Player Spotlight: Michael Lorenzen MLB the Show 24 Oakland A's Franchise

all right so here's the plan um I give a player option that was stupid of me okay so we're going to be doing the Michael Lorenzen player Spotlight jie Martinez has been phenomenal Josh Donaldson's been pretty good too man so go get the Seattle maners who 15 or 25 yikes 437 from Josh roas is crazy I would like to say from the home of the Mariners since 1999 T-Mobile Park here in Seattle Mother's Day action on the show it's the Oakland Athletics taking on the Seattle Mariners Shi Chris Singleton with you so the Oakland A are in position to sweep this three game series with a win so Chris what's their mindset heading into today yeah looking to go three for 31 the series and now they can really leave their Mark it's all about having confidence and that's what a team takes away from a sweep so they're happy to win the series but they'll really be riding high tomorrow with the win today first pitch coming at you right after the break just about set to go now and today's starter George Kirby Chris how about a Scouting Report well you can see his whip is a little above the league average not bad but I think in this one he's going to need to cont that a little bit better try to limit Hitters from getting on base stay in that wind up instead of the stretch and when he does allow base runners be able to throw a pitch he's going to get a swing and Miss get out of the inning so that a base hit doesn't do more d damage and put his team behind [Applause] theall to start the Inn that just a bad pitch by me nice line drive to side it out front but just stay through it nice enough and ripped it the Ty France in the balls a St an Allstar [Music] 2022 that one fouled off the Athletics leading by three here in the third and final game of the series it be so tough as a to pull yourself out of an extended slump one that lasts for several games even a week or more you know right now he's really in one so I'm sure his mind is all over the place racing having a hard time sleeping trying to figure out what can get him back on track back to feeling more comfortable and set IC about him and now it's Julio Rodriguez they that one that CS the corner a master you to with loation if you're going throw on the ground one to First in time great effort there well he didn't recognize change up earlier enough got out in front a little bit rolled over on it and beat it into the ground and that one fouled off this might be a steel situation but that's not your average catcher behind the dish you have to be careful here and a pitch weang in a Miss as he was out front that time Rodriguez the runner at first with two gone damn it and here it comes damn Loren it throws the first Rodriguez back in on a dive rander kicks deals and Miss struck him out out number three Mariners leave one they Trail it here three nothing fact of up three nothing is crazy already now she'll say bottom number two L luky which is quite unfortunate for us four home runs 20 Prett good nice nice Shay Lang man pulls that one foul I could always shift TI of should that can also happen I don't know what I'm going to do at first base h on swinging a ball left field that's back there that one is gone that'll fire up the Dugout his seventh home run of the the season it's 3-1 well that one got in the jet stream on a line drive we saw the numbers on the backs of the jerseys of the outfielders is usually bad news it was a good pitch back in this gge stands and strike one always exciting to see a leadoff home run in an inning kind of gets the offense fired up and you start to expect a big Inning on the ground to the left to that's one out the bottom of the talking about definitely scuffling at the dish lately just one hit in his last five games that one in there across the letters next offering in there for a strike o and two the ground to third heed to be fast in if I'm not mistaken here's L for in the I surv and first off ring is fouled off being D I guess two down nobody on and that drops in for a strike there we go um even though I raised the fury misses it's a strike out he swung over top of the curveball one hit in the inning a solo Homer on down to the top of the third it's the A's three and the Mariners one high annoyance back in Seattle bottom of the Inn Mitch hanar Mitch hanar Loren back to work and there's a foul ball a former allar hitting nth in today's lineup a former first round pick got him he not like the call well he's got great strikeout stuff on the mound doesn't he I mean double digit strikeouts in his last start and he's just racking them up again in this one this guy can really dominate a game out not a fun assignment for any lineup sags it on the two outs Bas is empty Ty France up next for the Mariners and first off ring is fouled off it's unfortunate that gave up their first run two outs strike a sinker at the bottom of the Zone pretty good pitch by me S and a miss struck him out nobody left for Seattle and they still Trail it here oh then it show Dr continues interesting and welcome back to the ballpark John chambi and Chris Singleton with you and leading off the bottom of the fourth Julio Rodriguez the Mariners knew what they had signed him in July of 2017 for a little under2 million when Rodriguez was just 16 years old out of the Dominican Republic yeah now he's