On this week’s 'On the Road' edition of Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob checks in from his well-deserved vacation to bring you a fresh four-pack of interviews with Miami Marlins outfielder Xavier Edwards, Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson, Washington Nationals SS CJ Abrams, and Kansas City Royals broadcaster Joel Goldberg.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
From the Burkeshars to the sound from wherever you live
in MLB America. This is Inside the Parker. You give
us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop
on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame
voter number fifty seven. You have another hot take. Will
not not made the playoffs? Soh hay me the money,
(00:22):
Rob Parker.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Come on, I've been covering Major League Baseball for almost
forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit,
in LA.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I love this game. Let's go.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Welcome into the podcast.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
I'm your host, Rob Parker, and what a show we
have for you today, the vacation edition of Inside the Parker.
Marlon second Basement, Xavier Edwards, he drops by, also Joel
Goldberg from fan Duel Sports Network and Can the City.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
He'll also join us.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
We have a foul Affair and then we have some
extra bonus interviews. As I toured MLB America, Chandler Simpson,
the outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
CJ. Abrams, of course.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
The shortstop for the Washington Nationals, and Royal second baseman
Tyler Tolbert.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
He joined us as well that and.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Much more on this pack filled inside the Parker.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Let's go.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 5 (01:37):
It's so good.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
All right, now, let's welcome into the podcast. Xavier Edwards
from the Miami Marlins.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
How are you.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
I'm doing great, Thanks for joining us here on the podcast.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Let's talk about winning a batting time.
Speaker 6 (01:54):
Have you thought about that at all?
Speaker 5 (01:57):
Obviously you're in the top four the.
Speaker 7 (01:59):
National there's only seven players in baseball batting.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
Over three hundred. If you looked at that or you
just kind of.
Speaker 8 (02:06):
Playing, I mean, yeh, I'd be lying if I said
I haven't thought about it, but yeah, you know, just.
Speaker 9 (02:11):
Trying to put my head down and have a good
at bads.
Speaker 10 (02:13):
The stat gave beas throughout the days and then you know,
at the end of the year and looked up that's
all round.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
How hard is it to hit three hundred in the
big league?
Speaker 5 (02:21):
This is amazing.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Last year I looked, I think there were eleven players
going into August and then wound up being ten players.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I just told you it's only seven.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
As we talked on this day, how hard is it
to hit over three hundred in the big league?
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Exactly?
Speaker 8 (02:35):
Yeah, I mean really telling like you said seven, there's
a lot of players have a tough game.
Speaker 11 (02:39):
At day in, day out, getting your.
Speaker 8 (02:40):
Four or five eight best a long season, you know,
your body may not feel you're feeling the best. Theresial,
you got a grind through and just trying to have
party of beas and just you know, kind of passing
the time.
Speaker 10 (02:50):
For the guy behind you. But yeah, Satan, it's a
tough game.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
You know baseball.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Hit the ball hard. You can be now you hit
this off, you get hits vice versus a tough game.
Speaker 6 (02:58):
You know, probably the hardest of the world.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Can you teach hitting or is it just something that
we have good eye hand coordination and then you can.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Improve your at bad to not give up that fats?
Speaker 5 (03:08):
But can you actually teach hitting or have you always
been a.
Speaker 12 (03:12):
Good to gives?
Speaker 5 (03:13):
I think both can be true.
Speaker 8 (03:15):
You know, I feel like I've gained a lot of
knowledge as a professional. If you're hitting, I think I
had some kind of god given ability and trained a
lot of handye coordination as an amateur. And yeah, I
would say definitely. You know you kind of involved as
enter and you have more at bats you face the
qualities of pictures and the different pitch shape. So I
think over time you can becoming a better hitter. And
you know, you're certain hitting coaches that gave you the
(03:36):
right cues that kind of launch.
Speaker 6 (03:37):
Some for youself.
Speaker 8 (03:39):
Yeah, I think for sure can get better.
Speaker 10 (03:40):
But I think part of it, yeah, you know, god
given or hand dye coordination or whatever it is.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
But how about you since coming into the working into
the big league in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
How much have you improved?
Speaker 3 (03:52):
And what do you do better?
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Is it hitch your recognition, not getting yourself out?
Speaker 5 (03:57):
What have you done from the start to do?
Speaker 8 (04:01):
I mean, I try to speak consists as possible.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
My job's to get on Mason.
Speaker 8 (04:04):
They'll get off the game and then beat off this
line up.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
So I try to get on as much as possible.
Speaker 8 (04:08):
I try to sing out good pitches, you know, to
kick the bahar, you know all the other other basic stuff.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
It's really easy to.
Speaker 8 (04:14):
Give away a bad so I say I tried my
best and out the I and just lock you. Every
Tiger in the bleak and he has famous sist here
that's say that's the name of the game that he
was trying.
Speaker 12 (04:22):
Bestie at.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Xavier Edwards.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
Of course, from the Miami Marland second basement. Join us
here on the inside the Parker growing up. Who are
your favorite players? I know you were born in.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
New York, but you were raised here in South Florida.
Who are your favorite players in mob.
Speaker 8 (04:39):
And I think Garret Jee here obviously spake for the year.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
I forget the trying idolized junior.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
Get Jimmy Rownds.
Speaker 8 (04:45):
Like this game in switch air, a smaller guy hats
a bob and they keeping fans trying the basis.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
Right like so, I think players like that talk about switch.
You don't see it as much tard chores. Why have
you stuck with it?
Speaker 6 (05:00):
Would do good?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Switch?
Speaker 9 (05:01):
To do that?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
All right' do you have my whole life?
Speaker 8 (05:03):
I put way too much time in to give you up, honestly,
And yeah, I means see tough kind of managing two swings,
potentially different approaches, you know, g different ways of body works.
Speaker 10 (05:14):
I mean, have to be there this game, different than
nuances inside the game. And then yeah, I've just went
way so much time and effort and swing into the switching.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
I think I know you're a young guy greatst switch
it or in baseball history you could if you know
your baseball history would come to that like.
Speaker 10 (05:32):
Great this switch hit base post the greatest switching the
base person.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
Yeah you know you're saying to you, Pete Rose d
carew ok I do you do?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Rod?
Speaker 13 (05:52):
He was, he.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Yeah, it's incredible, right, Yeah, what about all the.
Speaker 13 (06:00):
Time I didn't know I played here?
Speaker 9 (06:02):
Look at it?
Speaker 8 (06:04):
Red something every day?
Speaker 12 (06:05):
Yes, all right?
Speaker 5 (06:06):
And then last day just your team and I will
you guys, you know, turned your season around and put
it together. You look at the.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Season and say, hey, you got something to play for
this year and next year going forward could be some.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
Clew young players.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
We have some things we've established ourselves because it didn't
look good early and then.
Speaker 5 (06:25):
All of a sudden, you guys got pretty good.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
I mean that's a goal.
Speaker 8 (06:28):
You know, you're going to every season trying to win
and trying to improve things to yourself, organizations wherever. You know,
we all have our own motivation.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But yeah, I mean, that's that's the goal this year
and actually.
Speaker 8 (06:37):
Been forward, you're doing the laying baseball and the enpartment
of postseasons and played meaningful games that come down.
Speaker 10 (06:43):
The stretch and from your sucou side, that's the goal.
And then this year, I'll just trying to finish sure
a strong SERI we end up.
Speaker 8 (06:49):
But yeah, definitely next year and I think the expectations fight.
There's an event and you know where we're excited for
that challenge and.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Looking forward to it. All right, Jeria, thank you so much.
Blessing off two SAT.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto,
if I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a writer
or broadcaster, old or new. Now let's welcome into the podcast.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
Joe Goldberg, longtime broadcasting with the Kansas City Royals.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
FanDuel Sports Network eighteen years.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
Joe, how are you.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
I'm doing well.
Speaker 13 (07:22):
It's always good to see you here in Detroit, which
happens sometimes if you're in town.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
I know, if you're in town, you're usually at the ballpark.
Always good to see you, rough.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
No doubt about it. Let's talk about the Kansas City Royals.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
And got off to a jankie start of you know,
uneven not playing that well.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
But I've turned it around and now as you look,
I've shot at the postseason.
