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what is up and welcome back

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to the inside the diamonds

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podcast I am your host

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chris I'm solo again

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tonight um we got a lot of baseball talk

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A lot of stuff happening

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over the last week or so.

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And, again, my apologies.

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Last week was a short episode.

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I had some stuff to take care of,

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but I wanted to get some

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content out and keep things rolling.

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So we're going to do that

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right again tonight,

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and we're going to get it going.

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I'm hoping to go 30 minutes to 45 again.

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Keep things short for

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everybody who listens and tunes in.

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So if you've got a nice

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commute and get things rolling,

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you get your weekly baseball update.

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So I want to start some things off with –

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What's going on with the

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division race right now?

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I mean,

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we're hitting the last week of

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August is right now.

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We'll have September 1st on Sunday,

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and that means the playoff race is live.

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And if your team's in it,

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you're following along.

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I mean, as a Red Sox fan,

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I'm locked in on it,

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and they're continuing to

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let me down in the last week.

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As a Tigers fan,

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they haven't really been in it,

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and they're doing what they

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do when it comes to the

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second half of the season,

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and I'll get to that in a little bit.

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But right now,

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the way things sit entering play tonight,

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the Yankees currently lead

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the American League East by

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a game and a half on Baltimore.

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I'll tell you right now,

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I don't think that lead holds up.

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I think Baltimore ends up

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running away with that division.

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Maybe not running away,

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but ends up winning that division.

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We have the Guardians and the Royals.

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and the Twins all fighting

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for the American League Central.

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That's a three-game

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separation between the three teams.

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Actually,

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it might be two and a half as I

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talk right now because of

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the Twins winning – actually, sorry,

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two games because the

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Royals beat the Guardians earlier today.

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But that's a race that – you know,

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I really like the Royals

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entering this year.

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I think I had them second or

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third in my predictions.

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And, you know,

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they're really surprising me

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more so with the way

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they're doing it where you

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can never count this team out.

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They just fight back.

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They could be down in the game.

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They come back.

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Vinny Paschettino is having

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a great season.

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Bobby Witt,

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if Judge wasn't doing what he's doing,

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is definitely a

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conversation for the

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American League Rookie of the Year.

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I mean, American League MVP.

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But that's a big series,

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the Guardians and the Royals.

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But they got four games this week.

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And so, you know, entering today,

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that's three games.

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The Royals sweep that series.

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They're in first place.

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So we'll have to see what goes on there.

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for the american league west

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the houston astros have

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just pulled away from the

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mariners and you know the

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mariners made their moves

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at the deadline and adding

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randy rosarena justin

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turner but it just hasn't

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panned out offensively for

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that team you know they're

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still in the bottom of the

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league in most offensive

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categories uh their

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pitching is what's keeping

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them in it I mean they're

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still in the wild card race

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which we'll get to shortly

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But the Astros,

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like JC asked me at the

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beginning of the season if

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I was worried about them, no.

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And they just seem to plug and play, guys.

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Their biggest problem, I think,

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that we're going to be

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talking about is not this year,

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but the future.

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I mean, they have one prospect, I believe,

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in our top 100.

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Realistically,

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Bregman's a free agent after this year.

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I think they have a couple

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of other guys who are.

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And so, you know,

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can they have the guys to replace that?

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Because Bregman's been a key

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part of them for the longest time.

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And I like Alex Bregman.

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Despite 2017, you know, forgive and forget,

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I guess.

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It is what it is.

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It happened.

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They won the championship.

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Nobody took the World Series

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trophy away from them.

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We're in 2024.

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It's been seven years.

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Moving on.

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I mean, like I said,

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I consider Barry Bonds one

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of the best players of all time.

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He did steroids.

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So...

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I mean, he cheated.

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The Astros cheated,

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but they were one of the

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best teams that year.

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And yes,

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it might have been due to some

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helpful things,

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but they did what they did,

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and they won the World Series.

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So Bregman's a guy you can't

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count that team out.

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They're pitching Blanco, Hunter Brown.

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You know, Verlander's back now.

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He didn't look great the other night,

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but they're probably going

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to win that division.

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They're probably going to be

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a problem come postseason time.

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In the National League,

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the National League East, surprisingly,

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the Phillies lead the

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Braves by six games.

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That lead is a little bit slimmer now.

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The Phillies have seemed

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kind of somewhat average

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since the All-Star break.

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But is that the second half

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struggles and then they

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figure it out and they get hot?

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We'll have to see.

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The team that I kept saying

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for weeks on end I really

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thought was going to blow

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their lead was the Brewers,

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and they just continue to either.

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They built a big lead,

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and they just have sustained it.

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I think last week when we

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recorded it was 11 games.

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This week we come into recording,

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and it's a 10-game lead.

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So nothing's really changed.

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They're right there.

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That division seems like

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it's going to be locked up

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by mid-September, if not sooner.

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I mean,

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they could just go on a run even

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more so and just run away with it.

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And then finally, the National League West,

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another division that I

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don't know if is really safe,

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and that's the Dodgers

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leading it by three games

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over the Diamondbacks.

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I just don't know.

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And we'll talk about, you know,

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what's to come there shortly.

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So we're going to jump right

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into keeping the postseason

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conversation going.

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The American League wildcard.

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Right now the Orioles hold

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the four-seed top spot in

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the wildcard with a three-game lead.

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The Royals are right behind them.

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The Twins are right there.

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Those are the three teams.

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The Orioles, like I just said,

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I think we're going to win

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the American League East.

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But they have a tough start to their week.

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They got three games at the Dodgers.

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Then things kind of get a little easier.

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They got three games at the Rockies.

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We'll have to see how they

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handle the Dodgers.

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I mean, you take two out of three,

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you're sitting pretty good to come,

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you know, fight for that division.

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You drop two out of three, you get swept.

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It's a tough climb because

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the Yankees look good.

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The Royals.

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They got four games against the Guardians.

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Like I said,

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they could be in first place

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after all of this.

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Then they got four at Houston.

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So...

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The conversation,

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being a Red Sox fan everywhere I've heard,

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has been the Red Sox now

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get their easier part of

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their schedule over the next, what's it,

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they got five games against

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Toronto this week,

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three against the Tigers,

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three against the Mets.

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So 14 games coming up over

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the next two weeks.

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They got a chance to come

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back in that race and make things closer,

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but it all depends what the Royals do.

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I mean, the Royals are a good team.

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Like I said, they fight back.

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So they can make things tough,

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and they can really just run away,

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take the division, run away with that.

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They could be two,

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three seeds come playoff time.

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The Twins,

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they got three games against the Braves,

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and they got three against the Blue Jays.

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The Blue Jays have been one

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of the best teams in baseball lately.

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I mean,

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they seem to have figured some

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things out.

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They're not going to make a postseason run,

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I don't think.

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I mean, you never know with teams,

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but I just don't see it.

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So the team's trailing those three.

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The Red Sox are four and a

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half back of that final spot.

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I was entering today.

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Right now they're currently

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five games back after they

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lost earlier to Toronto and

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the Royals won and the

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Twins are playing right now.

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But they have five against the Blue Jays,

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like I said.

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And one of them was the

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makeup they played today.

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Right now they're up 1-0, I believe.

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And they got three more this

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weekend at the Tigers,

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who I'll get to in a couple minutes.

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They are on this list.

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I know I said I doubt they

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make the postseason, but you never know.

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But they are slowly climbing back.

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So, you know, weird things have happened.

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Very weird things have happened.

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So who knows?

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Mariners are six and a half

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behind the final wildcard spot.

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Again, they're just not hitting.

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They got three against the

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Rays and three against the Angels.

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Again,

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the Rays are a half game behind the

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Mariners and seven back of

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the final wildcard spot.

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They got three at Seattle

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and three versus San Diego.

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If one of those two teams

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could sweep that series and

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then something happens

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where the Guardians drop

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all four or the Twins have

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a rough stretch like they

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got the Braves and the Blue Jays,

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we can talk about one of

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those teams sneaking up

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into the conversation.

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And then finally, the Tigers.

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Every year, it feels like they just,

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part of the reason why I

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picked them to win the

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American League Central in my preview is,

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you know,

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I thought they would build on

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the momentum of the end of last season,

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the second half,

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where they were one of the

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best teams in baseball.

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They got off to a slow start.

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Injuries happened.

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Look at them right now.

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They're one of the best teams in baseball.

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I think I put up my roster

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moves today for them, and I think they're,

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what, 13, 14,

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and 9 since the trade deadline.

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And, you know, over the last two weeks,

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they've been one of the

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better teams in baseball.

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And they're doing that with

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a two-man pitching rotation.

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It's been Kyra Montero and

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Tyra Terrick Scruble.

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And then they're just kind

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of piecing it together.

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Today they called up Ty

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Madden to make his big league debut.

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He's about to take the mound

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in the next half inning.

