WEBVTT 00:00:07.083 --> 00:00:08.664 welcome back everyone this 00:00:08.705 --> 00:00:09.845 is inside the diamonds 00:00:09.884 --> 00:00:11.345 podcast this is episode 00:00:11.404 --> 00:00:14.185 nine I'm your host jc and 00:00:14.205 --> 00:00:15.205 I'm joined again tonight 00:00:15.246 --> 00:00:16.786 with cj how you doing cj 00:00:17.806 --> 00:00:19.588 aside from this cold that I 00:00:19.628 --> 00:00:22.408 have I am fantastic cold or 00:00:22.528 --> 00:00:24.588 allergies I don't know 00:00:24.609 --> 00:00:25.329 that's what I'm trying to 00:00:25.368 --> 00:00:27.750 figure out kind of cold no 00:00:28.109 --> 00:00:29.911 it actually kicked on more 00:00:29.951 --> 00:00:30.971 so last night and 00:00:31.861 --> 00:00:32.920 it's just kicked my ass 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:34.301 today sniffles that's all 00:00:34.341 --> 00:00:36.302 it is just just sniffles 00:00:36.362 --> 00:00:37.362 yeah I wouldn't let anyone 00:00:37.383 --> 00:00:40.543 else know that um just the 00:00:40.584 --> 00:00:41.884 sniffles don't be an austin 00:00:41.904 --> 00:00:44.304 matthews play the game um 00:00:44.825 --> 00:00:48.246 I'm here ready to work did 00:00:48.265 --> 00:00:50.006 you by chance not to talk 00:00:50.046 --> 00:00:51.387 hockey but did you see any 00:00:51.406 --> 00:00:54.548 of the reels of uh the 00:00:54.588 --> 00:00:56.029 toronto coach quitting 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.561 made with the different 00:00:59.542 --> 00:01:00.764 memes and reels where it's 00:01:00.804 --> 00:01:01.984 not really his voice, 00:01:02.045 --> 00:01:03.345 but there's some good ones 00:01:03.405 --> 00:01:04.087 out there right now. 00:01:07.390 --> 00:01:08.430 Nothing better than seeing 00:01:08.490 --> 00:01:10.152 the Maple Leafs fans kind 00:01:10.212 --> 00:01:12.073 of fold under the pressure 00:01:13.775 --> 00:01:14.615 and throw a fit. 00:01:14.856 --> 00:01:15.858 They should know better by 00:01:15.938 --> 00:01:17.218 now in a game seven against 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:20.240 the Bruins what's going to happen. 00:01:22.861 --> 00:01:25.123 Uh, let's get right into baseball. 00:01:25.162 --> 00:01:26.362 Forget all this hockey talk. 00:01:26.382 --> 00:01:27.644 That's for somebody else to do. 00:01:28.864 --> 00:01:29.984 What did you think? 00:01:30.325 --> 00:01:31.046 What was some of your 00:01:31.105 --> 00:01:32.466 takeaways from this past week? 00:01:32.527 --> 00:01:34.108 What were, uh, what was, 00:01:34.147 --> 00:01:34.828 I guess the biggest 00:01:34.867 --> 00:01:37.269 takeaway from this past week of baseball? 00:01:38.409 --> 00:01:39.370 So we talked about this a 00:01:39.411 --> 00:01:40.150 couple of weeks ago, 00:01:40.171 --> 00:01:41.352 might've been last week 00:01:41.371 --> 00:01:42.412 with the Aaron Boone 00:01:42.772 --> 00:01:44.093 getting tossed when it was the fan. 00:01:44.213 --> 00:01:44.373 Yeah. 00:01:45.143 --> 00:01:46.082 yeah can we just start with 00:01:46.123 --> 00:01:47.103 I'm tired of the um show 00:01:47.603 --> 00:01:49.263 like let's get back to 00:01:49.284 --> 00:01:50.944 baseball here I didn't like 00:01:50.965 --> 00:01:52.545 I forget what day it was 00:01:52.584 --> 00:01:55.805 the other day and there's a 00:01:55.906 --> 00:01:58.206 clip it went viral of byron 00:01:58.227 --> 00:01:59.787 buxton I think he had a bad 00:01:59.887 --> 00:02:00.887 slide he just tweaked 00:02:00.947 --> 00:02:01.828 something I think he's 00:02:01.867 --> 00:02:02.427 played all week I don't 00:02:02.447 --> 00:02:03.108 think he's on the injured 00:02:03.147 --> 00:02:04.888 list or anything no he's on 00:02:04.929 --> 00:02:06.308 the injured list now oh he 00:02:06.388 --> 00:02:07.549 is so he's so he was 00:02:07.649 --> 00:02:09.310 actually badly hurt um 00:02:11.024 --> 00:02:12.245 There's the video of him 00:02:12.305 --> 00:02:13.544 jogging off the field and 00:02:13.585 --> 00:02:15.406 the umpire clearly saying to him, 00:02:15.445 --> 00:02:16.347 let's speed this up. 00:02:17.407 --> 00:02:17.967 What are we doing? 00:02:17.987 --> 00:02:18.647 The guy's hurt. 00:02:19.187 --> 00:02:20.429 He's trying to get off the field. 00:02:20.968 --> 00:02:21.650 And you can kind of see 00:02:21.689 --> 00:02:22.789 Buxton took a second. 00:02:23.090 --> 00:02:24.170 It looks like he actually 00:02:24.211 --> 00:02:25.192 tried to go into a slight 00:02:25.271 --> 00:02:27.193 jog and then kind of just 00:02:27.233 --> 00:02:27.973 stopped and was like, nope, 00:02:28.013 --> 00:02:28.592 can't do that. 00:02:29.493 --> 00:02:31.514 And he wasn't moving that slow. 00:02:31.574 --> 00:02:32.496 He was getting off the field. 00:02:32.515 --> 00:02:34.896 He was just hurt. 00:02:35.217 --> 00:02:37.217 The other one was, I'm sure you saw it, 00:02:37.837 --> 00:02:38.979 the Mets-Cubs game. 00:02:39.887 --> 00:02:41.247 But their home plate, 00:02:41.927 --> 00:02:43.407 which not for nothing, 00:02:43.709 --> 00:02:45.269 everybody can have their opinion on this. 00:02:45.288 --> 00:02:47.169 I think he was blocking the plate. 00:02:48.270 --> 00:02:50.790 I mean, you can't stand on a home plate. 00:02:51.592 --> 00:02:53.451 But it is what it is. 00:02:53.472 --> 00:02:54.073 It was the call. 00:02:54.712 --> 00:02:56.373 I didn't like the whole – so 00:02:56.394 --> 00:02:56.954 they reviewed it. 00:02:57.014 --> 00:02:58.493 They said it wasn't blocking the plate, 00:02:58.694 --> 00:03:00.455 and they said that he was out. 00:03:00.634 --> 00:03:02.156 So nothing got overturned in any way, 00:03:02.175 --> 00:03:02.776 shape, or form. 00:03:02.936 --> 00:03:03.757 The call stood. 00:03:04.817 --> 00:03:06.056 What I didn't like was you 00:03:06.076 --> 00:03:07.138 could hear the hot mics. 00:03:08.347 --> 00:03:08.907 I shouldn't say I didn't 00:03:08.927 --> 00:03:10.848 like I love the hot I 00:03:10.908 --> 00:03:11.829 didn't like the umpire 00:03:11.868 --> 00:03:12.490 saying if you have a 00:03:12.530 --> 00:03:13.349 problem with it take it up 00:03:13.370 --> 00:03:17.211 with the office like what 00:03:17.252 --> 00:03:19.794 are we it was pretty bad to 00:03:19.854 --> 00:03:21.794 a show and on top of that 00:03:22.215 --> 00:03:23.116 judge getting tossed the 00:03:23.135 --> 00:03:23.756 other day for the first 00:03:23.795 --> 00:03:26.638 time in his career yeah 00:03:27.157 --> 00:03:31.560 it's just so you bring up 00:03:31.620 --> 00:03:32.480 an interesting point 00:03:32.540 --> 00:03:33.562 because we've talked about 00:03:33.701 --> 00:03:36.002 robo lumps you mentioned how the 00:03:36.798 --> 00:03:38.038 minor leagues are kind of 00:03:38.158 --> 00:03:39.838 using this as a system to check. 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:43.441 Do you feel of any like, 00:03:43.540 --> 00:03:46.122 or do you think there's any 00:03:46.181 --> 00:03:47.022 pressure on these umps 00:03:47.062 --> 00:03:48.022 where they feel as if 00:03:48.302 --> 00:03:49.883 almost they know their time 00:03:49.943 --> 00:03:52.104 is up and they're trying to 00:03:52.125 --> 00:03:53.205 make their impact now? 00:03:54.145 --> 00:03:55.967 Or is it just they're sick 00:03:56.007 --> 00:03:57.306 and tired of the bullshit 00:03:57.347 --> 00:03:58.427 and being second guessed 00:03:58.508 --> 00:04:00.748 all the time in regards to 00:04:00.808 --> 00:04:01.649 different things and 00:04:01.709 --> 00:04:03.370 hearing it all the time that they're, 00:04:04.258 --> 00:04:05.337 between that and being 00:04:05.418 --> 00:04:06.519 pressured to speed up the 00:04:06.558 --> 00:04:11.099 game that just like the players, 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:12.401 they're seeing a pressure 00:04:12.501 --> 00:04:13.820 from their bosses in 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:15.981 regards to doing their job and, 00:04:16.002 --> 00:04:18.002 and kind of getting things 00:04:18.622 --> 00:04:20.043 in line because it's all 00:04:20.103 --> 00:04:21.684 about the speed of the game, 00:04:21.744 --> 00:04:24.084 how quick we can turn this over, you know, 00:04:24.125 --> 00:04:25.564 get the fans in and get them out. 00:04:25.644 --> 00:04:26.944 Like there's going to be 00:04:26.985 --> 00:04:30.487 some element of pressure 00:04:30.526 --> 00:04:31.526 that they're feeling that 00:04:31.908 --> 00:04:32.949 not by just calling balls 00:04:33.009 --> 00:04:35.471 and strikes and outs and in 00:04:35.531 --> 00:04:36.932 fair balls and foul, 00:04:36.992 --> 00:04:37.932 but they've got to be 00:04:37.973 --> 00:04:39.795 feeling the pressure of, you know, 00:04:39.855 --> 00:04:41.375 some of these guys not 00:04:41.415 --> 00:04:42.836 saying that Buxton is one, 00:04:43.156 --> 00:04:45.439 but some of these guys are 00:04:45.478 --> 00:04:46.199 at a beat of their own 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:47.079 drummer and they don't give 00:04:47.139 --> 00:04:48.120 a shit on the field. 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:50.223 They're going to hustle on and off, 00:04:50.283 --> 00:04:51.002 or they're just going to 00:04:51.043 --> 00:04:52.343 take their sweet ass time. 00:04:52.423 --> 00:04:54.165 And some of these guys under 00:04:54.185 --> 00:04:54.826 their pressure, 00:04:54.846 --> 00:04:55.987 and some of them have 00:04:56.026 --> 00:04:57.487 pretty damn big egos too. 00:04:58.894 --> 00:05:00.975 It's just I don't know what's going on, 00:05:01.036 --> 00:05:02.137 but it hasn't been a good 00:05:02.197 --> 00:05:04.077 look in the past two weeks, 00:05:04.158 --> 00:05:05.338 especially for the Alps. 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:08.041 And again, nowadays with cell phones, 00:05:08.601 --> 00:05:09.983 the hot mics and everything 00:05:10.023 --> 00:05:11.644 and what they're doing with replay, 00:05:12.285 --> 00:05:14.627 it's it's pretty tough to 00:05:14.666 --> 00:05:15.728 get away with anything. 00:05:16.187 --> 00:05:18.310 The old days of reading lips 00:05:18.569 --> 00:05:19.911 and determining what the 00:05:20.052 --> 00:05:21.312 Alps and coaches and 00:05:21.372 --> 00:05:22.514 players are saying to each 00:05:22.574 --> 00:05:23.875 other is just about over 00:05:23.894 --> 00:05:25.276 because it's right there 00:05:25.336 --> 00:05:26.096 front and center for 00:05:26.156 --> 00:05:27.817 everyone now with all the technology. 00:05:28.603 --> 00:05:28.824 Yep. 00:05:29.223 --> 00:05:30.043 I mean, it's in, 00:05:30.985 --> 00:05:31.584 it's gonna be interesting 00:05:31.605 --> 00:05:32.464 to watch over a couple of weeks. 00:05:32.485 --> 00:05:33.665 Cause I don't know if it gets better, 00:05:33.704 --> 00:05:34.326 if it gets worse. 00:05:35.326 --> 00:05:35.946 I mean, I don't know. 00:05:36.286 --> 00:05:36.805 And it's all, 00:05:36.826 --> 00:05:38.586 I think all these umps are 00:05:38.607 --> 00:05:39.466 starting to get egos. 00:05:39.487 --> 00:05:40.387 I think I agree with you. 00:05:40.427 --> 00:05:41.326 I think they're feeling the 00:05:41.387 --> 00:05:42.327 pressure of the robo umps 00:05:42.367 --> 00:05:43.088 and I think they're feeling 00:05:43.148 --> 00:05:44.228 pressure of their bosses 00:05:44.468 --> 00:05:45.588 and that's affecting things, 00:05:46.348 --> 00:05:47.869 but it's just, 00:05:47.928 --> 00:05:48.649 it's not a good look to 00:05:48.668 --> 00:05:50.410 tell a player who's hurt to 00:05:50.569 --> 00:05:51.629 hurry up and get off the field. 00:05:52.389 --> 00:05:52.589 Yeah. 00:05:53.690 --> 00:05:54.831 You know, it'd be interesting. 00:05:56.158 --> 00:05:57.418 And this is probably a stat 00:05:57.458 --> 00:05:58.579 that somewhere is found, 00:05:58.619 --> 00:05:59.619 but it would be interesting 00:05:59.658 --> 00:06:02.560 to see for the number of games, 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:05.000 the ratio of in the minor leagues, 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:06.141 people getting tossed 00:06:07.161 --> 00:06:08.420 versus the major leagues. 00:06:09.362 --> 00:06:09.721 Yeah. 00:06:09.762 --> 00:06:11.601 Especially now with a robo-ump, you know, 00:06:11.641 --> 00:06:12.843 because what are the player going to do? 00:06:12.903 --> 00:06:14.702 The ump may have called it a ball. 00:06:15.163 --> 00:06:16.903 The other team deems it was a strike. 00:06:17.764 --> 00:06:18.783 And they go to the computer. 00:06:19.124 --> 00:06:20.285 You know, it's not the ump's fault. 00:06:20.464 --> 00:06:21.644 He got it right the first time. 00:06:23.146 --> 00:06:23.766 That is true. 00:06:24.005 --> 00:06:24.865 That is something else. 00:06:25.668 --> 00:06:26.769 if there was a way to find it, 00:06:27.930 --> 00:06:28.930 I'll have to take a look. 00:06:29.011 --> 00:06:31.752 Not now, but down the road to see what, 00:06:32.072 --> 00:06:34.954 what it all looks like, because it's just, 00:06:35.235 --> 00:06:35.636 I don't know. 00:06:37.396 --> 00:06:38.637 They're trying to speed up the game. 00:06:38.677 --> 00:06:39.819 They're trying to do everything else. 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:40.819 These refs have got to be 00:06:40.838 --> 00:06:42.720 feeling some sort of pressure about it. 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.002 Um, it's just, 00:06:46.062 --> 00:06:47.863 it's very interesting to me 00:06:49.884 --> 00:06:50.745 of how it's looking, 00:06:50.786 --> 00:06:52.466 but this past week was pathetic. 00:06:53.187 --> 00:06:53.408 Yeah. 00:06:53.608 --> 00:06:53.728 Um, 00:06:54.341 --> 00:06:55.860 out and just not a good, 00:06:56.362 --> 00:06:57.661 not a good look regardless. 00:06:58.362 --> 00:07:00.762 So it'll be interesting. 00:07:02.043 --> 00:07:02.242 Yep. 00:07:02.663 --> 00:07:03.444 I don't want to cut you off. 00:07:03.684 --> 00:07:06.524 It's definitely, I'll go for it. 00:07:07.425 --> 00:07:08.064 I just don't want, 00:07:08.105 --> 00:07:08.725 I don't think people want 00:07:08.745 --> 00:07:09.745 to hear us talk about the umps. 00:07:09.865 --> 00:07:11.545 I mean, everybody knows they're bad. 00:07:12.026 --> 00:07:13.105 And also like, can we, 00:07:13.386 --> 00:07:13.987 if we're going to start 00:07:14.007 --> 00:07:14.887 being able to overturn 00:07:14.927 --> 00:07:16.507 things after seven days or whatever, 00:07:16.547 --> 00:07:17.567 can we go back, you know, 00:07:17.648 --> 00:07:18.567 whatever amount of time and 00:07:18.588 --> 00:07:20.267 get Galarraga is perfect game back. 00:07:21.168 --> 00:07:22.249 That's the other thing that I don't like. 00:07:22.887 --> 00:07:24.629 I mean, and I will always respect, 00:07:24.709 --> 00:07:26.091 I think it was Jim Joyce was the ump. 00:07:27.233 --> 00:07:28.213 In tears. 00:07:28.334 --> 00:07:28.875 He got it wrong, 00:07:28.894 --> 00:07:29.896 and the next day in tears 00:07:29.915 --> 00:07:30.817 during the lineup exchange 00:07:30.836 --> 00:07:32.257 when Galarraga came out for that. 00:07:34.339 --> 00:07:36.002 I mean, that's how it should be. 00:07:36.302 --> 00:07:37.783 You know, he admitted he got it wrong. 00:07:38.855 --> 00:07:39.675 He admitted everything. 00:07:39.716 --> 00:07:41.076 He felt terrible about it. 00:07:41.237 --> 00:07:41.997 Let's overturn that. 00:07:42.517 --> 00:07:45.278 I don't know if we can create one, 00:07:45.298 --> 00:07:46.259 but let's get a poll and I 00:07:46.278 --> 00:07:47.559 want to see if there's a 00:07:47.598 --> 00:07:49.019 way I can do it and throw 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:49.939 it up on social media and 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:50.841 see who agrees that he 00:07:50.880 --> 00:07:51.560 should have his perfect 00:07:51.581 --> 00:07:53.721 game given to him and see who disagrees. 00:07:54.401 --> 00:07:56.343 If you disagree, I want to hear why. 00:07:56.362 --> 00:07:57.942 I want to hear the reason 00:07:57.983 --> 00:07:58.663 why because I think he 00:07:58.704 --> 00:07:59.504 deserves to have it 00:07:59.543 --> 00:08:00.324 overturned and have his 00:08:00.483 --> 00:08:01.485 perfect game on the record. 00:08:03.024 --> 00:08:05.165 Yeah, that's too bad to see it done that. 00:08:05.326 --> 00:08:07.107 I saw that one and I saw Schilling 00:08:09.778 --> 00:08:10.819 when the kid bunted. 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:12.540 There's some things I think 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:14.420 at another time when we can 00:08:14.500 --> 00:08:16.062 talk about the rules of 00:08:16.122 --> 00:08:17.682 baseball and different things, 00:08:17.723 --> 00:08:19.043 but that Galarraga one is 00:08:19.084 --> 00:08:20.723 an ump related and 00:08:20.764 --> 00:08:22.644 definitely should be overturned, 00:08:23.725 --> 00:08:24.386 in my opinion. 00:08:24.906 --> 00:08:25.286 For sure. 00:08:27.627 --> 00:08:28.408 So let's talk about these 00:08:28.487 --> 00:08:30.108 Red Hot Baltimore Orioles, huh? 00:08:31.209 --> 00:08:31.529 Yeah. 00:08:31.750 --> 00:08:32.951 Six and one last week, 00:08:33.811 --> 00:08:34.791 and that was taking three 00:08:34.812 --> 00:08:35.831 or four from the Yankees, 00:08:35.932 --> 00:08:36.711 and then they swept the 00:08:36.751 --> 00:08:37.613 Reds over the weekend. 00:08:38.475 --> 00:08:39.777 And when I was looking into it, I was like, 00:08:39.817 --> 00:08:39.996 huh, 00:08:40.157 --> 00:08:41.999 I wonder what they put up for runs 00:08:42.038 --> 00:08:42.438 and everything. 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:43.659 They outscored their 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.081 opponents 29-8 in those seven games. 