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Mike Shildt: "Robert's been a huge part of what we do...trust him completely"
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It's probably nice for you to be back at home this week. There was a long road trip, a lot of games in a row, so welcome back to San Diego. Thank you very much. Good to be back, as always. Love the city, and good to play in Peko. It was as stressful as last night might have been for you and closer Robert Suarez. Mike, I had 11 kids under the age of seven in a suite out at Peko Park. So I saw what happened on the field. I was there, and I thought to myself, "Huh? I think I still had a worse night. What can you say about your--" What do you say about your closer Robert Suarez? And it's such a bummer to watch that happen to a guy that has been so great all season long. Yeah, I think you remind us how we can't take for granted whether it's a tremendous job he's done for us. And it's a huge part of putting us in the position we're in. And listen, I mean, other side tries to, man. You know, like throwing 101, got to put a swing on it, and got the good part of the bat, and, you know, that's the game. But, you know, look, Robert's been a huge part of what we do. And, you know, trust him completely. And, you know, we'll go back and get him tonight. So I saw your post-game, you know, press conference. And I wasn't surprised, but you didn't seem worried at all that, you know, something like that is going to affect your team going forward. And I'm not surprised. You guys have bounced back many times this year and never shown any inkling of, like, reason to be concerned. But, you know, as a former minor league manager, when you manage guys who may not have had experience like your current players, do you ever say things like after a tough game like that? I mean, what kind of you feel is the manager's role there? Well, it's a good question. It's a, you know, it's a, you know, for a player development standpoint, there's so many variables that can go into that, you know, generally speaking. Yeah, I mean, you know, listen, we didn't enjoy the end result last night, but, you know, there's not an overreaction to anything. I think really just regardless of level, you're always looking to identify how do we win. You know, what didn't happen that we would have liked to have been different and we've changed anything. And then you take the inventory of it and, you know, so again, regardless of level, you look up and you say, all right, was a good competition, you know, with guys into the competition. Absolutely. Were guys prepared? Absolutely. Or guys aggressive? Absolutely. Did it, you know, did it work out? Yes, great. Repeat. Did it not work out for one of those other variables or, you know, and again, it's a general question, so it's a general answer like, you know, so you explore what could you have done different, went up to it. What was your mindset? What was the decision-making process? And if you, you know, did you prepare for that situation? And then you just take it as, as you, um, undress it and then, you know, you walk through it and you learn from it or you, ideally you grow confidence from it. No, I was prepared. I was thinking the right way. I wasn't aware of the situation. I was in the moment. I did compete well. I wasn't, you know, being aggressive and trusting my ability. Heck man, good for you. So, you know, just kind of go through that process, a checklist and see a word falls. There's, as a learning curve, just some of it is clear, emotional, you're from a preparatory standpoint sometimes. Talking to the skipper, Mike Schill here on Ben & Woods this morning and Schildy, this may not surprise you, but I answered the question on Twitter the other day and I think I was talking out of my rear end and that's the part that won't surprise you. But somebody had asked me, we had called Diaz up. They said, what are we going to see Diaz? I said, hey, hey, hey, relax. It's a catcher, right? Like, he's a catcher. He's got a lot of new pitchers to learn and it's got me thinking about it. When you trade for a catcher mid-season and he's got to come over, learn a whole new slew of pitchers, that's got to be the toughest position for a team to trade for, right? And can you tell us what goes into getting a new catcher ready to catch your staff? - Yeah, I mean, there's an onboarding process that I feel really good about our staff being able to help with our players, whether it was the pitchers we acquired at the trade deadline or our position players that have come in over the course of the season and being able to get them up to speed of how we compete, how we prepare, how we think about games, how we just go about our processes. Catching is the biggest challenge. The good news about Diaz is a very established guy in the league, played a lot of baseball in his life, really a baseball IQ guy. And the one thing I love about the game doesn't really care about your socioeconomic status or your language or anything else. It knows if you can play it and if you know how to play it, then you can usually assimilate pretty quickly into an environment which Diaz can and has. But to your point about the pitching, there's a bigger role for the catcher because most players just need to basically take care of themselves and in their general area. But the catcher spots for himself and now 14 other pitchers that he needs to understand how they operate, what they like and how they think and how they like to go about things where they like targets and all that different things. So there's an onboarding process. Brian Esposito works with our catching and also is effectively really our bench coach and doing a great job onboarding Diaz and had a relationship back when they were both together in Pittsburgh and Herbie Andrade, who also is our bullpen catcher, had him in Pittsburgh that helped with the onboarding. And I was really pleased with Higgie and Campi. They didn't look at it as a threat