Uh Manzo and Delauter get in the
spring, I think in an ideal
world, um, they would not have
to make the club out of spring
training, but, but you never
know.
Um, again, based on what they've
done a season ago, they're still
very young in their pro careers.
So, um, I think that'll come
into play too as we get closer
to the season.
Yeah, hopefully they don't have
to come up out of necessity.
They can come up when they're
ready.
All right, Jim, are you
announcing shane Bieber in your
starting rotation in 2024?
Perhaps the ace opening day?
Is he gonna be there or is he
gonna get dealt on December
27th?
Yes, I am.
You know, it'll be fascinating
because, you know, you look back
over, uh, you could narrow it
down to Cleveland pitchers since
2000 who won the Cy Young award
and, and all have been involved
in trades at various points in
time.
You go back to CC Sabathia Cliff
, Lee Corey Kluber.
Um and now shane Bieber.
So would it surprise me if, if
he were moved?
Not if, if the right deal came
about.
But I think when you look at it
, um they have, as you said, an
opening day starter and an ace
uh to go along with some good
young pitching that had to
develop a year ago at the major
league level because of injuries
, but they're a better team with
shane Bieber at the top of the
rotation for this year with the
knowledge that his contract is
up at the end of the season.
So that's where the, you know,
chris Antonetti and Mike
Chernoff have, they've been down
this road before and they're
trying to juggle the the pluses
of having him with, with what
could be in, in terms of a trade
and, and that's the tricky part
that I think any front office
goes through.
Yeah, it's a consistent chess
match.
Always leaving guys scratching
their heads as of now, shane
Bieber is a Cleveland Guardian.
Jim, as I mentioned is in studio
at M LB Network there in
Secaucus New Jersey, but he has
a guest.
His son, Nathan is with him at
the uh network as well.
And baseball fans may know
Nathan, even though they don't
think that they know him there.
He is as the visiting bat boy as
far as the Cleveland Guardians
were concerned when the New York
Yankees were in town.
So there he is in the Yankees
dugout.
You see Aaron Boone there.
You might also notice that
Nathan really either grows hair
very quickly or he had to chop
it off or hide it under that
because the Yankees
broadcasters.
Hello, Nathan, thanks for being
with us.
Were commenting that um Nathan's
hair does not go along with the
Yankees obviously clean shaven
policy.
So you might notice there that
Nathan was tucking his hair
under his helmet.
So from your perspective, Nathan
, how did that happen?
I hear that you were an
emergency bat boy take us
through those couple of days of
how this went down.
Yeah, so for pretty much the
whole season, I'm one of the
visiting ball boys in Cleveland.
So whether it's the Yankees or
the Tigers, the Royals, I'm
probably in their uniform um
when they're here just so
happened to be the Yankees.
Um And I just had to go to work
that day and I had long hair.
So that's pretty much how it
happened.
All right.
So the visiting Clubhouse
assistant there you look, you
look so annoyed by the way, but
the reason that you have long
hair is because you're a rock
star, Nathan, you are a drummer
, the manager of a band called
the Open Doors.
You guys have a new album out
right now called My Friends
available on all your favorite
listening platform.
So I'm, I would imagine mu music
and being a drummer is your
passion but maybe because of
dad's job, baseball is also a
passion.
Tell me about the balance.
Yeah.
Um, it's definitely a balance,
you know, music is something
that I love doing and baseball
is a nice job right now and
we'll see which one gives me a
better opportunity in the
future.
All right.
Well, we wish you best of luck
as far as the band is concerned
and hopefully you don't have to
deal with those pesky Yankees in
their hair policies that much
longer.
Nathan and jim Rosenhaus.
Thank you guys for being with us
, jim.
Best of luck in the booth
alongside, of course, Tom
Hamilton entering his 35th
season with you.
Best of luck for the Guardians
of the upcoming year.
Thanks guys.
Thank you.