Episode #123 Jack Leiter & Cole Winn LIVE FROM ROUND ROCK

welcome to the Rangers today baseball podcast from the bus leagues to the big leagues the Rangers today baseball podcast has got you covered here's Jeff and John everybody Welcome to the Rangers today baseball podcast this is episode number 123 and today we've got road trip to Round Rock is where we are we're at the Round Rock that's what we're calling this one we're calling the road trip to Round Rock or Round Rock road trip however you want to play that one we're in Round Rock we're down the left field line for anyone that's here uh we're going to have on uh Jack lighter and Cole win will join us here in a little while uh but first before you do that guys um right here on the table we've got at long last which is the the book that Jeff wrote commemorating the World Series if you want it he'll sign it for you it's $15 uh by Triumph books we've also got uh we got down in the bus leagues we'll do after them when they get here yeah but we got a we got a QR code you can scan for $45 annual membership which is a quick math that's 25% off the normal price so come by and get your QR code and uh sign up and if you don't want to look at us our better halfs are here today so we brought the wives down the the M Rangers today podcaster here helping us get set up but you know what we got to talk about Big League stuff let's go down and uh the Rangers have finally started to do something I mean we won three in a row that's the the that's that's been a while well yeah they hadn't won back-to-back games since uh the the trip to Oakland and and so yeah it had been a while but uh uh you know they they played a good game at Minnesota that Sunday uh you know a great story with Garrison J gabito starting in his major league debut at age 28 after not being an Affiliated ball the last two years right uh he pitched here at Round Rock and and earned earned the job they weren't just like God we need somebody to start they said we have this guy to start uh played a good game there uh they they had the World Series rematch against the uh the Diamond Back and played really good baseball in in those games both Nathan evaldi came back Wyatt Langford came back D Dunning Dane Dunning pitched after he had a sinus infection but it was his second start since coming off the the injured list so you and of course the big thing is that Cory Seager is back he is back this this is the Cory Seager that was that could have been an MVP last year if there was Guy um you know he he has entering today he has eight home runs in eight games that's uh that's good right that's pretty good he doesn't have a home run at all those games otherwise thatd tie the Major League record uh but he does have home runs in uh in eight home runs in eight games and uh you know even his outs are hard you know he's hitting 110 mile per hour fly balls that are getting caught 108 mile per hour grounders that somebody's standing in front of so he he he's he's the St straw that stir the drink he's he's Reggie Jackson he's the guy that you gotta have hitting in your lineup now Nathaniel o started to hit yep uh Marcus Simon had a day off what was up with that he just took they just gave him a day off you know he had that collision with the dois Garcia yeah and neither one of them came out of it very good but Marcus being Marcus he didn't want to miss any games and so they finally convinced him to take a day off I about to say that they they have to hold him down and well you know it was a it was a day game after a night game followed by an off day it was like the perfect scenario if he's ever going to take an off day that was the day to do it so he did it he's back in the lineup tonight um and maybe that maybe that helped you know he hasn't he hasn't been great uh he has been terrible but if if he's going if somebody at the bottom of the lineup is going to turn it around for Seager for uh Josh Smith as it turns out yeah for doas and and leot Taris who's been good Nate Low's getting better so things look to be going in the right direction the rotation continues to be good the bull pinman good guys like uh Jesus tanoko who was here most of the Season uh he has pitch in a couple leverage situations yeah you know they're trying guys out Jacob Latz has been really really good and and so jaob L that's right but that's encouraging so if if everything is clicking you see what happens when everything is on uh the same page when all the all the facets are clicking for the Rangers they're really good ball CL and you know getting getting uh Wyatt Langford back and healthy is always something good on he's one one rookie we saw the struggles of Evan Carter white lenord although the numbers weren't quite there did not look as lost as Maybe Evan was at the time evans's back is obviously been bothering that's part of the problem yeah but just seeing lford in the lineup he scored on the double behind I mean not many guys from first on a double to left field to left field I mean that that doesn't happen a lot no especially a guy come off a hamstring injury so he's fine uh he hit the ball hard three times in that game yep uh that you know the the we the weak hit he had the weakest of his contact actually drove in a run you know that's that's baseball for you yeah and dropped in he he he feels like he's in a better place too so that's good now the Evan Carter back thing I think might