because that's what Florida's great for down there, 428 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 4: or playing some video games. And video games became a 429 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 4: big factor. 430 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 3: And you know, if I wasn't going to the beach 431 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 3: along those lines, I was just hanging out and playing 432 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 3: video games. 433 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 5: I feel like it's a very different rhythm than the 434 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 5: actual season. You know, you guys have to be such 435 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 5: night owls and then to all of a sudden have 436 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 5: to show up at What time were you showing up 437 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 5: for a spring training game if it starts at noon? 438 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,719 Speaker 3: Oh, we'll see, probably around seven, seven fifteen. 439 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 4: I was using around in the ballpark. 440 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 3: Okay, Ever, the first early bird by any means, those 441 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 3: days were earlier on in the career. 442 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 4: Yeah, still still felt pretty good because I wasn't one 443 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 4: of the last ones to get there, so I was. 444 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 3: I was kind of in that little ground to get 445 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 3: in there, and I like. 446 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 4: That, like the Mingland talk stuff to the boys in 447 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 4: the clubhouse too. I was going to miss. 448 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 1: Anything, So what about Arizona spring training? 449 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 4: Arizona spring training, I'd get there. I'd get that same time. 450 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 3: Same time, But the dinners became a little bit more 451 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 3: extravagant and a lot better. 452 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 4: Didn't really cook for myself as much as I did 453 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 4: in Florida. 454 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 3: Just definitely the good thing for me is I'm not 455 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 3: ashamed to say that the casino in Arizona was my friend. 456 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 3: There's a fucking stick, a very great place, and for me, 457 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 3: on Mondays was the day we would get our meal money. 458 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,360 Speaker 4: So yeah, So Mondays were my casino days. 459 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 3: I would go to Top Golf right there by the 460 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 3: by Talking Stick and literally just have a few drinks 461 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 3: there at five o'clock, have a little early dinner at 462 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 3: Top Golf, grab a burger, and then you know, and 463 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 3: I never drove anywhere when it all on Arizona. If 464 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 3: you do stuff like that, you don't mess around, and 465 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 3: drinking and driving is wrong regardless, definitely don't do it 466 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 3: there in this uber, you know, I'd get an uber 467 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 3: every time because it'd be like right in front of 468 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 3: each other, and these ubers would be so mad because 469 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 3: it was like a three dollars uber, but I would 470 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 3: kick him like a twenty because I was usually not 471 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 3: in the frame of mind to be driving myself anywhere anyway. 472 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 3: So I mean I made sure I took care of him, 473 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 3: like listen, buddy, like this is happening. 474 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 4: I'm not walking, so let's go. 475 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 5: Do you golf left handed? 476 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 4: I do? 477 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 5: Okay, me too. 478 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 3: It was a big golfer in the baseball season, street 479 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 3: training or in season. 480 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 5: But I am lefty, Yeah, I'm I'm left handed. So 481 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,239 Speaker 5: growing up, like I couldn't borrow other people's clubs, you know, 482 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 5: And so I didn't. I didn't get the like just 483 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 5: casual golf experience that I feel like you get sometimes 484 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 5: growing up. And so now I'm just terrible. I'm having 485 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 5: to figure it out. 486 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 4: I got lucky. 487 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 3: My grandfather bought me a set of clubs for my 488 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 3: fifth and my tenth birthday. There you go, because he 489 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 3: was a huge, huge golf guy, and he could see 490 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,199 Speaker 3: my brother was getting clubs like all the time, just 491 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,679 Speaker 3: hand me down, and he saw how much it sucked 492 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 3: for me to get nothing, so he bought me some 493 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 3: nice brand news in left hand. 494 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:10,400 Speaker 4: So I was I'm not bad. 495 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 3: I could I could keep it in like the mid 496 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 3: to low mid to high eighties nineties. 497 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 5: That's very good. 498 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 4: Like one hundred as an amateur, you're doing fine. 499 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 2: Is JV the best baseball player, baseball playing golfer you've 500 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 2: been around? Or is there anyone in the game bet 501 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 2: because I've heard I've heard Verlander is is exceptional on 502 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 2: the golf course. 503 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 4: Sure, justin Verlander is good. But I'm going to show 504 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 4: my age and my experience in the league here. 505 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 3: And John Smoltz was actually my teammate in Boston, and 506 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 3: John Smoltz is one of the best golfing baseball players 507 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 3: I've ever heard of. I've ever played with him, but 508 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 3: he was my teammates. 509 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 4: So that puts him up in the rankings. 