Speaker 12 (07:41):
What's happened?
Speaker 6 (07:42):
They put themselves in a spot.
Speaker 13 (07:43):
You know what happened and this isn't gonna get talk
about a whole lot nationally because they didn't make it
blockbuster rou But what they did was if they went
out there and they traded some minor leaguers without training
their top prospects and got just good everyday players that
have done this for a long time, guys like Mike
you Stretch, guys like Adam Frazier, guys like Randall Bridchicken.
So they sort of brought me and you know about
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all the players on this team, the superstars about you
with juniors, the vine Festo Martinos, mike L Darcilla was
an All Star this year, Salvado Prez and Salvador Press.
They went in there and got a bunch of guys
that have been through these battles before that draw walks
that see a lot of pitches, and I think it
just kind of calmed the offense down, or I want
to say a little fire under the offense, but just
lent some stability that they didn't have before.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
I have no doubt about it, and obviously met you,
Salvo or thirty five you I'm still doing it.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
It's incredible, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
It really is to be a catcher and to be
able to do that find yeah, and I think to
do it every day.
Speaker 13 (08:41):
They had an interesting set up the last couple of
years because his backup who really dementored Freddy for me
and Leaven as well, and Can started as many days,
if not more days a catcher. Then Ben with Salva depressed,
it enabled him to go to first base, enabled him
to dh he.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
Loves to catch every single day for me. Is thirty five.
Speaker 13 (09:00):
Now they trade away Freddy for me and they get
a couple of good pictures for him.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
And so he's catching more right now. But he should
be rested.
Speaker 13 (09:07):
Enough as we get later in the year. But I
think Rob that last year he had a just off
the charge year at thirty four, and it was like
man just found the youth going on right here. And
he started off slow, and you know, when you're at
this age and your numbers are down, people start to
ask that question.
Speaker 6 (09:23):
And then it's like the switch foot in the middle
of the summer.
Speaker 13 (09:26):
I don't know what happened, and he was back to
beating himself again. He knows that the end is closer
than Bean's ever been before. I guess it always is
a little bit closer as long as you're going along.
But he still has the same energy, he still has
the same level of the game, the knowledge, he's the leader,
he's the captain, and he's still a very dangerous er.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
Talk about Bobby Wood Jr.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
We know last year he was writing the running for
MVP of the American League, and you know, not the
same season.
Speaker 12 (09:51):
As last year, but still really good. He continues to
get better, does yeah.
Speaker 13 (09:56):
And you know what's crazy about it is that when
he's not as good, it's still one of the best things.
Speaker 9 (10:01):
Right.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
I was going to say, right, it's just because it's
his His level is so high that you know, well,
and it's like.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
Somebody said to me recently. I think somebody, you know,
another team's broadcaster said to me recently. He said something like, man,
his home runs are down. I'm like, yeah, but he
needs the American League of doubles, and those doubles.
Speaker 13 (10:17):
Can turn into home runs. With his feet and what
he's able to do, he's still up there with the
solar basis. Right now as you and I are talking,
he has a twelve game hitting streak, going longest acting
in baseball he has.
Speaker 6 (10:28):
I think it's now, I think it's twelve ten or twelve.
Think it's twelve in his peer double digit streets.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
Is that there's more seasons.
Speaker 13 (10:36):
So he just gets on these roles and then every
now and then when he's cold, if that's a thing,
it's like going for four or maybe it's a couple
of nights without it hit.
Speaker 6 (10:45):
But when you see it every single day, you just
see that he very quietly.
Speaker 13 (10:49):
Somehow does and he's he's an understated personality anyway, so
you're he his play is going to sell for itself,
but the personality is not going to help sell it
because he's just he's more like a Microud and that
standpoint and then you look up at the end, you're like, goodness,
it's some of the best numbers in baseball. He was
rob recently when he got his hundred career home run,
(11:10):
became the fourth player, I believe, in Major League Baseball
history to have one hundred homers and one hundred stolen
bases in four seasons. The others were Bobby Bonds. Let's see,
I can remember these Bobby Bonds, Julio Rodriguez and General Shabo.
Speaker 12 (11:25):
Incredible dame, you know that, no doubt about it.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
Bennie the rookie tell me about him and funning blocks.
Speaker 6 (11:34):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 13 (11:36):
Vido bask Wintino is just he's another one like we
look up and he started a little slow, and the
numbers book down and then suddenly you look and it's.
Speaker 6 (11:44):
Like, wait a minute.
Speaker 13 (11:45):
He he's among the RBI leaders. Even where the slow start.
He had a home Munsters that just ended five straight games.
He and Joey o'tanni were the only twos I think
at the five this year, last to get the six.
Good company, yeah, last year Drappiel Dever's so he's not
a home run hitter per se, yet here he is a.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Twenty seven hold runs. Or you and I were talking.
Speaker 13 (12:05):
Leading the Royals if a dangerous left handed hitter. We
love the Dukes is a huge personality, so you know
you're leading good sound by easier guy. He's always going
to be your guy.
Speaker 6 (12:15):
And he's just been very much entrenched in the middle
of the line up in a great left handed back.
Speaker 12 (12:20):
Oh right, here's the other things.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
The Als Central Tigers ran.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Away, then they had a terrible I don't know, they
look terrible for about two weeks and then they got
it back and everything this division were then obviously the Partiers, Royal,
the Twins.
Speaker 12 (12:37):
We're in there for a minute. It's kind of a
punky division.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
Here's another spot other than the Tigers, and this is
what the Royals are trying to do.
Speaker 13 (12:44):
Yeah, and I think right now the Tigers are the
team that everyone should be looking at that is trying
to take that next step.
Speaker 6 (12:50):
And you could say the Royals did take that next
step last year, but if you look at teams that
struggle in the first.
Speaker 13 (12:57):
Half looks back to what the Tigers did lack year.
I evene was talking to someone in the Royals. I said,
around the deadline time, I said, Tiger's sold last year,
and look at what happened. I mean, I think that's
probably a little bit of an outlier to sell and
then suddenly get that much better and become one of.
Speaker 6 (13:14):
The hottest and not the hottest team in baseball. He said,
I don't know, maybe there's something to that.
Speaker 13 (13:18):
I don't think the new glupen it's going to be
let's just have a buyer sale and and but there's
something that lit a fire or opened up other spotsmen.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
You know, you could guys like the Tigers, and I
know that you have, but I think it's a reminder too.
Speaker 13 (13:31):
That with the right moves and the right kind of
group of players, kind of through whatever you want to
call it, that when you catch the right group.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
You can do a lot of things.
Speaker 13 (13:40):
And so I think I can get teams hope. I think,
look at you're in last place. You're where the White
Sox are at They're improved in a different way if
you're where.
Speaker 6 (13:47):
The Rockies are at. Here, if you're not going to
be inspired, I don't.
Speaker 13 (13:49):
Think now the lease distance a better fights, not.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
The right but the Royals can be And it's a
reminder to both sides of that. You could have a
terrible stretch like the Tigers did for two weeks.
Speaker 13 (13:59):
Fortunately for them, they've built so much equity that I
was reading that Aja Names talked about lessons learned during that.
That's a good stretch to have because if they go
through that again in September, you can hopefully you know
whatever team you are, in this case the Tigers.
Speaker 6 (14:14):
And if you could process that and understand that it
stop the end of the world.
Speaker 13 (14:17):
Royls like they want to go in the last couple
of weeks of the season last year and had some
veterans like Tommy Damn.
Speaker 6 (14:22):
That said, we're still buying.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
We can do this.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
The Royals have very much been like that this year too,
a lot of a lot of downs, a lot of
up to lockdown.
Speaker 13 (14:28):
They got up more lately, although they don't seem to
be up too much when they come to Detroit.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
Now that's a tough spot for a lot of teams.
Joe Goldberg, longtime Kansas City.
Speaker 12 (14:37):
Royal and now it's a fan due Sports Network of Court.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
Always a pleasure of my man, mat Always see.
Speaker 13 (14:42):
You at the ball far For years and years I've
been seeing you here and we've both got the gray
hair to show.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
We know it's kind of crazy.