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But – and they're about to sweep – I mean,

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if they win tonight,

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they'll sweep the White Sox in four games,

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and they're back to 500.

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So they just – they build up

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this hope for the next

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season that they're going to be good.

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But right now you're seeing the pieces.

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You know, Jace Young has been called up.

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Ty Madden's up.

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You saw Maloy for a little bit.

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Colt Keith has been there.

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He's in a conversation for

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Rookie of the Year,

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which we will talk about.

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So, I mean, they have the pieces.

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You're seeing it.

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They have a lot of arms.

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We haven't even seen or

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talked about Jackson Jobe coming up.

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He's a double A. I'd like to

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see him move up to triple

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A. It's another arm to your rotation.

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The question becomes,

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where do you spend in the offseason?

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I think they need another power bat.

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Torkelson hasn't been the guy.

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He's been called back up.

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There's just Javier Baez.

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He's done for the year.

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Today he's having hip surgery.

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His season's over.

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His contract has been...

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disappointing I mean I liked

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javier baez and the cubs I

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really wanted correa more

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so for the tigers I thought

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he made sense with aj hinch

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being the manager but they

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went javier baez signed him

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and it just has not been

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what people would expect

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and his chase rates are an

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issue I mean he swings it

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everybody knows throw him a

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slider away he's swinging

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it's just how he is

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Last year,

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you saw glimpses of what he

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could do after he got benched by A.J.

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Hinch for not running out of

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fly ball or a bad base running mistake,

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and then he got hot.

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So you can see what he can do.

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The problem is he can't put

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that together for a full season.

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So we're going to shift

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right to the National League.

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That race has, like I said,

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every week we talk about this.

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It's a roller coaster.

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One week your team could be in.

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The very next week we talk about them,

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they could be done.

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And so here we are, the Diamondbacks.

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reaching the Dodgers.

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They have a four and a half

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game lead at the top wide spread spot.

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And they got three against the Mets,

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team behind them.

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And they got four against

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the Dodgers this weekend,

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a team they're looking out

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for the NL West.

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And they are behind by three games.

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So, you know,

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if the Dodgers struggle with

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the Orioles and the

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Diamondbacks take care of

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business with the Mets,

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then they got that series

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against each other.

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We could have next week's

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podcast being a new team in

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first place in the NL West.

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I don't think so.

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But the Dodgers do have a

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lot of question marks.

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And the Diamondbacks are one

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of the hottest teams in baseball.

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They just swept the Red Sox.

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And they just keep hitting.

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They've lost two of their

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best players in Christian

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Walker and Ketel Marte.

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And they just keep delivering.

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Jordan Montgomery,

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who was the big offseason

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signing that everybody

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wanted for their team, like the Rangers,

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the Cardinals, the Red Sox,

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he went to Arizona.

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He's been moved to the bullpen.

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And they're still finding a way to win.

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Ryan Nelson looked good on Friday.

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Zach Gallen pitched Saturday.

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Merrill Kelly Sunday.

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So that's their three big arms right now.

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The Padres are in second in

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that wildcard chase with a

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three-game lead.

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They got four at the

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Cardinals and then three at Tampa Bay.

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They have a chance to really, you know,

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potentially make some damage too.

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They could be right there

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with Arizona fighting for

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the Dodgers lead too.

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They're four and a half

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games back with the Dodgers

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entering today.

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But you have a good week.

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Like I said, you're right there.

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It's the same thing as the

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NL wildcard race.

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The NL West is kind of the

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same thing with those three teams.

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The Braves hold the final spot.

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They have three games at

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Minnesota and four games at Philly.

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So they have another

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interesting week where

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things could change for them drastically.

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The first team out right now is the Mets.

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They're two and a half games

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behind the Braves.

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They have three against the Diamondbacks,

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like I said.

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But then they get three at the White Sox.

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You could make up some

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ground this weekend.

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You know,

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you come out of that series

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against Arizona.

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You take two out of three.

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You get the White Sox.

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Now we're having a

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conversation about you making a run.

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And, again, I've been all in the Mets.

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I like the way they play.

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I like Francisco Lindor.

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I like Peter Lonzo.

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I like J.D.

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Martinez.

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They had a couple walk-offs the other day.

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I liked Winkers,

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the way he bat flipped and

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how he walked that off

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against the Orioles.

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Francisco Alvarez did it the other day,

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too.

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I believe he did it on Monday.

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They are exciting to watch

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and are good for baseball

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when they are good.

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So if they can somehow sneak

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into the playoffs,

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I think that would be fun.

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I just don't know what team

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they would leapfrog.

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I think the Diamondbacks are good.

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The Padres are good.

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I can't see a postseason.

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Without the Braves,

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despite all the injuries they've had,

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Austin Riley's out.

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You know, they signed Gio Urshela,

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who the Tigers released

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after live recorded last week.

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You know, so there they have the pieces.

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Chris Sale is a conversation for me,

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which I'll probably end up

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getting into next week or the week after.

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He's a nationally signed young candidate.

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He might be honestly the favorite.

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He should be.

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I mean, as a Red Sox fan trading him away,

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you just knew he was going

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to be healthy all year.

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So moving right along,

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the Giants are next.

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They're five games out,

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which makes them eight

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games behind the Dodgers.

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So they're not out of it,

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but they got the Brewers,

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who have been red hot for three games,

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and then they got the Marlins for three.

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You might go three and three,

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four and two this week.

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We'll see.

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I don't know.

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I mean,

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you go four and two with all the

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other scheduled games and

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series they have.

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You could sneak back into a conversation.

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Cardinals are also five back,

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but they have a very tough week.

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I mentioned already they

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have four against the Padres,

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but then they got three

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against the Yankees at New York.

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That's something to watch.

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I mean, their season could go.

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where they're done quick the

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cubs have come back and I

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kind of wish jc was here

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because it's for this one

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because they have a real

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chance to make a comeback

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here they're five and a

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half back they got three

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against the pirates and

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then three against the

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nationals and I mentioned

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all the other matchups that

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are going on this week

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where it seems like teams

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are playing each other for

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a spot where the cubs can

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just sit there they take

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care of their business when

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you talk next week they're

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two and a half one and a

00:15:15.111 --> 00:15:16.653
half games back but they

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gotta take care of their business

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Next thing,

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so that's the postseason conversation.

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Like I said,

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next week I could bring it

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back up and it's all flipped on its head.

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You know,

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the Red Sox could be seven and a

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half out.

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The Mariners could be three out.

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I mean,

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the Mets could be tied with the Braves.

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The Cubs could be two and a half out.

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It's just, it's all flipped on its head.

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I mean...

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Talk about the Red Sox.

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I'm watching right now,

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and George Springer is

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about to hit a home run.

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I got the update.

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It's now 3-1 Toronto.

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You're in this 14-game stretch,

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and you might right now

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going down 3-1 in the fifth inning.

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You lose the first two games.

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That's not ideal.

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You can't come out of this

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14-game stretch at 7-7.

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Oh, my goodness.

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You can't come out of this 7-7.

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That's his second one today, by the way.

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He had the home run to make

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it 1-0 in the first game

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and a three-run home run now.

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But you can't come out 7-7

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while the Royals have their gauntlet.

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You've got to come out realistically 10-4,

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9-5.

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You've got to come out with

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a winning record in this

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14-game stretch if you want

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to make a run in the postseason.

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But it doesn't look good right now.

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Again, that could all change, but...

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It is what it is.

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Now we're going to move on

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to some stories.

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And the biggest one from

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this weekend for me was Aaron Judge,

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his 50th and 51st home run of the season.

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And I was hanging out with

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my friends yesterday at a pool,

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and he hit the 50th one.

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And the conversation started

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of where do we look?

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It's August.

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Yesterday was August 25th.

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Today is August 26th.

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Where do we look at Judge

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when the season comes to an end?

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Are we having the

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conversation of could he be

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in a home run race to break the record?

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I don't know.

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It's a tough one.

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But I said yesterday when I

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was talking about it that

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if he has 55 by Saturday or

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at the end of play Saturday,

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70 is very much in play.

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And so I looked at it more and more,

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which that would be great for baseball.

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I mean, if you haven't seen it on ESPN,

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there's a 30 for 30 documentary,

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The Long Gone Summer,

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and it's about the 1998

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home run chase between McGuire and Sosa.

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That was really,

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I was five years old when that happened.

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And that was really my big

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introduction to baseball.

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I had a Cardinals hat.

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I was like McGuire.

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I know they both did steroids,

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but that was all must-watch baseball.

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So with that being said,

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then 2001 happened.

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Barry Bonds had that season.

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That was must-watch TV.

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I was watching a Giants game every night,

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late night.

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I didn't care.

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It was summer.

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I was falling asleep on the couch.

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I was, what, eight?

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It was just over the next day,

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reading the newspaper, like,

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what's going on?

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What's going on?

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I'd stay up as he got closer.

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So I went through it.

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In 2001, through 129 games,

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Barry Bonds had 58 home runs.

