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Everyone welcome back to

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inside the diamonds podcast.

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I'm your host JC and I'm

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joined again tonight by CJ.

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How you doing CJ?

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I'm fantastic.

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How are you?

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Not bad Sitting down in

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Virginia Beach just last

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year before Yeah a little bit today.

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It's the only day we're

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gonna get a son so we kind

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of Spent it out by the beach all day,

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but it was hazy all day.

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So it kind of caught up with me quick and

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didn't realize I was getting

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burnt which is fine is what

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it is but last little

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vacation before school

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starts back up and all the

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kids sports start back up

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because that'll take up our

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time probably until next

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summer when everyone's out

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so uh get away one last

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time and I actually last

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night we got in late

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yesterday sunday so the

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cubs and cardinals were on

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so I got to enjoy

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little bit of that um at the

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restaurant right here in

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the hotel so that was the

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most baseball I got to

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watch this weekend because

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it was pretty hectic before

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leaving trying to finish

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everything up and some

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different things but uh

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excited to be back tonight covering

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you know, the trade deadline, what was,

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and kind of what it looks like now,

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because the wild card picture,

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at least in one division

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continues to get even

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muddled even more than what

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it was the last time we talked.

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So, uh,

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without any further ado the

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only thing I wanted to kind

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of bring up tonight to kick

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it off because I want to

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get rid of the bad things

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first and hopefully we do

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better than they are but

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the chicago white sox have

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lost 20 in a row no major

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league team has done that

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since 1988 and I don't

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think it's going to get any

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better for them nope nope I

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don't think I've seen a b I

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was looking at the

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standings I do they get do

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they get to 50 wins

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No.

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I mean, it's going to be close,

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but I don't know.

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That's tough.

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They don't look good at all.

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You need 23 in 62 games or

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something like that.

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Watch,

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they'll make the playoffs in

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September and they'll get hot.

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And they'll just make it over 50.

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They are right now, current day, 27 and 87,

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which is 114 games,

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which leaves them with 48 games.

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So they have to be just

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under 500 for the last.

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There's no way.

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The run differential is disgusting.

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Minus 247.

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When was the last time

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somebody ever saw that?

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I mean,

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the next closest is 140 when that's

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the Marlins.

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No, I'm sorry, 180 with the Rockies.

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That's 67 more.

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It's pathetic.

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You look at everyone around the league,

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you see streaks of win two, loss two.

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win four, lose 20.

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There's no other team that's

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got a streak of anything

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else with any longevity.

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I can't remember.

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Their second long one, but not

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Not of 20 games.

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The last one against the Red Sox?

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Yeah.

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It's been pretty ugly,

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but with all that said,

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and just wanted to get that

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bad juju out of the way,

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let's talk about the trade

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deadline winners.

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I know that you and I have

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talked throughout the deadline,

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during the deadline that day.

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Why don't you give me your winners first?

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Well, the first one is,

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and they're not my number one winner, but

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they're definitely winners

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in my book is the Miami Marlins, you know,

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a team that's rebuilding,

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but at the same time, I guess really not.

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They're a playoff team last

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year and they've just been

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dealt with injuries all year.

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I mean,

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you and I talked at length about

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how great Yuri Perez looked

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last year and what we expected this year.

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He's done for the year.

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Sandy Alcantara had Tommy John last year.

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He's done for the year.

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Jesus Lizardo was in there.

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He was going to talk about

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for the deadline in the off

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season to be traded.

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He's,

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Who knows when he's coming back?

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So realistically, that team was just done.

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And it started with the Rise

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getting traded earlier.

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But then they made the moves.

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They traded Tanner Scott, Jazz Chisholm,

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Josh Bell, Brian De La Cruz,

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Trevor Rogers, AJ Puck,

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and some other bullpen arms.

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But what they brought back in,

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they brought in a nice

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pitching prospect from the

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Padres and Robbie Snelling.

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They added to,

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which I've talked about in

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my prospect recaps,

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they have a good farm system pitching.

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They just developed pitching.

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But now they brought in some bats.

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They brought in Connor Norby

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and Kyle Stowers from Baltimore.

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That Augustin Ramirez

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catcher from the Yankees is good.

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Daylo Santos needs to be

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talked about more.

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He can't get covered as much.

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From what I've seen,

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he's been pretty good.

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So they built their prospect

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system with the bats now.

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And so they have something going that...

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again I tweeted it out right

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after the trade deadline

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and said tomorrow's gonna

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be a problem come 2027 when

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all of these names come up

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and you know that window

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might be closing for the

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phillies you know we all

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experience the nebrowski

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effect where he trades away

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prospects and he gets he

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spends money but you know

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the window closes on him

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and then you know the

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braves they have their guys but

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you know,

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they're going to start to get older.

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And the Mets are the Mets,

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and the Nationals are going

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to be right there.

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But the Marlins have a

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window now coming in three

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years where they could be

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up there in the East, even the wild card.

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And, you know,

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with all these prospects

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they just acquired,

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we're hearing these names down the road.

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Well, the Marlins aren't afraid to –

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Empty their roster when it's

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needed for the prospects,

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but they're also not afraid

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to pull a trigger in the

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opposite direction if they need to.

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Use some of these assets

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that they've got that are a

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little bit clogging the

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lanes for other players to

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get there that they won't

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hesitate to make a move if

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they need to get someone

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that will benefit the team for now.

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They're a very self-aware

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organization where they

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know where they stand and

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and when to go for it and when not to,

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it seems.

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If you look at their runs, they get there,

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go to the World Series,

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and then they're gone.

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The best thing about,

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like you were saying with these Marlins,

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they added a lot of bats.

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Norby, Storrs, Ramirez,

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those guys added with their

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pitching that they have.

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It's not a long turnaround

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if they pan out.

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Yep.

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So I thought the Marlins, again,

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they were another team for

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me that was just clear in a way, you know,

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outside of, you know,

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the people looking at the

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way of who's going to win this year.

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They look a lot at who wins

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the deadline due to that,

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the impact for this year.

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This was another one where I

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just think it was kind of,

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unless you're a Marlins fan

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or a big baseball fan,

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miss out on how well the

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Marlins did this deadline.

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Yep.

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So who was your second team?

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The Los Angeles Dodgers.

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And, I mean, the rich get richer.

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It seems to be always the case.

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And we talked last week

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because the trades had gone through where,

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you know, they got Rosario and, you know,

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they added Tommy Edmund.

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And then Michael Kopech

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looked great in his first

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relief appearance.

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But then they go out and

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right before the deadline

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hits and they go get a really,

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at the end of the day,

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he's probably not going to

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hit come playoff time.

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I mean, if he does,

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I wouldn't be surprised, but...

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Really, they got a guy for, I think,

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the late innings

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defensively in center fielding,

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Kevin Kiermaier.

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But then the big move they made,

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which I was surprised about,

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was Jack Flaherty.

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And, you know,

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everything came out the next day.

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The Yankees were in on him heavily,

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had the trade done,

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and then some things came

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out about his back.

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And the Dodgers came in

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right at the last minute and got him.

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And he didn't disappoint in

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his first outing.

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Six innings, five hits, seven Ks,

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and only walked one.

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So...

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That's a guy that's

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definitely turned the corner,

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figured some stuff out.

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I really wanted him in Boston.

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I thought he was a piece to

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the rotation that that team

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could have used.

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And they really didn't give

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up much at the end of the day.

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Like, Trey Sweeney and Lorenzo to Detroit.

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And Lorenzo sneaks right in

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the top ten quick for them.

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And Sweeney is swinging a

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hot bat now with Toledo.

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So, I mean, at the end of the day,

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those two guys might turn into something.

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But, you know, at the time of the trade –

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Doesn't seem like much.

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So the Dodgers,

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I think they made a nice

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pivot to be right there

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with the Phillies.

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And obviously,

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like I said earlier in the year,

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I thought they were losing the NLCS and,

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you know, Dave Roberts would be gone.

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It'd be Alex Cora.

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I said that at length,

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but they definitely made

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the moves that keep them right there,

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especially after, you know,

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they DFA Paxton and Kershaw

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hasn't looked like Kershaw

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coming out of the gate and

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So they definitely need pitching,

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and Flaherty fills that need.

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Kopech is going to be a

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great out of that bullpen.

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And they got, you know,

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some nice depth now,

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especially whether or not

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Mookie comes back at the issues with Lux.

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You know,

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they just DFA'd Kevin Biggio today.

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Yeah, I see that.

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I was going to bring that up.

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So they definitely took the

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deadline and got a lot better,

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and they seem to get the

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team that's going to cause

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some havoc come playoff time.

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the other thing just for me

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is adding clarity it still

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doesn't make a whole lot of

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sense with paxton but you

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still don't know what you

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have in yamamoto when he

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comes back either yeah and

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I don't think what he's not

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coming back in september

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I was a little shocked that

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they let Paxton go so

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quickly without knowing.

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But they still have Bobby Miller.

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Or no, Bobby Miller shut down.

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He's in AAA, I believe.

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I thought he had a good outing recently,

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but I could be screwing that one up.

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But it was just odd to me that.

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Paxton went.

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I thought that they would

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have made a move for another arm,

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perhaps.

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But Flaherty looked good,

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and if everyone comes

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healthy and Kershaw can pitch,

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they'll be fine.

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They got a decent lead in the West.

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So, who's your third winner?

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No.

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That's the thing.

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They make these moves.

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They look good,

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but they're starting to

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choke things away.

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I think that's why they make the moves,

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but

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partners look good and

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they're coming and I they

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were almost my third team

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but I went with the cards

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yes go ahead and I went

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with the cardinals because

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I feel like the more I saw

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that trade with uh the

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dodgers and the white socks

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that gave you know the

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dodgers copec and edmund

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the cardinals didn't give

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up really anything except

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for tommy edmund and they got

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Tommy Pham and Eric Fetty,

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which they had good pitching,

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which we talked about going

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into the season,

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that they were going to be

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right there because of their pitching.

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And they had somebody like

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Fetty who's come over from, you know,

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I think it was the KBO League,

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and he's had a good season.

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Yeah.

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And then they went out and

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they added a bullpen arm in

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Sean Armstrong and moved

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You know, Dylan Carlson,

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who I think they're a team, like I say,

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with the Red Sox,

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they have a plethora of outfielders,

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especially in the AAA,

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that you can – one of those

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guys is expendable.

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And so if you can move a guy

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like Dylan Carlson and get

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a bullpen on him to help

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you in the stretch run,

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it's not a bad move.

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They seem to be similar to, like,

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the Marlins with pitchers

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and Tampa Bay with pitchers.

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The Cardinals just breed or

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bring up a ton of outfield prospects.

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Hitting and pitching.

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I mean, I talk about Tim Kentz a lot.

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And Quinn Matthews is another one.

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He's on the new Top 100 that's updated.

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But those are two guys.

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And we talk about Mason Wynn, you know,

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another bat that he looked

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good last night.

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He hit a home run last night, yeah.

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Marcelo Suno.

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Randy Roseana,

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and then they still have

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Jordan Walker down at AAA

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who can't seem to figure it out.

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They tried to move him at the deadline.

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Yeah.

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So the Cardinals may have won it,

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but they did just lose the

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series against the Cubs.

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Yeah, and they're still right there.

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Yeah, which is tricky.

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So I have two winners

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because I did think the Marlins,

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because we had talked about it,

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and I liked what the

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Dodgers did for what they needed to do.

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But for me,

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one of the winners was the Cubs.

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And similar to the Marlins,

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they held on to James Tyon.

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They didn't move Cody Bellinger,

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which to me speaks that

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they are in belief that

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he'll be around next year in that opt-in.

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Because he hasn't played well either,

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and I think he knows that.

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But as much as I loved Christopher Murrell,

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I was calling for Paredes back in March.

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just because of the type of bat,

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more consistent,

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not as big of a swing and

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miss as Murrell was.

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So I think for the opposite

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reason of the Marlins,

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the Marlins didn't give up.

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They gave up a lot,

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but they received so much

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for what they were doing.

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Jed Hoyer, love him or hate him,

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didn't panic.

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Yeah, it's not the season you want,

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but at the same time,

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you've got plenty of young talent now.

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Let's see how you can finish out this year,

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where things shake out,

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see what happens in free agency.

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And then you've got all

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these young guys that if

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you need to make a move here or there to

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better your roster next year

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when you have a better idea

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of what's going on then you

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do so they didn't panic

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just to grab stuff for

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nothing but morel for

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parades made a lot of sense

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to me and I was happy that

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they didn't make some of

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the moves that I was

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hearing you know the only

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way bellinger moves is if

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you know you're not

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bringing them back or if

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the opt-out isn't in play

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Because I still think he's

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their best center fielder

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all the way around.

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PCA is great.

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You know, he's fun to watch.

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But until he can hit 260,

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he's just going to hurt you offensively.

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Did you see the story about Paredes?

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Which one?

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About him going out and thanking the fans?

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Well,

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so he played five straight games

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against the Reds.

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Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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The Rays played the Reds,

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and then he got traded on

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the 30th or the 31st?

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I think it was the 30th.

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The 30th,

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and then the Cubs played the Reds

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right after the Rays did.

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So he went from the Rays to

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the Cubs and played the Reds again.

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So he had five games against

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the Reds and then four

00:15:36.724 --> 00:15:37.365
against the Cardinals.

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But I thought that was interesting.

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Yeah, he got to see some –

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Hittable pitching, I guess,

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is the best way of putting it.

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So the whole rotation.

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Yeah, at least.

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And all their bullpen arms, most likely.

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But the other NL Central

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team that I think was quiet

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but did what they needed to

00:16:01.202 --> 00:16:01.964
was the Pirates.

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They brought in Brian De La Cruz.

00:16:06.183 --> 00:16:08.845
They brought in Nick York

00:16:10.325 --> 00:16:11.666
and Wyatt Sanford.

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No, they signed Wyatt Sanford.

00:16:13.525 --> 00:16:15.226
Nick York from the Red Sox

00:16:15.267 --> 00:16:16.907
in that trade for Quinn Priester,

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who Quinn Priester is most

00:16:19.148 --> 00:16:22.708
likely probably blocked

00:16:22.989 --> 00:16:24.149
with the pitching they've got now.

00:16:24.208 --> 00:16:25.408
Jared Jones coming back.

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They've got Bubba Chandler.

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They've got Paul Skeens.

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They've got Marco Gonzalez.

00:16:32.489 --> 00:16:33.370
Where's he going to fit?

