February 28, 2026 • 39 mins
The newest member of the squad Rhys Hoskins stops by to talk about why Cleveland was the right fit for him. Plus, young prospect Ralphy Velazquez talks about his first go-around in Major League camp. Also, Guardians President Chris Antonetti joins Tom Hamilton in the broadcast booth. That's all on this edition of Guardians Weekly with Jim Rosenhaus on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:48):
Hi, everyone, welcome to Guardian's Weekly. Gim Rosen House along
with you from Goodyear Ballpark and Goodyear Arizona, home of
the Cleveland Guardians Spring training, and we have a great
show lined up for you today as we get into
our second week of game action on the spring. In
a little while, we'll hear from starting pitcher Parker Messik,
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outfielder Stuart Fairchild, and one of the top prospects in
all of baseball, young left handed slugger ralphie Velaskaz Well.
Also here from Chris Antonetti, who joined Tom Hamilton in
the booth on our opening day broadcast of the Cactus
League last Saturday and really had some interesting things to
say about the season ahead. But we begin our show
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this week joined by the newest Cleveland Guardian, Reese Hoskins.
The Guardian signed Hoskins to a free agent contract earlier
this week. It's a minor league deal right now, so
he has to make the club, but you feel like
that may be a formality as long as he shows
that he is healthy and ready to go. He has
a proven track record both with the Phillies and the Brewers,
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and when we caught up with him earlier this week,
he talked about why the Guardians were the right fit
for him.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I felt like I needed to get to camp, and
you know, the Guardians were an opportunity to do that
without you know, letting too much a spring get by.
But also like we win here. That's always exciting for
a player, I think, especially someone that's at the point
in their career that I'm at, so a chance to
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win was always great. And then just a pathway, you know,
to have an opportunity, and I think, you know, being
our right handed hitter, I think there is a pathway
here to some playing time. Obviously, I just have to
be healthy and perform.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
You mentioned the winning atmosphere here and the tradition that
they've had and especially last ten to fifteen years. Now
you're in the National League, so you don't see them
a whole lot. How closely can you follow a team
in the other league, and are those limited opportunities to
see them in person enough to gain a real understanding
of what's going on.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
I mean, I still I still follow the league, you know,
I'm like, I'm a sports fan, so I got I
always knew what was going on here, and maybe not
necessarily all the details of who who was being a
part of it, but it was just like the brand
of baseball that was being played here and just like
what was important from across the field is pretty obvious,
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I think, you know, especially having had some experience in
Milwaukee and let's call them a smaller market, getting into
some of the details of the game, figuring out, you know,
different ways around the margins to help win games over
a season is It's a nice challenge, but it's also
different maybe from you know, some of the teams that
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I was on in Philly, So that's exciting as well.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
You have a Cleveland connection, and explain to us about
some time living in Lakewood for just a little bit.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Yeah, I do. My wife, who's my girlfriend at the time,
right out of call. Her first job was working on
the foundation side with the Browns, so she moved here,
you know, fresh out of college, and I joined her
for an off season. I was in Double A at
the time, so just finished my season there in twenty sixteen,
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and yeah, we spent an off season in Lakewood. She
obviously was working for the Browns, so I got to
a few Browns games, and early in the off season
I got to it. I mean they were the Indians then,
but yeah, it was I think a DS game if
I'm remembering correctly, against the Blue Jays, And yeah, just
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some familiarity there is going to go a long way.
That's I think, you know, some of the life things
that not a lot of people think about is like
going to a new place and just trying to figure out, Okay,
where where's the grocery store at and where do we
like to go eat and those types of things. So
some familiarity are.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Going to go a long way for us.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
And you're banking a big league clubhouse after an off
season where it took a while to to get a
contract going, what was it like to get back in
here amongst the just the day to day.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Yeah, I mean, I think that's whether or not you
know it while you're in it. But I think that's
kind of typically what you tend to miss the most
is just being around a group of guys all trying
to figure out how to do the same thing, and
you know, at the end of the day, we still
get to play a kid's game. So yeah, just excited
to be around it. Get back into the routines of
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being a ballplayer and see what we can do.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
That is veteran first baseman Reee Hoskins in the fold
for the Guardians and just now getting started on game
action as he had to build up a little bit.
But it'll be fun to watch him get ready for
a new season and see what he can bring as
a right handed power bat. Every team in baseball, it seems,
looking for just that, including the Guardians, and they may
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have one in Reee Hoskins.
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Speaker 2 (06:37):
Jim Rose anounced back with you. It's Guardians Weekly. They
join you from Goodyear Ballpark and Goodyear Arizona Spring Training
home of the Cleveland Guardians, and we'll take on the
Chicago White Sox later on this afternoon, and we'll have
that ballgame for you right here on the Cleveland Clinic
Guardians Radio Network. Hammy, we'll have that first pitch at
three oh five. Our debut broadcast of twenty twenty six
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came last Saturday against the redsand During that game, President
of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti joined Hammy in the booth
to talk about the season ahead.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
We are pleased to be joined by the president of
the Cleveland Guardians, and that being, of course, Chris Antonetti. Chris,
how was your winner?
Speaker 9 (07:22):
It's been eventful so well, a lot going on, and
probably the highlight of the winter was securing Hosey's future
in Cleveland. I would say so, but I will say
it's also great to be out in goodyear. I can
empathize with the people at home that are still maybe
enjoying temperatures a little cooler than ours. So it's great
to be in a goodyear and have baseball going and
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see the sunshine.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Well, you touched upon it the biggest news of the winter,
and an incredible news with owner Paul Dolan coming to
terms of Jose Ramirez and obviously the rest of you.
But I mean, Hosey's now here for what at least
the next seven years?
Speaker 9 (08:02):
Yeah, through hopefully I believe it'll be his entire tenure
of his career. He'll be here, and we're just so
grateful for Hosey's continued commitment to not only the organization
but the city of Cleveland. And it was something that
he made very clear from going back more than a
year that he wanted to make sure he found a
way to finish his career here. And you know, through
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his commitment and the commitment of our ownership, we're grateful
we were able to make that happen.
Speaker 5 (08:28):
Is that something Hosey initiated?
Speaker 9 (08:30):
He did, Yeah, he initiated it actually started last offseason
and then we had a little bit of dialogue during
the year. We all recognized during the season wasn't the
right time. So once the season ended, Josey mentioned it
again and we worked in earnest to try to make
that happen, and it was. It's I mean again, I
know we talked about at the time, but and as
we've talked about gratitude, but obviously for Josey and our owners,
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but the community in the city of Cleveland were a
huge part for Hosey. He has said from the time
he came up to the major leagues, this has felt
like home for him, and that the support that he
gets is unwavering and he does not take that for granted,
and in his mind, he wanted to make sure.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
That this is the place that he could play his
entire career.
Speaker 9 (09:10):
And so we're grateful, among the many things, we're grateful
for the fans and the community, the way they've embraced
Hosey and all of our players.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
It makes a real difference.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Tander Burns with the payoff pitch now to Sal Stewart
and well, I would think Cleveland should challenge that call.
It's called a ball. Looked like Stuart was going back
to the third base stugout thinking he was out.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Maybe down a little bit. Maybe maybe we're still experimenting
with the abs. So do you like the fact we
have abs?
Speaker 8 (09:42):
I do.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
I think it'll add another element to the game.
Speaker 9 (09:45):
I think it'll nudge us to getting more calls behind
the plate right, especially some of those pivotal calls, and
adds another element of strategy.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Cleveland took a risk though, too. I just love how
as soon as Josey signs, it's like, well, it's another
team friendly deal. You signed a guy with three years
left on a current contract, signing him into age forty
for good money. When most guys, if they're doing it
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the right way, their career starts going the other way.
Why were you willing to do that? Chris?
Speaker 9 (10:19):
It is very unique there. As you pointed out, Tom,
it does not happen across baseball. It's very very rare for,
you know, for a team to agree with, you know,
with a player that is three years left.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Extend the contract.
Speaker 9 (10:31):
But as we said, jose is a very unique player,
not only for what he does and contributes on the field,
but you know what he means to our clubhouse, what
he means to our team, what he means to the organization.
And given how important it was for him. We felt
it was the right thing to do.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Chris Antonetti, president of the Cleveland Guardians, joining us here.