got a huge contract and a foul ball he stays alive fast forward to 2022 for Julio Rodriguez to win the Rookie of the Year the Seattle Mariners were then compensated with the 29th overall pick in the first round of the draft in 2023 part of the new CBA enticing teams to promote their good young players oh so you get okay that makes sense because you used to see that all the time I think I think they sent who they send down I think they sent down like the blue J sent down Vladimir guer so they can give him an extra year control time firstat and then they promoted him like a week later or something now the leel luky right there insane I saw that they did the same thing with Esther re he was hitting like a 400 since down so they can give him so he can give like an extra year control time outside L what do I know noot last time I thre a pitch like [Applause] this he's so annoying jge palano the next to hit in for a strike and it's and one this is a great Dynamic right here Speedy runner at first thinking about taking second catcher with the pop time that leaves Jaws on the floor this might get interesting pitch that one down I don't know how he was able to hit that hold on let me see something arm his arm is great this arm is good too okay line and foul I'm going throw this pitch watch him hit it for a home run bounce to the right side he takes it himself to the bag and that'll do itens one left for Seattle and it remains a 3-1 ball game and we're back we head to the bottom of the fifth now it's the Mariners d8 Taylor TR popped up fou territory behind the get him makes the catch and there's one gone good hard fast up in the zone right there they look really good coming in but so hard to get on top of as a hitter uus batting for the second time and that strike the let's go give GL and a couple of quick he's been going after these guys consistently and as a result he's been able to keep his pitch count low throwing the ball very well right now Haner in the box with two gone and takes a look at a called strike next pitch is outside it's a good take oh he get that though okay a wor that's a dog experience bottom of the six now it's the short stop Josh RW here's something cool boo when they finished building T-Mobile Park back in 1999 they actually open it up I remember Chicago we open Theon at the king and then when we came back later in the year we were playing at T-Mobile Park a beautiful place great scenery from center field and I always enjoyed playing here and that's a b hit man on base to start the Inn I'm going after Shane Bieber show a willingness to drive that pitch the opposite way didn't get jumpy didn't try to pull the ball he let it get deep took the barrel right to it and then extended through the swing for the line drive base hit and a swinging a Miss well the hitter shows the pitcher that he's willing to go after that pitch down in the zone so perhaps he'll come one at second plenty of time at first that's a double play as a former player watching 543 double plays brings back some adrenaline it's such an exciting play and it's always a great reminder of baseball being such a team sport you're only here for the season anyways so down and here is Julio Rodriguez and that's through there for a strike Rodriguez measures 6' 4 in 230 lb and he's a former of the never mind Ruiz the set for the last half of the seventh now the righ this is a guy who is very highly regarded defensively fun to watch him control stuff behind the plate Good Game caller good at framing but it's that big arm that really stands out you come into the game knowing that unless the balls in the dirt or gets by him we're probably not going to steal anything today so that's where you want to get a little more aggressive second lead and hope that some hits some some home runs can come into play Kick and spoils the two strike pitch and he'll see another well I'll say this as a former position player and base stealer when you come into a game and you've got a guy like this behind the dish with a big arm you really have to change your approach can't try to steal cuz you'll get thrown out maybe get a little big lead be aggressive on the secondary but this type of guy shuts the running game down thank you sir and up next for Seattle Lukey just missed swinging a miss that strike one and it really looks like these hitters have been in between with their timing today good fast ball excellent slider but they've not been able to commit to one velocity and stay there it's in and out of his glove but he wins the foot race to First good job of knowing how much time he had there palano up next for the Mariners I was so glad I got there right there for a strike I did not think I was going to get there sorry that one missed well as good as things can be it can be a tough day at the office even for the Skippers seeing the offense just sputter not able to get anything going that one fouled off two and two two down nobody on here the bottom of the seven here's a rip to but he's there for the third let's go now new pitcher on the mount as we roll into the bottom of the eighth joseo these are the spots reliever really make a name for themselves late and close there's not nine wins in a row it's such a good feeling right now with this club that no one wants to be the player that causes the team to lose in fact they're looking at ways each