May 6, 2019 • 42 mins
In the first episode of the new podcast, Matt and Mike start the show chatting with Padres rookie Chris Paddack about his first full year in San Diego, and what impact Manny Machado has on the team. Later, the guys go over some of the latest news around MLB.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, thanks for downloading the podcast, and remember, if you
want to listen live, download the I Heart Radio app,
download the tune and app and just search for Fantasy
Sports Radio Network and you could listen to this program live. Also,
if you want to watch the video of this podcast,
check us out on YouTube, on Twitch, or on Periscope
(00:21):
and type in you guess dude Fantasy Sports Network. You'll
find us there. Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening.
Ladies and gentlemen to the Fantasy Baseball and what's up everybody?
Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Hour. On that striker sitting
(00:43):
alongside Mike the Rhodo Cop. I am incredibly excited to
be uh, to have my hands on this great brand
and to be entrusted with it and Mike. I couldn't
think anyone better to ride into battle with than you,
Yeah the Rhodo Cop. On Twitter, you guys could follow
me and uh. It's pretty funny because March eighth, two
(01:03):
thousand eighteen, I was a guest on the Fantasy Hour
without Milk here and four twenty five days later I
found you in the process and look at us host
in this show. Now, well, I think the listeners should know,
and I stand up and I give you a tip
of the cap. Mike is um has an amazing job
and he protects a lot of people. I don't know.
Can I say what you do? Like, what's the deal?
(01:24):
You can say what I do. Not only am I
Mike the Rhoto cop. I am Mike the real life cop.
I am a police officer in the great state of
New York. So I am doing that full time and
this part time. But you never know where this road
could take us. This is true, And honestly, you're you're
being humble because you basically do counter terrorism. Man, So
(01:45):
even though you work in New York, you protect all
of us from like everything, and it's just it's it's
nice to know that that when you see these people
on the street and you can look them in the eyes,
you can know that they have interests and passions and
their human beings as well, you know. I mean, I
just think it's great. So I'm happy to have you alongside.
I'm also like to give you a PP and card.
Not that elmate it, but I appreciate it very much.
(02:06):
I'd be I'd be remiss not to thank some of
the guys that took a chance on me in the past.
I started uh my Twitter about a year and a
half two years ago. Jim finch over at Fantasy Assembly
was kind of the first guy to give him my
break along with Anthony Aniano. Then Justin Mason gave me
a break with Friends and Fantasy Benefits, and Nick Pollock
with Pictureless, So I'd be remissed to not shout those
(02:27):
guys out. Also two of my past co hosts and
Colin weather Wax and Randy Haines. I appreciate everything you
guys did for me, and it brought me to the
point of right now, Well, big shout out goes the
Fantasy Sports Network, our buddy Frank Stanford, Greg Susman. It's
funny because Greg Gregg email me back and forth and
he's like, what do you want this show to be? Like,
how do you want this to Fantasy Baseball Hour with
(02:49):
Match Striker and Mike Grote of Companies. What I wrote
back that I want my mom to be able to
listen to the show and like understand what we're talking about.
And then he told he put an acts on the
shows that would up after that. No, I just just
took your face out of the graphic. Essentially, I see
us for a picture of your mom. Definitely the rotor pop.
You want her to have a picture of her so
that she could understand. But honestly, look, when I first started, really,
(03:13):
I've been into fantasy baseball since, like you'd strata matic
where you'd send away your fantasy baseball in an envelope.
So I'm a little more tenured in season. Yeah, I
would say. So. I got into fantasy base when Felix
Fernandez was a rookie, So I think, okay, baseball experiences
have been a little bit different. But the thing that
joins us and the thing I think that joins everyone,
so we could join essentially, you know, your uncle, your dad,
(03:35):
and your little brother. It's like these new metrics that
come out. And when I first started, I was embarrassed
because I didn't know what a lot of things were.
You know, I mean to me, what do you mean
there's not there's something more than the R A and
average And someone goes, yes, there's babbit and FIP and
you go, boy and understanding. It allows people to enjoy
the game, but it also lets you apply math to
(03:57):
winning money. Right, you play daily fants, so you play
season long you know these like these stats and you
understand them, you can make calculations and yo, go put
down twenty bucks. You can win dred and seventy five
on sites like vanduel and draft games. Yeah, of course,
it's like almost like a wormhole that never ends. There's
always there's always new metrics coming out. There's always stuff
that you're you're learning every day. So that's why it's
(04:20):
important to listen to guys like I mentioned earlier, like
the Nick Pollocks of the world, like the Justin Mason's
of the world, because you're always learning new information and
hopefully one day people will be saying the same about us.
So yeah, so to the listeners. So Mike is the
numbers guy, Like I feel like if you're wearing a
lab coat and glasses, because there's all kinds of you
just showed me if you sent me a thing that
(04:40):
here are the list of three guys that if they
lead in this particular category, teams in leagues and Yahoo
leagues and CBS leagues and ESPN leagues and even your
n FBC, these teams are are doing well there, they're
above the middle of the pack. They're they're winning at
least what their games right. This is the This stuff
is never gonna be a d accurate, but it's a good, uh,
(05:03):
a good gauge to determine what what the picture or
what the player is going to do in the future.
I would say I'm the Frank Stanfeld to your Greg Sussman.
If that, if that works for you, Okay, I'll take it.
I'll take it man, definitely. Um So, Yeah, in your email,
you're just like when guys leading OH Swing, you know,
the sixty percent at the time you'll win your league
(05:24):
or stuff like that. So I thought it was a
cool stat So I looked up. You know, what the
hell is oh Swing? Like? Tell me explain to your
mother Beverly. Hello, Michael, it's bead. What is old? Matthew
talks about OH Swing? What do you start mean is
that it's not dirty? Isn't it sounds dirty? Michael? So,
and this pot on this show, I don't want to
call it a podcast anymore. On this On this show,
(05:45):
we're not only gonna get into stuff like oh Swing,
but we're also gonna get into the stuff that the
more casual fan would want to hear about. But when
you start learning and getting into advanced numbers like oh, swing,
that's when you can step your game up to another level.
Swing is essentially the percentage of pitches about or swings
that out side the strikes one like his chase rate.
So if guys are swinging like they are against the
picture that we uh we have an interview with I
(06:06):
don't mean to uh spoil that, spoil that news. But
if guys are pitching like the way this guy is pitching,
he currently has a thirty four point nine percent O
swing well the league, the league averages twenty point eight.
Just to put into perspective, last season, Jacob de Graham
had an swing of thirty seven point nine percent, and
we all know how his season turned out. So these
are things you want to look for. First and strike percentages,
(06:27):
swinging strike percentages, how often they live in the zone,
the pitch usage, the pitch values. Like I said, it's
a whole wormhole and we can get into a million
different stats and hopefully over the course of six months
season we will. Yeah. So and I like that. You
can tell me like that's why I love you, Like,
come here, Michael, I love you, your father and I
love you. We're going to bends. Do you want anything,
I'll play fine. Um No, but seriously, because you made
(06:50):
you made me and everyone else. I just understanding. But
you also told me that guys that lead in OH
Swing teams tend to do well in in season long
Fantasy or if you stream this guy or if you
dfs this guy, he's effective this many times and that's
why your numbers make money. And I think that's that's
the best part about it. And I couldn't have done
this any better. We got to talk to Chris Paddock
(07:11):
and it was amazing. It's just for two guys like us.
I think the beginning of it, you know, we talked
to his brother Michael, and when we talk about what
it's like to be a major league All player. And
this kid's twenty three and he's coming and everyone saw
that picture. It went viral. He's coming into starts looking
like the Undertaker, you know, like that, you know, not
American badass Undertaker, like cool dead man Undertaker. You know
(07:34):
what I mean. You're about the Undertaker now, Oh yeah, yeah,
I mean the Paddick does too, right Austin, Texas. But
if you say his name three times, he shows up.
But I'm just trying to like we we talk about
what that's like because the athletes today they have they
have some swagger to them, you know, let them play.
And to talk to twenty three year old kids that
is pitching amazing and is on top of the league
(07:54):
in oh swing and making guys money and he's the
sexy pick. You really hear that. This is like a good,
good young man. I mean, baseball is in good hands. No, oh,
for sure, with all the young talent out there, it's
in It's in great hands, I would say. And this
interview that we did was personally my favorite interview that
I've ever done. And that's not just because you were
in it, Matt, That's because he was really uh. He
(08:17):
gave a lot of great feedback. We talked about the
vulcan grip that he uses, We talked about him working
on his curveball. We talked about a bunch of stuff
that that was really cool, and a couple of people.
I've sent the interview out to a couple of close
friends and they've all loved it. So I'm assuming the
listeners out there will love love to get a chance
to hear from Chris Paddock and his brother is very uh,
very invested in in Chris's career as well. They seem
(08:39):
to have an awesome relationship, so that was a pretty
cool aspect of the interview as well. Yeah. I mean,
if anyone knows anyone or even anyone themselves that are
close to making it are highly tied, maybe maybe they had,
you know, a taste of quote unquote making it you
or if you've never had but you dreamed, have you
really get an insight? Is to is to what again
this kid is going through? And I think it's really
(09:01):
cool that he has his brother by his side. So
we give equal time to talking to Michael Paddock as
we do to Chris Paddock. And it's our first gift
to all of you as part of the Fantasy Baseball
Hour for joining us and being part of our new squad. So, Michael,
without further ado, do you want to just throw it
to the Michael and Chris Paddock interview? Yes, sure, I
(09:23):
think the listeners will really enjoy us. All right, here
we go. All right. The San Diego Padres are now
a half a game out of first place four games
over five hundred, and one of the main reasons is
starting picture Chris Paddock on the line with us right
now is Chris's older brother, Michael Paddock, match striker here
along with Mike the Rhodo Cop. Thanks so much for
(09:45):
joining us, Yes, sir, thank you guys for having me.
