1 00:00:04,175 --> 00:00:07,005 Hey everybody, welcome back to the Throwing Partners podcast. 2 00:00:07,005 --> 00:00:10,095 It's a beautiful Sunday morning here in the Houston area. 3 00:00:10,095 --> 00:00:12,114 It's Kirby and Joseph here. 4 00:00:12,114 --> 00:00:16,075 Please remember to like, share and subscribe to our YouTube channel. 5 00:00:16,075 --> 00:00:19,995 And you can also follow us on Apple Podcasts now. 6 00:00:19,995 --> 00:00:24,995 Some of those of you who want to listen to us on your way to work, in the gym or on 7 00:00:24,995 --> 00:00:26,855 your afternoon run. 8 00:00:26,855 --> 00:00:29,515 We would really appreciate that. 9 00:00:29,515 --> 00:00:32,655 Joe, actually it's been a pretty good week for both of our teams. 10 00:00:32,655 --> 00:00:37,395 So we're gonna give a quick recap about both of our teams We're gonna talk a 11 00:00:37,395 --> 00:00:42,795 little bit about the Rickwood field game between the Giants and the Cardinals and 12 00:00:42,795 --> 00:00:48,065 we're also going to talk about the life and legacy of Willie Mays So go ahead Joe. 13 00:00:48,065 --> 00:00:48,935 Let's hear it 14 00:00:50,364 --> 00:00:56,564 Well, this week the Astros went 4 -1, playing in games against both the White 15 00:00:56,564 --> 00:00:57,914 Sox and the Orioles. 16 00:00:57,914 --> 00:01:03,364 So they kind of played two teams on opposite sides of the win -loss spectrum. 17 00:01:03,524 --> 00:01:08,304 As of recording, we have not finished up the series against the Orioles. 18 00:01:08,444 --> 00:01:11,984 I'm hoping that the Astros can finish the series strong. 19 00:01:11,984 --> 00:01:16,784 They need to end on a high note, even though they did take the first two games 20 00:01:16,784 --> 00:01:17,464 of the series. 21 00:01:17,464 --> 00:01:19,060 They need to... 22 00:01:19,420 --> 00:01:26,300 They need to get out of out of the series with a sweep because honestly they need to 23 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:30,180 make up for losing that first game on Monday against the White Sox. 24 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:33,600 And speaking of that first game against the White Sox, they got absolutely 25 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:39,400 dominated by Jonathan Cannon, who was making his first who got his first win as 26 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:44,052 a major leaguer as a major leaguer in his third career start. 27 00:01:44,156 --> 00:01:49,836 He pitched eight and two thirds innings and held the Astros to no runs, so he 28 00:01:49,836 --> 00:01:51,456 pitched a shutout. 29 00:01:51,916 --> 00:01:54,246 There's nothing really much to talk about in this game. 30 00:01:54,246 --> 00:01:56,016 I mean, they got dominated. 31 00:01:56,016 --> 00:01:58,336 The offense did absolutely nothing. 32 00:01:58,336 --> 00:02:03,028 They could not figure out Jonathan Cannon and. 33 00:02:04,764 --> 00:02:09,844 I mean, I believe that the Astros only had four hits across the entire game, so they 34 00:02:09,844 --> 00:02:11,384 just didn't play well. 35 00:02:11,484 --> 00:02:14,964 I'm not going to, you know, I'll actually had seven hits. 36 00:02:14,964 --> 00:02:16,144 They didn't play well though. 37 00:02:16,144 --> 00:02:18,734 They didn't do anything with those hits. 38 00:02:18,734 --> 00:02:20,384 They left seven men on. 39 00:02:20,384 --> 00:02:25,004 They were, they were 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position. 40 00:02:25,004 --> 00:02:28,284 So, you know, it is what it is. 41 00:02:28,284 --> 00:02:30,944 Fromber, he pitched okay. 42 00:02:31,304 --> 00:02:33,852 His stat line is eh. 43 00:02:33,852 --> 00:02:35,702 He pitched six innings. 44 00:02:35,702 --> 00:02:38,032 He gave up two hits, two runs. 45 00:02:38,032 --> 00:02:40,292 He had five strikeouts and five walks. 46 00:02:40,292 --> 00:02:43,032 So the command was a bit of an issue there. 47 00:02:43,932 --> 00:02:47,112 But yeah, Jake Bloss, I mean, he just dominated. 48 00:02:47,252 --> 00:02:52,572 I mean, sorry, Jonathan Cannon just dominated and there's nothing really the 49 00:02:52,572 --> 00:02:55,632 Astros could do to string hits together. 50 00:02:55,732 --> 00:02:56,272 So they lost. 51 00:02:56,272 --> 00:02:59,272 They would end up losing that game to nothing. 52 00:02:59,272 --> 00:03:01,012 Move on to Tuesday. 53 00:03:01,012 --> 00:03:02,212 Hunter Brown. 54 00:03:02,212 --> 00:03:04,044 He continues. 55 00:03:04,092 --> 00:03:06,732 to step up for the Astros. 56 00:03:06,732 --> 00:03:11,732 Him and Renell Blanco have honestly turned into two guys that you can really rely on. 57 00:03:11,732 --> 00:03:14,192 And I'll get to Renell in a minute. 58 00:03:14,192 --> 00:03:19,112 But Hunter Brown, he dominated in six innings. 59 00:03:20,231 --> 00:03:23,812 The Astros would win four to one. 60 00:03:23,972 --> 00:03:27,772 Jordán Homer, or no, sorry, that's the Wednesday game. 61 00:03:27,772 --> 00:03:31,352 But Cesar Salazar actually came up big. 62 00:03:32,412 --> 00:03:37,372 In this game after Victor Quarantini went down with an injury and he has 63 00:03:37,372 --> 00:03:39,372 subsequently gone on the IL. 64 00:03:39,372 --> 00:03:45,712 I believe that that was due to a play at home plate where he hurt his leg so he 65 00:03:45,712 --> 00:03:46,662 will be out for a while. 66 00:03:46,662 --> 00:03:49,091 Hopefully the heat he can come back. 67 00:03:49,492 --> 00:03:53,312 And you know, keep producing for us as he has been because that's honestly been one 68 00:03:53,312 --> 00:03:56,132 of the better signings of the offseason for the Astros. 69 00:03:56,132 --> 00:03:59,672 So it's really unfortunate to see him go down that way. 70 00:03:59,712 --> 00:04:00,764 But. 71 00:04:00,764 --> 00:04:05,824 You know, Jake Myers had a pair of doubles in the game, which broke an 0 for 17 72 00:04:05,824 --> 00:04:06,254 slump. 73 00:04:06,254 --> 00:04:09,064 So it's good to see him kind of break out of that. 74 00:04:09,064 --> 00:04:16,284 And he definitely, he's definitely gotten his mojo back in the last, you know, three 75 00:04:16,284 --> 00:04:16,664 games. 76 00:04:16,664 --> 00:04:19,874 He's played very well, as he has all season. 77 00:04:19,874 --> 00:04:24,604 He just went into a little bit of a slump for, you know, 17 at bats and he's finally 78 00:04:24,604 --> 00:04:25,484 coming out of it. 79 00:04:25,484 --> 00:04:29,144 So that was also good to see, kind of see him break out of it. 80 00:04:29,276 --> 00:04:33,816 So the Ashers would go on and win four to one in that second game. 81 00:04:33,956 --> 00:04:38,576 And then they would look to win the third game of the series, winning the series 82 00:04:38,576 --> 00:04:39,976 against the White Sox. 83 00:04:39,976 --> 00:04:43,596 And they would in a five to three victory. 84 00:04:43,596 --> 00:04:47,586 And Jordan Alvarez, Homer's in the first game that he played in the series. 85 00:04:47,586 --> 00:04:51,196 He was dealing with some family issues and he was not in the lineup for the first two 86 00:04:51,196 --> 00:04:54,836 games of the series, but came back and immediately Homer. 87 00:04:54,836 --> 00:04:58,524 I feel like we see this every time Jordan Alvarez goes out for a little while. 88 00:04:58,524 --> 00:05:06,623 He immediately homers and in 2020 is the most obvious example I can use. 89 00:05:06,623 --> 00:05:09,144 He was injured for the first part of the season. 90 00:05:09,144 --> 00:05:13,344 He comes back his first game against the Mariners pops a home run and then says, 91 00:05:13,344 --> 00:05:16,744 all right, I'm gonna head out and did not play for the rest of the season. 92 00:05:17,124 --> 00:05:19,744 So, hopefully we're not in that kind of situation. 93 00:05:19,744 --> 00:05:27,260 He was dealing with family problems, but he hit a home run and he drove in another. 94 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:32,000 And it was good to see because he had honestly been struggling the last few 95 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:32,980 weeks. 96 00:05:32,980 --> 00:05:38,020 So not a bad time for him to kind of get a couple days off and, you know, just kind 97 00:05:38,020 --> 00:05:39,260 of have a mental reset. 98 00:05:39,260 --> 00:05:43,800 And, you know, the Astros would pull out with a victory. 99 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:48,700 I mean, nothing really much to talk about. 100 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:50,560 Araghetti, he threw okay. 101 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:55,388 He went four and one third, gave up five hits, three runs, four walks. 102 00:05:55,388 --> 00:05:58,748 The command kind of got away from him and two K's. 103 00:05:58,748 --> 00:06:02,328 So, you know, not great, but not, you know, absolutely horrible. 104 00:06:02,328 --> 00:06:05,808 He did enough for us to be in a position to win the game. 105 00:06:05,808 --> 00:06:08,388 The white Sox aren't a good team. 106 00:06:08,388 --> 00:06:11,488 So, you know, it is what it is. 107 00:06:12,148 --> 00:06:16,388 And then moving on to Friday's game, Friday's game was probably the craziest. 