Chase Stallater's already had a couple of hits today in
a split squad. Is the other part of this Cleveland
club is playing Milwaukee in Maryvale. Chris the impressive thing
and again it's early, we get it, but there are
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different sounds off the bat when certain guys like Travis Bozana,
Chase Delattter, George Valera are swinging it. I mean, there's
some really good young talent that might break camp.
Speaker 9 (11:21):
As you said, Tom, we are genuinely excited about the
group of guys we have, and the thing that's most
encouraging for us is who that list is.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
Not just it's not one player, it's not two players.
It's a wave of players, both at the major league
level and at the upper levels at the minor leagues
we actually think have a chance to impact us.
Speaker 9 (11:38):
And that impacted and influenced a lot of the decisions
we made this winner.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
How do you with the latter?
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Now we know Travis Bozana in all likelihood of starting
the year in the minor league's just because of injuries
last year and needs to play some. But if you
focus on say Valera and de latter who obviously came
up either at the end of last year or in
the playoffs, like the Lotter making his debut, you're trying
to keep him healthy and yet you're trying to win
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major league games.
Speaker 5 (12:07):
How do you do that?
Speaker 7 (12:08):
Chris?
Speaker 4 (12:09):
It's a balance.
Speaker 9 (12:09):
I think we will, you know, we'll have to continue
to work through that and we'll have to go off
and you know, we have some idea about what workload
could look like, but we'll have to be mindful and
responsive to how their bodies react to the to the
to the workload and volume during the season.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Do you see a different stole in those guys that
maybe you haven't seen before.
Speaker 9 (12:28):
So both of them are the healthiest that they've been
and probably at any point in their career. And so
now the job is how do we help them continue
on that path and stay where they are right now
while hopefully contributing and helping us be a really productive
major league team.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
You're David Fry the d H He's going to catch tomorrow.
Even though he played last year, it felt like he
missed the whole year.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
It did, and David wasn't himself last year.
Speaker 9 (12:51):
He'd be the first to tell you that he even offensively,
he tried to do things that you know, that got
outside of himself, and he wasn't the player.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
He can be.
Speaker 9 (12:59):
I am really excited to see him catch tomorrow. He
has put in so much work to get back to
that point. He's also repatterned his arm a little bit
with his you say that, what do you mean?
Speaker 4 (13:09):
So his armstroke was.
Speaker 9 (13:10):
You know, was probably not as efficient as it could
be when he was before, when he was catching before,
it led to both a little bit too much stress
on his elbow and he wasn't maximizing the potential of
his arm. And through work with Sandy Alomar, our medical
staff and actually some of our pitching coaches too, he
was able to change his arm action a little bit,
which both makes it a little bit cleaner, so he's
a little bit quicker getting rid of the ball, and
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the ball flight is also much truer, so it should
improve his throwing down to second base, and David is
really excited about it.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
It's hard to do at this point in your life, it.
Speaker 9 (13:40):
Is, but he had a lot of time to work out. Yeah,
through the rehab process, that was the right time to
do it. It's something that he'd always intended to do,
but it's really hard to do when you're playing every day.
And he was committed to it with you know, spent
a lot of time with Sandy and others working on that,
and he's really excited about where it is. And he
right now is throwing better than he's ever thrown at
any point in his career. So combine that with the
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progress he's made defensively and the type of player we've
seen when he's at his best offensively.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
It should be a really good addition to have back
to our team.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
And now David Rips went into deep left on the run.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Is Benson reaches out, can't make the catch, Actually a
reserve out there. It's the track on one bounce, goes
up against the fence, relay throat of the plate coming
in to score on a slide. Is Tolantino and David
Frye with an RBI double. And how much was his
bat impact it was?
Speaker 9 (14:30):
And David said that because he could only contribute that
was the only way he could contribute to the team
last year offensively.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
Is he got outside of his approach.
Speaker 9 (14:37):
He tried to do way too much and I think
that just impacted him and he was just a very
different type of hitter. He would say he was anxious
in the box, hyper aggressive, as opposed to being very
patient and looking hunting his pitch.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
One down in the sixth there's Ralphie Velasquez, cuts and misses.
Haven't even mentioned this kid. He's becoming one of your
top prospects, isn't he.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
He is he puts together or really good at bat.
Speaker 9 (15:02):
A guy that we challenged last year start out in
High A, got off to a bit of a tough start,
promoted to the Double A in the middle of the
year and really took off. He was one of the
best players, best and youngest players in the Eastern League and.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
A former first round pick. So he's always been a hitter,
but he came out of high school.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
He did yeah, and it took him a little while.
Speaker 9 (15:19):
But he's still very young and he again was at
Double A last year, and he's at a point now
which the guys start to reach the upper levels of.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
The miners that timetable cook come in a hurry.
Speaker 5 (15:29):
So what makes him special in your mind?
Speaker 4 (15:33):
So we're starting to see it.
Speaker 9 (15:34):
Even in this bat, He's got a really good awareness
of the strike zone. It's got a pretty compact swing
for a guy his size, and he really impacts the ball.
He's got top end exit Velocity's hits the ball hard
consistently and manages the strike zone well. He uses the
whole field, can drive a ball out to left center
all the way down to the right field line, and
he's beginning to learn himself as a hitter and continuing
to mature, and that's starting to show.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
Up with his approach at the plate at age twenty.
Speaker 9 (15:58):
At age twenty, so this is a as we were talking,
we do feel like there are not just one or two,
but really waves of guys that we feel have a
chance to impact us, you know, at some point this year.
And like I said, that did influence some of how
we approach the offseason. And I appreciate that does not
make me popular at this time of year, because I
know everyone's attached to the names that they might know,
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but you know, ultimately we made their recommendation and we
want to give these guys the opportunity to play and contribute.
And if you look bad at our recent past, a
lot of our best years have been when those young
players have stepped up.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
I know it's a fine line you walk, Chris in
that the kids you want to play, and yet there
are certain times you feel you need to go get
a guy.
Speaker 5 (16:41):
Yeah, how do you determine that?
Speaker 9 (16:44):
I wish there was a formula for tom, But I
think what we'll do is we'll, you know, give these
guys an opportunity, and then if we need to adjust
or pivot from that plan, we'll certainly do that. But
you know, there have been years in which, if you
look back in twenty twenty four, where you know, we
did give some opportunities to young guys. But by the
middle of the season we felt we needed to reinforce
both our rotation and our position player club, and we
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went out and traded for Lane Thomas, and traded for
Alex Cobb and signed Matthew Boyd to try to fortify
that group because we felt they needed some help.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
I think we all get hung up, not you, but fans, broadcasters,
you know who's breaking cam. Yeah, usually about two weeks
and it's a different ball club in some spots.
Speaker 9 (17:26):
That's absolutely and our again, opening days an important day,
and I certainly appreciate a certain especially from a player perspective.
Breaking with the team and get it beyond the opening
day roster is a big deal. But the reality is
for us, we're trying to plan to win as many
games as we can during one hundred and sixty two
game schedule, and we know we're gonna have to rely
on a lot more players than just a twenty six
at break with us.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Chris, thanks for being with us, My pleasure. Tom is
always great to be with you.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Chris Antennaedy President of Cleveland he Churney and the rest
of that gang winning their fifteenth Central Division title a
year ago.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Great stuff there for President of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti
and Hall of Famer Tom Hamilton as they get ready
for the new season. A lot of optimism in camp
for the Guardians. Big reason why some of the young talent,
and we will visit with young starting pitcher Parker Messik.
That's next on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Jim
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Rosenow's back with you from Goodyear Ballpark and Goodyear Arizona.
The Guardians and the White Sox playing later today. Also
Guardians Baseball on the radio from the Cactus League tomorrow
when the Rockies come to town. Both of those games
starting at three to zero five, both right here on
the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network, but Guardians Weekly rolls
on and we had a chance to visit with Parker
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Messic earlier in the spring. The left team made his
major league debut a year ago late in the season,
was a big key to that six man rotation that
really proved to be a key factor in the Guardians
run to a division title. Once again. This is his
first major league camp. He was not in major league
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camp a year ago, and he says, well, that's not
the traditional way to go about things. It's still a
great learning experience for him.