All right, Michael, my first question to you is is
being the middle child growing up with three brothers, how
important is it to you to protect your baby brother
in the volatile, vicious world of the league baseball. Yeah,
that's a good question. Uh. You know, that's something that I, um,
(10:08):
I placed high importance on that and it's something that
I that I've tried to do pretty consistently for the
last probably six years. Um. But you know, it's everything
he does off the field. You know, he's a self motivator,
so he does it all by himself. But as far
as everything, um, you know, outside distractions and things that
(10:31):
can come out in a bunch of different ways, that's uh,
that's where I can come in and kind of help
buffer that stuff out. So, hey, Mike, Mike here, I
was interested in finding out a little more about your
family background. I I listened to an interview you did
not too long ago. I think it was in the
beginning of the season, but there was no mention of
either you having a baseball career prior to to Chris
or anyone else in your family. Is this, uh, this
(10:52):
baseball run through your guy's blood, Yes, sir does yees.
So we've got, like said, we've got an I've got
an older brother named Jason, um and he played uh
collegiate baseball, and then I played through the Division one
Juco in Texas and then um, you know, now Chris
is kind of taking all of our knowledge that we
could be still on him and ran with it. So
(11:14):
he's far better than we ever could. But we'd like
to think that uh, you know, our trial and error
what we could pass along to him kind of helped him,
you know, guide him through the way. So all right,
Matt back here, growing up just outside of Austin, Texas,
I'm a big Willie Nelson Dave Allen co guy. What
was playing in the Paddock boys room when it was
in baseball? What? What could be heard in the hallways
(11:35):
of the Paddock house? What kind of music? Oh man,
that's a good question. Um, it just depends on the
mood man. Majority of the time, you're probably gonna have, uh,
some form of Texas country, like red dirt country, not
necessarily mainstream Nashville, but just uh, you know the guys
that are that are born bred in Texas and kind
(11:56):
of do the Texas music scene through all the little
small and bars and stuff like that. So uh, it's
that's that's, that's what you're gonna hear most of the time.
And then obviously you're gonna have some some old school
George and maybe some Willie and some of the some
of the classics on there too, but most of the
time it's just Red Derrick Country, all right. Joining us
(12:17):
is Michael Paddock, older brother and manager of San Diego Padre.
Starting picture Chris Paddock and uh, Michael, let's fast forward
forty years, God willing down the road, families coming back
from church. You and Chris sitting on the on the
porch and the rocking chair and all little kids around.
What would you like to remember most about this moment
(12:42):
in your baby brother's career, where he's at right now?
You know one of the things that we so we
we talk um daily and there's in every season, every
preseason we go through kind of a list of what
big picture of what we like to accomplish and um
kind of what his brand needs to accomplish and then
(13:04):
as well with what he needs to accomplish as a
baseball player. Uh. And one of the things that that's you,
that's kind of universal, that's been We've talked about it
every preseason for the last four year, five years in
a row, just kind of going all the way back
almost too, when he was a junior and senior in
high school, was he's gonna have a chance to UM,
(13:27):
hopefully he'll have a stage, a platform that that most
people don't get. UM, he's gonna have a chance to
influence people on a greater scale than just a common man.
And if he gets that opportunity, Uh, the thing that
we really harp on is is to use it to
the fullest, don't waste it. And you never know who's
watching or whose life you might impact by what you
(13:49):
do and what you say and how you treat people. So, UM,
more so than just just just be more than a
baseball player, be be a somebody who's you know, can
be a someone that kids can look up to. UM.
You know, I know when I was both of us,
he and I both we were growing up, we had
players that we looked up to for various reasons, and
(14:10):
and I really just wanted him to to kind of
embrace that. Um know that there's people that watch what
he does, and even when he doesn't think that they are,
there are. There's children, there's families, there's men and women
of all ages that really watch and we'll pay attention
to the things he does. So, UM, I just I
continually tell him, be a good teammate and you know,
(14:35):
be a humble leader, and be somebody that that, uh
is a good role model. So I hope, you know,
forty years from now when we look back, that's the
one thing we can say. Hopefully there'll be some hey,
you know, that perfect game was great, or those no
hitters were great in the World Series, and hopefully all
the accolades come with it too. But at the end
of the day, people are gonna remember that. I mean,
they're gonna remember how you treated him, who you are
(14:56):
as a person more so than anything else. So, um,
that's that's that's who he is. That's who we try
to be everyday, day in and day out. So I hope,
more so than anything, that's what we can say, you know,
down the road, Amen, a little humility goes a long
way in this world. Michael Paddock is joining us, and
when we come back from break, we will have his
(15:18):
baby brother, Chris Paddock. Stay tuned. Hey, thanks for downloading
the podcast, and remember, if you want to listen live,
download the I Heart Radio app, download the tune and
app and just search for Fantasy Sports Radio Network and
you could listen to this program live. Also, if you
want to watch the video of this podcast, check us
(15:39):
out on YouTube, on Twitch, or on Periscope and type
in you guess Fantasy Sports Network. You'll find us there.
Enjoy the show and thanks for listening. With so much
young talent in baseball, who knows where to start? But
I can't think of a better place to start then
with this man joining us on the line, San Diego
(16:00):
Padres starting pitcher, Mr Chris Paddock. Chris, you're here with
Matt Striker and Mike the Rhoda Coop along with your
brother Michael Paddock. Paddock. Boys, thanks for joining us absolutely,
thanks for having us all right. So, Chris, UM, I've
noticed that you seem to have this I only concentrate
on what I can control attitude. I want to know
(16:20):
where does that level headed awareness come from? Um? It
kind of all started back into that in sixteen, Um,
you know, unfortunately had Tommy John surgery and you know
that was probably the roughest patch that I've ever had
to go through my life. UM, you know, and I
just told myself to look at the positive each and
every day. You know, you can beat yourself up when
(16:43):
you're you know, during rehab and you're going through the
motions every day. UM. You know. But it really started
hitting me that saying and that quote. UM, you know
those hard moments when I started throwing again, and you know,
seeing your teammates going out there and succeed and you
just being back in Arizona. Um, you know, doing the
same stuff Monday through Sunday. It can be it can
(17:05):
be pretty rough mentally. UM. You know, it's very fortunate
to have a great year last year. And you know
that's one of the biggest things that I've told myself. Um,
you know, ever since I got back on the mount.
It's just you know control that I control. You know,
going into last year, I knew that I was gonna
be on an any account and pitch count, and you know,
(17:25):
the work level was gonna be uh you know, watched
by the project's front office and all that, so you know,
there's it's pretty cool story behind it. You know, basically
it all started. I would say, um to that sixteen
when I had Toma John surgery. So Chris, I know, uh,
you're kind enough to give us your time here, and
you're coming out of a crazy game Hunter run for
at the home run of the ninth inning and you
(17:46):
guys ended up winning four or three. I know Carby
Yates got out of it with the bases loaded. Before
you got on. We were talking to Michael a little
bit and he had nothing but nice things to see,
and me and Matt always talked on the side about
how how much of a pleasure it is to watch
you pitch, and I absolutely love the way you approached
the game. Your changeup has always graded out as your
best pitch and it's translated very well to the majors.
(18:07):
You basically throw it in any count. The pitch has
an amazing swinging strike. Rade pitch value is currently a five.
The vulcan grip that you use on the changeup. I'm
curious to learn when and where you developed that pitch. Absolutely, um,
it goes all the way back to my sophomore year
of high school. Calvin Ferraldi gets the credit for that one.
Um My pitching coach in summer ball for the Austin Bandidos.
(18:31):
And then my junior year when we played in Jupiter,
I got the opportunity to play with Houston Bendido's Ray
Daily one was in charge of all that. Um. Basically, man,
he uh, you know, he knew I was going to
be a picture down the road. I was actually a catcher,
um growing up through high school. Uh you know, high
school year, sophomore, junior year. But the funny story behind
(18:54):
that is, you know, he said, hey, Paddick, let me
see the size of your hand, so we you know,
we exchange and we exchanged all that, and he said,
I want you to try this script that uh that
I used to throw. And it took about six months. Man,
there was many many things that I had to learn,
you know. He he first taught me with a softball
just so I can kind of you know, get my
(19:16):
fingers spread out and um, you know, going from a
softball there baseball and made it a lot easier to control. Uh.
But yeah, man, it took it took every bit of
six months to get it in the strike zone. And
and I have an idea where it was going. Chris,
I've noticed that you are mixing pitches a lot more,
and you're doing it a lot sooner. At what point
(19:38):
did you make a conscious effort to really start to
do this? Um? You know, basically, you know, I'm very fortunate.
My change up has always been there. It's kind of
always been in my bread and my bread and butter.
But you know, at the highest level and major league level,
you need you need more than two pitches to be
a starter. Um. You know, especially with the town of
(19:59):
these eyes and these hitters, the technology we have and
you know they can look at me and any count
any pitch, velocity, spin rate, you know, all those fun,
fun little details behind the scenes. But basically, man, I
just I continue to go out there and pitch pitch
to my strengths. You know, I have to I show
them early, you know, to get them, get them off
(20:21):
my curveballs or so they can respect that, and it
just sets up my fastball and change up that much better. UM.
My last outing, um, I would say we did the
That's probably the best that spen all year, just getting
the hitters off bound, making them uncomfortable up there in
the box. First time throwing the Mahia, you know, in
an actual game besides spring training just all around. It
(20:42):
was it was really I felt really comfortable up there.
And whenever both catchers, you know, whether it's Tedches or Mahia,
you know they have confidence just as much as you do.