108 00:06:16,668 --> 00:06:20,288 And what, you know, I'm going to say this, it was probably the craziest game of the 109 00:06:20,288 --> 00:06:22,508 season so far. 110 00:06:22,508 --> 00:06:25,276 And not for good reasons. 111 00:06:25,276 --> 00:06:31,216 But this started off what I believe to be the second most important series of the 112 00:06:31,216 --> 00:06:32,096 season. 113 00:06:32,096 --> 00:06:36,236 So I think it was very big for them to come out and get this win. 114 00:06:36,856 --> 00:06:41,876 It's unfortunate how the game progressed because early on it looked like they were 115 00:06:41,876 --> 00:06:43,276 in full control. 116 00:06:43,276 --> 00:06:46,996 Even with the fact that their starting pitcher got injured. 117 00:06:47,436 --> 00:06:51,596 I believe in the middle of the fourth inning. 118 00:06:53,852 --> 00:06:56,372 Let me let me make sure that's correct. 119 00:06:56,552 --> 00:07:01,012 Yeah, he was he was two or he was three and two thirds innings in so in the fourth 120 00:07:01,012 --> 00:07:06,372 inning he got injured with a shoulder injury. 121 00:07:06,372 --> 00:07:08,692 Jake Bloss making his major league debut. 122 00:07:08,692 --> 00:07:14,482 I think he pitched pretty okay for you know the lineup that he was facing. 123 00:07:14,482 --> 00:07:16,832 He was facing the league's best lineup. 124 00:07:16,832 --> 00:07:18,762 He gave up six hits. 125 00:07:18,780 --> 00:07:20,740 A lot of them were soft contact hits. 126 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:21,470 I'm not going to lie. 127 00:07:21,470 --> 00:07:26,899 I thought, you know, he did very well avoiding hard contact and he had one walk 128 00:07:26,899 --> 00:07:27,930 and two strikeouts. 129 00:07:27,930 --> 00:07:34,380 He gave up two runs and three and two thirds, but unfortunately he had to exit 130 00:07:34,380 --> 00:07:36,480 the game due to a shoulder injury. 131 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:43,140 all night he had been sitting 95 to 96 and on his last pitch of the night, he was at 132 00:07:43,140 --> 00:07:45,500 90 .5 miles per hour. 133 00:07:46,140 --> 00:07:47,676 so, you know, hoping. 134 00:07:47,676 --> 00:07:52,036 that it's nothing long -term because I would like to see, you know, I would like 135 00:07:52,036 --> 00:07:53,656 to see how he progresses. 136 00:07:53,656 --> 00:07:56,256 He was kind of on the fast track. 137 00:07:56,456 --> 00:08:02,116 Dana Brown, this was Dana Brown's first draft pick as an Astros general manager. 138 00:08:02,116 --> 00:08:07,476 And to see him kind of progress the way that he has, it was really exciting to 139 00:08:07,476 --> 00:08:07,706 see. 140 00:08:07,706 --> 00:08:12,876 He was part of a Corpus Christi combined no hitter last week. 141 00:08:12,876 --> 00:08:17,236 And then he immediately comes and makes his major league debut after that. 142 00:08:17,236 --> 00:08:17,788 So. 143 00:08:17,788 --> 00:08:19,768 You know, he's got good stuff. 144 00:08:19,768 --> 00:08:21,768 The Ashrows broadcast was talking about it. 145 00:08:21,768 --> 00:08:23,288 He's got very good command. 146 00:08:23,288 --> 00:08:27,448 He fills up the strike zone and he's, he's got some good velocity and some good 147 00:08:27,448 --> 00:08:28,828 breaking stuff. 148 00:08:29,428 --> 00:08:34,048 opposite of what I feel about Jose Yarkity where he's in the zone and he's, he 149 00:08:34,048 --> 00:08:36,428 doesn't have, you know, a high velocity. 150 00:08:36,428 --> 00:08:40,388 So he's, he's not missing barrels and his breaking stuff. 151 00:08:40,388 --> 00:08:42,748 It just doesn't play well. 152 00:08:43,420 --> 00:08:48,000 But I think that Jake Bloss models out pretty well for his pitch shapes and his 153 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:48,820 command. 154 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:53,840 So I'm really excited to see him come back and potentially contribute to this Astros 155 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:58,380 team who was hurting starting pitching wise. 156 00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:06,560 So outside of the starting pitching, Jake Bloss, the Astros would put up 14 runs. 157 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:10,492 They were all over the Orioles pitching. 158 00:09:10,492 --> 00:09:13,252 especially Rodriguez starting the game. 159 00:09:13,252 --> 00:09:19,792 He gave up seven runs and he was awful in five innings. 160 00:09:19,892 --> 00:09:25,452 He did have eight strikeouts, so he did kind of settle in, but you know, it was, I 161 00:09:25,452 --> 00:09:29,552 mean, the Astros just exploded for that nine run, six inning. 162 00:09:29,652 --> 00:09:34,372 And you know, you thought that they had the game pretty in hand because at that 163 00:09:34,372 --> 00:09:37,512 point they were up 14 to three. 164 00:09:37,592 --> 00:09:39,432 But unfortunately, 165 00:09:40,508 --> 00:09:48,547 Jaros Bada had to go to Sean Dubin, Nick Hernandez and Rafael Montero to try to 166 00:09:48,547 --> 00:09:52,288 fill the gaps for those middle innings and try to get outs. 167 00:09:52,868 --> 00:09:57,728 And honestly, up 14 to three, you should be able to rely on guys like that. 168 00:09:57,728 --> 00:10:03,088 I know that I called them AAA pitchers last week and they are pitching against 169 00:10:03,088 --> 00:10:05,328 the best lineup in the league. 170 00:10:05,848 --> 00:10:10,492 But what happened on Friday was kind of unacceptable from a mop up role, which it 171 00:10:10,492 --> 00:10:16,632 It kind of goes to show that losing Brandon Bielak really hurts because he was 172 00:10:16,632 --> 00:10:20,932 kind of the guy you could always rely on to give you length in these mop up roles. 173 00:10:21,152 --> 00:10:25,352 These games that you're either blowing out or getting blown out in. 174 00:10:25,532 --> 00:10:28,272 So not having him right now hurts. 175 00:10:28,432 --> 00:10:32,852 And like I said last week, it all has to do with roster construction and poor 176 00:10:32,852 --> 00:10:34,632 roster construction. 177 00:10:34,972 --> 00:10:38,876 But you pitched Sean Dubin, Nick Hernandez and Rafael Montero. 178 00:10:38,876 --> 00:10:42,246 And Sean Dubin would come in, he would pitch two and one third innings. 179 00:10:42,246 --> 00:10:44,956 He would give up one run, so not the worst. 180 00:10:45,356 --> 00:10:48,656 And then Nick Hernandez would come in, he would only pitch one and one third 181 00:10:48,656 --> 00:10:49,296 innings. 182 00:10:49,296 --> 00:10:54,796 He gave a five hits, five runs, a walk, and he gave up three home runs. 183 00:10:54,936 --> 00:10:57,696 So he was not good. 184 00:10:58,256 --> 00:11:02,326 And these are both guys that people were screaming about. 185 00:11:02,326 --> 00:11:06,516 Joe Espada not pitching in in San Francisco in a close game. 186 00:11:07,452 --> 00:11:12,312 You know, and again, it just goes to show the lack of, you know, good roster 187 00:11:12,312 --> 00:11:15,092 construction is really hurting us right now. 188 00:11:16,052 --> 00:11:20,202 like you cannot rely on these guys in a, in a 14 to three game. 189 00:11:20,202 --> 00:11:23,932 How are you going to rely on them and an extra innings game where a runner is 190 00:11:23,932 --> 00:11:25,832 automatically put on second? 191 00:11:25,832 --> 00:11:28,912 I just, I don't see it. 192 00:11:29,112 --> 00:11:33,732 so the Astros have some things to figure out in the middle of the middle relief. 193 00:11:34,292 --> 00:11:37,212 but they had to go to Rafael Montero who had been. 194 00:11:37,212 --> 00:11:41,612 you know, decent this year, but his ERA has now been inflated due to this very 195 00:11:41,612 --> 00:11:42,952 poor outing. 196 00:11:42,952 --> 00:11:49,192 He pitched a third of an inning, gave up three runs, gave up one home run and you 197 00:11:49,192 --> 00:11:50,652 know, bad. 198 00:11:50,732 --> 00:11:52,772 He was bad and he only got one out. 199 00:11:52,772 --> 00:11:56,042 So they had to go to Taylor Scott and Brian Abreu. 200 00:11:56,042 --> 00:12:00,252 Taylor Scott pitched a third of an inning, didn't give anything up. 201 00:12:00,252 --> 00:12:04,156 So he's been dominant as he has been all season. 202 00:12:04,156 --> 00:12:08,175 And then Brian Abreu who pitched for the third day in a row came in and he 203 00:12:08,175 --> 00:12:09,616 dominated as well. 204 00:12:09,616 --> 00:12:14,336 He didn't have any strikeouts, which, you know, that's usually his thing, but he 205 00:12:14,336 --> 00:12:21,096 pitched contact, which I find kind of not bad because recently his command has been 206 00:12:21,096 --> 00:12:22,396 all over the place. 207 00:12:22,396 --> 00:12:25,806 He found bats, which tells me that he was in the strike zone. 208 00:12:25,806 --> 00:12:28,356 So not a bad outing for him. 209 00:12:28,356 --> 00:12:33,596 He was able to lock it down, but the Orioles were able to mount a comeback. 210 00:12:33,596 --> 00:12:36,696 That was a safe situation for Brian Abreu. 211 00:12:36,896 --> 00:12:41,016 In the seventh inning, the Astros were up 14 to 3. 