00:16:33.750 --> 00:16:34.851
So they traded him for an

00:16:34.932 --> 00:16:38.235
infielder and now they're healthy.

00:16:40.201 --> 00:16:41.822
and I think with their

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pitching I think their best

00:16:43.501 --> 00:16:46.143
acquisition is coming in

00:16:46.163 --> 00:16:48.763
jared jones who's ready for

00:16:48.783 --> 00:16:51.163
a minor league stint or

00:16:51.384 --> 00:16:53.365
here in a rehab so that'll

00:16:53.384 --> 00:16:55.325
be happening soon but the

00:16:55.365 --> 00:16:57.485
pirates to me again nothing

00:16:57.546 --> 00:16:58.725
really flashy they didn't

00:16:58.765 --> 00:16:59.927
go out and do anything huge

00:17:03.307 --> 00:17:04.407
but they got what they want

00:17:05.068 --> 00:17:06.409
and going to put it to you.

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So those were my two winners

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other than like, like I said,

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the Marlins and the Dodgers

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and Cardinals were in there.

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I'll start with my losers.

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Okay.

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One is one that you had,

00:17:20.712 --> 00:17:23.773
but my biggest loser and I

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think my biggest confusion is Oakland.

00:17:28.576 --> 00:17:28.736
Yeah.

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We've talked about it.

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If you're moving to Sacramento for,

00:17:36.128 --> 00:17:37.289
let's say, two years,

00:17:39.269 --> 00:17:41.891
you can't anticipate

00:17:42.931 --> 00:17:44.590
competing in a 5,000 to

00:17:44.590 --> 00:17:45.751
7,500 stadium fans unless

00:17:45.771 --> 00:17:46.511
they plan on adding seats there,

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which perhaps they do.

00:17:57.544 --> 00:17:59.469
And I really think it hurt

00:17:59.528 --> 00:18:01.794
them when Mason Miller broke his hand.

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I think regardless of what

00:18:04.097 --> 00:18:04.660
they were going to say,

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.602
I think he would have went.

00:18:06.554 --> 00:18:07.854
Someone would overpaid but

00:18:08.294 --> 00:18:10.315
holding on to the likes of

00:18:10.414 --> 00:18:12.535
Brent Rooker Who should

00:18:12.575 --> 00:18:14.316
have went at the deadline in my opinion?

00:18:15.576 --> 00:18:17.976
just made no sense to me and

00:18:18.175 --> 00:18:19.856
Even JP Sears with it with

00:18:19.876 --> 00:18:21.777
the arms that were going a

00:18:21.817 --> 00:18:22.616
little shocked that he

00:18:22.656 --> 00:18:24.397
didn't go and I mean he was

00:18:24.478 --> 00:18:25.837
very similar in my eyes to

00:18:25.857 --> 00:18:28.038
a Kyle Freeland that What

00:18:28.057 --> 00:18:29.439
the hell not gonna hurt you

00:18:29.558 --> 00:18:31.159
throw him at four or five.

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Mm-hmm,

00:18:32.378 --> 00:18:33.538
and they're gonna already be better

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.000
and the twins

00:18:38.553 --> 00:18:39.953
just acquiring trevor

00:18:40.013 --> 00:18:42.114
richards there made no

00:18:42.173 --> 00:18:44.375
sense of all the teams that

00:18:44.414 --> 00:18:45.756
are in the wild card hunt

00:18:45.895 --> 00:18:47.436
in the al or in a division

00:18:47.457 --> 00:18:49.336
battle they needed pitching

00:18:49.696 --> 00:18:51.178
as much as anyone in a

00:18:51.218 --> 00:18:52.759
left-handed starter you

00:18:52.878 --> 00:18:53.959
know they all did but they

00:18:53.999 --> 00:18:55.480
made trevor richards was

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.700
their only acquisition I

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:58.760
just I shake my head at

00:18:58.800 --> 00:19:00.521
that it just made no sense

00:19:00.582 --> 00:19:03.323
whatsoever and just really

00:19:03.363 --> 00:19:04.343
really confused of what

00:19:04.383 --> 00:19:05.923
they're trying to do I also

00:19:08.163 --> 00:19:09.904
I don't know why I missed it

00:19:09.944 --> 00:19:11.105
and ran over it.

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The Mariners were a big

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winner in my eyes with what they did.

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I think I kind of glanced

00:19:19.775 --> 00:19:20.736
over it just because we

00:19:20.796 --> 00:19:21.836
covered pretty much

00:19:21.876 --> 00:19:23.739
everything they did last time.

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My two losers were just

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Oakland because none of it

00:19:29.805 --> 00:19:32.027
makes sense with what's to come.

00:19:33.080 --> 00:19:34.803
And why would you need them?

00:19:34.903 --> 00:19:36.124
Cause that's two years of

00:19:37.365 --> 00:19:37.986
use that you're going to

00:19:38.006 --> 00:19:39.268
get out of them and control

00:19:39.327 --> 00:19:41.210
that is basically

00:19:41.250 --> 00:19:43.511
meaningless in my eyes with Mason Miller.

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It just didn't make any sense to me.

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So, um, who was your first loser?

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Well,

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so I'll piggyback cause you send one

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of mine and we'll follow it

00:19:55.003 --> 00:19:55.683
up with the twins.

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Um,

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they were a team and I think

00:19:58.405 --> 00:19:59.326
you and I talked about this

00:19:59.385 --> 00:20:00.366
last week where we talked

00:20:00.426 --> 00:20:01.907
about you know we could see

00:20:01.928 --> 00:20:02.807
maybe it was two weeks ago

00:20:02.827 --> 00:20:03.828
before the trade deadline

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um we talked about maybe

00:20:05.589 --> 00:20:06.671
the red sox were a team

00:20:06.711 --> 00:20:07.891
that we could see buying

00:20:08.010 --> 00:20:09.612
and selling you know we

00:20:09.672 --> 00:20:11.232
move up guys where they're

00:20:11.272 --> 00:20:12.834
expiring deals or whatever

00:20:12.953 --> 00:20:14.454
and bringing something the

00:20:14.515 --> 00:20:15.336
twins are against the

00:20:15.375 --> 00:20:17.136
salary cap so there was

00:20:17.176 --> 00:20:18.037
tough for them to bring in

00:20:18.076 --> 00:20:19.738
anything and you know

00:20:19.778 --> 00:20:21.358
you're in pretty much a

00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:23.079
close not even wild card

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:24.240
race but a division race

00:20:24.300 --> 00:20:26.122
like you're not far behind the guardians

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.901
And you see them go out and

00:20:27.921 --> 00:20:28.601
they had somebody who

00:20:28.641 --> 00:20:29.422
wasn't even thrown this

00:20:29.442 --> 00:20:30.301
year in Alex Cobb.

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And you don't do anything.

00:20:32.884 --> 00:20:34.305
Like you said, they needed, what was it,

00:20:34.325 --> 00:20:35.145
a left-handed pitcher.

00:20:35.165 --> 00:20:36.166
Yep.

00:20:36.707 --> 00:20:38.607
And you got a couple guys

00:20:38.627 --> 00:20:40.549
you could move and bring in,

00:20:41.289 --> 00:20:42.471
free up some salary cap,

00:20:42.510 --> 00:20:43.172
and you go out and get a

00:20:43.211 --> 00:20:43.951
left-handed pitcher.

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But they didn't do anything

00:20:45.993 --> 00:20:47.213
besides what you said, Richards.

00:20:47.994 --> 00:20:49.756
And does that really make them any better?

00:20:50.896 --> 00:20:53.118
Like, as a Red Sox fan,

00:20:53.739 --> 00:20:54.839
I'm more excited about

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You know,

00:20:55.929 --> 00:20:56.970
the fact that we have a chance to

00:20:57.009 --> 00:20:59.192
pass the Twins more than the Royals.

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You know,

00:21:00.333 --> 00:21:01.493
we have a chance with this series

00:21:01.534 --> 00:21:01.855
tonight.

00:21:01.894 --> 00:21:02.154
You know,

00:21:02.174 --> 00:21:03.175
you can start making some ground

00:21:03.215 --> 00:21:05.798
on the Royals, but you can realistically,

00:21:05.837 --> 00:21:06.739
you should pass the Twins.

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.680
I don't think that team

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.681
should really make the playoffs.

00:21:09.020 --> 00:21:09.501
And, you know,

00:21:09.521 --> 00:21:10.423
the reason why they're so

00:21:10.462 --> 00:21:11.222
good and what they've done

00:21:11.263 --> 00:21:13.144
this year is Royce Lewis is

00:21:13.184 --> 00:21:13.865
one of those names.

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And he's been in and out of

00:21:15.867 --> 00:21:16.689
the lineup all year.

00:21:17.648 --> 00:21:20.172
So you take advantage of stuff like that.

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.563
So that's one of them.

00:21:23.084 --> 00:21:23.203
Um,

00:21:23.423 --> 00:21:25.026
although David Festa has been fun to

00:21:25.086 --> 00:21:25.747
watch and he's pitching

00:21:25.787 --> 00:21:27.028
tight against the Cubs and they're up one,

00:21:27.088 --> 00:21:27.429
nothing.

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Yeah.

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So I wonder if they're

00:21:29.211 --> 00:21:30.794
banking on him to be great.

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He's not a lefty,

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but to be the guy in the

00:21:32.375 --> 00:21:33.217
rotation that they can

00:21:33.237 --> 00:21:34.298
trust as an extra arm.

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Um,

00:21:37.342 --> 00:21:38.903
next one you have to wonder

00:21:38.923 --> 00:21:40.025
if they're injuries with

00:21:40.085 --> 00:21:42.346
joe miranda royce lewis

00:21:43.028 --> 00:21:45.569
carlos correa and even some

00:21:45.609 --> 00:21:46.530
of their outfielders were

00:21:46.590 --> 00:21:48.292
banged up because they do

00:21:48.353 --> 00:21:50.013
have a log jam at that

00:21:50.114 --> 00:21:53.857
middle infield spot and in

00:21:53.877 --> 00:21:55.138
the corner outfield spots

00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:56.039
that they could have

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.701
perhaps moved someone for

00:21:57.721 --> 00:21:58.682
an arm that would have been

00:21:58.762 --> 00:22:01.005
almost cash in hand you know trade

00:22:01.664 --> 00:22:02.365
Even Steven,

00:22:02.445 --> 00:22:03.885
but they just stand in pack

00:22:03.925 --> 00:22:04.846
and just grabbing Trevor

00:22:04.866 --> 00:22:06.387
Richards is just not gonna

00:22:06.428 --> 00:22:08.308
do it for them I got like Brooks Lee.

00:22:08.548 --> 00:22:08.828
I mean,

00:22:08.929 --> 00:22:10.390
and that's your probably your short step.

00:22:10.430 --> 00:22:11.589
What was that play?

00:22:12.371 --> 00:22:15.271
Oh my lord Who was it the

00:22:15.332 --> 00:22:16.893
Cubs game and they just up

00:22:16.972 --> 00:22:18.594
big hose them though it was

00:22:18.614 --> 00:22:19.855
like a deep fly ball like

00:22:19.914 --> 00:22:21.234
right center field and they

00:22:21.255 --> 00:22:22.195
just must have lost it in

00:22:22.236 --> 00:22:24.136
the lights and the ball dropped and

00:22:25.230 --> 00:22:26.510
And they just hosed whoever

00:22:26.570 --> 00:22:27.731
was trying to score.

00:22:27.791 --> 00:22:28.991
So I think they kept them to

00:22:28.991 --> 00:22:30.551
– I think they actually held them.

00:22:31.311 --> 00:22:32.212
It's 1-0 still.

00:22:32.833 --> 00:22:34.532
Yep.

00:22:35.413 --> 00:22:35.993
So, yeah, I mean,

00:22:36.013 --> 00:22:37.973
Correa was a name I was

00:22:38.034 --> 00:22:38.874
interested to see.

00:22:38.894 --> 00:22:39.693
Maybe you could get a haul

00:22:39.753 --> 00:22:42.914
for that prospect-wise because Brooks Lee,

00:22:42.954 --> 00:22:43.795
they like him a lot.

00:22:44.555 --> 00:22:45.836
He's been up most of the year.

00:22:46.355 --> 00:22:48.576
And it's probably, like I said,

00:22:48.596 --> 00:22:49.717
the shortstop of the future.

00:22:49.757 --> 00:22:51.136
I forget when Correa's deal is up.

00:22:51.786 --> 00:22:52.986
I think he's had a four-year deal,

00:22:53.046 --> 00:22:54.366
so I think he's maybe one

00:22:54.406 --> 00:22:56.907
year away from free agency.

00:22:56.928 --> 00:22:58.147
That wouldn't have been a bad idea,

00:22:58.268 --> 00:22:59.147
but maybe that's an

00:22:59.188 --> 00:23:01.528
off-season move they're looking at.

00:23:02.269 --> 00:23:03.990
They may just realize, like the Marlins,

00:23:04.029 --> 00:23:05.490
that this is not going to be their year.

00:23:05.609 --> 00:23:06.790
Play out with what we've got

00:23:07.671 --> 00:23:08.310
and go from there.

00:23:10.152 --> 00:23:10.832
It's interesting.

00:23:11.071 --> 00:23:11.832
Very interesting.

00:23:12.272 --> 00:23:14.532
The next one is the Houston Astros.

00:23:15.773 --> 00:23:16.874
They went out and got what they needed.

00:23:17.267 --> 00:23:19.009
I mean, I saw them link to Jack Flaherty,

00:23:20.490 --> 00:23:21.590
but it sounds like Detroit

00:23:21.991 --> 00:23:22.852
thought they could get more

00:23:22.893 --> 00:23:24.374
for Flaherty than what the

00:23:24.453 --> 00:23:25.315
Astros were offering.

00:23:26.075 --> 00:23:26.855
And from what it sounds like,

00:23:26.895 --> 00:23:27.816
it was the same deal.

00:23:28.737 --> 00:23:31.858
But they traded, you know, realistically,

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.119
two guys that were right in

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:35.082
the big leagues to Toronto

00:23:35.182 --> 00:23:37.804
for Yusei Kikuchi, who, not for nothing,

00:23:37.844 --> 00:23:38.483
he's pitched well,

00:23:38.805 --> 00:23:39.765
but he hasn't been the kind

00:23:39.785 --> 00:23:41.366
of guy you move that kind of talent for.

00:23:41.386 --> 00:23:43.688
So that should have told you

00:23:43.708 --> 00:23:45.068
going into the deadline, like,

00:23:45.108 --> 00:23:46.089
this is what the market is.