Speaker 10 (19:34):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely is a big deal. I mean it's
awesome and I'm grateful to be here. It's cool to
be back around the guys and the staff, and you know,
I was fortunate last year, like you said, to be
a part of a really cool run. And you know
that's you know, I get to get familiar with everyone
when I was there last year. So now coming into camp,
it's just like, you know, I'm back with the team
and ready to get things going just like everyone else.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
So it's cool.
Speaker 10 (19:54):
I get to experience my first big league camp, but
you know, I already got a taste of what it's
really like, so I'm just excited to get everything wrong.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
For fans who don't know, what's the biggest differences between
coming to minor league camp and then going to big
league camp?
Speaker 10 (20:08):
Now, yeah, you're you're definitely taking care of when you're
in big league camp. You know, just the people around you.
It's the same way when you get to the major leagues.
It's just infinitely better than being in the minor leagues.
You know, everyone talks about it. It's awesome and it's
truly a blessing. So it's just cool, Like like I said,
just to be around all the people that I get
to be around, but still see all the people you
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know that you were with for three four years, you
know when you're in the minor leagues. Just both sides
of it just make.
Speaker 7 (20:34):
It so cool.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
When you look back at last season and you had
a chance to reflect on it getting home, what were
some of your thoughts on what really was a whirlwind
the second half of the year.
Speaker 10 (20:45):
Yeah, I got to really enjoy that time with my family.
Like you take into the fact that it was a debut,
quick travel day, try and take it all in, and
then it's like, all right, my first one at home
versus Tampa, and then you know, fight to boss in
your pitching Boston on Labor Day and that's a crazy
enough experience. And then my next start was at home
in Tampa where I had five hundred people you know there,
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however many it was, but it was just a whar
wind of a time. And you know, next thing, you know,
we're in a historic running clinch for playoffs when we
everyone thought we were way out of it.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
So you know, by the time I got home, I
was like, all right, Like you know.
Speaker 10 (21:20):
I can take a deep breath and just really reflect
on how cool every one of those moments where and
I got to share it with the people that I
care the most about, and now just get to go
into another year and hopefully hopefully be up there the
whole time.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Maybe it's not fair to to ask, but what was
better for you the major league debut or the game
at home against Tampa?
Speaker 10 (21:40):
Yeah, that is that's an unfair question. The debut is
always going to hold a special place in my heart.
But you know, that home start, where you know that
stadium is twenty minutes away from where I've lived my
entire life. So everyone I knew that that was important
to me was there, and it was one of those
cool things where I you know, I didn't even get
to most of the people that I'm closest with after
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the game just because I had everyone that you know
that's from my hometown there. So it was just a
really cool moment to see, you know, all the support
that all the people that I grew up with that
still still follow me and get to That was the
shared memory that I get to have with them forever.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Parker Messik joining us and maybe along those lines of
people who have been there for a long time for you.
For many players, they do their work in the off
season at different facilities, and they might bounce a little
bit and be at one one year, one at the next.
But you've been at the same one in Florida since
you were a seventh grader, which seems remarkable. Tell us
tell us a little bit about it and why it's
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worked for you.
Speaker 10 (22:41):
Yeah, they they've I mean, they're they're like part of
my you know, extended family.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
Now.
Speaker 10 (22:45):
It's it's so cool to be able to go train
at that place I mean the stuff that they do,
they're they're very forward thinking, and you know, Cleveland's grown
very fond of of the work that I've done there.
They sent you know, they'll send players there, and it's
it's just so cool to every off season, you know,
they get to congratulate me. They got they were one
of some of the people that went to you know,
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when went to one of the games when I was
in Tampa. So it was just so it's so cool
every year, like they're they're ready to work with me,
they're excited to work with me again. And you know,
they're always developing new things that you know helps me.
When as soon as I get home and they're already
trying something new that's proven to work, you know, I'm
all over it. I do the best I can to
get ahead of the curve and do everything I need
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to do. That way, when I show up to camp,
it's like, all right, Parker's in a good spot again.
You know, we don't have to worry about what he's
doing in the off season. And that's just something that
I always work to, you know, reassure our organization of
like I will never be one of the guys that
you have to worry about when going home in the
off season because I have good people around me and
that that work really hard.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
So you go into this season, how is the off
season in terms of the build up and any new
wrinkles for you as you try and stay ahead of
the curve from those major league hitters who are always
thinking no doubt.
Speaker 10 (23:57):
Yeah, pretty much, just going to the off season. Just
refine the delivery, making sure everything's moving right, body's moving right,
because when the body's moving right, you know your your
arm's gonna follow. When when everything's in sync, you know,
there's there's way less pain in the arm, you know.
And I've been fortunate to have a really healthy career
so far, so you know, I just wanted to make
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sure everything's moving right and refine the pitches. I ended
up adding a little cutter just to help out the arsenal.
I don't know if it's going to be something that
I even use very much, but it's just something now
where it's like, okay, you know, maybe I can get
in on some rieties, maybe I can back to it.
Maybe it's a pitch the lefties. Not really sure yet,
but just trying to add, you know, whatever I can
do to to make myself be a better big leaguer
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and like you said, get ahead of the curve on
those really good big league hitters. So it's just fun
to be able to refine myself and make myself a
better player.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Every team loves to have depth in terms of starting pitching.
From your perspective, that means competition. So how you're handling
that this spring with a maybe a job on the line,
we'll see. Yeah, yeah, it's awesome.
Speaker 10 (24:59):
I mean having come in spring training, like you said,
it just breeds the competitive attitude from all the players,
and you know, it really brings out the best in
each and every one of us because all of us
is you know, we we want each other to succeed.
Even though we're fighting for a spot with each other,
you know, we're still all friends and you want to
see each other have long, successful careers. So you know,
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whatever however it pans out, we know that each one
of us is going to have a role to play
in the season ahead. So it's just really cool to
get in here and compete with everybody, and you know,
we're still learning from each other, Like no one's not
going to give information because we're competing for a spot.
You know, we're all still, like I said, good buddies
and trying to help each other out. And you know,
ultimately we all want to wear World Series and the
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best way to do that is help.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
Each other out. So that's just what we're doing.
Speaker 10 (25:42):
And however it shakes out, that's how it shakes out.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
It's always what a difference a year makes. And obviously
it's a different situation for you this year. How much
have you grown as a pitcher coming into camp this
year is compared to a year ago, And I know
you were really confident about being able to contribute at
some point.
Speaker 10 (25:59):
Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (26:00):
Last year, you know, I think I had four pitches
in the Arsenal, and then getting through the course of
the Triple A season, you know, I was throwing really well,
and I was just you know, waiting for my time,
waiting for the opportunity, and you know, throughout that process,
I kept refining myself. Like I added the sinker last
year mid season because I wanted to have a little
bit better number versus the better lefty hitters that I
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was facing. And you know, it turned out that it
ended up being a pitch that I can use verse
righties too, So you know, I think what I really
found out about myself is that the stuff plays at
the big league level when I use it correctly and
when I'm filling up the zone and attacking, you know,
with the confidence that you know I can be an
everyday big leaguer. Then that's one of those things that
going into this year, I can I can really take
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and know that, you know, I don't have to be
scared to throw my heater in the zone and in
whatever counter or flip a curveball in there, and you know,
I can get swing and miss on on some of
my off speed stuff. And it's just really cool for
me that I proved it to myself last year and
now I get to prove that I can stay.
Speaker 8 (26:58):
There this year.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Parker, great to see it, Thank you, sir, Thank you.
I appreciate that is Parker Messik, who will be battling
for a spot in the starting rotation for the Guardians.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
Five spots.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Six really good pitchers vying for those five spots, and
Messig trying to make sure he's a part of it
to start the season. Same holds true for outfielder Stuart
Fairchild trying to make this team as an outfielder for
the Guardians. He signed a minor league deal in the
off season after spending some time in Atlanta a season ago.
That was following three seasons with the Reds down in Cincinnati,
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and he says it has been a smooth transition for
him joining a new franchise again.
Speaker 7 (27:39):
Oh man, I think it's just being flexible is the
biggest thing. And it's yeah, like you said, it's not
the first time I've done this, so I feel like
I have some experience with being flexible, and yeah, just
getting to know the people, getting to know you know,
your teammates and your coaches, and yeah, just just kind
of like getting on the same way like there's everyone
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else in the in the organization, and you know, kind
of kind of showing that you know, you're here to
contribute and you know, do whatever the team needs to
to win ball games.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
I think is the biggest thing.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
For the most part, it's a homegrown team, but obviously
there's unique perspectives that you can bring being in other
organizations and what have you noticed here that maybe is
different from some others that you've been with.
