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Red Sox infielders Caleb Durbin and Anthony Seigler joined the show to talk about the team’s turnaround, the impact manager Chad Tracy has had on the team, and how the vibe in the locker room is loose and fun.
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00:00This was so great. I went to go use the restroom, and I come back, and sitting on the couch
00:03is Caleb Durbin and Anthony Sigler,
00:06and Anthony and Ted Johnson are talking, getting jacked, like lifting weights, and they're like, you lift four plates?
00:12Yeah, man, lifting four plates. I want to jump into that conversation, but as you can tell, I got nothing
00:16to add.
00:17I had a feeling that these guys, we were of like mind, so I brought it up, and they wanted
00:22to continue the conversation, which I appreciate.
00:25I'm always impressed. These guys, the long season they have, and they work so hard in the offseason to get
00:31themselves at the peak performance,
00:33and it's hard to maintain that throughout a long season, so we were just talking about the schedule and that
00:38stuff,
00:39but it led to other fun conversations about training and working out.
00:42We've come a long way in understanding how exercise and training can benefit you as an athlete,
00:48so very nice to meet these guys for the first time. Cool dudes.
00:51Yeah, can you get two-jacked, Anthony, in baseball? Is that a bad thing to be two-jacked?
00:55I don't know. I feel like you've got to ask Derbs.
00:58He's obviously not that worried about it.
01:00Look at his physique. It's a lot better than mine, but I think he works on the up here more
01:06than his arms and lower body.
01:08It seems like every lift I do, somehow my traps get a workout in. I'm not sure how, but you'll
01:13have to talk to JD about that one.
01:15It's so funny because baseball players are all – they run the gamut.
01:19Baseball players can either be really tough or in shape, but then you can get a pitcher who gets out
01:23there
01:24who looks like Grimace and will just kill you out there. It's really all over the map, isn't it?
01:29It is. I feel like it is. It's a lot of types of physiques, but we're all athletic at the
01:36end of the day,
01:36and we do our job really well, I feel like.
01:39We do.
01:39All right, we've got to talk, Caleb, about – this was such a great story this season with you.
01:44So the beginning of the season, for a lot of people, didn't start off the way that everyone wanted it
01:48to,
01:48and you were in a little bit of a slump.
01:49But then a story came out where you visited a man by the name of Lorenzo here in town, the
01:54batting guru.
01:55People say that he's like the Yoda of hitting.
01:57And almost immediately afterwards, you go on this tear.
02:02Did something happen there, or was it just a coincidence,
02:05or did this Lorenzo kind of teach you something that maybe you didn't see?
02:10I think there's a lot that goes into making the adjustments you need to make during the season.
02:16I think one thing he did help me with was just keeping my hands tighter to my body
02:20and staying inside the ball and keeping my direction to the middle of the field.
02:24So it kind of opened up the entire field, which is – that's fundamental hitting.
02:28And I kind of got away from it a little bit, whether it was trying to do too much
02:32or trying to hit it over the monster every time, you know, I'm not positive.
02:36It took me a while to get out of it.
02:38But, yeah, he just kind of sat me down and was like, hey, this is what you need to get
02:42better at.
02:43This is what I think I could help you with.
02:44And we just went to work.
02:48Took way more swings than I've ever taken this year, you know, away from the field,
02:51which, you know, you got to do what you got to do.
02:53So it ended up working out and, you know, obviously feeling a lot better.
02:56How did you find this guy?
02:57How did you find him?
02:59Norvayes, Carlos Norvayes.
03:00It's his hitting guy.
03:02So he reached out to Carlos, actually, and said, hey, I want to work with Durbin.
03:07I think I can help him.
03:08And, you know, the rest is kind of history.
03:10I can't imagine, mentally, what you guys are thinking about when it comes to a swing.
03:14You know, so I'm going to try and – forgive me if I don't know what the hell I'm talking
03:18about.
03:18So when I take golf lessons, it's like I can hear somebody give me a thought and an idea,
03:23and it just doesn't feel right.
03:25And then someone says something in a way in which it all kind of makes sense,
03:28and I just, boom, I get it.
03:30Is that the same way maybe with hitting?
03:32If you hear explained to you a certain way that all kind of just comes in focus,
03:37does it work that way?
03:38Yeah, it's really incredible.
03:39I think if you haven't, you know, played the game at, you know, a high level,
03:44you might not realize how fine of a line it is between being bad and being really good.
03:50I get it.