00:23:46.631 --> 00:23:46.871
You know,

00:23:46.891 --> 00:23:48.152
I think the trade actually broke

00:23:48.932 --> 00:23:49.732
while we were recording.

00:23:50.713 --> 00:23:51.094
Yeah.

00:23:52.065 --> 00:23:52.945
But we didn't know what the

00:23:53.066 --> 00:23:54.125
trade back was.

00:23:54.205 --> 00:23:54.967
I said it was going to be

00:23:55.047 --> 00:23:56.087
definitely Jake Bloss

00:23:56.188 --> 00:23:57.067
because he was scratched,

00:23:57.147 --> 00:23:58.229
so I figured that was there.

00:23:59.529 --> 00:24:00.549
But the other piece has moved.

00:24:00.609 --> 00:24:02.191
It's just, what are you guys doing?

00:24:02.230 --> 00:24:03.571
You guys don't have a farm system.

00:24:04.553 --> 00:24:06.094
Like, Jacob Melton, I think,

00:24:06.134 --> 00:24:07.034
is the only guy on the

00:24:07.115 --> 00:24:08.255
Astros I have in the top 100.

00:24:08.255 --> 00:24:08.414
Yep.

00:24:09.836 --> 00:24:10.096
So, like,

00:24:10.115 --> 00:24:11.356
you don't have a farm system to

00:24:11.416 --> 00:24:12.577
be doing stuff like that

00:24:12.597 --> 00:24:13.479
where you have an arm and

00:24:13.538 --> 00:24:14.659
Jake Bloss who's up and

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.740
people are excited about him.

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:15.960
And, yeah,

00:24:16.601 --> 00:24:17.361
we're going to scratch him and

00:24:17.381 --> 00:24:18.882
just trade him away for Kikuchi.

00:24:19.742 --> 00:24:19.982
Yeah.

00:24:20.002 --> 00:24:20.182
So...

00:24:21.346 --> 00:24:22.666
But that's the thing I said

00:24:22.686 --> 00:24:23.646
to you earlier about the

00:24:23.686 --> 00:24:25.147
teams with the window closing.

00:24:25.748 --> 00:24:27.067
I think the Astros, that team,

00:24:27.087 --> 00:24:27.929
because Bregman's a free

00:24:27.949 --> 00:24:28.828
agent after this year,

00:24:28.868 --> 00:24:29.608
and somebody tweeted the

00:24:29.628 --> 00:24:31.349
other day about him leaving, and I said,

00:24:31.390 --> 00:24:32.349
he just screams tire.

00:24:33.490 --> 00:24:36.991
So... I like that better

00:24:37.051 --> 00:24:37.872
than the pinstripes.

00:24:38.393 --> 00:24:38.613
Yep.

00:24:39.512 --> 00:24:42.114
He just... AJ Hinch, him, just screams it,

00:24:42.193 --> 00:24:43.954
and, like, they're losing Arshela.

00:24:44.035 --> 00:24:45.955
I know they have Jace Young coming up,

00:24:46.635 --> 00:24:46.836
but...

00:24:47.445 --> 00:24:48.567
You can move Keith to first

00:24:48.686 --> 00:24:49.507
if Torkelson still

00:24:49.527 --> 00:24:50.527
struggles and put Young at

00:24:50.567 --> 00:24:51.948
second and you've got Bregman at third.

00:24:55.250 --> 00:24:56.410
That would be an interest.

00:24:56.470 --> 00:24:57.490
I'd like that a lot more

00:24:57.550 --> 00:24:58.611
than him going to be the

00:24:58.730 --> 00:25:00.211
answer over in New York.

00:25:00.791 --> 00:25:00.991
Yeah.

00:25:01.172 --> 00:25:02.192
Well, if they don't get Soto,

00:25:02.212 --> 00:25:03.613
they might just give him

00:25:03.633 --> 00:25:04.834
the bag and he might be the answer.

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.161
Yeah, no,

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.761
the Astros definitely got fleeced

00:25:09.821 --> 00:25:12.502
in that trade and just they overpaid.

00:25:12.522 --> 00:25:13.942
And I just don't I know

00:25:13.962 --> 00:25:15.003
they're in a panic mode

00:25:15.064 --> 00:25:15.983
because of that window.

00:25:16.104 --> 00:25:18.744
So I guess that's that makes some sense.

00:25:19.326 --> 00:25:20.746
They they did exactly what

00:25:20.766 --> 00:25:24.227
some other teams were reluctant to do.

00:25:26.907 --> 00:25:29.409
And the final one is the White Sox.

00:25:30.569 --> 00:25:31.230
They moved off.

00:25:31.509 --> 00:25:32.691
They did move off the Eloy

00:25:32.711 --> 00:25:33.631
Jimenez contract.

00:25:34.521 --> 00:25:36.682
but you didn't trade luis

00:25:36.722 --> 00:25:38.565
robert and you didn't trade

00:25:38.605 --> 00:25:40.306
garrett crochet and you and

00:25:40.365 --> 00:25:41.125
I just talked about it

00:25:41.145 --> 00:25:42.247
they've lost 20 straight

00:25:43.548 --> 00:25:44.488
crochet I think was

00:25:44.508 --> 00:25:45.628
realistically him and his

00:25:45.689 --> 00:25:46.690
agent shot himself in the

00:25:46.750 --> 00:25:47.890
foot with their comments

00:25:48.471 --> 00:25:49.550
you mentioned it last week

00:25:49.932 --> 00:25:51.311
the white socks not saying

00:25:51.491 --> 00:25:52.353
like the white socks just

00:25:52.393 --> 00:25:53.634
not wanting to move robert

00:25:54.213 --> 00:25:56.455
was interesting like I

00:25:56.476 --> 00:25:57.415
don't get what you're

00:25:57.976 --> 00:25:58.856
you're building for like

00:25:58.876 --> 00:26:00.798
you don't have much talent

00:26:00.817 --> 00:26:03.339
in the pipeline coming up besides maybe

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:05.099
Drew Thorpe, who's already up,

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:07.442
and Noah Schultz, who looks pretty good.

00:26:08.461 --> 00:26:11.785
But there's – oh, maybe Kiro.

00:26:12.204 --> 00:26:13.346
But there's not much other

00:26:13.365 --> 00:26:14.267
than that that I can think of.

00:26:14.307 --> 00:26:15.827
Oh, there is one more.

00:26:15.867 --> 00:26:17.568
It's Montgomery, Colson Montgomery.

00:26:17.588 --> 00:26:18.950
Yeah, Colson Montgomery.

00:26:18.970 --> 00:26:19.770
There is some talent,

00:26:20.050 --> 00:26:21.132
but those four guys aren't

00:26:21.152 --> 00:26:22.231
going to be the end-all,

00:26:22.251 --> 00:26:23.292
be-all for your future.

00:26:24.094 --> 00:26:25.315
So, you know,

00:26:25.355 --> 00:26:26.355
moving Luis Robert and

00:26:26.375 --> 00:26:27.276
getting a haul for him,

00:26:27.715 --> 00:26:28.616
you probably could get one

00:26:28.616 --> 00:26:29.817
– like the way the market was,

00:26:29.857 --> 00:26:30.417
you probably could have

00:26:30.438 --> 00:26:32.299
gotten one or two top prospects for him.

00:26:32.950 --> 00:26:34.451
at least or even crochet you

00:26:34.471 --> 00:26:35.172
could have gotten two or

00:26:35.211 --> 00:26:38.394
three like it'll be very

00:26:38.453 --> 00:26:40.134
telling because I thought

00:26:40.174 --> 00:26:41.596
about this in regards to

00:26:42.557 --> 00:26:43.738
the other side of the story

00:26:43.837 --> 00:26:45.679
right we already knew that

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:49.882
the demand and seeing what

00:26:49.922 --> 00:26:51.583
others were giving but at

00:26:51.623 --> 00:26:52.663
the same time what were the

00:26:52.723 --> 00:26:53.865
questions with both these

00:26:53.904 --> 00:26:56.086
guys robert's injury history

00:26:56.846 --> 00:26:59.770
and Crochet is a reliever, now a starter.

00:27:00.672 --> 00:27:01.573
So do you want to trade for

00:27:01.593 --> 00:27:02.153
someone that's going to

00:27:02.173 --> 00:27:03.315
shit the bed on the back

00:27:03.414 --> 00:27:04.276
end because of innings?

00:27:04.856 --> 00:27:06.838
If they go out and Robert

00:27:06.858 --> 00:27:07.980
can stay healthy for the

00:27:08.020 --> 00:27:10.644
rest of this year, for the next 48 games,

00:27:11.484 --> 00:27:15.028
and Crochet can go and stay steady...

00:27:16.190 --> 00:27:17.411
What's the return like at

00:27:17.471 --> 00:27:19.172
the deadline or not the deadline,

00:27:19.231 --> 00:27:20.874
the winter meetings?

00:27:21.394 --> 00:27:21.594
Yeah.

00:27:22.234 --> 00:27:23.955
Can they help themselves by

00:27:24.016 --> 00:27:25.896
staying healthy and maybe

00:27:26.017 --> 00:27:27.337
answering some of those questions?

00:27:28.078 --> 00:27:29.000
That's where I think crochet

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.660
is going to get moved.

00:27:30.300 --> 00:27:31.161
I think the fact that he

00:27:31.421 --> 00:27:32.481
said was I want an

00:27:32.541 --> 00:27:34.262
extension to pitch in the postseason.

00:27:35.003 --> 00:27:36.125
Nobody wanted him at that point.

00:27:36.265 --> 00:27:37.486
Let's see if you last season.

00:27:37.526 --> 00:27:38.306
Let's see what you do.

00:27:39.047 --> 00:27:39.907
And then maybe we'll trade

00:27:39.928 --> 00:27:40.627
for you in the offseason.

00:27:40.667 --> 00:27:41.648
Give you the extension you want.

00:27:42.628 --> 00:27:43.609
Ain't that's exactly the way

00:27:43.630 --> 00:27:44.910
they're going prove it.

00:27:45.210 --> 00:27:46.230
That's the way I'd look at

00:27:46.270 --> 00:27:47.530
is they go he's gonna prove

00:27:47.570 --> 00:27:49.731
it and I think what happens

00:27:49.932 --> 00:27:52.073
is Max freed sign somewhere

00:27:52.993 --> 00:27:53.834
and it's a bidding war

00:27:53.894 --> 00:27:55.474
between two teams first

00:27:55.515 --> 00:27:57.915
call should be the losing team Yeah, yeah,

00:27:57.935 --> 00:27:58.955
I mean who didn't get him

00:27:59.016 --> 00:28:01.518
and then Robert is a guy

00:28:01.617 --> 00:28:03.218
that you've got a lot of

00:28:03.258 --> 00:28:04.439
teams that have some guys

00:28:04.499 --> 00:28:06.660
that could move on and free agency and

00:28:07.476 --> 00:28:08.717
And he could be one that

00:28:08.757 --> 00:28:10.077
could be talked about there.

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:13.060
I mean, I hate to say it, but the Yankees,

00:28:13.121 --> 00:28:15.461
if they don't get Soto,

00:28:15.521 --> 00:28:16.222
they're going to need.

00:28:16.743 --> 00:28:17.785
someone to pair with judge

00:28:17.825 --> 00:28:18.884
out there stanton's not

00:28:18.924 --> 00:28:20.945
getting any younger they

00:28:20.986 --> 00:28:22.366
got dominguez but he

00:28:22.747 --> 00:28:23.607
doesn't seem to want to

00:28:23.647 --> 00:28:25.449
stay healthy at all spencer

00:28:25.489 --> 00:28:28.790
jones yeah he's a good one

00:28:28.931 --> 00:28:32.653
so right now I think the

00:28:32.692 --> 00:28:34.074
white socks shot themselves

00:28:34.114 --> 00:28:36.555
in the foot yep but but on

00:28:36.595 --> 00:28:37.715
the other side is like

00:28:39.036 --> 00:28:39.436
To me,

00:28:39.497 --> 00:28:41.498
it's like the only hope they have is

00:28:41.538 --> 00:28:42.657
that these two guys can

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:43.979
stay healthy the rest of the way,

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.579
and then they can get some

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.260
sort of return.

00:28:46.280 --> 00:28:46.961
They can get a haul.

00:28:47.520 --> 00:28:49.541
Because what happens if they

00:28:49.561 --> 00:28:53.204
go out and Robert misses 20 games?

00:28:54.265 --> 00:28:55.526
And then all of a sudden,

00:28:55.586 --> 00:28:56.767
Crochet all of a sudden

00:28:56.807 --> 00:28:59.488
starts getting tired,

00:28:59.548 --> 00:29:01.469
lasting five innings and falls off.

00:29:02.309 --> 00:29:03.109
Now all of a sudden that

00:29:03.170 --> 00:29:04.431
window – we talked about

00:29:04.471 --> 00:29:06.451
teams' windows closing –

00:29:06.451 --> 00:29:09.053
those players' trade value just plummets.

00:29:10.313 --> 00:29:11.834
And now a team that can't

00:29:11.874 --> 00:29:13.534
even win 50 games in a year

00:29:14.273 --> 00:29:15.595
is stuck with two more guys

00:29:15.654 --> 00:29:18.214
hoping that that's just going to change.

00:29:19.175 --> 00:29:20.955
I mean, Crochet, they can work on that.

00:29:20.996 --> 00:29:22.096
They can build up the stamina.

00:29:22.256 --> 00:29:23.416
Robert just seems to be

00:29:23.436 --> 00:29:25.317
someone that doesn't and

00:29:25.557 --> 00:29:26.436
can't stay healthy.

00:29:26.497 --> 00:29:28.458
So it's going to be very interesting.

00:29:28.617 --> 00:29:30.538
But that's a mess out in

00:29:30.578 --> 00:29:31.439
Chicago right now.

00:29:31.898 --> 00:29:32.058
Yeah.

00:29:35.526 --> 00:29:39.067
All right, so with that said,

00:29:40.307 --> 00:29:42.568
let's take a deeper dive at

00:29:42.608 --> 00:29:44.670
the NL wildcard right now,

00:29:44.769 --> 00:29:45.651
where it stands.

00:29:45.770 --> 00:29:47.132
I'm going to give a brief rundown,

00:29:47.551 --> 00:29:48.632
and then I'll let you kind

00:29:48.672 --> 00:29:50.012
of step in and talk about

00:29:50.053 --> 00:29:50.992
where you want to talk.