be a one uh you know he had he had this a couple years ago well a couple years ago it was called a stress fracture and they you know he was their second round pick they gave him a long time to he didn't play you know he got hurt in may he didn't play again that year he didn't start hitting again until December of that year I'm not saying that's what's going to happen here because we don't what the injury is they call it a a lumbar sprain which is basically a lower back strain right but he is uh I I would expect Evan to be out at least a month maybe longer you know he's he's 21 you don't want to have back problems no he's got a long career you don't screw around with that I think I think they're gonna be okay and and it's not just the back he's probably developed some bad habits it's kind of like what happened last year at Double A with his wrist he got hit by a pitch took a couple days off next day or next game I think it was got hit by a pickoff throw in the same area yeah if you look at his main numbers last year at Frisco they were no good right and and they sent him to Arizona to to work out his swing to get healthy um that you know that might have been what they did with with uh with whyatt they sent him to Arizona finish getting healthy but also get at bats work with the coaches and and get right so we'll see you know this is going to be his third game tonight uh he looked he looked good you know he looked good the in the second game so hitting the ball hard balls are going to start going out of the ballpark it's going to be the player you thought he was going to be well and then some other good news um aren't we starting to see uh Josh Young is starting to do some hitting activity yeah he's he's swinging off a swinging uh off a hitting balls off of te it's not a regulation weight bat it's he called it an underload bat uh so it's lighter it's the same length um everything's been fine there and BR Bruce Boi said in fact uh he you know he said if if you didn't if you didn't know that Josh had had a broken wrist you would think he'd be ready to play tomorrow so the swing looks good it's got to be a you know it's got to be a regular bat he's got to go through the progression hit live right do all this is the last thing he's got to do he's already been fielding and throwing he'll have a rehab assignment uh not sure where here or Frisco but sure uh he'll he'll be out for a I would bet I would bet I bet he's not ready to go till late June but you know there was some talk about ear early July or even the All-Star break he's going to beat that back yeah and I mean seeing him take infield and do that out there I mean he looked healthy he was thr with Jacob deg Gro first day a I thought throwing might be the last thing especially when you're having to use that wrist and how you throw the ball but it is hitting because of the grip and all of that and getting back um what do you think he's gonna have a guard this time you think he'll I I mean they might as well put him in armor you know I mean sorry the guy then he'll find a way to get hurt but um you know you look at his injuries I know there's people who say he's injury Pro and all this stuff oh that's bad luck injuries man this it's not this isn't um pulling a hring after hamstring after hamstring yeah he's in you know it's not soft tissue stuff these are these are broken bones yeah they're broken bones that happen and that that that that's the problem with it yeah but uh again you know I think that I think this team's going the right way um they they're scheduled you know the Marlins are the have have the worst record in the National League course last time they played the team with the worst record in the National League they got swept they got swept up in your hometown but um you know and then they play the Tigers who are playing well right now they're up they won five or six in a row they've won five of six the Giants are playing better they're above 500 but uh still I think this is a chance maybe for not to get healthy but to maybe put something together because then they go on the road they play the Dodgers they play the the the Mariners and they come home for the Mets and and and I can't remember the other club and then they go on the road to play the Brewers are really good and the Orioles are really good so you know you gotta you got to make hay when you can make hay and and you know you want to go 500 on the road but you gotta win at home and and they did that I'll be at a two- game winning streak well look we're gonna wind down this part because we got to 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Round Rock Express where we are right now Jeff what's going on in Round Rock well we are uh it's it's it's good we're here for a couple days uh uh the big one's tomorrow that's the Nolan Ryan Hall of Fame uh 25th anniversary ring replica ring giveaway uh presented to the first 2000 fans so get here early if you want that then they go on the road for a week but but while they're on the road uh the the U state tournament is out D Di so if you want to see good high school ball come out and check that out then they come back on the the week of 11th of the 11th which I believe is Father's Day weekend I know Mother's Day I always know Mother's Day but I don't know Father's Day uh but uh on on Saturday the 15th it's a Cory Seager World Series replica replica ring giveaway uh and then yeah