Ron Coomer talks Alex Bregman's resurgence, Kevin Gausman's hand cramp
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That's how you make an entrance, guys. Ron Coomer.
Hello boys, that's how you do it. Mark Rody
dusted off his seat. Oh yeah. We're happy to see you, Coom. Thanks for coming in with us today.
Oh yeah, you're good. I'm here.
No, we're happy to see you.
Look, you you know what's crazy is that every time I look at what's going on with the Cubs in particular, right? And we get to this point in the season where we're like, all right, well the Cubs they do pretty well at home as far as just level of excitement. Yeah. You now have to lead the majors, thirteen walk-off wins. That is a lot. But it's especially a lot when you think about the fact that they've only got thirty eight wins at homes. That means basically better than a third of the time you're winning in walk off fashion. What can you say about one the atmosphere but also just this team's ability to make it happen at the end?
Well You can look at it a bunch of different ways. I I'll say this. You have You have a s superstar player in the making that has a flair for that, which I've seen in so of you mark uh here in Chicago.
How did the Cubs achieve a record number of walk‑off wins this season?
We've had I had a teammate that got a played right field years ago that had a little bit of that flair. Same with Sosa. But you know, there's there's there's some guys i that have that thing and Pete Crow Armstrong has that thing, there's no doubt. But then there's other guys like a game like last night, Bregman, who's now starting to swing the bat much better. You know, you're a veteran player and you got quite a few of 'em, and they know how to have good at bats in big moments, and they can, you know, take the game from it being really fast to slowing the game down. And that's what we saw last night with Bregman. He knew he was going to get a breaking ball, he got one away, and just shot it back through the middle and game winner.
Well, and that's that's big to me, Coop, because when you consider number one, how breaking balls really ate up the team in May. No way. And and the adjustments that they have made. What I saw last night was a hitter in Alex Bregman who had a clear two strike approach that worked for two RBIs of consequence, one being the game winner, as we saw. Two out approach rather. So we see the two out approach happen. Then we see a hitter who had a clear approach when it came to say facing that breaking ball, not looking at it go by him like we had had seen previously in the season. What do you think about the adjustments that he's made? This is not a flash in the pan yesterday. This is culmination of I'd say a few weeks of work now.
Yeah, months actually. You know Reggie had his you know, a lot of guys have issues when they first come to a new team and they sign a big deal. Um I saw it in New York with Jason Giombi. You know, we all signed in New York but He's the one that really signed. He got the big money. Bregman got a lot of money. And you're playing you wanna really do well in front of your home fans and you wanna do well for your new team and um he's starting to get there now. But um I just I just saw a guy yesterday that you know and in the last two weeks of using the other side of the field it's starting to click for him and that couldn't be uh it couldn't be a better time for for the Cubs, especially with Dansby going down.
But Bregman's an established big league hitter. He's gonna eventually be okay and you knew that, but you know, when you're going through it and you're the guy, it's not very much fun.
I remember in twenty fifteen John Lester got off to a sluggish start. Remember? And he and he even admitted like he was putting too much pressure on himself. Bregman has been somebody that comes and desired for two years. Right. So he knew how much they like a five year deal. He ain't going anywhere. So I was as a human being, I was relieved for Alex Bregman and relieved for him, and hopefully this will click and it will continue for him. We were just talking About Javier Assad and the role that he has played on this team this year. I think two things. I think that he has been managed perfectly this year, and I know he doesn't want to be sent down, and I know he'd prefer to be a starter, but sometimes you manage guys as to not get them exposed.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:15
2
How did the Cubs achieve a record number of walk‑off wins this season?
1:15–5:26
3
What changes sparked Alex Bregman's recent resurgence at the plate?
5:26–7:45
4
How did Bregman's two‑strike approach lead to the game‑winning hit?
7:45–10:15
5
What adjustments did the Cubs make to keep Bregman productive after his contract?
10:15–14:22
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