Speaker 13 (14:48):
Now it just seems all right, Wiser, That's all I mean,
that's all I did talking about.
Speaker 5 (14:52):
Gissing you up.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
It's so good now all us welcome into the podcast.
Chandler Simpson, center fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Speaker 12 (15:04):
How you doing, Chandler good?
Speaker 10 (15:06):
How you doing doing great?
Speaker 5 (15:07):
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
So I wanna talk about your exploits at the plate,
coming into Wednesday batting over three.
Speaker 12 (15:15):
Hundreds, hitting eight of your last nine. What's going right?
What's clicking for you are cutting.
Speaker 9 (15:20):
Yeah, just staying my approach, trying to look for a
good page to hit, to execute my approach.
Speaker 10 (15:26):
Stand on the lift side of the field and you
can take you a lists.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
It's the fuel different or I mean, I look at
your stats, almost three hundred and bats big leagues. Not
too many people the average batting average in the major
leagues is two forty two. Not too many have a
three hundred batty.
Speaker 10 (15:43):
How that feels, Yeah, it feels good.
Speaker 9 (15:46):
Just a testaments all the hard work and hard work
that goes in behind the scenes, and you can sin
you to.
Speaker 10 (15:51):
Know who I am, continue to know my game, know
my approach.
Speaker 9 (15:54):
And sticking to that every single day and trying to
execute that as much as I can.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Speaking of your game stealing last year in the minor leagues,
a hundred and four stolen bases and a hundred and
ten games. This year thirty four stolen bases. Uh coming
into Wednesday. Uh does it feel the same. I know
you've been caught ten times this year, but what's the
difference in stealing bases in the minors and the majors.
Speaker 10 (16:17):
Yeah, I mean catches are better.
Speaker 9 (16:19):
Uh, they got better on better pop times, uh pictures. Uh,
they're paying attention to you more. So I know that
every team has a game plan for me, uh coming
into a series. So that's a big difference. Just a
lot of teams just paying attention more and I'm having
to really like pick my spots more often.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
Now, how about the as a uh right handed rower,
left handed hitter. That's unusual a lot of people gonna
do that. Where did that come from? Was it the
way you grab the bat earlier on?
Speaker 5 (16:47):
If?
Speaker 12 (16:47):
Did one side feel better?
Speaker 5 (16:48):
And how can you not a switch?
Speaker 12 (16:50):
You know, if you're a right handed thrower.
Speaker 10 (16:52):
Yeah, I guess. I mean I'm a I'm right hand dominant.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (16:56):
But my dad loved Barry Bonds growing up, so he
put me on the left side and definitely the opposite
of Barry Bonds. But I'm glad he did over on
the left side cause it's it's a good way to
advocate my speed.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
So how about your favorite player? Okay, your dad's Barry Bonds.
Did you want to be in Barry Bonds too? Is
it somebody else to part of your game?
Speaker 5 (17:15):
After?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Uh?
Speaker 9 (17:15):
I love Barry, but I mean I love like the
Billy Hamilton's the Tony Gwinn's.
Speaker 10 (17:20):
The rock Careuz. People that just just play my game they.
Speaker 12 (17:26):
Know about you don't know nothing about rock Pool.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Man.
Speaker 10 (17:28):
I'm gonna do it as a game. I love it
a lot of the history of baseball. So, I mean
I know about all those.
Speaker 4 (17:33):
Guys Chandler Simpson joining us here on inside the parker
of course, centerfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Speaker 12 (17:39):
Atlanta. My god, look at all the fresh.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
New players coming out of Atlanta. You guys have something going.
What is it in the water in Atlanta? And why
do you guys are developing so many baseball players.
Speaker 9 (17:50):
Yeah, I mean we all kind of grew up in
the same community in Atlanta, and all of us wanted
to make a difference in baseball. A lot of African
Americans played basketball and football.
Speaker 14 (18:00):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (18:00):
I just want us just wanting to make a difference
in baseball, just coming together and continue to step by
step high school college miners in their major league.
Speaker 10 (18:07):
So it's more of what's coming for true and who's the.
Speaker 4 (18:09):
Best guy out of it, out of out of Atlanta
or Georgia. Who's the best current player? You taking yourself
out of.
Speaker 9 (18:16):
It, taking myself out of it? Ooh uh see he's
going on a tear right now. I'm gonna say Michael
Harris for Atlanta, so.
Speaker 12 (18:23):
Yeah, yeah, he's going crazy. Also, I'm trying to think, uh,
Buston is from Georgia, not Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
He's a little older than you guys, but there is
definitely uh something going on there. And just talk about
as we as we finish the season, do you have
like goals or you're just trying to be consistent? What
I what do you look at as you try to
wrap up your first season in the big leagues?
Speaker 9 (18:44):
Yeah, j honestly, just wanna be consistent, continue to uh
play my game, be and be able to contribute to
the team, and continue to finish the season healthy and
then uh continue to rack with these bags cause I
want to lead the league and bags.
Speaker 10 (18:56):
So that's definitely a goal.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
I was gonna say so that at some point in
career to be the all the base dealer four season,
that's your goal.
Speaker 9 (19:05):
I mean I feel like that's a goal every year.
I mean every year, I want to be at the top.
Speaker 10 (19:08):
Of the list. I want to have the crown.
Speaker 9 (19:09):
So that's what I'm naming for.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
Okay, last thing, your first year in the big leagues.
Obviously there's pressure that's involved in it. You still want
to have fun. You're a young guy. How do you
balance that, like trying to go out and just have
fun playing baseball, but also knowing you have a job.
Now this is you know, big time.
Speaker 9 (19:27):
Yeah, just remember and that's a game, and it's a
kids game. Just want to have fun and I mean
throughout all the work and everything that goes into it.
I mean, it's still a game at the end of
the day.
Speaker 10 (19:36):
So just trying to have fun with it.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
All right, continue success, and we appreciate you joining us
here on the inside the Parker.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
So here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
It's so good.
Speaker 12 (19:49):
All right, now, let's welcome into the podcast. CJ Abrams
short stop for the Washington National. CJ. Thanks for joining us, Gross,
thank you, appreciate you your season. It's been good the
first half. Can you talk about what's been going right
for you? What's felt right for you?
Speaker 14 (20:06):
Yeah, I mean putting that working on the page and
on the field, you know, before and after the game.
So you know, I think the biggest thing for me
is getting my pitch to hit good pitch, drinking his
own you know, getting a pitch I can drive and
not swinging at the pitches pitch and on defense, moving
my feet, keeping keeping the feet moving and put myself
in a.
Speaker 12 (20:24):
Good position to make it play. How about this year
compared to the last year. Obviously had some bumps in
the road. Things h you know, kind of went off
the rails a little bit. You went down to the
minor leagues, but your back. What was that experience like
for you?
Speaker 10 (20:38):
Yeah, I mean just things happening.
Speaker 14 (20:40):
You know, I got to control what I can and
you know, continue to get better and I think I
did that, So this year's gonna be dow.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
How about this team got a lot of young guys,
change Wood, new teammates, having a really good year.
Speaker 12 (20:54):
You're having a good year. How much fun is the
group guys you're playing with.
Speaker 4 (20:59):
I know the record to where you guys wanted you
had that bad losing street, But what do you enjoy
this team?
Speaker 10 (21:04):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (21:04):
Definitely.
Speaker 14 (21:05):
You know it's a tight group and like you said,
we're young, so I think we're gonna have a bright
future and and just continue to.
Speaker 12 (21:10):
Get better as a group. Talk about James Wood and
just his impact. Uh, you guys all came over the
big trade and boys that paid off.
Speaker 14 (21:18):
Yeah, definitely, it was fun to watch James six seven
was moving and you know, hit balls a long way.
Speaker 12 (21:25):
So it's just an exciting player to watching.
Speaker 6 (21:27):
Him and have on our team.
Speaker 12 (21:29):
Looks like he could have played basketball. Did you were
you a basketball player too?
Speaker 6 (21:33):
I mean up until.
Speaker 14 (21:35):
Junior or in high school and then it was just baseball.
Speaker 12 (21:37):
Did you realize you you weren't that good or just
baseball was better? How'd you how'd you get to that place?