00:29:53.114 --> 00:29:55.394
The Braves right now hold

00:29:55.435 --> 00:29:56.796
the first wildcard.

00:29:56.816 --> 00:30:01.117
And then, wait a minute, hold on,

00:30:01.337 --> 00:30:02.558
my computer just froze.

00:30:05.463 --> 00:30:06.164
Just one second.

00:30:06.184 --> 00:30:06.644
Sorry about that.

00:30:06.704 --> 00:30:07.746
Hopefully you can still hear me.

00:30:07.766 --> 00:30:10.027
Yep All right, good.

00:30:11.127 --> 00:30:12.888
I Just had to refresh it So

00:30:12.929 --> 00:30:14.690
right now as it stands the

00:30:14.769 --> 00:30:16.691
Braves had are in the first

00:30:16.730 --> 00:30:18.751
wild card spot with a game

00:30:18.932 --> 00:30:20.874
and a half up Then the

00:30:20.913 --> 00:30:22.034
Padres with a game and a

00:30:22.074 --> 00:30:24.155
half in the second wild

00:30:24.195 --> 00:30:26.237
card spot with the Diamondbacks and

00:30:27.285 --> 00:30:28.365
At the last spot,

00:30:29.227 --> 00:30:31.208
it's followed by the Mets, Cardinals,

00:30:31.448 --> 00:30:34.069
Pirates, San Francisco Giants,

00:30:34.170 --> 00:30:37.532
who are 7-3, and then the Chicago Cubs.

00:30:37.732 --> 00:30:39.513
The 7-3 Giants are one that

00:30:39.534 --> 00:30:40.414
I wanted to talk about.

00:30:41.771 --> 00:30:44.192
just a minute ago um because

00:30:44.232 --> 00:30:45.232
they didn't make any

00:30:45.292 --> 00:30:48.295
significant moves but the

00:30:48.335 --> 00:30:49.694
guy that we trashed on

00:30:49.775 --> 00:30:51.175
quite a bit blake snell

00:30:51.236 --> 00:30:52.215
comes out and throws a

00:30:52.256 --> 00:30:54.896
complete game shut out no

00:30:54.916 --> 00:30:57.157
hitter no hitter can't

00:30:57.258 --> 00:30:58.818
can't go past the fifth

00:30:58.919 --> 00:31:01.920
inning he's washed up he

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.279
this is his off year and he

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:04.221
just comes out and

00:31:04.260 --> 00:31:06.121
dominates if they get that

00:31:06.161 --> 00:31:07.541
blake snell for the rest of the way

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.740
And they can get hot.

00:31:09.921 --> 00:31:13.044
They're a team with Birdsong,

00:31:13.084 --> 00:31:14.724
who's most likely going to

00:31:14.744 --> 00:31:16.567
come up and pitch now and

00:31:16.586 --> 00:31:17.708
be the fifth guy on the spot.

00:31:17.948 --> 00:31:20.210
And the rotation's been doing well.

00:31:20.930 --> 00:31:21.871
It's far-fetched,

00:31:22.290 --> 00:31:24.073
but they could certainly climb.

00:31:24.133 --> 00:31:25.094
They've got the talent to

00:31:25.153 --> 00:31:26.434
climb that ladder and make

00:31:26.474 --> 00:31:27.194
it interesting.

00:31:27.316 --> 00:31:30.919
But of that rundown of the

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:32.579
National League wildcard,

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.621
what stands out to you?

00:31:34.682 --> 00:31:36.103
I want to start with the brave safes.

00:31:37.961 --> 00:31:39.040
you know they went on guard

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:41.842
for a solar and they just I

00:31:41.882 --> 00:31:42.843
mean they're getting max

00:31:42.883 --> 00:31:44.143
feedback but they just lost

00:31:44.182 --> 00:31:45.644
ronaldo lopez he's on the

00:31:45.683 --> 00:31:47.864
injured list and you know

00:31:48.003 --> 00:31:48.964
they've lost they lost two

00:31:48.984 --> 00:31:49.744
straight to the marlins

00:31:49.805 --> 00:31:50.884
that's a series that you

00:31:50.904 --> 00:31:51.705
should have taken at least

00:31:51.726 --> 00:31:53.006
three or four they end up

00:31:53.046 --> 00:31:55.267
splitting now they're you

00:31:55.287 --> 00:31:57.948
know a half game lead over what is it uh

00:32:00.046 --> 00:32:01.605
a half game lead over the Diamondbacks.

00:32:02.385 --> 00:32:03.886
They're two games up on the Mets,

00:32:03.926 --> 00:32:05.027
which is now one and a half

00:32:05.047 --> 00:32:06.086
because the Mets won today.

00:32:06.106 --> 00:32:09.228
You know, I kept saying the Mets, you know,

00:32:09.327 --> 00:32:10.807
I think that's a team that realistically,

00:32:10.827 --> 00:32:12.749
if this brave struggle continues, I mean,

00:32:13.148 --> 00:32:13.769
not really a struggle

00:32:13.788 --> 00:32:14.388
because they're six and

00:32:14.429 --> 00:32:16.108
four in the last 10,

00:32:16.108 --> 00:32:17.730
but the Mets could very well catch up.

00:32:18.450 --> 00:32:19.430
I'm still not sold on the

00:32:19.470 --> 00:32:20.569
Diamondbacks being there.

00:32:21.349 --> 00:32:21.930
And, you know,

00:32:22.010 --> 00:32:22.790
the fact that they are is

00:32:22.830 --> 00:32:23.770
kind of surprising to me.

00:32:23.790 --> 00:32:27.231
I still just, I stand by,

00:32:27.251 --> 00:32:27.951
I think it's going to be

00:32:28.092 --> 00:32:29.251
one team from each division.

00:32:30.801 --> 00:32:32.063
I really think one of those

00:32:32.123 --> 00:32:33.285
central teams is going to get in.

00:32:33.305 --> 00:32:34.665
I think the Padres are getting in.

00:32:34.925 --> 00:32:36.387
I'm 100% on I think the

00:32:36.428 --> 00:32:37.108
Padres are getting in.

00:32:37.509 --> 00:32:37.648
Well,

00:32:37.669 --> 00:32:40.271
they're getting Tatis hopefully back.

00:32:40.511 --> 00:32:41.673
Depending on how they play

00:32:41.692 --> 00:32:43.154
will depend on when he comes back,

00:32:43.174 --> 00:32:43.595
I think.

00:32:43.875 --> 00:32:45.176
And I think Darvish might be

00:32:45.196 --> 00:32:45.837
coming back soon.

00:32:46.875 --> 00:32:48.256
But that's still hit or miss

00:32:48.296 --> 00:32:49.696
like you eat up in the air.

00:32:49.757 --> 00:32:50.817
No one knows but they got

00:32:50.856 --> 00:32:52.376
Perez Martin Perez is

00:32:52.436 --> 00:32:54.397
someone that is Pitched

00:32:54.458 --> 00:32:57.178
well his first time out there for them.

00:32:57.897 --> 00:32:59.098
He's a guy for me.

00:32:59.159 --> 00:33:01.378
That is a stopgap lefty

00:33:02.199 --> 00:33:04.440
veteran that can come in

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.740
and kind of piece that

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:07.059
together for them until you

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:08.580
comes back which he's you

00:33:08.601 --> 00:33:09.421
Darvish is 37 years old and

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:11.340
Yeah,

00:33:11.402 --> 00:33:12.622
what no one really knows what he's

00:33:12.662 --> 00:33:13.563
going through right now

00:33:13.583 --> 00:33:15.624
because they've kept it very hush-hush,

00:33:15.703 --> 00:33:18.025
but some parties Yeah,

00:33:18.404 --> 00:33:19.204
nothing else has been

00:33:19.244 --> 00:33:20.026
really said about it.

00:33:20.105 --> 00:33:21.365
So they'll be interesting

00:33:22.586 --> 00:33:25.087
And then I think I I think

00:33:25.127 --> 00:33:26.068
the Braves even though I

00:33:26.128 --> 00:33:27.088
asked the question are they safe?

00:33:27.128 --> 00:33:28.289
I think they really are I

00:33:28.309 --> 00:33:29.190
think they have the talent

00:33:29.210 --> 00:33:30.951
there so then that goes to

00:33:30.971 --> 00:33:32.892
the last playoff spot and I

00:33:32.971 --> 00:33:35.053
think it's I Just think

00:33:35.093 --> 00:33:36.054
there's something about

00:33:37.118 --> 00:33:39.320
Baseball all around wants

00:33:39.441 --> 00:33:41.762
the Pirates there to showcase Jones,

00:33:41.843 --> 00:33:45.486
Skeens, and Mitch Keller.

00:33:46.145 --> 00:33:48.228
So I really think they have

00:33:48.268 --> 00:33:49.709
a good shot to get the

00:33:49.749 --> 00:33:50.670
Cardinals lost today.

00:33:50.690 --> 00:33:53.451
I don't think the Pirates play today.

00:33:53.471 --> 00:33:55.953
I don't believe so.

00:33:57.215 --> 00:33:57.836
They do not.

00:33:57.895 --> 00:33:59.376
So they're pretty much going to be tied.

00:33:59.396 --> 00:34:02.500
And then the Pirates, this is their week.

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:09.143
This is the week where you are out of it,

00:34:09.423 --> 00:34:10.724
really, if you don't have a good week.

00:34:11.826 --> 00:34:12.065
Yep.

00:34:12.266 --> 00:34:13.547
And I put it on the sheet I

00:34:13.567 --> 00:34:14.869
sent you earlier on the rundown.

00:34:14.889 --> 00:34:16.530
They got three against the

00:34:16.570 --> 00:34:18.791
Padres to start the week,

00:34:18.811 --> 00:34:19.393
and then they got three

00:34:19.432 --> 00:34:20.534
against the Dodgers this weekend.

00:34:21.302 --> 00:34:26.349
You go 2-4, 1-5, 0-6, you're all done.

00:34:27.210 --> 00:34:27.931
But, you know,

00:34:28.010 --> 00:34:28.891
Skeens will probably pitch

00:34:28.931 --> 00:34:30.853
in there probably once.

00:34:31.675 --> 00:34:33.157
So there's your stopgap, hopefully,

00:34:33.356 --> 00:34:34.318
at least to keep a skid.

00:34:35.438 --> 00:34:37.181
And I don't know.

00:34:38.041 --> 00:34:39.324
More importantly, they need to.

00:34:39.364 --> 00:34:41.346
I think the Cardinals are in

00:34:41.365 --> 00:34:42.146
the moves to get there.

00:34:44.025 --> 00:34:45.166
But they got a tough stretch, too.

00:34:45.266 --> 00:34:46.065
Three against the Rays and

00:34:46.085 --> 00:34:47.306
two against the Royals after today.

00:34:48.027 --> 00:34:48.847
And they haven't played well.

00:34:48.867 --> 00:34:50.467
The Rockies and three

00:34:50.487 --> 00:34:51.688
against the Mariners.

00:34:52.409 --> 00:34:53.409
The Braves have the best week.

00:34:54.309 --> 00:34:55.130
They got a tough one with

00:34:55.170 --> 00:34:56.210
three against the Brewers.

00:34:56.291 --> 00:34:57.190
But, you know,

00:34:57.811 --> 00:34:58.632
that's a chance to help the

00:34:58.672 --> 00:34:59.552
Cardinals maybe or the

00:34:59.572 --> 00:35:01.132
Pirates if they can do something.

00:35:01.952 --> 00:35:02.653
And the Rockies.

00:35:03.914 --> 00:35:04.974
The Padres have the Pirates

00:35:05.014 --> 00:35:05.554
and the Marlins.

00:35:05.635 --> 00:35:05.954
So, again,

00:35:05.974 --> 00:35:07.175
that's just a chance for you to

00:35:07.215 --> 00:35:08.436
make some distance and put

00:35:08.476 --> 00:35:10.056
yourself really into that playoff spot.

00:35:10.856 --> 00:35:12.157
The Diamondbacks have it tough, too.

00:35:13.018 --> 00:35:13.237
Yep.

00:35:13.858 --> 00:35:14.739
Three with the Guardians,

00:35:14.798 --> 00:35:15.639
four with the Phillies.

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:20.400
The Giants, like you said,

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.641
this is their week to make

00:35:21.681 --> 00:35:22.181
their statement.

00:35:22.201 --> 00:35:22.960
If they really want to be in

00:35:22.981 --> 00:35:23.961
the run and they really

00:35:23.981 --> 00:35:25.322
want to make that push for the playoffs,

00:35:26.021 --> 00:35:26.882
you have four against the

00:35:26.922 --> 00:35:28.483
Nationals and three against the Tigers.

00:35:29.282 --> 00:35:32.123
If you go 5-2 this week after being 7-3,

00:35:32.164 --> 00:35:34.005
so you'd be 12-5 in your last 17,

00:35:34.005 --> 00:35:36.184
that gets you right into

00:35:36.204 --> 00:35:36.626
that conversation.

00:35:43.130 --> 00:35:44.532
They could realistically end this.

00:35:45.132 --> 00:35:47.454
They could gain two games, if not more,

00:35:47.474 --> 00:35:49.556
depending on the Mets.

00:35:49.677 --> 00:35:52.039
The Mets should hold their ground,

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.800
but the Cardinals,

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:55.222
the way they're playing, and the Pirates,

00:35:55.864 --> 00:35:57.284
with who they've got to play,

00:35:59.547 --> 00:36:02.570
Washington isn't great.

00:36:04.221 --> 00:36:05.161
And they could be tough.

00:36:05.663 --> 00:36:06.443
They're fun to watch.

00:36:06.543 --> 00:36:08.025
But I do think the Giants...

00:36:08.065 --> 00:36:09.728
There's just something about the Giants.

00:36:10.748 --> 00:36:12.831
They've been lurking, lurking, lurking.

00:36:13.713 --> 00:36:16.536
And now it would be interesting to see...

00:36:18.543 --> 00:36:19.565
where they can go because I

00:36:19.605 --> 00:36:20.684
know they play the diamond

00:36:20.724 --> 00:36:23.567
backs still this year that

00:36:23.586 --> 00:36:24.728
would be fun to see them

00:36:24.807 --> 00:36:27.409
creep up be a couple games

00:36:27.489 --> 00:36:29.110
back and go into a series

00:36:29.170 --> 00:36:30.110
where they can even

00:36:30.150 --> 00:36:31.351
themselves out with the

00:36:31.391 --> 00:36:32.612
diamond backs and who knows

00:36:32.652 --> 00:36:33.913
with the padres with what

00:36:33.972 --> 00:36:34.914
happens it's going to be

00:36:34.934 --> 00:36:37.235
that the nationally wild

00:36:37.275 --> 00:36:39.817
card right now we stopped at the giants

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.541
Because I think that's the

00:36:41.581 --> 00:36:42.561
most realistic thing.