Is it makes you feel really really comfortable out there
for sure. And Chris, you mentioned the curveball briefly, and
one of the things I wanted to ask you was,
if you couldn't master that curve ball, it's pretty much
(21:02):
gonna be game over for everybody. That's what it seems like. So, yeah,
it's essentially the only pitch of yours that's actually being hit,
and it's not even being hit that well, but it's
being hit a little bit. Is that the next step
in your evolution? Evolution of Chris Paddock getting more spin
on that curve ball, perfecting that pitch? Absolutely? Um. This
offseason was the first time that I've actually got to
(21:24):
focus on it, uh, you know, And it's come a
long way ever since, you know, my first full season
last year, you know, and Lake Elsinore and the finished
in San Antonio. It's come a long ways, you know,
I've I've looked up videos, visualized, I've taken you know,
some notes on what I what I want to accomplish
with it, how to get hitters out with it. You know.
(21:46):
But at the end of the day, you know, when
I get that third pitch locked in, I'm gonna go
for a fourth. Um. You know, you look at the
best pitchers in the league, they have a four pitch mix. Um.
You know, it's very fortunate to see Sergor pitch tonight
for the Nationals. You know, that's that's that was something
really cool just seeing a guy that I watched growing
up and him being so dominated and so dominant and
(22:09):
focused up there. It was really cool to see a
guy like that perform at this level. Um. You know,
unfortunately came up on top the night, which was was
really really cool. Um. But yeah, man, just I wouldn't
say I stressed that I need to get my curveball
to be my you know, my best pitch in the mix.
(22:30):
But you know, I've always been competitive and I want
to be, you know, the best to ever play this game.
So being being that being said, you know, you have
to work every day, you have to have the will
to learn, and it's you know, getting feedback from your
from your hitters, you know, they standing on my bullpens
or beer in spring training, you know, someing live vps
(22:51):
asking those guys, hey, what do you see? You know
is it popping out? And I swollowing my motion down
all these little things. Um. And then you know, like
I said, technology we have with rap Soto and and
all this stuff, I can kind of reflect on my starts. Um,
you know, the day after whatever it is that I
want to look at and see, you know, if it's
actually getting better, if I need to change, you know
(23:14):
how how I'm delivering it. My extension, you know, you
name it. They have it on that technology devices, and
it's uh, it's come a long way since last year,
and I'm looking forward to keep throwing and getting out
with it. Yeah. And I can't emphasize enough what a
joy it is to watch you pitch. The first pitch
strikes it's eleven percent more than Lee average. The fastball
velo is point three. If you could really mess that
(23:36):
curve ball, I think you're going to be in for
a cy young season, maybe more so. So good luck
to you with that for sure, Thank you, Thank you
appreciate it. So this question is is for both Chris
and Michael, And I mean if Jason was on the line,
I would love to hear his answer as well. Uh, Chris,
there's a picture that I think your mom took of
the day you were drafted. You're wearing a great orange
(23:56):
polo by the way, and you it's a television and
it says up next on the clock San Diego. And
I've read that you said that you felt that you
were destined to be a padre. The question is is
there a faith that you grew up with in the
Paddock household, and if so, how does it currently lend
itself to to the road and journey that you guys
(24:17):
are on. Basically, man, it's it's been. It's been a
fun ride. You know. I can't explain everything that's kind
of lined up ever since um to where I'm at
in my career so far. It's been crazy. Um, you
can't really write it down. You can't really, you know,
obviously my family knows, just because they've kind of been there,
(24:39):
um ever since the beginning. But basically, man, it was
me and my brother Michael um in the living room
going over um when potentially I could be drafted all
these different things, and I just happened to grab an
Orange Polo and a Marlin tat just because I like matching.
And what do you know, I get drafted by the
Marlins and get traded in two thousand sixteen, and my
(25:02):
family just sent me a picture and was like, hey,
let me know when you notice something, you know, and
I'm looking at the pictures zooming in and then I
just my mouth just dropped. I'm just like, no way.
And on the top right hand corner of that picture
of the TV screen, you know, it has Chris Paddock
drafted by the Marlins. And then on the top right
hand corner says San Diego Padres on the clock. And
(25:26):
you know, if you think about that and you really
soaked that in, man, you can't really you know, that's
something that's I wouldn't say a miracle, but it's just
a blessing, man, just like how everything's lined up in
my career so far. Um, you know. And then, unfortunately,
like I said, I blew out in two thousands sixteen,
had Tommy John surgery by Dr Meister, and we hired
(25:48):
one of his assistants to work with the Padres to
go through my rehab hand or fields. You know, it's
just there's so many things that have lined up for me,
and it's it's honestly been such a blessed and and
you know, like I said, that's one of the things
that I'll never forget in my career is just how
everything has kind of played out so far from me
(26:08):
and my family. I want, I want to touch on
that if I can, guys for a second, Um, because
that's that's a that's a really really good question, and
it's it's not very often you get asked questions that
will allow you to speak on it faith if you
have it, and so UM, I definitely want to answer
and touch on what he said. Absolutely. Um, we were
(26:31):
born Southern you know, conservative Baptist, that whole mantra that
you hear about in Texas that's very very much so
true for for some people. And and um, we were
raised in a religious household and faith believers, and and
I personally being able to sit on the outside looking in. Um.
(26:53):
And that's one of the things that if I could say,
if it was one thing I could say so far
about just this whole journey of him, everything about it
from from the process of him being kind of touted
by all the scouts in high school, all the way
through being drafted, now making it through the minor leagues,
having a major step back, and then now making it
all the way to the big leagues and having success
in the big leagues. One of the first things that
(27:15):
I will tell you is talent alone is not going
to get you there. There's a lot of guys. I
would say, there's probably more guys that don't make it
that have talent then the guys that do. You have
to have things that kind of follow your way. You
have to have breaks kind of go your way, and
you have to have things kind of line up for
you um to where you can get opportunities. And then
(27:37):
obviously you have to perform whenever you get the chance.
But but you have to have things just line up
for It's not just gonna be laid down because you
have God given abilities. But uh, there's been so many
things that you just couldn't script that have happened for
Christopher that it's it's all just divine appointments that have
kind of lined up. And and uh, with firm believers
and and the fact that if you do things the
(27:58):
right way, you keep your head down and you work
hard and you have a good genuine heart and spirit
for what you're doing. Um, things are gonna work out
more so than not. And and you see a lot
of that with him, just the way things have lined
up with with kind of everything's kind of come full
circle with um. How he was drafted, who he was
(28:19):
drafted by the the regional scout for the Marlins that
actually ended up getting him the workout. Um was a
guy that was an assistant coach, kind of a student
coach for my I went to a private school and
college station and he was actually playing ball at A
and M at the time, so he would come help us.
(28:39):
And this is a decade before and we we we
go without contact for ten years and then you know,
all of a sudden, I get a call from him.
He's like, hey, UM, tell me a little bit about
your little brother because we want to we want to
work him out, and you know, the moms want to
give a look at him, so you know, uh. And
and Dennis Lynn actually with the athletic he did a
report on that story on that a couple of weeks ago.
But UM, it's it's really cool, man. There's so many
(29:03):
things that lined up even with the fact that A. J.
Peler has ties to the Rangers and I live in
Dallas Fort Worth, and whenever he had that surgery, they
bring him to Arlington to one of the one of
the you know, better surgeons for for that particular thing.
Um Master keep Einster did the surgery. And so just
having all that stuff play out where he could be
(29:23):
there with me and not be alone through that whole recovery,
which can be brutal on its own. You know, I
can't even imagine having to do it, face it alone
with no family. Um, but just every little thing. Man,
it's uh, there's so many things that have lined up
for him and a very very very fortunate and blessed
to have have them fall the way that they have.
And but uh, it's it's it takes a whole lot
(29:46):
more than just talent. And he's been one of the
guys that's whenever it's all said and done, we'll be
able to look back and just kind of line We'll
be able to line out every little thing that happened, uh,
you know, and how it how it benefited his career.
So for sure, for sure on that faith, faith is
a big part and it's and it's definitely paid off,
you know, for him along the way. So yeah, that's
(30:07):
really awesome. And and me and Matt always talk off
the air about how everything happens for a reason, and
it seems like the trajectory of Chris's career seems that way.
But not to mention, like you told us earlier, how
Chris is the first guy in the room, last guy
to leave. Every cliche I don't know, Chris, he said
this before you got on, so that every cliche that
there is could be used for you. So it was
(30:27):
a nice thing to hear, hear your brothers say that
about you. So what you guys got is awesome, It
really is. That makes me take a step back. It's cool. Yeah,
I appreciate that. And you know, it's the more the
more time he gets with media and interviews and people
that that that want to hear more about his story.
It's it's refreshing for me to see just because I
I know who he is, I know what our story
(30:50):
is kind of how things have played out, And you
don't necessarily get to see a whole lot of just
genuine good stories like that. I mean, you hear great
stories all the time. They're gonna be wrong. But uh,
people are very interested in in hearing, you know, just
good endings to stories and things work out for people
in people's favor. So it's it's really cool to watch,
(31:11):
you know. And I love I love hearing him tell
answers to questions all the time to interviewers and and
and I love talking to people about it too, because
it's it's true, and it's and it's it's real. It's
happening in real time right now, and we're living it,
and it's it's one of the greatest things and one
of the greatest experiences, you know, in the world. So, um,
I'm happy for him. I'm very proud of him. Um.
(31:33):
But but I will be the first to tell you that,
make no mistake about it. You know that the kid
puts in fortune hour days, seven days a week. He's
away from his family two days of the year. I mean,
he's everything that he gets and everything that's coming his
way he's earned and he'll continue to earn. So it's
it's gonna be a good thing, all right. We are
talking to San Diego Padres. Picture Christopher Paddock and his
(31:54):
brother and manager Michael Patty. A couple more questions before
we let you guys go. We do appreciate your time. Um, Chris,
I know that there's some unfinished business from the minor
leagues between you and kaboom As was called up just recently,
but also in a couple of months, actually four weeks,
you'll come to New York, but before that you have
(32:16):
a stop in Toronto. Are you excited to face Vladimir? Girl? Absolutely? Man,
you know that kid, is that kid something special? You know?