Speaker 6 (21:43):
Definitely? Baseball was better.
Speaker 14 (21:46):
I just I always knew it was gonna be baseball basketball.
Speaker 12 (21:48):
It was fun to play, So I player, right, I guess.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
CG. CJ.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
Abrams Uh from the Washington Nationals join us here inside
the parker Uh I talked about the losing streak you
guys had, you guys from about five hundred then things
just kind of came undone. How do you weather or
something like that, a losing streak where nothing seems to
go right. You guys had leads in some games, you
know what I mean, gave them up. It wasn't like
you couldn't compete, but you just didn't win. How do
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you whether the storm? What was the clubhouse?
Speaker 12 (22:18):
Or the mood, like, how do you deal with that?
Speaker 14 (22:21):
Yeah, we just had to keep our head up. You know,
like you said, you weren't playing bad baseball. The States
weren't going our way, and that's baseball. Sometimes you just
gotta keep pushing and stay positive. You know, it's easy
to get down to yourself, but you can't let that happen.
So you know, you just came in, take it day
by day and try to get wings every single day.
Speaker 12 (22:37):
How about playing in DC and there's a there's a
fan base down there. I mean I I go a
lot of times and check out DC.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
How are the fans when you guys are playing Wall
seems like they're into it at a younger crowd too.
Speaker 14 (22:51):
Yeah, I mean DC is a great place and fans
are electric. You know, they come to the games. You know,
it's try to get some wins from.
Speaker 12 (22:57):
So they didn't come out and the last and just
in general.
Speaker 4 (23:01):
Uh, you like where you see this organization going with
the type of the type of players that they have
or or bring it along these young players.
Speaker 12 (23:10):
Uh, the future to me looks right. You don't even
have Josiah Gray's been heard. You know you're gonna readd
him to to the mix at some point. Are you
happy where this franchise is going.
Speaker 6 (23:20):
And what you what you see?
Speaker 14 (23:22):
Yeah, like I said earlier, as a young group and
a type group.
Speaker 6 (23:25):
So we're going to continue to get better and I
think the physic.
Speaker 12 (23:27):
Price all right, CJ, thank you so much for joining us.
Appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
It's so good.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
Rob Parker from mlbbro dot com with Tyler Tolbert of
course second basement with the Kansas City Royals.
Speaker 12 (23:43):
Thyler, thank you for joining us, Thank you for having him.
I want to first talk about your journey to the
major leagues.
Speaker 15 (23:50):
You make it the opening day roster this year, part
of that graduating class, that class, I should say, draft
class with Bobby, with J you know those guys, and
then you finally get your chance of the big leagues.
Speaker 13 (24:01):
What was that?
Speaker 6 (24:02):
Like, that's a blessing.
Speaker 11 (24:03):
It's been amazing. Just a lot of years of grinding
or work and everything and uh, like you said, just
came up with Bobby, see Vinny and the rest of
my jockst So it's been pretty special, pretty cool.
Speaker 12 (24:16):
And talk about this team.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
Some bumps and now you guys straight now got a
chance for the postseason.
Speaker 5 (24:22):
What has this been like?
Speaker 12 (24:23):
Uh, just as this team tries to get a spot
in the pole season.
Speaker 11 (24:28):
Just competing every day, one day at a time. Uh,
just we know they ain't going as to get to
the postseason, but all the Canoes kind of focused on today.
It's just one name at a time and just that's
the main point right now.
Speaker 16 (24:41):
As far as you personally, I'm sure not just to
speak a guy.
Speaker 10 (24:57):
Yeah, just that dynamic players.
Speaker 11 (24:58):
Just just whatever I can bring to the table, the
stage's versatility, like you said, just whatever cunies, whatever teams
and just fill in whatever this team. I'm just trying
to baseball game, you know at the end of the day.
Speaker 17 (25:13):
And where'd you love from baseball come from growing up
in Birmingham, Alabama?
Speaker 12 (25:16):
And who was your favorite player?
Speaker 9 (25:18):
Uh?
Speaker 11 (25:18):
My love of baseball came from my dad. He introduced
baseball from uh to me. Uh where really special fun
and every game and uh I was.
Speaker 12 (25:26):
Talking about it all the time.
Speaker 11 (25:27):
And my favorite player growing up was like I follow
the story on a hope ran it's cheater and a
bunch of my favorite players, you.
Speaker 6 (25:34):
Know, my favorite players to watch and that's it.
Speaker 17 (25:37):
Honestly, okay, And and what part of my last thing baseball, fielding, hitting, running,
what was like get you going, like making a great
play defensively, getting to clutching a big head or money.
Speaker 11 (25:53):
Just anything that came back the game. Honestly, like you said,
you touched on everything. Just wanna kind of be in
and just do things that winning baseball and play winning
baseball honestly, because.
Speaker 5 (26:05):
Anything can happening.
Speaker 11 (26:07):
Any of those players can out vc moment and that
look at you going honestly all.
Speaker 12 (26:13):
Right, appreciate it and continue success.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
Thank you, thank you.
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Milwaukee Brewers centerfielder Blake Perkins isn't someone you want to
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Who leaves baseball and wins Perkins it's the perfect addition
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the centerfielder brought in a hit and a run in
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has fourteen hits, fifteen runs, three homers, and seven rbi.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
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Speaker 18 (27:00):
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And now from mlbdbro dot com, here's Jrgamba Jr.
Speaker 7 (27:54):
Is it foul or fair to say that Joe Adell,
who recently hit his thirtieth home run, finally has reached
his potential with the La Angels.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
Fair?
Speaker 1 (28:07):
It's a fair ball?
Speaker 19 (28:08):
When Joe Adell was taking with the tenth overall pick
of the twenty seventeen MLB draft. He had all of
the measureaballs a six foot two, two hundred and fifteen
pound frame, crazy power speed, and elite defensive capabilities. The
world knew Odell was a project, but he was expected
to become a future All star in the Major League Baseball.
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His immediate rise wasn't smooth, as Adele came up in
twenty twenty, but was inconsistent and strikeout prone before finally
breaking through as a full time starter, getting over four
hundred at bats for the first time in twenty twenty
four under Ron Washington and Bol Porter as they joined
the franchise.
Speaker 12 (28:50):
Speaking of Bo Porter, he's been one of Adell's.
Speaker 19 (28:53):
Biggest proponents and has always projected the success he's having
Right now.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Adele hit his thirtieth.
Speaker 19 (29:00):
Homer, reaching a plateau that all of his supporters knew
he was capable of. He's slugging close to five hundred
this season, and it's two thirty four batting average is
respectable enough to expect him to reach the two sixty
mark during his peak seasons.
Speaker 10 (29:16):
At just twenty six.
Speaker 19 (29:17):
Years old, Adele still has plenty of time to blossom
into a perennial All Star he just missed this season.
There are many people who felt that the hard work
would eventually pay off and he'd get those kinks out
in his game. Sometimes faith and belief is good enough,
and this new Angels regime, they put all of their
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faith in Joe Adell as another serious and intimidating long
ball threat alongside future Hall of Famer Mike Trout.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
They always say next year is the year for the Angels.
Speaker 19 (29:51):
If Joe Adell continues to develop, that might not be
a stretch in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Fair make way for weekend wagers.
Speaker 20 (30:03):
Yo, it's shabo, Fire up those bed naps, let's go.
Speaker 12 (30:09):
Rough day at the office.
Speaker 20 (30:10):
Last weekend went oh and two, dropped the season total
to eighteen wins twenty six losses.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
But it's a Gucci.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
We gonna get out that soup kitchen line and back
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Speaker 4 (00:43):
I'm your host, Rob Parker, and what a show we
have for you today, the vacation edition of Inside the Parker.
Marlon second Basement, Xavier Edwards, he drops by, also Joel
Goldberg from fan Duel Sports Network and Can the City.
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Speaker 4 (01:03):
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extra bonus interviews. As I toured MLB America, Chandler Simpson,
the outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
CJ. Abrams, of course.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
The shortstop for the Washington Nationals, and Royal second baseman
Tyler Tolbert.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
He joined us as well that and.
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Much more on this pack filled inside the Parker.