212 00:12:41,576 --> 00:12:46,136 So the Astros would go on to give up eight runs in any seven and eight. 213 00:12:46,136 --> 00:12:48,476 And they made it scary. 214 00:12:48,956 --> 00:12:53,216 You know, Joe Espada should not have to use Brian Abreu in a game where they led 215 00:12:53,216 --> 00:12:56,296 at 14 to 3 at any point. 216 00:12:56,356 --> 00:12:58,036 And I'm just going to keep reaching it. 217 00:12:58,036 --> 00:12:59,276 Poor roster construction. 218 00:12:59,276 --> 00:13:03,684 Having two, three guys, two guys in the middle innings. 219 00:13:04,896 --> 00:13:10,216 who just aren't majorly pitchers, pitching in that situation. 220 00:13:10,216 --> 00:13:13,376 Just not good, not good, not good, not good. 221 00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:17,196 So moving on, we're gonna, they got the win. 222 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:20,936 So, you know, they say that there's no such thing as an ugly win. 223 00:13:20,936 --> 00:13:22,276 It's just a win. 224 00:13:23,676 --> 00:13:28,036 but that was an ugly win, but it set the tone for the series. 225 00:13:28,036 --> 00:13:32,236 The Astros would go on to win and then they would go on to win on Saturday as 226 00:13:32,236 --> 00:13:34,004 well, winning five to one. 227 00:13:34,578 --> 00:13:41,888 they got to, Corbin burns, which I like to see because Corbin burns has been one of 228 00:13:41,888 --> 00:13:45,688 the most dominant pitchers in major league baseball this season. 229 00:13:46,178 --> 00:13:49,028 but honestly, he couldn't match. 230 00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:54,068 Rene Blanco and Rene Blanco isn't the stepfather. 231 00:13:54,068 --> 00:13:55,828 He's the father that stepped up. 232 00:13:55,828 --> 00:13:58,428 He's he's dominated for us all season. 233 00:13:58,428 --> 00:14:02,418 I mean, he's, he's just, he's incredible, man. 234 00:14:02,418 --> 00:14:03,348 I. 235 00:14:03,548 --> 00:14:04,888 He's an all -star by the way. 236 00:14:04,888 --> 00:14:08,708 I said that he needed one or two good starts last last episode. 237 00:14:08,708 --> 00:14:13,868 I think that this seven inning outing only giving up one run against the best lineup 238 00:14:13,868 --> 00:14:17,448 in baseball solidified that he's an all -star. 239 00:14:17,448 --> 00:14:23,328 He will probably have I believe one or two more starts before the all -star break. 240 00:14:23,328 --> 00:14:27,928 And I don't think it matters what happens in between those two starts because he's 241 00:14:27,928 --> 00:14:29,487 earned it. 242 00:14:30,076 --> 00:14:35,996 He's honestly putting up a bid for the starting pitcher spot because he now is in 243 00:14:35,996 --> 00:14:44,796 second place in ERA for pitchers qualified for starting pitchers qualified in the AL. 244 00:14:44,796 --> 00:14:50,136 I believe it's him and Luis Guile for the Yankees that are one and two. 245 00:14:50,136 --> 00:14:53,776 So, you know, I expect him to be an all star at this point. 246 00:14:53,776 --> 00:14:56,216 You can't really avoid it. 247 00:14:56,216 --> 00:14:59,156 He threw a no hitter in his first start of the season. 248 00:15:00,060 --> 00:15:02,580 He's dominated on almost every other start. 249 00:15:02,580 --> 00:15:05,260 He's had maybe two bad starts. 250 00:15:05,260 --> 00:15:09,920 And I say that in air quotes because those were starts where he gave up four or five 251 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:14,320 runs, which every Astros pitcher has done so far this season consistently. 252 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,480 And he's been the one guy that you can constantly rely on. 253 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,800 This was the Astros biggest game of the season that they've played. 254 00:15:22,180 --> 00:15:25,340 Probably like the third or fourth biggest game of the season that they've played so 255 00:15:25,340 --> 00:15:26,520 far. 256 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,956 And he went out there. 257 00:15:28,956 --> 00:15:30,636 And he dominated for us. 258 00:15:30,636 --> 00:15:35,816 And I just, there are not enough words for me to describe how much I appreciate what 259 00:15:35,816 --> 00:15:39,256 Ronaldo Blanco has been going out and doing for us. 260 00:15:39,556 --> 00:15:45,616 especially with the way, you know, he came up, as a major leaguer and he struggled 261 00:15:45,616 --> 00:15:47,996 last year when he got the opportunity. 262 00:15:48,416 --> 00:15:52,976 so the fact that he is kind of put that behind him and he's been able to reset has 263 00:15:52,976 --> 00:15:54,236 been huge. 264 00:15:54,436 --> 00:15:58,132 but the Astros would go on to win five to one. 265 00:15:58,652 --> 00:16:01,432 And Chas McCormick had a big game. 266 00:16:01,432 --> 00:16:05,512 He had two home runs and he played very well. 267 00:16:05,512 --> 00:16:10,512 Alvarez also had another home run and Yair Diaz had a triple. 268 00:16:10,512 --> 00:16:15,792 So it's good to see him kind of getting things back on track after he didn't play 269 00:16:15,792 --> 00:16:18,752 very much in Chicago due to a hand injury. 270 00:16:18,752 --> 00:16:24,052 So it's good to kind of see him get reintegrated into the lineup after 271 00:16:24,052 --> 00:16:25,852 Karatini had gone down. 272 00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:29,052 And Joey Loprofito actually came back on Friday. 273 00:16:29,052 --> 00:16:31,792 I didn't even mention this in the Friday recap. 274 00:16:31,792 --> 00:16:36,312 And he proved why he needs to be in the lineup almost every day. 275 00:16:36,312 --> 00:16:41,992 He had two doubles and he played very well defensively. 276 00:16:41,992 --> 00:16:47,092 He had probably one of the best catches I've seen all season in that first inning 277 00:16:47,092 --> 00:16:48,692 for Jake Bloss. 278 00:16:49,752 --> 00:16:54,492 I believe that that was Jake Bloss' first career out or put out. 279 00:16:54,972 --> 00:16:57,552 not out, but recorded out. 280 00:16:57,892 --> 00:17:00,692 And it was very impressive to see. 281 00:17:00,692 --> 00:17:04,948 It just goes to show what... 282 00:17:06,524 --> 00:17:11,984 You know, this roster has kind of, how this roster has kind of played out and, 283 00:17:11,984 --> 00:17:18,204 you know, it just goes to show that Jose Abreu really was preventing other guys 284 00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:22,784 that can produce from playing, which again, sucks to say, because I wished that 285 00:17:22,784 --> 00:17:25,964 Jose Abreu would have been the player that we knew in Chicago. 286 00:17:26,644 --> 00:17:27,904 but it just didn't turn out that way. 287 00:17:27,904 --> 00:17:34,464 And he was, he was a hole in the lineup and he was not creating opportunities, for 288 00:17:34,464 --> 00:17:36,054 these other people. 289 00:17:36,348 --> 00:17:39,188 these other guys that could produce. 290 00:17:39,268 --> 00:17:42,728 He just wasn't given them the opportunity and he was handcuffing the Astros. 291 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:44,608 So I'm glad that they finally cut ties. 292 00:17:44,608 --> 00:17:50,188 I'm glad to see Joey Lopofito come back up and immediately produce because, you know, 293 00:17:50,188 --> 00:17:54,828 some people might've been concerned that he came, he would come up and slump 294 00:17:54,828 --> 00:17:59,368 because he hadn't seen major league pitching in a while, but he didn't. 295 00:17:59,368 --> 00:18:01,768 At least on Friday, he played well. 296 00:18:01,768 --> 00:18:05,564 On Saturday, he went over, but yeah, it is what it is. 297 00:18:05,564 --> 00:18:09,104 You're not going to get ahead every game, but the Astros are going to win five to 298 00:18:09,104 --> 00:18:10,354 one. 299 00:18:11,084 --> 00:18:15,244 and you know, they've, they've won the series, but like I said, they need to go 300 00:18:15,244 --> 00:18:17,254 out and they need to sweep. 301 00:18:18,144 --> 00:18:21,784 I know that it, I think it's been a while since the Orioles have been swept. 302 00:18:21,784 --> 00:18:25,144 I know that earlier in the year, there was this crazy stat where they hadn't swept 303 00:18:25,144 --> 00:18:27,234 since Adley Rushman came up. 304 00:18:27,234 --> 00:18:32,684 I don't know if that's still true, but it would be huge to get that sweep today. 305 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,220 and I believe that it is from Revaldez on the mound. 306 00:18:36,220 --> 00:18:39,720 So it'll be interesting to see how he bounces back from that. 307 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:40,840 Not poor start. 308 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:44,040 I don't want to call it a poor start because he did pitch six innings and only 309 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,480 give up two runs, but it wasn't his best start. 310 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,960 So hopefully he can come out there and he can compete against a very good lineup. 