Touring the Rays' Underground City with President Erik Neander
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What are the hosts’ opening thoughts on the Jays‑Rays series and early game plans?
All right. Hey, welcome to Blair and Barker on Sportsnet. 590 the fan of sports. Hey buddy. Good God, man. I go one day. I'm away one day and I'm getting Calls and DMs from people saying, What the hell does Barker have against Ricky Tetam? Yeah. Jesus, man.
I woke up this morning and My wife my wife said, What the hell did you say about Ricky Tate? I said, I look. I said what I saw.
Yeah.
That's what I said. You know, I was nice about it. You know me. Ver so yeah, I guess I guess the the you know, the fanboys didn't seem to like that too much, which is fine. Yeah, that's Uh poor little Ben Anna shows up one time on this show and is getting ripped right along with me. You know, which
is funny. I mean, you do tend to drag people down with you.
Oh yeah, I'm not going down by myself. That's for sure. He asked, he said, What do you think? I said, I told him and I said, Well, what do you think?
I mean
There it is. We tag team in that thing, bo. What? So what'd you say? Okay. Hey, I yeah, I know you didn't watch whatever you were doing. I I know you watched Ricky. Yeah. What'd you think? I thought it was really good.
See You did, huh? Uh listen, I you know what? I didn't know what to ex I I I will admit I expected a hundo. Uh me too. I I d That's what I but but but but but I uh I mean it was fine. That's what I said. And I and I would would I have any problem with him pitching in that role again? No, not at all. Would I give him the ninth inning? Not certain. That's exactly what I said. I said I don't know when you but I'm but I'm being I'm being nicer about it than you are. That's the difference. That's the difference. I'm being nicer about it.
I mean I I that's how I started it is Yeah, I th I was looking for a Hundo, you know, throw it through the catcher. I don't even know if it's to the catcher. I
mean, I don't even know what it what what did he top out at? I don't know. It wasn't very hard. Anyway, yeah.
We'll see. I I mean that them prospects, boy. Well
yeah
Is he
a prospect? Yeah.
Is he it's still a prospect?
I listen, okay. Now we're gonna get into this. Welcome back. I'm old enough to remember when you had prospects and minor leaguers. Yeah. What's the difference? Uh for me. You know, the prospect was the guy that everybody was talking about. Can't wait to get this guy up here. Yeah. Not the guy who's the you know, twenty fifth person in the uh in the organization. Yeah. Um But having said that, you know, who the hell knows? And I have always made the point. The tenth guy in the in your organization, maybe I happen to really, really like him. And maybe I happen to think that he's better than eight other guys in your organization. Sure. For me, a prospect, as much as I kind of poo poo the rankings and all that, it's gotta be a dude who's kind of in the rankings.
Like you gotta be considered to be one of the top three players in an organization to be a prospect. That's just me. Yeah. And yeah, I think Ricky Tiedeman's a prospect. There you go. And I think you can be a prospect for you know, four or five years. Yeah,
when I was a prospect, you get more opportunities than than other guys do. I as you call them minor leaguers. I got I got more opportunities, I got more a leash to s to stay. Because people's jobs were on the line. That and they spent a lot of money to get me in the organization, just like Ricky. I mean they've spent gobs of money trying to keep him healthy and figure out some routine to keep him on the field.
It could it he he is a guy that I think can help them out can help them out of the bull. Sure. That but I said I mean I wouldn't go That's what I wouldn't go any farther than that.
That's it. That's what I said.
Yeah, prepared to be ripped, Jeff. I don't really you know, yeah, like first of all first of all, unlike you, I don't have anybody who tells me that I'm not sure.
I think she wakes up on purpose just to f use the thumb and flip through it and go, Hey, 'cause she knows I'm gonna say something sooner or later.
If you think I don't give a rat's ass about social media, you ain't met the rest of my family. But they they think it's they think it's even, you know, less valuable and than me.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the hosts’ opening thoughts on the Jays‑Rays series and early game plans?
0:05–4:40
2
How does Joey Votto break down Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s recent struggles?
4:40–10:23
3
Why does Eric Neander say the Rays’ return to Tropicana sparked their success?
10:23–15:48
4
What is the “underground city” at Tropicana and how does it affect player performance?
15:48–22:02
5
How does the Rays’ research and development model give them a competitive edge?
22:02–27:31
6
What role does Chandler Simpson play in the Rays’ front office and player evaluation?
27:31–35:56
7
Why did the Rays trade for Liam Hicks at the deadline and what does he add to the roster?
35:56–45:06
8
What are the key takeaways from Eric Neander’s interview about the organization’s philosophy?
45:06–49:22
Speakers
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