00:36:42.641 --> 00:36:44.103
Even if the Cubs go on a tear,

00:36:44.164 --> 00:36:46.487
which they could,

00:36:46.927 --> 00:36:49.791
I think the most likely jumper,

00:36:50.753 --> 00:36:52.655
if you would, in this leapfrog,

00:36:52.715 --> 00:36:55.438
better yet, from, say,

00:36:55.458 --> 00:36:56.579
the Cardinals down,

00:36:57.784 --> 00:36:59.106
would be the giants I could

00:36:59.166 --> 00:37:01.387
see the giants pushing that

00:37:01.507 --> 00:37:04.271
last 10 days to make a run

00:37:04.351 --> 00:37:05.351
the pirates I think

00:37:06.132 --> 00:37:07.552
unfortunately this stretch

00:37:07.594 --> 00:37:08.795
that they've got these next

00:37:08.835 --> 00:37:10.275
six games will be very

00:37:10.335 --> 00:37:11.936
telling if they can split

00:37:11.956 --> 00:37:15.119
them win one series lose

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:16.681
one series that that would

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:18.021
again be interesting it's

00:37:18.242 --> 00:37:19.423
if they can win the padres

00:37:19.443 --> 00:37:21.565
series I think that helps

00:37:21.606 --> 00:37:22.545
them more than losing the

00:37:22.565 --> 00:37:24.268
dodgers you know it's

00:37:24.838 --> 00:37:26.458
still losses or whatever,

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.918
but they're pinning two

00:37:27.958 --> 00:37:29.599
losses on the Padres in

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:34.141
this race that would make more sense.

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:38.722
It's crazy how close and

00:37:38.822 --> 00:37:41.182
tight this is right today.

00:37:41.963 --> 00:37:43.742
Next week could look and

00:37:43.804 --> 00:37:44.744
should look different.

00:37:46.864 --> 00:37:47.485
Yep.

00:37:48.085 --> 00:37:49.684
The schedule for the Giants

00:37:49.804 --> 00:37:50.806
with the Diamondbacks being

00:37:50.826 --> 00:37:52.286
the team that's holding that final spot

00:37:53.043 --> 00:37:53.483
that they could

00:37:53.523 --> 00:37:55.304
realistically just be one

00:37:55.324 --> 00:37:56.125
to two games back.

00:37:56.204 --> 00:37:57.465
I mean, think about it.

00:37:57.485 --> 00:37:58.445
The Diamondbacks have three

00:37:58.485 --> 00:37:59.605
against the Guardians and

00:37:59.644 --> 00:38:00.465
four against the Phillies,

00:38:00.505 --> 00:38:01.545
whereas the Giants have

00:38:01.826 --> 00:38:02.706
four against the Nationals

00:38:02.726 --> 00:38:03.585
and three against the Tigers.

00:38:04.626 --> 00:38:05.166
Realistically,

00:38:05.186 --> 00:38:06.726
and they're four and a half behind.

00:38:07.927 --> 00:38:08.987
You go five and two,

00:38:09.786 --> 00:38:11.666
the Diamondbacks go two and five,

00:38:11.927 --> 00:38:12.387
and granted,

00:38:12.447 --> 00:38:13.588
if everything between you

00:38:13.728 --> 00:38:15.788
evens out and they go, you know what,

00:38:15.887 --> 00:38:17.688
three and three, two and four,

00:38:18.568 --> 00:38:19.489
you could be sitting, what,

00:38:22.329 --> 00:38:23.371
one and a half games behind

00:38:23.391 --> 00:38:26.534
yeah I mean it's not out of

00:38:26.554 --> 00:38:27.175
the realm that they're

00:38:27.215 --> 00:38:28.235
right there after next week

00:38:28.556 --> 00:38:29.438
like you said it so it

00:38:29.478 --> 00:38:30.679
could all change in the blink of an eye

00:38:31.416 --> 00:38:32.197
It's going to be close.

00:38:32.498 --> 00:38:33.938
So with that,

00:38:34.018 --> 00:38:35.719
just we'll give a quick

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:37.382
rundown of the American

00:38:37.422 --> 00:38:38.762
League wildcard right now.

00:38:39.603 --> 00:38:40.023
Right now,

00:38:40.103 --> 00:38:41.704
the Yankees have a four-game

00:38:42.286 --> 00:38:45.108
lead at the top spot in the wildcard,

00:38:45.927 --> 00:38:46.969
followed by the Twins,

00:38:47.009 --> 00:38:48.891
who have a half-game lead

00:38:49.110 --> 00:38:50.992
over Kansas City currently,

00:38:51.072 --> 00:38:53.795
who is the last playoff wildcard spot.

00:38:55.735 --> 00:38:56.516
Then you've got...

00:38:58.202 --> 00:38:59.322
The Boston Red Sox,

00:38:59.402 --> 00:39:00.744
who are two and a half games back,

00:39:00.784 --> 00:39:01.543
but like we said,

00:39:02.563 --> 00:39:04.123
open this week with the Royals.

00:39:04.204 --> 00:39:05.445
So they could very easily,

00:39:05.505 --> 00:39:06.764
depending on how that plays out,

00:39:07.224 --> 00:39:08.045
close that gap.

00:39:08.684 --> 00:39:10.565
Tampa Bay Rays are five games back.

00:39:10.826 --> 00:39:12.686
Houston Astros are five game backs.

00:39:13.206 --> 00:39:14.106
And then after that,

00:39:14.346 --> 00:39:15.567
I think it drops off and

00:39:16.947 --> 00:39:18.007
you've got the Rangers at

00:39:18.086 --> 00:39:18.626
nine and a half.

00:39:18.746 --> 00:39:20.208
I really think the Astros

00:39:20.427 --> 00:39:21.268
are that bottom line.

00:39:22.289 --> 00:39:23.730
layer right now at five

00:39:23.769 --> 00:39:24.990
games I think five games

00:39:25.030 --> 00:39:25.891
right now is the cutoff

00:39:25.972 --> 00:39:27.572
nine and a half to me is is

00:39:27.632 --> 00:39:30.576
a lot to make up I think

00:39:30.596 --> 00:39:31.797
those al west teams are all

00:39:31.836 --> 00:39:32.637
fighting for the division

00:39:32.657 --> 00:39:33.557
anyways I think it's

00:39:33.597 --> 00:39:34.958
rangers astros mariners off

00:39:34.998 --> 00:39:35.880
the division they're not

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.960
focused on the wild card

00:39:37.902 --> 00:39:40.764
yep and that you know right

00:39:40.804 --> 00:39:43.126
now the astros I believe

00:39:43.146 --> 00:39:46.568
are a game back from the mariners

00:39:48.077 --> 00:39:48.918
And then you've got,

00:39:48.958 --> 00:39:51.159
that means the Rangers are

00:39:51.318 --> 00:39:52.000
four and a half,

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.740
five and a half games back.

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.780
So yes,

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:58.202
I think whoever doesn't win the West,

00:39:59.422 --> 00:39:59.682
I could,

00:40:00.202 --> 00:40:01.983
unlike what you mentioned for the

00:40:02.043 --> 00:40:03.125
national league with one

00:40:03.545 --> 00:40:04.664
wild card from each,

00:40:05.706 --> 00:40:07.626
I could see two from the

00:40:07.666 --> 00:40:08.847
American league East or two

00:40:08.887 --> 00:40:11.849
from the central and just that be it.

00:40:12.628 --> 00:40:15.130
Um, so very interesting.

00:40:16.416 --> 00:40:17.217
With the wild card.

00:40:17.356 --> 00:40:18.518
Anything you'd like to add

00:40:18.637 --> 00:40:20.137
with the American League wild card?

00:40:20.177 --> 00:40:21.097
And then I'm going to throw,

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:22.759
before we get into the minor leagues,

00:40:22.938 --> 00:40:23.858
I want to throw something

00:40:23.918 --> 00:40:24.920
out to you that I heard,

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:26.139
and I want your opinion,

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.360
but I didn't want to share

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:28.740
it with you because I want it to be,

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:30.061
I want to get your,

00:40:30.862 --> 00:40:31.822
I'm not sure if you saw it,

00:40:31.981 --> 00:40:32.561
but we'll see.

00:40:32.681 --> 00:40:33.902
So anything on the American

00:40:33.922 --> 00:40:34.682
League wild card?

00:40:35.063 --> 00:40:36.282
I just think the Twins are

00:40:36.302 --> 00:40:38.003
going to somehow fall off coming up.

00:40:38.403 --> 00:40:39.864
I think it's, like you said,

00:40:39.884 --> 00:40:40.264
it's going to be,

00:40:40.284 --> 00:40:41.025
I think it's two American

00:40:41.045 --> 00:40:41.724
League East teams.

00:40:42.398 --> 00:40:44.237
which, be biased as I can be,

00:40:44.338 --> 00:40:46.659
but it's Red Sox, Yankees,

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:49.159
or it could be Red Sox, Orioles.

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.079
I mean, I don't know.

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:52.119
And then I think the Royals are just good.

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:53.139
I think they're going to get there.

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.121
I mean,

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:55.101
we talked about that in the

00:40:55.201 --> 00:40:56.240
offseason coming into the

00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:57.740
season where the pitching

00:40:57.981 --> 00:40:58.961
additions they made just

00:40:59.021 --> 00:41:00.282
made them significantly better.

00:41:01.322 --> 00:41:02.842
Is Bobby Witt undervalued?

00:41:03.483 --> 00:41:03.663
No.

00:41:04.603 --> 00:41:05.862
I think the tough part for him,

00:41:05.902 --> 00:41:06.983
we're in that conversation

00:41:07.003 --> 00:41:09.630
where we had for the last four years –

00:41:09.630 --> 00:41:12.871
where Judge was the shadow of Shohei,

00:41:13.012 --> 00:41:14.652
but we all knew who Aaron Judge was.

00:41:15.353 --> 00:41:15.932
I think that's the same

00:41:15.952 --> 00:41:16.592
thing we're seeing now,

00:41:16.612 --> 00:41:17.672
is Judge is having this

00:41:17.713 --> 00:41:19.454
season where Bobby,

00:41:19.693 --> 00:41:20.653
if it's not for Aaron Judge,

00:41:20.713 --> 00:41:21.893
Bobby would stand VP this year,

00:41:21.914 --> 00:41:22.733
and it's not even close.

00:41:24.315 --> 00:41:24.635
Okay,

00:41:24.914 --> 00:41:27.695
so that's you and I. We watch the game.

00:41:28.235 --> 00:41:28.335
Yep.

00:41:29.657 --> 00:41:30.297
Any other,

00:41:30.476 --> 00:41:32.297
you take some random Joe that's

00:41:32.338 --> 00:41:35.478
a big fan for the Texas

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:37.699
Rangers or the Anaheim

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:39.561
Angels or the New York Mets.

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:43.222
Where do they see Bobby Witt?

00:41:44.052 --> 00:41:45.614
I think you're starting to see him now.

00:41:46.115 --> 00:41:47.237
I think this is his breakout

00:41:47.257 --> 00:41:48.157
season where he's starting

00:41:48.177 --> 00:41:49.539
to make... You and I know

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.601
about him from years before,

00:41:50.641 --> 00:41:51.543
but I think this is his

00:41:51.623 --> 00:41:54.706
breakout season for the mainstream fan.

00:41:54.726 --> 00:41:55.967
Okay.

00:41:56.188 --> 00:41:57.469
That was just something to me.

00:41:57.510 --> 00:42:00.614
I absolutely love watching him hit,

00:42:00.653 --> 00:42:01.554
and I watched something...

00:42:02.476 --> 00:42:03.295
It was this morning.

00:42:04.317 --> 00:42:05.677
I had to read the subtitles

00:42:05.697 --> 00:42:06.918
because everyone else was sleeping,

00:42:07.418 --> 00:42:08.838
but they were breaking down

00:42:08.878 --> 00:42:11.199
his swing It's just it's

00:42:11.259 --> 00:42:13.199
awesome any like young kid

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:14.679
that's playing baseball

00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:16.141
should watch that breakdown

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:18.782
and just how he stays

00:42:20.282 --> 00:42:21.762
Balanced throughout his

00:42:21.842 --> 00:42:22.963
swing with his power.

00:42:23.023 --> 00:42:24.242
It's because he's a little

00:42:24.282 --> 00:42:26.704
guy too You know in stature

00:42:26.724 --> 00:42:27.664
compete you throw him up

00:42:27.704 --> 00:42:28.505
against some of these other

00:42:28.525 --> 00:42:30.085
guys that are hitting bombs Yeah,

00:42:30.105 --> 00:42:31.666
so that was just some a question for me.

00:42:31.686 --> 00:42:31.706
I

00:42:32.403 --> 00:42:35.465
So I love AJ Brzezinski.

00:42:36.226 --> 00:42:37.188
Loved him as a catcher.

00:42:37.208 --> 00:42:40.809
He was almost like a Brad Marchand to me,

00:42:41.391 --> 00:42:43.251
where you either loved him or hated him.

00:42:43.472 --> 00:42:44.693
If he's on your team, you loved him.

00:42:44.873 --> 00:42:46.855
If he wasn't, then you hated him.

00:42:46.994 --> 00:42:48.775
But there was something he

00:42:48.835 --> 00:42:49.536
said the other day,

00:42:49.697 --> 00:42:51.478
and we talked about Angel Hernandez,

00:42:52.338 --> 00:42:53.940
about how awful he was.

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:58.043
And then he retired or whatever.

00:43:00.094 --> 00:43:02.835
So AJ is talking on this podcast,

00:43:02.876 --> 00:43:03.635
I believe it was,

00:43:03.715 --> 00:43:04.856
and I don't know the name of it.

00:43:05.237 --> 00:43:05.996
Foul Territory.

00:43:06.737 --> 00:43:07.458
Foul Territory.

00:43:07.797 --> 00:43:08.378
Did you see it?

00:43:08.878 --> 00:43:10.699
No, I'm just familiar with the podcast.

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:11.420
Okay.

00:43:13.121 --> 00:43:14.681
So he said,

00:43:15.981 --> 00:43:21.105
what if he knew that they

00:43:21.144 --> 00:43:22.525
wouldn't all outfire him

00:43:23.925 --> 00:43:25.166
and he wasn't going to retire?