311 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:57,520 and you know, I just have a couple of, I guess, since I covered Jake Bloss and 312 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:02,204 Victor Carantini already just one injury update or maybe two with. 313 00:19:02,204 --> 00:19:07,904 Luis Garcia, but Kyle Tucker, he still isn't running. 314 00:19:07,904 --> 00:19:13,584 He's jogging according to Dana Brown, but no baseball activity yet, which is really 315 00:19:13,584 --> 00:19:14,044 concerning. 316 00:19:14,044 --> 00:19:19,804 This must be the world's most extreme bone bruise, which I, you know, I can see based 317 00:19:19,804 --> 00:19:23,364 off of how hard he hit that ball off of his leg, but it's just a little bit 318 00:19:23,364 --> 00:19:27,524 concerning because of the fact that the Astros came out and said that he should be 319 00:19:27,524 --> 00:19:30,184 ready for that Friday game last week. 320 00:19:30,184 --> 00:19:31,708 And it's now been. 321 00:19:31,708 --> 00:19:36,008 Another week since he's been injured and he's still not doing any baseball 322 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:37,228 activity. 323 00:19:38,208 --> 00:19:43,528 so that's a little concerning, but you know, hopefully he comes back stronger and 324 00:19:43,528 --> 00:19:48,148 you know, he keeps putting up those MVP numbers that he has been, because the 325 00:19:48,148 --> 00:19:51,668 Astros are going to need it if they really are going to do the damn thing. 326 00:19:51,728 --> 00:19:56,528 they're giving me hope again, which, you know, I could either hate or love. 327 00:19:56,748 --> 00:19:59,942 I could hate it because they could just rip it away from me again. 328 00:20:00,188 --> 00:20:04,328 Or I could love it because this could be the sign of, you know, turning the ship 329 00:20:04,328 --> 00:20:05,468 around. 330 00:20:05,708 --> 00:20:09,268 But they're not going to be able to turn the ship around without Luis Garcia. 331 00:20:09,468 --> 00:20:13,528 And they're going to need him to come up big, especially with the Major League best 332 00:20:13,528 --> 00:20:17,228 six starting pitchers on the IL that the Astros currently hold. 333 00:20:18,048 --> 00:20:19,378 They're going to need him to be big. 334 00:20:19,378 --> 00:20:24,428 And I believe that he is going to do he's going to pitch in a simulated game down in 335 00:20:24,428 --> 00:20:26,128 the Florida complex. 336 00:20:26,508 --> 00:20:28,408 You know, Astros spring training site. 337 00:20:28,408 --> 00:20:30,172 And if. 338 00:20:30,172 --> 00:20:32,462 All things go well and he recovers well from that. 339 00:20:32,462 --> 00:20:37,652 He will then go on to start in some rehab assignments, which is awesome to hear. 340 00:20:37,652 --> 00:20:41,452 I'm excited to see Luis Garcia come back this season. 341 00:20:41,452 --> 00:20:46,792 He had pitched pretty well for the games that he played in last season. 342 00:20:46,792 --> 00:20:51,812 So I'm excited to see him come back and see if he can improve upon that. 343 00:20:52,472 --> 00:20:54,692 And they're going to need him big. 344 00:20:54,692 --> 00:20:59,004 They're going to need him to eat innings and pitch well. 345 00:20:59,004 --> 00:21:03,408 And I mean, I think that that pretty much wraps up my Astra's recap. 346 00:21:04,111 --> 00:21:07,031 That was a great recap Joe and just like your team. 347 00:21:07,031 --> 00:21:09,891 It's been actually a really good week for the Braves as well. 348 00:21:09,891 --> 00:21:15,071 We haven't played the Sunday day game yet, but so far this week they're four and one 349 00:21:15,071 --> 00:21:16,791 which is really great to hear. 350 00:21:16,791 --> 00:21:20,731 They had a home series with the Tigers to start and then they've been playing in New 351 00:21:20,731 --> 00:21:25,311 York for the last two games and now we'll finish up in New York today. 352 00:21:26,051 --> 00:21:30,451 The home series against Detroit went really well for them. 353 00:21:30,451 --> 00:21:33,583 Monday they won two to one against the Tigers. 354 00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:36,283 Max Fried threw five and a third innings. 355 00:21:36,283 --> 00:21:38,343 He had three walks and six K's. 356 00:21:38,343 --> 00:21:43,123 Not his best command, but he managed to kind of scrap through those five and a 357 00:21:43,123 --> 00:21:44,603 third innings. 358 00:21:44,663 --> 00:21:48,783 Forrest Wall is back with the big league club. 359 00:21:48,783 --> 00:21:50,703 He's a really athletic guy overall. 360 00:21:50,703 --> 00:21:52,183 He moves well. 361 00:21:52,183 --> 00:21:57,443 And he had a big RBI that tied the game in the bottom of the seventh to score Austin 362 00:21:57,443 --> 00:21:58,423 Riley. 363 00:21:58,823 --> 00:22:00,623 And then in the bottom of the eighth, 364 00:22:00,623 --> 00:22:04,083 Ozzy hit one in the chop house and made it two to one and that was pretty much the 365 00:22:04,083 --> 00:22:05,263 ball came. 366 00:22:05,303 --> 00:22:06,373 So shout out to Oz. 367 00:22:06,373 --> 00:22:10,143 I love watching that dude swing a bat, especially when he's going right. 368 00:22:10,143 --> 00:22:11,783 It's awesome to see. 369 00:22:12,603 --> 00:22:15,543 Tuesday's game, also a two to one victory. 370 00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:20,143 Spencer Swalenbach had another quality start. 371 00:22:20,143 --> 00:22:22,923 So his last two starts have been really good. 372 00:22:22,923 --> 00:22:26,523 His command has looked pretty good as well. 373 00:22:26,735 --> 00:22:29,075 Through six innings, like I said, he only gave up one run. 374 00:22:29,075 --> 00:22:31,735 He had two walks and seven K's. 375 00:22:32,195 --> 00:22:35,915 And I, he looks really good. 376 00:22:35,915 --> 00:22:38,855 Like I said, this was a quality start. 377 00:22:38,855 --> 00:22:41,455 His last start was a quality start. 378 00:22:42,115 --> 00:22:46,835 He just, man, he just throws strikes, which is huge in today's game. 379 00:22:46,835 --> 00:22:48,895 He is definitely more of a pitcher. 380 00:22:48,895 --> 00:22:51,835 He's got several pitches that he can throw for strikes. 381 00:22:51,835 --> 00:22:56,367 And I'm really interested to see where he goes and how he continues to progress. 382 00:22:56,367 --> 00:23:00,847 Ozzy and Ozuna both had RBIs in the bottom of the first and that was pretty much all 383 00:23:00,847 --> 00:23:03,687 the scoring for this game. 384 00:23:03,787 --> 00:23:10,807 And then Wednesday, Wednesday was a 7 -0 shutout for the Braves. 385 00:23:12,007 --> 00:23:18,867 The Braves actually beat up on Scoobble who was probably the AL Cy Young favorite 386 00:23:18,867 --> 00:23:20,527 at this point in the season. 387 00:23:20,607 --> 00:23:25,087 He only threw four innings, he gave up five runs and also had two walks against 388 00:23:25,087 --> 00:23:25,903 the Braves. 389 00:23:25,903 --> 00:23:29,983 He did have seven strikeouts, but like I said, he gave up five runs against the 390 00:23:29,983 --> 00:23:30,083 Braves. 391 00:23:30,083 --> 00:23:32,103 That was huge for them. 392 00:23:32,483 --> 00:23:37,043 Sean Murphy went four for four on this day with two homers and four RBIs. 393 00:23:37,043 --> 00:23:39,523 That was huge for Murph to get going. 394 00:23:39,523 --> 00:23:43,603 They need his back to get going if they are going to be successful. 395 00:23:43,603 --> 00:23:48,063 And then Ramon Louriano also homered. 396 00:23:48,263 --> 00:23:55,215 And then once again, this guy, Reynaldo Lopez, five innings pitched. 397 00:23:55,215 --> 00:23:57,195 One walk, six Ks. 398 00:23:57,195 --> 00:24:01,095 That actually brought his ERA down to 157. 399 00:24:01,095 --> 00:24:03,875 And he doesn't have quite the innings to qualify. 400 00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:07,425 So you won't see his like on baseball reference or anything like that. 401 00:24:07,425 --> 00:24:11,875 But just know that he is having a phenomenal year and he deserves to be an 402 00:24:11,875 --> 00:24:12,775 All -Star. 403 00:24:12,775 --> 00:24:16,695 I think the Braves have three guys that could be All -Stars on the pitching side 404 00:24:16,695 --> 00:24:17,555 at least. 405 00:24:17,555 --> 00:24:19,655 And one hitter and that's Ozuna. 406 00:24:19,655 --> 00:24:21,935 But we'll get to that in just a little bit. 407 00:24:22,155 --> 00:24:25,273 And then let's see, they had an off day Thursday. 408 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,059 traveled to New York for a series with the Yankees. 409 00:24:29,059 --> 00:24:34,559 So Friday, the Braves played and actually won 8 -1. 410 00:24:34,679 --> 00:24:37,589 Chris Sale threw five innings, only gave up one earned run. 411 00:24:37,589 --> 00:24:39,719 He had three walks and eight Ks. 412 00:24:39,719 --> 00:24:44,499 Like I said, the three walks is a little different for Sale because he's not a guy 413 00:24:44,499 --> 00:24:47,219 that typically walks a lot of batters. 414 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,299 But he managed to get through five innings, only giving up one run. 415 00:24:50,299 --> 00:24:53,469 And that actually helped bring his ERA down to 291. 