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Judge this season, through 129 games,

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that's where he's at, I think tonight,

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he has 51.

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So he has seven less home

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runs than Bonds did.

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However, at this point in the season,

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the Giants had 138 total games played.

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For the Yankees, they have 131.

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So that's a seven-game difference.

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Judge has been hot.

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I believe he hit at least

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four over the weekend.

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So with the seven-game difference,

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say he's hot right now,

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he hits a home run in those seven games,

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he's tied.

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But, so that's what, 142?

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So the Giants had 24 games left.

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And in those 24 games, Bonds hit,

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I can't believe he ended

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with 73 that year.

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Exactly.

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So Bonds hit 15 more home runs.

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The Yankees have 31 games.

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31 games.

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And Judge needs 23 to home run Bonds.

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Yeah.

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He really has a shot for this.

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And it depends on what

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happens over the next week.

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You know, like I said,

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they have the Cardinals over the weekend.

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I forget who they have this week.

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I have my phone on.

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Oh, they have the Nationals.

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Did he hit another one?

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They're up 4-0.

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No, he did not.

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Gleyber Torres hit a homer.

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So I really think that at

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the end of the day,

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if he has 55-plus by the end of the week,

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then there is a conversation

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that we could be having in

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September that he could be doing this.

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And if he does, maybe we do a live stream.

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Maybe that's an option.

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But, you know,

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as much as I don't like the Yankees,

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what he's doing is good for baseball.

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It's must-watch.

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I'll find myself watching

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Yankee games because I want to see it.

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It's like I tell this story all the time.

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Back in the last year of Derek Jeter,

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I was at a friend's house

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and I was driving home

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And, you know,

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I just had the game on my

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phone when I was listening to it.

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And, you know, they were talking,

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and I heard Baltimore came back.

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And then they said, oh,

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the bottom of the ninth coming.

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Jeter will be up.

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And so I got home, turned on my TV,

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sat right down, and I said,

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he's going to do this right here.

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And he hit that walk-off

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single in his last game at

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Yankee Stadium.

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I mean, that's – I'm not a Yankees fan,

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you know, but I like baseball,

00:20:45.452 --> 00:20:46.512
and I like seeing that stuff.

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So –

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I think Judge really can,

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and I think he's benefiting

00:20:52.395 --> 00:20:55.076
from having Juan Soto in that lineup.

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So I wouldn't be surprised

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if the Yankees spend on him,

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but I also know the Mets really want him,

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and they have no problem

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throwing the money around.

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The next thing we want to talk about,

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the Rookie of the Year conversations.

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And we're getting to that

00:21:09.781 --> 00:21:10.761
point where we're hitting September,

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as I said,

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and award conversations start to hit.

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And so I looked today.

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That's why I said I'll talk

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about Cy Young as an MVP.

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He's probably over the next couple weeks.

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I think the AL MVP is locked up.

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I think that's Judge.

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But the rookie of the year,

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and right now the favorite

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is Colton Couser,

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and second is Austin Wells.

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And so I was going through the numbers.

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If you go through Colton Couser,

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he's a .247 average among

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American League rookies.

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That is ninth.

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The other names I have on

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the list are hitting-wise.

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Austin Wells, William Abreu, Sedan Rafaela,

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Colt Keith, and Wyatt Langford.

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Austin Wells is hitting .252.

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That's eighth among rookies.

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William Abreu is hitting .268.

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That's first among rookies.

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Sedan Rafaela is hitting .260,

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which is third among rookies.

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Colt Keith, .264, second.

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And Wyatt Langford, .245, tenth.

00:22:12.809 --> 00:22:14.851
Going through the OPSs, the top three,

00:22:14.871 --> 00:22:18.771
there's William Abreu with an 8.39.

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Actually, the second one's not on here.

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And Colton Couser's third with a 7.71.

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Home runs, Colton Couser's 19.

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He's first.

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Abreu is second.

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He is 14.

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And Rafael is third.

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He is 13.

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Going through the RBIs,

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Rafael is first with 61.

00:22:37.138 --> 00:22:38.920
Colton Couser's second with 57.

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And third is Colt Keith with 51.

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Now,

00:22:42.753 --> 00:22:44.174
Colton Collins is having a great season,

00:22:44.974 --> 00:22:46.016
and I understand why he's

00:22:46.036 --> 00:22:47.257
in the conversation for

00:22:47.376 --> 00:22:47.896
Rookie of the Year.

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I definitely believe he

00:22:50.298 --> 00:22:51.638
probably will win it, should.

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.319
And I said this a couple

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.840
weeks ago on a podcast with JC.

00:22:56.102 --> 00:22:56.862
How are we not talking about

00:22:56.882 --> 00:22:57.643
Sinan Rafaela?

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He should be up there higher.

00:23:00.551 --> 00:23:01.073
Abreu.

00:23:01.432 --> 00:23:04.154
But Colt Keith, after a slow start,

00:23:04.494 --> 00:23:05.635
has been one of the best hitters.

00:23:06.435 --> 00:23:07.537
And somebody I used to write

00:23:07.576 --> 00:23:08.758
with at a different company

00:23:09.317 --> 00:23:10.239
posted today against him

00:23:10.298 --> 00:23:11.098
and Wyatt Langford.

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And people are saying, Langford.

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Langford's had a good season.

00:23:13.540 --> 00:23:14.060
Missed him time.

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:14.662
Not with an injury.

00:23:15.722 --> 00:23:18.785
Colt Keith has been very good.

00:23:19.085 --> 00:23:20.405
714 OPS this season.

00:23:20.425 --> 00:23:21.846
12 home runs, which is fourth.

00:23:21.987 --> 00:23:23.907
I said the RBIs on his average.

00:23:24.828 --> 00:23:24.888
Um.

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:25.839
You know,

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.641
the other names that are on the

00:23:26.681 --> 00:23:29.261
list are Luis Gil and Mason Miller.

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Both of them have fallen off.

00:23:31.323 --> 00:23:32.523
Miller's a great bullpen arm,

00:23:32.544 --> 00:23:34.005
but he had the finger

00:23:34.105 --> 00:23:35.184
injury right around the

00:23:36.006 --> 00:23:37.165
All-Star game and deadline.

00:23:37.906 --> 00:23:39.907
Luis Gil has kind of tapered

00:23:39.968 --> 00:23:40.688
off throughout the year.

00:23:40.748 --> 00:23:41.989
So the conversation right

00:23:42.009 --> 00:23:44.309
now is based on the odds on DraftKings.

00:23:44.911 --> 00:23:45.570
It's Colton Cousin.

00:23:46.491 --> 00:23:47.771
But I think Abreu and

00:23:47.791 --> 00:23:49.292
Rafaela hurt each other

00:23:49.353 --> 00:23:50.394
because they're on the same team.

00:23:51.431 --> 00:23:53.892
Because they just both look at, you know,

00:23:53.932 --> 00:23:54.791
David Hamilton is the third

00:23:54.872 --> 00:23:55.372
one in the Red Sox.

00:23:55.393 --> 00:23:56.313
I didn't put him on the list.

00:23:57.292 --> 00:23:58.854
But those three kind of all

00:23:58.894 --> 00:24:00.334
hurt each other because of their numbers.

00:24:00.354 --> 00:24:03.015
They're all kind of similar in a way.

00:24:03.955 --> 00:24:05.576
Austin Wells is having a great season,

00:24:05.615 --> 00:24:07.656
but he really gets overshadowed by Judge.

00:24:08.656 --> 00:24:10.877
The argument I make towards Rafael, though,

00:24:10.917 --> 00:24:12.439
and why I think he should

00:24:12.499 --> 00:24:16.059
be at least third, second, above Abreu,

00:24:17.020 --> 00:24:17.760
is defensively.

00:24:18.606 --> 00:24:21.148
And he is playing gold glove

00:24:21.929 --> 00:24:24.250
defense at the two most

00:24:24.310 --> 00:24:25.151
important positions.

00:24:25.872 --> 00:24:27.032
You know, they came into the year,

00:24:27.093 --> 00:24:28.073
he was a start to center

00:24:28.093 --> 00:24:28.973
fielder for the Red Sox.

00:24:29.614 --> 00:24:30.634
Trevor Story went down,

00:24:30.755 --> 00:24:32.236
people were confident to play shortstop.

00:24:32.756 --> 00:24:33.636
They put him at shortstop.

00:24:34.237 --> 00:24:35.678
He's played gold glove

00:24:35.798 --> 00:24:37.259
defense at shortstop and

00:24:37.278 --> 00:24:38.920
center field whenever he is

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.641
put in the lineup.

00:24:40.224 --> 00:24:40.924
Wherever it is,

00:24:41.546 --> 00:24:42.925
he plays gold glove defense.