00:43:25.447 --> 00:43:26.748
But if he was bad enough...

00:43:28.114 --> 00:43:29.115
they would give him a

00:43:29.255 --> 00:43:30.677
settlement and he could

00:43:30.717 --> 00:43:35.443
walk out the door he showed

00:43:35.483 --> 00:43:37.206
he he showed the last few

00:43:37.266 --> 00:43:39.768
calls that he made the last three strikes

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:42.061
And they were a good foot.

00:43:45.083 --> 00:43:46.443
It's not close in terms of

00:43:46.523 --> 00:43:47.945
where it crossed the plate

00:43:48.025 --> 00:43:49.505
and then where it ends up.

00:43:50.206 --> 00:43:52.547
He said, I haven't heard anything.

00:43:53.329 --> 00:43:54.630
I haven't seen anything.

00:43:55.791 --> 00:43:57.672
But if you're a smart man

00:43:57.731 --> 00:43:58.853
and you've been this bad

00:43:58.913 --> 00:44:00.393
for that long and you still

00:44:00.414 --> 00:44:02.315
have a job and you're just

00:44:02.394 --> 00:44:03.516
sick and tired of doing it

00:44:04.356 --> 00:44:06.297
and then finally they come

00:44:06.318 --> 00:44:09.219
out and give you perhaps a settlement

00:44:10.773 --> 00:44:11.635
i mean you see it in the

00:44:11.675 --> 00:44:12.916
workplace all the time

00:44:12.976 --> 00:44:14.376
where people have the

00:44:14.458 --> 00:44:15.998
companies by the you know

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:17.480
short and curlies and they

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.360
can't do anything so they

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:19.282
have to give a settlement

00:44:19.302 --> 00:44:21.623
to get them out yep so it

00:44:21.664 --> 00:44:22.644
was just an interesting

00:44:22.704 --> 00:44:24.027
thought because it's

00:44:24.106 --> 00:44:25.728
something that any baseball

00:44:25.748 --> 00:44:27.369
fan even a novice fan knows

00:44:27.389 --> 00:44:29.070
who angel hernandez is and

00:44:29.090 --> 00:44:30.753
how bad my dad who doesn't

00:44:30.773 --> 00:44:31.634
even really watch baseball

00:44:31.653 --> 00:44:32.534
knows who angel hernandez

00:44:32.675 --> 00:44:33.835
is so I mean that just

00:44:33.876 --> 00:44:34.856
tells you everything you need to know

00:44:36.083 --> 00:44:37.945
So I just thought it was very interesting.

00:44:37.985 --> 00:44:38.326
And again,

00:44:38.706 --> 00:44:39.706
it's kind of like all these

00:44:39.766 --> 00:44:40.967
conspiracy theories that

00:44:40.987 --> 00:44:42.510
you hear about politics or

00:44:42.949 --> 00:44:43.891
UFOs or whatever.

00:44:43.911 --> 00:44:47.753
There's no detail to it.

00:44:48.335 --> 00:44:54.039
But to hear AJ bring it up was...

00:44:56.052 --> 00:44:57.233
interesting because the guy

00:44:57.713 --> 00:44:58.894
knows the game he knows a

00:44:58.934 --> 00:44:59.835
lot about the game and he

00:44:59.894 --> 00:45:02.297
knows a lot about he's he

00:45:02.336 --> 00:45:03.876
was a catcher right so he's

00:45:03.916 --> 00:45:04.918
got some sort of

00:45:04.978 --> 00:45:06.878
relationship one way or the

00:45:06.958 --> 00:45:08.159
other than a second

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:09.099
different than a second

00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:10.420
baseman would with some of

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:11.382
these guys so I take a

00:45:11.442 --> 00:45:12.601
little bit of what he says

00:45:13.563 --> 00:45:16.644
more more seriously and

00:45:16.684 --> 00:45:19.106
with a little bit more validity to it

00:45:20.360 --> 00:45:21.161
Because he's not going to

00:45:21.181 --> 00:45:21.961
just throw at anything

00:45:22.001 --> 00:45:24.442
that's stupid and far-fetched.

00:45:24.481 --> 00:45:25.501
So that was just something

00:45:25.541 --> 00:45:27.983
to me that I was like, holy cow,

00:45:29.242 --> 00:45:30.123
if that's the case,

00:45:30.764 --> 00:45:32.063
Angel Hernandez has been

00:45:32.184 --> 00:45:33.364
playing chess while

00:45:33.403 --> 00:45:34.125
everyone else thought he

00:45:34.144 --> 00:45:35.744
was just playing checkers and piss poor.

00:45:35.764 --> 00:45:38.166
The guy was just bored.

00:45:38.186 --> 00:45:39.885
Just bored.

00:45:42.351 --> 00:45:42.811
You know what I mean?

00:45:42.851 --> 00:45:43.693
He's like a weatherman

00:45:43.733 --> 00:45:46.153
that's wrong 65% of the time,

00:45:46.173 --> 00:45:48.155
but you see him on TV every single night.

00:45:49.315 --> 00:45:50.157
Nothing's changing.

00:45:52.097 --> 00:45:53.079
That was just something to

00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:54.619
me that I wanted to write

00:45:54.659 --> 00:45:56.021
to you about it this past week,

00:45:56.081 --> 00:45:56.920
and I'm like, nah,

00:45:57.202 --> 00:45:58.702
I got to wait and just kind of throw,

00:45:58.762 --> 00:45:59.842
see if he heard it first,

00:45:59.862 --> 00:46:01.324
because I need to process

00:46:01.344 --> 00:46:02.565
it a little bit myself too,

00:46:02.664 --> 00:46:05.507
because it's pretty far-fetched,

00:46:05.527 --> 00:46:07.887
but at the same time, knowing what I know,

00:46:08.068 --> 00:46:08.688
it makes sense.

00:46:09.329 --> 00:46:11.371
I see this shit at work all the time, and

00:46:13.213 --> 00:46:16.157
it's not easy to just fire

00:46:16.217 --> 00:46:19.980
people anymore no so if

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:21.380
that's truly the case and

00:46:21.460 --> 00:46:24.264
even if it's not then you

00:46:24.304 --> 00:46:25.324
have to wonder how much

00:46:25.385 --> 00:46:27.405
this angel hernandez poor

00:46:27.465 --> 00:46:30.409
calls was just to stay relevant yeah

00:46:31.795 --> 00:46:33.695
how many other umpires other

00:46:33.715 --> 00:46:35.916
than Jerry West, who's since retired,

00:46:36.436 --> 00:46:37.438
how many other umpires do

00:46:37.458 --> 00:46:38.018
you really know?

00:46:38.538 --> 00:46:41.298
CB Buckner and obviously Jim Joyce,

00:46:41.398 --> 00:46:42.619
but that's for obvious reasons.

00:46:42.780 --> 00:46:43.000
Yes.

00:46:43.179 --> 00:46:43.820
Yes, of course.

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:45.340
But that's four.

00:46:46.681 --> 00:46:48.202
You know what I mean?

00:46:48.282 --> 00:46:49.302
It's, it's,

00:46:49.402 --> 00:46:50.583
it was pretty interesting to me.

00:46:50.643 --> 00:46:52.003
So that was just a little

00:46:52.043 --> 00:46:52.864
piece that for me,

00:46:52.903 --> 00:46:54.304
that was interesting that I, uh,

00:46:55.492 --> 00:46:57.295
thought about and I wanted

00:46:57.414 --> 00:47:00.577
to bring it up so just to

00:47:00.617 --> 00:47:02.079
kind of finish up and wrap

00:47:02.179 --> 00:47:03.219
up we got a couple more uh

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:05.521
topics to cover I wanted to

00:47:05.561 --> 00:47:07.523
get and I'm glad looking at

00:47:07.543 --> 00:47:08.623
your sheet I was going to

00:47:08.664 --> 00:47:09.545
yell at you if you didn't

00:47:09.585 --> 00:47:11.766
have him go through your

00:47:11.786 --> 00:47:13.367
minor league players of the

00:47:13.407 --> 00:47:14.949
week and number two is the

00:47:15.028 --> 00:47:15.929
one that should have been

00:47:15.969 --> 00:47:17.210
there because I've been

00:47:17.251 --> 00:47:18.192
watching quite a bit of them

00:47:19.385 --> 00:47:21.586
So the tough part for me was

00:47:21.646 --> 00:47:23.387
I had one pitcher, a bunch of hitters,

00:47:23.507 --> 00:47:25.148
but the hitters are so

00:47:25.228 --> 00:47:26.429
similar that it was hard to

00:47:26.489 --> 00:47:27.289
leave any of them off.

00:47:27.750 --> 00:47:28.891
That was when I left off,

00:47:29.490 --> 00:47:31.552
and I kind of debated putting him back in,

00:47:31.612 --> 00:47:32.231
but I didn't.

00:47:33.213 --> 00:47:34.052
So we'll start with the pitcher.

00:47:34.072 --> 00:47:36.074
I mean, this is a guy I talk about,

00:47:36.114 --> 00:47:36.994
I feel like, every week.

00:47:37.835 --> 00:47:38.976
And I believe I saw

00:47:39.036 --> 00:47:40.076
something about he might be

00:47:40.115 --> 00:47:41.617
getting promoted to AAA pretty soon.

00:47:41.797 --> 00:47:42.697
There's been talks of him

00:47:42.737 --> 00:47:45.139
being in the bullpen come September.

00:47:46.039 --> 00:47:48.039
And if you haven't had a chance to look,

00:47:48.791 --> 00:47:49.913
Yes, you updated him.

00:47:50.413 --> 00:47:51.994
Top 100 for August following

00:47:52.014 --> 00:47:54.514
the trade deadline is out on the website.

00:47:55.675 --> 00:47:57.197
So he is now the 94th ranked

00:47:57.237 --> 00:47:58.416
prospect on my top 100.

00:47:58.416 --> 00:47:59.998
It's Brandon Sprote.

00:48:00.438 --> 00:48:01.579
He's a double-A right-handed

00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:02.639
pitcher for the New York Mets.

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:04.400
And he got to start the

00:48:04.420 --> 00:48:05.800
other day going five innings,

00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:07.661
didn't allow a run, gave up two hits,

00:48:07.802 --> 00:48:09.182
didn't issue a walk, and struck out 13.

00:48:09.182 --> 00:48:12.664
This guy, again, I talk about him,

00:48:12.724 --> 00:48:13.465
I feel like, every week.

00:48:14.326 --> 00:48:14.965
You got to watch him.

00:48:15.851 --> 00:48:16.731
Pitching right now in double

00:48:16.751 --> 00:48:18.032
A at the Binghamton Rumble Ponies.

00:48:18.952 --> 00:48:20.614
I tried to see.

00:48:20.813 --> 00:48:21.594
I have to figure out if I

00:48:21.634 --> 00:48:22.974
can make it work if they do come back.

00:48:22.994 --> 00:48:23.896
I haven't had a chance to

00:48:23.936 --> 00:48:24.815
see if they do come back.

00:48:24.936 --> 00:48:27.538
But I want to go to the Fish

00:48:27.557 --> 00:48:28.498
and Cats game up in New

00:48:28.538 --> 00:48:30.159
Hampshire and see if I can see him pitch.

00:48:30.278 --> 00:48:32.019
But we'll have to see how that works out.

00:48:33.340 --> 00:48:34.641
So we'll move right along to the hitters.

00:48:35.041 --> 00:48:38.123
And I have one, two, three, four hitters.

00:48:39.250 --> 00:48:41.130
So, the first one is your guy,

00:48:42.010 --> 00:48:43.670
93rd-ranked prospect Cam Collier.

00:48:44.650 --> 00:48:46.610
Played a high A in the

00:48:46.630 --> 00:48:48.032
Cincinnati Reds organization.

00:48:48.771 --> 00:48:49.132
Last week,

00:48:49.152 --> 00:48:51.032
he went 8-for-17 with three doubles,

00:48:51.092 --> 00:48:52.612
two home runs, five RBIs,

00:48:52.652 --> 00:48:53.952
eight runs scored, and three walks.

00:48:55.373 --> 00:48:56.773
This guy, high A, too.

00:48:56.833 --> 00:48:58.213
So, you mean, what,

00:48:58.353 --> 00:48:59.333
two years maybe before you

00:48:59.353 --> 00:49:00.253
see him up with the Reds?

00:49:00.333 --> 00:49:02.333
But it's an issue we talk

00:49:02.373 --> 00:49:03.253
about in the offseason

00:49:03.333 --> 00:49:04.554
where they have a log jam

00:49:04.574 --> 00:49:05.414
in the infield where

00:49:05.434 --> 00:49:06.474
something's going to have to happen.

00:49:07.755 --> 00:49:07.934
Fuck.

00:49:08.576 --> 00:49:09.335
It's a good week for him.

00:49:10.556 --> 00:49:11.476
Next one is the big one.

00:49:11.496 --> 00:49:13.197
I just said his name a little while ago.

00:49:13.878 --> 00:49:14.898
I've got to imagine he's

00:49:14.918 --> 00:49:15.679
going to be up there,

00:49:16.018 --> 00:49:17.139
if not by the end of this year,

00:49:17.179 --> 00:49:18.179
at the start of next year.

00:49:18.199 --> 00:49:19.740
It's Spencer Jones.

00:49:20.121 --> 00:49:22.862
He's a 68th-ranked prospect.

00:49:22.882 --> 00:49:23.722
He's played a double-A

00:49:23.782 --> 00:49:25.282
Somerset for the New York Yankees.

00:49:26.023 --> 00:49:27.364
He went 9-for-22 last week

00:49:27.423 --> 00:49:29.264
with four doubles, two home runs,

00:49:29.425 --> 00:49:31.804
nine RBIs, five runs scored, six walks,

00:49:31.865 --> 00:49:32.885
and two stolen bases.

00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:35.422
Not a bad week.

00:49:36.121 --> 00:49:37.503
Your next one is your guy.

00:49:37.523 --> 00:49:39.045
Another one.

00:49:39.985 --> 00:49:40.867
He just got promoted.

00:49:41.206 --> 00:49:41.947
He is at AAA.

00:49:42.608 --> 00:49:42.849
Yeah.

00:49:43.409 --> 00:49:44.489
Or he's getting promoted,

00:49:44.530 --> 00:49:46.192
whether it been today or tomorrow.

00:49:46.231 --> 00:49:46.972
Probably tomorrow when they

00:49:46.992 --> 00:49:47.713
start playing again.