player every day they come to the ballpark how can I help us win today and this is a great feeling it's like being in the playoffs when individual statistics don't matter it's all about the team W 32 the final score Oak let's go that's what I'm talking about there oh okay so I guess we got shoo now oh he can play a bunch of positions he is better than Brett Harris right [Music] now and he's only out here just until I think what's that Bo name yeah Jordan La HT and Clark Elliott oh I forgot he got hurt too oh they were in there okay interesting damn he's still not in there he can't get a allar nod or anything crazy okay Zach Jackson thank you JPC just got lit up I guess DOD Bradley got L up well at least we won one game Lawrence Butler came through actually had two hits Jord my reaction did not do well maxan hit his first home run so I guess that's okay everyone pretty much got lit up J marus has been struggling man I think that's going to damp in his MVP boats yeah unfortunate but are we playing against the Astros in this game I that much 1 16 73 our last that we're doing okay oh no not full game not full game player luck oh they raised up the oh it's cuz Okay well I guess what they take out oh set Browns but he can't he can't feel he can't F so why are we not letting him fil hold on no no no no you will play Left Field you can play Left Field [ __ ] everything up you have a you have better arm than he does not going to sabotage right te kind of [ __ ] is that tripping welcome inside Kaufman Stadium the start of the weekend is upon us it's Friday evening baseball on the show it's the Oakland Athletics going up against theas 25 20 all right we'll be back to get this one started after this so just about set now and towing The Slap in this one Cole Reagan what should we keep an eye out here yeah he's definitely had a struggle so far this year as evidenced by that inflated whip but he's going to have to find a way to limit theas Runners all right let me see you can play second base and short stop put his team in a position to win a ball game so we know he's prepared we know this guy is a competitor and we'll watch how he works in this one number 11 leading things off and takes a strike and that's down what we're not sellers we're sellers got him and now one away digging in it's the Speedy outfielder drone Blanco that's off the mark and it's w to0 a bit behind with that swing it's strike one out a Cuba oh [ __ ] out to short oh he's 98 speed so that's crazy to first on the r that's crazy down oh that's the reason why I struggled so much against the Royals against with the Mariners Bobby Whit Jun at the dish now he committed to play for the University of Oklahoma where his dad went before the Royals changed his mind he would have been the number one overall pick in most drafts as a high schooler he won a gold medal with Team USA and was named the 2019 Gatorade national baseball player of the year inside for K Co cool oh [ __ ] I want to start that load a little bit sooner because of the good eye on that spot really good take especially is crazy misses it's a strike down scess he wants to stay with the 49ers inter Bron a we head to the bottom of the second now it'll be the clean up hitter for the Royals Nelson Velasquez all right sorry Nelson Velasquez 33 333 crazy you would think Bobby wood Jun would be the MP of this te the wrong [Applause] pitch swings through that one for strike two all right now last time I threw in the second inning we gave up the Home Run got him got him swinging on that pitch away to finish him off but everything early in the atat was in tight really challenged him in there with some competitive pitches not letting him get His Hands Extended but of course that eventually opens up the outside part of the plate and he just wasn't able to adjust Salvador Perez with one down takes a strike Sal Perez probably scares me on this Al that one close rle the ball and now it's even one and one one down B I'll start this missed no score here in the second I'll start this year probably and two probably one of the better patchers in the game probably a future Hall of Fame I think he has a a World Series if I'm not misten still two and two after the foul don't s pitches already no no no appeal to first and that's a strike out Mike says he won a round well he's really dialed in and this offense is going to have to do something to try to break that Rhythm maybe it's square around the B step out of the box agitate him a little bit do something that just changes what's happening right now because at this pace it's going to be a long game so you got to figure it out quickly they pass 15 25 base on base percentage is crazy oh no can't come up with it and he's going to make it to First and we'll see how they score it probably a base it yeah there goes the First with two away and next up for the Royals Hunter rro he was two for four in Wednesday's game top of the zone and it's called a strike well we call that keyho holding even though it's right there and looks pretty good good if he doesn't love it he's not going to swing that early in the count this umpire is kind of squeezing me um I'm saying that's two outs foul guys I've already thrown 31 pitches and we're not even second right now he swung over top of the curveball Royals leave one we'll move to the third with no score need you guys