Father's Day with with Christopher McDonald which is uh you know him he's he's uh what's his name from Happy Gilmore uh the shooter McGavin oh shooter yeah he's out here yeah so come on out and see him on Father's Day so uh more information visit www.milb.com [Applause] Roundrock all right guys and joining us on the Round Rock Express hotline it is brought to you by Round Rock Express it's the guest segment joining us is Jack ligher rightand pitch for the Texas Rangers Jack what's going on bud not much how's it going thanks for having well thanks for coming on I did I see you throwing a bullpen earlier yes today's your Bullpen day yes it uh what were you working on um I mean probably the roughest one so far this year this week in terms of fastball command and everything comes off of that uh felt really good about it all year so that was the focus today yeah yeah I mean everyone's going to have a bad one every once in a while so you you got yours out of the way here but uh the body of work at Triple A how how pleased are you with it it's good uh it's really just it's really about taking the process mindset of um you know what can I do to get better each day and one pitch at a time it's just how focused can you be on that and uh that's what I've come come to learn in my uh in my short professional career so far so um that's been the focus and I've been happy about the progress what have you taken away from your three major league starts which I which I which I think I know you don't want to make excuses but I think it's tough to get dropped in and and then pull right back in you know I you don't get you get out of your routine and you just said you're slight you know you're so focused on your routine but what have you thought what have you learned yeah I mean there's a there's a lot to uh there's a lot to take away um I think each one has been its own learning experience each outing and uh they've all been far from ideal and I know that what I can do and what I will do is is uh is a lot better than that in terms of the results but again it's about the process and uh what can I take away from each outing and a lot of it's been pitch usage pitch selection um kind of the Rhythm and Tempo that I carry with carry down here um just just bringing it with me up there um I think I've kind of strayed away from from what's made me good down here while I've been up there so uh you know I think right when I can get that to translate and and and Pitch like myself up there uh good things will start to happen so we're doing a we're doing a minor league show now we had Jordan tees on yesterday and uh I know when I talked you in spring training about last the last season you were Aus of in your praise of of Jordan um of course he mentioned John Goble and a bunch of other guys uh can you talk about the support you get from from the minor league side from Jordan from pitching coaches wherever you you've been yeah it's uh it's been great um goo was awesome last year bork's awesome this year DK um the whole staff here is great and uh and it all comes back to teags teags has been been awesome uh it's kind of the running joke in our in our or among the pitchers like when tees is in town at your affiliate everybody kind of figures it out like he's got the magic touch um uh it's just like Hey try this and it just works when he says it so um he's he's a great coach yeah he he said he's been working mostly with the the two upper level teams I you guys are throwing it pretty good here I mean it seems like it's it's a mix of guys there's some veterans and there's some younger guys like you uh what what what works as a staff what's working as a staff um I mean I think aggressiveness uh consistency uh you know things that I I feel like this this past outing I didn't do well um we have been doing well so um it's really just a matter of repeatable delivery keeping it simple and uh attacking the Zone with multiple pitches and I think everyone on the staff a lot of guys have have been around and and uh had success I mean you have a legend here in quo and we've had sherzer stop in it's been it's been a really cool place to be I think what what what did you see from quo last night six scoreless um he's he's uh not quite twice your age but he's a little older he's he's right around my age um well M it's not I'm 10 years older than him but um what do you see from that guy yeah he's uh he's fun to watch fun to watch go about his business uh super nice guy obviously uh I think he's earned the right to not be a nice guy but he is so uh that's pretty that's pretty cool to see because he's uh he's he's a lot of amazing things and uh watching him shimmy out there on the mound and change speeds and get a lot of swinging misses it's uh it's pretty fun to watch yeah I mean as you probably know you're from your dad from Mike Maddox change locate your fastball and chasing speeds that's you can you can pitch for a long time if you do that and yeah and I mean Mike Mike Maddox people forget pitch in the major for 16 years yeah your dad pitched a long time Johnny quo has pitched a long time do do you guys watch a guy like Johnny and say gez I can do that yeah I mean it's it's uh just being around the big Leaguers in in Big League camp and then the the few times I've been up so far it's uh it's really cool because you see guys on other teams obviously watching on TV I've watched baseball obsessively since