00:08:47.842 --> 00:08:49.403 And that's – I mean, think about it. 00:08:49.423 --> 00:08:50.784 They just lost Grace Rodriguez. 00:08:50.845 --> 00:08:51.806 He's on the injured list. 00:08:52.506 --> 00:08:54.168 They got John Means back in 00:08:54.248 --> 00:08:56.710 his first start, seven innings, no runs, 00:08:56.889 --> 00:08:59.052 three hits, no walks, and eight Ks. 00:08:59.711 --> 00:09:00.432 You're adding that to a 00:09:00.493 --> 00:09:02.750 rotation that when healthy – 00:09:02.750 --> 00:09:04.350 I don't know who's the odd man out. 00:09:04.871 --> 00:09:06.772 You got Burns, who's a Cy Young candidate. 00:09:06.792 --> 00:09:07.591 You're not taking him out, 00:09:07.711 --> 00:09:09.133 especially when we gave up to get him. 00:09:10.052 --> 00:09:11.113 Kyle Braddish is back. 00:09:12.133 --> 00:09:13.394 To me, Corbin's the guy out. 00:09:13.474 --> 00:09:15.634 But John Means, Kramer, 00:09:15.894 --> 00:09:16.855 and Grayson Rodriguez, 00:09:17.774 --> 00:09:18.794 I really have a tough time 00:09:18.835 --> 00:09:20.255 even taking Corbin out. 00:09:20.416 --> 00:09:22.495 But that rotation is stacked. 00:09:23.515 --> 00:09:25.736 Irvin pitched tremendous the other night, 00:09:25.836 --> 00:09:27.476 and it was him versus Hunter Green. 00:09:29.437 --> 00:09:29.618 And... 00:09:31.109 --> 00:09:32.028 the biggest difference in 00:09:32.068 --> 00:09:33.110 that game and the biggest 00:09:33.149 --> 00:09:35.649 difference I see in the 00:09:35.870 --> 00:09:37.490 Orioles is they don't give 00:09:37.571 --> 00:09:39.230 you multiple outs. 00:09:39.291 --> 00:09:39.912 You don't, they've, 00:09:39.971 --> 00:09:42.172 I think this was the stat I 00:09:42.211 --> 00:09:43.432 heard the other night and 00:09:43.452 --> 00:09:44.513 it may have changed since. 00:09:45.113 --> 00:09:46.133 I don't think they have more 00:09:46.173 --> 00:09:47.673 than nine double plays 00:09:47.754 --> 00:09:48.894 turned against them this year. 00:09:50.434 --> 00:09:51.134 I didn't hear that stuff, 00:09:51.154 --> 00:09:52.095 but that is interesting. 00:09:52.134 --> 00:09:52.595 If it's true, 00:09:52.634 --> 00:09:54.255 that was it during the Reds game. 00:09:54.895 --> 00:09:55.735 I believe it was during the 00:09:55.775 --> 00:09:56.736 Reds game or maybe it was 00:09:56.756 --> 00:09:58.096 the Cubs Brewers game, but like, 00:09:58.917 --> 00:10:02.519 They worked Hunter green to 98 pitches, 00:10:02.538 --> 00:10:04.039 I think through five. 00:10:04.779 --> 00:10:06.900 So they're working the 00:10:06.941 --> 00:10:08.162 counts they're getting, 00:10:08.182 --> 00:10:09.422 and they've just got in the 00:10:09.461 --> 00:10:09.922 biggest thing. 00:10:09.942 --> 00:10:11.903 When I heard that it was 00:10:11.942 --> 00:10:13.624 about the double play is 00:10:13.663 --> 00:10:15.184 that the athletes that they 00:10:15.225 --> 00:10:16.806 have on that team, they all can run. 00:10:17.546 --> 00:10:18.206 They all can run. 00:10:18.245 --> 00:10:19.106 They all can move. 00:10:20.226 --> 00:10:21.607 And if you're not able to be 00:10:21.768 --> 00:10:23.828 having a ground ball pitcher come in, 00:10:24.229 --> 00:10:25.429 when someone gets a single 00:10:25.470 --> 00:10:26.770 or walks and then turn over 00:10:26.811 --> 00:10:27.471 that double play, 00:10:28.625 --> 00:10:29.886 You're just extending the inning. 00:10:30.226 --> 00:10:31.408 The pitcher does his job, 00:10:31.807 --> 00:10:33.129 but if you can run and beat it out, 00:10:33.288 --> 00:10:35.510 they're a very dangerous team. 00:10:35.591 --> 00:10:36.270 And like you said, 00:10:36.291 --> 00:10:37.412 with the injuries they have 00:10:37.692 --> 00:10:40.313 in their rotation, getting means back, 00:10:40.374 --> 00:10:41.514 which not a lot of people, 00:10:41.534 --> 00:10:42.274 I think you and I 00:10:42.355 --> 00:10:43.936 personally offline talked about it, 00:10:44.557 --> 00:10:48.099 but their team that they 00:10:48.139 --> 00:10:49.419 took it to the Yankees again, 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:52.322 they took it to the Reds, and... 00:10:54.219 --> 00:10:55.980 One piece here, one piece there, 00:10:56.139 --> 00:10:57.419 and this team is going to 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:58.061 be tough to beat. 00:10:58.341 --> 00:10:59.961 Again, not just this year, 00:11:00.001 --> 00:11:00.721 but like you said, 00:11:00.822 --> 00:11:02.202 for many years to come. 00:11:02.863 --> 00:11:03.623 I don't even know if they 00:11:03.643 --> 00:11:04.322 need another piece, 00:11:05.183 --> 00:11:06.144 unless you're going to move 00:11:06.203 --> 00:11:07.524 one of those arms to get a 00:11:07.565 --> 00:11:08.804 number two solid arm. 00:11:08.825 --> 00:11:10.725 But Rodriguez has looked like a two. 00:11:10.946 --> 00:11:12.126 Means is pitching like a three. 00:11:12.746 --> 00:11:13.726 And Kramer and Braddish can 00:11:13.787 --> 00:11:14.827 run out the rest of the rotation. 00:11:15.067 --> 00:11:16.008 I don't think they need it. 00:11:16.087 --> 00:11:17.908 And you still have Irwin to 00:11:17.948 --> 00:11:18.990 spot start when needed. 00:11:19.450 --> 00:11:19.610 Right. 00:11:20.162 --> 00:11:21.282 And I was looking at some numbers, 00:11:21.422 --> 00:11:24.003 and we talked about Jackson Holiday, 00:11:24.043 --> 00:11:25.443 I think, in our preview podcast. 00:11:25.764 --> 00:11:26.924 We'll get to him later and 00:11:27.065 --> 00:11:27.825 what's going on with him. 00:11:27.865 --> 00:11:29.745 But nobody talked about 00:11:29.806 --> 00:11:32.527 Colton Couser and what a 00:11:32.626 --> 00:11:33.626 start for his career. 00:11:33.626 --> 00:11:38.089 276 average and 929 OPS, six home runs, 00:11:38.089 --> 00:11:40.490 19 RBIs, 13 runs scored, 00:11:40.529 --> 00:11:41.269 three stolen bases, 00:11:41.289 --> 00:11:41.970 and he's the betting 00:11:42.009 --> 00:11:42.769 favorite right now on 00:11:42.809 --> 00:11:44.370 DraftKings to be the rookie of the year. 00:11:46.923 --> 00:11:50.446 Yeah, I remember opening day at Fenway. 00:11:50.466 --> 00:11:52.386 We were both there and just 00:11:52.427 --> 00:11:53.788 being impressed with him. 00:11:55.068 --> 00:11:56.409 Gunnar Henderson, I was impressed with, 00:11:56.450 --> 00:11:57.471 but him especially. 00:11:57.530 --> 00:11:59.552 He is a top prospect, 00:11:59.633 --> 00:12:01.153 a guy that was talked about heavily, 00:12:01.234 --> 00:12:03.655 but due to the amount of talent they have, 00:12:03.875 --> 00:12:04.936 he's overshadowed. 00:12:06.437 --> 00:12:08.198 But his stats speak for themselves. 00:12:09.024 --> 00:12:10.686 I don't think he will be much longer. 00:12:10.706 --> 00:12:11.086 No. 00:12:11.167 --> 00:12:11.346 I mean, 00:12:11.366 --> 00:12:13.089 I remember he was a thorn all three 00:12:13.129 --> 00:12:14.269 games in that Red Sox series. 00:12:14.289 --> 00:12:15.410 He was a thorn on their side. 00:12:15.971 --> 00:12:17.351 And I love seeing it. 00:12:17.552 --> 00:12:18.413 The other good name I liked, 00:12:18.513 --> 00:12:19.333 and you just said it, 00:12:19.474 --> 00:12:20.835 Gunnar Henderson might be the MVP. 00:12:21.875 --> 00:12:24.378 I mean, what he's doing is fantastic. 00:12:24.457 --> 00:12:29.243 He's 274, 914 OPS, 10 home runs, 24 RBIs, 00:12:29.243 --> 00:12:31.224 26 runs scored, six stolen bases, 00:12:31.244 --> 00:12:32.384 and he hasn't been caught stealing it. 00:12:33.265 --> 00:12:33.426 No. 00:12:33.686 --> 00:12:34.647 And he's right behind Juan 00:12:34.667 --> 00:12:35.587 Soto for the betting 00:12:35.628 --> 00:12:36.568 favorite to be the MVP. 00:12:36.609 --> 00:12:36.708 Okay. 00:12:37.995 --> 00:12:38.215 I mean, 00:12:38.254 --> 00:12:40.697 is it unrealistic that these Orioles are, 00:12:40.897 --> 00:12:41.937 you know, they started off slow. 00:12:41.957 --> 00:12:43.139 Have they figured it out and 00:12:43.158 --> 00:12:43.980 they're ready to roll? 00:12:44.059 --> 00:12:47.121 And they are proven that it 00:12:47.221 --> 00:12:48.322 might be the best team in baseball, 00:12:48.822 --> 00:12:49.524 especially after the 00:12:49.543 --> 00:12:50.283 weekend series with the 00:12:50.323 --> 00:12:51.184 Dodgers and the Braves, 00:12:51.225 --> 00:12:51.946 which I'll get to. 00:12:52.166 --> 00:12:53.626 That's on my list, I think, later on. 00:12:54.267 --> 00:12:54.508 Yeah. 00:12:54.768 --> 00:12:55.607 Actually, it's actually next. 00:12:55.708 --> 00:12:56.489 So I might as well just 00:12:56.528 --> 00:12:57.470 transition into it unless 00:12:57.490 --> 00:12:58.750 you want to add more on the Orioles. 00:12:59.831 --> 00:12:59.971 No, 00:13:00.011 --> 00:13:01.352 I just think they're an impressive team. 00:13:01.393 --> 00:13:02.153 And what you're about to 00:13:02.212 --> 00:13:03.134 speak about is what I'm 00:13:03.193 --> 00:13:04.154 really looking forward to. 00:13:05.484 --> 00:13:07.405 So I had said last week, 00:13:07.885 --> 00:13:08.846 I think that was my main 00:13:08.886 --> 00:13:09.767 series that I was excited 00:13:09.807 --> 00:13:10.628 for for the weekend. 00:13:11.609 --> 00:13:14.051 And the Braves just didn't show up. 00:13:14.890 --> 00:13:17.513 I mean, Glasnow is dominant. 00:13:19.034 --> 00:13:20.014 If he can stay healthy, 00:13:20.515 --> 00:13:21.376 and there's something I'll 00:13:21.636 --> 00:13:22.778 mention about this series, 00:13:22.837 --> 00:13:24.859 but if he can stay healthy, 00:13:26.900 --> 00:13:28.601 that pitching staff is very good. 00:13:29.643 --> 00:13:32.404 And he got the start on Saturday. 00:13:32.424 --> 00:13:33.405 I think the final score is 00:13:33.426 --> 00:13:34.606 11-2 in that game. 00:13:35.515 --> 00:13:37.517 He went seven innings, gave up five hits, 00:13:37.636 --> 00:13:39.977 two earned runs, a one walk, and 10 Ks. 00:13:41.558 --> 00:13:44.700 I mean, but I forget, oh, he faced Elder. 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:47.640 So, I mean, I'm not big on Bryce Elder. 00:13:47.660 --> 00:13:48.522 I'd rather have seen 00:13:49.341 --> 00:13:50.182 Smith-Shaw ever get a 00:13:50.221 --> 00:13:52.543 chance or something like that. 00:13:52.623 --> 00:13:55.664 But the other one was yesterday, 00:13:55.684 --> 00:13:56.445 which we thought was going 00:13:56.465 --> 00:13:57.245 to be Sunday Night Baseball, 00:13:57.264 --> 00:13:57.885 but it was the 4-10 start. 00:13:59.605 --> 00:14:01.265 And I thought for sure the 00:14:01.306 --> 00:14:02.725 Braves would not get swept 00:14:02.765 --> 00:14:03.527 when I saw the pitching 00:14:03.547 --> 00:14:04.326 matchup for that game. 00:14:04.726 --> 00:14:07.168 But, you know, what was it? 00:14:07.427 --> 00:14:08.628 Last week we were watching the game, 00:14:08.668 --> 00:14:09.908 and we mentioned he had a 00:14:09.948 --> 00:14:11.529 complete game and he'll dominate. 00:14:12.549 --> 00:14:14.551 Not this week against that Dodgers lineup. 00:14:14.870 --> 00:14:16.051 Seven innings pitched, four hits, 00:14:16.130 --> 00:14:18.152 four earned runs, three walks, seven Ks. 00:14:19.452 --> 00:14:20.952 Paxton went six and two-thirds, 00:14:21.013 --> 00:14:22.333 gave up five hits, one earned run, 00:14:22.394 --> 00:14:23.293 two walks, three Ks. 00:14:24.134 --> 00:14:25.835 So outpitched by James Paxton. 00:14:26.557 --> 00:14:27.817 And how bad is that? 00:14:27.898 --> 00:14:30.240 That outing's not horrible for Max. 00:14:30.299 --> 00:14:31.260 It's just not when you 00:14:31.301 --> 00:14:32.221 compare it to what he did 00:14:32.260 --> 00:14:33.042 the week before. 00:14:35.583 --> 00:14:35.864 Yeah. 00:14:35.984 --> 00:14:37.345 I mean, the four on runs is tough, 00:14:37.384 --> 00:14:39.386 but it's the Dodgers lineup and you just, 00:14:39.547 --> 00:14:41.307 four on runs is not bad. 00:14:42.229 --> 00:14:42.369 Um, 00:14:43.330 --> 00:14:44.370 the other thing I was listening to 00:14:44.429 --> 00:14:46.971 something today and it made 00:14:46.991 --> 00:14:47.692 me think while I was 00:14:47.993 --> 00:14:50.575 looking up the theory and 00:14:50.615 --> 00:14:52.096 there's a conversation 00:14:52.155 --> 00:14:54.638 going around on Twitter and social media, 00:14:54.677 --> 00:14:54.717 um, 00:14:55.722 --> 00:14:57.062 with Shohei Otani and what 00:14:57.123 --> 00:14:58.583 he's doing to start this year. 00:14:59.303 --> 00:14:59.543 Yeah. 00:14:59.764 --> 00:15:01.244 And how he's hot in his numbers. 00:15:01.283 --> 00:15:02.563 I didn't write his numbers 00:15:02.604 --> 00:15:03.364 down because I heard it 00:15:03.403 --> 00:15:04.264 while I was driving. 00:15:06.544 --> 00:15:08.725 But is it unfair to say he's 00:15:08.764 --> 00:15:09.846 doing all this because he 00:15:09.966 --> 00:15:11.166 doesn't have to worry about pitching? 00:15:14.546 --> 00:15:15.687 I mean, I'm going to pull it up, 00:15:15.726 --> 00:15:18.326 so if you want to... So I'm just... Yeah, 00:15:18.626 --> 00:15:18.767 no, 00:15:18.807 --> 00:15:20.528 I'm just... Because we talked about 00:15:20.567 --> 00:15:22.307 this before, right? 00:15:22.347 --> 00:15:22.967 We talked about... 00:15:24.650 --> 00:15:25.912 him coming back and being 00:15:25.951 --> 00:15:28.332 more of a closer in the playoffs. 00:15:28.352 --> 00:15:29.153 And when I was thinking 00:15:29.214 --> 00:15:32.775 about anytime I think about Otani, 00:15:32.816 --> 00:15:34.817 I think about how it 00:15:34.876 --> 00:15:36.298 appears from what we hear, 00:15:36.337 --> 00:15:39.139 how obsessed he is with his routine. 00:15:39.961 --> 00:15:40.181 Right. 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:42.721 And that takes in a lot of his time, 00:15:42.782 --> 00:15:43.042 you know, 00:15:43.081 --> 00:15:44.523 making sure he gets in his bullpen, 00:15:44.543 --> 00:15:45.604 make sure he's throwing and 00:15:45.644 --> 00:15:47.205 doing all this stuff right now. 00:15:47.245 --> 00:15:47.804 He can't throw. 00:15:49.306 --> 00:15:50.366 He's got nothing to do, 00:15:50.427 --> 00:15:51.508 but focus on hitting. 00:15:51.908 --> 00:15:53.589 And we all know he's a phenomenal hitter. 00:15:55.312 --> 00:15:58.255 but now he is so dialed in 00:15:58.316 --> 00:15:59.235 and he hasn't stopped. 00:15:59.917 --> 00:16:01.999 I think he's got 10 home runs and like, 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:05.361 I want to say 28 to 32 RBIs. 00:16:05.802 --> 00:16:07.403 Again, this was some 25. 00:16:08.384 --> 00:16:11.706 So at some point, 00:16:11.907 --> 00:16:13.568 like the trickiest thing 00:16:13.609 --> 00:16:15.811 with him is when he's right, 00:16:16.071 --> 00:16:17.491 he's dominant on the mound too. 00:16:18.072 --> 00:16:18.273 Right. 00:16:19.394 --> 00:16:20.674 So I don't think you're ever 00:16:20.715 --> 00:16:23.057 going to see him really truly just be a, 00:16:24.056 --> 00:16:27.519 a pitcher or a hitter, but right now, 00:16:27.578 --> 00:16:28.399 without having that 00:16:28.499 --> 00:16:32.302 stress... The Dodgers 00:16:32.341 --> 00:16:33.543 really don't need him to be a pitcher. 00:16:34.183 --> 00:16:36.144 So that's why I asked the question. 00:16:37.346 --> 00:16:38.106 What are they going to do? 00:16:38.767 --> 00:16:40.849 I mean, you paid him all that money, 00:16:40.928 --> 00:16:42.090 so you're going to have to pitch him. 00:16:42.269 --> 00:16:44.751 Whether it's like you said in the preview, 00:16:45.371 --> 00:16:46.033 is he a closer? 00:16:47.094 --> 00:16:47.234 It's... 00:16:48.586 --> 00:16:49.807 right now who knows I mean 00:16:50.087 --> 00:16:51.528 he's got his as of right 00:16:51.567 --> 00:16:54.210 now he's hitting 364 with a 00:16:54.210 --> 00:16:57.650 1.111 ops I mean that's 00:16:57.691 --> 00:17:00.672 just and again it's only 00:17:00.732 --> 00:17:03.293 through 35 games but people 00:17:03.313 --> 00:17:04.253 were talking about it as 00:17:04.354 --> 00:17:05.335 like that's a career high 00:17:05.375 --> 00:17:06.595 for him if the season today 00:17:07.336 --> 00:17:08.895 well it's like who knows I 00:17:08.915 --> 00:17:10.537 mean but he's so dialed in he might 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:14.941 I mean, he's got 52 hits, 00:17:15.221 --> 00:17:16.321 which I want to do the math. 00:17:16.342 --> 00:17:17.382 So 52 divided by 35 games, 00:17:17.402 --> 00:17:21.044 that's 1.4 hits per game he's played in. 00:17:21.163 --> 00:17:21.564 Holy shit. 00:17:21.584 --> 00:17:23.505 Say he plays in, what do we want to say, 00:17:23.545 --> 00:17:24.786 probably 145, just to be safe. 00:17:24.806 --> 00:17:26.066 He might play in more, but 145. 00:17:26.125 --> 00:17:26.965 He's looking at 215 hits, 00:17:27.247 --> 00:17:27.946 which would be a career high. 00:17:40.894 --> 00:17:42.433 His career high right now is 160. 00:17:42.493 --> 00:17:43.934 So just think about that. 00:17:46.756 --> 00:17:49.276 So that's an interesting, 00:17:49.915 --> 00:17:51.136 like that's phenomenal, right? 00:17:52.376 --> 00:17:55.057 But didn't Itro have 300 hits in a season? 00:17:55.538 --> 00:17:57.278 Yes. 00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.999 Was that his rookie year? 00:18:00.199 --> 00:18:01.179 I don't know because what 00:18:01.219 --> 00:18:03.099 I'm doing is I'm thinking 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:07.780 about like... Itro's high. 00:18:07.800 --> 00:18:09.521 He's not known for all the hits, right? 00:18:09.541 --> 00:18:10.241 He's known for that. 00:18:11.238 --> 00:18:12.238 was 262-04. 