00:24:44.086 --> 00:24:45.047
And not saying the other

00:24:45.086 --> 00:24:45.928
guys on the list don't,

00:24:46.067 --> 00:24:47.388
but being where you are

00:24:47.548 --> 00:24:48.828
offensively and then just

00:24:48.929 --> 00:24:53.090
being able to switch, not even night in,

00:24:53.131 --> 00:24:55.132
night out, but within the game.

00:24:55.992 --> 00:24:57.113
He might start in center field,

00:24:57.753 --> 00:24:58.554
and then the next thing you know,

00:24:58.614 --> 00:25:00.214
in the seventh inning, he's at shortstop.

00:25:01.394 --> 00:25:02.155
Or vice versa,

00:25:02.195 --> 00:25:03.517
he's at shortstop for seven innings,

00:25:03.576 --> 00:25:04.396
and then he goes to center field.

00:25:06.238 --> 00:25:07.939
That's a quality that I

00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:08.900
think is getting overlooked

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.861
in this conversation for

00:25:09.901 --> 00:25:10.441
rookie of the year.

00:25:11.662 --> 00:25:12.501
Do I think he's going to win?

00:25:12.541 --> 00:25:12.701
No.

00:25:13.542 --> 00:25:14.463
But I think he should be

00:25:14.503 --> 00:25:15.124
talked about more.

00:25:16.065 --> 00:25:17.244
I think Cole Keith should be up there.

00:25:17.265 --> 00:25:18.046
I don't think Cole Keith

00:25:18.086 --> 00:25:19.707
right now with his odds at seven.

00:25:20.607 --> 00:25:21.488
He should not be seven.

00:25:21.949 --> 00:25:22.648
He should be up there with

00:25:22.669 --> 00:25:23.950
Abreu and Rafaela.

00:25:24.650 --> 00:25:25.750
I really think he's ahead of

00:25:25.990 --> 00:25:27.132
Luis Gil and Mason Miller,

00:25:27.972 --> 00:25:29.253
especially with the season he's had.

00:25:29.334 --> 00:25:30.413
And now maybe, you know,

00:25:30.775 --> 00:25:31.755
the Tigers are playing better.

00:25:31.894 --> 00:25:32.935
He has a great September.

00:25:33.656 --> 00:25:34.356
He might win the awards.

00:25:34.925 --> 00:25:36.146
But right now, when I looked at the odds,

00:25:36.227 --> 00:25:37.247
I was kind of shocked about it.

00:25:38.827 --> 00:25:39.948
On the National League side,

00:25:41.669 --> 00:25:43.630
it's down to a two-player race.

00:25:44.309 --> 00:25:46.070
Number one is Jackson Merrill.

00:25:46.111 --> 00:25:47.152
He's the favorite right now.

00:25:48.211 --> 00:25:49.532
Looking at his numbers for

00:25:49.573 --> 00:25:50.532
National League rookies,

00:25:50.972 --> 00:25:53.433
second in batting average, 288.

00:25:53.433 --> 00:25:55.015
Second in OPS with an 807.

00:25:55.555 --> 00:25:56.915
First in home runs with 19.

00:25:57.816 --> 00:25:58.717
First in RBIs with 72.

00:26:01.497 --> 00:26:02.157
So he's one of the best

00:26:02.178 --> 00:26:03.118
hitters rookie-wise.

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.441
And honestly,

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:06.483
he's helped the Padres to

00:26:06.503 --> 00:26:06.963
where they're at.

00:26:06.983 --> 00:26:07.545
I mean, remember,

00:26:07.585 --> 00:26:09.346
they didn't have Xander Bogarts.

00:26:09.407 --> 00:26:12.330
They haven't had Fernando

00:26:12.351 --> 00:26:13.292
Tatis for a little while.

00:26:13.313 --> 00:26:15.255
So, I mean, they've missed some key bats,

00:26:15.315 --> 00:26:16.297
and Merrill has had no

00:26:16.336 --> 00:26:17.298
problem filling right in.

00:26:18.239 --> 00:26:18.640
The other name?

00:26:19.508 --> 00:26:20.009
We all know it.

00:26:20.088 --> 00:26:20.788
It's Paul Skeetons.

00:26:21.230 --> 00:26:22.230
This season, he's 8-2.

00:26:22.510 --> 00:26:24.854
He's third among rookies in wins.

00:26:25.493 --> 00:26:26.674
And remember, he came up late.

00:26:26.674 --> 00:26:32.621
216 ERA, first, and 0.94 whip, first,

00:26:33.261 --> 00:26:34.403
and 104 innings pitched.

00:26:34.522 --> 00:26:35.324
Again, came up late.

00:26:35.403 --> 00:26:36.986
That's fifth among all rookie pitchers.

00:26:38.346 --> 00:26:39.808
Sheldon Imanago is another one I saw,

00:26:39.868 --> 00:26:41.471
but he kind of tapered off.

00:26:43.766 --> 00:26:44.526
It's down to them, too,

00:26:44.546 --> 00:26:45.226
and I really think it's

00:26:45.246 --> 00:26:46.007
just Jackson Merrill.

00:26:46.446 --> 00:26:48.406
I think Paul Skeens has been great,

00:26:49.146 --> 00:26:50.167
and he's had a good season,

00:26:50.567 --> 00:26:52.067
but the thing is Jackson

00:26:52.087 --> 00:26:55.449
Merrill's done it for most of the season,

00:26:55.608 --> 00:26:56.569
more than Skeens does.

00:26:57.690 --> 00:26:59.250
And the Padres are in a playoff spot.

00:26:59.269 --> 00:27:00.330
That's another conversation,

00:27:00.351 --> 00:27:01.131
the piece to it.

00:27:01.891 --> 00:27:03.230
So I think it's Merrill's award,

00:27:03.490 --> 00:27:04.551
but that's going to be a

00:27:04.592 --> 00:27:05.751
fun race down to those two

00:27:05.811 --> 00:27:07.031
to watch for the rest of the season.

00:27:08.992 --> 00:27:10.153
With the rookie conversation,

00:27:10.173 --> 00:27:11.594
we'll transition right into

00:27:11.693 --> 00:27:12.973
the minor league update.

00:27:14.732 --> 00:27:15.953
I only did one hitter this week.

00:27:16.294 --> 00:27:17.214
I have some pitchers I do

00:27:17.255 --> 00:27:17.915
want to talk about,

00:27:17.935 --> 00:27:19.477
a couple that I actually

00:27:19.538 --> 00:27:20.258
haven't mentioned.

00:27:20.999 --> 00:27:22.200
So the first one is the hitter.

00:27:23.381 --> 00:27:26.884
It is catcher Samuel Basalo, AA Baltimore.

00:27:27.085 --> 00:27:28.125
This guy has reached up to

00:27:28.145 --> 00:27:29.707
my seventh-ranked prospect.

00:27:30.667 --> 00:27:32.048
He had a hit in every game last week,

00:27:32.589 --> 00:27:33.550
and he faced, I believe,

00:27:33.971 --> 00:27:36.252
Bowie faced the Erie Seawolves,

00:27:36.292 --> 00:27:37.714
who have already clinched a playoff spot.

00:27:39.126 --> 00:27:41.588
He would hit 421, had three doubles,

00:27:41.608 --> 00:27:43.891
a home run, six RBIs, four runs scored,

00:27:43.911 --> 00:27:44.571
and six walks.

00:27:45.251 --> 00:27:46.894
Was also named Eastern

00:27:46.913 --> 00:27:48.555
League Hitter of the Week in AA.

00:27:49.855 --> 00:27:52.858
So Basalo is going to be, again,

00:27:52.878 --> 00:27:53.559
an Orioles team.

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.921
Do they really need more

00:27:54.961 --> 00:27:55.801
prospects coming up?

00:27:56.863 --> 00:27:57.663
I mean, they're just good.

00:27:57.823 --> 00:27:58.663
They get better and better.

00:27:59.305 --> 00:27:59.944
They really do.

00:28:00.405 --> 00:28:01.286
And this is another thing to

00:28:01.306 --> 00:28:04.048
watch on the pitching side.

00:28:04.997 --> 00:28:05.616
We're going to start with a

00:28:05.636 --> 00:28:06.218
name that I have

00:28:06.337 --> 00:28:07.419
continuously talked about,

00:28:08.219 --> 00:28:09.480
and that's my 33rd-ranked

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.740
prospect right here in the picture,

00:28:10.760 --> 00:28:11.381
Rhett Lowder,

00:28:11.682 --> 00:28:13.423
who the Reds drafted last year.

00:28:14.103 --> 00:28:15.144
He's already reached AAA,

00:28:15.564 --> 00:28:16.805
and he made his first AAA

00:28:16.825 --> 00:28:17.605
start last week.

00:28:18.405 --> 00:28:19.406
Didn't record a decision.

00:28:19.586 --> 00:28:21.628
He went six innings, gave up three hits,

00:28:21.689 --> 00:28:23.309
hit a batter, did not walk anybody,

00:28:23.349 --> 00:28:24.130
and struck out seven.