He uh you know, I can only imagine being in
the spotlight, you know, with his dad having a successful
career and then now the junior um. Not gonna only
(32:38):
imagine the pressure and and all that stuff. But he
looks like he he feeds off that energy, and I
can only imagine. Like I said, but yeah, Man, to
be the best, you gotta face the best, and I'm
I'm looking forward to getting that opportunity to face him. Um,
I saw you gotta hit tonight. You know, it's really
cool to see guys that you kind of all and
(33:00):
and performed. No, I didn't. Unfortunately I didn't get to
face him in the minor leagues, but you know, obviously
seeing his name on every Highlight Rail or every top
prospect list um and being right there with him. It's
pretty cool to see those guys, you know, make it
up with you. It's a pretty cool concept that there
are other guys being asked if they're excited to face
(33:21):
Chris Paddocks. So it's pretty it's gonna be crazy to
see you guys face each other and like, uh, like
Matt said with kaboom, who your brother told us all
fair that he has one of the two minor league
on runs against you in your career. Yes, sir, he does.
Way to bring that up. Mike saw me under the bus. Guys,
I appreciate that kid can get to baseball very very well.
(33:44):
He's gonna be good for a long time. You know that.
I was just always gonna stay just listen to you'all
talk about that. It's this is uh, you know, I've
only been watching baseball in a sense of relevant where
I knew what was going on for about twenty five
years or so, and it's this is an era right
and out unlike any that I've seen in the sense
that there's so much young talent, like guys twenty five
(34:07):
and under. It's gonna be so insane for the next ten,
fift twenty years. It's gonna be great to watch. There's
so much talent coming up, so many young studs, pictures
and hitters both. But it's gonna be the game is
gonna be fun to watch for a while. He got
broken the other day. As far as you want to
be the best, you gotta beat the best team met Uh.
He was introduced to Mr Joey Vato right away, so uh.
(34:30):
But but then he came back and got him to
you know, he got him through out of three. But Votto,
welcome to the big leagues the correct way. But I
told him after the game, I said, Hey, if you're
gonna give up your first home run as a big leaguer,
who better. I mean, that's an honor, man. It's not
Givado or pool Holes or trout those are. That's that's
one of the ones you want to give it up
to because that's that guy is one of the best
of all time to do it. So, you know, what,
(34:50):
what what a good way. But yeah, there's gonna be
a lot of young fun baseball to watch for a while. Yeah,
the game is definitely in good hands. Chris. Before we
wrap up, I just was carrying. Whenever I get the
opportunity to talk to guys in the big leagues, I
always trying to get a feel on their thoughts about
pitch tunneling. Is this something that you're cognizant of or
the padres are really pushing on you guys. Is it
like a skill that you're working on perfecting at all? Um?
(35:13):
You know, I wouldn't say they're stressing it to me. Um.
You know, the padres have done a pretty good job
of just kind of letting me be myself. You know,
I've proven myself. I would say, you know, to just
pitch to my strength. You know, I do look over
some of the stuff that, um that wasn't given to
us at the minor league level, you know, whether that
(35:34):
be uh, you know, some of the technology stuff on
their hitters whoever we're facing. But basically, man, I've always
told myself that, you know, what got me here is
what I need to continue to work on and do. Um,
you know, and that's my strengths, whatever that is. But
I do I do glance at it. I look over
some of the stuff at the hitter's weaknesses and you know, what,
(35:57):
what what can I do to get them out. But
at the end of the day, man, it's it's me
versus mentality, and and that's kind of just how I've
always been. Man, it's I've been so competitive. You deserved
my brothers say, um, him giving me a hard time
on Joey Vato. That's That's another reason why I'm so successful. Man,
It's because my family pushes me so hard to be
(36:20):
so good because they know kind of what I bring
to the table. And it's it's very it's very cool
to have that relationship. Um, you know with my brother Michael,
what's whoever it is. It's just not picking on me.
But at the same time they know what I can handle,
and it just that's kind of how he had to
run in the first base, by the way he gets out. Yeah,
(36:44):
by stuff like that, you know, I won't ever be
as That's a good example right there. That's a perfect
example that you have a debut for the ages. What
a what a perfect debut that was, and so many
great things he accomplished. The first thing we started when
we got on the phone after the aim was hey man,
hey man, you could have ran a little bit faster
and beat that throw. I'll get a go ahead, rbr
(37:05):
right there. Uh, that's good, that's all good. Man. He's
he's gonna be He's gonna be good for a long time.
Hope for God willingly stays healthy. But um, if it
ain't broke, don't fix it. I know that there's a
lot of safer metrics in the game now, and there's
a lot of things that you can break down this
and that and the other. But at the end of
the day that the pitchers gotta go out there and
(37:26):
you know, execute pitchers, and the hitter's gotta hit the baseball.
So until they can hit better than one twelve against
him and get on base more than two out of ten,
I think he's gonna be Okay. All right, this is
the last question before we let you go. It's an
important one to take your time and when you answer it.
When the paddock boys were out scrapping in the yard,
(37:48):
who wins who's the toughest? Let me I'm gonna you can't.
You can't ask that question over over your phone, will
be We'll be here all night, alright, Alright, guy, he
didn't get to see he didn't get to see the
picture yet. Guys, so if you knew who you were
talking to, I would say we could all just scrap together.
(38:09):
But he's gotta cut off. You gotta cut off sweater vest.
He's on leash in the pythons and and the sweater
vest there. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, anyone that's listening, the
young kids out there. If you need a role model
to look up to, and you want to do it
the right way, you want to be humble, you want
(38:30):
to work hard, and you want to respect others, give
and get respect, Chris Paddock is the guy to look to.
Chris Michael, thank you so much for joining us. I
truly admire the humility, the camaraderie, the faith, and the
dedication to baseball as well as being good human beings.
We thank you so very much for your time. I
(38:53):
wish you all the best of luck, all the best health,
God willing. You're gonna have a great career and you're
a great person. And the way you guys were raised
is a tip of the cap to your parents, so
everyone's proud of you. Thank you, guys, Thank you all
so much for having us, and good luck with everything.
All right, y'all, have a good night. Thank you all right,
good night? How awesome was that Whooo, Well, you can
(39:19):
hear the little kid in me. It's so funny. That
was That was really a great time. Chris is Chris
seems like an awesome dude. His brother seems like an
awesome dude. I can't wait to their New York. Hopefully
we could meet up with them and play a little golf.
That would be something. Absolutely, But I I do gotta
say this. And and Joe, our sound guy, is part
of the family. You'll get to know him as we
(39:40):
continue to move forward here. But Joe said to me,
so I had to. I had to make the call, right.
I wasn't in studio for it, but I wasn't gonna
miss it. And uh, maybe next week I'll tell the
story behind where I was doing that interview from and
you can hear that I'm on the phone whatever. But
beyond that, dude, I'm gonna you know, if they roll
the first ball that you get a hit and you
roll back the out. All this interview back into me
(40:02):
hiding under my bed because this was nice. This was
this was an awesome experience. Like I said earlier, Um,
I've interviewed big guys in the big leagues before, and
they were great, but maybe not as receptive as Chris
Paddock was. He really give us a lot of information
and it was an awesome time. So what you're saying
is that most the interviews with guys in the big
leagues you've done, they didn't like you. They don't want
to talk to you. Yeah, I can see that you
(40:22):
had a break, You're an a brace of personality. I
can see that I've made a couple of friends along
the way. Well, some of my friends that I want
to thank just for inspiring me to to get into
and be a part of this. And it's a long list,
but I'm gonna do it like micro machines, So here
we go. I want to thank Clay Link, James Anderson,
Blood said Their, Todd Sol Howard Bender, Craig Miss, Jeff Simmerman,
(40:43):
Derek Farnsworth, Justin Fencederman, Justin Mason, Paul Spoorscott, Angle Law,
Michael's Ariel Cohen, Alex fast Letting, Melnick Evan Cohen, My
Bad Chick, John mc catchene, Joe Pisuppia, The Guys over
Road A where Jeff Erickson Real Talk, Ralph rob Friedman, Pitching,
Ninja Adam Rhodus, Greg and Frank Obviously Fantasy Sports Network,
Joe she and Folks at root a Ball and jeff
(41:05):
Man's Head Schuster, Rudy Gamble Rosball and Michael Michael Motorcycle
The Rhodo Cop. You, my friend, that the final breast
of Thanks for last all right, folks, thanks so much
for joining us in the Fantasy Baseball Hour. You can
follow me Match Striker former w w rest are now
Fantasy Baseball miss ark at Matt Underscore Striker Underscore on
(41:28):
Instagram is real match Striker. We will be getting a
social media page for this show here The Fantasy Baseball
Hour reading on Razball. Listen to me right here, Mike,
Where can I find you? If I'm looking and I'm
wearing those cool night goggles that you guys wear where
everything's green is numbers and it's like Predator? Where do
we find you? That sounds like the movies. You can
find me at Mike the Rhodo Cop on Twitter. I
(41:49):
do a little bit of writing from Mets Moriz online
dot com, and I do DFS for picture list dot Com.
So if you guys need any DFS advice at all,
head over the picture list dot com they got some
great stuff going on over there, and any Met fans
out there, Metsmeries online dot com would be the site
for you. Yeah, we're gonna definitely get into a ton
of DFS content in the show and something that's near
(42:11):
and dear to both mine and Mike's hart. I'm a
big fan of guy. Mike is also dominating our DraftKings.
So yeah, you'll get a lot of DFS stuff here,
You'll get a lot of season long and you'll get
some cool interviews perspectives. Mike, you have a guests lined
up to really break things down as we move forward.