00:18:13.479 --> 00:18:16.579 Okay, so maybe no one's ever had 300 hits, 00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:19.820 and maybe I'm just overtired, 00:18:19.921 --> 00:18:23.261 but Otani's just dialed in. 00:18:23.501 --> 00:18:26.343 Regardless, doesn't matter what's going on, 00:18:26.423 --> 00:18:27.643 he's definitely one of 00:18:27.682 --> 00:18:28.823 these guys right this 00:18:28.903 --> 00:18:32.304 minute that it's him and 00:18:32.344 --> 00:18:35.025 his teammate at the top of the list, 00:18:35.065 --> 00:18:38.685 Mookie Betts, for the NL MVP right now. 00:18:38.705 --> 00:18:39.626 I don't think there's anyone 00:18:39.686 --> 00:18:40.747 else that's really 00:18:41.771 --> 00:18:42.172 Close. 00:18:43.252 --> 00:18:45.012 Acuna's got over 30 runs scored. 00:18:45.073 --> 00:18:46.153 We talked about him before, 00:18:46.173 --> 00:18:47.253 and I know he'll heat up. 00:18:48.174 --> 00:18:50.635 But there's no one in the NL 00:18:50.695 --> 00:18:51.936 Central that's going to touch him. 00:18:52.257 --> 00:18:55.657 Unless De La Cruz stays on his pace, 00:18:56.398 --> 00:18:57.959 then he'll be in the conversation. 00:18:58.378 --> 00:19:00.200 But if the Reds don't make the playoffs, 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.361 then that kind of is a notch down. 00:19:03.001 --> 00:19:03.201 Right. 00:19:05.923 --> 00:19:07.083 That lineup is dangerous, 00:19:07.182 --> 00:19:08.483 but they've got gaps still. 00:19:09.982 --> 00:19:10.282 I mean, 00:19:10.442 --> 00:19:11.903 the only name that I think you 00:19:11.943 --> 00:19:13.223 could potentially put into 00:19:13.263 --> 00:19:14.203 a conversation right now 00:19:14.243 --> 00:19:15.244 based on the start they've 00:19:15.265 --> 00:19:16.944 had is Alex Boehm. 00:19:18.246 --> 00:19:18.445 Yeah. 00:19:19.546 --> 00:19:20.626 He's hitting 360, 00:19:20.626 --> 00:19:23.267 so he's just behind Otani. 00:19:23.907 --> 00:19:24.968 He's got 45 hits, 00:19:25.008 --> 00:19:26.587 so he's seven hits behind Otani. 00:19:26.929 --> 00:19:28.068 Not up there in the home runs, 00:19:28.189 --> 00:19:29.849 but that is what it is. 00:19:29.970 --> 00:19:31.089 He's second in the National 00:19:31.109 --> 00:19:34.050 League in RBIs behind Marcelo Zuna, 00:19:34.151 --> 00:19:35.570 who's the other name that 00:19:36.311 --> 00:19:37.211 you could throw out there. 00:19:38.011 --> 00:19:39.692 because I'm working on – it 00:19:39.712 --> 00:19:40.373 will come out tomorrow, 00:19:40.393 --> 00:19:42.334 my Red Sox Braves series preview, 00:19:42.913 --> 00:19:43.815 my favorite series, 00:19:43.835 --> 00:19:44.974 one of my favorite series 00:19:45.015 --> 00:19:46.076 of the year because I grew 00:19:46.115 --> 00:19:47.135 up watching both teams. 00:19:48.036 --> 00:19:50.497 Ozuna leads the National 00:19:50.517 --> 00:19:51.958 League in home runs and RBIs. 00:19:53.419 --> 00:19:55.619 So that is another name that 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:57.800 is going around quietly. 00:19:59.201 --> 00:20:00.281 Like nobody's talking about 00:20:00.301 --> 00:20:01.801 the season Marcelo Ozuna has. 00:20:02.282 --> 00:20:02.883 It's happening now. 00:20:04.792 --> 00:20:05.614 But he didn't – I mean, 00:20:05.634 --> 00:20:06.374 I don't even know what he 00:20:06.394 --> 00:20:07.634 did in the series against the Dodgers. 00:20:07.935 --> 00:20:09.076 I barely watched much of it. 00:20:10.137 --> 00:20:11.298 He's batting cleanup, right, 00:20:11.578 --> 00:20:13.039 most of the time for them? 00:20:13.881 --> 00:20:15.961 Right around there, either the four, five, 00:20:16.001 --> 00:20:16.702 or six hole. 00:20:19.105 --> 00:20:20.105 Pulling it up now from 00:20:20.165 --> 00:20:23.528 yesterday's game at least. 00:20:23.588 --> 00:20:25.250 Yesterday he hit fifth. 00:20:25.269 --> 00:20:26.932 Olsen's usually batting cleanup. 00:20:27.392 --> 00:20:28.192 And he went two for four 00:20:28.212 --> 00:20:30.054 with a run in an RBI home run yesterday. 00:20:30.074 --> 00:20:30.974 Yeah. 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:32.961 Yeah, 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:34.221 and then the other two games he went 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:37.502 0-4-4 and 0-4-4 with three strikeouts. 00:20:37.522 --> 00:20:38.383 So 0-4-8 with three 00:20:38.423 --> 00:20:39.703 strikeouts entering yesterday. 00:20:40.564 --> 00:20:40.804 Yeah. 00:20:43.625 --> 00:20:45.786 So that's another name to watch 0-4. 00:20:45.865 --> 00:20:47.946 I think that was the other 00:20:48.007 --> 00:20:49.008 note I had with this series 00:20:49.048 --> 00:20:50.268 is the Phillies took first place. 00:20:51.088 --> 00:20:51.308 Yeah. 00:20:51.808 --> 00:20:52.489 And with that, I mean, 00:20:52.509 --> 00:20:53.349 they swept the Giants. 00:20:53.390 --> 00:20:53.569 Well, 00:20:53.650 --> 00:20:54.529 they didn't sweep the Giants because 00:20:54.549 --> 00:20:55.431 I thought it was a sweep, 00:20:55.451 --> 00:20:56.770 but then I realized they played today. 00:20:57.872 --> 00:20:58.951 And did they complete the sweep? 00:20:59.673 --> 00:21:00.113 They sure did. 00:21:01.044 --> 00:21:03.305 yeah so it's another team to 00:21:03.325 --> 00:21:04.045 watch out for you've 00:21:04.085 --> 00:21:05.185 mentioned it before I even 00:21:05.226 --> 00:21:06.645 did I thought the braves 00:21:06.665 --> 00:21:07.406 would run away with the 00:21:07.586 --> 00:21:09.048 east but the phillies are 00:21:09.548 --> 00:21:10.488 took over first place and 00:21:10.508 --> 00:21:14.049 they're right there um so I 00:21:14.089 --> 00:21:15.269 guess that leads into we'll 00:21:15.289 --> 00:21:16.351 keep with the dodgers trend 00:21:16.391 --> 00:21:17.990 I guess if you want to yep 00:21:18.412 --> 00:21:21.472 um yoshinobu yamamoto 00:21:23.502 --> 00:21:27.545 i mentioned I wrote an 00:21:27.585 --> 00:21:28.486 article before the season 00:21:28.526 --> 00:21:30.426 started and it was actually 00:21:30.446 --> 00:21:31.067 it might have been after 00:21:31.126 --> 00:21:32.807 his first start yeah it was 00:21:32.847 --> 00:21:33.828 either before the season or 00:21:33.868 --> 00:21:34.809 right after the first start 00:21:34.990 --> 00:21:37.090 and I said is he a bust I 00:21:37.131 --> 00:21:38.291 didn't say he was and again 00:21:38.311 --> 00:21:38.932 I said this when I 00:21:38.951 --> 00:21:39.612 mentioned on the last 00:21:39.653 --> 00:21:41.053 podcast I didn't say he was 00:21:41.073 --> 00:21:42.233 but I said could he be 00:21:42.294 --> 00:21:43.194 because his spring training 00:21:43.214 --> 00:21:44.955 numbers look terrible and 00:21:44.996 --> 00:21:46.076 then you and I talked about 00:21:46.096 --> 00:21:46.876 it it may have been on the 00:21:46.896 --> 00:21:47.676 podcast but it was 00:21:47.717 --> 00:21:49.077 definitely at least on the side um 00:21:50.999 --> 00:21:51.999 that it was kind of 00:21:52.098 --> 00:21:53.420 embarrassing that his first 00:21:54.641 --> 00:21:55.921 start in the major leagues 00:21:56.020 --> 00:21:57.582 was almost a home game for him. 00:21:57.922 --> 00:21:58.142 Yeah. 00:21:58.422 --> 00:21:59.061 And he got shelled. 00:22:00.323 --> 00:22:01.823 But so this point in the season, 00:22:02.324 --> 00:22:03.423 now this is where I 00:22:03.983 --> 00:22:04.845 crunched some numbers and I 00:22:04.884 --> 00:22:05.825 was intrigued by this. 00:22:07.125 --> 00:22:07.945 So to this point, 00:22:08.726 --> 00:22:09.946 he has started seven games. 00:22:10.866 --> 00:22:11.886 He's 3-1 with a 2.91 ERA, a 1.08 whip, 00:22:11.886 --> 00:22:12.907 42 strikeouts, 34 innings pitched. 00:22:12.948 --> 00:22:13.948 Now I crunched it even more. 00:22:21.214 --> 00:22:22.795 and this is where things are 00:22:22.835 --> 00:22:26.056 kind of interesting, an 11.1K per nine, 00:22:26.935 --> 00:22:28.615 a 0.8 home run per nine, 00:22:29.316 --> 00:22:31.196 and a 2.1 walk per nine. 00:22:32.457 --> 00:22:33.817 So then I was like, huh, 00:22:34.017 --> 00:22:35.237 I wonder what his numbers 00:22:35.317 --> 00:22:37.958 really are without that start in Korea. 00:22:38.877 --> 00:22:39.938 Yeah. 00:22:40.939 --> 00:22:41.699 He's undefeated, 3-0. 00:22:41.719 --> 00:22:42.179 His ERA goes from 2.91 to 1.64. 00:22:43.219 --> 00:22:43.858 His whip drops almost... 00:22:51.912 --> 00:22:54.353 a 10th, so 1.08 to 0.97. 00:22:55.574 --> 00:22:57.134 He has two less strikeouts. 00:22:57.394 --> 00:22:58.174 So he only had two 00:22:58.194 --> 00:22:59.715 strikeouts in that start in Korea. 00:23:00.336 --> 00:23:01.395 Pitched one inning in that game, 00:23:01.415 --> 00:23:02.497 so he's at 33 innings. 00:23:03.156 --> 00:23:04.458 So breaking down the numbers, 00:23:04.518 --> 00:23:07.719 he's got a 10.91K per nine, 00:23:07.818 --> 00:23:08.618 a 1.91 walk per nine, 00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.680 so then walks are lower, 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.920 and a 0.8 home run per nine. 00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:12.641 So the home run per nine is the same, 00:23:12.661 --> 00:23:13.642 because I don't think he 00:23:13.662 --> 00:23:15.201 gave up a home run in that game in Korea. 00:23:16.282 --> 00:23:16.462 So... 00:23:17.825 --> 00:23:19.266 I'm going to take that back. 00:23:19.326 --> 00:23:20.346 I don't think he is a bust. 00:23:20.546 --> 00:23:21.346 And I think they got a 00:23:21.625 --> 00:23:22.507 pretty solid start to go 00:23:22.527 --> 00:23:23.606 with Glasnow on their hands. 00:23:25.788 --> 00:23:26.127 Yeah. 00:23:26.548 --> 00:23:28.409 And the scary thing is, as you mentioned, 00:23:28.449 --> 00:23:28.989 Paxton, 00:23:29.048 --> 00:23:31.210 who we saw last year in New 00:23:31.309 --> 00:23:32.631 England with the Red Sox, 00:23:32.651 --> 00:23:33.810 looked good while he pitched. 00:23:34.971 --> 00:23:36.811 They still have Walker Bueller, 00:23:36.872 --> 00:23:38.752 who I believe is coming 00:23:38.833 --> 00:23:40.373 back in the next 10 days, 00:23:40.573 --> 00:23:41.534 if not this week. 00:23:44.335 --> 00:23:44.474 And... 00:23:45.171 --> 00:23:46.551 They still have Clayton 00:23:46.592 --> 00:23:47.913 Kershaw that they can slow 00:23:47.952 --> 00:23:48.792 play all they want. 00:23:49.653 --> 00:23:51.134 I believe Buehler's back tonight. 00:23:52.035 --> 00:23:52.796 Is he back tonight? 00:23:52.875 --> 00:23:53.155 Okay. 00:23:53.256 --> 00:23:54.317 I believe so. 00:23:54.396 --> 00:23:55.978 I know I have him slated to 00:23:56.018 --> 00:23:57.338 pitch when we get to it later. 00:23:57.398 --> 00:23:58.400 He's pitching this weekend, 00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.539 but I believe I did that 00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:02.082 because he is facing the Marlins tonight. 00:24:04.042 --> 00:24:04.363 Okay. 00:24:05.124 --> 00:24:06.545 Well, what a game to come back to. 00:24:06.565 --> 00:24:08.506 Something to get a little 00:24:08.526 --> 00:24:09.646 confidence under your belt with that. 00:24:09.926 --> 00:24:10.907 Jesus. 00:24:11.188 --> 00:24:12.348 They don't have anything there, 00:24:12.409 --> 00:24:13.588 but that's another story. 00:24:13.950 --> 00:24:14.569 We'll get to that. 00:24:16.487 --> 00:24:17.768 But the thing about Yamamoto, 00:24:18.147 --> 00:24:19.568 and I was going to lead in 00:24:19.788 --> 00:24:20.929 to Yamamoto with the other one, 00:24:20.969 --> 00:24:23.029 but Yamamoto may not even 00:24:23.049 --> 00:24:24.550 be the best rookie pitcher this year. 00:24:25.692 --> 00:24:25.872 No. 00:24:26.972 --> 00:24:27.732 And that's where I come in 00:24:27.752 --> 00:24:29.013 with a Shota Imanaga. 00:24:29.834 --> 00:24:30.013 Yep. 00:24:30.615 --> 00:24:37.597 Next guy, six starts, 5-0 with a 0.78 ERA, 00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:38.659 a 0.75 whip. 00:24:39.378 --> 00:24:40.240 When was the last time you 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.560 saw an ERA and a whip that 00:24:41.601 --> 00:24:42.201 close together? 00:24:43.523 --> 00:24:43.923 Unreal. 00:24:44.265 --> 00:24:46.405 35Ks, 34 and two-thirds innings, 00:24:46.506 --> 00:24:48.467 which translates to a 9.1K per nine, 00:24:49.186 --> 00:24:50.347 one walk per nine, 00:24:51.068 --> 00:24:53.990 and less than half a home run per nine. 00:24:54.750 --> 00:24:54.951 Yeah. 00:24:55.671 --> 00:24:56.951 So my issue with this, though, 00:24:57.632 --> 00:24:58.972 is the numbers are fantastic. 00:24:59.814 --> 00:25:02.055 But what happens when summer 00:25:02.115 --> 00:25:04.556 comes and the weather warms up? 00:25:04.997 --> 00:25:06.037 You mean the wind changes? 00:25:06.057 --> 00:25:08.318 Because that's going to be the issue. 00:25:08.778 --> 00:25:09.239 Well, also, 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.500 he's going to be on the road a lot more. 00:25:11.169 --> 00:25:11.989 I feel like the Cubs have 00:25:12.009 --> 00:25:13.289 been home a lot to start the year. 00:25:13.390 --> 00:25:14.310 Maybe I'm wrong on that. 00:25:14.431 --> 00:25:17.271 But does he start giving up 00:25:17.291 --> 00:25:17.951 more home runs? 00:25:18.071 --> 00:25:19.492 And that obviously changes. 00:25:19.593 --> 00:25:22.494 But for right now, wow, what a start. 00:25:22.634 --> 00:25:25.596 And I believe he gave up – 00:25:25.596 --> 00:25:26.836 was it his first home run 00:25:27.257 --> 00:25:28.157 of the season to the Red 00:25:28.178 --> 00:25:30.759 Sox that Friday he pitched at Fenway? 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:34.840 That would have been his first, I believe, 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.321 yes, going back. 00:25:36.342 --> 00:25:37.561 Because the first few games 00:25:37.602 --> 00:25:38.962 he didn't – his first two 00:25:39.002 --> 00:25:40.344 starts he didn't give up a run. 00:25:40.364 --> 00:25:40.403 So – 00:25:41.549 --> 00:25:42.971 Yeah, I think it might be. 00:25:45.151 --> 00:25:46.832 The way he's pitching, though, 00:25:46.872 --> 00:25:47.592 and the one thing that 00:25:47.632 --> 00:25:50.673 impresses me about Shota, and, again, 00:25:50.733 --> 00:25:51.594 this is a little biased 00:25:51.614 --> 00:25:52.713 because I pay more attention. 00:25:52.733 --> 00:25:54.414 I've watched more of his starts, 00:25:54.494 --> 00:25:56.675 and I haven't seen Yamamoto 00:25:57.195 --> 00:25:58.957 except for clips other than 00:25:59.017 --> 00:25:59.977 that first game. 00:26:00.676 --> 00:26:01.397 He's having fun. 00:26:02.417 --> 00:26:04.219 Seeing him out there joking around, 00:26:04.278 --> 00:26:05.138 having fun, 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:08.059 he reminds me an awful lot of 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.500 Seiya Suzuki. 00:26:10.230 --> 00:26:11.511 the way they interact with 00:26:11.531 --> 00:26:13.452 the teammates together and just, you know, 00:26:13.512 --> 00:26:14.613 enjoying the game. 00:26:14.712 --> 00:26:16.153 But the biggest thing for 00:26:16.193 --> 00:26:17.575 him is he is really, 00:26:18.174 --> 00:26:19.846 he's only thrown in that 93, 00:26:19.846 --> 00:26:22.356 94 mile an hour fastball range, 00:26:22.497 --> 00:26:25.078 but he's up always up high in the zone. 00:26:25.138 --> 00:26:27.920 But once they, the weather changes, 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.961 it heats up a little bit. 00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:30.682 Some of these pop flies that 00:26:30.721 --> 00:26:32.001 are kind of dying or the 00:26:32.061 --> 00:26:32.863 winds blowing in, 00:26:34.038 --> 00:26:36.019 that'll be the true test to 00:26:36.058 --> 00:26:37.240 see if he can keep that 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:39.000 home run rate down, 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:40.140 because that's where I 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:41.701 could see him getting in trouble, 00:26:41.780 --> 00:26:43.080 especially, you know, 00:26:43.141 --> 00:26:44.441 on the road and some of, you know, 00:26:44.461 --> 00:26:46.362 in Cincinnati at that ballpark, 00:26:46.902 --> 00:26:47.942 even in Wrigley, if the, 00:26:48.221 --> 00:26:49.261 if the wind's not blowing 00:26:49.402 --> 00:26:50.402 in and he gets up, 00:26:50.962 --> 00:26:52.202 that could be against the 00:26:52.242 --> 00:26:53.883 right team could be dangerous for him. 00:26:53.923 --> 00:26:55.042 But as of right now, 00:26:55.844 --> 00:26:58.743 he's definitely by far, in my opinion, 00:26:58.804 --> 00:27:01.464 the best free agent pitcher signing. 00:27:02.265 --> 00:27:02.404 And, 00:27:03.125 --> 00:27:05.027 rookie right now pitcher at 00:27:05.067 --> 00:27:07.228 this point he feeding off 00:27:07.248 --> 00:27:08.147 what you said about his 00:27:09.127 --> 00:27:09.909 attitude and everything 00:27:09.929 --> 00:27:11.709 he's got going on his press 00:27:11.750 --> 00:27:12.869 conference was electric 00:27:13.089 --> 00:27:14.069 where he said he put the 00:27:14.210 --> 00:27:15.770 hat on he said hey chicago 00:27:16.090 --> 00:27:16.971 what do you say the cubs 00:27:16.991 --> 00:27:17.751 are going to win today I 00:27:18.432 --> 00:27:19.313 mean I tell you right there 00:27:19.333 --> 00:27:21.133 the kind of guy he is and 00:27:21.492 --> 00:27:22.413 to go back to what I had 00:27:22.473 --> 00:27:23.693 said his first home run he 00:27:23.733 --> 00:27:25.875 gave up was to the marlins 00:27:26.234 --> 00:27:27.536 it was josh bell to start 00:27:27.556 --> 00:27:29.616 before the red sox yeah 00:27:29.676 --> 00:27:32.738 bell so and the final thing 00:27:33.476 --> 00:27:34.195 that I want to talk about 00:27:34.236 --> 00:27:36.136 from last week was the 00:27:36.156 --> 00:27:37.478 weirdest thing we might've 00:27:37.518 --> 00:27:39.258 seen on a baseball field in a long time. 00:27:40.278 --> 00:27:41.839 A two hour delay for bees. 