to focus here focuser he's 2021 Allstar do they just give people Allstar maybe he was good hold on maybe he was good once upon a time where is he at oh he's up here ah he was he was decent that brother was decent I will say he was he was decent 2021 allar in the eighth spot in today's lineup and he was a sixth round draft pick back in 2013 and a swing miss this guy sink has so much drop at it's almost like Fast instead of just weak cont and balls on the ground think get swings and misses go down looking tremendous job of bringing that ball back over the plate he gets just enough of it to get the call and tell you what as a hits out of the Zs away and it to catch the one I may had to make some trades in order for us to like get some value back one down base is EMP A's leading by a run here in the last half of the third got him picks up strike out number seven quite the start to this game on the M looking very dangerous to these hitters seven punch outs already so this lineup hasn't had much success trying to Fig him out a little bit before I call him up yeah to good performance he did he did Prett well and the rander deals Swang and a miss struck him out and a nice ining of work there as he sets him down one two three Royals bats are quiet there they're down one nothing back here in Kansas City and now here's a speed outfielder drone Blanco Blanco the right hter back to work probably BL swing he we got one hold on how do we get one z g off again these Royals to put it bluntly need to put together more competitive at bats and I don't think they've lived up to their own expectations at the play stri he's Zack has been pretty good I will say hold on trying to do something here and people have choked over the even by those standards they're going down way too often and I think they're having a hard time getting any momentum going a result lays out but he can't squeeze it he decides to eat it and they catch a break as they get a base runner at first that was unfortunate now here's Bobby Whit J struck out swinging his first time mean you both know he's going to start trying to steal me check swing went around strike one well here's a good opportunity in this inning to get on the scoreboard after that leadoff hit and hard of the order coming up right behind them this is where they need to get going and he deals and that one fouled off this is one of those situations the infielders have to pre-plan and understand that the ball's got to be hit extremely hard right at them if they're going to have a chance to go for a double play on the ground could be two Allen to Second at firsto well he's doing a nice job of keeping the ball out of the air lets the defense work behind him with another ground ball good execution Velasquez in the box now takes strike one Loren it throws the first and he's back in safely at the belt fires swings and misses and it's and two the Royals down by a run here in game one of this three gam oh delivers outside just misses there well as a pitcher when you make a big pitch down around the knees and don't get the call it'll eat at you out there so some handle it a little bit better than others and right here clearly letting the it a little bit that would be too man that was a strike up the middle a sliding stop it short fires to First to First and he beats it everyone's safe a perfect example right there that plate discipline it pays off the deeper he gets into account the more comfortable he becomes usually wins the battle that one off the mark and the count even one and one all eyes on the double play ball in this spot no better way to get out of thisn ah come on that's when your this upu ain't there be off balance feet there's one got the batter to hit it exactly where he wanted that textbook 643 dou play gets out of the jam and back in the Dugout thank God man back here at Coffman stadium and now Vinnie pass oh we got another one Z off again Lorenzen back to work that one's in there and that's strike one well these Royals doing a great job boo of just waiting for the right pitch to come their way and I'm seeing very patient bats out of them starter leash has to be getting tighter with his pitch count where it is but so far he's been really effective in this one tosses the first and a quick out Hunter rro at the plate top of the zone for a called strike nice Seasons 193 home runs that's not bad oh shitou the offs to start some fight against starter he's doing his thing out there they're going to have to push back at some point and make him work a little bit harder and the pitch I have been working hard struck him out oh that slider wasn't even close to the strike zone and he got him to Chase that's just a bad approach right there either he was looking for something else and got completely fooled or he was sitting all over the slider and just couldn't resist the temptation but man really expanded right there and didn't have a chance of making contact with that pitch not close with that one Los his control a little bit and it's foul away the Royals trailing by two last half of inning number five well struck right field could be extra bases around first and hustling for second and that's a double well a swing like that can help you come out of the struggle we saw the numbers coming into the ball game but all he's trying to do at this point is help his team win and that