Josh Naylor bad mouths his former teammate, a breakdown

We've got a runner on first, Josh Naylor

at the plate. Auto take on this pitch on

the steel. Maybe he didn't want him

stealing while he was hitting. Maybe he

was like, I dare you to throw him out. I

won't even get in the way. I don't know.

Let's watch it again. It's the first

pitch. He's like, nope, not interested.

go get him. And uh after this, there is

like slight talking between the two,

between Hedges and between Naylor. You

can see him looking at him and it looks

like they start saying stuff to each

other there. Not sure what it was. This

next pitch is what you've all seen what

the story is. It's a high curveball hit

by pitch 78 mph that he also stuck his

hand out. So Naylor is going to fake mad

that you got that he got hit by a pitch

and they're and they're like it was a

curveball, dude. But they're like and

and you stuck your arm out. So we're mad

at you because you could have avoided

being hit by that and you didn't. Let's

take another look. Here's the pitcher's

reaction. He's like, "Oh, dude, you

totally saw it and stuck your arm out

into it. What are you doing?" And he bat

flips and he's like, "Why you hitting

me? Huh? Why you hitting me?" and

they're like, "Well, no, no, no. We

didn't throw at you. It was a curveball

and you intentionally got hit." So, just

a lot of jawing about nothing, I think.

I'm not entirely sure, but that's my

assumption is that's what they're

talking about on both sides. And then it

gets personal because when Naylor's at

first base, he's still talking to the

catcher whose name is Hedges. And when

they were teammates in San Diego, Hedg's

nickname was Hog. Hedgehog. and he's

going to say, "Hogs, you're a [ __ ]

loser." And that's mean. And then he

says, "Well, you're a backup to a

backup." And that's mean, too. So, we've

just got some [ __ ] talking and then a

first pitch breaking ball to Randy and

still John with each other. He says,

"You're a [ __ ] bitch." And that's mean,

too. So, we've got three mean things

being said. And he keeps talking to him.

And then he says, "You need instructions

to get to the bag." And that's mean cuz

now he's called him a lot of things and

tell him we can't even get hits. He

needs directions to get to the bag. Now

the inning is over. But they're going to

keep talking to each other. And we do

have audio of this, but it's not the

best audio. So I'm going to lipre it

first for you and separate it. And then

at the end of this, you can hear the hot

mics, take the headphones, press them

down, and you can hear what they're

saying very faintly, but it's there.

First, Naylor's just going to look at

him and be like, "Come on, come on.

Let's go." And Hedges is gonna say, "No,

I'm not gonna do anything." He's like,

"Do something about it." Huh? Yeah.

You're so tired.

You're so tired.

You ain't [ __ ] Yeah. No one likes you.

Literally, nobody likes you. Your own

[ __ ] teammates don't like you. Seems

like a mean thing to say cuz now

Naylor's teammates are going to be like,

"Oh, no, dude. He He doesn't speak for

us. We love you. And Naylor didn't react

and Hedges in the dugout just kind of

gives a well. Someone had to say it. And

what's interesting is this story has a

ton of layers. These guys were teammates

in San Diego. They got traded to

Cleveland together. They were teammates

in Cleveland together. They've been in

the same organization, I think, for a

decade of their careers has spent

together. So, they know each other well.

They've celebrated before. They've

giggled together before. They've been

friends before. What happened? Hedges is

the catcher on Cleveland. Josh Naylor's

little brother is a catcher in the

Cleveland organization and got sent down

and Hedges is starting over him. Is that

play a factor? Is this just [ __ ] talk

and they're going to be friends after?

Were they never friends and all these

quotes were just media quotes? Because

listen to the way Hedges talked about

him when he was on Rose Rotation, a John

Boy media podcast.

>> But I've played with Nails for a long

time. He's like just such a good humble

kid. Josh is a really, really, really

special player, special human. He's not

dumb. He's a smart guy. Like, it's

partly tactical. Like, he wants you to

hate him. So then when he goes out and

crushes you again, it crushes you even

more, too. So, without that stuff, I

think sports is less fun.

>> So, it's an interesting tale and there's

a lot more coming out about these

players and Naylor and everything. So,

check Johnboy media socials, talking

baseball. We're covering it as fast as

we can. It's interesting. It's also sad.

In the words of Chinua Chbby, things

fall apart. As I said, here are the hot

mics. You can hear a lot of what they

were saying.

>> That brings up R.

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