510 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 2: That's because because Justin was, he was notorious. You knew 511 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 2: when he was going golfing because he's stuff. Would you 512 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 2: knew what his tea time was too, because he would 513 00:22:58,720 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 2: get to work home. 514 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,400 Speaker 5: He would he knew and. 515 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 3: Was on his own schedule in spring training that there 516 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 3: was a golf course ready to go and it was 517 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 3: most likely an hour up the road in gym's place. 518 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: No, he would. 519 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 2: He was one of those that his stuff would be 520 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 2: done by nine thirty, ten o'clock and he would be 521 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 2: dressed and out of there. 522 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 4: He'd be. 523 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 3: He'd be gone as we were walking out to stretch, 524 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 3: and nobody said a word because it's so. 525 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: Josh. 526 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 2: Is spring training a place like we heard? You know, 527 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 2: we've heard stories about you know, these big dinners that happened. 528 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 2: You know, obviously I believe the Astros are having their 529 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 2: their dinner at the Floridian with Jim Crane on Monday. 530 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 2: But you know, when Hector Nearris was in camp, I 531 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 2: know he when he was an Astro, he took all 532 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 2: the Latino prospects out uh to dinner free of charge 533 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 2: on him. 534 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: Is this a place. 535 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 2: Where you know, the big leaguers, can you know, show 536 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 2: some of that general to some of the younger guys 537 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 2: and and how how does maybe team bonding and camaraderie 538 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 2: does that start in spring training? 539 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 1: Or is that just a storyline that's overblown. 540 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 3: I think it's I think it's a little bit of 541 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 3: a both sides of that coin deal, because you know, 542 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 3: I remember it in my Oakland days. 543 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 4: You know, it wasn't really we didn't really do it 544 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 4: in spring training. 545 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 3: Because one because we didn't know what our roster is 546 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 3: going to look like until two days after before camp. 547 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 3: But you know, we kind of just treated them in house, 548 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 3: so to speak, and got them taking care of that way, 549 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 3: and then we would go in season and take the 550 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 3: boys out to dinner with you know, you always have 551 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 3: those flights, especially being on the West Coast where you 552 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 3: have to fly on an off day and get in 553 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 3: super early, so you used that time to take the 554 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 3: boys out to dinner. But you know, it was always 555 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 3: buying them something. When I came up, it was always 556 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 3: the veterans are going to buy the rookies a suit, 557 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 3: and I remember Carl Crawford bought me a suit my 558 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 3: rookie year, So that's how I kind of mine on 559 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 3: I paid for my share dinners, but I always try 560 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 3: to take care of them in that. I remember buying 561 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 3: like Kimpy a nice suit one year. I bought guys 562 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 3: suits on the A's a couple of times, so just 563 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,959 Speaker 3: kind of just doing that. That's like a suit can 564 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 3: last longer. You know, a nice little two thousand dollars suit. 565 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 4: Can last longer than a little four or five hundred 566 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 4: dollars dinner. It'd be more appreciated. 567 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 3: Not that they didn't appreciate the dinner, but it's just 568 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,959 Speaker 3: something that you can look at the closet and go, man, 569 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 3: that was pretty cool. 570 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 4: That's start money. That's what I mine from Carl Crawford 571 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 4: twenty eleven. Hanging in and hanging in my closet right 572 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 4: now still fits. 573 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 5: I was gonna say, that's impressive. 574 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 4: It's close to fitting again. Not gonna lie. 575 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 3: I'm back to working out and I'm down to one 576 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 3: ninety two again, so it's it's it's close to fitting. 577 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 4: This show. I got to look a little bit better 578 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 4: in my suits this year on TV. 579 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 5: Which spring training did you show up in the best 580 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 5: shape of your life? For real? You can't. I mean, 581 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 5: I know everyone comes in and is in the. 582 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 4: Their Ironically, my worst spring training in my life I 583 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 4: was like two. I was like two fifteen. I had 584 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 4: put on like stupid amount of muscle. 585 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 3: I was trying to get more focused on like hitting 586 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 3: more long balls, and I went to spring training, and 587 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 3: for like, I got there early, so for the first 588 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 3: three weeks I just did I couldn't hit. 589 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 4: My swing was just all messed up. And then we 590 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 4: found out my swing path had changed. 591 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 3: Because I had gotten too big, and so I immediately 592 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 3: started shredding my weight and we'd get on the treadmill 593 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 3: every morning with the freaking jogging suit that make you drinch, sweat. 