Speaker 7 (28:24):
I'd say like the biggest thing is the culture here.
Like every team wants to talk about culture, but it
seems like this is a team that does culture well.
And I mean, you know, we had our our meeting
with the manager and the coaches and the front office
last week, and I mean usually teams do that at
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the end of spring training. But it's clear that, like
they have, they make it an emphasis to to get
to know you as a person and not just a
baseball player here. And you know, they want they want
good people in this organization and they know that a
good culture leads to you know, cohesiveness as a team
and winning ball games. So I think that's a big
thing here, and you know, it's it's made it easy
(29:06):
for me to to come in and yeah, I just
feel welcomed.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Obviously, there's a connection for a veteran player usually to
sign with a team, and you have one with Steven Vote.
Explain that and and maybe what his sales pitch was
for you to to try and come here and be
a contributor.
Speaker 7 (29:22):
Yeah, Voter and I uh got the opportunity to play
together briefly in Arizona in twenty twenty one. That was
the season I made my debut, and uh, I think
I actually came in to pinch run for him the
day that I made my official debut, I came to
came into pinch run for him at second base.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
So yeah, I mean it was it was.
Speaker 7 (29:43):
It was really cool when when Voter called me this
offseason and just expressed interest and you know, how how
the team views me and how how they value me.
That was the biggest thing. Is is I felt, you know,
valued from from day one, and you know, I just
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want to contribute and you know, help the Guardians win games.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
Stuart Fairchild joining us, We'll see if you're a little
bit here early in camp, but then then you're gonna
go away for a while to be part of the
World Baseball Classic for Chinese Taipei. Tell us about that
connection there and your excitement level to go play in
a national tournament. Yeah, my mom was born in Taiwan.
She moved over to the US when she was twelve
(30:27):
years old. Has actually never been back to Taiwan since then.
But it's it's it's always been a dream for me
to you know, represent the country that she was born in.
And yeah, I think it's an awesome opportunity to go
over to Japan and play over there. I've never been
over to Asia, and you know, Japan's been you know,
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high on the list of places I want to visit,
and it seems like they have, you know, just just
great culture there, like from the food to the cleanliness,
you know, just the respect that that that culture has
is something I've been wanting to see. So it's a perfect,
perfect opportunity to do that and represent the country that
my mom is born in. And what's that balance of
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especially with a new organization, knowing that you'll be away
when you're trying to obviously leave a good impression here,
but on the flip side, be able to play in
some really competitive games.
Speaker 7 (31:21):
Yeah, I mean, I'm I'm I'm just treating it as
you know, that's like a little wrinkle in my spring training.
But I'm gonna be continuing getting work in over there,
playing games and getting my body ready for the season.
So yeah, it's it's gonna be it's gonna be a
different spring, but it should be a blast and I'm
just really excited for it.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Seattle Native, good offseason for you on the football standpoint.
Speaker 7 (31:44):
Yep, absolutely go Hawks.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Thanks Stuart, Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
It's Betrad.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
Outfielder Stuart fairchild who's away from the team for a
little bit as he is with Chinese Taiwan in the
World Baseball Classic and his first round games are in Japan,
so he's gone a long way to travel for the
World Baseball Classic. But he'll be back here in a
couple of weeks. Stay with us when we come back.
It's our final segment. We'll hear from one of the
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bright young prospects in the game today, Ralph e Velasquez.
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Speaker 2 (33:03):
Welcome back to Goodyear Ballparking Goodyear, Arizona, the spring training
home of the Cleveland Guardians. Jim Rosenhouse back with you
as we continue with Guardians weekly spring training. A lot
of fun always because you get to see some of
the bright young prospects who seemingly are a ways away
from the major leagues, but if they're in major league camp,
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they're not that far away. And twenty year old first
basement outfielder Ralphie Velasquez, it is in his first major
league camp and he is on the move quickly, and
he says, it's been great to see how the big
leaguers go about their day to day routine in spring
training as they get ready for a long season.
Speaker 8 (33:42):
Yeah, it's super surreal to be around all these great players.
It's super exciting to learn to see what they do,
to see how they go about their business. It's a
cool thing to look forward to for sure.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Now, you did get to play in some games last
year coming over from the minor league side and had success.
What did them do for you when the season began.
Being able to play against big league competition in the spring, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (34:04):
Made me feel like I belong, mad me feel like
I belong, and made me feel like I love the
game of baseball. Being around all these guys is just
it's awesome for sure.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
When your season got going, obviously you put up some
good numbers, especially power wise. What part of your game
where you're really happy with that came along last year?
Speaker 8 (34:22):
Honestly, just my mental part of the game.
Speaker 4 (34:25):
For sure.
Speaker 8 (34:25):
I've taken a good chunk of learning from the people
that have gone through struggles and have put up good numbers.
Just like, honestly, just keeping tunnel vision, keeping tunnel vision
and trusting yourself. So that was the biggest thing for me,
probably my mental.
Speaker 2 (34:40):
Game, deservedly so. Cleveland has a great reputation in terms
of the pitching side of development. But there's some really
good young hitters on their way up and you're in
that bunch. What are they doing from the heading side
that's helpful for you to keep you on that right path.
Speaker 8 (34:55):
Yeah, they come to work every day with the plan
just for drills for you to get bet. The thing
I like about our hitting staff is they listen to you.
They listen to you, they ask you what you feel.
They take in information same as we do, and it
goes great with working together.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Ralphie Velaskaz is joining us. One of the young prospects
is in major league camp in his case for the
first time. You're drafted out of high school, so that
first full minor league season. Explain the challenge is just
physically and mentally of that first time when you're going
from April to the end of August, maybe even at September.
Speaker 4 (35:31):
It's a monster.
Speaker 8 (35:32):
It's a monster for sure, something that I didn't know about.
And I thought it was just to be another day
of high school baseball and it's not. It's one hundred
and thirty something games, and it was a lot, for sure,
it was a lot of learning. I was tired, but again,
the people around me in the system we have here
with Cleveland, they just helped me keep pushing through it
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and giving me advice and it was awesome.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
I was in a good spot and before we got
going here, you're talking about it's year round.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
Now.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
Explain some of the things that you're able to do
here here and goodyear in the off season. That really
helped you and set you up for a new season.
Speaker 8 (36:09):
Yeah, I've always said that Cleveland does a really good
job at getting their players and bringing them up together.
Like it's awesome. I see these dudes so much during
the offseason. During the season, we get so close. If
you put guys on the team that are close like brothers,
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it's gonna be hard to beat them because how bad
they wanted and how bad they want to win.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
So I love what we do here.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
We'll talk a lot about what you do at the plate,
but obviously they're the key is defensively and you are
a catcher in high school, but you haven't been doing
that a whole lot in pro ball. First base, outfield.
How's that part of your game coming along? As far
as learning new positions on the fly.
Speaker 8 (36:53):
No, it's fun like beating an athlete. I like moving
around and trying different things. But no, it's been going
great for I love it over There got a good
infield staff, a great outfield staff too, So it's fun
coming to work every day.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
And you come to work in the Major league clubhouse.
Is there anyone in there so far that's been fun
to get to know from established Major League side of things,
like a Jose Ramirez or someone else, anybody in there
in particular. That's that's been fun to get to know.
Speaker 4 (37:21):
They're all great guys. They're all great guys.
Speaker 8 (37:23):
Like coming into work every day and seeing them and
giving a little dap up talking to them.
Speaker 4 (37:28):
They're all great.
Speaker 8 (37:29):
They again, they gave me good advice, let me know
what's right from wrong. So it's fun being twenty years
old in this environment. That's sick, I can.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Imagine, Ralphie. I've enjoyed the spring, and hopefully it lasts
a long time for you and we'll talk to you
again soon, I'm sure certain. Thank you for having me
a nice young man, Ralphie Velasquez the power hitting first
basement and he's been impressive in his game action so
far this spring.