416 00:24:53,647 --> 00:24:57,107 The Braves beat up on Carlos Rodon, which was awesome. 417 00:24:57,107 --> 00:24:59,097 He only threw three and two -thirds innings. 418 00:24:59,097 --> 00:25:00,887 He gave up eight runs. 419 00:25:00,887 --> 00:25:04,047 He had two walks and only three caves. 420 00:25:04,307 --> 00:25:09,907 The Braves hit five doubles and three home runs in this game in route to an eight to 421 00:25:09,907 --> 00:25:12,247 one victory against the Yankees. 422 00:25:12,387 --> 00:25:16,947 Now my favorite part of this game is that Chris Sale was absolutely gassed up for 423 00:25:16,947 --> 00:25:19,547 this game, touching 98. 424 00:25:19,547 --> 00:25:22,351 And he actually struck out. 425 00:25:22,351 --> 00:25:25,971 Juan Soto and Aaron Judge twice in this game. 426 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,561 So shout out to Sailman. 427 00:25:27,561 --> 00:25:29,551 He looks fantastic. 428 00:25:29,551 --> 00:25:34,731 If they can just get him healthy and into October, he is going to be a real weapon 429 00:25:34,731 --> 00:25:36,571 for them. 430 00:25:36,991 --> 00:25:41,071 And then yesterday's game was actually their first loss of the week. 431 00:25:41,071 --> 00:25:43,931 They lost eight to three against the Yankees. 432 00:25:43,971 --> 00:25:46,631 Charlie Morton didn't look good. 433 00:25:46,631 --> 00:25:50,751 He went five and two thirds, he gave up five earned runs, but he also had five 434 00:25:50,751 --> 00:25:51,771 walks. 435 00:25:52,047 --> 00:25:54,467 And he only had four strikeouts. 436 00:25:54,827 --> 00:25:57,917 The walks are killing him and that's what always hurts him. 437 00:25:57,917 --> 00:25:59,667 Walks and hit by pitches. 438 00:25:59,887 --> 00:26:03,927 He had five walks and the Aaron Bummer also had three walks. 439 00:26:03,927 --> 00:26:06,727 So as a pitching staff, not a great job yesterday. 440 00:26:06,727 --> 00:26:08,467 Eight walks total. 441 00:26:08,467 --> 00:26:15,607 And the only real bright spot for the offense was Marcelo Zuna hitting a home 442 00:26:15,607 --> 00:26:19,547 run, which actually started out the scoring yesterday, but it turns out it 443 00:26:19,547 --> 00:26:20,867 didn't really matter. 444 00:26:21,743 --> 00:26:26,993 Overall for the Braves Orlando Arcia and Adam Duvall are still struggling. 445 00:26:26,993 --> 00:26:33,823 They are really having a hard time Orlando Arcia it has a negative f4 as of the last 446 00:26:33,823 --> 00:26:39,323 six to eight weeks and for those of you who don't know that includes defense I'm 447 00:26:39,323 --> 00:26:44,703 not saying that Nacho Alvarez is the answer but when you look at his stats in 448 00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:50,735 AAA he's got a slash line of 364 417 and 659 449 00:26:50,735 --> 00:26:53,805 He's hit three home runs there in 10 games. 450 00:26:53,805 --> 00:26:56,335 He's got 16 hits in 10 games. 451 00:26:56,715 --> 00:27:03,495 If the defense is just average defense and he comes up and he can put up an OVP of 452 00:27:03,495 --> 00:27:07,515 360, 370, that is an upgrade over Orlando Arcia. 453 00:27:07,815 --> 00:27:09,535 I like Arcia. 454 00:27:09,535 --> 00:27:13,535 Overall, his glove actually looks really good this year, but lately it hasn't been 455 00:27:13,535 --> 00:27:14,775 that great. 456 00:27:15,075 --> 00:27:20,039 So I know the Braves don't want to rush Nacho because he just turned 21 this year. 457 00:27:20,175 --> 00:27:25,935 But at this point, I would really like to see him get a shot. 458 00:27:26,515 --> 00:27:30,715 Nacho seems like the kind of guy that could thrive on hitting ninth and really 459 00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:32,615 turn the lineup over well. 460 00:27:32,715 --> 00:27:35,255 So I don't know if, I don't know, I don't know. 461 00:27:35,255 --> 00:27:40,535 And I really don't think that Arcia, I don't think that, you know, his time is 462 00:27:40,535 --> 00:27:44,615 ticking, but it could be because the Braves have shown before that they are not 463 00:27:44,615 --> 00:27:48,771 afraid to bring guys up if they feel like they're ready. 464 00:27:48,815 --> 00:27:50,625 Adam Duvall is still struggling. 465 00:27:50,625 --> 00:27:54,475 I still feel like at the trade deadline the only move that they really make is 466 00:27:54,475 --> 00:27:56,535 they're gonna go get an outfield bet. 467 00:27:56,535 --> 00:28:00,655 Maybe like Jesse Winker who hits right hander pitching really well. 468 00:28:01,175 --> 00:28:05,295 And that's pretty much the only moves I really see them making at the trade 469 00:28:05,295 --> 00:28:06,175 deadline. 470 00:28:06,775 --> 00:28:09,695 And then two real positives for the Braves. 471 00:28:09,795 --> 00:28:13,435 Since Ronald Acuna has gone down, the Braves have been looking for a leadoff 472 00:28:13,435 --> 00:28:14,195 man. 473 00:28:14,195 --> 00:28:18,825 They had tried out the Michael Harris experiment and the Ozzy Albies experience. 474 00:28:18,831 --> 00:28:22,291 And you know, those went okay. 475 00:28:22,291 --> 00:28:24,491 But let me just throw this out there. 476 00:28:25,031 --> 00:28:29,271 Jared Kelnick has taken over and owned the leadoff role. 477 00:28:30,451 --> 00:28:36,351 He's got a 1 .034 OPS batting first this year. 478 00:28:36,351 --> 00:28:39,151 For those of you who don't know, those are Ronald Acuna numbers. 479 00:28:39,151 --> 00:28:44,051 He's hitting 371 with the 405 OBP and a 629 slug. 480 00:28:44,971 --> 00:28:46,791 That's awesome. 481 00:28:46,791 --> 00:28:48,515 He needs to stay there. 482 00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:53,687 And since May 21st, I keep bringing this date back up, but that's when he made the 483 00:28:53,687 --> 00:29:00,227 stance change Since that date he's got an 899 OPS and he's brought his K rate down 484 00:29:00,227 --> 00:29:06,987 to 21 % which is actually pretty good So I'm I'm really happy to see Kalanick just 485 00:29:06,987 --> 00:29:07,787 playing well. 486 00:29:07,787 --> 00:29:13,907 He's been doing a great job in the leadoff spot He runs exceptionally well, too So 487 00:29:13,907 --> 00:29:16,655 he's not Ronald Acuna, but he's doing the best he can 488 00:29:16,655 --> 00:29:18,405 And he looks pretty solid hitting lead off. 489 00:29:18,405 --> 00:29:19,687 I like him up there. 490 00:29:21,263 --> 00:29:26,063 And then Austin Riley, Austin Riley has been on a real burner. 491 00:29:27,603 --> 00:29:35,803 while the team was in Baltimore, Riley met with, the late great Mike Bromley, who was 492 00:29:35,803 --> 00:29:40,023 his, who was his go -to guy as far as his hitting instructor. 493 00:29:40,023 --> 00:29:42,843 And Bromley helped him with the swing while he was in Baltimore. 494 00:29:42,843 --> 00:29:47,603 And then when they got home, Austin Riley has gone on this just absolute tear. 495 00:29:47,603 --> 00:29:50,031 Now, sadly, Mike Bromley just passed away. 496 00:29:50,031 --> 00:29:57,751 Just a couple weeks ago right after they left Baltimore But since Riley met with 497 00:29:57,751 --> 00:30:03,271 Brumley and he's had he helped him with his swing Riley's played in eight games. 498 00:30:03,271 --> 00:30:10,871 Okay He's got four homers and nine orbeez in that stretch since June 14th He's 499 00:30:10,871 --> 00:30:13,851 hitting 500 and he's slugging over a thousand. 500 00:30:13,851 --> 00:30:18,735 Okay, that is not a mistake I mean, he's also got a 1 .1 f4 and eight games 501 00:30:18,735 --> 00:30:20,955 And he just he looks great at the plate right now. 502 00:30:20,955 --> 00:30:27,235 He looks locked in and he's just he is one of those guys that if the Braves want a 503 00:30:27,235 --> 00:30:32,155 chance to win this division and go deep in the postseason He's one of those guys that 504 00:30:32,155 --> 00:30:37,175 has to be right because he is one of the catalysts of this offense So shout out to 505 00:30:37,175 --> 00:30:37,385 Riley. 506 00:30:37,385 --> 00:30:41,735 I know he's going through some hard times with losing Brumley But you're making him 507 00:30:41,735 --> 00:30:44,775 proud by hitting that well and playing that well 508 00:30:46,863 --> 00:30:51,163 So that pretty much wraps up my Braves Update, Joe. 509 00:30:51,163 --> 00:30:53,843 Both of our teams have had really good weeks. 510 00:30:53,923 --> 00:30:56,703 Some key players are actually playing really well. 511 00:30:56,703 --> 00:30:59,443 And then throughout the league, we've actually had some pretty interesting 512 00:30:59,443 --> 00:31:00,983 things happen as well. 513 00:31:00,983 --> 00:31:10,303 We actually had the first annual Rick Wood field game in Birmingham, Alabama. 514 00:31:10,303 --> 00:31:14,543 It is the oldest ballpark in the US. 515 00:31:14,543 --> 00:31:16,719 It was built in 1910. 516 00:31:16,719 --> 00:31:20,899 and it was home to the Negro leagues for many, many years. 517 00:31:20,899 --> 00:31:25,579 And we actually got to see a professional baseball game played there this week 518 00:31:25,579 --> 00:31:27,999 against the Giants and the Cardinals. 