Inside Pitch - Alex Ochoa

Biology just completed your playing career after six years in the majors in six years in Japan and by the quality assurance coach. Fancy title was that entail.

Yet benefit that of everything. You know what would advance team. Being as advance scout and and the Eagles what themes. Then the Yankees next than we kind of by Obama. Through video and to players and and in my for and witnesses and instincts. What do you do before the game. While it put the game come on in you know that team practice come on with what. Food with the -- Mayo. -- to his coach and come on and with without him grumbles. On the club. The ground that day that the -- this team that we were opening and use -- with more with Ellsbury. With some ointment and you know you know grumbles and seen. That -- on the field. And then during the game my you have your assignments and have my assignments whatever Tito thinks you've been looking at a if I see anything that -- would hopeless. With the running game. If you make that with the pitchers -- something you know human. Something. In the running game -- do I do that so. You can go right down -- from the video room that back out and -- all no not really at least what we do is like gum at what's the game and then they'll come and ask -- questions about excellence though and certain things that happened in the game and then and then if -- its the anything I was let them know it would -- on the.

We've Melbourne you whether Red Sox in 07 in spring training camp and before that when you play differently. Mets in the reds in the -- You don't see that much accuracy of these days away anything that is.

Was to be honest I think goes -- through as much anymore. You know a lot of the things like he needs to do what when I've they would take a lot of infield practice and with the bases and always do -- to the bases. -- doing practice I please have an infield practice and that which you don't see any more in the game -- I don't know maybe it's. You know guys that throw as much you know they injury insular that trying to limited to lift the eliminate that and so did the delegate is a little bit different. Taylor -- you know it's still baseball.

When you were certainly had a legendary Armand we're really highly touted -- when you were traded from the Orioles to the Mets for Bobby video a really have -- chew up in New York was -- tough.

Yet stuff just because of the fact that you know a lot of things they'd you know -- saying that five tools than you know I had pretty good -- and have. On the new powers that so I think those that the toughest thing for me. Especially trying to vote for Detroit news of the -- home then kind of force myself. Solid but but I can't. I don't regret. The time that I had there in this those expectations of -- kind of it was kind of fun. -- come into in the American have that kind of -- first. Blood on me me me goods as though as a player the person and in the future you know be able to to adjust then and in this game because you constantly just two different things in his game so it a mile and I'll leave me alone time and.

In baseball while then you went to him with the Angels a world championship team we saw considerable post season action looks like a we may be years Seymour the Angels this year it.

Yeah I know I know it's kind of -- as as I seen on a yearly occurrence. This is who to get the welcome or view fights are up against the Angels and you know we've had good success in the past and hopefully we do the same thing. In the future so Lama a beat -- to be good series on -- hopefully if we get there and and we continue playing the way of things that last night -- home but. You know adjusted to it it's it's it's is at times and you know it's it's been fun season guy's been great and it's it.

And when we spent six years playing in Japan and then. Are you able to help out there with a four Japanese pitchers when it comes to the language barrier.

A little bit more -- below him understanding of of how they do things in Japan and and the differences between here and there. And you logical -- with the guys and guys care and who would you mind I would I would does that that we have bettered the Japanese and that though was we came up the young guy. And you know it's fun to be able to kind of took -- them and then and have have a -- and understand them who have. The coach of being there for six years and experiencing that and and it's been great. How she played as recently as last year -- what are your goals and our world from this position. Posted Tuesday in the game message capacity. Either of its coaching maybe front office some of that so you know it's it's it to work in progress of I've learned a lot. From this side of it look at things a little bit differently look at things in. In in whole baseball sense that of looking individually join. Do well and help the team went home so. It's been a great experience and inexperience and hope.

if it continues ago. If parents emigrated from Cuba under some very trying times your dad being a doctor. And now working in Miami later but -- there's going to be quite QB connection they signed Jose Iglesias and that there might be. A trail of players coming from there that you think.

Yeah I'm in you know little -- and you see more Cuban players playing you see Betancourt -- Vegas has cities the -- room where is. Country it's Livan Hernandez of the put two guys that do get back in the day back in the -- and so. And you see that in the coming little by little you know it's it's absolutely difficult because. They have to basically escape the country to kind of get a did play in the big leagues but you see more more hopefully. Balls that in the future -- a Cuba will open up then let their their players come over again and until that time so. I'm I've heard above but this kid it listed as and I saw a little bit of them -- film well on Roman you know I believe I salute them very talented shortstop so. We'll see hopefully. You know he's up here in the movies in.

In the future. Well you certainly bring a lot to add to offer -- wish you the best you post -- playing career thank you -- Alex it's your rats I quality assurance coach -- the job.