Speaker 5 (37:55):
That's gonna do it.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
For this week's edition of Guardians Weekly, thanks as always
to Brian Botsey for all of his help. Until next time,
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Speaker 2 (00:48):
Hi, everyone, welcome to Guardian's Weekly. Gim Rosen House along
with you from Goodyear Ballpark and Goodyear Arizona, home of
the Cleveland Guardians Spring training, and we have a great
show lined up for you today as we get into
our second week of game action on the spring. In
a little while, we'll hear from starting pitcher Parker Messik,
(01:11):
outfielder Stuart Fairchild, and one of the top prospects in
all of baseball, young left handed slugger ralphie Velaskaz Well.
Also here from Chris Antonetti, who joined Tom Hamilton in
the booth on our opening day broadcast of the Cactus
League last Saturday and really had some interesting things to
say about the season ahead. But we begin our show
(01:34):
this week joined by the newest Cleveland Guardian, Reese Hoskins.
The Guardian signed Hoskins to a free agent contract earlier
this week. It's a minor league deal right now, so
he has to make the club, but you feel like
that may be a formality as long as he shows
that he is healthy and ready to go. He has
a proven track record both with the Phillies and the Brewers,
(01:57):
and when we caught up with him earlier this week,
he talked about why the Guardians were the right fit
for him.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I felt like I needed to get to camp, and
you know, the Guardians were an opportunity to do that
without you know, letting too much a spring get by.
But also like we win here. That's always exciting for
a player, I think, especially someone that's at the point
in their career that I'm at, so a chance to
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win was always great. And then just a pathway, you know,
to have an opportunity, and I think, you know, being
our right handed hitter, I think there is a pathway
here to some playing time. Obviously, I just have to
be healthy and perform.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
You mentioned the winning atmosphere here and the tradition that
they've had and especially last ten to fifteen years. Now
you're in the National League, so you don't see them
a whole lot. How closely can you follow a team
in the other league, and are those limited opportunities to
see them in person enough to gain a real understanding
of what's going on.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
I mean, I still I still follow the league, you know,
I'm like, I'm a sports fan, so I got I
always knew what was going on here, and maybe not
necessarily all the details of who who was being a
part of it, but it was just like the brand
of baseball that was being played here and just like
what was important from across the field is pretty obvious,
(03:23):
I think, you know, especially having had some experience in
Milwaukee and let's call them a smaller market, getting into
some of the details of the game, figuring out, you know,
different ways around the margins to help win games over
a season is It's a nice challenge, but it's also
different maybe from you know, some of the teams that
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I was on in Philly, So that's exciting as well.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
You have a Cleveland connection, and explain to us about
some time living in Lakewood for just a little bit.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Yeah, I do. My wife, who's my girlfriend at the time,
right out of call. Her first job was working on
the foundation side with the Browns, so she moved here,
you know, fresh out of college, and I joined her
for an off season. I was in Double A at
the time, so just finished my season there in twenty sixteen,
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and yeah, we spent an off season in Lakewood. She
obviously was working for the Browns, so I got to
a few Browns games, and early in the off season
I got to it. I mean they were the Indians then,
but yeah, it was I think a DS game if
I'm remembering correctly, against the Blue Jays, And yeah, just
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some familiarity there is going to go a long way.
That's I think, you know, some of the life things
that not a lot of people think about is like
going to a new place and just trying to figure out, Okay,
where where's the grocery store at and where do we
like to go eat and those types of things. So
some familiarity are.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Going to go a long way for us.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
And you're banking a big league clubhouse after an off
season where it took a while to to get a
contract going, what was it like to get back in
here amongst the just the day to day.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Yeah, I mean, I think that's whether or not you
know it while you're in it. But I think that's
kind of typically what you tend to miss the most
is just being around a group of guys all trying
to figure out how to do the same thing, and
you know, at the end of the day, we still
get to play a kid's game. So yeah, just excited
to be around it. Get back into the routines of
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being a ballplayer and see what we can do.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
That is veteran first baseman Reee Hoskins in the fold
for the Guardians and just now getting started on game
action as he had to build up a little bit.
But it'll be fun to watch him get ready for
a new season and see what he can bring as
a right handed power bat. Every team in baseball, it seems,
looking for just that, including the Guardians, and they may
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have one in Reee Hoskins.
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Speaker 7 (06:02):
Thanks again for taking me to the game, man, I
can't wait to get in there.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
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Speaker 2 (06:37):
Jim Rose anounced back with you. It's Guardians Weekly. They
join you from Goodyear Ballpark and Goodyear Arizona Spring Training
home of the Cleveland Guardians, and we'll take on the
Chicago White Sox later on this afternoon, and we'll have
that ballgame for you right here on the Cleveland Clinic
Guardians Radio Network. Hammy, we'll have that first pitch at
three oh five. Our debut broadcast of twenty twenty six
(07:01):
came last Saturday against the redsand During that game, President
of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti joined Hammy in the booth
to talk about the season ahead.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
We are pleased to be joined by the president of
the Cleveland Guardians, and that being, of course, Chris Antonetti. Chris,
how was your winner?
Speaker 9 (07:22):
It's been eventful so well, a lot going on, and
probably the highlight of the winter was securing Hosey's future
in Cleveland. I would say so, but I will say
it's also great to be out in goodyear. I can
empathize with the people at home that are still maybe
enjoying temperatures a little cooler than ours. So it's great
to be in a goodyear and have baseball going and
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see the sunshine.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Well, you touched upon it the biggest news of the winter,
and an incredible news with owner Paul Dolan coming to
terms of Jose Ramirez and obviously the rest of you.
But I mean, Hosey's now here for what at least
the next seven years?
Speaker 9 (08:02):
Yeah, through hopefully I believe it'll be his entire tenure
of his career. He'll be here, and we're just so
grateful for Hosey's continued commitment to not only the organization
but the city of Cleveland. And it was something that
he made very clear from going back more than a
year that he wanted to make sure he found a
way to finish his career here. And you know, through
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his commitment and the commitment of our ownership, we're grateful
we were able to make that happen.
Speaker 5 (08:28):
Is that something Hosey initiated?
Speaker 9 (08:30):
He did, Yeah, he initiated it actually started last offseason
and then we had a little bit of dialogue during
the year. We all recognized during the season wasn't the
right time. So once the season ended, Josey mentioned it
again and we worked in earnest to try to make
that happen, and it was. It's I mean again, I
know we talked about at the time, but and as
we've talked about gratitude, but obviously for Josey and our owners,
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but the community in the city of Cleveland were a
huge part for Hosey. He has said from the time
he came up to the major leagues, this has felt
like home for him, and that the support that he
gets is unwavering and he does not take that for granted,
and in his mind, he wanted to make sure.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
That this is the place that he could play his
entire career.
Speaker 9 (09:10):
And so we're grateful, among the many things, we're grateful
for the fans and the community, the way they've embraced
Hosey and all of our players.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
It makes a real difference.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Tander Burns with the payoff pitch now to Sal Stewart
and well, I would think Cleveland should challenge that call.
It's called a ball. Looked like Stuart was going back
to the third base stugout thinking he was out.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Maybe down a little bit. Maybe maybe we're still experimenting
with the abs. So do you like the fact we
have abs?
Speaker 8 (09:42):
I do.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
I think it'll add another element to the game.
Speaker 9 (09:45):
I think it'll nudge us to getting more calls behind
the plate right, especially some of those pivotal calls, and
adds another element of strategy.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Cleveland took a risk though, too. I just love how
as soon as Josey signs, it's like, well, it's another
team friendly deal. You signed a guy with three years
left on a current contract, signing him into age forty
for good money. When most guys, if they're doing it
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the right way, their career starts going the other way.
Why were you willing to do that? Chris?
Speaker 9 (10:19):
It is very unique there. As you pointed out, Tom,
it does not happen across baseball. It's very very rare for,
you know, for a team to agree with, you know,
with a player that is three years left.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Extend the contract.
Speaker 9 (10:31):
But as we said, jose is a very unique player,
not only for what he does and contributes on the field,
but you know what he means to our clubhouse, what
he means to our team, what he means to the organization.
And given how important it was for him. We felt
it was the right thing to do.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Chris Antonetti, president of the Cleveland Guardians, joining us here.