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.579 Yeah. 00:27:45.520 --> 00:27:48.021 And then the story of the guy, did you, 00:27:48.201 --> 00:27:48.981 have you heard the story? 00:27:49.083 --> 00:27:51.544 Early though for bees or am 00:27:51.624 --> 00:27:53.183 I not knowing my beef? 00:27:53.503 --> 00:27:54.184 It's Arizona. 00:27:54.384 --> 00:27:55.464 So, I mean, I mean, 00:27:56.526 --> 00:27:57.766 but the guy was at his 00:27:57.865 --> 00:27:59.747 son's literally game. 00:28:01.029 --> 00:28:02.451 gets called you have to get 00:28:02.471 --> 00:28:03.471 called because he works for 00:28:03.852 --> 00:28:04.732 I had it written down here 00:28:04.752 --> 00:28:08.075 uh sky blue pest control so 00:28:08.095 --> 00:28:12.077 the hero the b issue and he 00:28:12.097 --> 00:28:13.018 got to throw out the first 00:28:13.057 --> 00:28:14.259 pitch and then they made 00:28:14.298 --> 00:28:15.859 him a tops baseball card 00:28:16.621 --> 00:28:18.501 that's awesome the guy's 00:28:18.521 --> 00:28:19.782 name the hero of the week 00:28:20.423 --> 00:28:21.163 may as well we could make 00:28:21.183 --> 00:28:22.704 that a segment matt hilton 00:28:24.766 --> 00:28:27.208 two hour delay for bees and 00:28:27.228 --> 00:28:28.288 there's been some strange 00:28:28.409 --> 00:28:30.109 ones but there was a ton that was 00:28:30.595 --> 00:28:33.076 I'm allergic, so have at it. 00:28:34.577 --> 00:28:39.423 I mean, how do you not know? 00:28:39.803 --> 00:28:41.765 Yeah, 00:28:41.805 --> 00:28:43.165 that's not something that happens 00:28:43.246 --> 00:28:44.326 overnight. 00:28:44.346 --> 00:28:47.930 That had been coming. 00:28:50.311 --> 00:28:51.813 I mean, there's a lot to get into it. 00:28:51.853 --> 00:28:53.054 Maybe they were away for a 00:28:53.074 --> 00:28:55.596 10-day stretch or whatever, 00:28:55.615 --> 00:28:56.237 but either way. 00:28:56.788 --> 00:28:58.430 I mean, I know they were off, but, like, 00:28:58.630 --> 00:28:59.790 somebody's got to be there. 00:28:59.830 --> 00:28:59.971 Like, 00:29:00.151 --> 00:29:02.432 even if you show up and you just hang out, 00:29:02.471 --> 00:29:04.854 like, not hang out, but, like, 00:29:05.134 --> 00:29:06.875 somebody in ownership or somebody in, 00:29:06.914 --> 00:29:08.415 like, a GM or something like that. 00:29:09.096 --> 00:29:10.336 Like, we all see Moneyball. 00:29:11.116 --> 00:29:11.777 Yeah, Jimmy. 00:29:12.038 --> 00:29:13.157 Billy Bean's sitting there 00:29:13.198 --> 00:29:14.219 watching the game from the 00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.839 stands on his phone. 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.961 I don't get it. 00:29:18.040 --> 00:29:20.362 Like, you just show up in two hours. 00:29:21.282 --> 00:29:21.643 So, like. 00:29:22.409 --> 00:29:22.689 you know, 00:29:22.729 --> 00:29:24.009 the players show up to the park 00:29:24.068 --> 00:29:26.210 and they're taking BP at it for, you know, 00:29:26.329 --> 00:29:28.230 for an East coast game at seven o'clock, 00:29:28.310 --> 00:29:30.931 it's probably three, three o'clock, 00:29:31.010 --> 00:29:32.111 four o'clock, three o'clock. 00:29:32.151 --> 00:29:34.152 Probably they're taking BP four o'clock. 00:29:34.832 --> 00:29:36.132 So that's three hours, 00:29:36.172 --> 00:29:37.192 four hours before game time. 00:29:39.093 --> 00:29:40.012 How do you not know then? 00:29:40.032 --> 00:29:41.554 Yeah. 00:29:41.574 --> 00:29:42.634 We're delaying this game two 00:29:42.673 --> 00:29:43.733 hours or did they know? 00:29:43.814 --> 00:29:44.034 And they, 00:29:44.234 --> 00:29:45.335 they just didn't know what to do. 00:29:46.835 --> 00:29:47.375 Potentially. 00:29:47.755 --> 00:29:48.476 Maybe they thought they 00:29:48.516 --> 00:29:50.096 would have left when all the noise and, 00:29:50.722 --> 00:29:51.363 Everything, you know, 00:29:51.403 --> 00:29:52.584 get the people in there and 00:29:52.663 --> 00:29:53.384 stuff will move. 00:29:53.423 --> 00:29:55.884 But, yeah, that was crazy to see that. 00:29:55.904 --> 00:29:58.547 And just not something you see every day. 00:29:58.686 --> 00:30:00.467 I mean, squirrel, cat, 00:30:01.768 --> 00:30:03.669 some other bird on the field, sure. 00:30:03.689 --> 00:30:06.130 A bird getting blown up by Randy Johnson. 00:30:06.150 --> 00:30:06.930 Yeah, we've seen it. 00:30:07.471 --> 00:30:08.471 If you're in Oakland and the 00:30:08.611 --> 00:30:10.451 visitor press box, you got, what's it, 00:30:10.511 --> 00:30:12.532 raccoons or possums just living in there. 00:30:12.593 --> 00:30:13.732 You know, it is what it is. 00:30:14.094 --> 00:30:17.275 Yeah, this is some strange shit. 00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.260 But, yeah, 00:30:19.300 --> 00:30:21.122 that was definitely interesting 00:30:21.201 --> 00:30:21.622 this week. 00:30:21.642 --> 00:30:22.242 And it was one of the 00:30:22.282 --> 00:30:25.384 strangest things by far this year, 00:30:25.423 --> 00:30:25.903 I would say. 00:30:26.723 --> 00:30:27.545 Not just this week. 00:30:28.244 --> 00:30:28.464 Yeah. 00:30:29.306 --> 00:30:29.405 Well, 00:30:29.425 --> 00:30:31.006 that's all I got for what I saw this 00:30:31.046 --> 00:30:31.266 week. 00:30:31.286 --> 00:30:32.987 All right. 00:30:33.547 --> 00:30:34.307 So, for me, 00:30:34.607 --> 00:30:36.128 I dove in and it was kind of 00:30:36.788 --> 00:30:37.469 the one thing I was 00:30:37.509 --> 00:30:39.549 thinking about was Jackson Holiday. 00:30:40.410 --> 00:30:42.351 And you've got the Baltimore 00:30:42.451 --> 00:30:43.912 Orioles who have been 00:30:43.932 --> 00:30:45.392 playing phenomenal baseball. 00:30:45.833 --> 00:30:46.573 They call them up. 00:30:47.355 --> 00:30:48.494 And normally when you see a 00:30:48.555 --> 00:30:49.955 top prospect come up, 00:30:50.016 --> 00:30:52.277 it's when the team actually needs a lift, 00:30:52.977 --> 00:30:56.657 a boost, some sort of energy. 00:30:57.438 --> 00:31:00.378 And he came up and struggled. 00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.259 No harm, no foul. 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.539 The team continued to win. 00:31:03.921 --> 00:31:05.760 Gave him his first taste of major leagues. 00:31:07.082 --> 00:31:08.082 So I wanted to look to see 00:31:08.122 --> 00:31:09.521 what he's been doing since. 00:31:10.323 --> 00:31:11.942 And he's been with the Norfolk Tide. 00:31:13.144 --> 00:31:14.703 And as of right now, 00:31:14.763 --> 00:31:16.884 which I just actually deleted it, 00:31:17.557 --> 00:31:18.277 He's only hitting 200. 00:31:18.657 --> 00:31:20.719 Now he's got four doubles, 00:31:21.398 --> 00:31:25.020 but he's only hitting 200 00:31:25.020 --> 00:31:25.980 cents coming back. 00:31:27.721 --> 00:31:29.702 Beforehand, I believe he was hitting 288. 00:31:30.903 --> 00:31:31.785 And I was just kind of 00:31:32.045 --> 00:31:33.625 really interested to see 00:31:34.746 --> 00:31:36.326 how he would do coming back. 00:31:36.386 --> 00:31:37.207 And I think you had 00:31:37.247 --> 00:31:38.167 mentioned that it was 00:31:39.669 --> 00:31:40.949 Tuesday of last week that 00:31:40.969 --> 00:31:41.809 he went three for six. 00:31:42.741 --> 00:31:44.323 So he got off to a slow 00:31:44.383 --> 00:31:45.262 start getting back. 00:31:45.702 --> 00:31:46.344 Obviously, 00:31:46.364 --> 00:31:48.703 I think it would probably a 00:31:48.743 --> 00:31:51.244 little bit of a culture 00:31:51.285 --> 00:31:53.026 shock or maybe an ego shock 00:31:53.066 --> 00:31:53.866 to him to go up and 00:31:53.906 --> 00:31:56.428 struggle the way he did with the Orioles. 00:31:56.528 --> 00:31:57.028 But again, 00:31:57.048 --> 00:32:00.588 he was so protected in regards 00:32:00.608 --> 00:32:02.309 to that team winning still. 00:32:02.809 --> 00:32:03.911 It wasn't on his shoulders 00:32:03.951 --> 00:32:04.550 to win the game. 00:32:04.570 --> 00:32:05.990 So I'm going to be 00:32:06.050 --> 00:32:08.372 monitoring Jackson Holiday 00:32:08.571 --> 00:32:09.692 over the next couple of weeks, 00:32:09.732 --> 00:32:10.653 and I want to pay attention 00:32:10.673 --> 00:32:12.273 to Norfolk Tide just to see 00:32:13.086 --> 00:32:14.548 if he really is starting to 00:32:14.627 --> 00:32:15.648 turn it around or if this 00:32:15.709 --> 00:32:16.709 is going to be a struggle 00:32:16.749 --> 00:32:17.950 that he deals with for a 00:32:17.990 --> 00:32:19.191 little bit longer after his 00:32:19.230 --> 00:32:20.010 first call up. 00:32:21.332 --> 00:32:21.692 But again, 00:32:21.751 --> 00:32:23.373 the big thing for him is this 00:32:23.452 --> 00:32:24.453 isn't one of those times 00:32:24.554 --> 00:32:26.134 where the Orioles need to 00:32:26.174 --> 00:32:28.135 call him up because they 00:32:28.175 --> 00:32:29.557 need to boost in ticket 00:32:29.596 --> 00:32:30.458 sales or anything else. 00:32:30.518 --> 00:32:32.419 This was just simply giving a taste, 00:32:32.858 --> 00:32:35.019 sending him back down and 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.320 continuing to roll. 00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:37.882 And the biggest thing is he 00:32:37.902 --> 00:32:38.982 didn't have an impact 00:32:39.143 --> 00:32:42.644 negatively or positively on the team. 00:32:43.941 --> 00:32:45.041 So it'll be very interesting 00:32:45.061 --> 00:32:46.582 to see what he does moving forward. 00:32:46.622 --> 00:32:47.762 Hopefully he'll rebound and 00:32:47.782 --> 00:32:50.263 get back to what he was doing previously. 00:32:50.284 --> 00:32:52.345 You know, hitting the ball hard, 00:32:52.365 --> 00:32:54.445 hitting the ball out of the ballpark, 00:32:54.506 --> 00:32:55.767 which he hasn't done since 00:32:55.807 --> 00:32:56.926 going back to Norfolk, 00:32:57.468 --> 00:32:59.749 but it's something I'll watch. 00:33:00.648 --> 00:33:03.150 And such a mental game. 00:33:03.490 --> 00:33:04.151 Yep. 00:33:04.810 --> 00:33:07.291 Him getting called up and struggling. 00:33:07.352 --> 00:33:08.732 Now the way, 00:33:09.405 --> 00:33:09.905 All the numbers, 00:33:09.925 --> 00:33:11.508 it was talked about for so long. 00:33:11.567 --> 00:33:12.848 I forget how long he was up for. 00:33:12.868 --> 00:33:14.150 I want to say it was three weeks. 00:33:14.210 --> 00:33:14.890 It might have been longer. 00:33:14.910 --> 00:33:15.590 It might have been less. 00:33:15.651 --> 00:33:17.251 But I want to say I feel 00:33:17.271 --> 00:33:17.972 like it was three weeks. 00:33:18.393 --> 00:33:20.413 And I just felt like every 00:33:20.474 --> 00:33:22.355 night he was being talked 00:33:22.395 --> 00:33:23.717 about and what he was doing 00:33:23.757 --> 00:33:24.978 and how he wasn't succeeding. 00:33:26.038 --> 00:33:27.619 And that's such a mental 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.980 thing that him getting sent down, 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.642 that's in his head, you know, 00:33:30.801 --> 00:33:32.703 as a person who played. 00:33:33.253 --> 00:33:33.554 And again, 00:33:33.574 --> 00:33:34.954 I don't have all this money and 00:33:34.974 --> 00:33:36.255 I don't have all this nice 00:33:36.315 --> 00:33:37.435 stuff where I deal with 00:33:37.476 --> 00:33:38.556 Marucci and they give me a 00:33:38.596 --> 00:33:40.176 nice three or four bats and 00:33:40.217 --> 00:33:41.076 I'm good for the season. 00:33:41.958 --> 00:33:42.657 I would get hot. 00:33:42.857 --> 00:33:44.317 Like last season, perfect example, 00:33:44.358 --> 00:33:46.259 I started off red hot and 00:33:46.298 --> 00:33:47.839 then I shattered my bat. 00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.500 And it just became such a 00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:50.780 mental thing where I knew I 00:33:50.861 --> 00:33:52.801 broke my bat and I knew the bat I had, 00:33:52.862 --> 00:33:54.462 I wasn't hitting the ball with well. 00:33:55.202 --> 00:33:56.563 And I didn't have the money to go buy one. 00:33:56.663 --> 00:33:57.884 So I sat there and 00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.721 It affected my numbers. 00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.020 I mean, 00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:01.422 my average dipped from 00:34:01.643 --> 00:34:02.604 three-something to 00:34:02.723 --> 00:34:04.045 one-something over the 00:34:04.085 --> 00:34:05.286 course of like six games. 00:34:06.146 --> 00:34:07.327 And that's what baseball is. 00:34:07.468 --> 00:34:08.528 It's just all mental. 00:34:08.548 --> 00:34:09.570 You don't feel comfortable. 00:34:09.630 --> 00:34:10.550 Something happens. 00:34:12.172 --> 00:34:13.152 Everything about it changes. 00:34:14.034 --> 00:34:15.155 Your plate approach changes. 00:34:15.414 --> 00:34:16.635 I was swinging at pitches I 00:34:16.655 --> 00:34:17.536 wouldn't normally swing at, 00:34:17.577 --> 00:34:18.398 like everything. 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:21.601 And so I'm not really 00:34:21.681 --> 00:34:23.422 worried about what he does. 00:34:25.021 --> 00:34:27.143 especially, I mean, like you had said, 00:34:27.222 --> 00:34:28.222 we talked about Tuesday, 00:34:28.242 --> 00:34:29.182 he went three for six with 00:34:29.202 --> 00:34:30.722 a double in RBI and two runs scored. 00:34:31.324 --> 00:34:31.884 So it's there. 00:34:32.603 --> 00:34:34.523 You just have to get that confidence back. 00:34:35.344 --> 00:34:36.804 And not for nothing, 00:34:36.844 --> 00:34:37.905 it's going to take – I 00:34:37.925 --> 00:34:40.125 don't think he gets it back this week. 00:34:40.545 --> 00:34:41.126 And if he does, 00:34:42.025 --> 00:34:42.846 that shows you the kind of 00:34:42.865 --> 00:34:43.505 hitter he can be. 00:34:43.925 --> 00:34:45.186 You know, he's young. 00:34:45.847 --> 00:34:46.547 So it's going to take him 00:34:46.586 --> 00:34:48.226 some time to find that 00:34:48.327 --> 00:34:50.128 rhythm that gets him out of his slump. 00:34:50.148 --> 00:34:50.987 Yeah. 00:34:52.152 --> 00:34:53.192 He is the son of a former 00:34:53.211 --> 00:34:53.873 major league player, 00:34:53.913 --> 00:34:57.373 so he's used to the – I'm 00:34:57.393 --> 00:34:58.313 sure his dad's telling him 00:34:58.333 --> 00:34:59.534 that the crowd noise is going to come. 00:34:59.715 --> 00:35:00.394 You're going to go through 00:35:00.414 --> 00:35:01.275 stretches where you're bad. 00:35:01.934 --> 00:35:04.416 But he, as his own person, 00:35:04.516 --> 00:35:06.117 has to find what works for 00:35:06.177 --> 00:35:07.217 him to get him out of that. 00:35:07.657 --> 00:35:09.018 His dad could tell him all day long, 00:35:09.057 --> 00:35:10.297 you've got to get used to it. 00:35:10.938 --> 00:35:12.998 But he's got to find what works for him. 00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.860 And I have no doubt, 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:15.019 as the ballplayer he is and 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:16.481 what he's done in his young career, 00:35:16.501 --> 00:35:17.400 that he will. 00:35:18.181 --> 00:35:20.561 Oh, yeah, he's way too young to worry now. 00:35:21.197 --> 00:35:21.998 There's a reason why he's 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:24.380 the number one prospect in MLB.com, 00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:26.001 Baseball America, ITD. 00:35:26.181 --> 00:35:27.342 All of us have him there. 00:35:27.682 --> 00:35:28.543 There's a reason for that. 00:35:28.682 --> 00:35:30.804 So I'm fully confident that 00:35:30.824 --> 00:35:31.525 he'll get back there and 00:35:31.545 --> 00:35:33.427 he'll be the hitter that we 00:35:33.467 --> 00:35:34.106 expect him to be. 00:35:35.527 --> 00:35:37.630 So you mentioned his father, 00:35:37.909 --> 00:35:39.471 and that was the next kind 00:35:39.530 --> 00:35:40.391 of thing that I was going 00:35:40.411 --> 00:35:42.213 to talk about Jackson was, 00:35:42.293 --> 00:35:44.333 is that it's not like a 00:35:44.373 --> 00:35:45.855 typical prospect that came 00:35:45.956 --> 00:35:48.177 up that may have had good bloodlines, 00:35:48.277 --> 00:35:49.637 but Matt Holliday as your 00:35:49.657 --> 00:35:50.838 dad is a different bloodline. 00:35:51.373 --> 00:35:54.115 you know, all-star World Series champ. 00:35:55.317 --> 00:35:56.737 He's at the games every 00:35:56.777 --> 00:35:58.197 single game down on the 00:35:58.257 --> 00:35:59.960 field before at batting 00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:01.400 practice every single game. 00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:04.762 And you have to wonder if 00:36:04.822 --> 00:36:07.244 that pressure and because 00:36:07.264 --> 00:36:08.344 you have to believe the 00:36:08.385 --> 00:36:09.626 comparisons are going on 00:36:10.146 --> 00:36:11.947 back and forth being asked, you know, 00:36:11.967 --> 00:36:13.969 the questions by the reporters, you know, 00:36:14.009 --> 00:36:14.969 what do you think of this? 00:36:15.048 --> 00:36:16.929 You know, your dad did this here. 00:36:16.990 --> 00:36:18.231 What are you trying to live up to? 00:36:18.612 --> 00:36:19.192 That's a lot. 00:36:19.847 --> 00:36:21.146 for a young kid at 18, 00:36:21.146 --> 00:36:22.168 who's had to live with it 00:36:22.447 --> 00:36:23.608 his whole career anyway. 