I was young uh you see guys of all different types throwing 102 and don't really know where it's going throwing the ones who throw 102 and do know where it's going are the best of the best and then there's guys who don't break 90 and and change speeds really well and locate and and those are sometimes the most fun guys to watch so um I think you can take something from everybody and and kind of mold your game it's it's a game of like everything else of trial and error and you kind of figure out your direction that what routines work the best what mindsets work the best and uh how to attack your uh your weekly preparation well so that sounds like the answer question how do you stay on the right track because you you you appear to be Jack yeah um I really do trust my process and and uh I feel very confident in in my long-term outlook for myself um which is a comforting thing it's knowing that trusting my process trusting my my work and my work ethic I'll be where I want to be at some point I don't know in my head I don't know if that's next week next month a year from now five years from now I want to play till I'm 45 so uh I uh me too so in my head it's just stay the course keep pushing keep getting better and uh good things will happen because you can't make it all happen at once all right so so listen I I've gotta ask this so we we all thought you had a chance to make your major league debut this year it was not quite the way it was supposed to be but you did so I got to know how crazy is it how how long before you got to call and you got to tell everybody who'd you call first well my dad my dad for sure uh he's he's been in it every step of the way sometimes he's even more invested than than I am in my own in my own pitches and and it's great uh I've every step of the way I feel like he's been there with me so that that's special uh for both of us and my mom my sisters called all them before it broke out and uh one of my sisters started crying at work so that was cool yeah was it hard to keep it a secret because I know the Rangers don't want you telling anybody or I know you don't do social media but like guys in the past have tweeted it and and caught some grief for it was it tough to keep it quiet one of my uh best friends from home actually texted me the night before I found out and said uh when you get called up you got to let me know so we could all fly in and and come to the game yeah and I was like okay yeah and sure up the next morning I got called up and I was like what weird timing for him to say that but uh yeah I couldn't tell him till it was out did you make him sign an NDA or yeah don't tell anybody well let me how did you find out did they did they play you know some of them play jokes on you and do stuff like that how'd you find out it was a little bit uh we were going to Sugarland that next day and uh I I texted will our trainer and I said I'm going to drive to Sugarland I'm not going to take the bus and that was the night before we were supposed to leave and he was like well just stop in uh actually Skipper called me and he said just stop in at the field tomorrow because there's a lot of moving parts and then you can drive so he didn't tell me there and then I got to the fields and I was supposed to have a bullpen that day they called me in Skip's office and uh the whole coaching staff was in there and they said uh you're gonna throw your Bullpen this morning it was like8 in the morning you're gonna throw your Bullpen now and you're on a flight to Oakland later so um no it was awesome so you flew in that day and then started what two days so you it was Thursday yeah that was on Tuesday so okay uh Detroit was a yeah yes all right well listen Jack we appreciate it we know how busy you guys are take time to stop down and talk to us it means a lot to us I think Cole's gonna join us here in a second congratulations on your big league debut I know the other day wasn't great but hey this that happens every once in a while like you said I had a bad Wednesday too just just your fast ball wasn't going good and B if your fast not you got you can't play off of that so that's it congratulations thanks for coming on with us again we'll see you down the road bud that's Jack glider [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all right guys and joining us right now is Texas Ranger right-hand pitcher Cole win who here in Round Rock right now but man you have been good in the big leagues this year what's going on bud not much guys thanks for having me on um you know um yeah you know we were in spring training we saw you uh of course we've got the Colorado Connection uh we're going to put up a picture of shirt that I sent you that we got to get uh did you expect to get called up that as soon as you did I mean it was it was two weeks into the season not really no I think everything had to go perfect for my path not so perfect for others which is the unfortunate part for others but you know that's how the game works and yeah you I was you know blessed to be in a spot that I was yeah we we had Jordan teags on and uh our our minor league show yesterday and he was talking about um how well you did and that you might have been throwing Tomi strikes is that is that kind of the takeaway uh when you come back down here yeah absolutely and I mean if You' have told me last year at this time I was throwing too many strikes I think I would have had