So thanks everyone for joining us on the Fantasy Baseball
our good luck, be safe, have fun. We'll see you
(42:33):
out there now. M
Hey, thanks for downloading the podcast, and remember, if you
want to listen live, download the I Heart Radio app,
download the tune and app and just search for Fantasy
Sports Radio Network and you could listen to this program live. Also,
if you want to watch the video of this podcast,
check us out on YouTube, on Twitch, or on Periscope
(00:21):
and type in you guess dude Fantasy Sports Network. You'll
find us there. Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening.
Ladies and gentlemen to the Fantasy Baseball and what's up everybody?
Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Hour. On that striker sitting
(00:43):
alongside Mike the Rhodo Cop. I am incredibly excited to
be uh, to have my hands on this great brand
and to be entrusted with it and Mike. I couldn't
think anyone better to ride into battle with than you,
Yeah the Rhodo Cop. On Twitter, you guys could follow
me and uh. It's pretty funny because March eighth, two
(01:03):
thousand eighteen, I was a guest on the Fantasy Hour
without Milk here and four twenty five days later I
found you in the process and look at us host
in this show. Now, well, I think the listeners should know,
and I stand up and I give you a tip
of the cap. Mike is um has an amazing job
and he protects a lot of people. I don't know.
Can I say what you do? Like, what's the deal?
(01:24):
You can say what I do. Not only am I
Mike the Rhoto cop. I am Mike the real life cop.
I am a police officer in the great state of
New York. So I am doing that full time and
this part time. But you never know where this road
could take us. This is true, And honestly, you're you're
being humble because you basically do counter terrorism. Man, So
(01:45):
even though you work in New York, you protect all
of us from like everything, and it's just it's it's
nice to know that that when you see these people
on the street and you can look them in the eyes,
you can know that they have interests and passions and
their human beings as well, you know. I mean, I
just think it's great. So I'm happy to have you alongside.
I'm also like to give you a PP and card.
Not that elmate it, but I appreciate it very much.
(02:06):
I'd be I'd be remiss not to thank some of
the guys that took a chance on me in the past.
I started uh my Twitter about a year and a
half two years ago. Jim finch over at Fantasy Assembly
was kind of the first guy to give him my
break along with Anthony Aniano. Then Justin Mason gave me
a break with Friends and Fantasy Benefits, and Nick Pollock
with Pictureless, So I'd be remissed to not shout those
(02:27):
guys out. Also two of my past co hosts and
Colin weather Wax and Randy Haines. I appreciate everything you
guys did for me, and it brought me to the
point of right now, Well, big shout out goes the
Fantasy Sports Network, our buddy Frank Stanford, Greg Susman. It's
funny because Greg Gregg email me back and forth and
he's like, what do you want this show to be? Like,
how do you want this to Fantasy Baseball Hour with
(02:49):
Match Striker and Mike Grote of Companies. What I wrote
back that I want my mom to be able to
listen to the show and like understand what we're talking about.
And then he told he put an acts on the
shows that would up after that. No, I just just
took your face out of the graphic. Essentially, I see
us for a picture of your mom. Definitely the rotor pop.
You want her to have a picture of her so
that she could understand. But honestly, look, when I first started, really,
(03:13):
I've been into fantasy baseball since, like you'd strata matic
where you'd send away your fantasy baseball in an envelope.
So I'm a little more tenured in season. Yeah, I
would say. So. I got into fantasy base when Felix
Fernandez was a rookie, So I think, okay, baseball experiences
have been a little bit different. But the thing that
joins us and the thing I think that joins everyone,
so we could join essentially, you know, your uncle, your dad,
(03:35):
and your little brother. It's like these new metrics that
come out. And when I first started, I was embarrassed
because I didn't know what a lot of things were.
You know, I mean to me, what do you mean
there's not there's something more than the R A and
average And someone goes, yes, there's babbit and FIP and
you go, boy and understanding. It allows people to enjoy
the game, but it also lets you apply math to
(03:57):
winning money. Right, you play daily fants, so you play
season long you know these like these stats and you
understand them, you can make calculations and yo, go put
down twenty bucks. You can win dred and seventy five
on sites like vanduel and draft games. Yeah, of course,
it's like almost like a wormhole that never ends. There's
always there's always new metrics coming out. There's always stuff
that you're you're learning every day. So that's why it's
(04:20):
important to listen to guys like I mentioned earlier, like
the Nick Pollocks of the world, like the Justin Mason's
of the world, because you're always learning new information and
hopefully one day people will be saying the same about us.
So yeah, so to the listeners. So Mike is the
numbers guy, Like I feel like if you're wearing a
lab coat and glasses, because there's all kinds of you
just showed me if you sent me a thing that
(04:40):
here are the list of three guys that if they
lead in this particular category, teams in leagues and Yahoo
leagues and CBS leagues and ESPN leagues and even your
n FBC, these teams are are doing well there, they're
above the middle of the pack. They're they're winning at
least what their games right. This is the This stuff
is never gonna be a d accurate, but it's a good, uh,
(05:03):
a good gauge to determine what what the picture or
what the player is going to do in the future.
I would say I'm the Frank Stanfeld to your Greg Sussman.
If that, if that works for you, Okay, I'll take it.
I'll take it man, definitely. Um So, Yeah, in your email,
you're just like when guys leading OH Swing, you know,
the sixty percent at the time you'll win your league
(05:24):
or stuff like that. So I thought it was a
cool stat So I looked up. You know, what the
hell is oh Swing? Like? Tell me explain to your
mother Beverly. Hello, Michael, it's bead. What is old? Matthew
talks about OH Swing? What do you start mean is
that it's not dirty? Isn't it sounds dirty? Michael? So,
and this pot on this show, I don't want to
call it a podcast anymore. On this On this show,
(05:45):
we're not only gonna get into stuff like oh Swing,
but we're also gonna get into the stuff that the
more casual fan would want to hear about. But when
you start learning and getting into advanced numbers like oh, swing,
that's when you can step your game up to another level.
Swing is essentially the percentage of pitches about or swings
that out side the strikes one like his chase rate.
So if guys are swinging like they are against the
picture that we uh we have an interview with I
(06:06):
don't mean to uh spoil that, spoil that news. But
if guys are pitching like the way this guy is pitching,
he currently has a thirty four point nine percent O
swing well the league, the league averages twenty point eight.
Just to put into perspective, last season, Jacob de Graham
had an swing of thirty seven point nine percent, and
we all know how his season turned out. So these
are things you want to look for. First and strike percentages,
(06:27):
swinging strike percentages, how often they live in the zone,
the pitch usage, the pitch values. Like I said, it's
a whole wormhole and we can get into a million
different stats and hopefully over the course of six months
season we will. Yeah. So and I like that. You
can tell me like that's why I love you, Like,
come here, Michael, I love you, your father and I
love you. We're going to bends. Do you want anything,
I'll play fine. Um No, but seriously, because you made
(06:50):
you made me and everyone else. I just understanding. But
you also told me that guys that lead in OH
Swing teams tend to do well in in season long
Fantasy or if you stream this guy or if you
dfs this guy, he's effective this many times and that's
why your numbers make money. And I think that's that's
the best part about it. And I couldn't have done
this any better. We got to talk to Chris Paddock
(07:11):
and it was amazing. It's just for two guys like us.
I think the beginning of it, you know, we talked
to his brother Michael, and when we talk about what
it's like to be a major league All player. And
this kid's twenty three and he's coming and everyone saw
that picture. It went viral. He's coming into starts looking
like the Undertaker, you know, like that, you know, not
American badass Undertaker, like cool dead man Undertaker. You know
(07:34):
what I mean. You're about the Undertaker now, Oh yeah, yeah,
I mean the Paddick does too, right Austin, Texas. But
if you say his name three times, he shows up.
But I'm just trying to like we we talk about
what that's like because the athletes today they have they
have some swagger to them, you know, let them play.
And to talk to twenty three year old kids that
is pitching amazing and is on top of the league
(07:54):
in oh swing and making guys money and he's the
sexy pick. You really hear that. This is like a good,
good young man. I mean, baseball is in good hands. No, oh,
for sure, with all the young talent out there, it's
in It's in great hands, I would say. And this
interview that we did was personally my favorite interview that
I've ever done. And that's not just because you were
in it, Matt, That's because he was really uh. He
(08:17):
gave a lot of great feedback. We talked about the
vulcan grip that he uses, We talked about him working
on his curveball. We talked about a bunch of stuff
that that was really cool, and a couple of people.
I've sent the interview out to a couple of close
friends and they've all loved it. So I'm assuming the
listeners out there will love love to get a chance
to hear from Chris Paddock and his brother is very uh,
very invested in in Chris's career as well. They seem
(08:39):
to have an awesome relationship, so that was a pretty
cool aspect of the interview as well. Yeah. I mean,
if anyone knows anyone or even anyone themselves that are
close to making it are highly tied, maybe maybe they had,
you know, a taste of quote unquote making it you
or if you've never had but you dreamed, have you
really get an insight? Is to is to what again
this kid is going through? And I think it's really
(09:01):
cool that he has his brother by his side. So
we give equal time to talking to Michael Paddock as
we do to Chris Paddock. And it's our first gift
to all of you as part of the Fantasy Baseball
Hour for joining us and being part of our new squad. So, Michael,
without further ado, do you want to just throw it
to the Michael and Chris Paddock interview? Yes, sure, I
(09:23):
think the listeners will really enjoy us. All right, here
we go. All right. The San Diego Padres are now
a half a game out of first place four games
over five hundred, and one of the main reasons is
starting picture Chris Paddock on the line with us right
now is Chris's older brother, Michael Paddock, match striker here
along with Mike the Rhodo Cop. Thanks so much for
(09:45):
joining us, Yes, sir, thank you guys for having me.