00:36:24.289 --> 00:36:26.048 But it just made me think of, you know, 00:36:26.068 --> 00:36:27.150 the Boba Shets of the world, 00:36:27.190 --> 00:36:30.931 the Kevin Biggio's and the trifecta, 00:36:31.210 --> 00:36:32.431 Vlad Jr. 00:36:32.672 --> 00:36:33.391 in Toronto, 00:36:33.811 --> 00:36:35.773 and all three of them having 00:36:35.873 --> 00:36:37.572 professional dads and 00:36:37.632 --> 00:36:39.494 having their own storied careers. 00:36:40.534 --> 00:36:43.574 And you get this hype built 00:36:43.755 --> 00:36:46.076 up and everyone right now 00:36:46.255 --> 00:36:47.916 thinks that Vladdy has 00:36:48.523 --> 00:36:50.244 you know, isn't the superstar that he was. 00:36:50.726 --> 00:36:52.507 His numbers are just as good as anyone, 00:36:53.407 --> 00:36:55.570 but they've got this expectation of here, 00:36:55.750 --> 00:36:55.969 right? 00:36:56.130 --> 00:36:57.030 After one good year. 00:36:57.190 --> 00:36:58.112 And I hope that doesn't 00:36:58.152 --> 00:36:59.512 happen to Jackson because 00:37:00.094 --> 00:37:01.514 otherwise a good, 00:37:02.094 --> 00:37:04.137 a great career might be 00:37:04.197 --> 00:37:05.338 belittled because of 00:37:05.737 --> 00:37:06.978 everyone holds them up here. 00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:08.740 When reality, 00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.842 what he's doing is still a great career, 00:37:10.902 --> 00:37:12.023 but they don't think of it 00:37:12.083 --> 00:37:14.445 that way due to who his bloodline is. 00:37:14.565 --> 00:37:14.746 So, 00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.442 Jackson will be fine. 00:37:16.501 --> 00:37:17.862 I'm interested to watch to 00:37:17.902 --> 00:37:18.583 see what happens. 00:37:18.643 --> 00:37:19.625 I do think we'll see him 00:37:19.684 --> 00:37:23.387 again up in Baltimore just 00:37:23.427 --> 00:37:25.010 to rebuild that confidence again, 00:37:25.050 --> 00:37:26.050 and maybe he'll stick. 00:37:26.130 --> 00:37:28.713 But the kid's 18, 19 years old. 00:37:29.293 --> 00:37:30.534 He's like you said, 00:37:30.614 --> 00:37:31.675 he's the number one rated 00:37:31.715 --> 00:37:34.197 prospect by everybody for a reason. 00:37:36.141 --> 00:37:37.481 So the next, 00:37:37.882 --> 00:37:39.204 the next guy I was looking at 00:37:39.603 --> 00:37:40.764 and kind of shocked me, 00:37:40.824 --> 00:37:41.945 but I thought about this 00:37:42.085 --> 00:37:43.847 earlier in the year when 00:37:43.887 --> 00:37:45.168 the Rockies played the Cubs 00:37:45.307 --> 00:37:48.831 was Nolan Jones was this top outfielder, 00:37:48.911 --> 00:37:50.251 you know, young rookie, 00:37:50.331 --> 00:37:52.934 and he is having a bad start to the year. 00:37:53.835 --> 00:37:56.998 He's hit in 26 games and 94 at bats. 00:37:57.038 --> 00:37:59.380 He's got 11 runs scored, 16 hits, 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:01.681 five doubles, one triple, one home run, 00:38:02.021 --> 00:38:03.483 and only seven RBIs. 00:38:04.461 --> 00:38:07.402 He's got nine walks and 37 strikeouts, 00:38:08.083 --> 00:38:09.023 two stolen bases. 00:38:09.063 --> 00:38:10.282 He's hitting 170. 00:38:10.864 --> 00:38:13.623 He's got an OPS of 520. 00:38:14.523 --> 00:38:17.644 Last year, he had 20 home runs, 22 doubles, 00:38:18.025 --> 00:38:20.106 four triples, 62 RBIs, 20 stolen bases, 00:38:20.126 --> 00:38:22.065 and hit for 297 with an OPS of 931. 00:38:22.065 --> 00:38:24.027 That's a ways off the mark. 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:31.420 And for a team that was 00:38:31.481 --> 00:38:32.780 looking to be young and was 00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:35.061 really looking into the 00:38:35.101 --> 00:38:36.141 future and Nolan Jones 00:38:36.202 --> 00:38:38.382 being a big part as of right now, 00:38:38.503 --> 00:38:41.003 he's been a letdown so far this year. 00:38:41.043 --> 00:38:41.784 And that was kind of 00:38:42.324 --> 00:38:43.304 something that was a shock 00:38:43.344 --> 00:38:44.525 to me because he's a big kid, 00:38:44.565 --> 00:38:45.385 talented kid. 00:38:45.806 --> 00:38:46.726 And I think he's starting to 00:38:46.766 --> 00:38:48.447 press and you can see that 00:38:48.487 --> 00:38:49.547 with a number of strikeouts 00:38:49.567 --> 00:38:50.288 he's got right now. 00:38:51.168 --> 00:38:51.347 Well, 00:38:51.367 --> 00:38:53.009 I also wonder if that has to do with 00:38:53.409 --> 00:38:54.889 the Rockies not being good. 00:38:55.228 --> 00:38:56.190 And I mean, they were, 00:38:56.750 --> 00:38:58.431 they weren't good last year, but yeah, 00:39:00.577 --> 00:39:01.719 They've lost all of their 00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:02.739 pitching from last year. 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:04.061 Marquez hasn't pitched at all, 00:39:04.121 --> 00:39:05.362 and I think we talked about that. 00:39:05.981 --> 00:39:07.483 And so is it the aspect of 00:39:07.543 --> 00:39:08.643 he's trying to do too much? 00:39:09.905 --> 00:39:12.146 And I thought about it. 00:39:12.706 --> 00:39:14.208 I tried my hardest to find a 00:39:14.268 --> 00:39:15.369 way to try to find a 00:39:15.409 --> 00:39:16.670 loophole to something for 00:39:16.730 --> 00:39:19.132 him where I did his home and away splits, 00:39:19.192 --> 00:39:20.213 and those weren't good. 00:39:20.233 --> 00:39:20.273 No. 00:39:21.253 --> 00:39:23.335 And I almost want to say 00:39:23.375 --> 00:39:24.335 let's see what happens when 00:39:24.376 --> 00:39:25.036 it gets warmer. 00:39:25.637 --> 00:39:26.998 I just want to wait and see 00:39:27.057 --> 00:39:28.539 and come the end of maybe 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.340 in the middle of June. 00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:31.380 What's he like in the middle of June? 00:39:32.782 --> 00:39:32.942 Yep. 00:39:33.842 --> 00:39:33.983 No, 00:39:34.063 --> 00:39:35.423 it was just interesting to me because 00:39:35.463 --> 00:39:37.005 he was also that gold glove 00:39:38.306 --> 00:39:40.128 caliber outfielder. 00:39:40.449 --> 00:39:41.548 And the first few games, 00:39:41.610 --> 00:39:43.610 he was making several errors, bad plays, 00:39:43.670 --> 00:39:44.871 just misreading things, 00:39:45.632 --> 00:39:47.253 just being kind of lackadaisical, 00:39:47.273 --> 00:39:49.675 having one go off the heel of his glove, 00:39:50.617 --> 00:39:51.918 trying to charge in on a 00:39:51.958 --> 00:39:53.418 ball and let it go under his glove. 00:39:53.518 --> 00:39:55.360 So I think right now he's pressing, 00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.920 no doubt. 00:39:56.762 --> 00:39:57.882 And hopefully, like you said, 00:39:57.943 --> 00:39:59.063 once it starts to heat up, 00:39:59.635 --> 00:40:01.496 you know, maybe sit him a couple of games, 00:40:01.556 --> 00:40:03.217 get him back in the groove 00:40:03.257 --> 00:40:04.199 of things because he is a 00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:05.059 talented player. 00:40:08.161 --> 00:40:09.842 My next thing, it was, 00:40:10.123 --> 00:40:12.344 we had talked about Luis 00:40:12.483 --> 00:40:13.704 Reyes being traded. 00:40:14.445 --> 00:40:15.565 And I forget at this point 00:40:15.585 --> 00:40:17.246 in time who I'd even mentioned it to. 00:40:17.306 --> 00:40:18.768 Maybe it was for the Reds. 00:40:18.887 --> 00:40:19.068 No. 00:40:19.088 --> 00:40:21.949 I forget which, maybe it was the Reds. 00:40:22.030 --> 00:40:23.130 I can't even remember which team, 00:40:23.170 --> 00:40:24.090 but I threw his name out 00:40:24.130 --> 00:40:26.612 there and neither of us 00:40:26.672 --> 00:40:28.213 thought they'd give up at this point. 00:40:28.938 --> 00:40:30.719 now he's a san diego padre 00:40:33.422 --> 00:40:34.864 which is interesting 00:40:34.884 --> 00:40:35.563 because what are you what 00:40:35.603 --> 00:40:37.525 are they doing he's I 00:40:38.927 --> 00:40:39.947 wasn't sure what the hell 00:40:39.987 --> 00:40:40.708 they were doing with him 00:40:40.728 --> 00:40:42.510 there but but he's a guy 00:40:42.530 --> 00:40:43.931 that can hit gets on base 00:40:43.971 --> 00:40:45.532 doesn't hit for power but 00:40:45.572 --> 00:40:46.813 maybe he can set the table 00:40:46.873 --> 00:40:47.954 for the rest of the guys 00:40:48.034 --> 00:40:49.777 out there but it led me to 00:40:49.817 --> 00:40:51.998 wonder what's what's the 00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:54.760 next shoe drop in in miami 00:40:55.592 --> 00:40:57.632 Do the White Sox start selling off? 00:40:57.693 --> 00:40:58.713 What about the Angels? 00:40:58.833 --> 00:40:59.614 The Angels are going to be 00:40:59.653 --> 00:41:01.875 without Trout for a long period of time. 00:41:02.554 --> 00:41:04.815 They're already dead at the 00:41:04.876 --> 00:41:07.257 bottom of the division, both teams. 00:41:07.358 --> 00:41:08.777 The White Sox, in my eyes, 00:41:09.798 --> 00:41:10.838 I looked at their roster 00:41:10.858 --> 00:41:12.019 today just to kind of see 00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:13.880 stats-wise of who's worth moving. 00:41:15.981 --> 00:41:16.561 There's nothing. 00:41:17.663 --> 00:41:18.882 Nothing for the White Sox. 00:41:19.242 --> 00:41:21.384 I saw something today about the White Sox, 00:41:21.463 --> 00:41:22.344 and I'm kind of... 00:41:23.592 --> 00:41:24.594 intrigued by it. 00:41:24.994 --> 00:41:26.594 I'm not saying do it. 00:41:26.635 --> 00:41:27.755 I'm not saying I love it, 00:41:27.815 --> 00:41:31.257 but we talked for the last 00:41:31.277 --> 00:41:32.277 couple weeks and you know 00:41:32.338 --> 00:41:33.498 I'm very high on this with 00:41:33.657 --> 00:41:35.018 Andrew Bailey and the Red Sox. 00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:37.139 People have talked about 00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:38.380 what if Michael Kopech 00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.541 comes back to the Red Sox 00:41:39.601 --> 00:41:41.041 and Andrew Bailey gets his hands on him? 00:41:41.061 --> 00:41:42.603 Is that the kind of thing 00:41:42.623 --> 00:41:44.563 that could fix him and save his career? 00:41:46.045 --> 00:41:46.744 Where would you put him? 00:41:47.005 --> 00:41:48.545 Starter or bullpen? 00:41:50.867 --> 00:41:52.547 See, I don't know because I feel like he's 00:41:53.682 --> 00:41:55.043 You almost Daniel Bartum now. 00:41:56.143 --> 00:41:57.724 You've just messed with the 00:41:57.784 --> 00:41:58.925 guy's head so much. 00:41:58.945 --> 00:42:01.947 When he came up, he came up a starter, 00:42:02.226 --> 00:42:03.666 and then Sox trained him to be a starter. 00:42:03.686 --> 00:42:05.047 The White Sox had him as a starter, 00:42:05.568 --> 00:42:06.108 and then they moved him to 00:42:06.128 --> 00:42:07.648 the bullpen now. 00:42:08.869 --> 00:42:10.130 I just feel like it's a lot 00:42:10.150 --> 00:42:12.050 of emotion to keep messing with. 00:42:12.090 --> 00:42:13.211 They did it with Papaborn, too. 00:42:13.231 --> 00:42:14.711 It's another guy that they 00:42:14.731 --> 00:42:16.813 had as a starter, and he succeeded. 00:42:17.594 --> 00:42:17.753 Yeah. 00:42:19.072 --> 00:42:19.813 I don't know if I want them 00:42:19.833 --> 00:42:20.614 in the bullpen because I'm 00:42:20.673 --> 00:42:22.114 okay with the bullpen the way it is, 00:42:22.795 --> 00:42:23.635 especially like you get 00:42:23.675 --> 00:42:24.777 Kenley and you're going to 00:42:24.817 --> 00:42:26.418 have hundreds backed by the deadline. 00:42:26.458 --> 00:42:26.998 And, again, 00:42:27.217 --> 00:42:28.838 I should have talked about them before, 00:42:28.898 --> 00:42:30.360 but they're a team I can't 00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:31.501 believe with all the injuries they got. 00:42:31.521 --> 00:42:33.021 They're 19-16, I believe, 00:42:33.141 --> 00:42:33.822 or something like that. 00:42:34.242 --> 00:42:35.824 Their pitching has been phenomenal. 00:42:36.344 --> 00:42:37.465 And even the guys you don't expect, 00:42:37.505 --> 00:42:38.846 like Cooper Criswell and 00:42:39.766 --> 00:42:41.206 Winkowski hasn't looked bad. 00:42:41.226 --> 00:42:44.710 I mean, the bullpen games kind of suck, 00:42:44.769 --> 00:42:46.630 but there's hope on the horizon. 00:42:46.650 --> 00:42:47.751 Bayo's back this weekend. 00:42:47.791 --> 00:42:48.532 Cavetta's back. 00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:53.222 uh wednesday but I really 00:42:53.282 --> 00:42:54.621 think jesus lazardo going 00:42:54.661 --> 00:42:55.762 back to your marlins take I 00:42:55.802 --> 00:42:57.063 think he's a game a guy 00:42:57.083 --> 00:42:57.643 that's going to be out 00:42:57.682 --> 00:43:00.003 there uh and I think no 00:43:00.043 --> 00:43:00.905 matter what they're trading 00:43:00.945 --> 00:43:02.144 josh bell and tanner scott 00:43:02.344 --> 00:43:03.286 as soon as they possibly 00:43:03.326 --> 00:43:04.045 can because they're both 00:43:04.085 --> 00:43:04.806 free agents at the end of 00:43:04.846 --> 00:43:06.766 the year jake lamb as well 00:43:06.967 --> 00:43:08.907 because or no um jake 00:43:08.947 --> 00:43:11.168 burger sorry uh jake lamb 00:43:11.409 --> 00:43:13.010 doesn't know jake burger 00:43:13.050 --> 00:43:15.070 who was on the il but as 00:43:15.110 --> 00:43:16.110 soon as he gets back and 00:43:16.150 --> 00:43:17.251 hitting two he's another 00:43:17.311 --> 00:43:17.871 one that could go 00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:19.681 The other guy, 00:43:20.942 --> 00:43:22.483 I think Lizardo is one that 00:43:22.523 --> 00:43:23.324 you see him get, 00:43:23.503 --> 00:43:24.784 if he can prove in three 00:43:24.824 --> 00:43:26.547 starts and not have any setbacks, 00:43:27.186 --> 00:43:28.208 that that's when teams, 00:43:28.228 --> 00:43:29.728 you'll start hearing rumors 00:43:29.869 --> 00:43:31.451 of so-and-so scouts. 00:43:31.710 --> 00:43:32.391 There's going to be some 00:43:32.431 --> 00:43:34.552 talk if he can come back, pitch, 00:43:34.773 --> 00:43:36.454 and show no signs of 00:43:37.356 --> 00:43:39.356 regression or have any setbacks. 00:43:39.436 --> 00:43:40.177 That's a guy to go. 00:43:40.217 --> 00:43:43.701 And the other one was Tanner 00:43:43.740 --> 00:43:45.603 Scott out of the bullpen. 00:43:45.643 --> 00:43:47.123 He was actually someone I read. 00:43:47.590 --> 00:43:48.731 or heard over the weekend 00:43:49.170 --> 00:43:50.411 that the Cubs were interested. 00:43:50.431 --> 00:43:53.092 It's not a bad one. 00:43:54.032 --> 00:43:54.911 No, the other, 00:43:54.972 --> 00:43:56.052 the only other guy from 00:43:56.393 --> 00:43:57.353 really the white socks, 00:43:57.373 --> 00:43:58.592 the angels are just a mess. 00:43:58.632 --> 00:43:58.952 And I don't, 00:43:58.992 --> 00:44:01.853 I don't know what they do or 00:44:01.893 --> 00:44:03.094 if they just stand pat and 00:44:03.114 --> 00:44:04.574 reset at the end of the season. 00:44:04.634 --> 00:44:05.554 Trout's going to be out. 00:44:05.614 --> 00:44:06.715 There's nothing really there 00:44:06.775 --> 00:44:07.735 that interests me. 00:44:08.135 --> 00:44:10.014 Uh, the white socks have been intended. 00:44:10.114 --> 00:44:13.175 They have fam who again comes in, 00:44:13.215 --> 00:44:14.556 gets pulled up veteran, uh, 00:44:15.056 --> 00:44:16.418 Saw it last year with the Mets. 00:44:16.478 --> 00:44:18.579 They traded him off to the Diamondbacks. 00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:20.960 He's a veteran bat that can just play. 00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:22.041 He's consistent. 00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:24.242 You know what to expect from him. 00:44:24.702 --> 00:44:26.061 So I think it'll be 00:44:26.143 --> 00:44:28.784 interesting to see how long 00:44:28.884 --> 00:44:30.985 before the Marlins continue 00:44:31.005 --> 00:44:32.806 to go and then the White Sox. 00:44:32.865 --> 00:44:34.186 And I think the surprise 00:44:34.246 --> 00:44:37.007 team that could be sellers 00:44:37.887 --> 00:44:39.228 sooner rather than later if 00:44:39.289 --> 00:44:40.849 things don't turn around are the St. 00:44:40.889 --> 00:44:41.550 Louis Cardinals. 00:44:42.690 --> 00:44:42.931 Yes. 00:44:43.811 --> 00:44:46.153 I was thinking of... What 00:44:46.173 --> 00:44:48.335 about Arnando to the Reds? 00:44:49.737 --> 00:44:51.318 I don't think they're 00:44:51.358 --> 00:44:52.259 trading within the division. 00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:54.960 I also saw another one that I put away. 00:44:54.981 --> 00:44:56.081 I didn't even bother reading. 00:44:56.101 --> 00:44:58.923 It was Jazz Chisholm to the Phillies. 00:44:59.324 --> 00:44:59.585 I went, 00:44:59.664 --> 00:45:01.166 they're not trading within the division. 00:45:01.786 --> 00:45:02.507 That's not happening. 00:45:03.047 --> 00:45:04.088 I think you have a better 00:45:04.128 --> 00:45:05.329 chance of Mike Trout going 00:45:05.349 --> 00:45:06.851 there in the offseason or 00:45:06.871 --> 00:45:07.971 the deadline to Philly. 00:45:09.773 --> 00:45:09.913 Now, 00:45:09.972 --> 00:45:11.454 could I see Jazz Chisholm going to an 00:45:11.494 --> 00:45:12.235 American League team? 00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:15.980 I very well – I mean, I don't know who. 00:45:16.001 --> 00:45:16.300 I mean, 00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:17.260 I'm trying to think off the top of 00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:18.021 my head right now. 00:45:18.061 --> 00:45:18.862 About the Royals. 00:45:20.463 --> 00:45:21.425 Yeah, they're still in it. 00:45:23.126 --> 00:45:24.347 I almost debated the Guardians. 