Being good is a couple of
friends here. Yeah ready and it's been fun. I bring my family
with me because it brings six years. I think
after the trailer having been here. So it's good to be back which friends decide to already I said, I'll do the bullpen
catcher. You know, if one of the guys who's taking me here when I came here.
Yeah, you know couple coaches will walk here
with me when I was playing here but players left or right. I don't I don't think you might
remember. I remember I don't think so. What's it like for you, you know be back and in the ballpark and that you have established yourself as you know, I remember I made my
debut here and pitch my last game here to in Seattle. So I think that's the biggest
memory I have. You know when I came home in 2016. My first game was here in Safeco and my Last game in 2018 was
here inside CO2. So then that was my biggest memory. How much is their coaching
staff, you know soon booming are reliever in mind
only, you know, they talked me I told me you're going straight
to the big leaf. You can come from the bullpen and do
your jobs and they they they put me in the
assault reliever. I did my job and they did it. They you know, they put their beaming
up quick. Do you remember about that
transition going from starting to relieving down in the minor
leagues? No, I saw when they told me. I was a little bit
worried about because was something new for me, but I assume they told me I will think you can be in the
billions soon sooner than being started. So I
said, okay, let's do and I start working as a reliever
and pay off you ever think you'd be
reliever. No, because my first couple
years I finally play was was a star. I was throwing a
lot of innings. I remember my last year's started through 140
1845. So I was in a good truck to we are starting the big level.
They made that decision. I think that's the best decision
I ever made for me, you know, when they throw they
trained me I was going with my wife. My wife has to a concert they call me how you might you
might got try to see her. Her to the meds we would call you back if
something going off. So I went to a to a
concert with my why I'm after the concert. They call me back
and say how you're going to do the math. You gotta go. I'll fly to Source a Lucy to do
your physic on everything and that's how I knew now. They're coming from see our
first they are able work. We see are
they coming for you? My God, try to the matter. Let's wait to
see what happened. But that's something school. Right.
Now, how was the concert? What's good? What's good? I
don't know what's gonna I was with my
wife and we how it was having fun. I just was waiting for the
car to see if everything was going to be moving forward with the concert with me. And then
what back was back in, Puerto Rico. Notions at the time I'm potentially getting traded
know. What something new I did. I was I heard a lot of rumors
about me always when I was in the manually, but I did realize I was something I thought would they will do it
because you know, Robbie Cano call me to you is saying how we
make that try to do the math. It was enacting a wedding too. And I said to him whatever you go if I go with you
I would be fine. So I got lucky I got to ride
with him to New York. You still talk to Robbie. Yeah, we talked
on most away. Wait, you know, it's been playing Mexico. Yeah,
that's been doing great with we talk a lot because we have a really good
relationship you last season. The team record, what was that? What was that? That was great, you know find a
one-eyed. My goal was have a great season and I remember
when Scott came to me. I was a guy
like one or two safe. Rico told me if you got more than 50
saying I was getting a haircut with some line that he and he
told me if you if you got more than 50 say we do the same haircut you I said deal. I don't have
anything to lose as soon I get the 50. So I Him the bone. Well, I remember
we was in Arizona and then we fly to San Diego and I bring the
Barbarian. We did it layered Center. If he came to if we come to
minute here because now is increasingly saw some of our and we can make some bad and if you are with make him pay for Mariners fans who maybe
haven't followed you super closely the past six seasons,
how would you summarize your time with events? You know my time with them. I
didn't start that way the way I want to you know, I came I
came the tray on I didn't
perform the way I want to vote. You know, I do
after that day. I went home and realized I got to work harder and After that, see some
everything went 5 2 million are being a being able to perform the way I want to New
York and they can see like they come they go see numbers and
everything. They can see like I've been able to do my work say that you realized you had to
work harder. How did your work change? What did you do to
turn things around, you know playing your stuff, you know, a
lot of things happening the same time, you know, and you gotta
concentrate on your job. So I went home in the offseason
working my my body working my man. Holly do you know how to flush everything out how to handle everything and I think that
those things helped me because after I clean up everything I
perform better was gel gel born here your oldest son. No, he born in Puerto Rico. Yeah, but it won't that year. I
came out to the big list. I he born in the All-Star break.
Okay that year we was playing in Kansas City and flight back
home to barrique on the flight back to Seattle. Yeah, I bought pay off because
you know my kid came, you know, everything came in the indigent.
And 16 like I 3 I made my dream come true. I
get my first song Born to so that was a great year for me and have you followed it. All
what Andres Munoz is doing for this team this year. Yeah. It's
been it's been great. It's been great. If I think it was in the
outside game this year and its really really talented
play. I follow him before I think what we San Diego I
watching him pitch and he got great stuff. You know, I made him my first time 2022 and
Seattle went to New York. I made him because they will can catch a fly. Evan call me when I want to meet
me. So I went to meet him yummy from so I by voice. I
really I really pretty good pitcher.
You got great stuff, and I think he's doing great. Just to note each other. He
asked me how how I prepared for the game gobble gobble advice how to handle when it is not going good
for you and I give my advice to him and I think he's
doing right. What was that for you when you
first came up having just made the change to
the bullpen and then have the experience closing games
like that in the environment
that was going on here at that time
with the way you were forming was great, you know is then when
they they bring me how they did a really good job. They was
bringing me in situation. I couldn't handle and then they
keep climbing the ladder with me. So as soon as I give me the bone
and I was I think I was ready to close games whose name is
bullpen catcher who took you under his wing Fleming buys. Yeah. It was a great day for me
when I got here, you know. He was always with me in the woods
when we was playing catch together. He was he would help me a lot.