some different words but you know he made the same joke tell you that he would be throwing too many St that's funny Jordan said the same thing I told him that okay okay good good yeah but so so what did they tell you when they sent you down what did they want you to work on to get back up there it was more so just expanding The Zone with two strikes um you know up there the hitters are really good and they'll make you pay for mistakes that you make and you know I think it's even even more so like you notice it when you make a mistake and two strikes count but foul it off or get a good piece then get a single or a double or whatever but yeah I think it's just expanding The Zone with two strikes among the things you got to do was pitch in Colorado and I know you'd pitched at corfield before also games and the Futures game but uh what what was that like to actually have your grandma and your friends see you in in a major league uniform in a m in a major league game it was really cool honestly um yeah I mean like you said I I pitched there before in high school and the Futures game and played there before but never in a big league uniform in a big league game so I mean it was it was really cool it was it was cool to have family there my grandma was able to go to every game I had a ton of friends there people I haven't seen in years come by to the bullpen and yeah say like say hi or whatever I mean it was it was really cool it was it was special to go back there so have you have you stopped giving your parents grief about not being there about being at a wedding no not yet I think I have a little bit more time for that one yeah what's the statute of limitations on that one I think I I think I got a little bit more time but they did make your debut which is pretty impressive on short notes yeah no that was awesome they they they were fortunate enough enough to find a flight the same morning so I found out late the night before and then it was a day game so they had a pretty quick turnaround too so I mean it was cool to happen there yeah what what was that like for you I know this is always John's question but I'm gonna steal it from him like how did you find out that that night and and what did they say uh play did they play a joke or anything on you did do it no no no no so I found out I just sitting in my locker and then um B came up said hey wants to see you so I went in there and they said you have a flight to Houston and then after that it was a little bit harder to remember but no they said it's it's 5050 whether you're going to get activated or not you'll know in the morning when you get there and then yeah I got there and I was activated and then next you know I'm in the game that was a that was a crazy weekend because um they won they won the first game that was the Angel Hernandez game when Wyatt got got got got it in just before Angel retired lucky him and then uh the next day uh Brock Burke had the unfortunate run in with the door so ausome puit came up and then and then Cody Bradford who we all thought was on his way back his back wasn't getting any better and you took his spot and he's still dealing with it but like you said sometimes that's what it takes and it's a it's a crummy way to make your debut but that's why you're here yeah absolutely yeah I mean it's it's never fun seeing the guys that you work next to get hurt or go down but it is part of the game yeah so I mean you've known him forever like yeah so it's it's you don't R you're not like come on yeah come on handing you know but it's got to feel kind of good I mean let's be honest you didn't go up to the major leagues and the reason you got demoted was because of performance really unfortunately for you you have options and in that moment that's kind of why yeah they wanted to get you to work on something else expand your Zone but hey you have options and we got to see if we can get some more out of these guys it wasn't because you were just getting shell or something was happened you're actually doing really good up there I mean we're proud of you we've known you since you were you know highing 2018 first time we met what um so what what was the key for you dialing it in you you just made a joke about you year ago you could not throw strikes and now they want you to throw fewer of them so so what was the key to to dialing it this game's weird but um I think it was just I got my body in a in a better spot I'm moving a lot more a a lot better um and a lot more confidence on the mound I I know what I'm doing I know what the dayto day looks like I think my preparation's better I think my mindsets better and yeah I mean it's just trusting in myself trusting my PID well them being there and seeing like a Robertson and a Yates how they go about it that's got to be huge too yeah for sure I mean those guys are some of the best in the game and they've been playing for a long time and you can see why I mean their dayto day is I mean they're putting in the work just like everybody else but I mean they've been doing it for so long and you know I was able to pick their brain and see what they do on say a day that they're hot it's a recovery day and you know they were really helpful with that yeah yeah so yeah and then uh like your car out you got to go to posa J is one of our favorite restaurants we got to get them to sponsor the show somehow I don't I don't know what the what is it pasta