03:50It's like you said, it's something clicking in your head,
03:53and obviously you've got to make the physical adjustments,
03:57but even just the mental approach to the game is a whole other thing that, you know,
04:01just being settled into a new city finally, you know, all that kind of goes into play too.
04:05And, Anthony, I feel like when you came, you were the vibes guy right away.
04:09How's the vibe now, and did you have to work with these guys to get it to where you wanted
04:12it?
04:13Oh, no, I feel like it was always there.
04:15Don't be humble.
04:16I think it's always been there.
04:21I mean, baseball is a long season, like they both said.
04:24It takes time.
04:26I think definitely being around a bunch of new guys kind of takes a little bit time to be,
04:32like, get close to everybody and know how everybody works mentally, physically,
04:36at the field or away from the field.
04:38But, I mean, I don't think it's just one person because it's, I mean,
04:44it's all nine and then more on the bench that need to be together.
04:48But there's one Tony Seagulls, right?
04:50You know?
04:52Yeah, but there's also one Durbinator.
04:54That's true.
04:54Those are two great nicknames right there.
04:56That's it.
04:56How are you guys?
04:57Just your experience.
04:58You're both new to Boston.
05:00Your feelings on playing here.
05:03I know it wasn't easy, you know, early in the season, winning games here at Fenway.
05:07Now it's totally different.
05:08It just feels like you guys are more comfortable.
05:11What's your thoughts of just the fan base here and playing in Boston?
05:14Yeah, I think once we knew we were going to turn it around,
05:17we felt like the fans were going to rally behind us.
05:20And a game like last night where it's just electric, it's sold out every single night.
05:24And it was early in the season, too, when we weren't playing too well.
05:27So, you know, credit to the fans for that.
05:29But definitely don't want to start off slow here in this city.
05:33But, you know, we were where we're at, and we were able to kind of turn it around in a
05:38much better spot now.
05:40You know, in a season of, like, you know, some great things that have happened,
05:42there is one dumb storyline that I'm obsessed with,
05:45and that is that Chad Tracy still has the interim tag on his name.
05:48Do you believe that that should be gone from Chad Tracy's title?
05:53I mean, I think everybody would love it for it to be just, like, away from where it is now.
06:00I mean, I think he's done a great job with us.
06:04He knows what we need to do.
06:06He knows how our bodies feel consistently, I feel like.
06:10And so for him to adjust schedules and just being able to talk to us, slow everybody down is huge.
06:17I mean, so I think it would be an honor for him just to take that away
06:23and just give him that, like, manager title.
06:29But, I mean, he's done a great job.
06:30I love him.
06:32I think I can speak for everybody in that clubhouse that he's done a wonderful job of handling the situation
06:39and hasn't made it too big, and he's just helping us just, like, really bring us together and just win.
06:46Speaking of winning, you guys had a little taste of the playoffs last year.
06:48What's the one thing, like, you learned from that run that you can take and bring to this team
06:53that you guys got a taste of?
06:54Yeah, I mean, it's a little bit different of a ball game once you get to playoffs.
06:58It's like every pitch is the last pitch of the ninth inning, you know, from the first pitch.
07:02So just kind of having that experience and settling into it from game one, rather, it takes.
07:09For me, it really took, you know, game three of the divisional round is when it kind of settled in.
07:16Those first couple games, you know, your heart's racing.
07:18It feels like you're debuting all over again.
07:20So having that experience is huge.
07:23Obviously, we'll go even further this year with the squad we got here.
07:27But, I mean, we're just excited for it.
07:29Can I ask you, there is the report times ever since, I guess, you guys came in from Colorado late
07:36and we're here for the Yankees series.
07:38And I know you guys even made shirts about, like, you know, like the late arrival crew or something.
07:43Show and go.
07:43Show and go, yeah.
07:44Ever since then, I've heard reports that your report time is later now, like, to be at the park.
07:50Is that for a reason or is that superstition because ever since that happened, you guys kind of took off?
07:56I don't think it's really superstition.
07:59I think it's just, like I said, Trace knows how our body feels.
08:03He has a great feel of the whole team.
08:07And, I mean, whether you want to come in early, because you can still get that option to come in
08:11early, get your work in.
08:13Yeah.
08:13But, I mean, you also have the option to come in later.
08:16I think it definitely helps because we're baseball players.
08:19It's a long season.
08:20Yeah.
08:20And then I think that extra time just gives us time to, if we got family in town, chop it
08:26up with them.
08:26We got friends in town, chill with them.