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Speaker 1 (01:33):
Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 5 (01:37):
It's so good.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
All right, now, let's welcome into the podcast. Xavier Edwards
from the Miami Marlins.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
How are you.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
I'm doing great, Thanks for joining us here on the podcast.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Let's talk about winning a batting time.
Speaker 6 (01:54):
Have you thought about that at all?
Speaker 5 (01:57):
Obviously you're in the top four the.
Speaker 7 (01:59):
National there's only seven players in baseball batting.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
Over three hundred. If you looked at that or you
just kind of.
Speaker 8 (02:06):
Playing, I mean, yeh, I'd be lying if I said
I haven't thought about it, but yeah, you know, just.
Speaker 9 (02:11):
Trying to put my head down and have a good
at bads.
Speaker 10 (02:13):
The stat gave beas throughout the days and then you know,
at the end of the year and looked up that's
all round.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
How hard is it to hit three hundred in the
big league?
Speaker 5 (02:21):
This is amazing.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Last year I looked, I think there were eleven players
going into August and then wound up being ten players.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I just told you it's only seven.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
As we talked on this day, how hard is it
to hit over three hundred in the big league?
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Exactly?
Speaker 8 (02:35):
Yeah, I mean really telling like you said seven, there's
a lot of players have a tough game.
Speaker 11 (02:39):
At day in, day out, getting your.
Speaker 8 (02:40):
Four or five eight best a long season, you know,
your body may not feel you're feeling the best. Theresial,
you got a grind through and just trying to have
party of beas and just you know, kind of passing
the time.
Speaker 10 (02:50):
For the guy behind you. But yeah, Satan, it's a
tough game.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
You know baseball.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Hit the ball hard. You can be now you hit
this off, you get hits vice versus a tough game.
Speaker 6 (02:58):
You know, probably the hardest of the world.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Can you teach hitting or is it just something that
we have good eye hand coordination and then you can.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Improve your at bad to not give up that fats?
Speaker 5 (03:08):
But can you actually teach hitting or have you always
been a.
Speaker 12 (03:12):
Good to gives?
Speaker 5 (03:13):
I think both can be true.
Speaker 8 (03:15):
You know, I feel like I've gained a lot of
knowledge as a professional. If you're hitting, I think I
had some kind of god given ability and trained a
lot of handye coordination as an amateur. And yeah, I
would say definitely. You know you kind of involved as
enter and you have more at bats you face the
qualities of pictures and the different pitch shape. So I
think over time you can becoming a better hitter. And
you know, you're certain hitting coaches that gave you the
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right cues that kind of launch.
Speaker 6 (03:37):
Some for youself.
Speaker 8 (03:39):
Yeah, I think for sure can get better.
Speaker 10 (03:40):
But I think part of it, yeah, you know, god
given or hand dye coordination or whatever it is.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
But how about you since coming into the working into
the big league in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
How much have you improved?
Speaker 3 (03:52):
And what do you do better?
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Is it hitch your recognition, not getting yourself out?
Speaker 5 (03:57):
What have you done from the start to do?
Speaker 8 (04:01):
I mean, I try to speak consists as possible.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
My job's to get on Mason.
Speaker 8 (04:04):
They'll get off the game and then beat off this
line up.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
So I try to get on as much as possible.
Speaker 8 (04:08):
I try to sing out good pitches, you know, to
kick the bahar, you know all the other other basic stuff.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
It's really easy to.
Speaker 8 (04:14):
Give away a bad so I say I tried my
best and out the I and just lock you. Every
Tiger in the bleak and he has famous sist here
that's say that's the name of the game that he
was trying.
Speaker 12 (04:22):
Bestie at.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Xavier Edwards.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
Of course, from the Miami Marland second basement. Join us
here on the inside the Parker growing up. Who are
your favorite players? I know you were born in.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
New York, but you were raised here in South Florida.
Who are your favorite players in mob.
Speaker 8 (04:39):
And I think Garret Jee here obviously spake for the year.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
I forget the trying idolized junior.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
Get Jimmy Rownds.
Speaker 8 (04:45):
Like this game in switch air, a smaller guy hats
a bob and they keeping fans trying the basis.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
Right like so, I think players like that talk about switch.
You don't see it as much tard chores. Why have
you stuck with it?
Speaker 6 (05:00):
Would do good?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Switch?
Speaker 9 (05:01):
To do that?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
All right' do you have my whole life?
Speaker 8 (05:03):
I put way too much time in to give you up, honestly,
And yeah, I means see tough kind of managing two swings,
potentially different approaches, you know, g different ways of body works.
Speaker 10 (05:14):
I mean, have to be there this game, different than
nuances inside the game. And then yeah, I've just went
way so much time and effort and swing into the switching.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
I think I know you're a young guy greatst switch
it or in baseball history you could if you know
your baseball history would come to that like.
Speaker 10 (05:32):
Great this switch hit base post the greatest switching the
base person.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
Yeah you know you're saying to you, Pete Rose d
carew ok I do you do?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Rod?
Speaker 13 (05:52):
He was, he.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Yeah, it's incredible, right, Yeah, what about all the.
Speaker 13 (06:00):
Time I didn't know I played here?
Speaker 9 (06:02):
Look at it?
Speaker 8 (06:04):
Red something every day?
Speaker 12 (06:05):
Yes, all right?
Speaker 5 (06:06):
And then last day just your team and I will
you guys, you know, turned your season around and put
it together. You look at the.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
Season and say, hey, you got something to play for
this year and next year going forward could be some.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
Clew young players.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
We have some things we've established ourselves because it didn't
look good early and then.
Speaker 5 (06:25):
All of a sudden, you guys got pretty good.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
I mean that's a goal.
Speaker 8 (06:28):
You know, you're going to every season trying to win
and trying to improve things to yourself, organizations wherever. You know,
we all have our own motivation.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But yeah, I mean, that's that's the goal this year
and actually.
Speaker 8 (06:37):
Been forward, you're doing the laying baseball and the enpartment
of postseasons and played meaningful games that come down.
Speaker 10 (06:43):
The stretch and from your sucou side, that's the goal.
And then this year, I'll just trying to finish sure
a strong SERI we end up.
Speaker 8 (06:49):
But yeah, definitely next year and I think the expectations fight.
There's an event and you know where we're excited for
that challenge and.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Looking forward to it. All right, Jeria, thank you so much.
Blessing off two SAT.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto,
if I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a writer
or broadcaster, old or new. Now let's welcome into the podcast.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
Joe Goldberg, longtime broadcasting with the Kansas City Royals.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
FanDuel Sports Network eighteen years.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
Joe, how are you.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
I'm doing well.
Speaker 13 (07:22):
It's always good to see you here in Detroit, which
happens sometimes if you're in town.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
I know, if you're in town, you're usually at the ballpark.
Always good to see you, rough.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
No doubt about it. Let's talk about the Kansas City Royals.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
And got off to a jankie start of you know,
uneven not playing that well.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
But I've turned it around and now as you look,
I've shot at the postseason.
Speaker 12 (07:41):
What's happened?
Speaker 6 (07:42):
They put themselves in a spot.
Speaker 13 (07:43):
You know what happened and this isn't gonna get talk
about a whole lot nationally because they didn't make it
blockbuster rou But what they did was if they went
out there and they traded some minor leaguers without training
their top prospects and got just good everyday players that
have done this for a long time, guys like Mike
you Stretch, guys like Adam Frazier, guys like Randall Bridchicken.
So they sort of brought me and you know about
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all the players on this team, the superstars about you
with juniors, the vine Festo Martinos, mike L Darcilla was
an All Star this year, Salvado Prez and Salvador Press.
They went in there and got a bunch of guys
that have been through these battles before that draw walks
that see a lot of pitches, and I think it
just kind of calmed the offense down, or I want
to say a little fire under the offense, but just
lent some stability that they didn't have before.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
I have no doubt about it, and obviously met you,
Salvo or thirty five you I'm still doing it.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
It's incredible, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
It really is to be a catcher and to be
able to do that find yeah, and I think to
do it every day.
