Ranger Suarez on starting in London and Bryson on enjoying the London Series
Ranger Suarez on starting in London and Bryson Stott on enjoying the London Series
London Stadium, London, UK
London Stadium, London, UK
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00:00Do you want me to wait for a ranger, Kevin?
00:17Wait for a ranger?
00:18Alright, we'll get started with Bryson, first question for Bryson, we'll start on the side
00:24here.
00:25How's the field after your workout session, how are you finding it?
00:29It's different than anything we've played on for this year at least, it reminds me of
00:34Tampa Bay with the turf and the dirt, but it's playing pretty good.
00:40I'm bouncing around in my shoes on there, so good luck this weekend.
00:48Hey Bryson, some people have been asking Bryson about baseball and learning about the game
00:54of baseball and one of the questions was what kind of drew you into baseball as a kid and
00:58I'm wondering what kind of hooked you on baseball as a kid?
01:04I mean I played everything growing up, football and basketball and baseball, I was never just
01:09a baseball player and as I got older I wasn't growing, so football was kind of out of the
01:14question and definitely basketball, so I always really liked baseball, I played year round
01:20and just kind of stuck with it and I had a bunch of fun, all my friends played baseball
01:27and it was a giant hangout for me when I was younger and just continued to do it and fell
01:34more and more in love with it as 10, 11, 12, that's all I wanted to do and went from there.
01:40Is there anything specific about the game itself that you just love so much?
01:45Yeah, the game as a whole obviously, but I think outside of the actual game it's what
01:52you get to do playing, growing up playing club ball you see a bunch of different states,
01:57you guys play for teams and go to different countries and we're in a different country
02:02now and just the overall kind of what you get to do and what you get to see, people
02:08you get to meet, it's things like that that makes this game pretty, pretty special.
02:23Bryson, you guys have obviously played a lot of games on the big stage the last two years,
02:30does that make this all feel more natural or is this experience still unique?
02:33I think it's unique, I mean the amount of cameras and media and stuff is very similar
02:40to the playoffs, but I think just the overall feeling is a little different than say going
02:48into the NLCS or World Series, but it's a ton of fun and we've had a blast so far.
02:55And then Ranger, how are you doing, how are you feeling, did you throw today?
03:07I'm good, yes, I threw today, I'm ready for tomorrow.
03:11And then the dimensions of this ballpark, last year a lot of runs, have you paid attention
03:16at all to the games that took place in prior years or are you just kind of tuning that out?
03:47No, I haven't paid attention to that and I don't pay attention to that usually,
03:52just focus on getting here tomorrow and do my job and try to get a win, that's what we're here for.
04:01Ranger, you're a former soccer player, I think you're a pretty big soccer fan,
04:06what was it like to walk into a Premier League stadium on the field and know that you're
04:12going to be playing there, is that different for you, does that mean anything to you?
04:43It's actually the first time that I've come to a football stadium and I was really impressed
04:48the first time that I watched the stadium from outside and another thing is that I've always
04:53wanted to attend a football game here in Europe and I'll try to do that this year.
05:13Hi Ranger, to talk to you, tonight there's a football game between England and Iceland
05:21that's happening at 8.45pm, are you going to watch it or are you going to see if you can go to Wembley
05:27to watch that game there in the stadium?
05:31It would be nice to go, I don't know, I think I have to be ready for tomorrow,
05:40but I'm going to think about it for the rest of the day.
05:45And what have you enjoyed the most here in London?
05:50I'm going to go out now, I'm going to walk around and get to know the city a little bit
05:56and see what I can take from here in London.
06:19My question is what was he going to do tonight or if he was ever doing something in London
06:26and I'll try to walk around the city, see a few places and see what I can take home
06:34to bring from London as well.
06:39Hey Bryson, just a quick question, last year I was in Philadelphia and I tried your sandwich,
06:45the sandwich that was named after you, so did you take part of the creation or how it all happened?
06:54Being able to team up with Primo was fun and I got to sit down and be the worker for a day
07:01and whatever I made that was my sandwich and I hope you liked it, I mean I like it.