08:29Just, it gives us stuff outside of baseball to do a little bit more time instead of having to be
08:34rushed, especially in the morning.
08:36And then, like, maybe, like, that 15-inning game that we had.
08:40Or, no, it was an 11-inning?
08:41Like, 13.
08:4213-inning game like we had with the White Sox.
08:45I mean, that late report time is huge.
08:47So, it just gives us a little bit more time to recover and all that.
08:49But, yeah, I don't think it's superstition.
08:52I mean, he just knows how our bodies are and how mentally draining, like, every game is.
08:57Does somebody wash that Wally head?
08:59Because does it smell awful when you put that thing on?
09:02You think it would smell worse, honestly.
09:04Yeah, they must wash it.
09:06Yeah, they have to wash it.
09:07It doesn't smell nearly as bad as it should, especially with this guy putting it on.
09:10I mean, you've got Bowser putting it on.
09:12Yeah.
09:13I mean, it smells way too good for him not to clean it.
09:17Personally, I'm not, like, when I put it on, I'm not sniffing it and smelling it all.
09:20So, I guess Derv's, I guess that's what Derv's does.
09:23I'm the only one.
09:24Oh, you admit it, you are.
09:25I mean, it's a bunch of sweaty guys running around the face.
09:27Put that thing on.
09:28You're just wiping the sweat all over it.
09:30I don't know.
09:30Sitting at home, I'm just like, that thing must smell awful.
09:33And was Raphael a piss that you stole his ice in the veins move?
09:36Or was it that?
09:39He didn't know what to do.
09:40He didn't bring it up.
09:40I don't even remember doing it.
09:42He did the homer.
09:44I was like, what do I do now?
09:45He just panicked and just did that.
09:47Yeah.
09:48Do I clap?
09:49What do I do now?
09:51Well, I'm glad you put that out there, what that meant, because it could, you know, for
09:54some people, it means something totally different.
09:56No, no.
09:56Ice debate.
09:56Ice water.
09:57I'm getting high in it with that.
09:58I don't know.
09:59I mean, you know.
09:59Just getting the IV, hydration IV.
10:01There you go.
10:02It's like, yeah.
10:03There you go.
10:04But this is so cool, because I was telling Chad this earlier.
10:08The Red Sox put their money where their mouth is when it comes to the Jimmy Fund.
10:10You guys all show up.
10:12You do the interviews.
10:13You know, the charity is obviously something that's important to you guys.
10:16So when you're here doing something like this, like, this is a big part of the culture
10:19of the team.
10:19And I know that you guys are new to, but, you know, when you see this and how big this
10:24whole event is, you know, what does that say to the people, like, what you think about
10:28the people of Boston and how they're able to, like, donate $3.5 million so far to this?
10:32Yeah, it's everything.
10:33I think being on the outside for, you know, my whole life and now being a part of it,
10:38from the outside looking in, you see how big of an influence the Red Sox organization has
10:44within the Boston community.
10:45And that's, I think, a big reason why the fans rally around the team so much is, you
10:50know, the Red Sox mean so much to the city and to the kids that are going through tough
10:55times.
10:55It's, you know, everything for them, too.
10:57So to now be a part of it and see it firsthand is super cool.
11:01Yeah.
11:01Not only the kids, but the families, too.
11:04I mean, it speaks volumes to, like, I mean, you see it with when we have games here sold
11:09out.
11:09Yeah.
11:09Like, it's fun.
11:10And then it's not surprising that everybody in Boston is just supporting.
11:15It's amazing to see.
11:18It's amazing to now be a part of, like you said, it's our first year doing this.
11:22So it's pretty incredible just to have how everybody just kind of rallies around everybody
11:27and is all in support of just wanting to help the kids, the families.
11:32And they have no idea how much this means to them and everybody else.
11:35And, you know, it's not only do we be able to come here and help raise some money, but
11:38you're able to talk lifting weights, crushing plates with Ted Johnson over here.
11:42I'm going to get some more pointers when we get off the air.
11:45But I admire the hell out of these guys.
11:47They kind of, they got to keep themselves sharp throughout this season when they don't
11:51have a lot of time to do it.
11:52So keep it up, boys.
11:54And I'm going to be one of your biggest fans now that we met.
11:57So very nice to meet you all.
11:59Great to meet you.
11:59Let's get another blowout, baby.
12:01That was fun last night.
12:01That was a good time, man.
12:02Let's do it again.
12:03Yes, sir.
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