00:49:48.112 --> 00:49:48.733
Yeah.

00:49:48.853 --> 00:49:50.175
The 46th ranked prospect,

00:49:50.195 --> 00:49:51.617
Matt Shaw from the Chicago Cubs.

00:49:51.637 --> 00:49:52.657
He was playing at AA,

00:49:52.717 --> 00:49:54.498
now promoted from sounds like to AAA.

00:49:54.518 --> 00:49:57.061
He had a hit in every game last week.

00:49:57.822 --> 00:49:58.443
And he went 14 for 27.

00:50:00.255 --> 00:50:02.396
with a triple, a home run, three RBIs,

00:50:02.677 --> 00:50:04.219
nine runs scored, three walks,

00:50:04.278 --> 00:50:05.318
and three stolen bases.

00:50:07.581 --> 00:50:08.221
The final one,

00:50:09.541 --> 00:50:11.844
he's starting to figure it out, I think.

00:50:11.864 --> 00:50:12.905
He got off to a little slow

00:50:12.925 --> 00:50:13.784
start at the start of the year,

00:50:13.824 --> 00:50:15.385
but started to put it together.

00:50:15.786 --> 00:50:16.987
So just like this next guy,

00:50:17.588 --> 00:50:19.509
who is the 47th ranked prospect,

00:50:19.728 --> 00:50:22.150
it's Dalton Rushing, AA from Dodgers.

00:50:23.251 --> 00:50:24.411
He went nine for 23 last

00:50:24.452 --> 00:50:26.094
week with a double, four home runs,

00:50:26.494 --> 00:50:28.255
nine RBIs, four runs scored,

00:50:28.355 --> 00:50:29.056
and three walks.

00:50:30.012 --> 00:50:31.532
So, I mean,

00:50:31.552 --> 00:50:32.452
that was a guy that I was

00:50:32.492 --> 00:50:33.753
surprised wasn't moved

00:50:35.454 --> 00:50:36.094
during the deadline.

00:50:36.114 --> 00:50:36.914
He was a name that everybody

00:50:36.934 --> 00:50:38.135
talked about for a big name

00:50:38.155 --> 00:50:40.934
pitcher and ends up, you know,

00:50:41.195 --> 00:50:42.396
silencing the critics on

00:50:42.436 --> 00:50:43.416
the trade deadline front

00:50:43.596 --> 00:50:45.536
and goes out and has one of

00:50:45.577 --> 00:50:46.556
his best weeks of the season.

00:50:49.838 --> 00:50:50.617
The other two things,

00:50:50.777 --> 00:50:51.418
unless you want to talk

00:50:51.438 --> 00:50:52.358
about any of the prospects.

00:50:53.902 --> 00:50:55.804
i think the you're gonna see

00:50:55.864 --> 00:50:58.184
for prospects I think with

00:50:58.625 --> 00:51:00.646
especially matt shaw I

00:51:00.666 --> 00:51:01.806
think it's matt shaw I

00:51:03.427 --> 00:51:05.728
think owen cassie is moving

00:51:05.789 --> 00:51:07.570
up to aaa as well I think

00:51:07.610 --> 00:51:09.250
they're preparing them for

00:51:09.971 --> 00:51:11.130
the september call-ups

00:51:11.331 --> 00:51:12.532
because similar to what you

00:51:12.572 --> 00:51:14.452
said about the reds uh in

00:51:14.512 --> 00:51:15.632
terms of their infield

00:51:15.733 --> 00:51:18.014
depth the cubs have some

00:51:18.094 --> 00:51:19.195
decisions to make of their

00:51:19.275 --> 00:51:21.476
own yep coming up so I

00:51:21.516 --> 00:51:22.956
think that it'll be very interesting

00:51:24.561 --> 00:51:26.242
wouldn't say I'm excited yet

00:51:26.262 --> 00:51:27.302
because I want to see how

00:51:27.342 --> 00:51:28.563
the playoffs turn out and

00:51:28.603 --> 00:51:30.164
how that tightens up but

00:51:30.184 --> 00:51:31.724
I'm very interested to see

00:51:32.284 --> 00:51:33.465
where some of these teams

00:51:33.505 --> 00:51:35.525
that are out of it what

00:51:35.586 --> 00:51:36.867
they do and who they allow

00:51:36.907 --> 00:51:38.668
to play and and show

00:51:38.728 --> 00:51:39.688
because it's going to be a

00:51:39.728 --> 00:51:40.989
little telling into what to

00:51:41.048 --> 00:51:42.188
expect for next year so

00:51:42.208 --> 00:51:43.449
with matt shaw especially

00:51:43.469 --> 00:51:45.771
uh and I really would like

00:51:45.811 --> 00:51:47.271
to see owen cassie come up

00:51:47.311 --> 00:51:48.831
but I don't want to see ian hap go so

00:51:49.574 --> 00:51:50.655
That's a spot there where

00:51:50.675 --> 00:51:52.717
the Cubs are kind of, you know,

00:51:53.217 --> 00:51:55.018
they're tight in the outfield right now.

00:51:55.358 --> 00:51:56.860
And there's some stuff to be done.

00:51:56.880 --> 00:51:58.081
I want to see some of those

00:51:58.141 --> 00:51:59.322
Rockies prospects come up.

00:51:59.722 --> 00:52:00.543
That's what I'm waiting for.

00:52:00.623 --> 00:52:02.425
That team I really like watching.

00:52:03.385 --> 00:52:03.965
Should they wait?

00:52:03.985 --> 00:52:05.668
You could.

00:52:05.867 --> 00:52:07.528
But those guys see some big

00:52:07.548 --> 00:52:08.210
league pitching now.

00:52:08.610 --> 00:52:08.831
Yeah,

00:52:09.331 --> 00:52:11.092
but do you wait until September is my

00:52:11.152 --> 00:52:11.393
point.

00:52:11.913 --> 00:52:12.193
Yeah,

00:52:12.233 --> 00:52:13.233
there's a guy that's not even in the

00:52:13.273 --> 00:52:15.096
top 30 anywhere, but Grant Levigny.

00:52:15.563 --> 00:52:17.083
He's playing at AAA for Albuquerque.

00:52:17.123 --> 00:52:17.885
He's been pretty well.

00:52:19.286 --> 00:52:20.286
So that's just something.

00:52:20.327 --> 00:52:21.307
But two call-ups that

00:52:21.327 --> 00:52:22.088
happened this week that we

00:52:22.108 --> 00:52:22.949
should talk about is

00:52:22.969 --> 00:52:25.291
starting with the 16th-ranked prospect,

00:52:25.472 --> 00:52:26.092
Kobe Mayo.

00:52:27.014 --> 00:52:28.014
He hasn't had a great start

00:52:28.034 --> 00:52:28.855
to getting his call-up.

00:52:29.615 --> 00:52:30.436
He really got called up

00:52:30.556 --> 00:52:31.597
after the trade deadline.

00:52:32.297 --> 00:52:34.320
He went 0 for 9 so far with

00:52:34.380 --> 00:52:35.501
two walks and a run scored.

00:52:36.222 --> 00:52:37.282
But the big one making the

00:52:37.322 --> 00:52:38.563
most of his second call-up

00:52:39.224 --> 00:52:40.626
is the number one overall prospect,

00:52:40.666 --> 00:52:41.447
Jackson Holliday.

00:52:42.239 --> 00:52:43.840
who, since getting called up,

00:52:43.981 --> 00:52:46.605
is 7 for 18 with a double, two home runs,

00:52:47.146 --> 00:52:49.108
seven RBIs, five runs scored,

00:52:49.128 --> 00:52:49.789
and two walks.

00:52:50.490 --> 00:52:51.472
And he made a statement,

00:52:51.793 --> 00:52:52.574
I believe it was in his

00:52:52.614 --> 00:52:53.775
first game since getting called up,

00:52:53.795 --> 00:52:54.637
he hits a grand slam,

00:52:54.657 --> 00:52:55.498
which was his first home

00:52:55.518 --> 00:52:56.219
run of his career.

00:52:57.099 --> 00:52:58.302
And, I mean, clearly...

00:52:58.885 --> 00:53:00.465
He got hot at the right time down in AAA.

00:53:00.485 --> 00:53:02.005
They made the right call to bring him up,

00:53:02.025 --> 00:53:03.806
and that transitioned right

00:53:03.847 --> 00:53:04.947
to the big league level,

00:53:05.007 --> 00:53:05.668
and he's still hot.

00:53:05.688 --> 00:53:07.168
I mean, he looks good.

00:53:07.188 --> 00:53:10.050
Can he sustain it?

00:53:10.130 --> 00:53:10.289
You know,

00:53:10.309 --> 00:53:11.409
what happens when he goes back to

00:53:11.449 --> 00:53:11.849
that slump?

00:53:11.869 --> 00:53:12.570
Because it happens.

00:53:12.630 --> 00:53:13.630
It's a long stretch run.

00:53:14.210 --> 00:53:15.871
You know, he gets back into a slump,

00:53:15.952 --> 00:53:17.193
and what does he do then?

00:53:18.353 --> 00:53:19.353
But we'll have to see.

00:53:19.594 --> 00:53:21.014
But I'm glad to see he's hitting the ball,

00:53:21.153 --> 00:53:22.735
and he's back up with the big club.

00:53:23.663 --> 00:53:25.766
Well, they say it's, what, 90% mental,

00:53:25.766 --> 00:53:27.007
10% physical?

00:53:27.628 --> 00:53:28.989
And for a young kid like that,

00:53:29.030 --> 00:53:31.313
a slump when you're talked about,

00:53:31.554 --> 00:53:32.715
and his dad followed him

00:53:32.755 --> 00:53:35.117
around to almost every series he played,

00:53:36.099 --> 00:53:37.922
there's a lot of un...

00:53:39.182 --> 00:53:40.324
underlying pressure there

00:53:40.344 --> 00:53:41.184
for that young kid and it

00:53:41.244 --> 00:53:42.606
got to him a little bit he

00:53:42.666 --> 00:53:43.746
went down took him a little

00:53:43.766 --> 00:53:45.088
bit to even figure it get

00:53:45.128 --> 00:53:46.530
back to this point so

00:53:47.190 --> 00:53:49.112
hopefully maturity wise and

00:53:49.132 --> 00:53:50.333
that experience will

00:53:50.373 --> 00:53:51.693
benefit him and he is one

00:53:51.733 --> 00:53:52.875
I'm rooting for and it was

00:53:52.934 --> 00:53:55.557
nice to see the grand slam

00:53:55.597 --> 00:53:58.320
ball the kid that caught it

00:53:58.340 --> 00:54:00.581
a young kid maybe nine ten years old

00:54:01.347 --> 00:54:02.489
they pulled them into the

00:54:02.548 --> 00:54:04.769
stadium and into a room and

00:54:04.809 --> 00:54:05.809
he got to meet Jackson.

00:54:05.869 --> 00:54:06.791
So that was really cool.

00:54:06.811 --> 00:54:09.231
That was, it was nice to see, uh,

00:54:09.692 --> 00:54:10.713
that side of the story.

00:54:10.793 --> 00:54:12.554
So yeah, those two guys getting called up,

00:54:13.373 --> 00:54:15.635
uh, interesting top prospects, you know,

00:54:15.675 --> 00:54:17.376
within the top 20, you know,

00:54:17.436 --> 00:54:19.757
Jackson at number one, Kobe at 16.

00:54:19.757 --> 00:54:22.478
So, um, let's talk,

00:54:22.498 --> 00:54:23.858
this is the first time I'm

00:54:23.960 --> 00:54:25.099
interested in your matchups,

00:54:25.639 --> 00:54:27.001
but they weren't my picks.

00:54:28.021 --> 00:54:28.762
So for the weekend,

00:54:29.621 --> 00:54:30.922
one I did the phillies and

00:54:30.943 --> 00:54:31.963
the dodgers because it's

00:54:31.983 --> 00:54:33.242
going to be most likely

00:54:33.262 --> 00:54:35.844
your nlcs expect to be your

00:54:35.864 --> 00:54:37.965
nlcs preview and then the

00:54:38.005 --> 00:54:40.465
weekend guardians twins and

00:54:40.485 --> 00:54:41.407
the reason I went guardians

00:54:41.447 --> 00:54:43.367
twins is I say the twins

00:54:43.387 --> 00:54:44.168
aren't going to get there

00:54:44.208 --> 00:54:45.867
but if they want to change

00:54:45.907 --> 00:54:46.789
my mind this is the weekend

00:54:46.809 --> 00:54:47.789
to do it you're I think

00:54:47.829 --> 00:54:48.568
they're four and a half

00:54:48.628 --> 00:54:49.710
back entering play tonight

00:54:50.530 --> 00:54:51.909
so if you can somehow make

00:54:51.951 --> 00:54:53.130
that you know three

00:54:53.885 --> 00:54:55.545
three and a half you go in

00:54:55.565 --> 00:54:56.367
you take two out of three

00:54:56.387 --> 00:54:57.407
from the guardians maybe

00:54:57.447 --> 00:54:59.208
even sweep and you're right

00:54:59.248 --> 00:55:00.750
there for the division or

00:55:00.769 --> 00:55:01.791
you open the door where you

00:55:01.811 --> 00:55:02.871
do that job you'd have a

00:55:02.911 --> 00:55:04.492
tough week you go into that

00:55:04.552 --> 00:55:05.693
series and you do your job

00:55:05.713 --> 00:55:06.474
as the guardians and the

00:55:06.514 --> 00:55:07.335
royals come in and take the

00:55:07.375 --> 00:55:09.876
door so it's a big series this weekend

00:55:12.659 --> 00:55:14.581
So for my week series is one

00:55:14.601 --> 00:55:15.842
that we talked about earlier,

00:55:15.862 --> 00:55:18.684
and I was looking at this earlier today,

00:55:18.943 --> 00:55:21.045
the Padres and Pittsburgh.

00:55:21.126 --> 00:55:21.965
Because, agreed,

00:55:22.246 --> 00:55:23.987
this week for Pittsburgh is

00:55:24.027 --> 00:55:25.568
going to be a killer week,

00:55:25.768 --> 00:55:26.849
and it will make or break

00:55:26.969 --> 00:55:27.909
their playoff hopes.

00:55:28.849 --> 00:55:30.371
Unfortunately, tomorrow night,

00:55:30.552 --> 00:55:33.012
they start off facing Dylan Cease,

00:55:33.092 --> 00:55:33.833
who is pitched.

00:55:34.554 --> 00:55:36.635
pretty damn well for the Padres this year,

00:55:37.135 --> 00:55:39.018
and they counter with Bailey Falter.