All right, Michael, my first question to you is is
being the middle child growing up with three brothers, how
important is it to you to protect your baby brother
in the volatile, vicious world of the league baseball. Yeah,
that's a good question. Uh. You know, that's something that I, um,
(10:08):
I placed high importance on that and it's something that
I that I've tried to do pretty consistently for the
last probably six years. Um. But you know, it's everything
he does off the field. You know, he's a self motivator,
so he does it all by himself. But as far
as everything, um, you know, outside distractions and things that
(10:31):
can come out in a bunch of different ways, that's uh,
that's where I can come in and kind of help
buffer that stuff out. So, hey, Mike, Mike here, I
was interested in finding out a little more about your
family background. I I listened to an interview you did
not too long ago. I think it was in the
beginning of the season, but there was no mention of
either you having a baseball career prior to to Chris
or anyone else in your family. Is this, uh, this
(10:52):
baseball run through your guy's blood, Yes, sir does yees.
So we've got, like said, we've got an I've got
an older brother named Jason, um and he played uh
collegiate baseball, and then I played through the Division one
Juco in Texas and then um, you know, now Chris
is kind of taking all of our knowledge that we
could be still on him and ran with it. So
(11:14):
he's far better than we ever could. But we'd like
to think that uh, you know, our trial and error
what we could pass along to him kind of helped him,
you know, guide him through the way. So all right,
Matt back here, growing up just outside of Austin, Texas,
I'm a big Willie Nelson Dave Allen co guy. What
was playing in the Paddock boys room when it was
in baseball? What? What could be heard in the hallways
(11:35):
of the Paddock house? What kind of music? Oh man,
that's a good question. Um, it just depends on the
mood man. Majority of the time, you're probably gonna have, uh,
some form of Texas country, like red dirt country, not
necessarily mainstream Nashville, but just uh, you know the guys
that are that are born bred in Texas and kind
(11:56):
of do the Texas music scene through all the little
small and bars and stuff like that. So uh, it's
that's that's, that's what you're gonna hear most of the time.
And then obviously you're gonna have some some old school
George and maybe some Willie and some of the some
of the classics on there too, but most of the
time it's just Red Derrick Country, all right. Joining us
(12:17):
is Michael Paddock, older brother and manager of San Diego Padre.
Starting picture Chris Paddock and uh, Michael, let's fast forward
forty years, God willing down the road, families coming back
from church. You and Chris sitting on the on the
porch and the rocking chair and all little kids around.
What would you like to remember most about this moment
(12:42):
in your baby brother's career, where he's at right now?
You know one of the things that we so we
we talk um daily and there's in every season, every
preseason we go through kind of a list of what
big picture of what we like to accomplish and um
kind of what his brand needs to accomplish and then
(13:04):
as well with what he needs to accomplish as a
baseball player. Uh. And one of the things that that's you,
that's kind of universal, that's been We've talked about it
every preseason for the last four year, five years in
a row, just kind of going all the way back
almost too, when he was a junior and senior in
high school, was he's gonna have a chance to UM,
(13:27):
hopefully he'll have a stage, a platform that that most
people don't get. UM, he's gonna have a chance to
influence people on a greater scale than just a common man.
And if he gets that opportunity, Uh, the thing that
we really harp on is is to use it to
the fullest, don't waste it. And you never know who's
watching or whose life you might impact by what you
(13:49):
do and what you say and how you treat people. So, UM,
more so than just just just be more than a
baseball player, be be a somebody who's you know, can
be a someone that kids can look up to. UM.
You know, I know when I was both of us,
he and I both we were growing up, we had
players that we looked up to for various reasons, and
(14:10):
and I really just wanted him to to kind of
embrace that. Um know that there's people that watch what
he does, and even when he doesn't think that they are,
there are. There's children, there's families, there's men and women
of all ages that really watch and we'll pay attention
to the things he does. So, UM, I just I
continually tell him, be a good teammate and you know,
(14:35):
be a humble leader, and be somebody that that, uh
is a good role model. So I hope, you know,
forty years from now when we look back, that's the
one thing we can say. Hopefully there'll be some hey,
you know, that perfect game was great, or those no
hitters were great in the World Series, and hopefully all
the accolades come with it too. But at the end
of the day, people are gonna remember that. I mean,
they're gonna remember how you treated him, who you are
(14:56):
as a person more so than anything else. So, um,
that's that's that's who he is. That's who we try
to be everyday, day in and day out. So I hope,
more so than anything, that's what we can say, you know,
down the road, Amen, a little humility goes a long
way in this world. Michael Paddock is joining us, and
when we come back from break, we will have his
(15:18):
baby brother, Chris Paddock. Stay tuned. Hey, thanks for downloading
the podcast, and remember, if you want to listen live,
download the I Heart Radio app, download the tune and
app and just search for Fantasy Sports Radio Network and
you could listen to this program live. Also, if you
want to watch the video of this podcast, check us
(15:39):
out on YouTube, on Twitch, or on Periscope and type
in you guess Fantasy Sports Network. You'll find us there.
Enjoy the show and thanks for listening. With so much
young talent in baseball, who knows where to start? But
I can't think of a better place to start then
with this man joining us on the line, San Diego
(16:00):
Padres starting pitcher, Mr Chris Paddock. Chris, you're here with
Matt Striker and Mike the Rhoda Coop along with your
brother Michael Paddock. Paddock. Boys, thanks for joining us absolutely,
thanks for having us all right. So, Chris, UM, I've
noticed that you seem to have this I only concentrate
on what I can control attitude. I want to know
(16:20):
where does that level headed awareness come from? Um? It
kind of all started back into that in sixteen, Um,
you know, unfortunately had Tommy John surgery and you know
that was probably the roughest patch that I've ever had
to go through my life. UM, you know, and I
just told myself to look at the positive each and
every day. You know, you can beat yourself up when
(16:43):
you're you know, during rehab and you're going through the
motions every day. UM. You know. But it really started
hitting me that saying and that quote. UM, you know
those hard moments when I started throwing again, and you know,
seeing your teammates going out there and succeed and you
just being back in Arizona. Um, you know, doing the
same stuff Monday through Sunday. It can be it can
(17:05):
be pretty rough mentally. UM. You know, it's very fortunate
to have a great year last year. And you know
that's one of the biggest things that I've told myself. Um,
you know, ever since I got back on the mount.
It's just you know control that I control. You know,
going into last year, I knew that I was gonna
be on an any account and pitch count, and you know,
(17:25):
the work level was gonna be uh you know, watched
by the project's front office and all that, so you know,
there's it's pretty cool story behind it. You know, basically
it all started. I would say, um to that sixteen
when I had Toma John surgery. So Chris, I know, uh,
you're kind enough to give us your time here, and
you're coming out of a crazy game Hunter run for
at the home run of the ninth inning and you
(17:46):
guys ended up winning four or three. I know Carby
Yates got out of it with the bases loaded. Before
you got on. We were talking to Michael a little
bit and he had nothing but nice things to see,
and me and Matt always talked on the side about
how how much of a pleasure it is to watch
you pitch, and I absolutely love the way you approached
the game. Your changeup has always graded out as your
best pitch and it's translated very well to the majors.
(18:07):
You basically throw it in any count. The pitch has
an amazing swinging strike. Rade pitch value is currently a five.
The vulcan grip that you use on the changeup. I'm
curious to learn when and where you developed that pitch. Absolutely, um,
it goes all the way back to my sophomore year
of high school. Calvin Ferraldi gets the credit for that one.
Um My pitching coach in summer ball for the Austin Bandidos.
(18:31):
And then my junior year when we played in Jupiter,
I got the opportunity to play with Houston Bendido's Ray
Daily one was in charge of all that. Um. Basically, man,
he uh, you know, he knew I was going to
be a picture down the road. I was actually a catcher,
um growing up through high school. Uh you know, high
school year, sophomore, junior year. But the funny story behind
(18:54):
that is, you know, he said, hey, Paddick, let me
see the size of your hand, so we you know,
we exchange and we exchanged all that, and he said,
I want you to try this script that uh that
I used to throw. And it took about six months. Man,
there was many many things that I had to learn,
you know. He he first taught me with a softball
just so I can kind of you know, get my
(19:16):
fingers spread out and um, you know, going from a
softball there baseball and made it a lot easier to control. Uh.
But yeah, man, it took it took every bit of
six months to get it in the strike zone. And
and I have an idea where it was going. Chris,
I've noticed that you are mixing pitches a lot more,
and you're doing it a lot sooner. At what point
(19:38):
did you make a conscious effort to really start to
do this? Um? You know, basically, you know, I'm very fortunate.
My change up has always been there. It's kind of
always been in my bread and my bread and butter.
But you know, at the highest level and major league level,
you need you need more than two pitches to be
a starter. Um. You know, especially with the town of
(19:59):
these eyes and these hitters, the technology we have and
you know they can look at me and any count
any pitch, velocity, spin rate, you know, all those fun,
fun little details behind the scenes. But basically, man, I
just I continue to go out there and pitch pitch
to my strengths. You know, I have to I show
them early, you know, to get them, get them off
(20:21):
my curveballs or so they can respect that, and it
just sets up my fastball and change up that much better. UM.
My last outing, um, I would say we did the
That's probably the best that spen all year, just getting
the hitters off bound, making them uncomfortable up there in
the box. First time throwing the Mahia, you know, in
an actual game besides spring training just all around. It
(20:42):
was it was really I felt really comfortable up there.
And whenever both catchers, you know, whether it's Tedches or Mahia,
you know they have confidence just as much as you do.
Is it makes you feel really really comfortable out there
for sure. And Chris, you mentioned the curveball briefly, and
one of the things I wanted to ask you was,
if you couldn't master that curve ball, it's pretty much
(21:02):
gonna be game over for everybody. That's what it seems like. So, yeah,
it's essentially the only pitch of yours that's actually being hit,
and it's not even being hit that well, but it's
being hit a little bit. Is that the next step
in your evolution? Evolution of Chris Paddock getting more spin
on that curve ball, perfecting that pitch? Absolutely? Um. This
offseason was the first time that I've actually got to
(21:24):
focus on it, uh, you know, And it's come a
long way ever since, you know, my first full season
last year, you know, and Lake Elsinore and the finished
in San Antonio. It's come a long ways, you know,
I've I've looked up videos, visualized, I've taken you know,
some notes on what I what I want to accomplish
with it, how to get hitters out with it. You know.