Chase Stallater's already had a couple of hits today in
a split squad. Is the other part of this Cleveland
club is playing Milwaukee in Maryvale. Chris the impressive thing
and again it's early, we get it, but there are
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different sounds off the bat when certain guys like Travis Bozana,
Chase Delattter, George Valera are swinging it. I mean, there's
some really good young talent that might break camp.
Speaker 9 (11:21):
As you said, Tom, we are genuinely excited about the
group of guys we have, and the thing that's most
encouraging for us is who that list is.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
Not just it's not one player, it's not two players.
It's a wave of players, both at the major league
level and at the upper levels at the minor leagues
we actually think have a chance to impact us.
Speaker 9 (11:38):
And that impacted and influenced a lot of the decisions
we made this winner.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
How do you with the latter?
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Now we know Travis Bozana in all likelihood of starting
the year in the minor league's just because of injuries
last year and needs to play some. But if you
focus on say Valera and de latter who obviously came
up either at the end of last year or in
the playoffs, like the Lotter making his debut, you're trying
to keep him healthy and yet you're trying to win
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major league games.
Speaker 5 (12:07):
How do you do that?
Speaker 7 (12:08):
Chris?
Speaker 4 (12:09):
It's a balance.
Speaker 9 (12:09):
I think we will, you know, we'll have to continue
to work through that and we'll have to go off
and you know, we have some idea about what workload
could look like, but we'll have to be mindful and
responsive to how their bodies react to the to the
to the workload and volume during the season.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Do you see a different stole in those guys that
maybe you haven't seen before.
Speaker 9 (12:28):
So both of them are the healthiest that they've been
and probably at any point in their career. And so
now the job is how do we help them continue
on that path and stay where they are right now
while hopefully contributing and helping us be a really productive
major league team.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
You're David Fry the d H He's going to catch tomorrow.
Even though he played last year, it felt like he
missed the whole year.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
It did, and David wasn't himself last year.
Speaker 9 (12:51):
He'd be the first to tell you that he even offensively,
he tried to do things that you know, that got
outside of himself, and he wasn't the player.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
He can be.
Speaker 9 (12:59):
I am really excited to see him catch tomorrow. He
has put in so much work to get back to
that point. He's also repatterned his arm a little bit
with his you say that, what do you mean?
Speaker 4 (13:09):
So his armstroke was.
Speaker 9 (13:10):
You know, was probably not as efficient as it could
be when he was before, when he was catching before,
it led to both a little bit too much stress
on his elbow and he wasn't maximizing the potential of
his arm. And through work with Sandy Alomar, our medical
staff and actually some of our pitching coaches too, he
was able to change his arm action a little bit,
which both makes it a little bit cleaner, so he's
a little bit quicker getting rid of the ball, and
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the ball flight is also much truer, so it should
improve his throwing down to second base, and David is
really excited about it.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
It's hard to do at this point in your life, it.
Speaker 9 (13:40):
Is, but he had a lot of time to work out. Yeah,
through the rehab process, that was the right time to
do it. It's something that he'd always intended to do,
but it's really hard to do when you're playing every day.
And he was committed to it with you know, spent
a lot of time with Sandy and others working on that,
and he's really excited about where it is. And he
right now is throwing better than he's ever thrown at
any point in his career. So combine that with the
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progress he's made defensively and the type of player we've
seen when he's at his best offensively.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
It should be a really good addition to have back
to our team.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
And now David Rips went into deep left on the run.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Is Benson reaches out, can't make the catch, Actually a
reserve out there. It's the track on one bounce, goes
up against the fence, relay throat of the plate coming
in to score on a slide. Is Tolantino and David
Frye with an RBI double. And how much was his
bat impact it was?
Speaker 9 (14:30):
And David said that because he could only contribute that
was the only way he could contribute to the team
last year offensively.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
Is he got outside of his approach.
Speaker 9 (14:37):
He tried to do way too much and I think
that just impacted him and he was just a very
different type of hitter. He would say he was anxious
in the box, hyper aggressive, as opposed to being very
patient and looking hunting his pitch.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
One down in the sixth there's Ralphie Velasquez, cuts and misses.
Haven't even mentioned this kid. He's becoming one of your
top prospects, isn't he.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
He is he puts together or really good at bat.
Speaker 9 (15:02):
A guy that we challenged last year start out in
High A, got off to a bit of a tough start,
promoted to the Double A in the middle of the
year and really took off. He was one of the
best players, best and youngest players in the Eastern League and.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
A former first round pick. So he's always been a hitter,
but he came out of high school.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
He did yeah, and it took him a little while.
Speaker 9 (15:19):
But he's still very young and he again was at
Double A last year, and he's at a point now
which the guys start to reach the upper levels of.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
The miners that timetable cook come in a hurry.
Speaker 5 (15:29):
So what makes him special in your mind?
Speaker 4 (15:33):
So we're starting to see it.
Speaker 9 (15:34):
Even in this bat, He's got a really good awareness
of the strike zone. It's got a pretty compact swing
for a guy his size, and he really impacts the ball.
He's got top end exit Velocity's hits the ball hard
consistently and manages the strike zone well. He uses the
whole field, can drive a ball out to left center
all the way down to the right field line, and
he's beginning to learn himself as a hitter and continuing
to mature, and that's starting to show.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
Up with his approach at the plate at age twenty.
Speaker 9 (15:58):
At age twenty, so this is a as we were talking,
we do feel like there are not just one or two,
but really waves of guys that we feel have a
chance to impact us, you know, at some point this year.
And like I said, that did influence some of how
we approach the offseason. And I appreciate that does not
make me popular at this time of year, because I
know everyone's attached to the names that they might know,
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but you know, ultimately we made their recommendation and we
want to give these guys the opportunity to play and contribute.
And if you look bad at our recent past, a
lot of our best years have been when those young
players have stepped up.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
I know it's a fine line you walk, Chris in
that the kids you want to play, and yet there
are certain times you feel you need to go get
a guy.
Speaker 5 (16:41):
Yeah, how do you determine that?
Speaker 9 (16:44):
I wish there was a formula for tom, But I
think what we'll do is we'll, you know, give these
guys an opportunity, and then if we need to adjust
or pivot from that plan, we'll certainly do that. But
you know, there have been years in which, if you
look back in twenty twenty four, where you know, we
did give some opportunities to young guys. But by the
middle of the season we felt we needed to reinforce
both our rotation and our position player club, and we
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went out and traded for Lane Thomas, and traded for
Alex Cobb and signed Matthew Boyd to try to fortify
that group because we felt they needed some help.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
I think we all get hung up, not you, but fans, broadcasters,
you know who's breaking cam. Yeah, usually about two weeks
and it's a different ball club in some spots.
Speaker 9 (17:26):
That's absolutely and our again, opening days an important day,
and I certainly appreciate a certain especially from a player perspective.
Breaking with the team and get it beyond the opening
day roster is a big deal. But the reality is
for us, we're trying to plan to win as many
games as we can during one hundred and sixty two
game schedule, and we know we're gonna have to rely
on a lot more players than just a twenty six
at break with us.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Chris, thanks for being with us, My pleasure. Tom is
always great to be with you.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Chris Antennaedy President of Cleveland he Churney and the rest
of that gang winning their fifteenth Central Division title a
year ago.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Great stuff there for President of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti
and Hall of Famer Tom Hamilton as they get ready
for the new season. A lot of optimism in camp
for the Guardians. Big reason why some of the young talent,
and we will visit with young starting pitcher Parker Messik.
That's next on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Jim
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Rosenow's back with you from Goodyear Ballpark and Goodyear Arizona.
The Guardians and the White Sox playing later today. Also
Guardians Baseball on the radio from the Cactus League tomorrow
when the Rockies come to town. Both of those games
starting at three to zero five, both right here on
the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network, but Guardians Weekly rolls
on and we had a chance to visit with Parker
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Messic earlier in the spring. The left team made his
major league debut a year ago late in the season,
was a big key to that six man rotation that
really proved to be a key factor in the Guardians
run to a division title. Once again. This is his
first major league camp. He was not in major league
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camp a year ago, and he says, well, that's not
the traditional way to go about things. It's still a
great learning experience for him.
Speaker 10 (19:34):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely is a big deal. I mean it's
awesome and I'm grateful to be here. It's cool to
be back around the guys and the staff, and you know,
I was fortunate last year, like you said, to be
a part of a really cool run. And you know
that's you know, I get to get familiar with everyone
when I was there last year. So now coming into camp,
it's just like, you know, I'm back with the team
and ready to get things going just like everyone else.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
So it's cool.
