Ben & Woods On Demand Podcast

Mike Shildt: "I know we're heading in the right direction"

Padres skipper Mike Shildt joined Ben & Woods for The Management Report! Listen here as Shildty talks about how he spent his All-Star break, getting the 2nd half underway later tonight in Cleveland, we ask him for some updates on guys like Tatis and Musgrove, and MUCH more!

Duration:: 15m
Broadcast on:: 19 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

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Make smarter decisions in 2024. Follow Nerd Wallet's Smart Money Podcast on your favorite podcast ad. [MUSIC] It's the most anticipated WNBA season in history, and you know what that means. Court is back in session. Welcome to Queens of the Court and Odyssey Original Podcast. I'm your girl, Cheryl Swoop, and I'm Jordan Robinson. All WNBA season long will be bringing you interviews with star athletes, analysis on your favorite teams, and lots of hot tape. Order, order in the court. Follow and listen to Queens of the Court on the Free Odyssey app, or wherever you get your podcasts. And joining us right now for the Managers Report is Monterey Skipper Mike Schilt brought to you by San Diego County Credit Union. It's not big bank banking, it's better. And Mike, when your team is off, we have to stretch a little bit over the all-star break to come up with things to fill the time. We had a sports hypnotist come in yesterday. We both got hypnotized, had pedicures on the air this morning. That was my first ever, that was really nice. How did you spend your all-star break? Oh, I wish I could say it was exciting and exhilarating as to what you guys are dealing with, but it was pretty low-key. You just kind of hung out and worked a little bit and put a knot towards the second half with a little perspective of what just took place in the first half. No question, are you someone, Skip, that's able to relax? I mean, I'm not great at it. I'm kind of trying to learn the older I get. I need to relax and don't think about the show or work or anything. Are you able to kind of turn it off at all? I think I've been able to learn how to separate for the most part. Kind of would equate it like a dimmer switch. When the season is taking place, you're always on. You just can't burn at the highest, brightest level the whole time when you'll just burn out, but it's always resonating. So you just turn the switch down a little bit. It's marinating in there, but you're not so consumed by it, but you can't enjoy your life in other areas. So you get back together, fly to Cleveland, see all the guys, what's your, what kind of, do you get an update from everybody? How do you get everyone back in the baseball frame of mind after a few days off? I think everybody's in the baseball frame of mind. You know, guys, we flew in yesterday. High percentage of the club was with us. You know, guys are in a good spot. Relax, ready to go. You know, the guy, the guy that came in yesterday saw a couple of them in the hotel, but, you know, we'll see him today. Start the process with getting after the guardians. How talking to the skipper, Mike Schilter, I'm Ben in Woods this morning. And I just know it from a fan perspective, watching the All-Star game with my six-year-old. The pride that he felt watching all of our guys perform. The pride that I felt was obviously a little disappointed that we didn't get to actually hear them talk about how great Robert Suarez was. But, you know, for you as the skipper, you're around them every day. What was that sense of pride like for you? Yeah, good to see the guys, you know. Be there, be a part of it, rightfully so. You know, proud of them. You know, these guys, I get the privilege of seeing them play like we all do every day, but also the additional privilege of seeing the kind of effort and dedication they had to their craft and, you know, see if they offer an individual honor like the All-Star game. And it's the imperfect form. I mean, all three of them did great, you know. You know, Jackson, you know, hit the lead left and then got made up for it on the ball that, you know, down the line, got a knock and, you know, jerks and, you know, does what he does. It gets good things going. Big part of that three-run inning. It's the rope down the right field line. Of course, as you mentioned, you came in. Eight pitches to punch outs. You know, stuff was really, really effective and electric. So the guys did well, representing Audrey organization very, very well. So I know you probably didn't see it because you got other things on your mind. But Kevin Ase, I think you call him Ace, who covers your team for the UT, wrote a real nice piece about you and the team this morning. And specifically, a lot of it was about some of the success that you've had as a manager in the second half of the season. And I know that's kind of a message you had way back in spring training. That it better as the game goes on, better as the series goes on, better as the season goes on. Do you feel like you've accomplished that and are still on that same track that you talked about to have a strong finish to the season? Yeah, I mean, I'm very process oriented. You know, looking to always consistently work individually collectively how we're improving, taking advantage of our experiences. Every day, other people's experiences, growing from them. I do feel like that's taking place. I feel like a good portion of our club has grown individually. I don't want to list them all, but you know, just a couple of them. Clearly, you know, Jackson's done well, but, you know, Maury Ho and Estrada, you know, take the next steps, call it. You know, the rule five guy coming in with mostly double experience and starting to get his footing and, you know, starting to graduate in some bigger moments for us. You know, Michael King's farewell, Waldron's taken some of the next steps and pitched well. That gets improved. I mean, it's a young club in a lot of areas, not a lot of, you know, practical experience in a big league. So when you have that mindset of a continual improvement, you know, typically can work out if you're, if you're dedicated with specificity of what that can look like working in collaboration with the staff and the players. So overall, please. Yeah, I think we, you know, we definitely have some ways to go to continue to shore up, you know, our process is what that looks like, but I know we, we're heading in the right direction. Talking to the skipper, Mike Schilter on Bennett Woods this morning and AJ Prowler had said, look, it's a 60 game sprint right now. You're quoted in the same article saying, yep, it's time to go. I've always wondered and I think I know the answer to it, but I'll ask it anyway. Like you said, guys are in a baseball frame of mind. Will there be a, a Mike Schilt, you know, fiery, let's, let's start now and all starts tonight? Does that, is that something that goes on? I know you got young players, but everybody in there seems pretty motivated to, to win on their own. Will you kind of address the team tonight before this game? No, you know, look, I'm not one. I mean, yeah, we're in more of a sprint mode, but I come from a place of every game's important. You know, going to prepare for every game. You know, it's the most important game. There is that day. It's the most important game of the year. So I've got that mindset. I think pretty much the club has that mindset. Um, so there's no like new rocking. Let's go. Yeah, that's what I want to know. About what's going on. I feel like there's a hungariness to our group. You know, there'll be some, you know, subtle messaging about how we continue to look to prepare and compete. And, you know, today, moving forward, but there's not like a, you know, club house get together. And, you know, I think that's, uh, I think we're, we got a club house that is in a pretty good place knowing where we're going. 