00:45:25.847 --> 00:45:27.608 Yeah, I mean, yeah. 00:45:28.230 --> 00:45:29.931 Stephen Kwan went down today, well, 00:45:30.672 --> 00:45:31.952 May 5th with a hamstring. 00:45:31.992 --> 00:45:32.532 But, yeah, 00:45:32.592 --> 00:45:36.456 that would be an interesting fit there. 00:45:36.516 --> 00:45:37.297 But it's going to be 00:45:37.336 --> 00:45:38.137 interesting because some of 00:45:38.157 --> 00:45:39.097 these teams right now are 00:45:39.117 --> 00:45:41.460 in such bad shape and 00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:42.760 they're so far behind. 00:45:43.476 --> 00:45:44.356 that there's going to be 00:45:44.416 --> 00:45:46.297 some moves to be made now 00:45:47.539 --> 00:45:49.221 probably by the end of May, 00:45:49.701 --> 00:45:50.822 beginning of June to get a 00:45:50.842 --> 00:45:52.903 headstart before, you know, 00:45:53.543 --> 00:45:54.485 everyone else is out there. 00:45:54.525 --> 00:45:55.326 See if they can get a little 00:45:55.365 --> 00:45:56.606 bit more before the market 00:45:56.626 --> 00:45:58.668 gets flooded with some of these guys. 00:45:58.789 --> 00:46:02.172 But so my other thing, 00:46:02.331 --> 00:46:03.192 this was something I 00:46:03.211 --> 00:46:04.474 thought about the other day. 00:46:05.153 --> 00:46:07.016 If you're the GM and you're 00:46:07.056 --> 00:46:08.456 starting an expansion team, 00:46:08.998 --> 00:46:10.259 and you can take one of 00:46:10.378 --> 00:46:11.900 these guys to be your 00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:13.739 cornerstone first pick and 00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:14.739 you're building around, 00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:16.039 who would you pick? 00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:20.081 Ellie Dela Cruz, Julio Rodriguez, 00:46:21.041 --> 00:46:25.442 CJ Abrams, Bobby Witt, Gunnar Henderson, 00:46:25.882 --> 00:46:26.842 or Corbin Carroll. 00:46:27.782 --> 00:46:29.521 Who would you take to start your team? 00:46:31.222 --> 00:46:32.222 The two names I went to 00:46:32.262 --> 00:46:33.202 right away on that list 00:46:33.302 --> 00:46:35.483 were Gunnar Henderson and Bobby Witt. 00:46:35.503 --> 00:46:36.123 Yep. 00:46:36.943 --> 00:46:38.184 Um, and I, 00:46:38.976 --> 00:46:40.856 personally went uh gunner 00:46:40.876 --> 00:46:44.378 henderson I was 50 50 and 00:46:44.398 --> 00:46:45.820 then as I looked more into 00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:50.342 it and it was the offensive 00:46:50.402 --> 00:46:51.864 and defensive wars that 00:46:52.364 --> 00:46:53.324 persuaded me to go gunner 00:46:53.344 --> 00:46:55.465 henderson uh and so with 00:46:55.485 --> 00:46:57.367 that I wanted to say that 00:46:57.387 --> 00:46:59.849 uh bobby witt has a 7.8 war 00:46:59.949 --> 00:47:01.489 gunner henderson has a 9.5 war 00:47:05.356 --> 00:47:08.458 Offensive war for Bobby Witt is a 10.1, 00:47:08.458 --> 00:47:10.900 whereas Gunnar Henderson's a 7.8. 00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:12.400 I can live with a 7.8 war. 00:47:14.043 --> 00:47:15.222 The defensive war for Bobby 00:47:15.242 --> 00:47:17.945 Witt is negative 0.4, 00:47:17.945 --> 00:47:19.385 whereas for Gunnar Henderson, 00:47:19.445 --> 00:47:20.487 it's defensively a 2.5. 00:47:20.487 --> 00:47:24.931 To me, that was what did it. 00:47:25.510 --> 00:47:26.472 They say teams that win 00:47:26.492 --> 00:47:27.693 championships do it up the middle. 00:47:27.972 --> 00:47:29.853 Catcher, shortstop, center field, 00:47:29.934 --> 00:47:30.815 and then a pitcher. 00:47:31.684 --> 00:47:32.585 So I want to start with, 00:47:32.605 --> 00:47:33.405 if I'm going to build my 00:47:33.425 --> 00:47:34.306 team to win a championship, 00:47:34.405 --> 00:47:35.847 I want somebody to play shortstop, 00:47:35.887 --> 00:47:36.786 which Gunnar Henderson is 00:47:36.827 --> 00:47:37.407 probably going to play 00:47:37.467 --> 00:47:38.989 third if Jackson already does the deck, 00:47:39.028 --> 00:47:39.409 whatever. 00:47:39.469 --> 00:47:40.309 But for right now, 00:47:41.050 --> 00:47:42.891 I believe he can play some shortstop. 00:47:43.492 --> 00:47:45.512 So at the end of the day, 00:47:46.733 --> 00:47:47.673 I want Gunnar Henderson as 00:47:47.693 --> 00:47:49.034 my shortstop to start my 00:47:49.074 --> 00:47:50.556 team because he can do it 00:47:50.596 --> 00:47:51.697 with the bat and he can do 00:47:51.717 --> 00:47:52.237 it with the glove. 00:47:53.018 --> 00:47:54.418 And not saying Bobby Witt can't, 00:47:55.338 --> 00:47:58.360 but I'll take the Gunnar 00:47:58.380 --> 00:47:59.961 Henderson over Bobby Witt in that aspect. 00:48:01.865 --> 00:48:02.987 So I went the opposite. 00:48:03.686 --> 00:48:05.528 I had those two, and I went Bobby Witt, 00:48:05.548 --> 00:48:06.889 and I'm moving him to third base, 00:48:07.791 --> 00:48:09.231 which has been rumored 00:48:10.271 --> 00:48:11.512 maybe down the line in his 00:48:11.552 --> 00:48:12.554 career because I do believe 00:48:12.614 --> 00:48:13.375 Gunner's going to move 00:48:13.574 --> 00:48:15.315 there as well once holiday's up. 00:48:16.597 --> 00:48:18.018 But Bobby Witt's bat, 00:48:18.157 --> 00:48:19.418 and he has nothing 00:48:19.478 --> 00:48:23.121 surrounding him other than Salvador Perez, 00:48:23.202 --> 00:48:24.682 who's been there for years. 00:48:25.443 --> 00:48:28.405 But if you put Bobby Witt on 00:48:28.425 --> 00:48:30.608 the Orioles roster... 00:48:31.373 --> 00:48:33.295 you flipped them what would 00:48:33.315 --> 00:48:34.114 their numbers look like 00:48:35.094 --> 00:48:36.135 that that to me is 00:48:36.195 --> 00:48:37.496 something like who's I 00:48:37.536 --> 00:48:38.076 think they're both 00:48:38.135 --> 00:48:39.777 phenomenal bats but Bobby 00:48:39.836 --> 00:48:42.478 wit speed to me and what he 00:48:42.518 --> 00:48:44.858 can do I just I went the 00:48:44.898 --> 00:48:45.838 different direction and I 00:48:45.878 --> 00:48:47.960 went with Bobby wit and 00:48:48.019 --> 00:48:49.099 again like I said moved him 00:48:49.139 --> 00:48:50.400 to third but it was 00:48:50.460 --> 00:48:52.481 definitely a clear one two 00:48:52.561 --> 00:48:54.262 between those two I think 00:48:55.090 --> 00:48:56.271 preseason Julio, 00:48:56.731 --> 00:48:57.952 Julio Rodriguez would have 00:48:57.972 --> 00:48:59.652 been up there due to what he can do. 00:48:59.833 --> 00:49:01.813 Just not what he's done so far this year, 00:49:02.253 --> 00:49:04.094 but I went Bobby with, I was, 00:49:04.195 --> 00:49:05.376 I was debating Corbin Carroll. 00:49:05.976 --> 00:49:06.235 Yeah. 00:49:06.356 --> 00:49:08.257 Corbin's done the same thing as Julio. 00:49:08.297 --> 00:49:10.797 Both have been kind of quiet 00:49:11.119 --> 00:49:12.699 to start the year, but, uh, 00:49:13.300 --> 00:49:15.300 very interesting kind of look. 00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:16.501 I know a lot of people are 00:49:16.561 --> 00:49:18.922 very high on what Abrams is 00:49:18.981 --> 00:49:21.063 doing and also Della Cruz right now. 00:49:21.143 --> 00:49:22.884 And Cincinnati has been phenomenal, but, 00:49:23.387 --> 00:49:24.728 I ended up going with you 00:49:24.809 --> 00:49:26.329 end up going Henderson and 00:49:26.389 --> 00:49:28.210 both were our final two. 00:49:28.369 --> 00:49:32.331 So leading into, you know, 00:49:32.431 --> 00:49:33.210 wrapping this up, 00:49:33.411 --> 00:49:34.891 what's the series to watch 00:49:34.972 --> 00:49:36.932 this week or this weekend for you? 00:49:37.632 --> 00:49:40.634 You want just one, one or two. 00:49:40.753 --> 00:49:42.034 I got, Oh boy. 00:49:42.173 --> 00:49:44.855 I got a bunch for the week. 00:49:44.974 --> 00:49:46.576 Padres clubs is one. 00:49:46.856 --> 00:49:48.657 Cause we talked about before we came on, 00:49:48.697 --> 00:49:49.836 Justin still makes his return. 00:49:50.592 --> 00:49:50.952 I mean, 00:49:50.972 --> 00:49:52.833 there's also out there and Dylan cease. 00:49:52.893 --> 00:49:54.594 And also you got a Louisa rise. 00:49:55.554 --> 00:49:57.195 I got Red Sox Braves because 00:49:57.235 --> 00:49:59.076 I love the pitch matchups in that series. 00:49:59.436 --> 00:50:00.416 Crawford and Lopez, 00:50:00.456 --> 00:50:01.356 the two guys with two of 00:50:01.376 --> 00:50:02.878 the lowest ERAs in all of baseball. 00:50:03.557 --> 00:50:04.739 And then you got Pavetta and sale. 00:50:06.340 --> 00:50:08.039 I'll skip over this one. 00:50:08.059 --> 00:50:09.400 Cause the pitching matchup had changed. 00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:10.681 I was going to be blue Jays Phillies, 00:50:10.742 --> 00:50:11.822 but I thought it was going 00:50:11.842 --> 00:50:13.202 to be burritos versus a 00:50:13.302 --> 00:50:14.884 Wheeler and then pass it versus Noah. 00:50:15.463 --> 00:50:17.045 It's actually Sanchez going 00:50:17.144 --> 00:50:18.324 for the Phillies instead. 00:50:18.364 --> 00:50:19.786 So I'm going to pass over that one. 00:50:21.041 --> 00:50:22.143 I want to see the Astros and 00:50:22.163 --> 00:50:24.204 the Yankees in the week 00:50:24.423 --> 00:50:25.885 because I want to see if 00:50:25.925 --> 00:50:27.246 the Astros are starting to 00:50:27.666 --> 00:50:28.646 figure some stuff out and 00:50:28.666 --> 00:50:29.668 see if they can flip the page. 00:50:29.768 --> 00:50:31.668 And Verlander's back in this series, 00:50:32.289 --> 00:50:32.869 see if they can get some 00:50:32.909 --> 00:50:34.030 revenge against the Yankees. 00:50:35.070 --> 00:50:35.891 And another one I'm going 00:50:35.911 --> 00:50:36.731 into for the week, 00:50:36.913 --> 00:50:37.932 before I get to the weekend, 00:50:39.094 --> 00:50:39.773 A's and Rangers. 00:50:39.793 --> 00:50:41.034 It's a four-game series. 00:50:41.916 --> 00:50:43.777 The A's are 8-2 in their last 10. 00:50:44.717 --> 00:50:45.617 Now you're placing a team in 00:50:45.637 --> 00:50:47.119 your division who is in the 00:50:47.139 --> 00:50:48.079 top two of the division. 00:50:49.164 --> 00:50:50.324 Is that success going to stay? 00:50:50.684 --> 00:50:53.467 And, I mean, they're going to face Heaney, 00:50:53.726 --> 00:50:55.309 Evaldi, Lorenzen, and Dunning. 00:50:55.969 --> 00:50:57.349 They're going to counter with Woods, 00:50:57.389 --> 00:50:58.271 Stripling, Sears. 00:50:58.590 --> 00:50:59.731 No, Sears just went on the IL, 00:50:59.771 --> 00:51:00.351 so I don't know who's 00:51:00.371 --> 00:51:01.072 getting the third game. 00:51:01.092 --> 00:51:01.773 And then Blackburn. 00:51:01.974 --> 00:51:04.556 And Blackburn's going to be fantastic. 00:51:05.735 --> 00:51:06.456 On the weekend, 00:51:07.338 --> 00:51:07.838 I'm going to go 00:51:07.998 --> 00:51:09.539 Dodgers-Padres because you 00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:11.820 get Luis Uriah's add to that new rivalry. 00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:15.262 And the Padres are going to see Buehler, 00:51:15.403 --> 00:51:16.463 Glasnow, and Paxton. 00:51:18.306 --> 00:51:18.445 And... 00:51:19.394 --> 00:51:20.376 Another two that I was 00:51:20.436 --> 00:51:21.496 interested in for the weekend, 00:51:21.637 --> 00:51:23.498 it's a weird weekend slate. 00:51:23.938 --> 00:51:25.360 Yeah, nothing really stood out. 00:51:26.300 --> 00:51:27.101 Down back to Orioles. 00:51:28.282 --> 00:51:28.483 Yep. 00:51:28.643 --> 00:51:29.623 I'm intrigued by that one 00:51:30.344 --> 00:51:31.025 just because I want to see 00:51:31.065 --> 00:51:32.146 Means back out there again. 00:51:32.166 --> 00:51:33.867 I believe he's got Saturday. 00:51:33.887 --> 00:51:34.827 Yep. 00:51:34.867 --> 00:51:35.608 And then I want to see 00:51:35.668 --> 00:51:36.628 Gallin pitch on Sunday. 00:51:36.668 --> 00:51:37.469 He's going to face, I think, 00:51:37.590 --> 00:51:38.851 Kramer from what I've seen 00:51:38.911 --> 00:51:40.492 from basing the pitching 00:51:40.532 --> 00:51:41.413 matches from what they've 00:51:41.452 --> 00:51:42.313 had for a schedule. 00:51:43.135 --> 00:51:44.396 The last one, I'm going back to the A's. 00:51:44.775 --> 00:51:46.737 If they can even come out of 00:51:46.757 --> 00:51:48.853 a split with the Rangers – 00:51:48.853 --> 00:51:49.875 You've got the Mariners now, 00:51:50.034 --> 00:51:50.875 and you're going to follow. 00:51:50.994 --> 00:51:51.556 Oh, no, I'm sorry. 00:51:51.976 --> 00:51:52.835 Sears is healthy. 00:51:52.976 --> 00:51:53.936 It's Joe Boyle who went on 00:51:53.956 --> 00:51:54.737 the injured list today. 00:51:54.777 --> 00:51:55.597 He was supposed to pitch the 00:51:55.757 --> 00:51:57.059 first game of that Mariners series. 00:51:57.099 --> 00:51:57.498 He won't. 00:51:57.518 --> 00:51:58.739 But then they're going to 00:51:58.780 --> 00:52:00.300 have Wood versus Castillo 00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:01.280 in the middle game and 00:52:01.360 --> 00:52:02.802 Stripling Hancock in the final. 00:52:03.523 --> 00:52:05.503 If the A's can end the week, 00:52:06.824 --> 00:52:08.184 what do we got, seven games? 00:52:08.766 --> 00:52:11.206 I'll say a game above 500 in 00:52:11.226 --> 00:52:12.327 those seven games. 00:52:13.742 --> 00:52:14.704 I might have to start 00:52:14.903 --> 00:52:15.804 wondering if the A's are 00:52:15.844 --> 00:52:16.724 actually really good. 00:52:16.784 --> 00:52:17.766 Actually, not really good, 00:52:17.786 --> 00:52:19.266 but a decent ball club. 00:52:19.427 --> 00:52:19.666 Yeah. 00:52:20.286 --> 00:52:21.568 Since that Red Sox series. 00:52:21.608 --> 00:52:21.788 Now, 00:52:21.867 --> 00:52:23.989 everybody gave shit for the Red Sox 00:52:24.010 --> 00:52:24.449 for sweeping. 00:52:24.489 --> 00:52:25.590 All you beat the A's, congrats, 00:52:25.630 --> 00:52:26.170 you swept them. 00:52:26.210 --> 00:52:27.251 Yeah. 00:52:27.271 --> 00:52:27.891 Not that bad. 00:52:28.333 --> 00:52:29.132 The Orioles didn't sweep them. 00:52:30.454 --> 00:52:33.655 But I think I saw, I heard since then, 00:52:33.715 --> 00:52:34.536 and I don't know, 00:52:34.617 --> 00:52:35.677 this was I think from 00:52:35.858 --> 00:52:36.918 Thursday I heard this, 00:52:39.059 --> 00:52:40.460 that they are three games 00:52:40.501 --> 00:52:41.521 above .500 since that 00:52:41.561 --> 00:52:42.342 series with the Red Sox. 00:52:43.347 --> 00:52:44.829 Now being 8-2 over your last time, 00:52:44.849 --> 00:52:45.449 I'm going to guess there 00:52:45.469 --> 00:52:46.291 are more than three games 00:52:46.351 --> 00:52:47.831 over 500 since that series now. 00:52:49.012 --> 00:52:50.574 So if they go 4-3 this week 00:52:51.315 --> 00:52:53.157 against the Rangers and the Mariners, 00:52:53.838 --> 00:52:54.398 we could have some 00:52:54.438 --> 00:52:55.518 interesting conversations 00:52:55.579 --> 00:52:56.659 next week about the Oakland A's. 00:52:57.780 --> 00:52:58.882 Yep. 00:52:58.902 --> 00:53:00.643 A couple series for me, 00:53:01.063 --> 00:53:03.226 and you touched on quite a 00:53:03.286 --> 00:53:04.967 few that I'm interested in as well, 00:53:05.027 --> 00:53:07.050 but getting back to the Cardinals... 00:53:08.065 --> 00:53:10.708 they play the Mets to start this week. 00:53:11.088 --> 00:53:12.128 And I'm very interested to 00:53:12.188 --> 00:53:13.889 see how they do against the Mets. 00:53:14.971 --> 00:53:15.731 Cause that's the team. 00:53:15.751 --> 00:53:19.293 Like I said, that back-to-back years, 00:53:19.355 --> 00:53:20.175 not doing well, 00:53:20.856 --> 00:53:22.936 lot of high price names out 00:53:22.996 --> 00:53:24.699 there that they've got to 00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:27.139 improve their farm system. 00:53:27.179 --> 00:53:27.940 Jordan Walker, 00:53:27.981 --> 00:53:30.123 they sent down was just looking awful. 00:53:30.143 --> 00:53:32.603 You know, he was their top prospect. 00:53:32.724 --> 00:53:33.005 So, 00:53:34.036 --> 00:53:35.876 It'll be very interesting to see, 00:53:35.916 --> 00:53:36.597 and right now they're 00:53:36.637 --> 00:53:38.358 losing 3-1 to the Mets. 00:53:38.918 --> 00:53:39.798 I was just going to say that. 00:53:40.699 --> 00:53:41.900 And then this weekend, 00:53:42.181 --> 00:53:44.983 they play... The Cardinals 00:53:45.043 --> 00:53:48.625 have... They play the Brewers. 00:53:49.385 --> 00:53:51.266 So if you go in and lose a 00:53:51.306 --> 00:53:52.166 series to the Mets, 00:53:53.166 --> 00:53:54.248 and you go in with no 00:53:54.288 --> 00:53:56.268 momentum against the Brewers, 00:53:56.469 --> 00:53:57.670 who currently lead the 00:53:57.710 --> 00:54:00.612 division by a slim margin in the Central, 00:54:01.211 --> 00:54:02.612 and don't win that series... 00:54:03.130 --> 00:54:04.931 You're already 15 and 19 00:54:04.931 --> 00:54:06.072 going into play today. 00:54:07.173 --> 00:54:08.876 If you can't somehow figure 00:54:08.916 --> 00:54:11.117 out a way to get within a 00:54:11.177 --> 00:54:14.039 game of 500 after this week's games, 00:54:14.400 --> 00:54:15.501 it doesn't get any easier. 00:54:16.302 --> 00:54:17.623 The other one this weekend 00:54:17.663 --> 00:54:18.963 that I'm really interested 00:54:19.003 --> 00:54:21.846 in watching is the Giants and Reds. 00:54:24.168 --> 00:54:25.628 Just the pitching matchups 00:54:25.748 --> 00:54:28.612 that the Giants have to see what they do. 00:54:28.632 --> 00:54:29.893 A lot of ground ball pitchers. 00:54:29.972 --> 00:54:31.173 Hicks has looked phenomenal. 