Speaker 10 (19:54):
I get to experience my first big league camp, but
you know, I already got a taste of what it's
really like, so I'm just excited to get everything wrong.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
For fans who don't know, what's the biggest differences between
coming to minor league camp and then going to big
league camp?
Speaker 10 (20:08):
Now, yeah, you're you're definitely taking care of when you're
in big league camp. You know, just the people around you.
It's the same way when you get to the major leagues.
It's just infinitely better than being in the minor leagues.
You know, everyone talks about it. It's awesome and it's
truly a blessing. So it's just cool, Like like I said,
just to be around all the people that I get
to be around, but still see all the people you
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know that you were with for three four years, you
know when you're in the minor leagues. Just both sides
of it just make.
Speaker 7 (20:34):
It so cool.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
When you look back at last season and you had
a chance to reflect on it getting home, what were
some of your thoughts on what really was a whirlwind
the second half of the year.
Speaker 10 (20:45):
Yeah, I got to really enjoy that time with my family.
Like you take into the fact that it was a debut,
quick travel day, try and take it all in, and
then it's like, all right, my first one at home
versus Tampa, and then you know, fight to boss in
your pitching Boston on Labor Day and that's a crazy
enough experience. And then my next start was at home
in Tampa where I had five hundred people you know there,
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however many it was, but it was just a whar
wind of a time. And you know, next thing, you know,
we're in a historic running clinch for playoffs when we
everyone thought we were way out of it.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
So you know, by the time I got home, I
was like, all right, Like you know.
Speaker 10 (21:20):
I can take a deep breath and just really reflect
on how cool every one of those moments where and
I got to share it with the people that I
care the most about, and now just get to go
into another year and hopefully hopefully be up there the
whole time.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Maybe it's not fair to to ask, but what was
better for you the major league debut or the game
at home against Tampa?
Speaker 10 (21:40):
Yeah, that is that's an unfair question. The debut is
always going to hold a special place in my heart.
But you know, that home start, where you know that
stadium is twenty minutes away from where I've lived my
entire life. So everyone I knew that that was important
to me was there, and it was one of those
cool things where I you know, I didn't even get
to most of the people that I'm closest with after
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the game just because I had everyone that you know
that's from my hometown there. So it was just a
really cool moment to see, you know, all the support
that all the people that I grew up with that
still still follow me and get to That was the
shared memory that I get to have with them forever.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Parker Messik joining us and maybe along those lines of
people who have been there for a long time for you.
For many players, they do their work in the off
season at different facilities, and they might bounce a little
bit and be at one one year, one at the next.
But you've been at the same one in Florida since
you were a seventh grader, which seems remarkable. Tell us
tell us a little bit about it and why it's
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worked for you.
Speaker 10 (22:41):
Yeah, they they've I mean, they're they're like part of
my you know, extended family.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
Now.
Speaker 10 (22:45):
It's it's so cool to be able to go train
at that place I mean the stuff that they do,
they're they're very forward thinking, and you know, Cleveland's grown
very fond of of the work that I've done there.
They sent you know, they'll send players there, and it's
it's just so cool to every off season, you know,
they get to congratulate me. They got they were one
of some of the people that went to you know,
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when went to one of the games when I was
in Tampa. So it was just so it's so cool
every year, like they're they're ready to work with me,
they're excited to work with me again. And you know,
they're always developing new things that you know helps me.
When as soon as I get home and they're already
trying something new that's proven to work, you know, I'm
all over it. I do the best I can to
get ahead of the curve and do everything I need
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to do. That way, when I show up to camp,
it's like, all right, Parker's in a good spot again.
You know, we don't have to worry about what he's
doing in the off season. And that's just something that
I always work to, you know, reassure our organization of
like I will never be one of the guys that
you have to worry about when going home in the
off season because I have good people around me and
that that work really hard.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
So you go into this season, how is the off
season in terms of the build up and any new
wrinkles for you as you try and stay ahead of
the curve from those major league hitters who are always
thinking no doubt.
Speaker 10 (23:57):
Yeah, pretty much, just going to the off season. Just
refine the delivery, making sure everything's moving right, body's moving right,
because when the body's moving right, you know your your
arm's gonna follow. When when everything's in sync, you know,
there's there's way less pain in the arm, you know.
And I've been fortunate to have a really healthy career
so far, so you know, I just wanted to make
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sure everything's moving right and refine the pitches. I ended
up adding a little cutter just to help out the arsenal.
I don't know if it's going to be something that
I even use very much, but it's just something now
where it's like, okay, you know, maybe I can get
in on some rieties, maybe I can back to it.
Maybe it's a pitch the lefties. Not really sure yet,
but just trying to add, you know, whatever I can
do to to make myself be a better big leaguer
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and like you said, get ahead of the curve on
those really good big league hitters. So it's just fun
to be able to refine myself and make myself a
better player.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Every team loves to have depth in terms of starting pitching.
From your perspective, that means competition. So how you're handling
that this spring with a maybe a job on the line,
we'll see. Yeah, yeah, it's awesome.
Speaker 10 (24:59):
I mean having come in spring training, like you said,
it just breeds the competitive attitude from all the players,
and you know, it really brings out the best in
each and every one of us because all of us
is you know, we we want each other to succeed.
Even though we're fighting for a spot with each other,
you know, we're still all friends and you want to
see each other have long, successful careers. So you know,
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whatever however it pans out, we know that each one
of us is going to have a role to play
in the season ahead. So it's just really cool to
get in here and compete with everybody, and you know,
we're still learning from each other, Like no one's not
going to give information because we're competing for a spot.
You know, we're all still, like I said, good buddies
and trying to help each other out. And you know,
ultimately we all want to wear World Series and the
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best way to do that is help.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
Each other out. So that's just what we're doing.
Speaker 10 (25:42):
And however it shakes out, that's how it shakes out.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
It's always what a difference a year makes. And obviously
it's a different situation for you this year. How much
have you grown as a pitcher coming into camp this
year is compared to a year ago, And I know
you were really confident about being able to contribute at
some point.
Speaker 10 (25:59):
Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (26:00):
Last year, you know, I think I had four pitches
in the Arsenal, and then getting through the course of
the Triple A season, you know, I was throwing really well,
and I was just you know, waiting for my time,
waiting for the opportunity, and you know, throughout that process,
I kept refining myself. Like I added the sinker last
year mid season because I wanted to have a little
bit better number versus the better lefty hitters that I
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was facing. And you know, it turned out that it
ended up being a pitch that I can use verse
righties too, So you know, I think what I really
found out about myself is that the stuff plays at
the big league level when I use it correctly and
when I'm filling up the zone and attacking, you know,
with the confidence that you know I can be an
everyday big leaguer. Then that's one of those things that
going into this year, I can I can really take
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and know that, you know, I don't have to be
scared to throw my heater in the zone and in
whatever counter or flip a curveball in there, and you know,
I can get swing and miss on on some of
my off speed stuff. And it's just really cool for
me that I proved it to myself last year and
now I get to prove that I can stay.
Speaker 8 (26:58):
There this year.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Parker, great to see it, Thank you, sir, Thank you.
I appreciate that is Parker Messik, who will be battling
for a spot in the starting rotation for the Guardians.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
Five spots.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Six really good pitchers vying for those five spots, and
Messig trying to make sure he's a part of it
to start the season. Same holds true for outfielder Stuart
Fairchild trying to make this team as an outfielder for
the Guardians. He signed a minor league deal in the
off season after spending some time in Atlanta a season ago.
That was following three seasons with the Reds down in Cincinnati,
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and he says it has been a smooth transition for
him joining a new franchise again.
Speaker 7 (27:39):
Oh man, I think it's just being flexible is the
biggest thing. And it's yeah, like you said, it's not
the first time I've done this, so I feel like
I have some experience with being flexible, and yeah, just
getting to know the people, getting to know you know,
your teammates and your coaches, and yeah, just just kind
of like getting on the same way like there's everyone
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else in the in the organization, and you know, kind
of kind of showing that you know, you're here to
contribute and you know, do whatever the team needs to
to win ball games.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
I think is the biggest thing.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
For the most part, it's a homegrown team, but obviously
there's unique perspectives that you can bring being in other
organizations and what have you noticed here that maybe is
different from some others that you've been with.