519 00:31:28,159 --> 00:31:30,539 The Cardinals actually won six to five. 520 00:31:30,539 --> 00:31:32,039 It was actually a really good game. 521 00:31:32,039 --> 00:31:37,119 And there was about, I think, 8 ,000 or 9 ,000 people in attendance for this. 522 00:31:37,119 --> 00:31:42,099 I don't know that if fans like us, Joe, would ever be able to attend a game at 523 00:31:42,099 --> 00:31:45,851 Rickwood, but that would be pretty cool. 524 00:31:47,860 --> 00:31:52,390 that, but it was, it was really cool to see. 525 00:31:52,390 --> 00:31:56,450 I hope this is something that, that MLB continues to do. 526 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:04,120 and then what turned out, what was going to be a game where they honored Willie 527 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:08,460 Mays, they actually did end up honoring him and remembering him because he passed 528 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:09,870 away on Monday or Tuesday. 529 00:32:09,870 --> 00:32:15,847 I'm sorry, Tuesday, I believe on the 14th, or the 18th, I'm sorry, the 18th. 530 00:32:15,983 --> 00:32:21,923 In my honest opinion, I believe that Willie Mays is the greatest position 531 00:32:21,923 --> 00:32:25,043 player to have ever played the game. 532 00:32:25,063 --> 00:32:29,013 He was a 12 -time Gold Glover, a 24 -time All -Star. 533 00:32:29,013 --> 00:32:31,183 He hit 660 home runs. 534 00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:33,423 He stole 339 bags. 535 00:32:33,423 --> 00:32:36,583 He's got a lifetime OPS of 940. 536 00:32:36,603 --> 00:32:41,563 And according to Baseball Reference, if any of you have ever dug into any stats, 537 00:32:41,723 --> 00:32:44,679 they consider a season with eight 538 00:32:44,879 --> 00:32:48,379 Be war or better to be an MVP type season. 539 00:32:48,379 --> 00:32:52,799 Well, Willie Mays had 11 of those Now granted he I think you only had a couple 540 00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:58,199 of MVP MVPs to show for but in terms of advanced analytics He had 11 seasons 541 00:32:58,199 --> 00:33:04,279 worthy of an MVP If you go back and look at some of the old highlights of him 542 00:33:04,279 --> 00:33:08,939 playing I've actually been listening to some podcast about Willie Mays this week 543 00:33:08,979 --> 00:33:14,703 His life his legacy was just incredible So he will be dearly missed 544 00:33:14,703 --> 00:33:19,063 But we'll always have those old clips and all of these old Pat podcasts to go back 545 00:33:19,063 --> 00:33:23,703 and listen to greatness and to everything that everybody has ever said about him. 546 00:33:24,643 --> 00:33:29,663 So that kind of wraps up Rickwood and Willie Mays. 547 00:33:29,663 --> 00:33:31,623 Joe, what else do we want to talk about today? 548 00:33:31,623 --> 00:33:33,063 Do we want to talk about the All -Star? 549 00:33:33,063 --> 00:33:34,556 The All -Star stuff? 550 00:33:34,556 --> 00:33:39,156 Yeah, let's go ahead and dive into the All -Star Ballot as it stands right now. 551 00:33:39,156 --> 00:33:45,476 For the AL, for the catcher position, you got Adley Rutchman and Salvador Perez, two 552 00:33:45,476 --> 00:33:48,836 guys that have been dominating at the catcher spot leading the way. 553 00:33:48,836 --> 00:33:57,456 Then you got Jose Trevino, Danly Jansen, Jonah Hyam, and Yiner Diaz to round out 554 00:33:57,456 --> 00:33:59,056 the top six. 555 00:33:59,556 --> 00:34:01,842 And then for first baseman, 556 00:34:01,948 --> 00:34:04,108 You got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 557 00:34:04,108 --> 00:34:08,588 leading and then Ryan Mountcastle following close behind. 558 00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:15,268 And then Josh Naylor, Anthony Rizzo, Nathaniel Lowe and Vinny Pascuantino. 559 00:34:15,268 --> 00:34:21,568 And then you actually see John Singleton in the top 10 at seven, which I think is 560 00:34:21,568 --> 00:34:23,108 kind of funny. 561 00:34:23,808 --> 00:34:29,068 But then moving on to second baseman, you've got Jose Altube, well deserved 562 00:34:29,068 --> 00:34:31,772 because he has been one of the best hitters in the league. 563 00:34:31,772 --> 00:34:36,672 this year, as he is most years. 564 00:34:36,672 --> 00:34:42,452 And then you got Marcus Simeon, who is the host of the All -Star Game as it is being 565 00:34:42,452 --> 00:34:44,332 held in Arlington. 566 00:34:44,632 --> 00:34:52,952 And then you got Michael Massey, Jorge Mateo, Andres Jimenez, and then David 567 00:34:52,952 --> 00:34:54,152 Schneider. 568 00:34:54,152 --> 00:35:00,572 And you got guys like Gleyber Torres, Brandon Jury, Jorge Polanco, and then 569 00:35:00,572 --> 00:35:01,468 Vaughn Grisham. 570 00:35:01,468 --> 00:35:04,688 in the top 10 for second baseman. 571 00:35:04,688 --> 00:35:11,168 Altube has a pretty big margin, so I'm hoping that he kind of locks that down 572 00:35:11,168 --> 00:35:12,748 here soon. 573 00:35:12,748 --> 00:35:19,508 The Astros have three starters currently as it stands for the All -Star game in 574 00:35:19,508 --> 00:35:20,868 terms of voting. 575 00:35:21,288 --> 00:35:24,608 And it'd be nice to see a fourth with a Blanco thrown in there. 576 00:35:24,608 --> 00:35:28,928 I'm just saying, I'm just saying I'm going to keep making my case for him. 577 00:35:29,724 --> 00:35:35,884 So moving on to third baseman, you got Jose Ramirez leading the way and it's not 578 00:35:35,884 --> 00:35:37,484 even that race is over. 579 00:35:37,484 --> 00:35:41,424 Jose Ramirez will be the starting third baseman for the AL. 580 00:35:41,724 --> 00:35:44,844 He leads by a good 400 ,000 votes. 581 00:35:45,504 --> 00:35:52,084 And then second on the list is Jordan Westberg, third Rafael Devers, fourth 582 00:35:52,084 --> 00:35:58,412 Oswaldo Cabrera, Isaiah Conor -Falefa, Josh Smith, Alex Bregman in the top seven. 583 00:36:00,216 --> 00:36:08,076 Luis Renjifo, Esauk Parades, you know, just not a, not a very strong, third base 584 00:36:08,076 --> 00:36:13,936 position in the AL, not a very strong first base position in the AL either, but 585 00:36:13,956 --> 00:36:15,225 you know, it is what it is. 586 00:36:15,225 --> 00:36:19,046 And then moving on to shortstop, you got Gunnar Henderson, leading the way. 587 00:36:19,046 --> 00:36:20,616 You got Bobby Wood Jr. 588 00:36:20,616 --> 00:36:22,216 Two MVP candidates right there. 589 00:36:22,216 --> 00:36:24,716 You got MVP one and MVP two. 590 00:36:25,676 --> 00:36:29,332 but Gunnar Henderson is, kind of pulling away from that. 591 00:36:30,244 --> 00:36:35,264 then you got guys like Anthony Volpe, Corey Seeger, Bubba Shet, Jeremy Pena in 592 00:36:35,264 --> 00:36:36,224 the top six. 593 00:36:36,224 --> 00:36:38,444 Astros have a lot of players in the top six. 594 00:36:38,444 --> 00:36:41,444 I don't know if that's, I mean, that's obviously just because the fans keep 595 00:36:41,444 --> 00:36:42,524 voting for them like crazy. 596 00:36:42,524 --> 00:36:45,164 I don't know if they exactly deserve it. 597 00:36:46,044 --> 00:36:51,474 but you know, I think Pena you could kind of make a case for he, he deserves it. 598 00:36:51,474 --> 00:36:53,344 Regman not so much. 599 00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:55,744 Singleton not so much. 600 00:36:56,604 --> 00:37:00,424 But moving on to designated hitters, someone who does deserve it very much. 601 00:37:00,424 --> 00:37:04,504 Jordán Álvarez is leading the designated hitters. 602 00:37:05,084 --> 00:37:07,464 And John Carlos Stanton is pretty close behind. 603 00:37:07,464 --> 00:37:12,464 So I'm hoping that Jordán can keep playing well to kind of pull himself away. 604 00:37:12,464 --> 00:37:15,174 He hadn't played very well at the beginning of the season. 605 00:37:15,174 --> 00:37:18,824 So the fact that he is leading the All -Star voting is kind of impressive to me 606 00:37:18,824 --> 00:37:23,664 because he hasn't played well and he's kind of turned it around in the recent 607 00:37:23,664 --> 00:37:26,882 weeks and his numbers are already looking so much better. 608 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:32,220 so then moving on to outfielders, you got Aaron judge, Juan Soto, Kyle Tucker, 609 00:37:32,220 --> 00:37:37,720 Steven Kwan, Anthony Santander and Alex Rodugo all in the top six, which means 610 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:40,820 they would all be considered for a starting spot. 611 00:37:41,580 --> 00:37:48,180 they, and if you're in the top six for outfield, you move on, to, and then they 612 00:37:48,180 --> 00:37:51,030 narrow it down to the top three who then start. 613 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,858 so Kyle Tucker is currently in third. 614 00:37:53,916 --> 00:37:58,226 And there's a pretty big gap between him and Stephen Kwan who's in fourth. 615 00:37:58,226 --> 00:38:01,816 So I'm hoping, you know, that he's probably going to lock that down. 616 00:38:01,816 --> 00:38:04,776 Aaron Judge and Juan Soto have over a million votes. 