07:07That's great, thank you.
07:15I just want to know what you guys did yesterday on the off day and have you enjoyed the experience so far?
07:21Sleep.
07:22You slept?
07:23Sleep, all day.
07:24All day?
07:26You didn't leave the room?
07:28No.
07:29Okay, what did you do Bryson?
07:30I rode the tube around and I didn't want to take a nap when we got here in case I didn't sleep at night
07:37so me and Kyle walked around quite a bit and I've been here before so just kind of seeing everything again
07:46and kind of playing tour guide-ish for Kyle was fun, going to see stuff and ride the tube and eat and stuff like that.
07:55Where did you take him?
07:56We went to the Buckingham Palace, he wanted to see the guards and we ran into the fanatic there
08:02so we were kind of incognito for a second there but saw the Big Ben and the London Eye.
08:09We're going to go again so we'll see a bunch of stuff I think.
08:23Just a quick one on the parallels I guess between Philadelphia and London.
08:27Obviously you heard the fans out there, a lot of people came out to bat and practice just to see you guys.
08:32Is there anything that you've noticed in your time here, whether it was last time or this one,
08:36that compares to Philadelphia, whether it's just the people or the culture?
08:40Yeah, I think the people's fandom is very similar.
08:45I was able to go to a game, I went to the Arsenal Crystal Palace game in 2020
08:51and just kind of seeing how the love for the team is crazy and it's just like Philadelphia.
08:59Obviously they cheer for one certain team and the Philadelphians cheer for four
09:05but just the overall fandom is very, very similar.
09:10When looking at your experience in London, I know it's been hard to balance the downtime versus relaxing and it's been a big topic.
09:17I mentioned to Bryce earlier, how much does the cohesion and you guys getting on with each other so well really make that job easier?
09:29Yeah, I mean we all love each other and we all hang out and just being able to walk around with five, six, seven of us
09:38and there's a lot of us whose wives and kids didn't make the trip so we're kind of all just messing around
09:45and trying different things and except for him, he just sleeps all day but being able to do that
09:51and kind of enjoy each other's presence is fun and you never have two off days in a row throughout the year
09:59so being able to kind of kill time but also enjoy it has been fun.
10:04And last one, have either of you had a cup of tea yet?
10:06No.
10:14Only coffee.
10:17No, not for me either.
10:26With the size of the stadium here, if it's packed out, is 55, 60,000, do you think it's going to add an extra dimension to the games
10:33given the size of other stadiums in Major League?
11:03The Citizens Bank Park fits like 45,000 people and when we have a whole house it feels like it's 100,000, 80,000 people
11:22so I think we're going to be just fine if we go and have a sell out this weekend
11:30because we're basically used to that atmosphere around us.
11:40Rangers, since you slept all day yesterday, are you going to do anything fun while you're here?
11:44Are you going to go out after tonight at all and walk around?
12:00I didn't sleep all day, I just couldn't get much sleep in the plane so I tried to get as much sleep as I could yesterday
12:12but definitely after we finish here I'm going to go out and do something fun.
12:16Ranger, a question in Spanish. You've had an excellent start to the year, what do you think is due?
12:30Are you starting to think about individual awards like the Saiyan or is there still a lot to do?
12:38Yes, I think the credit is for the team in general. Obviously if my team didn't have those numbers, the support they give me defensively and offensively
12:52I think that's why I have those numbers right now. It's too early to think about that, I'm just focused on doing my job and the most important thing is that the team wins.
13:22I'm not thinking about any performance-wise trophies at the end of the year, maybe the best pitcher of the year Saiyan award.
13:31He said that we basically have our whole team to credit for that. He has a lot of support both offensively and defensively when he's pitching.
13:42The whole team has made him have a great start of the season. He's just not thinking about any trophies just yet or any prizes because we're basically focused on winning right now.
13:59Thank you very much for coming in, I appreciate the time. That concludes the interview room for today. Tomorrow we'll get started in here with the Mets at 2.15 and the Phillies at 3.10.