00:28:25.510 --> 00:28:26.471
We could be seeing him come

00:28:26.491 --> 00:28:28.232
September when the rosters expand,

00:28:28.472 --> 00:28:29.334
which that's another thing

00:28:29.354 --> 00:28:30.174
people don't talk about.

00:28:30.714 --> 00:28:31.556
Some of these big-name

00:28:31.816 --> 00:28:32.556
prospects that are getting

00:28:32.596 --> 00:28:33.297
called up to AAA are

00:28:34.441 --> 00:28:36.061
um they can make their debut

00:28:36.102 --> 00:28:37.803
soon I was going through

00:28:37.863 --> 00:28:39.022
today I'm working on my

00:28:39.564 --> 00:28:41.604
monthly double a um

00:28:42.065 --> 00:28:43.045
check-in for the eastern

00:28:43.085 --> 00:28:45.766
league and as I'm going

00:28:45.786 --> 00:28:46.606
through all the prospects

00:28:46.646 --> 00:28:48.126
that are my top 100 so like

00:28:48.367 --> 00:28:49.087
if you're not familiar with

00:28:49.107 --> 00:28:51.048
the article it's set up

00:28:51.128 --> 00:28:52.970
where any player in the top

00:28:52.970 --> 00:28:54.549
100 that's at double a in

00:28:54.589 --> 00:28:57.392
that league uh is mentioned

00:28:57.412 --> 00:28:58.132
in what they did in the

00:28:58.192 --> 00:28:59.031
month and what their

00:28:59.071 --> 00:29:00.032
numbers are for the season

00:29:01.096 --> 00:29:03.817
And if the affiliate in that

00:29:03.897 --> 00:29:05.619
league doesn't have a

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:07.240
prospect in the top 100 playing there,

00:29:07.862 --> 00:29:08.922
I do an honorable mention.

00:29:08.961 --> 00:29:10.103
So there is a prospect for

00:29:10.523 --> 00:29:11.625
all 12 teams covered.

00:29:12.925 --> 00:29:16.568
And, you know, a lot of those guys,

00:29:16.608 --> 00:29:17.588
as I was going through,

00:29:17.608 --> 00:29:20.090
have been called up to AAA this month.

00:29:21.152 --> 00:29:21.813
So, you know,

00:29:21.833 --> 00:29:22.833
that just tells you that

00:29:22.853 --> 00:29:23.374
you're probably going to

00:29:23.394 --> 00:29:24.275
see a lot of those names,

00:29:24.375 --> 00:29:25.174
especially louder,

00:29:25.976 --> 00:29:26.876
potentially the start of

00:29:26.896 --> 00:29:28.377
next season in the rotation for the Reds.

00:29:30.083 --> 00:29:31.544
The next prospect is a

00:29:31.564 --> 00:29:33.085
71st-ranked prospect,

00:29:33.184 --> 00:29:34.025
a guy that I've actually

00:29:34.065 --> 00:29:34.905
been following quite a bit,

00:29:35.006 --> 00:29:36.246
is Nobel Meyer.

00:29:36.987 --> 00:29:38.547
He's playing a high A for the Marlins.

00:29:39.508 --> 00:29:40.949
He also did not record a decision.

00:29:41.328 --> 00:29:42.950
He went five innings, gave up a hit,

00:29:43.609 --> 00:29:44.450
did not allow a run.

00:29:45.330 --> 00:29:46.672
He walked two and struck out seven.

00:29:47.652 --> 00:29:50.252
You know, like I said time and time again,

00:29:50.272 --> 00:29:51.413
the Marlins just seem to

00:29:51.933 --> 00:29:54.875
develop nothing but pitching prospects.

00:29:55.603 --> 00:29:56.564
And thankfully, at the deadline,

00:29:56.584 --> 00:29:58.664
they added some bat prospects.

00:29:59.045 --> 00:30:01.105
So, you know, they have the arms.

00:30:01.366 --> 00:30:01.586
Again,

00:30:01.626 --> 00:30:03.048
Sandy Alcantara will be back next

00:30:03.087 --> 00:30:04.388
year if they still have Lizardo.

00:30:04.528 --> 00:30:05.328
I don't think he's pitched.

00:30:05.368 --> 00:30:06.170
I mean, he's come back.

00:30:06.890 --> 00:30:07.851
He'll be back next year if

00:30:07.871 --> 00:30:08.851
he doesn't come back this year.

00:30:09.672 --> 00:30:11.452
So they have the arms.

00:30:11.692 --> 00:30:13.193
They could move an arm

00:30:13.713 --> 00:30:14.815
because of what they have coming.

00:30:14.914 --> 00:30:15.756
Max Meyer's up.

00:30:16.736 --> 00:30:18.037
There's another one I'm forgetting.

00:30:19.730 --> 00:30:22.050
So next name I'm going to mention,

00:30:22.151 --> 00:30:23.051
and I mean,

00:30:23.092 --> 00:30:23.913
I think that he's been on the

00:30:23.952 --> 00:30:24.633
list every week,

00:30:24.673 --> 00:30:26.374
and that's Quinn Matthews,

00:30:27.315 --> 00:30:28.315
78th ranked prospect,

00:30:28.335 --> 00:30:29.076
the left-handed pitcher

00:30:29.096 --> 00:30:30.036
from the Cardinal system.

00:30:30.056 --> 00:30:30.936
He's at AA.

00:30:31.896 --> 00:30:33.798
He went seven and two-thirds last week,

00:30:33.837 --> 00:30:35.920
gave up a run, gave up two hits,

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:38.080
walked one, and struck out 12.

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:39.221
This guy continuously

00:30:39.261 --> 00:30:40.662
records double-digit strikeouts.

00:30:41.502 --> 00:30:42.963
Rhett Lowder got promoted to AAA.

00:30:43.003 --> 00:30:44.664
This guy just got promoted to AA,

00:30:44.684 --> 00:30:46.226
but he may not be far off from AAA.

00:30:47.628 --> 00:30:49.554
and it should be rightfully so.

00:30:49.733 --> 00:30:51.076
I mean, he's pitching very well.

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.682
The final prospect I want to

00:30:53.722 --> 00:30:55.606
mention on my check-in,

00:30:57.926 --> 00:30:58.646
Actually, there's two more,

00:30:58.688 --> 00:30:59.907
but one more I want to update.

00:31:00.449 --> 00:31:02.690
Who had a good week is the

00:31:03.130 --> 00:31:04.391
32nd-ranked prospect in the top 100.

00:31:04.391 --> 00:31:06.951
It's left-handed pitcher Hagan Smith.

00:31:07.492 --> 00:31:09.094
He's a high A for the White Sox.

00:31:09.874 --> 00:31:11.214
He was drafted in the first

00:31:11.255 --> 00:31:12.316
round of this year's draft,

00:31:12.375 --> 00:31:13.435
and so this is his first

00:31:13.695 --> 00:31:15.057
professional start.

00:31:16.057 --> 00:31:16.958
He only went three innings.

00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:17.979
Rightfully so.

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.319
I mean, he pitched at college all year,

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.319
so you want to rest the arms,

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.421
so less innings, you know,

00:31:21.661 --> 00:31:22.461
to get him acclimated.

00:31:23.162 --> 00:31:23.741
Gave up two hits.

00:31:23.761 --> 00:31:24.403
He hit a batter.

00:31:24.823 --> 00:31:26.443
Did not issue a walk and struck out four.

00:31:27.509 --> 00:31:29.510
So out of his nine outs,

00:31:29.611 --> 00:31:30.771
four of them were by strikeout.

00:31:31.893 --> 00:31:33.334
Again, did not allow a run.

00:31:34.275 --> 00:31:36.196
So that's a good sign for a

00:31:36.217 --> 00:31:37.617
team that definitely needs help.

00:31:39.179 --> 00:31:40.339
And then we're going to talk about,

00:31:40.941 --> 00:31:42.241
as we're sitting here breaking news,

00:31:43.042 --> 00:31:44.624
the Rockies the other day

00:31:44.784 --> 00:31:47.125
designated their former All-Star,

00:31:47.306 --> 00:31:47.767
I believe he was the

00:31:47.807 --> 00:31:49.387
All-Stream MVP a couple years ago,

00:31:49.528 --> 00:31:50.368
Elias Diaz.

00:31:51.509 --> 00:31:52.431
He has now been signed by

00:31:52.471 --> 00:31:53.471
the San Diego Padres.

00:31:54.631 --> 00:31:55.530
So a team that has a

00:31:56.010 --> 00:31:57.070
top-catching prospect at

00:31:57.111 --> 00:31:59.892
high A and needs a bat went

00:31:59.932 --> 00:32:01.092
out and got one that can

00:32:01.132 --> 00:32:02.092
help behind the plate as well.

00:32:02.892 --> 00:32:04.432
So that's a good sign for the Padres.

00:32:04.673 --> 00:32:05.532
I like that move.