617 00:38:04,776 --> 00:38:09,836 So Kyle Tucker's only way to the All -Star game as a starter would be just continuing 618 00:38:09,836 --> 00:38:11,016 to beat out Stephen Kwan. 619 00:38:11,016 --> 00:38:15,256 I don't know how much his injury and lack of playing in the recent weeks is going to 620 00:38:15,256 --> 00:38:16,396 affect that. 621 00:38:16,536 --> 00:38:21,896 But he's put up MVP type numbers as well, right beside Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, 622 00:38:21,896 --> 00:38:23,760 Gunnar Henderson and Bobby Witt. 623 00:38:23,772 --> 00:38:33,212 So hopefully he can come back in the next week and keep where he left off. 624 00:38:33,892 --> 00:38:36,052 And that really rounds out. 625 00:38:36,052 --> 00:38:37,039 Yep, go ahead. 626 00:38:37,039 --> 00:38:39,719 Let me say something real quick about Stephen Kwan. 627 00:38:40,059 --> 00:38:43,519 For those of you who don't know what's going on with Stephen Kwan right now, 628 00:38:43,519 --> 00:38:46,439 because he plays in Cleveland, which is kind of a small market, nobody really 629 00:38:46,439 --> 00:38:47,199 cares. 630 00:38:47,199 --> 00:38:49,839 Stephen Kwan is hitting 390 right now. 631 00:38:50,279 --> 00:38:53,659 Now he was on the injured list for a little while, so he's only played in 48 632 00:38:53,659 --> 00:38:54,759 games. 633 00:38:55,039 --> 00:38:59,559 But right now he's hitting 390 with an OBP of 449. 634 00:38:59,559 --> 00:39:04,119 And there's just something nostalgic about guys hitting for a super high average. 635 00:39:04,943 --> 00:39:08,703 If Tucker is still hurt at the All -Star break, which he might be at this point, 636 00:39:08,703 --> 00:39:10,343 I'm not really sure. 637 00:39:10,563 --> 00:39:14,603 I think it would be kind of cool to see Stephen Kwong at the start and potentially 638 00:39:14,603 --> 00:39:17,903 even hit leadoff just because of those OBP numbers. 639 00:39:19,103 --> 00:39:21,282 Do you want to see how Tuve hit leadoff Joe? 640 00:39:21,282 --> 00:39:22,463 Is that what you're telling me? 641 00:39:22,463 --> 00:39:23,948 Is that, is that who you want to say? 642 00:39:23,948 --> 00:39:28,788 I would love to see Altuve Uncork on a first pitch fastball from whoever the, 643 00:39:28,788 --> 00:39:34,308 it'd probably be what, like Ranger Suarez or something, somebody like that on the 644 00:39:34,308 --> 00:39:35,408 Phillies. 645 00:39:35,408 --> 00:39:39,577 I would love, I would love to see Altuve Uncork on a first pitch fastball. 646 00:39:39,577 --> 00:39:42,778 That would give me, you know, that would give me World Series flashbacks. 647 00:39:42,778 --> 00:39:44,368 I would love that. 648 00:39:44,428 --> 00:39:45,928 I really need that. 649 00:39:45,928 --> 00:39:50,172 I really need that right now with the way that the Ashes are playing. 650 00:39:50,172 --> 00:39:52,892 And with the way that they could be playing by the All -Star Break, I need 651 00:39:52,892 --> 00:39:54,095 that, okay? 652 00:39:54,095 --> 00:39:58,595 You know, it would be really interesting to see between guys like Rutchman and 653 00:39:58,595 --> 00:40:01,895 Altuve and Ramirez and Gunnar Henderson. 654 00:40:02,455 --> 00:40:07,835 Who they would actually pick to, like who Bruce Boatry is going to pick to actually 655 00:40:07,835 --> 00:40:08,755 hit. 656 00:40:10,715 --> 00:40:15,715 Because, I mean, you can't deny somebody like Gunnar Henderson, who's probably the 657 00:40:15,715 --> 00:40:18,035 MVP right now, hitting lead off as well. 658 00:40:18,515 --> 00:40:22,479 Although I could see like a Henderson. 659 00:40:22,479 --> 00:40:27,479 a judge, a Soto, That would, that would be, that would kill. 660 00:40:27,479 --> 00:40:28,859 That would be great. 661 00:40:30,012 --> 00:40:32,495 Eh, eh, eh, eh. 662 00:40:32,495 --> 00:40:38,775 I would take like an Altuve, because right now you're looking at Soto and Judge and 663 00:40:38,775 --> 00:40:41,275 Henderson are all better than your Don. 664 00:40:42,135 --> 00:40:49,335 So it, I mean, those top four between Altuve, Henderson and Soto and Judge, that 665 00:40:49,335 --> 00:40:50,835 top four is scary. 666 00:40:50,835 --> 00:40:53,815 I would hate to be anybody's pick. 667 00:40:55,915 --> 00:40:57,175 Well then moving. 668 00:40:58,895 --> 00:40:59,616 Go ahead. 669 00:40:59,616 --> 00:41:01,236 to say one thing. 670 00:41:01,336 --> 00:41:05,916 It's probably one of the biggest corks in the history of sports. 671 00:41:06,496 --> 00:41:13,276 I kind of miss the winner of the All -Star game, that league getting home field 672 00:41:13,276 --> 00:41:15,276 advantage in the World Series. 673 00:41:15,276 --> 00:41:16,216 I miss it. 674 00:41:16,216 --> 00:41:20,719 I think that that was, it made the All -Star game worth something. 675 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:21,656 Mm -hmm. 676 00:41:21,656 --> 00:41:25,736 they took that away, but you know, I think it would be pretty cool to see that 677 00:41:25,736 --> 00:41:26,306 brought back. 678 00:41:26,306 --> 00:41:31,136 I know that it doesn't make sense because you could have like a, let's say the NL 679 00:41:31,136 --> 00:41:38,696 one in 2019 and you have the, the 107 win Astros playing on the road to start the 680 00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:42,616 series against the 87 win nationals. 681 00:41:42,616 --> 00:41:45,716 But hey, who knows that could have, that could have meant the Astros won the world 682 00:41:45,716 --> 00:41:46,456 series. 683 00:41:46,456 --> 00:41:47,092 So. 684 00:41:49,071 --> 00:41:57,011 man, I Do wish that there was something to give it more of a More more meaning 685 00:41:57,011 --> 00:42:01,051 because there's a lot of guys that will you know They they will they will they 686 00:42:01,051 --> 00:42:04,411 choose to take that time off and spend it with their families Instead of going to 687 00:42:04,411 --> 00:42:07,511 the All -Star game, especially some of your veterans that have been several times 688 00:42:07,511 --> 00:42:12,531 But anyway, so moving on to the National League Looking at the National League. 689 00:42:12,531 --> 00:42:13,921 We'll start with the catchers. 690 00:42:13,921 --> 00:42:15,695 You've got William Contreras 691 00:42:15,695 --> 00:42:20,795 Leading JT Real and Muto by a long shot, by probably 200 ,000 votes. 692 00:42:21,295 --> 00:42:24,115 And I think rightfully so, he deserves a start. 693 00:42:24,335 --> 00:42:26,915 And also Real and Muto's hurt. 694 00:42:27,895 --> 00:42:31,175 And then Will Smith is actually in third, right behind Real and Muto. 695 00:42:31,475 --> 00:42:35,155 So you'll probably see Contreras and Smith there at the All -Star game, at least for 696 00:42:35,155 --> 00:42:36,555 catchers. 697 00:42:37,355 --> 00:42:43,055 For first baseman, you've got Harper leading by about 300 ,000 votes over 698 00:42:43,055 --> 00:42:44,015 Freddie Freeman. 699 00:42:44,015 --> 00:42:48,515 And Bryce Harper 100 % deserves to start the All -Star game over Freddie Freeman. 700 00:42:48,515 --> 00:42:51,855 And then you got Matt Olson in third, Pete Alonso in fourth, Jake Cronenworth in 701 00:42:51,855 --> 00:42:53,035 fifth. 702 00:42:53,035 --> 00:42:57,255 Second baseman, this is probably the most interesting thing right here. 703 00:42:57,255 --> 00:43:04,055 Because you've got Luis Arias and Ketel Marte within 5 ,000 votes of each other. 704 00:43:05,575 --> 00:43:10,015 With Bryson Stott in third and Ozzy Albies in fourth. 705 00:43:10,015 --> 00:43:12,223 Between Arias and Marte. 706 00:43:12,623 --> 00:43:15,763 Both of them actually, in my opinion, deserve to start the All -Star game. 707 00:43:15,763 --> 00:43:20,662 I'm probably going with Ketel Marte, because Ketel Marte, in my opinion, is 708 00:43:20,662 --> 00:43:25,623 probably a top three MVP candidate right now in the NL, just in terms of war. 709 00:43:25,803 --> 00:43:29,643 But Luis Arias is obviously having a fantastic year as well. 710 00:43:30,683 --> 00:43:36,663 Third baseman, you've got Alec Bohm in first by about 800 ,000 votes, not 711 00:43:36,663 --> 00:43:38,803 kidding, of remaining Machado. 712 00:43:38,803 --> 00:43:42,191 The rest of the third baseman in the National League, 713 00:43:42,191 --> 00:43:48,591 are very much, to say the least, none of them are really having a great year. 714 00:43:49,271 --> 00:43:53,071 So Alec Wellman will start the All -Star Game at their base at 100 % and he 715 00:43:53,071 --> 00:43:54,451 deserves to. 716 00:43:54,671 --> 00:43:59,651 As far as short stops, this one actually gets a little tricky too because Mookie 717 00:43:59,651 --> 00:44:00,791 Betts is hurt. 718 00:44:00,791 --> 00:44:03,811 He actually leads Trey Turner by half a million votes. 719 00:44:03,911 --> 00:44:07,711 Trey Turner actually just came off the IL, so more than likely you'll see Tim start 720 00:44:07,711 --> 00:44:08,923 the All -Star Game. 721 00:44:09,135 --> 00:44:14,595 With Elie de la Cruz in third and Orlando Arcia in fourth, but that's by a long shot 722 00:44:14,595 --> 00:44:15,435 as well. 723 00:44:15,435 --> 00:44:17,285 Orlando Arcia is not an all -star. 724 00:44:17,285 --> 00:44:19,335 Please do not put him on the all -star team. 725 00:44:19,335 --> 00:44:20,665 That's coming from a brave fan. 726 00:44:20,665 --> 00:44:22,595 He is not an all -star. 727 00:44:22,675 --> 00:44:25,075 And then designated hitters. 