(21:46):
But at the end of the day, you know, when
I get that third pitch locked in, I'm gonna go
for a fourth. Um. You know, you look at the
best pitchers in the league, they have a four pitch mix. Um.
You know, it's very fortunate to see Sergor pitch tonight
for the Nationals. You know, that's that's that was something
really cool just seeing a guy that I watched growing
up and him being so dominated and so dominant and
(22:09):
focused up there. It was really cool to see a
guy like that perform at this level. Um. You know,
unfortunately came up on top the night, which was was
really really cool. Um. But yeah, man, just I wouldn't
say I stressed that I need to get my curveball
to be my you know, my best pitch in the mix.
(22:30):
But you know, I've always been competitive and I want
to be, you know, the best to ever play this game.
So being being that being said, you know, you have
to work every day, you have to have the will
to learn, and it's you know, getting feedback from your
from your hitters, you know, they standing on my bullpens
or beer in spring training, you know, someing live vps
(22:51):
asking those guys, hey, what do you see? You know
is it popping out? And I swollowing my motion down
all these little things. Um. And then you know, like
I said, technology we have with rap Soto and and
all this stuff, I can kind of reflect on my starts. Um,
you know, the day after whatever it is that I
want to look at and see, you know, if it's
actually getting better, if I need to change, you know
(23:14):
how how I'm delivering it. My extension, you know, you
name it. They have it on that technology devices, and
it's uh, it's come a long way since last year,
and I'm looking forward to keep throwing and getting out
with it. Yeah. And I can't emphasize enough what a
joy it is to watch you pitch. The first pitch
strikes it's eleven percent more than Lee average. The fastball
velo is point three. If you could really mess that
(23:36):
curve ball, I think you're going to be in for
a cy young season, maybe more so. So good luck
to you with that for sure, Thank you, Thank you
appreciate it. So this question is is for both Chris
and Michael, And I mean if Jason was on the line,
I would love to hear his answer as well. Uh, Chris,
there's a picture that I think your mom took of
the day you were drafted. You're wearing a great orange
(23:56):
polo by the way, and you it's a television and
it says up next on the clock San Diego. And
I've read that you said that you felt that you
were destined to be a padre. The question is is
there a faith that you grew up with in the
Paddock household, and if so, how does it currently lend
itself to to the road and journey that you guys
(24:17):
are on. Basically, man, it's it's been. It's been a
fun ride. You know. I can't explain everything that's kind
of lined up ever since um to where I'm at
in my career so far. It's been crazy. Um, you
can't really write it down. You can't really, you know,
obviously my family knows, just because they've kind of been there,
(24:39):
um ever since the beginning. But basically, man, it was
me and my brother Michael um in the living room
going over um when potentially I could be drafted all
these different things, and I just happened to grab an
Orange Polo and a Marlin tat just because I like matching.
And what do you know, I get drafted by the
Marlins and get traded in two thousand sixteen, and my
(25:02):
family just sent me a picture and was like, hey,
let me know when you notice something, you know, and
I'm looking at the pictures zooming in and then I
just my mouth just dropped. I'm just like, no way.
And on the top right hand corner of that picture
of the TV screen, you know, it has Chris Paddock
drafted by the Marlins. And then on the top right
hand corner says San Diego Padres on the clock. And
(25:26):
you know, if you think about that and you really
soaked that in, man, you can't really you know, that's
something that's I wouldn't say a miracle, but it's just
a blessing, man, just like how everything's lined up in
my career so far. Um, you know. And then, unfortunately,
like I said, I blew out in two thousands sixteen,
had Tommy John surgery by Dr Meister, and we hired
(25:48):
one of his assistants to work with the Padres to
go through my rehab hand or fields. You know, it's
just there's so many things that have lined up for me,
and it's it's honestly been such a blessed and and
you know, like I said, that's one of the things
that I'll never forget in my career is just how
everything has kind of played out so far from me
(26:08):
and my family. I want, I want to touch on
that if I can, guys for a second, Um, because
that's that's a that's a really really good question, and
it's it's not very often you get asked questions that
will allow you to speak on it faith if you
have it, and so UM, I definitely want to answer
and touch on what he said. Absolutely. Um, we were
(26:31):
born Southern you know, conservative Baptist, that whole mantra that
you hear about in Texas that's very very much so
true for for some people. And and um, we were
raised in a religious household and faith believers, and and
I personally being able to sit on the outside looking in. Um.
(26:53):
And that's one of the things that if I could say,
if it was one thing I could say so far
about just this whole journey of him, everything about it
from from the process of him being kind of touted
by all the scouts in high school, all the way
through being drafted, now making it through the minor leagues,
having a major step back, and then now making it
all the way to the big leagues and having success
in the big leagues. One of the first things that
(27:15):
I will tell you is talent alone is not going
to get you there. There's a lot of guys. I
would say, there's probably more guys that don't make it
that have talent then the guys that do. You have
to have things that kind of follow your way. You
have to have breaks kind of go your way, and
you have to have things kind of line up for
you um to where you can get opportunities. And then
(27:37):
obviously you have to perform whenever you get the chance.
But but you have to have things just line up
for It's not just gonna be laid down because you
have God given abilities. But uh, there's been so many
things that you just couldn't script that have happened for
Christopher that it's it's all just divine appointments that have
kind of lined up. And and uh, with firm believers
and and the fact that if you do things the
(27:58):
right way, you keep your head down and you work
hard and you have a good genuine heart and spirit
for what you're doing. Um, things are gonna work out
more so than not. And and you see a lot
of that with him, just the way things have lined
up with with kind of everything's kind of come full
circle with um. How he was drafted, who he was
(28:19):
drafted by the the regional scout for the Marlins that
actually ended up getting him the workout. Um was a
guy that was an assistant coach, kind of a student
coach for my I went to a private school and
college station and he was actually playing ball at A
and M at the time, so he would come help us.
(28:39):
And this is a decade before and we we we
go without contact for ten years and then you know,
all of a sudden, I get a call from him.
He's like, hey, UM, tell me a little bit about
your little brother because we want to we want to
work him out, and you know, the moms want to
give a look at him, so you know, uh. And
and Dennis Lynn actually with the athletic he did a
report on that story on that a couple of weeks ago.
But UM, it's it's really cool, man. There's so many
(29:03):
things that lined up even with the fact that A. J.
Peler has ties to the Rangers and I live in
Dallas Fort Worth, and whenever he had that surgery, they
bring him to Arlington to one of the one of
the you know, better surgeons for for that particular thing.
Um Master keep Einster did the surgery. And so just
having all that stuff play out where he could be
(29:23):
there with me and not be alone through that whole recovery,
which can be brutal on its own. You know, I
can't even imagine having to do it, face it alone
with no family. Um, but just every little thing. Man,
it's uh, there's so many things that have lined up
for him and a very very very fortunate and blessed
to have have them fall the way that they have.
And but uh, it's it's it takes a whole lot
(29:46):
more than just talent. And he's been one of the
guys that's whenever it's all said and done, we'll be
able to look back and just kind of line We'll
be able to line out every little thing that happened, uh,
you know, and how it how it benefited his career.
So for sure, for sure on that faith, faith is
a big part and it's and it's definitely paid off,
you know, for him along the way. So yeah, that's
(30:07):
really awesome. And and me and Matt always talk off
the air about how everything happens for a reason, and
it seems like the trajectory of Chris's career seems that way.
But not to mention, like you told us earlier, how
Chris is the first guy in the room, last guy
to leave. Every cliche I don't know, Chris, he said
this before you got on, so that every cliche that
there is could be used for you. So it was
(30:27):
a nice thing to hear, hear your brothers say that
about you. So what you guys got is awesome, It
really is. That makes me take a step back. It's cool. Yeah,
I appreciate that. And you know, it's the more the
more time he gets with media and interviews and people
that that that want to hear more about his story.
It's it's refreshing for me to see just because I
I know who he is, I know what our story
(30:50):
is kind of how things have played out, And you
don't necessarily get to see a whole lot of just
genuine good stories like that. I mean, you hear great
stories all the time. They're gonna be wrong. But uh,
people are very interested in in hearing, you know, just
good endings to stories and things work out for people
in people's favor. So it's it's really cool to watch,
(31:11):
you know. And I love I love hearing him tell
answers to questions all the time to interviewers and and
and I love talking to people about it too, because
it's it's true, and it's and it's it's real. It's
happening in real time right now, and we're living it,
and it's it's one of the greatest things and one
of the greatest experiences, you know, in the world. So, um,
I'm happy for him. I'm very proud of him. Um.
(31:33):
But but I will be the first to tell you that,
make no mistake about it. You know that the kid
puts in fortune hour days, seven days a week. He's
away from his family two days of the year. I mean,
he's everything that he gets and everything that's coming his
way he's earned and he'll continue to earn. So it's
it's gonna be a good thing, all right. We are
talking to San Diego Padres. Picture Christopher Paddock and his
(31:54):
brother and manager Michael Patty. A couple more questions before
we let you guys go. We do appreciate your time. Um, Chris,
I know that there's some unfinished business from the minor
leagues between you and kaboom As was called up just recently,
but also in a couple of months, actually four weeks,
you'll come to New York, but before that you have
(32:16):
a stop in Toronto. Are you excited to face Vladimir? Girl? Absolutely? Man,
you know that kid, is that kid something special? You know?