00:54:31.596 --> 00:54:32.516 I'll be very interested to 00:54:32.556 --> 00:54:33.815 see what the Reds can do 00:54:34.376 --> 00:54:35.597 against them because they 00:54:35.637 --> 00:54:37.117 just seem they should also 00:54:37.177 --> 00:54:39.617 have TJ Friedel back at 00:54:39.717 --> 00:54:40.757 some point this week. 00:54:41.237 --> 00:54:42.257 Maybe it'll be announced 00:54:42.297 --> 00:54:43.378 tomorrow that he's back. 00:54:43.418 --> 00:54:44.998 I know he was on a rehab assignment. 00:54:45.918 --> 00:54:47.938 That would be a huge boost to that lineup. 00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:50.340 But that's the other series 00:54:50.420 --> 00:54:51.400 other than the Dodgers 00:54:51.460 --> 00:54:52.679 Padres that you mentioned, 00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:55.460 the A's Mariners that has my interest. 00:54:55.521 --> 00:54:56.920 But that Reds team is I'm 00:54:56.960 --> 00:54:58.521 still not sure what to think. 00:54:58.922 --> 00:55:00.001 They have all the pieces. 00:55:00.418 --> 00:55:02.539 They're just not firing on 00:55:02.599 --> 00:55:03.759 all cylinders right now. 00:55:04.438 --> 00:55:05.599 And I can tell you right now, 00:55:05.679 --> 00:55:08.500 I mentioned this when he was signed, 00:55:09.079 --> 00:55:09.820 and I've mentioned it a 00:55:09.860 --> 00:55:10.981 couple other times to you, 00:55:11.081 --> 00:55:14.001 is Jameer Candelero, I can't stand. 00:55:14.021 --> 00:55:17.121 I don't like that signing there. 00:55:19.262 --> 00:55:19.922 Obviously, 00:55:19.963 --> 00:55:21.702 they went into the year looking 00:55:21.722 --> 00:55:24.264 a lot different with Marte at third, 00:55:24.983 --> 00:55:27.284 India somewhere either between DH, 00:55:27.344 --> 00:55:28.565 somewhere out in the outfield, 00:55:28.644 --> 00:55:29.425 and Matt McClain. 00:55:30.199 --> 00:55:31.418 being in the infield with 00:55:31.458 --> 00:55:35.239 them and see CES playing first, 00:55:36.599 --> 00:55:38.880 I just don't see Candelario 00:55:38.981 --> 00:55:40.940 being a big piece to that team. 00:55:40.981 --> 00:55:43.360 And he hasn't done anything to speak of. 00:55:43.460 --> 00:55:45.181 It's been Dela Cruz. 00:55:45.282 --> 00:55:49.802 It's been steer and India is hot and cold, 00:55:49.963 --> 00:55:54.143 but I just, that's a very strange team. 00:55:54.182 --> 00:55:55.903 The pitching has not been that bad. 00:55:55.963 --> 00:55:57.643 They just aren't scoring many runs. 00:55:58.297 --> 00:55:59.717 each game they blow up for 00:55:59.757 --> 00:56:00.978 runs and they disappear. 00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:03.460 So it'll be very interesting this weekend, 00:56:03.519 --> 00:56:04.981 see how they do against the giants. 00:56:05.101 --> 00:56:06.842 So that, that, that was one series, 00:56:06.862 --> 00:56:07.563 you know, 00:56:07.603 --> 00:56:08.764 other than the Cardinals that 00:56:08.784 --> 00:56:09.503 I'm kind of paying 00:56:09.563 --> 00:56:10.724 attention to just because 00:56:10.764 --> 00:56:11.724 of what's going on in the 00:56:11.784 --> 00:56:12.525 central right now. 00:56:13.346 --> 00:56:13.567 Yep. 00:56:15.688 --> 00:56:17.108 So with that said, uh, 00:56:17.168 --> 00:56:18.650 before we kind of wrap up, 00:56:18.730 --> 00:56:19.969 I just want to kind of talk 00:56:20.231 --> 00:56:21.510 like we do each week. 00:56:22.331 --> 00:56:25.634 If you folks, um, love baseball, uh, 00:56:26.376 --> 00:56:27.836 want to talk baseball want 00:56:27.856 --> 00:56:29.818 to join our team kind of 00:56:30.557 --> 00:56:31.699 connect with us and write 00:56:31.739 --> 00:56:32.858 about your favorite team or 00:56:32.898 --> 00:56:33.719 team that you live in the 00:56:33.818 --> 00:56:35.639 area of go to the website 00:56:36.320 --> 00:56:37.920 inside the diamonds.com 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00:57:06.836 what we're looking for and 00:57:06.876 --> 00:57:08.137 what the requirements are 00:57:08.197 --> 00:57:09.398 and kind of see if it's 00:57:09.418 --> 00:57:11.081 something that matches your schedule. 00:57:11.141 --> 00:57:13.342 So go to the website and hit us up. 00:57:17.045 --> 00:57:18.507 We're covering anything to 00:57:18.547 --> 00:57:21.289 do with roster moves to series recaps, 00:57:21.349 --> 00:57:22.431 series previews, 00:57:23.831 --> 00:57:24.871 opinion pieces. 00:57:25.192 --> 00:57:26.092 And we're, you know, 00:57:26.132 --> 00:57:27.112 some of these teams we're 00:57:27.132 --> 00:57:28.452 doing down on the farms to 00:57:28.492 --> 00:57:29.373 tell you what the farm 00:57:29.414 --> 00:57:30.673 teams are doing and what 00:57:30.693 --> 00:57:31.954 the top prospects are doing. 00:57:31.994 --> 00:57:32.675 So there's plenty of 00:57:32.715 --> 00:57:34.755 different things to kind of 00:57:35.615 --> 00:57:38.996 build a writing resume for you. 00:57:39.157 --> 00:57:40.177 And also just kind of 00:57:40.438 --> 00:57:41.858 previous topics that we can 00:57:41.898 --> 00:57:42.918 share with you to kind of 00:57:43.498 --> 00:57:44.340 hit the ground running. 00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:47.641 So with that, CJ, 00:57:48.297 --> 00:57:51.418 That leads us into your favorite time, 00:57:51.539 --> 00:57:53.400 or at least my favorite time of the week, 00:57:53.581 --> 00:57:55.262 is the top 100 prospects. 00:57:55.302 --> 00:57:58.144 And who was your top performer this week? 00:57:58.485 --> 00:57:59.585 I should say performers 00:57:59.606 --> 00:58:00.726 because you've yet to have 00:58:01.166 --> 00:58:04.309 narrowed down to one for each week, 00:58:04.369 --> 00:58:04.989 which is fine. 00:58:05.030 --> 00:58:06.150 There's plenty of them out there. 00:58:06.731 --> 00:58:07.731 This week, I finally did it. 00:58:08.324 --> 00:58:09.085 All right, good. 00:58:09.385 --> 00:58:10.547 So if you look at the bottom, actually, 00:58:10.726 --> 00:58:11.646 I've actually made this. 00:58:11.887 --> 00:58:12.588 Yeah, I see that. 00:58:12.608 --> 00:58:13.469 The link is there. 00:58:14.688 --> 00:58:15.670 May should be coming out. 00:58:15.750 --> 00:58:16.871 I know I said it would be Monday. 00:58:16.891 --> 00:58:19.012 I'm waiting to get some stuff ironed out. 00:58:19.152 --> 00:58:21.094 But we should have our top 00:58:21.094 --> 00:58:22.795 100 coming out here shortly. 00:58:22.815 --> 00:58:24.356 I made the graphic for the 00:58:24.456 --> 00:58:25.637 updated top 10 the other day. 00:58:25.657 --> 00:58:27.617 And I actually wrote today 00:58:27.797 --> 00:58:28.318 something a little 00:58:28.358 --> 00:58:30.360 different besides my down on the farms. 00:58:31.099 --> 00:58:32.360 I also included an update 00:58:32.420 --> 00:58:33.581 for the top 10 prospects 00:58:33.621 --> 00:58:34.702 and what they've done this week. 00:58:35.416 --> 00:58:36.777 My goal with that is I'd 00:58:36.817 --> 00:58:37.697 like to do what I think I'm 00:58:37.717 --> 00:58:38.858 going to do once a month 00:58:39.358 --> 00:58:41.521 with the new top 10 and see how they did. 00:58:41.581 --> 00:58:42.601 So if somebody slides in 00:58:42.641 --> 00:58:44.063 like Max Clark just slid in 00:58:44.684 --> 00:58:46.184 with the graduation of Evan Carter, 00:58:46.204 --> 00:58:47.485 I think Wyatt Langford will 00:58:47.505 --> 00:58:48.306 graduate soon. 00:58:49.027 --> 00:58:49.728 Might be whenever there's a 00:58:49.748 --> 00:58:50.748 graduation in the top 10. 00:58:50.748 --> 00:58:53.231 And we'll do a check-in just 00:58:53.251 --> 00:58:54.010 so you can find out what 00:58:54.050 --> 00:58:55.431 the top 10 prospects are doing. 00:58:57.333 --> 00:58:57.873 So with that, 00:58:58.414 --> 00:58:59.376 let's get into who won the 00:58:59.396 --> 00:59:00.036 awards this week. 00:59:01.097 --> 00:59:02.217 My hitter of the week is... 00:59:02.858 --> 00:59:04.960 was from march my 42nd 00:59:05.019 --> 00:59:06.101 ranked prospect and that's 00:59:06.161 --> 00:59:08.362 catcher harry ford he was 00:59:08.422 --> 00:59:09.702 also named hitter of the 00:59:09.742 --> 00:59:11.003 week for his respected 00:59:11.143 --> 00:59:13.643 league uh he's a double a 00:59:13.664 --> 00:59:14.525 prospect for the seattle 00:59:14.545 --> 00:59:15.344 mariners playing for the 00:59:15.425 --> 00:59:17.585 arkansas travelers this 00:59:17.646 --> 00:59:20.088 week he went eight for 14 00:59:20.088 --> 00:59:21.947 with a 571 batting average 00:59:22.889 --> 00:59:24.510 three doubles a home run 00:59:24.829 --> 00:59:26.891 four rbis five runs scored 00:59:27.030 --> 00:59:28.911 five walks and three stolen bases 00:59:29.931 --> 00:59:30.831 Now, just to give you an idea, 00:59:30.851 --> 00:59:32.552 this season he's sitting 00:59:32.552 --> 00:59:34.253 261 with a 914 OPS. 00:59:34.592 --> 00:59:37.634 He has four home runs, 20 runs scored, 00:59:37.634 --> 00:59:40.855 11 RBIs, and seven stolen bases. 00:59:41.974 --> 00:59:43.496 Now, he's at AA. 00:59:44.155 --> 00:59:45.416 I think the call to AAA, 00:59:45.436 --> 00:59:46.275 I think actually he made 00:59:46.315 --> 00:59:47.056 the list last week, 00:59:47.356 --> 00:59:48.077 if I remember correctly. 00:59:48.097 --> 00:59:48.896 Yeah, he did. 00:59:50.257 --> 00:59:51.157 It might be time to start 00:59:51.177 --> 00:59:52.418 looking at a call to AAA 00:59:52.438 --> 00:59:53.458 because I don't remember 00:59:53.498 --> 00:59:54.559 who the Mariners catcher. 00:59:54.619 --> 00:59:55.539 Oh, they have Cal Rowley. 00:59:55.778 --> 00:59:57.099 Or is he more of a DH for them? 00:59:58.000 --> 00:59:59.300 Well, they have him and Garver. 00:59:59.659 --> 01:00:00.318 Mitch Garver. 01:00:00.378 --> 01:00:02.481 So Raleigh's been catching, 01:00:02.541 --> 01:00:03.760 Garver's been DHing, 01:00:03.800 --> 01:00:05.402 but Garver can catch too. 01:00:05.501 --> 01:00:09.605 So he is a little bit, I guess, jammed up, 01:00:09.664 --> 01:00:11.425 if you will, at that spot. 01:00:11.525 --> 01:00:13.987 But there's definitely room 01:00:14.088 --> 01:00:15.588 for him in the future. 01:00:16.208 --> 01:00:18.469 And I was looking at him as 01:00:18.969 --> 01:00:21.391 maybe moving up to their AAA team. 01:00:22.432 --> 01:00:24.454 But if he keeps that up and 01:00:24.514 --> 01:00:26.135 is getting on base at that clip, 01:00:27.094 --> 01:00:28.215 pretty tough to hold him back. 01:00:28.632 --> 01:00:30.313 Garver can play first base 01:00:30.432 --> 01:00:31.213 if they need to. 01:00:31.233 --> 01:00:34.976 So it would be very interesting to see. 01:00:35.036 --> 01:00:36.978 And the other thing to me 01:00:37.018 --> 01:00:38.878 when looking and listening to his speed, 01:00:39.380 --> 01:00:40.621 and this is – I have not – 01:00:40.621 --> 01:00:41.880 I've seen clips of him, 01:00:42.601 --> 01:00:44.864 and this is just me 01:00:44.943 --> 01:00:47.644 thinking of the stats 01:00:47.786 --> 01:00:49.226 without putting eyes on him 01:00:49.306 --> 01:00:50.387 for several games. 01:00:50.967 --> 01:00:52.829 Kind of reminds me of Craig Biggio. 01:00:55.610 --> 01:00:56.271 Super athletic. 01:00:56.291 --> 01:00:56.672 Super athletic. 01:00:57.369 --> 01:00:59.670 fast guy can move and if 01:00:59.710 --> 01:01:01.329 there is that log jam and 01:01:01.389 --> 01:01:02.391 Raleigh's really your 01:01:02.411 --> 01:01:04.831 catcher of the future they 01:01:04.871 --> 01:01:06.672 do have a gap at second 01:01:06.711 --> 01:01:09.893 base in the future saves 01:01:09.932 --> 01:01:11.213 his knees if he's running 01:01:11.594 --> 01:01:13.454 saves his legs gives you 01:01:13.494 --> 01:01:15.494 that other kind of dynamic 01:01:15.976 --> 01:01:17.255 again this is all without 01:01:17.295 --> 01:01:18.836 me even putting eyes on him 01:01:19.496 --> 01:01:20.516 but it is someone I want to 01:01:20.556 --> 01:01:21.297 pay a little closer 01:01:21.336 --> 01:01:23.117 attention to to see because 01:01:23.617 --> 01:01:25.659 he's a little guy too if I don't 01:01:26.304 --> 01:01:27.144 if I'm not mistaken. 01:01:27.164 --> 01:01:29.585 I think he's just a little in stature. 01:01:29.626 --> 01:01:31.065 I don't think he's six feet. 01:01:31.106 --> 01:01:32.786 I want to say he's like five, nine. 01:01:33.987 --> 01:01:34.347 Actually, 01:01:34.367 --> 01:01:37.668 if I... They have another second 01:01:37.708 --> 01:01:39.429 baseman in their system, I believe. 01:01:39.489 --> 01:01:39.768 Hold on. 01:01:39.789 --> 01:01:40.789 I'm trying to pull up my 01:01:41.688 --> 01:01:43.269 images of my top 100, 01:01:43.269 --> 01:01:44.550 but there is another one. 01:01:45.110 --> 01:01:45.570 I've got... Yeah. 01:01:45.710 --> 01:01:46.530 They do. 01:01:46.570 --> 01:01:49.871 He's 5'10", 200 pounds. 01:01:54.577 --> 01:01:54.896 Sorry, 01:01:55.697 --> 01:01:57.639 my son had his baseball card out on 01:01:57.679 --> 01:01:58.938 the desk earlier, 01:01:58.978 --> 01:01:59.800 and I was looking at it 01:01:59.860 --> 01:02:00.760 before we started. 01:02:02.141 --> 01:02:03.300 But that was just, to me, 01:02:03.360 --> 01:02:04.742 when I heard you talk about 01:02:04.762 --> 01:02:07.023 him last week and then again this week, 01:02:07.503 --> 01:02:08.344 just the speed. 01:02:08.583 --> 01:02:09.403 You don't see a lot. 01:02:09.443 --> 01:02:09.664 I mean, 01:02:09.704 --> 01:02:11.425 Jason Kendall for the Pirates back 01:02:11.465 --> 01:02:13.505 in the day was a guy that 01:02:13.525 --> 01:02:15.427 could steal some bases, had the speed, 01:02:15.947 --> 01:02:17.829 and Biggio come to mind 01:02:18.389 --> 01:02:19.469 right off the top of my 01:02:19.489 --> 01:02:20.489 head when I'm thinking 01:02:20.590 --> 01:02:22.391 speed and comparison and size. 01:02:23.052 --> 01:02:24.552 Not saying that they'll move him, 01:02:24.693 --> 01:02:26.673 but oftentimes teams that 01:02:26.713 --> 01:02:28.094 have a pure athletic, 01:02:28.114 --> 01:02:28.894 and I don't know what he is 01:02:28.954 --> 01:02:30.675 defensively behind the plate, 01:02:32.036 --> 01:02:33.797 but if he's an athlete and 01:02:33.818 --> 01:02:34.898 you want to save his legs 01:02:34.938 --> 01:02:35.998 for the future and get more 01:02:36.039 --> 01:02:36.679 run out of him, 01:02:38.019 --> 01:02:39.760 there could be a move in the future, 01:02:40.021 --> 01:02:40.961 depending on what their 01:02:41.001 --> 01:02:42.603 game plan is within the 01:02:42.682 --> 01:02:43.643 organization for him. 01:02:44.364 --> 01:02:46.105 Well, I almost wonder with Cole Young, 01:02:46.844 --> 01:02:47.985 is he your second baseman? 01:02:48.005 --> 01:02:48.545 Then we could have the 01:02:48.626 --> 01:02:49.867 conversation of what if, 01:02:50.748 --> 01:02:52.748 Now, having played catcher most of my life, 01:02:52.849 --> 01:02:55.471 the transition wasn't too bad. 01:02:55.490 --> 01:02:58.851 The idea of maybe third base. 01:03:01.574 --> 01:03:03.235 Third base, or, I mean, 01:03:03.255 --> 01:03:04.474 I played first base a lot 01:03:04.554 --> 01:03:05.596 more than the third base, 01:03:05.655 --> 01:03:07.336 but usually catcher to 01:03:07.476 --> 01:03:09.378 third base is an easier transition. 01:03:11.936 --> 01:03:12.956 Because if you think about it, 01:03:12.976 --> 01:03:13.856 they got Polanco. 01:03:14.077 --> 01:03:15.018 So they have Polanco who can 01:03:15.038 --> 01:03:16.117 play second or short. 01:03:16.958 --> 01:03:18.039 Cole Young can play – I 01:03:18.079 --> 01:03:19.659 believe he can play second or short. 01:03:19.780 --> 01:03:21.061 I'm assuming I'm thinking of 01:03:21.081 --> 01:03:22.021 the right prospect. 01:03:23.081 --> 01:03:26.063 And then you'd have Harry Ford who, again, 01:03:26.103 --> 01:03:26.543 catcher. 01:03:26.603 --> 01:03:28.364 But you could move him. 01:03:28.603 --> 01:03:29.565 Third base is usually a 01:03:29.625 --> 01:03:30.864 better option for catchers. 01:03:31.905 --> 01:03:35.628 Yeah, and I can't remember way back, 01:03:35.728 --> 01:03:36.987 but Biggio could have also 01:03:37.027 --> 01:03:38.648 been moved due to his arm strength. 01:03:39.295 --> 01:03:39.675 And again, 01:03:39.755 --> 01:03:42.277 without putting eyes on Henry Ford, 01:03:42.317 --> 01:03:46.219 I'm trying to see if it doesn't say it. 01:03:46.278 --> 01:03:47.280 Harry Ford on the back 01:03:47.320 --> 01:03:48.260 doesn't say anything about 01:03:48.320 --> 01:03:51.541 his... Actually, it does say. 01:03:53.663 --> 01:03:55.563 His throwing arm is another plus tool. 01:03:56.744 --> 01:03:57.905 So, who knows? 01:03:57.985 --> 01:04:00.927 Maybe, but he is an athletic guy, 01:04:01.527 --> 01:04:02.748 and it's rare for me. 01:04:02.809 --> 01:04:05.030 The speed stats are what sticks out. 01:04:05.110 --> 01:04:05.309 Again, 01:04:05.349 --> 01:04:07.351 it's at AA if that continues on 01:04:07.650 --> 01:04:08.552 through his path, but 01:04:08.902 --> 01:04:11.483 He's been very productive in 01:04:11.523 --> 01:04:12.402 the last two weeks. 01:04:14.364 --> 01:04:15.164 So with that, 01:04:15.204 --> 01:04:16.465 we'll jump to the pitcher of the week. 01:04:16.985 --> 01:04:20.847 And I'm going with Noble Meyer. 01:04:21.606 --> 01:04:23.588 He's at single A for the Miami Marlins, 01:04:23.628 --> 01:04:25.108 playing for the Jupiter Hammerheads. 01:04:25.869 --> 01:04:28.150 He's the 53rd overall ranked 01:04:28.190 --> 01:04:29.090 prospect from March. 01:04:29.269 --> 01:04:30.891 Again, we haven't updated, so he's jumped. 01:04:31.811 --> 01:04:34.132 But he got the start on Saturday, 01:04:34.833 --> 01:04:35.773 and he got the win. 01:04:36.510 --> 01:04:38.231 He went five innings, gave up one hit, 01:04:38.331 --> 01:04:39.911 didn't allow a run, walked two, 01:04:39.972 --> 01:04:40.753 and struck out nine. 01:04:41.632 --> 01:04:42.934 His issue to start this 01:04:42.974 --> 01:04:45.175 season has been his walks. 