728 00:44:25,435 --> 00:44:29,055 You've got Otani and Ozuna that are 1 -2. 729 00:44:29,055 --> 00:44:32,795 Otani leads Ozuna by a half million votes, even though their numbers are a lot closer 730 00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:33,855 than that. 731 00:44:33,855 --> 00:44:37,835 And then you've got Schwab in third, followed by Reese Hoskins in fourth. 732 00:44:38,799 --> 00:44:42,319 And then the rest of them, it kind of falls off from there. 733 00:44:42,579 --> 00:44:44,339 And then outfielders. 734 00:44:44,339 --> 00:44:48,559 Let me just say this, the National League outfielders overall, none of them are as 735 00:44:48,559 --> 00:44:54,459 talented as Judge or Soto or Kyle Tucker or anybody like that. 736 00:44:54,459 --> 00:44:59,419 You've got Jirkson Profar, who finally decided that he was going to be an All 737 00:44:59,419 --> 00:45:02,979 -Star like what people thought he was going to be 10 years ago. 738 00:45:02,979 --> 00:45:05,839 He is actually leading all boat getters in the outfield. 739 00:45:05,839 --> 00:45:07,023 Then you've got Christian... 740 00:45:07,023 --> 00:45:10,163 Christian Jelic and you've got Fernando Tatis Jr. 741 00:45:10,163 --> 00:45:14,323 And then you've got Teoscar Hernandez, who I actually feel like should probably start 742 00:45:14,323 --> 00:45:15,503 the All -Star game in my opinion. 743 00:45:15,503 --> 00:45:17,323 He's actually had a pretty good year. 744 00:45:17,323 --> 00:45:19,383 And then you've got Brandon Marsh. 745 00:45:19,723 --> 00:45:20,823 Yes. 746 00:45:20,823 --> 00:45:24,243 And then you've got Brandon Marsh and Nick Castellanos. 747 00:45:24,243 --> 00:45:29,743 And then to fill out the top 10, you've got Johan Rojas, Cody Bellinger, Eloy 748 00:45:29,743 --> 00:45:32,123 Ramos and Jason Hayward. 749 00:45:32,123 --> 00:45:35,183 And then looking at the rest of the nationally, 750 00:45:35,695 --> 00:45:37,535 None of them are good. 751 00:45:37,535 --> 00:45:38,225 None of them are good. 752 00:45:38,225 --> 00:45:42,615 That is where the NL is going to suck overall. 753 00:45:44,435 --> 00:45:47,665 Joe was saying that the Astros are probably going to have four All -Stars. 754 00:45:47,665 --> 00:45:50,215 I think the Braves are probably only going to have four as well. 755 00:45:50,215 --> 00:45:53,315 You're going to have Marcelo Zuna is probably the only position player. 756 00:45:53,315 --> 00:45:55,935 But then you're probably going to have three pitchers. 757 00:45:56,195 --> 00:45:58,215 You're going to have Chris Sale. 758 00:45:58,215 --> 00:46:02,215 You should have Reynaldo Lopez and probably Max Fried. 759 00:46:02,215 --> 00:46:04,085 But let me just say this, Joe. 760 00:46:04,085 --> 00:46:05,423 I'm going to throw this out there. 761 00:46:05,423 --> 00:46:06,363 Okay. 762 00:46:06,363 --> 00:46:13,943 I want to see one guy from the Braves make the All -Star team and it's a reliever. 763 00:46:13,943 --> 00:46:18,763 This dude is 40 years old and it's Jesse Chavez. 764 00:46:18,763 --> 00:46:19,763 Okay. 765 00:46:19,763 --> 00:46:24,703 Jesse Chavez was actually drafted in 2002. 766 00:46:24,883 --> 00:46:25,463 Okay. 767 00:46:25,463 --> 00:46:29,623 He's got 13 years of big league service time. 768 00:46:29,623 --> 00:46:33,487 And this year he's pitched in 25 games. 769 00:46:33,487 --> 00:46:37,187 He's thrown 32 innings, 32 and two thirds. 770 00:46:37,487 --> 00:46:45,487 He's got an ERA plus of 302 right now, which is just unreal, and an ERA of 138. 771 00:46:45,627 --> 00:46:49,626 Most people in Braves country believe that this is going to be his final season. 772 00:46:49,626 --> 00:46:52,927 I want to get Jesse Chavez to the All -Star game. 773 00:46:52,927 --> 00:46:54,477 I don't even care if he pitches. 774 00:46:54,477 --> 00:46:56,807 I'm sure he doesn't care if he pitches either. 775 00:46:56,987 --> 00:47:00,495 But his ERA is unreal. 776 00:47:00,495 --> 00:47:05,135 And every time this guy puts on a Braves uniform, he is a different person. 777 00:47:05,595 --> 00:47:09,425 In 190 career innings with the Braves, he's got an ERA of 278. 778 00:47:09,425 --> 00:47:11,615 That's a pretty darn good reliever. 779 00:47:12,855 --> 00:47:16,454 So a lot of people call him coach in Braves country. 780 00:47:16,454 --> 00:47:18,955 So I am putting that out there. 781 00:47:18,955 --> 00:47:20,955 Get coached to Texas. 782 00:47:20,955 --> 00:47:22,475 Get coached to Texas. 783 00:47:22,475 --> 00:47:27,295 I want to see Jesse Chavez make it to the All -Star game in his final season, more 784 00:47:27,295 --> 00:47:29,375 than likely at age 40. 785 00:47:30,127 --> 00:47:33,387 So that's pretty much wraps up the All -Star game. 786 00:47:33,387 --> 00:47:37,667 We don't know anything about the pitchers yet, although we know who can pitch and 787 00:47:37,667 --> 00:47:38,807 who can't pitch. 788 00:47:39,967 --> 00:47:42,977 So other than that, Joe, what else do we need to talk about today? 789 00:47:42,977 --> 00:47:44,271 Are we missing anything? 790 00:47:46,076 --> 00:47:48,536 Now I think that about wraps it up. 791 00:47:48,536 --> 00:47:52,559 I think we covered pretty much everything we wanted to talk about so far. 792 00:47:52,559 --> 00:47:53,299 Definitely. 793 00:47:53,299 --> 00:48:00,259 I think the last couple things is that we also saw Garrett Cole make his return to 794 00:48:00,259 --> 00:48:04,499 the big leagues on a Yankee team that has actually pitched exceptionally well this 795 00:48:04,499 --> 00:48:05,459 year. 796 00:48:05,959 --> 00:48:14,759 And then another thing that we saw yesterday is I really hope that Ahmed 797 00:48:14,759 --> 00:48:19,425 Rosario is okay after getting drilled by Jera Jones in the face yesterday. 798 00:48:19,631 --> 00:48:26,611 So I'm hoping that I'm Ed Rosario is doing well because I watched that clip several 799 00:48:26,611 --> 00:48:31,891 times and I cannot imagine taking 100 off the face. 800 00:48:31,891 --> 00:48:35,371 But he took it like a champ and walked off under his own power. 801 00:48:36,591 --> 00:48:40,671 Other than that, Joe, I don't think that, I don't think there's anything else we 802 00:48:40,671 --> 00:48:41,831 need to cover, do you? 803 00:48:42,844 --> 00:48:44,184 Yeah, no. 804 00:48:44,544 --> 00:48:51,564 I guess one thing I saw was yesterday a stat saying that the Astros who currently 805 00:48:51,564 --> 00:48:58,324 lead the league in batting average are hitting 261 and I believe in I don't 806 00:48:58,324 --> 00:49:02,384 remember what year I think it was like 2002 that was the league average. 807 00:49:02,684 --> 00:49:05,384 So I think that's kind of a crazy stat. 808 00:49:05,384 --> 00:49:09,784 I think that has a lot to do with the shift. 809 00:49:09,784 --> 00:49:12,124 I know that they banned the shift but. 810 00:49:12,124 --> 00:49:15,244 I mean, you can still really play around with it. 811 00:49:15,284 --> 00:49:19,264 So I just thought that was an interesting set that I saw yesterday. 812 00:49:19,284 --> 00:49:22,420 But other than that, I think that wraps it up. 813 00:49:22,575 --> 00:49:27,115 Last thing I'm going to end on Joe, and I said this to you a few days ago during the 814 00:49:27,115 --> 00:49:28,435 Brickwood game. 815 00:49:28,435 --> 00:49:33,735 I want to mention a person named Bill Greeson. 816 00:49:33,735 --> 00:49:36,255 Bill is 99 years old. 817 00:49:36,455 --> 00:49:42,135 He is the oldest living Negro League player that is still around. 818 00:49:42,195 --> 00:49:46,595 He also grew up across the street from Martin Luther King Jr. 819 00:49:46,815 --> 00:49:50,655 He took part in the Battle of Iwo Jima. 820 00:49:51,695 --> 00:49:58,135 And he's also been a, or he was a pastor for 53 years at Bethel Baptist Church. 821 00:49:58,435 --> 00:50:02,055 Bill Greeson has lived a full and complete life. 822 00:50:02,335 --> 00:50:05,715 and I just thought that he was worth mentioning on this podcast. 823 00:50:06,795 --> 00:50:08,875 so shout out to Bill Greeson. 824 00:50:08,875 --> 00:50:13,215 I, I just, I'm just looking at the life and legacy that he is going to leave 825 00:50:13,215 --> 00:50:16,035 amongst family and friends is just incredible. 826 00:50:16,335 --> 00:50:18,881 so thank you everybody for, go ahead, Joe. 827 00:50:19,196 --> 00:50:25,136 Breaking news, the Yankees play outfielder slash DH Giancarlo Stanton on 10 day 828 00:50:25,136 --> 00:50:27,658 injury list with left hamstring strain. 829 00:50:27,887 --> 00:50:29,747 Wow, that's good news for the Braves. 830 00:50:29,747 --> 00:50:32,167 Because they're about to play in about three hours. 831 00:50:32,167 --> 00:50:33,087 Wow. 832 00:50:33,087 --> 00:50:33,567 Okay. 833 00:50:33,567 --> 00:50:36,287 Well, hopefully my team goes five and one on the week. 834 00:50:36,287 --> 00:50:38,887 Thank you everybody for listening to today's podcast. 835 00:50:38,887 --> 00:50:42,147 Yes, let's hope that our teams go five and one, Joe. 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