00:32:05.553 --> 00:32:07.932
It could be something that

00:32:07.952 --> 00:32:08.813
helps them on the stretch

00:32:08.833 --> 00:32:09.753
when they get in the playoffs.

00:32:10.134 --> 00:32:11.074
They could be a scary team.

00:32:11.114 --> 00:32:13.753
They could be probably not

00:32:13.773 --> 00:32:15.355
going to have the amount of

00:32:15.394 --> 00:32:17.075
wins that the Diamondbacks did last year,

00:32:17.095 --> 00:32:17.595
but they could be the

00:32:17.634 --> 00:32:18.575
Diamondbacks of this year

00:32:18.714 --> 00:32:19.674
where they surprise some people,

00:32:19.734 --> 00:32:20.115
make a run,

00:32:20.134 --> 00:32:21.135
and they get to the World Series.

00:32:21.695 --> 00:32:22.955
I really would not be

00:32:22.976 --> 00:32:23.695
surprised if they did.

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.880
You got to remember,

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:26.161
Hugh Darvish is not back.

00:32:26.520 --> 00:32:27.842
He might just have been back.

00:32:27.902 --> 00:32:28.603
I might have saw something

00:32:28.643 --> 00:32:29.563
over the weekend on that.

00:32:30.163 --> 00:32:31.845
But he hasn't been back.

00:32:32.365 --> 00:32:32.984
And that's an honor.

00:32:33.025 --> 00:32:33.705
You get him back.

00:32:33.726 --> 00:32:34.826
A team that's in a

00:32:34.846 --> 00:32:35.866
postseason race like this,

00:32:35.906 --> 00:32:37.248
you get an arm like Darvish back.

00:32:37.307 --> 00:32:38.008
And you are back.

00:32:38.949 --> 00:32:39.388
Very back.

00:32:41.609 --> 00:32:42.431
Speaking with the Rockies,

00:32:43.230 --> 00:32:44.912
I want to give my Chase Dolander update.

00:32:45.752 --> 00:32:46.993
We all know I'm very high on him.

00:32:47.314 --> 00:32:48.875
He's towards the top of my rankings,

00:32:49.355 --> 00:32:50.336
especially towards the top

00:32:50.355 --> 00:32:51.236
of my ranking pitching.

00:32:53.076 --> 00:32:53.917
The other night, I tuned in.

00:32:54.792 --> 00:32:56.013
I had every intention of going.

00:32:57.734 --> 00:32:59.336
They came to the place where

00:32:59.356 --> 00:33:00.178
the Hartford Yard goes.

00:33:00.238 --> 00:33:02.499
They came to New Hampshire last week.

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.641
And originally he was supposed to,

00:33:04.721 --> 00:33:05.001
I thought,

00:33:05.041 --> 00:33:06.403
pitch on Tuesday and had lined

00:33:06.462 --> 00:33:07.723
up perfectly for me to go.

00:33:09.565 --> 00:33:10.306
Then that didn't happen.

00:33:10.326 --> 00:33:11.227
They had two games that day.

00:33:11.307 --> 00:33:12.146
One was a make-up.

00:33:13.008 --> 00:33:13.669
Wednesday I had an

00:33:13.689 --> 00:33:14.730
independent work dinner.

00:33:15.170 --> 00:33:17.432
Thursday I had some stuff going on.

00:33:17.451 --> 00:33:18.532
It was my son's birthday,

00:33:18.573 --> 00:33:19.733
so we did some stuff with him.

00:33:20.730 --> 00:33:20.849
Um,

00:33:21.371 --> 00:33:22.731
and then Friday we were getting ready

00:33:22.751 --> 00:33:24.452
for my son's birthday party on Saturday.

00:33:25.094 --> 00:33:26.114
And so it got announced that

00:33:26.134 --> 00:33:27.055
he was pitching Friday.

00:33:27.255 --> 00:33:28.816
Kind of the issue I have

00:33:28.875 --> 00:33:29.856
with minor league baseball

00:33:29.876 --> 00:33:30.478
is they don't announce

00:33:30.518 --> 00:33:31.919
pitching right away.

00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:34.259
Um, kind of usually the day of,

00:33:34.361 --> 00:33:36.082
if not like the day before,

00:33:36.281 --> 00:33:37.083
like the night before.

00:33:37.262 --> 00:33:38.503
So I didn't see it until the day of,

00:33:38.564 --> 00:33:38.923
and I was like,

00:33:38.943 --> 00:33:40.085
there's just no way I can swing that.

00:33:41.757 --> 00:33:43.018
but I watched the game on TV.

00:33:43.038 --> 00:33:44.179
I tuned in for the whole

00:33:44.219 --> 00:33:44.959
time he was out there.

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:47.621
Went on one of his better starts,

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:49.722
but he pitched, I thought, well.

00:33:50.262 --> 00:33:51.604
He went five and two-thirds.

00:33:52.424 --> 00:33:54.807
He gave up two runs on four hits.

00:33:55.586 --> 00:33:56.347
He did walk two,

00:33:56.708 --> 00:33:57.489
but another start he

00:33:57.528 --> 00:33:58.609
recorded 10 strikeouts.

00:33:59.851 --> 00:34:00.451
So, again,

00:34:01.872 --> 00:34:03.432
we have a newer writer for the Rockies.

00:34:03.452 --> 00:34:04.213
His name's Tanner.

00:34:04.473 --> 00:34:05.315
I reached out to him.

00:34:06.183 --> 00:34:07.684
I believe he actually posted

00:34:07.704 --> 00:34:08.505
right now it's done,

00:34:08.525 --> 00:34:09.226
so I'm either going to get

00:34:09.266 --> 00:34:10.608
that out probably tomorrow morning,

00:34:10.648 --> 00:34:13.190
I'll get it out, which is Tuesday,

00:34:13.210 --> 00:34:14.070
depending upon when you're

00:34:14.090 --> 00:34:14.771
listening to this.

00:34:15.911 --> 00:34:17.753
But I talked to him about

00:34:17.773 --> 00:34:18.893
there's a lot of Rockies

00:34:18.934 --> 00:34:20.235
prospects I have in our top

00:34:20.235 --> 00:34:21.657
100 that I am very impressed with.

00:34:21.677 --> 00:34:23.318
A lot of them have played at Hartford,

00:34:23.338 --> 00:34:23.978
and I've watched quite a

00:34:24.018 --> 00:34:25.579
few Hartford games this year, and I've

00:34:26.612 --> 00:34:28.153
Got a little bit higher on them.

00:34:28.193 --> 00:34:29.956
Zach Bean just got promoted to AAA.

00:34:30.536 --> 00:34:33.237
And I believe Fernandez, Ianquil Fernandez,

00:34:33.257 --> 00:34:34.298
got called up beginning of

00:34:34.318 --> 00:34:35.239
the month to AAA.

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.880
So they're getting closer.

00:34:37.001 --> 00:34:38.041
They're all in Albuquerque

00:34:38.081 --> 00:34:38.802
with the isotopes.

00:34:40.503 --> 00:34:41.804
Dolan may not be far off.

00:34:42.804 --> 00:34:45.126
And Adele,

00:34:45.206 --> 00:34:46.268
I forgot how you say his first name,

00:34:46.347 --> 00:34:46.807
Amador,

00:34:47.349 --> 00:34:49.010
made his major league debut this

00:34:49.050 --> 00:34:49.769
year already.

00:34:51.371 --> 00:34:52.391
So there's some good ones down there.

00:34:52.411 --> 00:34:53.353
There's a couple more I haven't,

00:34:53.552 --> 00:34:54.273
I forgot to mention.

00:34:55.351 --> 00:34:56.271
Gilbert was on there.

00:34:56.612 --> 00:34:57.853
He's obviously in the big leagues.

00:34:59.014 --> 00:35:00.775
And so he's writing an

00:35:00.815 --> 00:35:02.697
article for us that is

00:35:02.717 --> 00:35:04.179
talking about how I think the future,

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.920
I kind of mentioned to him

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.981
how I think the future is bright.

00:35:06.561 --> 00:35:07.661
And so it's kind of covering

00:35:07.702 --> 00:35:08.362
what they've been doing

00:35:08.402 --> 00:35:09.884
this year and giving you a

00:35:09.925 --> 00:35:11.045
little insight of what the

00:35:11.666 --> 00:35:12.907
top Rockies prospects are

00:35:13.307 --> 00:35:14.068
doing right now and the

00:35:14.108 --> 00:35:14.809
levels they're at.

00:35:17.204 --> 00:35:18.905
Some big news and some

00:35:18.925 --> 00:35:21.485
exciting news as far as prospects.

00:35:22.505 --> 00:35:24.047
The Detroit Tigers have

00:35:24.106 --> 00:35:27.347
called up Ty Madden, who is in my top 10.

00:35:27.347 --> 00:35:30.547
He's not in the top 100 MLB ITD prospects.