594 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 4: And cut my weight real quick, and then ended up 595 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 4: turning it around and hitting better. 596 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 5: So people actually do come in with more muscle, and 597 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 5: it's not that they've just gained fifteen pounds, because that's 598 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 5: what I would say. If I showed up after a 599 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 5: few months fifteen pounds heavier, I would say that I 600 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 5: put on fifteen pounds of muscle. 601 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,959 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean that's what it was. And five pounds 602 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 4: is good. 603 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 3: Anything you put on five pounds, you know, no matter 604 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 3: where you're at, you're gonna shed those five pounds going 605 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 3: into camp anyway. So little happy weight never hurt. A 606 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 3: little too much weight hurt yours truly. But let you know, 607 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 3: we're athletes. It's all personal preference and how your body's 608 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 3: going to react and how things can take effect. You 609 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 3: just prove that, you know, being a little bigger wasn't 610 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 3: necessarily better for me. 611 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 2: I wrestled in high school, and you even talking about 612 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 2: cutting weight and getting on a treadmill in in in 613 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 2: trash bags and sweats, just it gave me shivers down 614 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 2: my spine. I cut, I cut a ton of weight 615 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,199 Speaker 2: when I was wrestling, and that is one of I 616 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 2: do not wish that on my worst enemy. 617 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 4: We've all been a part of the trash bag card. 618 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 2: But speaking of best shape of his life, there is 619 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 2: an Astros player that that fits right into it. 620 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: John Singleton. 621 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 2: I don't know if you guys have seen pictures of 622 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 2: him since he reported here. 623 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 1: I believe he lost twenty five pounds. 624 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 2: He looks like a Greek god, like he's always been 625 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 2: ripped like that's that's not mistaken. 626 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 1: Like John Singleton's a big man. 627 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 2: He is all muscle like it is he if certainly 628 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 2: on the Astros. He maybe when he may win best 629 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,479 Speaker 2: shape of the life of his life award throughout MLB 630 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 2: for spring training, he reported, and he looks unbelievable. 631 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 5: How many buttons are open. 632 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 1: He could he should give it, given how good he looks. 633 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 5: He should like, you should go shirt, just go, just 634 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 5: go full open. Yeah, don't play with the. 635 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 4: Jersey tank top and put that on. 636 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, he he like. 637 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 2: Again, I'm not sure what his role is on this team, 638 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 2: especially with Christian Walker now in the fold. But this 639 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 2: team needs left handed bats because their entire lineup outside 640 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 2: of Jordan Is is right handed. So John Singleton is 641 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 2: going to probably still make this club. Has a bench 642 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 2: spot open. You know, swings strikes, doesn't swing at balls, 643 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 2: has great plate discipline. He's the kind of guy you 644 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 2: want to pinch hit late in games, especially you know, 645 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 2: you know he can run into power. But he has 646 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 2: put himself in a position to where if it doesn't, 647 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 2: you know, if if there is a roster crunch and 648 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 2: he leaves, the organization or the organization has to cut 649 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 2: ties with him, like he has put himself in a 650 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 2: position where I think he would be very attractive to 651 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 2: some other teams just by the shape he has gotten 652 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 2: his body into. 653 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: And I think. 654 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 2: Certainly, you know, we it's overused the best shape of 655 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 2: your life sort of thing. But John Singleton came into 656 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 2: camp and he looks unbelievably good. 657 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 5: He's such a fun hitter to watch. He like, he 658 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 5: just he's he kind of has that Bregmann thing of 659 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 5: like he knows where every pitch is all the time, 660 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 5: you know it very rarely does he just get completely 661 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 5: fooled at the plate. And Josh, as you've mentioned, you know, 662 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 5: there's not a lot of those guys on the astros 663 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 5: that are taking a bunch of pitches, Like it always 664 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 5: feels like he's gonna see five or six pitches and 665 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 5: every bad you know, like you said, Chandler, it feels 666 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 5: like an eighth inning pinch hit guy. Like if we 667 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 5: didn't have the DH anymore, he would be like the 668 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 5: secret sauce for you know that that late inning pinch hit. 669 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 4: Hey put him in the outfield. 670 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: Everyone else is doing it. 671 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 4: Hard to We've learned anybody can play the it doesn't matter. 672 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 4: Just put him in the right field and see what 673 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 4: happens right field. 674 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 5: Okay, we're gonna have Altuve and Singleton out there. 