00:55:40.039 --> 00:55:42.822
And San Diego misses Skeen.

00:55:42.902 --> 00:55:44.222
Skeen will pitch against the

00:55:44.262 --> 00:55:45.804
Dodgers in the weekend series,

00:55:45.943 --> 00:55:47.365
but it's going to be a

00:55:47.425 --> 00:55:50.789
tough sled for the Pirates

00:55:50.809 --> 00:55:53.030
because they face Michael

00:55:53.070 --> 00:55:54.092
King on Wednesday.

00:55:55.871 --> 00:55:56.811
And then they'll end up

00:55:56.891 --> 00:55:58.452
facing Randy Vasquez.

00:55:58.552 --> 00:56:00.934
So the rubber game of that

00:56:01.235 --> 00:56:02.336
three-game series is

00:56:02.416 --> 00:56:03.878
probably going to be a

00:56:03.918 --> 00:56:05.199
high-scoring one with Randy

00:56:05.219 --> 00:56:06.960
Vasquez versus Luis Ortiz.

00:56:07.740 --> 00:56:09.101
But that's a big one for the

00:56:09.141 --> 00:56:10.784
Pirates where they need to

00:56:11.643 --> 00:56:12.545
have a good showing.

00:56:12.664 --> 00:56:13.726
And if they can win two of

00:56:13.766 --> 00:56:14.586
those three games,

00:56:14.686 --> 00:56:16.148
maybe lose the game to Cease,

00:56:16.307 --> 00:56:17.188
pull out the two other

00:56:17.208 --> 00:56:18.449
games against Michael King

00:56:18.489 --> 00:56:19.490
and Randy Vasquez,

00:56:20.211 --> 00:56:22.494
that sets them up knowing

00:56:22.534 --> 00:56:24.034
they've got Skeens and Keller

00:56:24.960 --> 00:56:26.402
going against the dodgers to

00:56:26.481 --> 00:56:28.143
give them a chance to maybe

00:56:28.682 --> 00:56:30.123
you know make a push at

00:56:30.164 --> 00:56:32.764
this my weekend series is

00:56:32.824 --> 00:56:34.445
another one that has

00:56:34.525 --> 00:56:36.987
playoff implications and it

00:56:37.168 --> 00:56:38.929
is two teams interleague

00:56:39.148 --> 00:56:40.429
it's the st louis cardinals

00:56:40.829 --> 00:56:41.789
against the kansas city

00:56:41.829 --> 00:56:45.632
royals where they both are

00:56:45.731 --> 00:56:47.413
up there trying to fight

00:56:47.472 --> 00:56:48.474
trying to move climb that

00:56:48.514 --> 00:56:50.554
ladder the royals depending

00:56:50.614 --> 00:56:51.614
on what happens this week

00:56:51.675 --> 00:56:53.135
against the red sox are

00:56:53.155 --> 00:56:54.117
going to need a strong

00:56:55.858 --> 00:56:56.878
series against Cardinals.

00:56:57.257 --> 00:56:59.159
And just the opposite,

00:56:59.199 --> 00:57:00.378
the Cardinals need to

00:57:00.800 --> 00:57:02.019
rebound after losing that

00:57:02.079 --> 00:57:02.880
series to the Cubs.

00:57:03.440 --> 00:57:04.460
They already lost today.

00:57:04.481 --> 00:57:05.981
They need to go into the

00:57:06.021 --> 00:57:07.501
weekend and settle

00:57:07.561 --> 00:57:08.463
themselves and get

00:57:08.523 --> 00:57:09.603
themselves back in a

00:57:09.663 --> 00:57:12.204
position of stability and

00:57:12.244 --> 00:57:13.284
make that final run.

00:57:13.344 --> 00:57:14.525
So that'll be an interesting

00:57:14.585 --> 00:57:15.385
matchup for me,

00:57:15.625 --> 00:57:17.525
plus just watching Mason

00:57:17.585 --> 00:57:19.387
Wynn and Bobby Witt do what they do.

00:57:20.978 --> 00:57:22.880
So those are my two matchups.

00:57:23.601 --> 00:57:25.262
Big playoff implications.

00:57:25.963 --> 00:57:27.123
It'll be very interesting

00:57:27.565 --> 00:57:28.885
this time next week when we

00:57:28.925 --> 00:57:30.646
sit down to take a look at

00:57:30.666 --> 00:57:32.449
the standings and see where people are.

00:57:34.170 --> 00:57:34.429
Yeah.

00:57:35.190 --> 00:57:35.931
And the other thing that

00:57:35.951 --> 00:57:36.992
we've got to pay attention

00:57:37.052 --> 00:57:41.335
to is the trades that could

00:57:41.416 --> 00:57:43.538
happen through waivers in

00:57:43.577 --> 00:57:44.559
the upcoming weeks.

00:57:44.579 --> 00:57:46.460
Well, that's all done.

00:57:47.280 --> 00:57:48.101
Oh, is it all done now?

00:57:48.302 --> 00:57:49.443
Yeah, that's no longer a thing.

00:57:50.824 --> 00:57:53.186
It's now all minor league trades.

00:57:53.266 --> 00:57:54.967
I don't believe you can't trade anymore.

00:57:55.168 --> 00:57:55.768
That's all gone.

00:57:57.009 --> 00:57:58.750
They all say that once the deadline hits,

00:57:58.809 --> 00:58:00.652
that's it.

00:58:00.731 --> 00:58:01.771
That's your team.

00:58:02.893 --> 00:58:05.514
I thought that someone had posted that.

00:58:05.574 --> 00:58:06.655
I thought that was the case,

00:58:06.675 --> 00:58:08.277
but I thought I saw that posted.

00:58:08.976 --> 00:58:10.577
If so, ignore me.

00:58:11.278 --> 00:58:12.940
Just call it too much sun today.

00:58:13.639 --> 00:58:14.840
They can do a minor league deal.

00:58:14.940 --> 00:58:16.382
If the guy's on a minor league contract,

00:58:16.911 --> 00:58:18.474
he can get Oh, okay.

00:58:18.893 --> 00:58:19.054
Mine.

00:58:19.094 --> 00:58:20.755
I believe that's how that works.

00:58:20.795 --> 00:58:23.719
I believe if he's on a minor league deal,

00:58:23.760 --> 00:58:25.101
it's not part of the big league club.

00:58:25.240 --> 00:58:27.583
So okay, well,

00:58:28.204 --> 00:58:29.485
maybe he's not in the 40

00:58:29.485 --> 00:58:30.768
grand 40 man roster.

00:58:31.068 --> 00:58:31.427
I forget.

00:58:31.447 --> 00:58:33.811
Okay, there might be some stipulations,

00:58:33.851 --> 00:58:34.652
but they always say it's

00:58:34.672 --> 00:58:35.813
like if your team after the

00:58:35.853 --> 00:58:36.974
deadline now is your team.

00:58:38.096 --> 00:58:38.295
Okay.

00:58:39.914 --> 00:58:40.054
Okay.

00:58:40.735 --> 00:58:42.356
Well, we will address that.

00:58:43.317 --> 00:58:44.697
Sorry about that, Snafu.

00:58:44.717 --> 00:58:45.237
No, you're good.

00:58:46.338 --> 00:58:47.498
I'm still confused about it, too.

00:58:47.538 --> 00:58:48.458
So, I mean, you're not alone.

00:58:49.539 --> 00:58:49.778
Well,

00:58:50.300 --> 00:58:51.840
I thought for some reason I read

00:58:51.900 --> 00:58:52.460
something or heard

00:58:52.521 --> 00:58:53.521
something earlier today,

00:58:53.581 --> 00:58:54.902
but I was kind of scrolling

00:58:54.942 --> 00:58:55.742
through rather quick.

00:58:55.842 --> 00:58:57.802
But anything else you have

00:58:57.842 --> 00:58:58.682
to add this week?

00:58:58.802 --> 00:59:03.105
I know it's kind of a tough one.

00:59:04.746 --> 00:59:06.547
What's the score of that Twins-Cubs game?

00:59:06.907 --> 00:59:08.226
Still 1-0 Minnesota.

00:59:08.347 --> 00:59:09.248
Cubs only have one hit.

00:59:10.784 --> 00:59:11.425
Although it might be 2-0.

00:59:11.485 --> 00:59:12.367
It was a guy on second,

00:59:12.427 --> 00:59:13.389
so I didn't see what happened.

00:59:13.409 --> 00:59:14.590
I was watching the Red Sox game.

00:59:15.371 --> 00:59:17.635
Yeah, the Red Sox were up 2-1, right?

00:59:17.775 --> 00:59:18.076
It's 2-2 now.

00:59:18.096 --> 00:59:18.175
Shit.

00:59:18.195 --> 00:59:18.496
Okay.

00:59:18.637 --> 00:59:18.998
All right.

00:59:19.018 --> 00:59:23.284
I was watching that game.

00:59:23.304 --> 00:59:23.463
Yep.

00:59:25.608 --> 00:59:26.809
that's all I've got I mean

00:59:26.829 --> 00:59:29.030
again I glad I was able to

00:59:29.050 --> 00:59:30.010
get this done while on

00:59:30.050 --> 00:59:31.371
vacation I know you're off

00:59:32.391 --> 00:59:34.932
next week right yep you

00:59:34.972 --> 00:59:36.693
leave okay so we'll try to

00:59:36.813 --> 00:59:37.713
we'll see if we figure

00:59:37.753 --> 00:59:38.813
something out if not we'll

00:59:38.853 --> 00:59:40.034
be back in two weeks and if

00:59:40.094 --> 00:59:41.394
not you know maybe we'll

00:59:41.414 --> 00:59:42.295
surprise you and have one

00:59:42.335 --> 00:59:43.956
out next week um

00:59:45.777 --> 00:59:46.958
appreciate everyone joining

00:59:46.978 --> 00:59:48.077
and cj I appreciate you

00:59:48.137 --> 00:59:49.277
putting everything up with

00:59:49.318 --> 00:59:51.478
the miners I would suggest

00:59:51.559 --> 00:59:54.860
you connect your new

00:59:54.900 --> 00:59:58.181
rankings to this one is up

00:59:58.260 --> 00:59:59.400
so people can click right

00:59:59.481 --> 01:00:01.461
on it it's a great great

01:00:01.501 --> 01:00:02.402
informational piece for

01:00:02.442 --> 01:00:03.501
anyone that loves minor

01:00:03.521 --> 01:00:04.402
league baseball or just

01:00:04.862 --> 01:00:06.282
wants to see where maybe

01:00:06.342 --> 01:00:07.304
some of their competitors

01:00:07.344 --> 01:00:09.983
or even their team have uh

01:00:10.224 --> 01:00:11.844
players on the list and when they're

01:00:12.690 --> 01:00:12.891
you know,

01:00:12.911 --> 01:00:13.931
where they're playing right now

01:00:13.952 --> 01:00:14.751
and get a little bit more

01:00:14.791 --> 01:00:15.492
information on them.

01:00:15.972 --> 01:00:17.893
It also includes some of the

01:00:17.954 --> 01:00:19.494
newly drafted players.

01:00:19.514 --> 01:00:20.914
Nice.

01:00:20.934 --> 01:00:22.615
There's, I think, six or seven.

01:00:23.195 --> 01:00:24.056
There's a couple other ones

01:00:24.097 --> 01:00:25.496
that will probably be in September's,

01:00:26.257 --> 01:00:27.878
but I just didn't have them

01:00:27.898 --> 01:00:28.878
making the cut this month,

01:00:28.978 --> 01:00:30.480
and we'll have to see what happens,

01:00:30.539 --> 01:00:31.880
and guys can follow at any time.

01:00:32.001 --> 01:00:35.422
So those 90 spots are always up for grabs.

01:00:35.782 --> 01:00:36.023
I mean,

01:00:36.043 --> 01:00:37.943
I don't think Sprott's going anywhere,

01:00:37.983 --> 01:00:38.923
and Collier keeps doing

01:00:38.963 --> 01:00:39.704
what he did last week.

01:00:39.724 --> 01:00:40.664
He's staying, too, but...

01:00:41.862 --> 01:00:42.222
We'll see.

01:00:42.744 --> 01:00:43.965
So if you get a chance to check it out,

01:00:45.126 --> 01:00:46.146
go ahead.

01:00:46.507 --> 01:00:49.268
It also is linked to some player profiles.

01:00:49.929 --> 01:00:50.949
Some of them aren't made yet.

01:00:51.650 --> 01:00:52.871
Some of them, for the most part,

01:00:52.911 --> 01:00:54.492
most of them have player profiles.

01:00:54.532 --> 01:00:55.373
I think there's probably

01:00:55.452 --> 01:00:57.375
maybe 15 at most that don't

01:00:57.414 --> 01:00:58.476
have player profiles done.

01:00:59.115 --> 01:00:59.996
That'll be an off-season

01:01:00.516 --> 01:01:01.518
project for me and you.

01:01:03.039 --> 01:01:03.759
But if you want to take a look,

01:01:04.619 --> 01:01:05.161
by all means,

01:01:05.541 --> 01:01:06.981
it's right there on the top website.

01:01:07.610 --> 01:01:09.052
If you go to InsideTheDiamonds.com,

01:01:09.452 --> 01:01:11.132
right in the top, you'll see prospects.

01:01:12.134 --> 01:01:14.894
There's June, March or April,

01:01:14.974 --> 01:01:16.255
one of the two, and then August.

01:01:17.797 --> 01:01:18.237
Perfect.

01:01:19.177 --> 01:01:19.557
All right.

01:01:19.577 --> 01:01:20.838
I really do appreciate you

01:01:21.318 --> 01:01:22.039
joining me tonight.

01:01:22.159 --> 01:01:23.019
Everyone that's listening,

01:01:23.039 --> 01:01:23.619
I appreciate it.

01:01:23.639 --> 01:01:24.561
Like, subscribe,

01:01:24.641 --> 01:01:26.722
and stay tuned for next week's episode.

01:01:27.103 --> 01:01:27.762
If it's not out,

01:01:27.822 --> 01:01:28.963
we'll skip a week and be

01:01:29.003 --> 01:01:30.644
back when CJ's back from vacation.

01:01:31.125 --> 01:01:32.226
Thank you, everyone, for listening,

01:01:32.306 --> 01:01:33.365
and looking forward to

01:01:33.385 --> 01:01:34.646
talking more baseball when you get back.

01:01:35.467 --> 01:01:36.327
Have a great week, everybody.