Speaker 13 (08:41):
They had an interesting set up the last couple of
years because his backup who really dementored Freddy for me
and Leaven as well, and Can started as many days,
if not more days a catcher. Then Ben with Salva depressed,
it enabled him to go to first base, enabled him
to dh he.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
Loves to catch every single day for me. Is thirty five.
Speaker 13 (09:00):
Now they trade away Freddy for me and they get
a couple of good pictures for him.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
And so he's catching more right now. But he should
be rested.
Speaker 13 (09:07):
Enough as we get later in the year. But I
think Rob that last year he had a just off
the charge year at thirty four, and it was like
man just found the youth going on right here. And
he started off slow, and you know, when you're at
this age and your numbers are down, people start to
ask that question.
Speaker 6 (09:23):
And then it's like the switch foot in the middle
of the summer.
Speaker 13 (09:26):
I don't know what happened, and he was back to
beating himself again. He knows that the end is closer
than Bean's ever been before. I guess it always is
a little bit closer as long as you're going along.
But he still has the same energy, he still has
the same level of the game, the knowledge, he's the leader,
he's the captain, and he's still a very dangerous er.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
Talk about Bobby Wood Jr.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
We know last year he was writing the running for
MVP of the American League, and you know, not the
same season.
Speaker 12 (09:51):
As last year, but still really good. He continues to
get better, does yeah.
Speaker 13 (09:56):
And you know what's crazy about it is that when
he's not as good, it's still one of the best things.
Speaker 9 (10:01):
Right.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
I was going to say, right, it's just because it's
his His level is so high that you know, well,
and it's like.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
Somebody said to me recently. I think somebody, you know,
another team's broadcaster said to me recently. He said something like, man,
his home runs are down. I'm like, yeah, but he
needs the American League of doubles, and those doubles.
Speaker 13 (10:17):
Can turn into home runs. With his feet and what
he's able to do, he's still up there with the
solar basis. Right now as you and I are talking,
he has a twelve game hitting streak, going longest acting
in baseball he has.
Speaker 6 (10:28):
I think it's now, I think it's twelve ten or twelve.
Think it's twelve in his peer double digit streets.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
Is that there's more seasons.
Speaker 13 (10:36):
So he just gets on these roles and then every
now and then when he's cold, if that's a thing,
it's like going for four or maybe it's a couple
of nights without it hit.
Speaker 6 (10:45):
But when you see it every single day, you just
see that he very quietly.
Speaker 13 (10:49):
Somehow does and he's he's an understated personality anyway, so
you're he his play is going to sell for itself,
but the personality is not going to help sell it
because he's just he's more like a Microud and that
standpoint and then you look up at the end, you're like, goodness,
it's some of the best numbers in baseball. He was
rob recently when he got his hundred career home run,
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became the fourth player, I believe, in Major League Baseball
history to have one hundred homers and one hundred stolen
bases in four seasons. The others were Bobby Bonds. Let's see,
I can remember these Bobby Bonds, Julio Rodriguez and General Shabo.
Speaker 12 (11:25):
Incredible dame, you know that, no doubt about it.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
Bennie the rookie tell me about him and funning blocks.
Speaker 6 (11:34):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 13 (11:36):
Vido bask Wintino is just he's another one like we
look up and he started a little slow, and the
numbers book down and then suddenly you look and it's.
Speaker 6 (11:44):
Like, wait a minute.
Speaker 13 (11:45):
He he's among the RBI leaders. Even where the slow start.
He had a home Munsters that just ended five straight games.
He and Joey o'tanni were the only twos I think
at the five this year, last to get the six.
Good company, yeah, last year Drappiel Dever's so he's not
a home run hitter per se, yet here he is a.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Twenty seven hold runs. Or you and I were talking.
Speaker 13 (12:05):
Leading the Royals if a dangerous left handed hitter. We
love the Dukes is a huge personality, so you know
you're leading good sound by easier guy. He's always going
to be your guy.
Speaker 6 (12:15):
And he's just been very much entrenched in the middle
of the line up in a great left handed back.
Speaker 12 (12:20):
Oh right, here's the other things.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
The Als Central Tigers ran.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Away, then they had a terrible I don't know, they
look terrible for about two weeks and then they got
it back and everything this division were then obviously the Partiers, Royal,
the Twins.
Speaker 12 (12:37):
We're in there for a minute. It's kind of a
punky division.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
Here's another spot other than the Tigers, and this is
what the Royals are trying to do.
Speaker 13 (12:44):
Yeah, and I think right now the Tigers are the
team that everyone should be looking at that is trying
to take that next step.
Speaker 6 (12:50):
And you could say the Royals did take that next
step last year, but if you look at teams that
struggle in the first.
Speaker 13 (12:57):
Half looks back to what the Tigers did lack year.
I evene was talking to someone in the Royals. I said,
around the deadline time, I said, Tiger's sold last year,
and look at what happened. I mean, I think that's
probably a little bit of an outlier to sell and
then suddenly get that much better and become one of.
Speaker 6 (13:14):
The hottest and not the hottest team in baseball. He said,
I don't know, maybe there's something to that.
Speaker 13 (13:18):
I don't think the new glupen it's going to be
let's just have a buyer sale and and but there's
something that lit a fire or opened up other spotsmen.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
You know, you could guys like the Tigers, and I
know that you have, but I think it's a reminder too.
Speaker 13 (13:31):
That with the right moves and the right kind of
group of players, kind of through whatever you want to
call it, that when you catch the right group.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
You can do a lot of things.
Speaker 13 (13:40):
And so I think I can get teams hope. I think,
look at you're in last place. You're where the White
Sox are at They're improved in a different way if
you're where.
Speaker 6 (13:47):
The Rockies are at. Here, if you're not going to
be inspired, I don't.
Speaker 13 (13:49):
Think now the lease distance a better fights, not.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
The right but the Royals can be And it's a
reminder to both sides of that. You could have a
terrible stretch like the Tigers did for two weeks.
Speaker 13 (13:59):
Fortunately for them, they've built so much equity that I
was reading that Aja Names talked about lessons learned during that.
That's a good stretch to have because if they go
through that again in September, you can hopefully you know
whatever team you are, in this case the Tigers.
Speaker 6 (14:14):
And if you could process that and understand that it
stop the end of the world.
Speaker 13 (14:17):
Royls like they want to go in the last couple
of weeks of the season last year and had some
veterans like Tommy Damn.
Speaker 6 (14:22):
That said, we're still buying.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
We can do this.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
The Royals have very much been like that this year too,
a lot of a lot of downs, a lot of
up to lockdown.
Speaker 13 (14:28):
They got up more lately, although they don't seem to
be up too much when they come to Detroit.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
Now that's a tough spot for a lot of teams.
Joe Goldberg, longtime Kansas City.
Speaker 12 (14:37):
Royal and now it's a fan due Sports Network of Court.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
Always a pleasure of my man, mat Always see.
Speaker 13 (14:42):
You at the ball far For years and years I've
been seeing you here and we've both got the gray
hair to show.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
We know it's kind of crazy.
Speaker 13 (14:48):
Now it just seems all right, Wiser, That's all I mean,
that's all I did talking about.
Speaker 5 (14:52):
Gissing you up.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
It's so good now all us welcome into the podcast.
Chandler Simpson, center fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Speaker 12 (15:04):
How you doing, Chandler good?
Speaker 10 (15:06):
How you doing doing great?
Speaker 5 (15:07):
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
So I wanna talk about your exploits at the plate,
coming into Wednesday batting over three.
Speaker 12 (15:15):
Hundreds, hitting eight of your last nine. What's going right?
What's clicking for you are cutting.
Speaker 9 (15:20):
Yeah, just staying my approach, trying to look for a
good page to hit, to execute my approach.
Speaker 10 (15:26):
Stand on the lift side of the field and you
can take you a lists.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
It's the fuel different or I mean, I look at
your stats, almost three hundred and bats big leagues. Not
too many people the average batting average in the major
leagues is two forty two. Not too many have a
three hundred batty.
Speaker 10 (15:43):
How that feels, Yeah, it feels good.
Speaker 9 (15:46):
Just a testaments all the hard work and hard work
that goes in behind the scenes, and you can sin
you to.
Speaker 10 (15:51):
Know who I am, continue to know my game, know
my approach.