01:04:45.416 --> 01:04:49.018 In this start, he limited them. 01:04:49.038 --> 01:04:49.938 The nine strikeouts in that 01:04:50.018 --> 01:04:51.280 one start was a career high. 01:04:52.541 --> 01:04:53.681 On this season, he's 2-1 with a 4.26 ERA, 01:04:53.702 --> 01:04:54.942 a 1.47 whip, 19 strikeouts in 19 innings, 01:04:54.961 --> 01:04:56.043 and he's made five starts. 01:05:01.900 --> 01:05:02.440 The Marlins, 01:05:02.501 --> 01:05:03.260 and I think I said this a 01:05:03.280 --> 01:05:04.802 couple weeks ago when we talked about it, 01:05:04.822 --> 01:05:06.503 they are just a pitching 01:05:06.563 --> 01:05:07.605 factory at all times. 01:05:09.405 --> 01:05:09.646 You know, 01:05:09.746 --> 01:05:11.788 everybody has that next man up mantra, 01:05:12.789 --> 01:05:14.050 and it's for really any 01:05:14.090 --> 01:05:15.291 player for most teams. 01:05:15.371 --> 01:05:16.711 But then when it comes to the Marlins, 01:05:16.771 --> 01:05:18.532 it feels like they lose a 01:05:18.572 --> 01:05:19.514 pitcher and they just have 01:05:19.653 --> 01:05:21.315 one waiting in the wings. 01:05:21.394 --> 01:05:21.956 Last season, 01:05:22.036 --> 01:05:23.657 Uri Perez was a big one coming up, 01:05:24.338 --> 01:05:25.177 and I actually think he 01:05:25.217 --> 01:05:26.739 made the jump from double 01:05:26.759 --> 01:05:28.740 A. I think he got called up 01:05:28.820 --> 01:05:31.262 from double A to make his MLB debut 01:05:32.349 --> 01:05:34.070 But, I mean, another one they have, 01:05:34.110 --> 01:05:36.192 like I just – I've looked at this nonstop, 01:05:36.211 --> 01:05:37.773 but I can't – I believe he is a pitcher. 01:05:37.793 --> 01:05:39.114 Well, one, I know he's a pitcher. 01:05:39.134 --> 01:05:39.434 The other one, 01:05:39.934 --> 01:05:41.235 I'm pretty positive he's a pitcher. 01:05:41.916 --> 01:05:43.597 Max Meyer, who I have as my third, 01:05:43.978 --> 01:05:45.858 Marlins prospect, is another one coming. 01:05:46.500 --> 01:05:47.981 And I'm pretty sure Thomas 01:05:48.141 --> 01:05:49.742 White is a pitcher as well. 01:05:51.764 --> 01:05:52.585 So it's just like they 01:05:52.625 --> 01:05:54.465 always have pitchers just waiting. 01:05:56.447 --> 01:05:56.927 And like I said, 01:05:56.947 --> 01:05:59.010 they have – we talked about Alcantara. 01:05:59.170 --> 01:06:00.610 Oh, Thomas White, fun fact – 01:06:01.420 --> 01:06:02.581 from Raleigh, Massachusetts. 01:06:02.920 --> 01:06:03.802 He's a New England boy. 01:06:04.561 --> 01:06:05.563 And he is also a pitcher. 01:06:05.603 --> 01:06:07.423 He's at single-A Jupiter. 01:06:08.143 --> 01:06:08.885 So it's another thing. 01:06:08.925 --> 01:06:11.365 It's just they just – Lozardo. 01:06:11.826 --> 01:06:13.086 I think that opens the door 01:06:13.226 --> 01:06:14.188 more for Lozardo to get 01:06:14.228 --> 01:06:15.748 moved because you've got 01:06:15.849 --> 01:06:16.829 Alcantara coming back. 01:06:16.849 --> 01:06:17.590 You've got Uri Perez who 01:06:17.610 --> 01:06:18.471 will be back next year. 01:06:18.751 --> 01:06:19.630 Braxton Garrett. 01:06:21.693 --> 01:06:22.932 Six toes looked okay. 01:06:22.992 --> 01:06:23.233 I mean, 01:06:23.414 --> 01:06:25.215 he struggled and he faced the Braves. 01:06:25.394 --> 01:06:28.777 So they're just nothing but an arm factor. 01:06:29.534 --> 01:06:30.815 It reminds me of – the other 01:06:30.835 --> 01:06:32.295 team I'll equate it to is the Rays. 01:06:32.476 --> 01:06:33.155 We talked about it. 01:06:33.175 --> 01:06:34.277 The Rays aren't as good 01:06:34.456 --> 01:06:35.438 because their arms are hurt. 01:06:36.137 --> 01:06:37.318 It's just a pitching factory. 01:06:37.998 --> 01:06:39.460 Now, they need bats. 01:06:40.481 --> 01:06:40.780 Oh, yeah. 01:06:41.240 --> 01:06:43.202 So can you move those prospects? 01:06:43.222 --> 01:06:44.043 I mean, they're not in the race, 01:06:44.063 --> 01:06:44.762 so they're not going to 01:06:44.844 --> 01:06:46.023 flip your top prospect, 01:06:46.043 --> 01:06:47.525 top three prospects for a bat. 01:06:48.425 --> 01:06:50.306 But can you move Lizardo and 01:06:50.347 --> 01:06:53.108 Garrett and get two bats or 01:06:53.148 --> 01:06:54.670 two prospect bats that are 01:06:54.690 --> 01:06:56.791 worth it and build a little future? 01:06:56.811 --> 01:06:56.891 Yeah. 01:06:58.088 --> 01:06:58.329 I mean, 01:06:58.389 --> 01:07:00.050 think about what they did in 97 to 01:07:00.070 --> 01:07:02.590 win it all, or 03, pick it, Milo Cabrera, 01:07:02.650 --> 01:07:03.951 like all the prospects they 01:07:03.990 --> 01:07:04.692 had that came up, 01:07:04.791 --> 01:07:07.012 and Mike Lowell was a vet at that point, 01:07:07.032 --> 01:07:07.413 I believe, 01:07:07.452 --> 01:07:09.353 but all the things that they 01:07:09.393 --> 01:07:11.434 did to win those two World Series. 01:07:12.195 --> 01:07:15.376 So... You just mentioned it, 01:07:15.496 --> 01:07:16.777 all that you just mentioned, 01:07:16.797 --> 01:07:18.356 and I know we're just talking prospects, 01:07:18.416 --> 01:07:19.197 but to wrap it up, 01:07:19.318 --> 01:07:20.998 for any Marlins fan that's listening, 01:07:22.278 --> 01:07:23.418 just because they start 01:07:23.498 --> 01:07:24.599 selling off this year, 01:07:24.619 --> 01:07:27.740 and all these arms coming back next year, 01:07:28.231 --> 01:07:29.452 All they're doing right now 01:07:30.072 --> 01:07:31.512 is they're revamping so 01:07:31.552 --> 01:07:32.612 that when those arms come 01:07:32.672 --> 01:07:34.795 back and they have these extra resources, 01:07:35.255 --> 01:07:36.596 they have the offense or 01:07:36.615 --> 01:07:38.556 they rebuild their farm 01:07:38.617 --> 01:07:40.478 system so that they can do 01:07:40.557 --> 01:07:41.878 what they've done in the past. 01:07:41.958 --> 01:07:43.119 And they've got the arms. 01:07:43.780 --> 01:07:44.920 It'll be very interesting. 01:07:44.940 --> 01:07:46.021 This isn't the White Sox 01:07:46.041 --> 01:07:46.840 you're talking about that 01:07:46.860 --> 01:07:49.822 are riddled with injuries of top guys. 01:07:50.382 --> 01:07:53.105 This Marlins team lacks some 01:07:53.164 --> 01:07:56.987 talent on the field, but their arms... 01:07:59.039 --> 01:08:00.579 are phenomenal when they're healthy. 01:08:01.340 --> 01:08:01.519 Yep. 01:08:02.519 --> 01:08:03.219 And that, to me, 01:08:03.280 --> 01:08:04.800 is maybe the only reason 01:08:04.860 --> 01:08:06.960 why you kind of slow play 01:08:07.101 --> 01:08:09.202 or hold on to Lizardo, to have him, 01:08:09.222 --> 01:08:10.282 you know, 01:08:10.342 --> 01:08:12.202 in the mix next year with Alan 01:08:12.242 --> 01:08:13.722 Contar coming back. 01:08:14.764 --> 01:08:15.744 Well, and Uri Perez. 01:08:16.344 --> 01:08:17.083 And Uri Perez. 01:08:17.104 --> 01:08:20.385 I mean... We talked about that Arias trade, 01:08:20.404 --> 01:08:21.305 and I wanted to know if you 01:08:21.324 --> 01:08:23.105 saw the video before we get 01:08:23.126 --> 01:08:23.945 to wrapping this up. 01:08:24.706 --> 01:08:26.346 The funniest thing... So... 01:08:27.310 --> 01:08:28.551 there was a video that went 01:08:28.650 --> 01:08:30.990 viral and I forget who posted it, 01:08:31.771 --> 01:08:33.752 but what the Arias trade, 01:08:33.773 --> 01:08:35.792 the Marlins claimed for prospects. 01:08:36.993 --> 01:08:39.635 And what I saw, 01:08:39.654 --> 01:08:40.935 the guy was one of the 01:08:40.975 --> 01:08:42.036 prospects they acquired, 01:08:42.055 --> 01:08:42.815 but he was standing on 01:08:42.876 --> 01:08:46.317 second base and they had to pull him. 01:08:46.356 --> 01:08:47.797 He was confused why they were pulling him. 01:08:47.818 --> 01:08:49.097 He had no idea what was going on. 01:08:49.337 --> 01:08:49.878 Like, you know, 01:08:49.899 --> 01:08:51.439 trade advances and they understand more. 01:08:51.498 --> 01:08:52.359 So like it's coming, 01:08:52.380 --> 01:08:53.399 this was out of nowhere. 01:08:54.079 --> 01:08:55.860 And I saw the update on my phone and, 01:08:56.310 --> 01:08:56.891 was it Friday? 01:08:56.912 --> 01:08:57.692 I think it was Friday. 01:08:57.712 --> 01:08:58.993 It came through and it was my birthday. 01:08:59.033 --> 01:08:59.913 And so I never hear, I'm like, 01:08:59.934 --> 01:09:01.716 wait a minute, what's going on. 01:09:01.735 --> 01:09:02.697 Yeah. 01:09:03.056 --> 01:09:03.657 It was shocking. 01:09:04.478 --> 01:09:07.300 But the two players that they acquired, 01:09:07.400 --> 01:09:08.240 and I want to say it was 01:09:08.280 --> 01:09:10.783 the Padres double affiliate and, 01:09:11.123 --> 01:09:12.164 but both guys packed up 01:09:12.204 --> 01:09:13.085 their stuff and then they 01:09:13.125 --> 01:09:14.046 walked down the first 01:09:14.126 --> 01:09:16.708 baseline saying goodbye to everybody. 01:09:16.988 --> 01:09:17.668 And so I was like, 01:09:17.909 --> 01:09:19.770 there are no clubhouse at the stadium, 01:09:20.431 --> 01:09:21.393 but they have to walk down 01:09:21.412 --> 01:09:23.054 the foul line to get out of there. 01:09:24.144 --> 01:09:25.085 Very well could be, 01:09:25.345 --> 01:09:27.766 especially if they're the visiting team. 01:09:28.567 --> 01:09:29.787 They literally had just 01:09:29.807 --> 01:09:31.548 their bags and their bats in their hand. 01:09:31.569 --> 01:09:33.490 They're saying bye to the first base coach, 01:09:33.551 --> 01:09:34.992 the guy that was on first base. 01:09:35.011 --> 01:09:36.573 It was a very interesting 01:09:36.632 --> 01:09:37.453 sight watching it. 01:09:38.014 --> 01:09:39.295 You don't see a lot of that 01:09:39.335 --> 01:09:39.954 in these trades. 01:09:39.994 --> 01:09:41.256 They don't ever show you that, 01:09:41.296 --> 01:09:42.936 but where it's so early and 01:09:43.037 --> 01:09:44.939 so rare in-game like that, 01:09:45.519 --> 01:09:47.761 especially depending on the start time. 01:09:47.801 --> 01:09:49.341 But that was definitely a 01:09:49.362 --> 01:09:50.823 video that was interesting 01:09:51.283 --> 01:09:52.224 to me because normally 01:09:52.264 --> 01:09:54.577 they'll show you the – 01:09:54.577 --> 01:09:54.777 you know, 01:09:54.817 --> 01:09:56.398 the videos from the minors where 01:09:56.417 --> 01:09:57.759 they're making the call up 01:09:57.838 --> 01:09:59.340 or going somewhere different. 01:10:00.661 --> 01:10:01.381 But yeah, that was, 01:10:01.442 --> 01:10:02.462 that was a neat video and 01:10:02.523 --> 01:10:03.944 interesting and raised a 01:10:03.984 --> 01:10:05.364 lot of questions in regards 01:10:05.444 --> 01:10:06.145 to what their 01:10:07.265 --> 01:10:08.447 accommodations are like 01:10:08.766 --> 01:10:10.228 inside the locker room and 01:10:10.268 --> 01:10:12.269 how they get in and out and moved around. 01:10:13.550 --> 01:10:13.791 Yeah. 01:10:14.371 --> 01:10:15.412 So that was fascinating. 01:10:16.051 --> 01:10:16.292 Yeah. 01:10:16.471 --> 01:10:17.212 It was interesting. 01:10:17.252 --> 01:10:18.333 There's so much about minor 01:10:18.373 --> 01:10:19.333 league baseball that I 01:10:19.394 --> 01:10:20.694 think that we don't even know. 01:10:21.155 --> 01:10:21.536 And I think, 01:10:22.494 --> 01:10:23.996 we'd be surprised at some, 01:10:24.277 --> 01:10:25.957 some of the stories in regards to, 01:10:26.478 --> 01:10:26.859 you know, 01:10:27.378 --> 01:10:28.920 what their accommodations are like. 01:10:28.939 --> 01:10:30.020 They already moved them six 01:10:30.060 --> 01:10:31.523 game series to cut back on 01:10:31.582 --> 01:10:32.623 travel and costs, 01:10:32.684 --> 01:10:35.445 but still these are small ballparks and, 01:10:35.945 --> 01:10:38.007 and they're not guaranteed 01:10:38.247 --> 01:10:39.149 from year to year. 01:10:39.189 --> 01:10:40.649 There's short contracts. 01:10:40.729 --> 01:10:41.631 So, you know, 01:10:41.690 --> 01:10:42.372 what they've got for 01:10:42.412 --> 01:10:44.012 accommodations are vastly 01:10:44.052 --> 01:10:44.974 different than what the 01:10:45.014 --> 01:10:47.176 pros deal with in the big leagues. 01:10:47.275 --> 01:10:47.636 So, um, 01:10:49.774 --> 01:10:51.114 Great job with the prospects. 01:10:51.154 --> 01:10:52.076 I really enjoy. 01:10:52.195 --> 01:10:53.996 I did read the top 10 article. 01:10:54.015 --> 01:10:56.055 I like looking at that stuff. 01:10:56.076 --> 01:10:56.636 Like I said, 01:10:57.237 --> 01:10:58.676 the biggest thing about doing 01:10:58.716 --> 01:11:00.296 this with you and joining 01:11:00.457 --> 01:11:01.797 ITD and doing the writing 01:11:02.417 --> 01:11:03.997 is I'm learning a little 01:11:04.037 --> 01:11:05.719 bit more about some of 01:11:05.759 --> 01:11:07.078 these other teams' prospects, 01:11:07.139 --> 01:11:08.179 paying attention to them, 01:11:08.658 --> 01:11:10.180 catching more minor league games, 01:11:10.260 --> 01:11:11.479 even if it is just a couple 01:11:11.539 --> 01:11:13.399 innings at a time than I would normally. 01:11:14.780 --> 01:11:15.860 So it's been a lot of fun. 01:11:16.417 --> 01:11:17.476 And just an update, 01:11:17.837 --> 01:11:19.518 Justin Steele did not do so 01:11:19.578 --> 01:11:21.217 hot in his first game back. 01:11:21.278 --> 01:11:22.837 That game's 6-2 right now 01:11:23.938 --> 01:11:25.418 going into the top of the seventh. 01:11:25.538 --> 01:11:27.639 The Padres are putting it to him right now, 01:11:27.658 --> 01:11:28.658 and I believe Steele is 01:11:28.679 --> 01:11:29.538 already out of the game. 01:11:29.618 --> 01:11:32.020 So welcome back, Justin. 01:11:33.819 --> 01:11:34.579 Do you have anything else 01:11:34.640 --> 01:11:35.439 that you'd like to add? 01:11:36.320 --> 01:11:37.440 Not that I can think of. 01:11:37.740 --> 01:11:40.261 I'm just excited for the week of baseball. 01:11:41.060 --> 01:11:41.881 I'm excited to see what 01:11:41.921 --> 01:11:43.162 happens this week and what 01:11:43.202 --> 01:11:44.162 happens this weekend. 01:11:45.135 --> 01:11:47.015 Luis arrives by the way over for tonight. 01:11:47.615 --> 01:11:47.796 Yeah, 01:11:47.815 --> 01:11:50.277 so after you know his first game That 01:11:50.317 --> 01:11:51.176 was actually one thing I 01:11:51.216 --> 01:11:52.216 didn't have to say might 01:11:52.277 --> 01:11:53.436 wouldn't take away that I 01:11:53.457 --> 01:11:55.097 forgot to mention I believe 01:11:55.137 --> 01:11:56.738 it was a record four for 01:11:56.797 --> 01:11:57.819 four was he was the first 01:11:58.359 --> 01:12:00.179 Padres player ever to have 01:12:00.198 --> 01:12:01.319 a four-hit game in his 01:12:01.380 --> 01:12:03.479 first game with the team So 01:12:03.760 --> 01:12:04.640 making his presence known 01:12:04.680 --> 01:12:05.661 right away which is why I 01:12:05.701 --> 01:12:06.841 put that on my docket for 01:12:06.860 --> 01:12:08.060 the weekend with the 01:12:08.100 --> 01:12:09.362 Dodgers Padres his first 01:12:09.402 --> 01:12:10.122 taste of it and I 01:12:10.833 --> 01:12:12.194 They got their loaded bats, 01:12:12.654 --> 01:12:13.395 some good pitching. 01:12:14.135 --> 01:12:15.876 That'll be a hell of a series to watch. 01:12:15.935 --> 01:12:16.636 I'm surprised that's not 01:12:16.655 --> 01:12:17.476 Sunday night baseball, 01:12:17.497 --> 01:12:19.676 but can't do the Dodgers every game, 01:12:19.697 --> 01:12:20.217 I guess, right? 01:12:21.297 --> 01:12:22.497 No, I guess not. 01:12:22.538 --> 01:12:24.679 I mean, you could, but might as well not. 01:12:24.939 --> 01:12:27.199 But, yeah, no, Arias playing DH, 01:12:27.239 --> 01:12:27.860 like you said, 01:12:28.701 --> 01:12:30.681 leading off for the Padres tonight. 01:12:30.862 --> 01:12:33.682 And the only guy that shocks 01:12:33.743 --> 01:12:37.163 me more than Ranger Suarez 01:12:37.224 --> 01:12:39.324 from the Phillies is Profar. 01:12:40.265 --> 01:12:41.365 for the Padres and I haven't 01:12:41.405 --> 01:12:42.225 mentioned him yet but 01:12:42.265 --> 01:12:43.367 that'll be one next week 01:12:43.386 --> 01:12:44.226 that I'll touch on that 01:12:44.266 --> 01:12:45.307 he's batting cleanup for 01:12:45.328 --> 01:12:46.729 those guys he's got two 01:12:46.828 --> 01:12:49.189 RBIs tonight so we'll touch 01:12:49.250 --> 01:12:52.271 on that next week um we 01:12:52.311 --> 01:12:53.092 appreciate everyone 01:12:53.113 --> 01:12:54.654 listening like subscribe 01:12:54.993 --> 01:12:55.994 reach out to us if you're 01:12:56.015 --> 01:12:57.055 interested in joining our 01:12:57.095 --> 01:12:59.537 group uh talking baseball 01:12:59.617 --> 01:13:03.298 and just um covering the team you love so 01:13:04.250 --> 01:13:05.671 I appreciate everyone listening. 01:13:05.810 --> 01:13:06.752 CJ, thanks again. 01:13:06.771 --> 01:13:08.091 It's been a lot of fun. 01:13:08.192 --> 01:13:10.213 And listen in next week. 01:13:11.234 --> 01:13:11.734 Thanks, guys. 01:13:11.793 --> 01:13:12.295 Enjoy your week. 01:13:12.675 --> 01:13:13.676 Go Red Sox. 01:13:13.695 --> 01:13:14.216 Go Tigers. 01:13:14.256 --> 01:13:14.695 Go Cubs. 01:13:14.735 --> 01:13:15.095 Go Reds. 01:13:15.115 --> 01:13:15.856 I don't know who else we 01:13:15.896 --> 01:13:16.877 want to say go to. 01:13:17.077 --> 01:13:18.537 Go anyone but the Yankees, I think, 01:13:18.578 --> 01:13:19.338 at this point, right? 01:13:19.878 --> 01:13:20.498 Go Orioles. 01:13:20.559 --> 01:13:20.899 I mean, 01:13:21.039 --> 01:13:22.060 even though they're an AL East team, 01:13:22.100 --> 01:13:22.761 but go Orioles. 01:13:23.041 --> 01:13:24.622 Phillies are up three games. 01:13:25.322 --> 01:13:25.561 Yeah. 01:13:26.363 --> 01:13:26.802 Thanks, guys. 01:13:26.863 --> 01:13:27.363 Enjoy your week. 01:13:27.743 --> 01:13:28.043 Thanks. 01:13:28.083 --> 01:13:28.384 Take care.