one is lifted in the air makes the catch in and over so one left for City they tril things here nothing let's go hey to go for the last half of the Inn now here's the lead off hitter for the Royals number 11 16 RBI is not bad i' like to seees that was a good hard fast with some nice ride up in the zone right there hit looked like was on it but I think that velocity at the end just beat him instead of a line drive or something hit deep it's a pop up and an easy out for the defense swings through that one out in front that time it really looks like these hitters have been in between with 10ks for Michael Lorenzen timing today good fast excellent slider but they've not been able to commit to one velocity and stay there Chris third time through the order and a couple of quick outs for the starter yeah he's been very frugal today economical with the pitch count and the batter now Bobby Whit J his righty Lefty splits there and Whit is out and that is the third out of the inning bottom of the seventh and now it'll be the cleanup spot for the Royals Nelson Velasquez just missed you can tell by their swings this lineup is having trouble gauging speed timing is everything in hitting and right now they just don't have it fires over to First the lead off set down to open to seven and now it's Salvador Perez to the plate that's in there one one this pitcher has done a good job of disrupting the hitters timing with the mix of pitches and changing speeds you want to keep that front foot inconsistent for the batter their swings arees and that's 11 now struck out look was a pretty poor at bat he just never got the bat off of his shoulder I mean you got to go up there looking to swing at some point especially once you're down 02 and at that point make an adjustment look to put the ball in play if it's anywhere close and I'm just not sure what the plan was there now a chance for Vinnie pasano there we go makes the play and that's out number three ready for the bottom of the now it's the rightel hunter rro there's a strike why the hell am I still out here dude swing and a miss and he struck him out and that's the first out and there's another strike out and those are just continuing to pile up his confidence level has oh that got him oh right now he's thinking man I wish that would have been an off speed pitch but instead a fast ball and you can tell that hurts a little bit wat try H now no balls in a strike the Royals trailing by three here the bottom half of the eighth inning here's a runs scoring opportunity you definitely got to push something across because it's not going to get any easier you get to the ninth got a lock down closer ready to come in froze him with a back door slider so the lineup flips over now here's here's the lead off hitter for the Royals and that gets the inside corner for a strike and strike two waves for strike this is Master footed Royals one still down three nothing last chance I'm still out here now the number two hitter drone Blanco that one finds the Zone strike one andan and at the in the Inn right through there for a strike you just don't see it that much anymore a guy being this efficient and getting this deep into the game I wonder if he's going to be able to close it out just something about that nth inning but being at under 100 pitches he still got plenty of fuel left in the T I'm at 102 now well I'm about to be at 103 [Music] uh I haven't done this in a minute but he still is able to swing at it 104 now boys 105 now and they'll do it again 106 now how now in this three ball count down in the ball game you've got to be very selective take your walk if they'll give it to you in the air out towards right thank yous it in on the and here comes Mark K as he's ready so they turn to their closer Zack it's always nice to grab the opener of a series you come into a new ball park and just sometimes things aren't as comfortable as what you've been used to the mountain doesn't look straight they didn't let of in you that get off for the Home Run that's got to put him in the yep firmly in the driver seat now all right uh and then we'll play against the Astros Tyler matsik for Josh Donaldson why do do I don't see why they would need him May it's because they want someone to get Tyler mattick I he's been great I do need more lefties in the bullpen all I have is Scott Alexander but if I leave him go Jordan Diaz is not ready to start neither is Jacob Wilson I would like to get him at least to a 68 or I'm going to decline this TR for now but we lost again five to six all right JP Ser thank you JP you actually pitched [Music] well wow I should pitching nice okay cool little bit of rest day go against the Rockies now we lose four2 to four we won 32 ran know to hit a home run Michael lenon loses this game that's what I like to see we lost 7 to four so I off the Home Run I don't think Michael lenon is in the MVP discussion anymore not inside he is one time oh he's right here was like [Music] that's all right d la is coming back use my stronger Short Stop for might be time I'm telling you who I want right now I want Centric Mullins bad and I I want to move him to right field also do a first basement for just looking for who I can potentially grab it's like no one special we can always like ponzo I don't know anyways it's going to be itbe good things I'll catch you on the next one peace