 John Carlos Stanton joins us nice on the Michael K show John Carlos Michael Don and Peter. How are you today? Hey, what's up guys? I'm good. How are you guys? We're doing great. I was amazed on Friday night. You hit the second home run And you broke the bat. How often does that happen? I Had a few of those in the minor leagues, but I don't think so in the big leagues just yet I just love the fact that you looked at it first and then just flipped away. It had a certain drought drama to it Yeah And I heard that DD had the best shot of it He even told that everybody kept telling Aaron Boone DD who was serving as a photographer had the best shot And everybody was raving about you got to get the picture from him. Oh, I didn't see that Yeah, he said he had a perfect the way you look down at the bat and kind of sneered at it You know a year removed from from the opener last year, you know You come to New York and you struggled early on when you look back at it now How much stronger did that make you as a ball player? It was great for me. I mean all all up and downs you got to learn from them and just get better from so I think that was a good thing to go through And it's gonna lead in this this season right now, you know, so many people, you know I talked to you for the yes network interview We did they talked about well the second year in New York getting acclimated But you brought up something that was really interesting to me that That's the first time last year that you really got a chance to look at these pictures a lot I know there's in a league play but not exclusively are you facing American League pitchers? How much of an advantage is that gonna be this year that you know how teams are gonna pitch you? Big time for me. I mean the you you have an idea of their game plan But if you have the the years and reps on your belt of how they approach you You know, you can you didn't have that much better of a plan So I'm looking forward to it. All right and getting a taste of the postseason for the first time What was that like and how can you use that to motivate you this season? That was unreal. Um, that was like no experience. I've had so Just the buzz in there especially in New York, it was crazy. Um, and just can't wait to get back And it was good. It's good to get a little taste and you know, now we got a solid fire this year What are you looking to do this year? I mean, it's it's almost unfair to you You win the national MVP the last year with the Marlins Then you had 38 and a hundred last year and a lot of people said well, that wasn't a great year That's a great year for a lot of people Do you think the same way because you put up 59 and you won the MVP that that's that's what John Carlos Stanton should be doing? No, I mean, I just based the years on on how was How did I help the team how many how many wins I helped the team how many How was I in situation of my situational hitting etc. I don't really Go at the the final number. It's just how how many how often have I helped the team win is the main It's my main goal, you know Michael talked about the adjustment from the American League to the National League What are some of the things besides I guess that not seeing the pitchers as often is there any different style? Is there any huge differences that we maybe don't notice from league to league? um No, not much. I mean the Pictures usually have a book on guys are gonna approach them the same way You know that you have previous to get them out, you know until you make an adjustment and it's like a the adjustment game but I Couldn't pinpoint a big difference from those It's come up a couple times on the show recently just because of Conversations we were having about baseball and the injury that you suffered when you were hit by a pitch in the face As someone who was always scared of being hit. I mean the reason I was a terrible baseball players I was constantly scared of being hit by the ball. How how difficult take us through that How difficult was it to come back and start staring down the nose of 99 99 hundred mile an hour fast balls again? well When the first couple days out of it, I was like, oh, I don't know where my mind is gonna be When I get there and then you know, I had some time just to develop how how am I gonna? What was the best approach to this so for me? It was just there's no It's kind of like in the minor leagues like there's no failure is not an option That's what you have to go every day like I'm gonna get better. I'm gonna make it to the big leagues I'm gonna do what I can to get their failures. Just no there's no route. That's not a route So for me it was like being scared in the box being nervous again hit again It doesn't matter like there's no You you're not gonna be successful if that's in the back of your head Does the face does the face guard help does it give you a little bit of extra confidence not worry about it? Yeah, it does. I mean I still feel I won't I won't shatter my jaw just break it You know, it's also unusual Jean-Carlo a Factor that a lot of people don't really look at You you played your whole career in Miami either indoors or outdoors where the weather was warm at the beginning of the season Was the cold weather at the beginning of the season last year a factor for you? I'm not fond of the cold playing the cold, but I don't I Don't attest that to to performance. Okay, yeah, we're all out there. We all got the same Got a play in it. So I'm not worried about that supposed to be 52 and sunny Thursday. So that's a good thing. That's cold. That's amazing You know Jean-Carlo, there's very few organizations in all of sports where the expectation is World series are bust right so you feel the pressure of going out there having to win every day Can you still have fun? Can it still be enjoyable to play in that kind of bright light and that kind of pressure You have to have fun. There's that's that's part of it You understand what we need to do and expectations, but if you don't if you don't throw some fun in there Then then what is it? You know, you don't want it all all just Business business and work, you know, you got to enjoy yourself and have some fun while you're during the process Final thing. I don't I don't think anybody's asked you this all be the first one You are always the 325 million dollar man the highest paper. Is it kind of a relief? that you know That's been passed by Harper and trout that now you don't have to be on the top of that list every time they show it on sports I know every time they showed on Fox now. You just young Carlos then I Didn't really worry about that to be honest being on top or getting beat With the record or whatever. I didn't really care about that. I figured it was gonna get beat Eventually and I Wasn't worried about it, but yeah, it is good More power to him and yeah, don't gotta be on top. I'll tell you what though your record lasted a lot longer than Harper's Yeah It's been a long time, but do people still accidentally call you Mike? Oh, yeah, yeah, don't let him Yeah, yeah, don't respond I Will see you Thursday John Carlo. Thank you so much for coming on. All right sounds good