He uh you know, I can only imagine being in
the spotlight, you know, with his dad having a successful
career and then now the junior um. Not gonna only
(32:38):
imagine the pressure and and all that stuff. But he
looks like he he feeds off that energy, and I
can only imagine. Like I said, but yeah, Man, to
be the best, you gotta face the best, and I'm
I'm looking forward to getting that opportunity to face him. Um,
I saw you gotta hit tonight. You know, it's really
cool to see guys that you kind of all and
(33:00):
and performed. No, I didn't. Unfortunately I didn't get to
face him in the minor leagues, but you know, obviously
seeing his name on every Highlight Rail or every top
prospect list um and being right there with him. It's
pretty cool to see those guys, you know, make it
up with you. It's a pretty cool concept that there
are other guys being asked if they're excited to face
(33:21):
Chris Paddocks. So it's pretty it's gonna be crazy to
see you guys face each other and like, uh, like
Matt said with kaboom, who your brother told us all
fair that he has one of the two minor league
on runs against you in your career. Yes, sir, he does.
Way to bring that up. Mike saw me under the bus. Guys,
I appreciate that kid can get to baseball very very well.
(33:44):
He's gonna be good for a long time. You know that.
I was just always gonna stay just listen to you'all
talk about that. It's this is uh, you know, I've
only been watching baseball in a sense of relevant where
I knew what was going on for about twenty five
years or so, and it's this is an era right
and out unlike any that I've seen in the sense
that there's so much young talent, like guys twenty five
(34:07):
and under. It's gonna be so insane for the next ten,
fift twenty years. It's gonna be great to watch. There's
so much talent coming up, so many young studs, pictures
and hitters both. But it's gonna be the game is
gonna be fun to watch for a while. He got
broken the other day. As far as you want to
be the best, you gotta beat the best team met Uh.
He was introduced to Mr Joey Vato right away, so uh.
(34:30):
But but then he came back and got him to
you know, he got him through out of three. But Votto,
welcome to the big leagues the correct way. But I
told him after the game, I said, Hey, if you're
gonna give up your first home run as a big leaguer,
who better. I mean, that's an honor, man. It's not
Givado or pool Holes or trout those are. That's that's
one of the ones you want to give it up
to because that's that guy is one of the best
of all time to do it. So, you know, what,
(34:50):
what what a good way. But yeah, there's gonna be
a lot of young fun baseball to watch for a while. Yeah,
the game is definitely in good hands. Chris. Before we
wrap up, I just was carrying. Whenever I get the
opportunity to talk to guys in the big leagues, I
always trying to get a feel on their thoughts about
pitch tunneling. Is this something that you're cognizant of or
the padres are really pushing on you guys. Is it
like a skill that you're working on perfecting at all? Um?
(35:13):
You know, I wouldn't say they're stressing it to me. Um.
You know, the padres have done a pretty good job
of just kind of letting me be myself. You know,
I've proven myself. I would say, you know, to just
pitch to my strength. You know, I do look over
some of the stuff that, um that wasn't given to
us at the minor league level, you know, whether that
(35:34):
be uh, you know, some of the technology stuff on
their hitters whoever we're facing. But basically, man, I've always
told myself that, you know, what got me here is
what I need to continue to work on and do. Um,
you know, and that's my strengths, whatever that is. But
I do I do glance at it. I look over
some of the stuff at the hitter's weaknesses and you know, what,
(35:57):
what what can I do to get them out. But
at the end of the day, man, it's it's me
versus mentality, and and that's kind of just how I've
always been. Man, it's I've been so competitive. You deserved
my brothers say, um, him giving me a hard time
on Joey Vato. That's That's another reason why I'm so successful. Man,
It's because my family pushes me so hard to be
(36:20):
so good because they know kind of what I bring
to the table. And it's it's very it's very cool
to have that relationship. Um, you know with my brother Michael,
what's whoever it is. It's just not picking on me.
But at the same time they know what I can handle,
and it just that's kind of how he had to
run in the first base, by the way he gets out. Yeah,
(36:44):
by stuff like that, you know, I won't ever be
as That's a good example right there. That's a perfect
example that you have a debut for the ages. What
a what a perfect debut that was, and so many
great things he accomplished. The first thing we started when
we got on the phone after the aim was hey man,
hey man, you could have ran a little bit faster
and beat that throw. I'll get a go ahead, rbr
(37:05):
right there. Uh, that's good, that's all good. Man. He's
he's gonna be He's gonna be good for a long time.
Hope for God willingly stays healthy. But um, if it
ain't broke, don't fix it. I know that there's a
lot of safer metrics in the game now, and there's
a lot of things that you can break down this
and that and the other. But at the end of
the day that the pitchers gotta go out there and
(37:26):
you know, execute pitchers, and the hitter's gotta hit the baseball.
So until they can hit better than one twelve against
him and get on base more than two out of ten,
I think he's gonna be Okay. All right, this is
the last question before we let you go. It's an
important one to take your time and when you answer it.
When the paddock boys were out scrapping in the yard,
(37:48):
who wins who's the toughest? Let me I'm gonna you can't.
You can't ask that question over over your phone, will
be We'll be here all night, alright, Alright, guy, he
didn't get to see he didn't get to see the
picture yet. Guys, so if you knew who you were
talking to, I would say we could all just scrap together.
(38:09):
But he's gotta cut off. You gotta cut off sweater vest.
He's on leash in the pythons and and the sweater
vest there. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, anyone that's listening, the
young kids out there. If you need a role model
to look up to, and you want to do it
the right way, you want to be humble, you want
(38:30):
to work hard, and you want to respect others, give
and get respect, Chris Paddock is the guy to look to.
Chris Michael, thank you so much for joining us. I
truly admire the humility, the camaraderie, the faith, and the
dedication to baseball as well as being good human beings.
We thank you so very much for your time. I
(38:53):
wish you all the best of luck, all the best health,
God willing. You're gonna have a great career and you're
a great person. And the way you guys were raised
is a tip of the cap to your parents, so
everyone's proud of you. Thank you, guys, Thank you all
so much for having us, and good luck with everything.
All right, y'all, have a good night. Thank you all right,
good night? How awesome was that Whooo, Well, you can
(39:19):
hear the little kid in me. It's so funny. That
was That was really a great time. Chris is Chris
seems like an awesome dude. His brother seems like an
awesome dude. I can't wait to their New York. Hopefully
we could meet up with them and play a little golf.
That would be something. Absolutely, But I I do gotta
say this. And and Joe, our sound guy, is part
of the family. You'll get to know him as we
(39:40):
continue to move forward here. But Joe said to me,
so I had to. I had to make the call, right.
I wasn't in studio for it, but I wasn't gonna
miss it. And uh, maybe next week I'll tell the
story behind where I was doing that interview from and
you can hear that I'm on the phone whatever. But
beyond that, dude, I'm gonna you know, if they roll
the first ball that you get a hit and you
roll back the out. All this interview back into me
(40:02):
hiding under my bed because this was nice. This was
this was an awesome experience. Like I said earlier, Um,
I've interviewed big guys in the big leagues before, and
they were great, but maybe not as receptive as Chris
Paddock was. He really give us a lot of information
and it was an awesome time. So what you're saying
is that most the interviews with guys in the big
leagues you've done, they didn't like you. They don't want
to talk to you. Yeah, I can see that you
(40:22):
had a break, You're an a brace of personality. I
can see that I've made a couple of friends along
the way. Well, some of my friends that I want
to thank just for inspiring me to to get into
and be a part of this. And it's a long list,
but I'm gonna do it like micro machines, So here
we go. I want to thank Clay Link, James Anderson,
Blood said Their, Todd Sol Howard Bender, Craig Miss, Jeff Simmerman,
(40:43):
Derek Farnsworth, Justin Fencederman, Justin Mason, Paul Spoorscott, Angle Law,
Michael's Ariel Cohen, Alex fast Letting, Melnick Evan Cohen, My
Bad Chick, John mc catchene, Joe Pisuppia, The Guys over
Road A where Jeff Erickson Real Talk, Ralph rob Friedman, Pitching,
Ninja Adam Rhodus, Greg and Frank Obviously Fantasy Sports Network,
Joe she and Folks at root a Ball and jeff
(41:05):
Man's Head Schuster, Rudy Gamble Rosball and Michael Michael Motorcycle
The Rhodo Cop. You, my friend, that the final breast
of Thanks for last all right, folks, thanks so much
for joining us in the Fantasy Baseball Hour. You can
follow me Match Striker former w w rest are now
Fantasy Baseball miss ark at Matt Underscore Striker Underscore on
(41:28):
Instagram is real match Striker. We will be getting a
social media page for this show here The Fantasy Baseball
Hour reading on Razball. Listen to me right here, Mike,
Where can I find you? If I'm looking and I'm
wearing those cool night goggles that you guys wear where
everything's green is numbers and it's like Predator? Where do
we find you? That sounds like the movies. You can
find me at Mike the Rhodo Cop on Twitter. I
(41:49):
do a little bit of writing from Mets Moriz online
dot com, and I do DFS for picture list dot Com.
So if you guys need any DFS advice at all,
head over the picture list dot com they got some
great stuff going on over there, and any Met fans
out there, Metsmeries online dot com would be the site
for you. Yeah, we're gonna definitely get into a ton
of DFS content in the show and something that's near
(42:11):
and dear to both mine and Mike's hart. I'm a
big fan of guy. Mike is also dominating our DraftKings.
So yeah, you'll get a lot of DFS stuff here,
You'll get a lot of season long and you'll get
some cool interviews perspectives. Mike, you have a guests lined
up to really break things down as we move forward.
So thanks everyone for joining us on the Fantasy Baseball
our good luck, be safe, have fun. We'll see you
(42:33):
out there now. M
Popular Podcasts
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
The Nikki Glaser Podcast
Every week comedian and infamous roaster Nikki Glaser provides a fun, fast-paced, and brutally honest look into current pop-culture and her own personal life.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.