BIB on the Go: Brandon Sproat On New Life With Brewers & Mets Memories
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What are Brandon Sproat's initial thoughts on joining the Brewers?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.
You don't get bored by baseball. Okay, one thing the game needs is more people like you. You. You. You. You. You. You. You.
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You. You. There's no human being I'd rather be talking to more than Brandon right now. So thank you for taking a couple of minutes. You know, I'm always interested in the dynamic of switching teams, of like what that's like, where we go and we think we know. And then all of a sudden the business of baseball pops up. And the good thing is not to be too long winded, but the good thing is like,
people somebody wants you but you're leaving your guys behind at the same time yeah take me too through this little process yeah no um yeah it's it's one of those things that you know it's anyone can be traded you know and players know that but at the same time you almost kind of think you know oh not me um but yeah i don't know i was literally at home um Just chilling in. One of my buddies texted me and was like, hey, your name's all over, you know, social media.
How does Brandon Sproat describe the process of being traded?
Oh, really? Yeah. And I was like, okay, like, whatever. I mean, you see mock trades, you know, throughout the whole offseason, you know. Nothing really comes of it until that one, until that one did. That was a quick process, and I think it was like 20 minutes.
Oh, great. So just to go back, so your buddies are just looking at social media, they're saying, hey, by the way, you've been traded?
No, so they're like, hey, your name's all over social media. There's a rumor going around about the Freddy Peralta and Mets trade package. And I was like, okay. And then Jonah called me and he was like, he was like, please tell me that this isn't true. I was like, I have no idea, man. I was like, I haven't heard anything yet. And then like three minutes later, my agent called me and was like, hey, this is what my resources are saying. And then I was like, okay, you know, like if I hear anything, I'll let you know. Like 95 minutes later, David Stearns called me and was like, hey, you know, We're training you to Milwaukee. And so that was the... Did that hit? Like, I mean, you don't ever know until you know, right?
I mean... I mean, you know, like, after the phone call was over with him, I was like, wow, okay, that just happened. So... You know, my phone blowing up, you know, with everyone texting me and calling me. Obviously, you know, my family was there next to me. You know, I was, I didn't know what to think of it at first, you know, like, is this a good thing? Is it a bad thing? You know, but I mean, after multiple talks, you know, with my agent, with my parents, you know, friends that, I've been along the journey with me. They're all like, hey man, we're super excited for you. We think it's going to be great for you. It has been great so far.
Yeah, I was going to ask. It's a cliche question, but it's new. I mean, everything's new, but it's also different, right? Everywhere you go, you learn new things, I would imagine. Yeah, exactly.
I mean, Murph and Hook have been great. It's been super helpful. The players have been awesome. Even from day one of introducing themselves, trying to get to know me, making me feel comfortable. So that was definitely super nice of them to do that. It makes things a lot easier when you've got people like that around you.
What challenges did Brandon face when switching teams?
That just goes to show, you know, how the brewers are. But yeah, I mean, I've got no complaints so far.
Is there anything, this is sort of a wonky specific question, but is there anything you're doing differently? Like, is there a new... a pitch, new pitch, new approach, anything, even a little thing?
No, I mean, I always say there's really nothing crazy. That was also the nice thing, you know, about coming here is, you know, they liked what they saw from the get-go and it wasn't like a, hey, let's change everything. So that was nice. There was more of a, hey, let's refine this and make this better, more efficient. And a lot of it has been mechanics, you know, just staying closed, you know, being good rotational north to south, you know, not spinning off, you know, flying open, spinning off the baseball, stuff like that, which, you know, obviously transfers over to, you know, the more consistency of pitches, you know, and the control.
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