00:35:31.188 --> 00:35:32.369
He's in the top 10 as far as

00:35:32.409 --> 00:35:33.268
Tigers are concerned.

00:35:34.670 --> 00:35:36.329
He makes his MLB debut tonight.

00:35:37.293 --> 00:35:37.693
And, you know,

00:35:37.713 --> 00:35:38.594
right now they're losing 1-0.

00:35:38.793 --> 00:35:39.954
He had a tough first inning.

00:35:39.974 --> 00:35:42.235
Got out of some trouble.

00:35:42.996 --> 00:35:45.157
But this season in 22 starts,

00:35:45.456 --> 00:35:46.436
I believe he's pitched a –

00:35:46.436 --> 00:35:47.577
he's definitely pitched a triple-A,

00:35:47.657 --> 00:35:49.117
and I believe I saw a double-A.

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.938
So he's been at Toledo and Erie.

00:35:50.958 --> 00:35:54.079
It's 3-5 with a 6.98 ERA, a 1.59 whip,

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.541
124 strikeouts,

00:35:54.641 --> 00:35:56.240
and 96 and two-thirds innings.

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.782
So he is going to be –

00:36:07.617 --> 00:36:09.259
An interesting piece moving forward.

00:36:09.278 --> 00:36:14.463
We'll have to see what happens,

00:36:14.963 --> 00:36:16.244
but I like him.

00:36:16.445 --> 00:36:17.567
He was a guy that I talked

00:36:17.626 --> 00:36:19.427
to one of our other Tigers writers about,

00:36:19.628 --> 00:36:20.128
Engage,

00:36:20.869 --> 00:36:23.172
that he would be a guy I would be

00:36:23.211 --> 00:36:24.172
interested in seeing him

00:36:24.213 --> 00:36:24.773
write an article.

00:36:24.813 --> 00:36:25.835
He does a lot of good stuff

00:36:25.914 --> 00:36:28.436
as far as minor league

00:36:28.597 --> 00:36:30.960
interest and guys who should get a shot.

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:33.402
And I said to him that I

00:36:33.442 --> 00:36:34.382
think Madden's a guy that

00:36:34.402 --> 00:36:36.003
you should talk about maybe

00:36:36.023 --> 00:36:36.884
calling him up and giving

00:36:36.923 --> 00:36:38.023
him a start and seeing what he does.

00:36:38.625 --> 00:36:40.105
Because as of late, he's pitched better.

00:36:40.405 --> 00:36:41.746
The numbers don't reflect that,

00:36:42.367 --> 00:36:43.007
but as of late,

00:36:43.047 --> 00:36:44.027
he has looked a lot better.

00:36:44.246 --> 00:36:45.188
And I've watched him to Leo

00:36:45.228 --> 00:36:46.489
games because I like watching him pitch.

00:36:46.528 --> 00:36:47.989
He went to the University of Texas,

00:36:48.009 --> 00:36:49.190
so I saw him pitch in college.

00:36:50.010 --> 00:36:52.291
When I saw him fall to the

00:36:52.492 --> 00:36:54.112
competitive round of round one,

00:36:54.813 --> 00:36:55.793
and I saw the Tigers take him,

00:36:55.994 --> 00:36:56.813
I was very excited.

00:36:58.277 --> 00:37:00.237
So that was one player

00:37:00.257 --> 00:37:01.557
making his debut tonight.

00:37:02.217 --> 00:37:04.039
The other one is a guy that

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:05.759
was drafted last year, second overall.

00:37:05.818 --> 00:37:08.239
His teammate was Paul Skeens in college,

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:11.161
who made his big league debut this year,

00:37:11.201 --> 00:37:12.701
obviously, and is pitching the way he is,

00:37:13.402 --> 00:37:14.342
is Dylan Cruz,

00:37:15.061 --> 00:37:17.202
who right now is 0-2 with a strikeout.

00:37:18.362 --> 00:37:19.704
So far this season at AA and AAA,

00:37:19.724 --> 00:37:21.704
he's hitting .270 with a .793 OPS.

00:37:24.884 --> 00:37:27.985
He has 13 home runs, 68 RBIs,

00:37:27.985 --> 00:37:31.007
60 run scores, and 25 stolen bases.

00:37:31.728 --> 00:37:32.869
This is a guy that I thought

00:37:32.889 --> 00:37:35.409
was going to be a big piece

00:37:35.449 --> 00:37:37.431
in that Nationals future lineup,

00:37:37.532 --> 00:37:38.472
who our writer Chance

00:37:38.572 --> 00:37:39.373
covers the Nationals,

00:37:39.393 --> 00:37:40.853
and I've had conversations with him.

00:37:41.766 --> 00:37:43.487
about it a lot, where I said, you know,

00:37:43.507 --> 00:37:46.568
the pieces they have in Wood and Cruz,

00:37:47.188 --> 00:37:47.829
it's fantastic.

00:37:47.849 --> 00:37:48.570
They need some arms.

00:37:49.550 --> 00:37:52.170
And I went to the Senators

00:37:52.231 --> 00:37:53.731
game against the Fisher

00:37:53.751 --> 00:37:54.612
character earlier this year

00:37:54.652 --> 00:37:55.251
and covered that.

00:37:55.311 --> 00:37:56.273
That article is still up on

00:37:56.293 --> 00:37:57.152
the site if you want to see

00:37:57.193 --> 00:37:58.753
what both teams' prospects did,

00:37:58.793 --> 00:38:00.414
if you're a Blue Jays or a Nationals fan.

00:38:02.795 --> 00:38:04.175
But Cruz had a bad day at the plate.

00:38:04.936 --> 00:38:05.275
And I said,

00:38:05.295 --> 00:38:06.356
you can just tell something was

00:38:06.456 --> 00:38:06.976
off with him.

00:38:07.217 --> 00:38:08.557
And then, like, the very next night,

00:38:08.597 --> 00:38:09.057
he got hot.

00:38:10.416 --> 00:38:11.297
It worked out that he got

00:38:11.438 --> 00:38:12.237
called up to triple-a

00:38:12.277 --> 00:38:13.597
Rochester and now he's a

00:38:13.617 --> 00:38:15.719
big leaguer and My favorite

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.599
thing that they do is you

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.719
see the videos of them in

00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:18.960
the office of the manager

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.061
You know the minor league

00:38:20.101 --> 00:38:21.800
level and they call their parents.

00:38:22.461 --> 00:38:23.322
I love watching those.

00:38:23.402 --> 00:38:25.603
Those are my favorite so he

00:38:25.623 --> 00:38:26.643
called his mom she was out

00:38:26.682 --> 00:38:28.943
shopping and He told her

00:38:28.983 --> 00:38:30.284
that he asked if she had

00:38:30.304 --> 00:38:31.684
plans and then asked her if

00:38:31.704 --> 00:38:32.405
she wanted if they were

00:38:32.425 --> 00:38:33.405
coming to Washington to see

00:38:33.425 --> 00:38:34.465
him make his debut tonight

00:38:35.505 --> 00:38:36.686
the news broke on Friday, so I

00:38:37.751 --> 00:38:39.150
He had some time to get things acclimated,

00:38:39.170 --> 00:38:39.771
get them there,

00:38:39.831 --> 00:38:41.012
and here he is making his

00:38:41.052 --> 00:38:42.092
big league debut tonight.

00:38:42.512 --> 00:38:43.652
Hopefully he gets that first hit.

00:38:44.313 --> 00:38:45.172
Definitely against the Yankees,

00:38:45.193 --> 00:38:46.032
that would be nice to see.

00:38:46.052 --> 00:38:48.173
But congratulations to Ty

00:38:48.193 --> 00:38:49.034
Madden and Dylan Cruz.

00:38:51.673 --> 00:38:52.434
The final segment for

00:38:52.474 --> 00:38:53.454
tonight is the week ahead.

00:38:54.034 --> 00:38:55.034
And I mentioned already when

00:38:55.054 --> 00:38:55.735
I talked about the

00:38:55.775 --> 00:38:57.195
standings and where they're at right now,

00:38:58.175 --> 00:38:59.755
there are some good series this week.

00:39:00.317 --> 00:39:01.817
And most of them have already started.

00:39:03.085 --> 00:39:04.766
The first one is the Royals

00:39:04.806 --> 00:39:05.427
and the Guardians,

00:39:06.047 --> 00:39:07.248
which is taking place right now,

00:39:07.268 --> 00:39:08.250
started this afternoon.

00:39:08.269 --> 00:39:10.050
That's for first place.

00:39:10.472 --> 00:39:11.132
I mean, at the end of the day,

00:39:11.172 --> 00:39:12.393
if the Guardians get swept,

00:39:12.793 --> 00:39:13.853
the Royals take first place.

00:39:15.614 --> 00:39:16.516
The second series is the

00:39:16.556 --> 00:39:17.536
Padres and the Cardinals.