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Make smarter decisions in 2024. Follow Nerd Wallet Smart Money Podcast on your favorite podcast app. This season, the W is going to new heights. And that means the queens are ready to take it to court and the court. Welcome to Queens of the Court, an Odyssey Original Podcast. I'm your girl, Cheryl Swoops, and I'm Jordan Robinson. All WNBA season long. You can count on us to bring you interviews with some of your favorite WNBA stars, analysis of all teams, and hot takes you can only find in this courtroom. Listen to Queens of the Court, a WNBA podcast presented by AT&T on the Free Odyssey app, or wherever you get your podcasts. I know you're all no breaking news unless you accidentally tell everybody that Randy Vasquez had a baby like last week, but this isn't, this you're not breaking any news. MLB.com has already said that Tearso Ornelas is with your team for the start of the second half of the season. What can you kind of tell me about Tearso and what you guys have seen and maybe what his role is going to be going forward here for the second half? I'm not sure you've got that accurate. Oh, MLB.com is wrong breaking news. No, I don't know. I don't know. I don't read MLB.com, but Tearso has been added to our 40-man roster. OK, 40-man, not necessarily the 26-man. That's another move entirely. That's correct. Yeah, Tearso has done a great job, swins about well. Yeah, swing about well at Triple A. Yeah, he's been doing great, and he's earned the opportunity to be added to our 40-man roster. Got it. Ah, see? All right. Specifically, you got to get the details right, Woods. Yeah, 100%. I'm glad you asked him in ID details, and that's, I'm glad he clarified. That's good to know. Well, now if they need him, they can call him up, though. They don't have to make another corresponding move on the 40-man. Exactly, exactly. It's the first step of the process. It's the Skipper Mike Schilt. Last one for me. Can you give us just kind of, you know, you checked in with all the players, and I know you get reports. And how were some of the guys that, you know, we saw the report about Fernando Tatiste Jr. coming back? What a great piece of positive news that was. Joe Musgrove, talk to him kind of where to some of your guys. You're going to need these guys for the home stretch here. How are they all doing? Yeah, I mean, we got, you know, I got some of the big boys missing, so we're definitely going to need them. The team's built around them. You know, I've been pleased with the way we competed without him and people have stepped up, but, you know, reality is that, you know, during the stretch run, we're going to need, you know, guys like Tati and Joe back in the fold. You know, we just got Bogey back, which is good, clearly. And, you know, relative to Tati, you know, still in a healing pattern, you know, he's been able to start some light activities. With not a ton of stress, as you would imagine, and he's into it. So, but, you know, overall, it looks like he will be back at some point this season when I couldn't tell you. And, you know, Joe, Joe continues to take positive stride as well. He's playing cad, he's starting to throw some, you know, some bullpen. You know, recovering well through one, two days ago, recovering well from all reports, all's coming out pretty clean, starting to work on some spin, which will be another hurdle for him. But, yeah, he's thankfully progressing in a positive direction, both of those guys. This is an interesting road trip to start the second half. You know, Cleveland Guardians have the top record in the A.L. and Washington. And we know how emotional that series when the Nationals were at Petco Park, not that long ago. And then Baltimore Orioles, another first place team. Now your team has played well against some of these good teams. Is what are you kind of looking at out of the gates here to start the second half. Just play our brand of baseball, you know, make sure we're doing the things to lead and give us the best chance to shake it hands into the game. You know, that's, you know, we're going to be together. We're going to make sure that's going to continue to get even stronger to make sure we're doing this as one team. And then, you know, beyond that, we're going to, you know, we're going to throw strikes. We're going to make routine plays and we're going to, you know, actually get our offensive machine. We're going to be good on the basis. We're going to be good with our approaches. And, you know, we do that consistently will give us our best chance. And that's the controllables for the most part of the other team has something to say to as well. But, you know, we take care of our responsibility. That's all we can do. So continue to make sure we do that consistently. Well, hard to believe there's only 63 games left. Amazing. Even though it's just the all-star break. We know they'll be entertaining and exciting and we'll be pulling for you as always. And we'll talk to you again next Friday as you near the end of this long road trip. Mike, thank you so much. Of course, God, take care and appreciate it. There he is. Mike Schiller, managers report brought to you by San Diego County Credit Union. It's not big bank banking. It is better. You don't just live in your home. You live in your neighborhood as well. So when you're shopping for a home, you want to know as much about the area around it as possible. Luckily, Homes.com has got you covered. Each listing features a comprehensive neighborhood guide from local experts. Everything you'd ever want to know about a neighborhood, including the number of homes for sale, transportation, local amenities, cultural attractions, unique qualities, and even things like median lot size and a noise score. Homes.com. 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It's the most anticipated WNBA season in history, and you know what that means. Court is back in session. Welcome to Queens of the Court and Odyssey Original Podcast. I'm your girl, Cheryl Swoop, and I'm Jordan Robinson. All WNBA season long will be bringing you interviews with star athletes, analysis on your favorite team, and lots of hot tape. Order, order in the court. Follow and listen to Queens of the Court on the Free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts.