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Hey everybody, welcome back to the
Throwing Partners podcast.

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It's Kirby and Joseph here, coming to you
on a Wednesday night.

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Joe and I have had some technical
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We are hoping they are fixed and we're
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tonight, so buckle in.

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Joe, I'm going to go ahead and let you get
us started with an Astros update.

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It's about nine or 10 games worth now, so
let's hit it off.

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Mm -hmm.

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All right.

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Well, as you as Kirby mentioned, we have
about 10 games to catch up from on for the

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Astros, but they have gone 10 of 12 and
it's about to be 11 of 13 with when they

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seal the deal on this 9 to 2 victory
against the Blue Jays, which is wrapping

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up here shortly.

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But the last time we spoke, the Orioles
series wasn't done yet and they were.

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getting ready to play the final game of
that series and they swept the Orioles.

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The Astros swept the probably the second
or third best team in baseball.

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It's really semantics at this point, you
know where you want to put them, but one

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of the better teams in baseball.

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Fromber gave us a strong seven innings.

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He gave up six hits and he gave up six or
he struck out seven bouncing back from two

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consecutive losses that he had had.

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Yiner Diaz continued to hit well over the
home stand.

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He hit really well in that Orioles series
and then he carried on into the Colorado

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series.

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And then Jose Altube also hit very well
that series.

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He had a leadoff homer to start the game
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always a great way to start a ball game.

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Bregman also did really well in the game
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So you know, it's just a great overall
series.

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It kind of set the tone for the rest of
the last two weeks that the Astros have

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been playing.

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And it was just great to see them get off
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Orioles on that home stand.

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So moving on to the Rocky series, the
Astros had two off days last week.

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They had an off day on Monday and then
they had an off day on Thursday.

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But in between those off days, they played
the Rockies for a two game series.

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And they swept that series as well.

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So the Astros won a perfect five and on
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They won the first game on Tuesday 5 -2.

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Hunter Brown continued to dominate.

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He had 7 Ks and 0 runs.

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And he pitched phenomenally.

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I can't really say enough about the way
that Hunter Brown has bounced back.

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People have pointed out the teams that he
has pitched against while he's had made

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this comeback.

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But you know, he still has to go out there
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And he's been solid in the month of June.

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He was solid and his first start in July,
which I will talk about in a little bit.

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And, and all honesty, he absolutely should
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It's a real tragedy that he wasn't.

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I don't know how they came up with that,
but I mean, he was almost perfect the

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entire month.

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So, you know, it's really unfortunate to
see him not get that credit where credit

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is due.

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But once again, Hunter Brown dominated in
that five to two win for the Astros

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against the Rockies opening up that
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Chas McCormick had two RBI's in that game
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back on track.

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He still hasn't been very good.

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He's had his moments, but it's not the
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And it's really disappointing to see
because it's kind of proving Dusty Baker

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right.

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where he was right about Chaz, he was
wrong about Yiner.

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But I'm hoping that Chaz can get it right
and he can find that form that he had in

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2023.

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Because he's not even hitting lefties at
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So it's been really frustrating to watch.

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But I think he had a couple of RBIs in
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So again, he's slowly improving.

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But moving on to that Wednesday game,
Spencer Arrighetti, he shined in this

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It's been a very, it's a very light moment
and a series of very dark moments for

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Spencer Arregedi.

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He dazzled with 10 strikeouts and the
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They would move their win streak up to
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the Rockies.

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And once again, Yiner Diaz, he had three
hits in the game and he's been hitting the

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cover off the ball lately.

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It's very funny to go back a couple weeks
before that and just see the reactions to

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Yiner Diaz's flight appearances because
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But I remember it specifically one game
where everybody really was like super

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frustrated and kind of at their breaking
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He ended up going off and you know, it's
just been smooth sailing for him since

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then.

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He's been on fire.

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I believe he's tied for second and RBI is
for the team and he has one of the highest

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batting averages with runners on and two
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So it's been really good to see him kind
of make that adjustment and just hit balls

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hard everywhere.

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As I mentioned earlier, the Astros had an
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So moving on to the Friday game against
the Mets, the Astros had the opportunity

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to extend their win streak to eight games,
but unfortunately it snapped with a renal

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Blanco start.

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Manel Blanco struggled all game.

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He struggled with command and he was not
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I believe Alex Bregman made an error which
then led to three more runs.

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Blanco gave up three home runs in this
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He had five strikeouts and three walks,
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And as I mentioned, he also had an error
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You know, it's just one of those starts,
you know, he's allowed one of those.

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his ERA is still a 2 .49 and he bounced
back tonight with another great outing.

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He pitched five and two thirds again.

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and he pitched really well tonight as
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I'll get to that when that, recap comes,
but the offense struggled.

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Mauricio Dubon probably had the worst game
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He left 10 runners on base by himself and
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scoring position.

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It seemed like every opportunity there was
a chance to have a big inning.

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It was Mauricio Dubon stepping up to the
plate and he was not able to come through.

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So it was very unfortunate to see that
because usually he's very clutch in those

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situations.

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But he had one of those nights and that's
really all you can say about that is,

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luckily we didn't see him hang his hat on
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because he would be a big contributor the
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then getting the Astros above 500 on
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So not too upset with that.

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It was going to happen eventually.

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But yeah, so moving on to that Saturday
game, Fromber Valdez pitched horribly.

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It was a really bad game for him.

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But fortunately, the Astros were able to
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the biggest comeback of the season, coming
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But talking about Valdez's start, he only
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He gave up eight hits, six runs.

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He had three walks and five strikeouts and
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His home run rate has been very high this
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been really jarring to see.

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It's probably a big reason why we've seen
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lack of consistency from him.

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And honestly, the mental weakness is once
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There was a play in the game when the Mets
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inning where a ball was hit right back to
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Salazar.

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And he glove flipped it over Salazar's
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on the ground while the ball was still
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And if I'm not mistaken, a run came in to
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But luckily the Astros didn't get too
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And it was a good thing because the Astros
had just gone over or just gone at 500

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during that Rocky series with the loss to
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They went back under 500, but they bounced
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and from losing against the Mets on Friday
to not like I said, the largest comeback

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they've had all season and win the game
nine to six against the Mets.

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Bregman was huge with a clutch, two RBI
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Jake Myers has continued to prove why he
should be the everyday starting center

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fielder.

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He's been clutched.

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He's come up with a lot of big hits.

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Jeremy Pena had two RBI's.

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John Singleton has been on a tear this
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and you know, you cannot say I cannot say
enough about the way that some of these

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guys have been stepping up for the team in
the absence of Kyle Tucker and Trying to

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fill the hole The Jose Abreu, you know
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So it's been really great to see that And
like I said Astros got back to 500 at 41

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and 41 with this win not hanging their
hats on that really bad loss against the

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Mets on Friday and moving on to the

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game against the Mets.

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This was a wild one.

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We saw some things that we usually never
see in Astros games.

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We had some rare occurrences.

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We had a Jose Altuve ejection.

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We had an Astros win in extra innings and
we had the Astros scoring multiple runs in

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extra innings.

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So that was great to see.

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There is one person on the team that I am
not going to give props to.

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And that is Brian Abreu because he has
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He's been bad.

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He gave up the lead and the seventh or he
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because the game the Astros were winning
four to two going into the seventh and

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Brian Abreu gave up a two run home run
after walking a batter and then giving up

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a home run on an O2 count.

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Which is probably the worst thing you
could do as a pitcher, you know, you get

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ahead of the batter You have them on the
ropes and then just throwing a cookie

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right down the middle high in the zone and
You know letting that hit or rip it And it

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was just really unfortunate to see because
like I said, he has not been good and I

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mentioned this in a video the other week
that You know, he's been effectively wild

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because that eRA to me lies

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He has not had a lot of clean innings and
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And he actually got very lucky against the
Blue Jays to open up the series, which I

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will talk about in a little bit.

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But unfortunately that luck caught up to
him and he was not able to escape the 7th

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inning without giving up damage and
ultimately forcing the Astros to go into

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extra innings.

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And what was already a bullpen game, Sean
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I mean, he came out and he put his life on
the line for the Astros.

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Due to all the injuries, the Astros have
had to go to a bullpen game.

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They'll have to again this Friday, I
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But Sean Dubin laid it all out there and
he gave the Astros three and a third

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innings of no run ball.

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He had three walks and two Ks.

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Brian King stepped up big with an inning
and two thirds and he's been very good

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since he got called up from the Astros
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Him and Luis Contreras, I don't know where
they pulled these guys out of but he's

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they've both been very good for the Astros
Seth Martinez did get banged up a little

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bit.

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He gave up two runs which made the game
four to two the Astros were leading for

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For nothing before he came in But then he
gave up two and then Brian Abreu you

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immediately gave up the lead tying it And
then Ryan Presley actually had a scoreless

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So that was good

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Taylor Scott, man, I can't say enough
about the way that Taylor Scott has

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performed this season.

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He deserves to be an All -Star.

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He pitched two innings for us.

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He gave up one run, which was the Ghost
Runner, and extra innings because he

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started the 10th.

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But he's been solid.

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He's got a 1 .49 ERA.

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And he absolutely deserves to be an All
-Star too because, I mean, where the hell

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did he come from?

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I mean, what is this performance that he's
been putting on for us?

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It's insane.

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And as I mentioned, Luis Contreras
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the game for us.

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And the Astros bullpen was able to cover a
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win.

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But the Astros offense went off.

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Like I mentioned earlier, Chas McCormick
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huge.

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Yanger Diaz, another RBI.

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Jake Myers had two.

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John Singleton had one, which started off
the scoring with a solo home run.

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Joey Lo Perfito came up clutching extra
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line.

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And then Trey Cabbage also hit a rocket to
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They were all contributors to that five
run 11th.

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And, you know, as I mentioned, Altuve had,
you know, he got ejected, which was

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something he's only done one other time.

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He was ejected by the same umpire.

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He was the first time he was ejected in
his career, which is really crazy to see.

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He fell the ball off his foot.

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with two runners on and two outs.

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And the runners were on second and third
and he found the ball off his foot, but he

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didn't run it out and the umpire, the home
plate umpire did not see that he found it

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off his foot.

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So while he was dancing around in pain,
the Mets threw the ball to first and he

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was subsequently called out.

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After the umpires convened, they still
rolled him out and he

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was furious because why would he react
that way if he was not hit in the foot and

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a close ball game, you know, only leading
by a couple of runs with two men on and

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scoring position.

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You know, you just don't do that as a
hitter.

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If, if you don't think you're going to get
that call, if you don't think it hit your

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foot, then you're not going to wince
around in pain.

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You're going to run it out and try to
force the defense to make an error.

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But they, they convened and they called
them out still.

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And that's when he lost it.

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That's the second time so far this season
I've seen Jose Altuve pissed and that's

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the second time and watching Altuve I've
ever seen him get that mad.

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It's been really interesting to see.

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I think a lot of it has to do with the
losing and the pressure that he feels.

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But also, you know, just wanting to, you
know, put it all out there for the team,

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you know, not trying to give up anything
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getting screwed like the Astros have by
the umpires so far this season has been

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really daunting to see.

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I'm not making it up.

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There's actual statistics to back it up.

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This isn't something that I'm just pulling
out of my head.

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These are real things that we've been able
to see from stat providers.

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So I think that that's also part of the
reason why Al Tuve got so frustrated was

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because we have been screwed over by the
umpires for so long so far this season.

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You know, luckily the Ashes were able to
overcome one of their best players getting

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thrown out and ultimately winning after a
rain delay in 11 innings against the Mets,

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which put them back over 500 at 42 and 41.

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And they would continue their hot streak
going into Toronto for Canada Day.

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Hunter Brown, once again, the calendar
flipped to July, but he was still pitching

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like it was June 31st.

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He pitched six strong innings and I
believe he only gave up one run.

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no, he gave up no runs.

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He had three walks and five strikeouts.

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He battled command a lot this game and it
was really good to see him kind of work

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around it.

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Like I said, he battled command so it
wasn't his sharpest outing.

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He did have those three walks and he did
get in a basis loaded jam at one point.

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But other than that, you know, he really,
he pitched like it was, like I said, July

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31st, I mean, June 31st.

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He pitched very well.

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The bullpen came in and

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You know, they shut it down, although Josh
Hader did give up a late inning home run,

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which thankfully didn't matter because
Jeremy Pena hit a solo home run to start

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the scoring for the Astros.

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And then Jordan Alvarez came up clutch
with a two run home run late in the game,

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making that solo shot and the ninth
meaningless.

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The Astros offense didn't do very much,
but they did just enough to get the win.

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So, you know, that was always great.

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Moving on to yesterday's game.

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The Astros lost 6 -7 against the Blue Jays
and this was another Spencer Arrghetti

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loss.

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Like I said, he had that one really good
start where he had 10 strikeouts but he

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just hasn't been consistent and you're
really trying to develop him to become

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more consistent over time and we just
haven't seen that progress.

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He will most likely be sent down when...

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Everybody gets healthy just so that he can
continue to develop.

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He gave up one in the first and then four
in the third and then two in the fourth.

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Actually, one of those runs in the fourth
was not his, but he gave up six runs

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overall.

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He only pushed four innings.

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Yeah, he gave up six earned runs.

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So maybe actually one of those runs was
unearned.

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Yeah, one of those runs was unearned.

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So he did give up all seven runs that the
Blue Jays had.

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Luckily the bullpen, Luis Contreras, pitch
two innings, Seth Martinez, pitch two

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innings.

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They both gave up nothing.

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So the Blue Jays scoring stopped after
Aaron Getty came out.

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And the Astros offense made a push to come
back.

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They would score five in the fifth.

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Altuve had three hits, one RBI.

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Jordon had two hits, three RBIs, and he
had a huge home run.

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Jake Myers once again continues to rake.

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He had an RBI.

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Although I believe that was on a feeler, a
sack fly probably.

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I can't remember.

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But anyways, Cesar Salazar has also been
pretty clutch for us in filling in for

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Victor Carantini who's injured.

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But the Astros unfortunately fell short
losing six to seven.

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That ninth inning was a really tight ninth
inning.

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The Astros had

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the winning run on second base with no
outs after a Jeremy Pena leadoff double

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and they were unfortunately not able to
move him in after reaching with nobody on

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and or actually nobody out.

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So that was a little frustrating to see
but I mean scoring six runs should usually

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win you a baseball game.

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Unfortunately, you know Spencer and get he
just did not pitch very well.

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and that ultimately led to the Astros
falling just short.

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It's gonna happen.

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That put the Astros at 44 and 42.

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Actually 43 and 42.

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They just went final against the Blue Jays
tonight.

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So now they're at 44 and 42.

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And I mean, I don't know what to say, man.

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Jordan Alvarez is just insane.

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Jose Altuve is insane.

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Nyahner Diaz, like I said, has been insane
these last couple of weeks.

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They're all hitting the cover off the
ball.

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Nyahner, Jordan and Altuve.

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Two of those are now officially All
-Stars.

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It's Altuve and Jordan.

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And you know, they just they've continued
to prove why they deserve the contracts

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that they've received from the Astros.

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And they've just

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They've been otherworldly this year and
they deserve that all star recognition for

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sure.

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Jordan had a very clutch home run, which
really didn't end up mattering at the end

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of the game because the final was nine to
two.

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But like I said, I just can't say enough
about the way that the offense has kind of

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turned it around as of late and really
picked up the pitching staff since they've

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been battered with injuries.

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Rene Blanco made his second to final start
before the All -Star game.

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He should be named an All -Star any day
now.

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He pitched five and two thirds.

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He gave up four hits, two runs.

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He had two walks and four strikeouts.

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That raised his ERA actually to a 2 .53.

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You know, it's always good when you give
up two runs and you raise your ERA

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slightly.

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That means that your ERA is pretty low in
general.

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So, you know, he had another pretty decent
outing.

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It wasn't his best, wasn't his worst.

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But, you know, just good to see him
continue to pitch well for the Astros.

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You know, someone that has come out of
nowhere and like I said, deserves the All

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-Star recognition for stepping up when the
Astros have needed him to step up the

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most.

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And again, Taylor Scott coming in, he
pitched a third of an inning getting out

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of...

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the sick getting out of the top of the or
the bottom of the sixth and Blanco's jam

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that forced him out of the game.

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He lowered his ERA to a 1 .48.

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Brian Abreu came in, pitched a scoreless
inning.

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Brian King, once again, scoreless inning.

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And then Rafael Montero, scoreless inning.

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The Ashrows bullpen has been very solid
since I believe it was May 1st.

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We've had a couple of hiccups here and
there with Josh Hader, Brian Abreu and

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Ryan Presley, but for the most part
everybody else has held up.

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There's one player in particular that, you
know, a lot of people have been really

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worried about besides those big three and
that's Rafael Montero, but he's had a

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couple of decent outings in a row now.

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So it's very good to see him build on
that.

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Hopefully, you know, it's not just him
hitting in the luck.

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Hopefully this is sustainable for him
because, you know, we saw what he could

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do.

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when he was elite in 2022 and just hoping
that he can kind of find that form again.

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But he's been better in this last couple
of, in this last week or two.

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So hoping he can build on that for a good
remainder of the season.

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Alright Joe, that was a great Astros
update.

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I'm gonna give you a fun fact real quick
before I get started on my Braves update.

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Okay, so the Braves in May were 13 and 14.

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In June, they were 14 and 13.

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And so far in July, after two games, they
are 1 -1.

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That means that since May 1st, they are
exactly a 500 team.