00:39:17.996 --> 00:39:19.057
And the reason I put this as

00:39:19.097 --> 00:39:19.998
a series to watch is

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:22.219
Cardinals lose that series,

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.541
it could be the end of the Cardinals.

00:39:24.461 --> 00:39:26.382
Their season could just go slowly,

00:39:26.443 --> 00:39:27.043
slowly away.

00:39:28.545 --> 00:39:29.626
The third one is a potential

00:39:29.646 --> 00:39:30.525
World Series preview that I

00:39:30.545 --> 00:39:31.106
already talked about,

00:39:31.126 --> 00:39:32.407
and that's the Orioles and the Dodgers.

00:39:33.610 --> 00:39:34.471
I really like that as a

00:39:34.530 --> 00:39:35.753
potential World Series preview.

00:39:36.693 --> 00:39:37.614
I know I've been saying

00:39:37.635 --> 00:39:38.775
Phillies or Braves as my

00:39:38.815 --> 00:39:39.858
two teams all along,

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.719
and I like the Orioles still,

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:44.402
but the Dodgers can always get there.

00:39:45.784 --> 00:39:47.085
The final one is the one

00:39:47.146 --> 00:39:48.527
that can make or break for either team,

00:39:49.128 --> 00:39:49.869
and that's the Mets and the

00:39:49.889 --> 00:39:50.751
Nuggets for the week.

00:39:52.454 --> 00:39:53.878
The Mets have been playing

00:39:53.898 --> 00:39:54.639
some good baseball.

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.440
They obviously took two or

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.181
three from the Orioles.

00:39:56.543 --> 00:39:57.505
They can come into the

00:39:57.545 --> 00:39:58.726
series and take the series.

00:39:59.568 --> 00:40:01.572
They're right there, and they're back to,

00:40:01.592 --> 00:40:03.436
you know, making baseball, you know,

00:40:03.695 --> 00:40:04.998
the postseason race interesting.

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:08.000
For the weekend, it's Braves and Phillies.

00:40:09.161 --> 00:40:10.621
I just like that division race.

00:40:10.641 --> 00:40:11.661
I like the Braves and Phillies.

00:40:11.681 --> 00:40:12.721
I feel like that's, you know,

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:14.402
something that's been brewing for a while,

00:40:14.422 --> 00:40:15.282
especially the last couple

00:40:15.302 --> 00:40:15.981
of years where it seems

00:40:16.001 --> 00:40:16.762
like the Braves have been

00:40:16.782 --> 00:40:17.661
right at the top of the

00:40:17.681 --> 00:40:19.583
division and the Phillies have been,

00:40:19.603 --> 00:40:20.003
you know,

00:40:20.023 --> 00:40:21.523
the wildcard team or right in second.

00:40:22.163 --> 00:40:23.143
And this year things have flipped.

00:40:23.802 --> 00:40:25.784
And the Braves have a chance to, you know,

00:40:25.983 --> 00:40:26.463
put a little,

00:40:26.483 --> 00:40:29.605
get a little closer to that

00:40:29.664 --> 00:40:30.364
race for the division.

00:40:31.364 --> 00:40:31.945
And the final one.

00:40:33.266 --> 00:40:34.148
is the one I said before,

00:40:34.228 --> 00:40:35.431
it's the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers.

00:40:35.952 --> 00:40:36.914
And the reason I put that

00:40:36.954 --> 00:40:38.938
was obviously that division

00:40:38.998 --> 00:40:40.101
race could change in the blank.

00:40:40.882 --> 00:40:41.764
It could be the Diamondbacks.

00:40:43.449 --> 00:40:45.951
But it's going to be an interesting week.

00:40:45.971 --> 00:40:47.331
It's going to be an interesting weekend.

00:40:47.351 --> 00:40:48.411
It's going to be an interesting week.

00:40:49.052 --> 00:40:50.773
Right now it's 5-1 Blue Jays,

00:40:50.833 --> 00:40:52.413
so the Red Sox aren't looking fantastic.

00:40:52.452 --> 00:40:52.952
So, I mean,

00:40:53.273 --> 00:40:54.434
the Red Sox race could be over

00:40:54.494 --> 00:40:55.074
after this week.

00:40:55.954 --> 00:40:56.775
A lot of things could change.

00:40:57.554 --> 00:40:59.076
That's my favorite series this weekend.

00:40:59.096 --> 00:40:59.795
I'll be watching that

00:40:59.815 --> 00:41:00.396
because it's my two

00:41:00.416 --> 00:41:01.356
favorite teams in the Red

00:41:01.376 --> 00:41:02.217
Sox and the Tigers.

00:41:03.317 --> 00:41:04.436
I obviously went earlier

00:41:04.456 --> 00:41:05.458
this year with my parents.

00:41:05.478 --> 00:41:07.237
I got my mom tickets for her birthday.

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.500
And so, obviously,

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.719
I'll be watching that this weekend.

00:41:12.478 --> 00:41:13.298
probably watching it Sunday

00:41:13.338 --> 00:41:14.018
with my parents.

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:16.340
Um, it's always a fun series,

00:41:16.661 --> 00:41:17.882
especially for me and my family.

00:41:17.902 --> 00:41:20.382
Um, you know, we used to do,

00:41:20.402 --> 00:41:21.364
it used to be a couple of

00:41:21.384 --> 00:41:22.664
years back when my

00:41:22.704 --> 00:41:23.786
grandparents were still alive.

00:41:24.786 --> 00:41:25.806
One year was my birthday and

00:41:25.847 --> 00:41:27.367
we had my one grandfather

00:41:27.407 --> 00:41:28.168
who was a Red Sox fan and

00:41:28.208 --> 00:41:29.088
my other grandfather who's

00:41:29.108 --> 00:41:30.530
a Tigers fan during that series.

00:41:31.231 --> 00:41:32.311
And it was nice to see, like,

00:41:32.512 --> 00:41:34.672
this was obviously before 2013,

00:41:34.672 --> 00:41:35.673
but they just got along and

00:41:35.713 --> 00:41:36.775
they both talked about both

00:41:36.815 --> 00:41:38.976
teams and the relationship was good.

00:41:39.757 --> 00:41:39.817
Um,

00:41:40.981 --> 00:41:41.862
No animosity or anything

00:41:41.902 --> 00:41:42.922
like that towards when it

00:41:42.943 --> 00:41:43.824
came to talking sports.

00:41:44.726 --> 00:41:48.050
So it's going to be a fun week.

00:41:48.492 --> 00:41:49.333
We're going to do September.

00:41:49.353 --> 00:41:51.235
When we record, it will be September 2nd,

00:41:51.295 --> 00:41:52.077
probably Labor Day.

00:41:52.157 --> 00:41:53.199
If not, I'll do Tuesday.

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.298
Okay.

00:41:53.956 --> 00:41:55.755
people on what's going on on Monday.

00:41:55.775 --> 00:41:58.456
I'll be watching some

00:41:58.516 --> 00:41:59.476
football this weekend,

00:42:00.117 --> 00:42:01.057
definitely some baseball.

00:42:01.257 --> 00:42:03.237
I'll have baseball on most of tonight,

00:42:03.538 --> 00:42:04.137
most of the week.

00:42:04.858 --> 00:42:05.818
Tomorrow night's guys' night,

00:42:06.498 --> 00:42:07.378
so I'll have my son.

00:42:07.398 --> 00:42:08.878
We'll be watching the Red Sox at 7.

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:12.699
Again, I hope your team's in the race.

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:13.199
If not,

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:14.621
I hope you're still watching

00:42:14.641 --> 00:42:16.340
because that's all we all need.

00:42:17.315 --> 00:42:18.094
It's been a good season.

00:42:18.275 --> 00:42:20.077
There's been a lot of storylines to watch.

00:42:20.476 --> 00:42:22.478
It's been a rollercoaster.

00:42:22.498 --> 00:42:24.338
I really like the whole expanded playoff.

00:42:24.398 --> 00:42:25.559
It's made things interesting

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:27.661
as far as deadline, teams still in it,

00:42:27.721 --> 00:42:28.722
like your team's not really

00:42:28.782 --> 00:42:29.983
out really at any point

00:42:30.702 --> 00:42:31.664
unless they're the White

00:42:31.704 --> 00:42:32.784
Sox or the Marlins or the

00:42:32.824 --> 00:42:34.766
Rockies right now or really

00:42:34.786 --> 00:42:35.646
the Angels and the A's.

00:42:35.746 --> 00:42:37.306
But there's a lot of good

00:42:37.327 --> 00:42:38.248
storylines to watch,

00:42:39.327 --> 00:42:40.228
and we'll be back to it

00:42:40.289 --> 00:42:41.590
next week to talk all about it.

00:42:42.289 --> 00:42:43.411
I hope everybody has a good week,

00:42:43.931 --> 00:42:45.112
and I hope you all enjoy your baseball.

00:42:46.293 --> 00:42:46.992
See everybody next week.