Speaker 7 (28:24):
I'd say like the biggest thing is the culture here.
Like every team wants to talk about culture, but it
seems like this is a team that does culture well.
And I mean, you know, we had our our meeting
with the manager and the coaches and the front office
last week, and I mean usually teams do that at
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the end of spring training. But it's clear that, like
they have, they make it an emphasis to to get
to know you as a person and not just a
baseball player here. And you know, they want they want
good people in this organization and they know that a
good culture leads to you know, cohesiveness as a team
and winning ball games. So I think that's a big
thing here, and you know, it's it's made it easy
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for me to to come in and yeah, I just
feel welcomed.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Obviously, there's a connection for a veteran player usually to
sign with a team, and you have one with Steven Vote.
Explain that and and maybe what his sales pitch was
for you to to try and come here and be
a contributor.
Speaker 7 (29:22):
Yeah, Voter and I uh got the opportunity to play
together briefly in Arizona in twenty twenty one. That was
the season I made my debut, and uh, I think
I actually came in to pinch run for him the
day that I made my official debut, I came to
came into pinch run for him at second base.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
So yeah, I mean it was it was.
Speaker 7 (29:43):
It was really cool when when Voter called me this
offseason and just expressed interest and you know, how how
the team views me and how how they value me.
That was the biggest thing. Is is I felt, you know,
valued from from day one, and you know, I just
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want to contribute and you know, help the Guardians win games.
Speaker 2 (30:06):
Stuart Fairchild joining us, We'll see if you're a little
bit here early in camp, but then then you're gonna
go away for a while to be part of the
World Baseball Classic for Chinese Taipei. Tell us about that
connection there and your excitement level to go play in
a national tournament. Yeah, my mom was born in Taiwan.
She moved over to the US when she was twelve
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years old. Has actually never been back to Taiwan since then.
But it's it's it's always been a dream for me
to you know, represent the country that she was born in.
And yeah, I think it's an awesome opportunity to go
over to Japan and play over there. I've never been
over to Asia, and you know, Japan's been you know,
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high on the list of places I want to visit,
and it seems like they have, you know, just just
great culture there, like from the food to the cleanliness,
you know, just the respect that that that culture has
is something I've been wanting to see. So it's a perfect,
perfect opportunity to do that and represent the country that
my mom is born in. And what's that balance of
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especially with a new organization, knowing that you'll be away
when you're trying to obviously leave a good impression here,
but on the flip side, be able to play in
some really competitive games.
Speaker 7 (31:21):
Yeah, I mean, I'm I'm I'm just treating it as
you know, that's like a little wrinkle in my spring training.
But I'm gonna be continuing getting work in over there,
playing games and getting my body ready for the season.
So yeah, it's it's gonna be it's gonna be a
different spring, but it should be a blast and I'm
just really excited for it.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Seattle Native, good offseason for you on the football standpoint.
Speaker 7 (31:44):
Yep, absolutely go Hawks.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Thanks Stuart, Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
It's Betrad.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
Outfielder Stuart fairchild who's away from the team for a
little bit as he is with Chinese Taiwan in the
World Baseball Classic and his first round games are in Japan,
so he's gone a long way to travel for the
World Baseball Classic. But he'll be back here in a
couple of weeks. Stay with us when we come back.
It's our final segment. We'll hear from one of the
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bright young prospects in the game today, Ralph e Velasquez.
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Welcome back to Goodyear Ballparking Goodyear, Arizona, the spring training
home of the Cleveland Guardians. Jim Rosenhouse back with you
as we continue with Guardians weekly spring training. A lot
of fun always because you get to see some of
the bright young prospects who seemingly are a ways away
from the major leagues, but if they're in major league camp,
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they're not that far away. And twenty year old first
basement outfielder Ralphie Velasquez, it is in his first major
league camp and he is on the move quickly, and
he says, it's been great to see how the big
leaguers go about their day to day routine in spring
training as they get ready for a long season.
Speaker 8 (33:42):
Yeah, it's super surreal to be around all these great players.
It's super exciting to learn to see what they do,
to see how they go about their business. It's a
cool thing to look forward to for sure.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Now, you did get to play in some games last
year coming over from the minor league side and had success.
What did them do for you when the season began.
Being able to play against big league competition in the spring, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (34:04):
Made me feel like I belong, mad me feel like
I belong, and made me feel like I love the
game of baseball. Being around all these guys is just
it's awesome for sure.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
When your season got going, obviously you put up some
good numbers, especially power wise. What part of your game
where you're really happy with that came along last year?
Speaker 8 (34:22):
Honestly, just my mental part of the game.
Speaker 4 (34:25):
For sure.
Speaker 8 (34:25):
I've taken a good chunk of learning from the people
that have gone through struggles and have put up good numbers.
Just like, honestly, just keeping tunnel vision, keeping tunnel vision
and trusting yourself. So that was the biggest thing for me,
probably my mental.
Speaker 2 (34:40):
Game, deservedly so. Cleveland has a great reputation in terms
of the pitching side of development. But there's some really
good young hitters on their way up and you're in
that bunch. What are they doing from the heading side
that's helpful for you to keep you on that right path.
Speaker 8 (34:55):
Yeah, they come to work every day with the plan
just for drills for you to get bet. The thing
I like about our hitting staff is they listen to you.
They listen to you, they ask you what you feel.
They take in information same as we do, and it
goes great with working together.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Ralphie Velaskaz is joining us. One of the young prospects
is in major league camp in his case for the
first time. You're drafted out of high school, so that
first full minor league season. Explain the challenge is just
physically and mentally of that first time when you're going
from April to the end of August, maybe even at September.
Speaker 4 (35:31):
It's a monster.
Speaker 8 (35:32):
It's a monster for sure, something that I didn't know about.
And I thought it was just to be another day
of high school baseball and it's not. It's one hundred
and thirty something games, and it was a lot, for sure,
it was a lot of learning. I was tired, but again,
the people around me in the system we have here
with Cleveland, they just helped me keep pushing through it
(35:55):
and giving me advice and it was awesome.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
I was in a good spot and before we got
going here, you're talking about it's year round.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
Now.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
Explain some of the things that you're able to do
here here and goodyear in the off season. That really
helped you and set you up for a new season.
Speaker 8 (36:09):
Yeah, I've always said that Cleveland does a really good
job at getting their players and bringing them up together.
Like it's awesome. I see these dudes so much during
the offseason. During the season, we get so close. If
you put guys on the team that are close like brothers,
(36:30):
it's gonna be hard to beat them because how bad
they wanted and how bad they want to win.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
So I love what we do here.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
We'll talk a lot about what you do at the plate,
but obviously they're the key is defensively and you are
a catcher in high school, but you haven't been doing
that a whole lot in pro ball. First base, outfield.
How's that part of your game coming along? As far
as learning new positions on the fly.
Speaker 8 (36:53):
No, it's fun like beating an athlete. I like moving
around and trying different things. But no, it's been going
great for I love it over There got a good
infield staff, a great outfield staff too, So it's fun
coming to work every day.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
And you come to work in the Major league clubhouse.
Is there anyone in there so far that's been fun
to get to know from established Major League side of things,
like a Jose Ramirez or someone else, anybody in there
in particular. That's that's been fun to get to know.
Speaker 4 (37:21):
They're all great guys. They're all great guys.
Speaker 8 (37:23):
Like coming into work every day and seeing them and
giving a little dap up talking to them.
Speaker 4 (37:28):
They're all great.
Speaker 8 (37:29):
They again, they gave me good advice, let me know
what's right from wrong. So it's fun being twenty years
old in this environment. That's sick, I can.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Imagine, Ralphie. I've enjoyed the spring, and hopefully it lasts
a long time for you and we'll talk to you
again soon, I'm sure certain. Thank you for having me
a nice young man, Ralphie Velasquez the power hitting first
basement and he's been impressive in his game action so
far this spring.
Speaker 5 (37:55):
That's gonna do it.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
For this week's edition of Guardians Weekly, thanks as always
to Brian Botsey for all of his help. Until next time,
this is Jim rosen House reminding you that you've been
listening to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network.
Speaker 1 (38:21):
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