necessarily. For Diaz to come in, those guys both done a good job, clearly forced this year and helped him with the process of understanding how we operate and the different pitchers and the nuances and of course, Diaz did his part. So in four days to acclimate and get caught up to speed and got him in there. - So Mike, we do a Thursday round table with all the hosts talking Padres based. But I'm sure you know this, you probably never miss it. But in case you did yesterday, we discussed with the return of Joe and you Darvish and Fernando Tetis Jr. The team is looking really complete right now, rotation, bullpen, lineup, a very formidable roster that you guys have put together. So I know you're also, and you've told us, the kind of manager who after a win or a loss, you go back and think about what you could do differently. What could go wrong? So what is it now that would still keep you up at night, you know, when things are going really well for this team? - I don't, I don't, I don't lose any sleep. I don't, you know, I mean, it's been 13 hours a day working at it. So when the day's complete, you know, I take inventory at the end of the game, make my notes and take my shower and, you know, yeah, I can't say that I don't think about something at the end of the day, but, you know, the day is productive and efficient and spent towards doing everything that I and we can as a staff to get us ready to compete and have those whatever questions that may be out there answered. And then when you do that, you can have, you can have peace of mind. So, the reality is when you're in my seat, there's always a question to be answered and it changes, you know, multiple times over the course of a day depending on a lot of different variables. And, you know, you just learn to adjust to what that looks like and figure out a way to find a solution to them. But, you know, you can't, you know, there's not one thing that is ever gonna be there 'cause it can't really it rotates. - From the mind of a two foot tall talking smokes, up it comes this year's biggest challenge. It's time for Bob's Dare to Compare. The hottest game show on TV that asks, "What happens when you compare Bob's to the competition?" You get style, you get quality, you get beeps and boops and dings and whomps and thousands of dollars in savings. Everyone's winner when you dare to compare with Bob's discount furniture. Shop in store at MyBob's.com to play now. In life and recovery, every day is a little different. Embrace the good days, the not so good days and the challenges and acknowledge how you overcame them. Find the path to recovery that works for you. Learn more at cdc.gov/stopoverdose. - There's sports betting and then there's circa Las Vegas at adults only sports watching Nirvana. Now you can watch up to 19 games at the world's largest sports book on a 78 million pixel three-story mega screen. Plus it's always spectator season at America's largest pool amphitheater, stadium swim. Stadium swim is open 365 days a year and features all sports on an epic 143 foot screen. Book your reservation at circa Las Vegas.com, circa Las Vegas. This is sports the way it should be. - I'm talking to the skipper Mike Schilter on Ben & Woods this morning and it's funny 'cause I was at the game last night and they showed when Mason McCoy dropped that bunt down. Now, not a reviewable play. You came out and wanted to talk to Phil Causey and the funny thing is the umpires all get together and the replays right there on the big screen behind them. I know you can see it and well, they can see it as well and they still, what did you see? What do you say when you go out there to talk to Phil? - Well, you know, you said it's not reviewable. I think you could debate whether it should be. I personally think it should be a reviewable play it's a tough call for the plate guy. I mean, I don't know how, I mean, Phil's doing his best. You know, and he said, he's a good, I'm part of a good crew, I grew a lot. And you know, they always wanted to just get it right. - Sure. - You know, he said, you know, they came out based on his reaction and based on the ball and, but you know, can he really see that? No, he's got a big catcher standing in front of him. He's got another player in front of him and you know, it's two feet away at the feet. So it's a, it's that best, his best guess, which, you know, it's all he can do, right? I mean, it's what this job is. And then I caught it in for asking the, you know, for help. And, but again, based on that angle, that's a really hard call for even the guys on the basis. I probably had as good of you as anybody 'cause I'm looking at it from a completely side angle. - Yeah, those guys who don't have that, didn't have that benefit. However, they do want to replay. And so, but by rule, it's not reviewable. I've caught him for at least asking and talking. They didn't see anything that would have overturned their, their, their partner. And they, you know, went down the road. - One thing I always like on your post game news conferences, one of the guys, you know, AC or AJ, and they bring something up in the game and you always, when you, it's something like you wanted to point out, you go, I'm glad you brought that up. I'm going to give you that chance here. You've gotten a lot of contributions from different guys all season long. Who's one guy on your team or your coaching staff that you think hasn't gotten enough recognition for the job that they have done this season? - Great question. It's hard to narrow that down to one. - Sure. Give me two. Give me three. Give me 10, whatever you want. - Yeah. I think it's, it's a ideal time to really recognize the staff. I mean, you know, listen, we're here for the players and the players, they pulled away. They take care of the business. We, you know, we do our part to set them up to be as successful as they possibly can, but they get all the credit. And, you know, clearly it's a, it's a very special group that every day is looking to