675 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 4: You can't, can't. You can't put him in left. 676 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 5: That's they could both play left and then just let 677 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 5: Jake Myers play the rest of the outfield. 678 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 4: Absolutely, Tyler, if. 679 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 2: I told you and when you were watching the Astros 680 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 2: in twenty fourteen that we'd still be talking about John Singleton. 681 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 5: I would have absolutely believed you. I was. I was 682 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 5: way in on John Singleton. I knew every prospect that 683 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:47,959 Speaker 5: came over in that Hunter Pence trade. 684 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 3: And talking about prospects, you guys deal with Chris Carter 685 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 3: in the outfield. 686 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 4: John Singleton cannot be any worse than Chris Carter. And 687 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 4: I love Chris Carter. 688 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 5: He was field. He was something to watch for. 689 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 2: Anyone can play left field at the former minute made 690 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 2: Park now, Dyking, Carlos, Carlos Lee, Chris Carter Like, I'm 691 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,719 Speaker 2: sure if you stuck John jord On Alvarez Like, I'm 692 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 2: sure if you stuck John Singleton out. 693 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 3: There, Hanley Ramirez, there you go. Kevin franzen't play out there. 694 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: Now, we're just naming some guys. 695 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, let's just yeah, as I mean, JD Martinez played 696 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 5: out there forever. 697 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 2: So Josh, you did you play with those? Singleton and 698 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 2: Chris Carter. 699 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 4: I'd never played with Singleton. 700 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 5: I played against you was gone before he was gone 701 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 5: in like twenty fifteen. 702 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 3: I played against him when I was with Oakland, and 703 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 3: played with Chris Carter in twenty twelve. 704 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 4: In Oakland and then against c c as an astro. 705 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 2: Those are two human beings that can hit the ball 706 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 2: a very long way. 707 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 5: Chris Carter has never swung hard in his life. I 708 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 5: don't underst and now he hits five hundred foot home 709 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 5: run like he he looked like he was taking like 710 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 5: a kid's pinata swing like that. He was just up 711 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 5: there just kind of yeah, it's crazy. 712 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, back to your power. I came up playing against 713 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 4: Chris Carter. I know if you remember Brandon Allen. 714 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I played against them at three different levels 715 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 3: of the Minor, so they they I've seen plenty of 716 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 3: home runs by those guys like that. 717 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 5: I saw. I'm assuming you've played at Waterburger Field the stadium, 718 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 5: so you know that lefties just can't hit anything to 719 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 5: right field. That wind blows in from right field and 720 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 5: there's that like water Park behind right field. You know 721 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 5: what I'm talking about. That's you know, way back there 722 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 5: in twenty fifteen when I worked there, we hosted the 723 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 5: All Star Game for a double A and Joey Yallo 724 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 5: was in it, and dude, he hit a ball that 725 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 5: landed inside the water park. It had to have been 726 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 5: five hundred and twenty five hundred and thirty feet, like 727 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 5: I mean, into the win. It was the craziest thing 728 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 5: I've ever seen. 729 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 4: Like he's the only person to be able to do 730 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 4: that side for sure. 731 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 5: It was incredible. 732 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: We're going to stop naming some guys because you know, 733 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: I this this is we're in. We're at the part 734 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 1: of spring training now where it's. 735 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 5: It's very mean to do what do you want me 736 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 5: to do? 737 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: It's very monotonous. 738 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 2: We could break down who's gonna get the the fifth 739 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 2: or sixth bullpen spot. 740 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: We could. 741 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 2: We could exhaust our we could. We could break down 742 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 2: the seven lefties in camp. 743 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: We could. 744 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 2: We could break down who's who's ready for that final 745 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 2: bench spot. 746 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 1: But I think this is more fun. 747 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 2: You know, this is this is kind of sometimes the 748 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 2: perils of covering and talking about a team that you know, 749 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 2: even with hose Al Tuve moving to left field, like 750 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 2: this team said, like barring barring an injury, barring something 751 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 2: catastrophic happening, or barring a trade. I guess in the 752 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 2: next five weeks. Uh, you kind of know who's going 753 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 2: to be on that twenty six man roster when they 754 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 2: open against the Mets. 755 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 5: So, Josh on a on a split squad day, how 756 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,400 Speaker 5: do you know if you're on the good team? 757 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,359 Speaker 4: What do you mean by to find the good team? 758 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 4: Because there's usually like. 759 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 5: Three, you know, there's one. We know there's one good team. 760 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 5: You know mine. 761 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 3: You know when when I was around, what a j 762 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 3: and Dusty did for days like that as he would 763 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:33,759 Speaker 3: split in fielders and outfielders. 764 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 4: I remember like Brandley Springer and. 765 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 3: I now that I think about it, but on we 766 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 3: went on the road more than those. 767 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 5: Little see but there's one good team. 768 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, so like the Bregman usually good one have to 769 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 3: stay at home. Now that I'm more thinking about it, 770 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 3: so yeah, that that explains and answers everything you need 771 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:55,279 Speaker 3: to know. 772 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 2: At that point, Josh, did you know there's rules now? 773 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,800 Speaker 2: Like Mike Hill came to Astro's camp and like there's 774 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 2: there are rules now you have to send players on 775 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,720 Speaker 2: the road, Like if for a road spring training game, 776 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,600 Speaker 2: you have got to send players with a certain amount 777 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 2: of major league plate appearances. 778 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: Because they don't. 779 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,359 Speaker 2: They want to guard against what we're talking about right now. 780 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 2: They want to guard against all the big guys staying 781 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 2: home and sending a bunch of prospects or a bunch 782 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 2: of four A guys to these road games where there's 783 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 2: also crowds there that want to see I guess os 784 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:34,799 Speaker 2: Ael Tuva or Alex Bregman or whomever. They're not going 785 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,440 Speaker 2: to penalize you if you just get to believe a 786 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,440 Speaker 2: stern text and a stern don't. 787 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 5: Do this again. 788 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 2: But it's pretty wild that, like there's now Major League 789 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,880 Speaker 2: Baseball like rules that say. 790 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 3: That actually policing that, because it was always understood you 791 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 3: had to take at least like one person from your 792 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 3: active roster. 793 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 4: There was gonna be on your active rosterday. 794 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 3: I didn't know it was based on like at bats, 795 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,360 Speaker 3: because there was a couple where like I remember my 796 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,760 Speaker 3: first year back with my first year with the Stros, 797 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 3: I volunteered to go to Fort Myers and the Red 798 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,799 Speaker 3: Sox place just because I just you know, I got 799 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 3: traded before they got their new ballpark. So I kind 800 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 3: of just wanted to see the old I want to 801 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 3: see the new ballpark and see like all my old 802 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 3: coaches in there. So I got volunteered and I was 803 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 3: the only guy with me, and then like eight guys 804 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 3: that may have been Double A, Triple. 805 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 4: A players, and but you know those little things, you. 806 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 3: Know, though he's thought it was some of it, but 807 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:29,839 Speaker 3: now that it's at bats, I mean, I get it 808 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 3: from a fan perspective. I give I didn't want to 809 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,479 Speaker 3: come watch some scrub from Double A to get caught 810 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 3: up for the day. You no offense to whoever that 811 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,760 Speaker 3: may be. But you know, I, like you said, you're 812 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,400 Speaker 3: there to see guys like your dog, and there you 813 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,800 Speaker 3: can see guys like jsew Tuva, and like, maybe I 814 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,279 Speaker 3: don't want to go with lest Palm Beach, Maybe I 815 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 3: want to go to Port Saint Lucy and watch these guys. 816 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,320 Speaker 4: So I get it, and it makes sense. 817 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 2: It was kind of funny on the So the Astros 818 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,280 Speaker 2: they opened the spring gratefully play with the split squad. 819 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 2: They went to the squad they sent to Port Saint Lucy, 820 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 2: got the mets A lineup, and they saw some Lindor 821 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:09,600 Speaker 2: Soto Alonso, Baby Alvarez, like everyone was in that lineup, 822 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,759 Speaker 2: and I off the top of my head, I don't 823 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,719 Speaker 2: know who who comprised the three hundred and fifty played 824 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 2: appearances big League. I believe it's three fifty out. It's 825 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:23,719 Speaker 2: somewhere around there. But the Astros did not send their 826 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:28,520 Speaker 2: a lineup to Port Saint luci And But again, I 827 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 2: don't think the Mets fans really cared because they got 828 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 2: to watch Juan Soto hit a home run with like 829 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 2: his and his first at bat in the uniform, which 830 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,120 Speaker 2: I think is really all they care about. All all 831 00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 2: the Astros fans make care about is to watch Josel 832 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 2: Tuove play in left field for the first time in 833 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 2: a spring training game, which could happen this coming week, 834 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 2: and if it does, we will be there to talk 835 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,280 Speaker 2: about it and chronicle it. And we will be back 836 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,959 Speaker 2: at some point this week with another episode of Crush 837 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 2: City Territory, breaking down everything going on with the Astros 838 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,040 Speaker 2: in West Palm Beach. 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