Speaker 9 (15:54):
And sticking to that every single day and trying to
execute that as much as I can.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Speaking of your game stealing last year in the minor leagues,
a hundred and four stolen bases and a hundred and
ten games. This year thirty four stolen bases. Uh coming
into Wednesday. Uh does it feel the same. I know
you've been caught ten times this year, but what's the
difference in stealing bases in the minors and the majors.
Speaker 10 (16:17):
Yeah, I mean catches are better.
Speaker 9 (16:19):
Uh, they got better on better pop times, uh pictures. Uh,
they're paying attention to you more. So I know that
every team has a game plan for me, uh coming
into a series. So that's a big difference. Just a
lot of teams just paying attention more and I'm having
to really like pick my spots more often.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
Now, how about the as a uh right handed rower,
left handed hitter. That's unusual a lot of people gonna
do that. Where did that come from? Was it the
way you grab the bat earlier on?
Speaker 5 (16:47):
If?
Speaker 12 (16:47):
Did one side feel better?
Speaker 5 (16:48):
And how can you not a switch?
Speaker 12 (16:50):
You know, if you're a right handed thrower.
Speaker 10 (16:52):
Yeah, I guess. I mean I'm a I'm right hand dominant.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (16:56):
But my dad loved Barry Bonds growing up, so he
put me on the left side and definitely the opposite
of Barry Bonds. But I'm glad he did over on
the left side cause it's it's a good way to
advocate my speed.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
So how about your favorite player? Okay, your dad's Barry Bonds.
Did you want to be in Barry Bonds too? Is
it somebody else to part of your game?
Speaker 5 (17:15):
After?
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Uh?
Speaker 9 (17:15):
I love Barry, but I mean I love like the
Billy Hamilton's the Tony Gwinn's.
Speaker 10 (17:20):
The rock Careuz. People that just just play my game they.
Speaker 12 (17:26):
Know about you don't know nothing about rock Pool.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Man.
Speaker 10 (17:28):
I'm gonna do it as a game. I love it
a lot of the history of baseball. So, I mean
I know about all those.
Speaker 4 (17:33):
Guys Chandler Simpson joining us here on inside the parker
of course, centerfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Speaker 12 (17:39):
Atlanta. My god, look at all the fresh.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
New players coming out of Atlanta. You guys have something going.
What is it in the water in Atlanta? And why
do you guys are developing so many baseball players.
Speaker 9 (17:50):
Yeah, I mean we all kind of grew up in
the same community in Atlanta, and all of us wanted
to make a difference in baseball. A lot of African
Americans played basketball and football.
Speaker 14 (18:00):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (18:00):
I just want us just wanting to make a difference
in baseball, just coming together and continue to step by
step high school college miners in their major league.
Speaker 10 (18:07):
So it's more of what's coming for true and who's the.
Speaker 4 (18:09):
Best guy out of it, out of out of Atlanta
or Georgia. Who's the best current player? You taking yourself
out of.
Speaker 9 (18:16):
It, taking myself out of it? Ooh uh see he's
going on a tear right now. I'm gonna say Michael
Harris for Atlanta, so.
Speaker 12 (18:23):
Yeah, yeah, he's going crazy. Also, I'm trying to think, uh,
Buston is from Georgia, not Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
He's a little older than you guys, but there is
definitely uh something going on there. And just talk about
as we as we finish the season, do you have
like goals or you're just trying to be consistent? What
I what do you look at as you try to
wrap up your first season in the big leagues?
Speaker 9 (18:44):
Yeah, j honestly, just wanna be consistent, continue to uh
play my game, be and be able to contribute to
the team, and continue to finish the season healthy and
then uh continue to rack with these bags cause I
want to lead the league and bags.
Speaker 10 (18:56):
So that's definitely a goal.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
I was gonna say so that at some point in
career to be the all the base dealer four season,
that's your goal.
Speaker 9 (19:05):
I mean I feel like that's a goal every year.
I mean every year, I want to be at the top.
Speaker 10 (19:08):
Of the list. I want to have the crown.
Speaker 9 (19:09):
So that's what I'm naming for.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
Okay, last thing, your first year in the big leagues.
Obviously there's pressure that's involved in it. You still want
to have fun. You're a young guy. How do you
balance that, like trying to go out and just have
fun playing baseball, but also knowing you have a job.
Now this is you know, big time.
Speaker 9 (19:27):
Yeah, just remember and that's a game, and it's a
kids game. Just want to have fun and I mean
throughout all the work and everything that goes into it.
I mean, it's still a game at the end of
the day.
Speaker 10 (19:36):
So just trying to have fun with it.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
All right, continue success, and we appreciate you joining us
here on the inside the Parker.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
So here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
It's so good.
Speaker 12 (19:49):
All right, now, let's welcome into the podcast. CJ Abrams
short stop for the Washington National. CJ. Thanks for joining us, Gross,
thank you, appreciate you your season. It's been good the
first half. Can you talk about what's been going right
for you? What's felt right for you?
Speaker 14 (20:06):
Yeah, I mean putting that working on the page and
on the field, you know, before and after the game.
So you know, I think the biggest thing for me
is getting my pitch to hit good pitch, drinking his
own you know, getting a pitch I can drive and
not swinging at the pitches pitch and on defense, moving
my feet, keeping keeping the feet moving and put myself
in a.
Speaker 12 (20:24):
Good position to make it play. How about this year
compared to the last year. Obviously had some bumps in
the road. Things h you know, kind of went off
the rails a little bit. You went down to the
minor leagues, but your back. What was that experience like
for you?
Speaker 10 (20:38):
Yeah, I mean just things happening.
Speaker 14 (20:40):
You know, I got to control what I can and
you know, continue to get better and I think I
did that, So this year's gonna be dow.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
How about this team got a lot of young guys,
change Wood, new teammates, having a really good year.
Speaker 12 (20:54):
You're having a good year. How much fun is the
group guys you're playing with.
Speaker 4 (20:59):
I know the record to where you guys wanted you
had that bad losing street, But what do you enjoy
this team?
Speaker 10 (21:04):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (21:04):
Definitely.
Speaker 14 (21:05):
You know it's a tight group and like you said,
we're young, so I think we're gonna have a bright
future and and just continue to.
Speaker 12 (21:10):
Get better as a group. Talk about James Wood and
just his impact. Uh, you guys all came over the
big trade and boys that paid off.
Speaker 14 (21:18):
Yeah, definitely, it was fun to watch James six seven
was moving and you know, hit balls a long way.
Speaker 12 (21:25):
So it's just an exciting player to watching.
Speaker 6 (21:27):
Him and have on our team.
Speaker 12 (21:29):
Looks like he could have played basketball. Did you were
you a basketball player too?
Speaker 6 (21:33):
I mean up until.
Speaker 14 (21:35):
Junior or in high school and then it was just baseball.
Speaker 12 (21:37):
Did you realize you you weren't that good or just
baseball was better? How'd you how'd you get to that place?
Speaker 6 (21:43):
Definitely? Baseball was better.
Speaker 14 (21:46):
I just I always knew it was gonna be baseball basketball.
Speaker 12 (21:48):
It was fun to play, So I player, right, I guess.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
CG. CJ.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
Abrams Uh from the Washington Nationals join us here inside
the parker Uh I talked about the losing streak you
guys had, you guys from about five hundred then things
just kind of came undone. How do you weather or
something like that, a losing streak where nothing seems to
go right. You guys had leads in some games, you
know what I mean, gave them up. It wasn't like
you couldn't compete, but you just didn't win. How do
(22:16):
you whether the storm? What was the clubhouse?
Speaker 12 (22:18):
Or the mood, like, how do you deal with that?
Speaker 14 (22:21):
Yeah, we just had to keep our head up. You know,
like you said, you weren't playing bad baseball. The States
weren't going our way, and that's baseball. Sometimes you just
gotta keep pushing and stay positive. You know, it's easy
to get down to yourself, but you can't let that happen.
So you know, you just came in, take it day
by day and try to get wings every single day.
Speaker 12 (22:37):
How about playing in DC and there's a there's a
fan base down there. I mean I I go a
lot of times and check out DC.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
How are the fans when you guys are playing Wall
seems like they're into it at a younger crowd too.
Speaker 14 (22:51):
Yeah, I mean DC is a great place and fans
are electric. You know, they come to the games. You know,
it's try to get some wins from.
Speaker 12 (22:57):
So they didn't come out and the last and just
in general.
Speaker 4 (23:01):
Uh, you like where you see this organization going with
the type of the type of players that they have
or or bring it along these young players.
Speaker 12 (23:10):
Uh, the future to me looks right. You don't even
have Josiah Gray's been heard. You know you're gonna readd
him to to the mix at some point. Are you
happy where this franchise is going.
Speaker 6 (23:20):
And what you what you see?
Speaker 14 (23:22):
Yeah, like I said earlier, as a young group and
a type group.
Speaker 6 (23:25):
So we're going to continue to get better and I
think the physic.
Speaker 12 (23:27):
Price all right, CJ, thank you so much for joining us.
Appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
It's so good.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
Rob Parker from mlbbro dot com with Tyler Tolbert of
course second basement with the Kansas City Royals.
Speaker 12 (23:43):
Thyler, thank you for joining us, Thank you for having him.
I want to first talk about your journey to the
major leagues.
Speaker 15 (23:50):
You make it the opening day roster this year, part
of that graduating class, that class, I should say, draft
class with Bobby, with J you know those guys, and
then you finally get your chance of the big leagues.
Speaker 13 (24:01):
What was that?
Speaker 6 (24:02):
Like, that's a blessing.
Speaker 11 (24:03):
It's been amazing. Just a lot of years of grinding
or work and everything and uh, like you said, just
came up with Bobby, see Vinny and the rest of
my jockst So it's been pretty special, pretty cool.
Speaker 12 (24:16):
And talk about this team.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
Some bumps and now you guys straight now got a
chance for the postseason.
Speaker 5 (24:22):
What has this been like?
Speaker 12 (24:23):
Uh, just as this team tries to get a spot
in the pole season.
Speaker 11 (24:28):
Just competing every day, one day at a time. Uh,
just we know they ain't going as to get to
the postseason, but all the Canoes kind of focused on today.
It's just one name at a time and just that's
the main point right now.
Speaker 16 (24:41):
As far as you personally, I'm sure not just to
speak a guy.
Speaker 10 (24:57):
Yeah, just that dynamic players.
Speaker 11 (24:58):
Just just whatever I can bring to the table, the
stage's versatility, like you said, just whatever cunies, whatever teams
and just fill in whatever this team. I'm just trying
to baseball game, you know at the end of the day.
Speaker 17 (25:13):
And where'd you love from baseball come from growing up
in Birmingham, Alabama?
Speaker 12 (25:16):
And who was your favorite player?
Speaker 9 (25:18):
Uh?
Speaker 11 (25:18):
My love of baseball came from my dad. He introduced
baseball from uh to me. Uh where really special fun
and every game and uh I was.
Speaker 12 (25:26):
Talking about it all the time.
Speaker 11 (25:27):
And my favorite player growing up was like I follow
the story on a hope ran it's cheater and a
bunch of my favorite players, you.
Speaker 6 (25:34):
Know, my favorite players to watch and that's it.
Speaker 17 (25:37):
Honestly, okay, And and what part of my last thing baseball, fielding, hitting, running,
what was like get you going, like making a great
play defensively, getting to clutching a big head or money.
Speaker 11 (25:53):
Just anything that came back the game. Honestly, like you said,
you touched on everything. Just wanna kind of be in
and just do things that winning baseball and play winning
baseball honestly, because.
Speaker 5 (26:05):
Anything can happening.
Speaker 11 (26:07):
Any of those players can out vc moment and that
look at you going honestly all.
Speaker 12 (26:13):
Right, appreciate it and continue success.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
Thank you, thank you.
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Milwaukee Brewers centerfielder Blake Perkins isn't someone you want to
see at bat right now, as we had to September fourteen.
Who leaves baseball and wins Perkins it's the perfect addition
to help carry Milwaukee, the birthplace of Harley Davison, to
the Promised Land. On Monday, after missing four straight games
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after being added to the BEREBA list for personal reasons,
the centerfielder brought in a hit and a run in
the win against Arizona. Four the month of August, Perkins
has fourteen hits, fifteen runs, three homers, and seven rbi.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
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Speaker 18 (27:00):
Before missing four straight games, the twenty eight year old
brought in the run or a hit in eight of
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Speaker 1 (27:14):
Right now, Milwaukee is wrapping up his.
Speaker 18 (27:16):
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And now from mlbdbro dot com, here's Jrgamba Jr.
Speaker 7 (27:54):
Is it foul or fair to say that Joe Adell,
who recently hit his thirtieth home run, finally has reached
his potential with the La Angels.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
Fair?
Speaker 1 (28:07):
It's a fair ball?
Speaker 19 (28:08):
When Joe Adell was taking with the tenth overall pick
of the twenty seventeen MLB draft. He had all of
the measureaballs a six foot two, two hundred and fifteen
pound frame, crazy power speed, and elite defensive capabilities. The
world knew Odell was a project, but he was expected
to become a future All star in the Major League Baseball.
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His immediate rise wasn't smooth, as Adele came up in
twenty twenty, but was inconsistent and strikeout prone before finally
breaking through as a full time starter, getting over four
hundred at bats for the first time in twenty twenty
four under Ron Washington and Bol Porter as they joined
the franchise.
Speaker 12 (28:50):
Speaking of Bo Porter, he's been one of Adell's.
Speaker 19 (28:53):
Biggest proponents and has always projected the success he's having
Right now.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Adele hit his thirtieth.
Speaker 19 (29:00):
Homer, reaching a plateau that all of his supporters knew
he was capable of. He's slugging close to five hundred
this season, and it's two thirty four batting average is
respectable enough to expect him to reach the two sixty
mark during his peak seasons.
Speaker 10 (29:16):
At just twenty six.
Speaker 19 (29:17):
Years old, Adele still has plenty of time to blossom
into a perennial All Star he just missed this season.
There are many people who felt that the hard work
would eventually pay off and he'd get those kinks out
in his game. Sometimes faith and belief is good enough,
and this new Angels regime, they put all of their
(29:38):
faith in Joe Adell as another serious and intimidating long
ball threat alongside future Hall of Famer Mike Trout.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
They always say next year is the year for the Angels.
Speaker 19 (29:51):
If Joe Adell continues to develop, that might not be
a stretch in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Fair make way for weekend wagers.
Speaker 20 (30:03):
Yo, it's shabo, Fire up those bed naps, let's go.
Speaker 12 (30:09):
Rough day at the office.
Speaker 20 (30:10):
Last weekend went oh and two, dropped the season total
to eighteen wins twenty six losses.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
But it's a Gucci.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
We gonna get out that soup kitchen line and back
to the stakes and glizzies this weekend.
Speaker 20 (30:22):
Starting on Friday, give me the under under eight and
a half total runs between the Milwaukee Brewers and the
Toronto Blue Jays between Freddie Barratz and Shane Bieber are under.
Should be safe with those two on the mound, then
make it two and on on Saturday, as we take
those boys from the north West Gohad and take the
Seattle Mariners on the money line Logan Gilbert should do
(30:44):
work against those Guardians two and zero with a bro
inside the Park.
Speaker 21 (30:50):
Hi, I'm Ron Parker, the founder and editor of mlbbro
dot com, where we cover black and brown major leaguers.
Seventy five percent of the content will be about the
current black and brown stars.
Speaker 12 (31:04):
In Major League Baseball.
Speaker 21 (31:05):
The other twenty five percent will take a look back
at some of the great black players. On the site,
there will be a ton of great written stories and videos.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
And features MLB bro because you need to know MLB fans.
When it comes to Major League Baseball baseball, no one
covers it better than the odd cover up fact.
Speaker 7 (31:25):
I am the baseball kid, first, second, third, and we're
leading shows with baseball.
Speaker 3 (31:32):
They'll watch it. It'll not again, all.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
In one place right here on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (31:38):
I love baseball.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
In the words of New York TV legend the late
Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until
next time. Rob Parker out he can't given this could
be an inside of Parker.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
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