compete, regardless of circumstances, which sounds easy, but it's really a challenge and way harder said than done. And this is a team that's doing that. But our staff has been outstanding. I really, you know, no order. And there's a ton of support staff. And the one thing I'll say is, you know, including myself, we're all support staff, you know, field staff, training staff. There's no caste system and, and, and servant leadership. And, and we just all have our jobs to do. So we're just more out in front than others, but all are important. And, you know, our, our field staff has been outstanding. And Mr. Brian Esposito has been, you know, a tremendous job. Ruben Diego obviously does a tremendous job of the pitching with Ben Prince, our bullpen coach and Peter Sullivan does a lot of game planning. I mentioned, you know, or being dry day, also a catch you want, you know, those are bullpen catching and helps with the catchers and does a lot of behind the scenes stuff that, you know, just gets done in a positive manner. Of course, Victor Rodriguez has been tremendous, you know, taking over our heading. I mean, not enough can be said about what Victor's meant to this club, but he's got good help, you know, Mike McCoy and, kind of saw one of you come up through the system and have been a big part of our heading and do a great job. And, you know, their care factor is extremely high. And, you know, we got really good base coaches. Tim, we've presented a really good job at third and helps with our end, does our end field work. And David Macias, you know, has done a great job at first with the base running and outfield play. And, you know, those guys have been, have been tremendous. And, you know, staff's been great. And, you know, listen, there's a lot of support, but our medical staff is tremendous as well. Mark Rogo, and does a great job. He's got a lot of trainers there. And, you know, just these guys are phenomenal with the work they do to keep our guys on the field and the amount of work and effort they put into it. And Scott Hacker, our rehab guys, and tremendous job. Unfortunately, he's been kept pretty busy this year, but he's been up to the task and gotten guys back on the field and ready to compete again. Our street conditioning guys are fantastic. Jay and Rio, you know, we travel in T.J. LaCita, T.J. Leylaw, and the clubhouse guys are first class. I mean, we've got an elite staff, you know. We've got a group, including our research and development. The analytic group does a great job, Adam Escar and his group. And, guys can help us game playing and video with Jim McHugh, does a lot of the advanced work for us. And, and Jim McAlpin and Adam Hahn on the video stuff. I mean, it's just a really good staff that doesn't get a lot of credit. They don't want and seek credit. We're there to do our jobs and get the credit and build the players up. But it is a good time to recognize what we do as a staff and the group that's, you know, done a tremendous job that I've been really tickled a partner with to work every day to make sure we leave no stone unturned. And if people knew them on an effort and preparation and went in daily, it probably boyed their minds. But it's a dedicated group that has a strong desire to excel and it's done a great job. - Much like this show. Skip with the dedication and preparation every single day for Ben and Woods, Shilty. I did want to just, we let you go here in a minute. How's Hasan Kim doing? Any updates on him? I know you probably get tired of answering these questions, but we always kind of like to end with kind of that, that last piece of the team that will, you know, everyone would love to see back there playing shorts up. - Yeah, you know, he's moving in a positive direction. He's able to swing the bat without any discomfort, which is good. And so he's taking some live advance today. He's getting closer to the progression of playing and he's starting to throw across the diamond. Still in a progression that, you know, is positive, but, you know, probably slower than everybody would like, including himself, but necessary. 'Cause we gotta be careful. I mean, you know, he can't, you know, dealing with the injury he has, he lets it go and he has a setback, then that's gonna, you know, be real problematic for the time we have remaining in the season, which we, you know, feel good about being a long time, but, you know, still, it's not something we wanna have a setback on and we're taking our cue from him, but he's making his progress and he's throwing across the diamond, which is encouraging and just a matter of getting his intensity back to where he can do it and feel like, you know, he's gonna be back and healthy and be able to make all the plays. - Well, I know we still got a few weeks left, hopefully many weeks left going into October, but I just wanted to say thank you. This has been a really fun season. As a lifelong Padres fan, you've put a good team together, not just you, but everyone and it's been really entertaining and hopefully we got more of it coming up starting this weekend against the Giants. Good luck, Mike. - Yeah, we're excited about tonight. Appreciate it guys. - Thank you, Mike Shilt, manager of the San Diego Padres or manager's report brought to you by San Diego County Credit Union. It's not big bank banking, it is better. - From the mind of a two foot tall talking spokespuppet comes this year's biggest challenge. It's time for Bob's dare to compare. The hottest game show on TV that asks, what happens when you compare Bob's to the competition? You get style. You get quality. You get beeps and boops and dings and whomps and thousands of dollars in savings. Everyone's a winner when you dare to compare with Bob's discount furniture. Shop in store at mybobs.com to play now. - For those in recovery, support from friends and family often leads to better outcomes. Here's to those who are essential to helping people find their path to recovery. 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