JS it's in Boulder you know tell them we got a big big support group in Longmont we can send some Longmont business their way maybe so I play I played football and basketball with the owner's son okay so that's why we started going there so I have a connection we could maybe get something going the Native Son man he can get us sponsorship from up I know I know gotta bring one to Texas that's right that's right absolutely hey so we I gotta ask how's the golf game have you had a chance to play much or I played a few times this year um in season it's a little bit different offseason it was pretty good but yeah try and get out every once in a while where where you sitting what's the hand like one oh my gosh where do you play around here around here like Forest Creek got a connection through my agency with UT so we played there a couple times yeah try and play all over yeah but you got a day job too now yeah spring training anymore I know I know I gota work it's tough to go in the mornings and come here and Pitch especially when it's getting smoking hot which it's about to do yeah I mean I'm I'm wearing long sleep so are you I'm dying yeah sweating and I'm not that's because I've got the extra thermals on right here the weather could say like this fall summer would be amazing it's not gonna happen no it's not need to get back to playing indoors that's a good part sure well listen man we want to thank you so much for stopping down and you always are willing to come on when we when we get you out congratulations you are a big leader um you're going to be back up there we already know that the time's coming great job we're really proud of you bud so much all man thanks all right guys that's Coen joining us here right now hey when we come back we're gonna go down in the down in the bus leagues is brought to you by the frisco Ru Riders Jeff what's going on out at Frisco well they're on the road they're they're on a two-e road trip so they're not back at the Riders field until the week of June 11th when they play Amarillo the S poodles which as we all know as a prairie dog uh on on Tuesday the 11th it's pamp day on Thursday the 13th it is thirsty Thursday Friday the 14th fireworks Friday it's also NASCAR night with Texas Motor Speedway on the 15th it's the it's muts Cuts night that's from uh Dumb and Dumber the van with the the ears and everything you can it's a replica it's not the real deal but you can get you ride in that if you want uh kids run the bases on Saturday it's also Bark in the Park which fits with mud the cut and then on Sunday the 16th it's the Evan Carter kids jersey giveaway and uh Frisco will be playing as the Dallas black Giants in a na the Negro League so for more information go to mb.com Frisco okay guys big thanks to Jack liner and Cole wi for coming on with us it is time to go down in the bus leagues brought to you by the friso ru Riders the double A affiliate for the uh Texas Rangers Jeff let's go down in the bus leagues we're going to start at the top the Round Rock Express who as of now have not played uh they're playing tonight they are 29 and 24 they're four and six in their last 10 they won last night yeah what are we got to talk about here well you know the the the big one and and uh our buddy Justin grounds on Twitter asked us is Johnny quo's next start going to be in the major leagues because uh Johnny quo last night toss six scoreless innings for Round Rock and their and their win and uh you know he's 38 uh he's it was it was his best start um and and and I don't know I don't know I don't think so you know because because the Rangers have um five starters right now and and and John Gray I don't think is very far away so you know where where do you find a spot for for Mr quo and uh you know if an injury comes up maybe he's the next option I don't know you know we just talked to Jack about it and um he's still on the radar so that that's kind of the interesting the interesting name I think right now but you know a lot of guys are doing a lot of good things down here the team's playing well the team's getting healthy wiel hit a bomb last night yeah that's a that's a thing for for these guys to get healthy too you know they were banged up they lost a lot of players because the Rangers are so banged up so you know they're going to hit their stride probably not not going to win the first half um but still a still a good club here doing good things with a lot of good guys a lot of guys that have been on the big league team I mean y's back here we got Cole wi we just had Cole and and uh and jack on here two big Leaguers that have been up there today y's down here um this team is you know if not for the depth there was a lot of big Leaguers right in Triple A absolutely let's be honest if they were in any other organization they'd probably be playing in the big leagues right now well definitely a couple you know like a rebuilding te but the Rangers aren't doing that anymore n they're not but defending World Champ but you got to have quality depth and and this this at times these guys have come up and done good things yep so let's go down to Frisco the hottest team in the organization Frisco is 31 and 17 seven and three in their last 10 they've won six in a row yeah I mean they they are good and like I said I was out there last weekend when Kathy was out of town and and uh and got to watch uh danne AER pitch but uh I'm telling you right now that they're hot yeah and then and they're pitching well they're hitting well um Ben Anderson a guy who was a really late round draft pick his brother is Ian Anderson in the Braves organization who was a first round pick uh Ben Ben uh toss five innings last night he's been really good really their starters have been good our buddy Ryan Garcia's been good um you know Dane who you mentioned uh tooto has been very good I'm sure I'm leaving guys out I apologize then offensively it's still Josh Hatcher and and uh Cody Freeman who are doing so well right and and I think you know Cody came up and said hello that was that was nice the end of May so the Rangers will be sorting through who their their May player of the months of and and Cody's gonna be candidate I don't know if he's gonna win it I think Yas Mo Morel is gonna win it but um yeah Frisco's good and you know I wrote it at rangers.com a couple couple weeks ago why they're so good and a lot of it has to do with a manager too yeah and look I'm going to say it again if you guys have already listened to the minor league show we put out yesterday but I'll say it so I go and I talk to to Cody he comes over gives me a hug we're talking he's telling me it put the the the show out there to his family and all that goes up his first at bat and he pimped it a little bit now look it wasn't arrogant pimp I mean but he looked it he watched it he he nailed it off that that awning out there in leftfield you know they have that little party thing out there boy he nailed it right off and then Abby came up right after and went out center field but uh it's good for Cody he's friend of the show coming on here and we'd love to see that with those guys let's go down to high a hickory crads you know the only the only team in the entire organization that does not have a winning record right now they're 19 to 29 five and five in their last 10 which is a lot better I think last time we did this they were two and eight in their last 10 so they're five and five they did lose last night so that they're just one loss yeah they're they're you know what like we've talked about all season they can't hit the ball you know and then you know some guys are starting to come on Sebastian Walcott he's threatening with with a 200 average to get above the Mendoza Line I get a couple of hits last night Cameron colie had a nice game last night he went three for five with the steel Anthony gutier is back he went two for four so the big offensive names I mentioned Moral Moral Moral Bell a second ago um he's he's he's really been carrying this offense uh but you know Mitch brat our our friend who we talked about on the mar League show with Jordan teags he had a good start yesterday so five innings right he went five innings in lad uh one earned run two runs overall struck out six so um you know there's Talent on the team it's just they really are struggling to hit but that I now that is a a pitcher league but I don't I don't think the pitchers are that good I just think these guys are struggling to get on track all right we'll go down to down east that's the that's the youngest of the full Affiliates that are playing a full season down east wood ducks down east wood ducks are 26 and 21 seven and three in their last 10 they're another team that came on hot they started slow now they've really come on they've got a winning record uh they won last night also who we talking about well Cole Drake had a great game last night and and when we we had Alejandro Rosario on the show and yeah and he you know he's been so good with 38 strikeouts in five walks well Cole Cole Drake had those exact same numbers last side he throws four uh four Innings allows no earned runs one run didn't walk anybody struck out seven so he's he's doing a good job too and then Paul Paul bonzagni who's from the the Metro plx he t four Innings last night got the win in relief but uh you know again at down east especially these guys will piggy back you'll see guys who are working as relievers but really they're on a starters regimen so um they got a lot of good arms down there and our our save while while we're talking about friends of the show went to Luke Savage the the TCU product who's from uh uh I think he went to Plano Prestonwood he's from from north of the Metroplex doing a lot of Good Charity stuff too yeah right so uh again that that team and and Frisco doing pretty darn good yeah not bad at all okay well that's the Affiliates ACL they're barely starting um they they've played they're 11 and N uh the the Dominican uh summer league starts uh on on Monday so we'll start to see even more names that we we need to know looking forward to some of those guys it'll be it'll be two two teams again this year um as it always is and they'll split up the good guys uh so that it's kind of an even even teams and not one super team and one guy a bunch of guys who don't know what they're doing so um we got that coming up next week yep and hey guys this is the we're going to wind this one down down in the bus leagues we we really appreciate uh the Round Rock Express for having us out here uh for the weekend um what else anything that's it let's go have a beer yeah let's go have a beer we're going to be walking around for those that are here and uh had a good time guys remember $5.99 a month $60 for a year $35 for 6 months get on 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