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They went, they've gone 28 and 28, which
sucks, but overall it's still not the

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worst that this team could possibly be
because they are still 47 and 37 after

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tonight's win.

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To start our Braves update, we've got to
go all the way back to June 23rd.

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That was a series win against the New York
Yankees.

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It was a very clean game.

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The Braves won three to one.

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We saw Max Fried square off against Nestor
Cortez.

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And Max Fried actually won that start.

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He went six innings, gave up one run and
had four K's.

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We saw a really good game from Jarrett
Kellnick where he had a sack fly and a

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home run.

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So very good clean ball game.

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And then moving on to the next week, which
was last week, didn't go particularly well

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for the Braves.

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They played a series against the Cardinals
and then a series against the Pirates.

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The series against the Cardinals.

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They played Monday and they lost 4 -3.

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We saw Spencer Schwalenbach not do so
well.

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He pitched five innings and gave up four
runs.

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But he didn't have any walks, which is
good.

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He's got good command on his stuff.

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And he had six Ks.

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Then we also saw a red -hot Austin Riley
have a home run.

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And then Wednesday ended up being a double
header because their game got canceled

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Tuesday night.

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So during the day game Wednesday, the
Braves got a 6 -2 win.

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We saw Reynaldo Lopez struggle through
five innings, but he only gave up two

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runs.

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But he did have four walks and had five
Ks.

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Zach Short had a really big two RBI knock
in the top of the second.

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And Jared Kellnick had three hits,
including a home run.

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And then once again, Red Hot Austin Riley
had two hits.

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And then that night, the Wednesday night
game, the Braves actually lost four to

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one.

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However, we did see a really nice start
from Bryce Elder.

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Quality started that he threw six innings
and only gave up two runs.

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I had no walks, which is huge for him And
then basically the only offense was Jerick

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Kellnick.

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He had three hits of the Braves total six
So not a great job by the offense that

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seems to be a reoccurring problem for the
Braves the past couple of months

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Thursday's game was even worse Thursday's
game.

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They played the friggin white Sox and lost
1 to 0 The Braves completely

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just wasted a Chris Sale start.

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He had one bad pitch which was to Loisa
Robert and it was a home run.

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Other than that, Chris Sale threw seven
innings and had 11 Ks.

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I'm going to talk a little bit more about
Chris Sale after a while because and

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you're going to want to listen because
it's some really good info.

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The Braves were 0 -5 with runners in
scoring position and left seven guys on

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base.

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A horrible game.

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Wasted start.

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Then Friday's game was actually against
the Pirates at home and we saw a really

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nice start from Charlie Morton He threw
six and a third.

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He only had one walk, which is huge for
him and had seven K's The big bear Marcelo

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Zuna who got snubbed from the all -star
game by the way so far We're gonna talk

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about that in a little bit.

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He had a big three run double Red hot
Austin Riley had another home run and Ozzy

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and Olsen both had two two hits each so
that was actually a

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Pretty good offensive night for the
Braves.

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And then Saturday, and in my opinion, Joe,
this is probably one of the best pitching

453
00:27:43,153 --> 00:27:44,873
matchups of the year.

454
00:27:44,873 --> 00:27:48,873
We saw Paul Skeens against Max Friede.

455
00:27:48,873 --> 00:27:52,393
Both starters through six innings and they
only gave up one run.

456
00:27:52,713 --> 00:27:56,293
Jared Koenig actually hit a lead off Homer
off Skeens, which was a really cool moment

457
00:27:56,293 --> 00:27:57,473
for this season.

458
00:27:57,473 --> 00:28:02,453
And then actually in the bottom of the
10th, Adam Duvall had the game winning

459
00:28:02,453 --> 00:28:06,081
hit, which was good to see because he has
really struggled and

460
00:28:06,081 --> 00:28:11,241
honestly been on the, in my opinion, he
has been almost unplayable.

461
00:28:11,561 --> 00:28:15,621
And then Sunday kind of left a bad taste
in Braves fans' mouths because they had

462
00:28:15,621 --> 00:28:19,481
won the previous two games, but ended up
blowing the series finale and lost four to

463
00:28:19,481 --> 00:28:20,221
two.

464
00:28:20,221 --> 00:28:24,821
We saw Spencer Swalombach do really well
through four and two thirds, but then gave

465
00:28:24,821 --> 00:28:30,201
up a walk and then a homer to O 'Neal
Cruz, which I think could have killed

466
00:28:30,201 --> 00:28:30,591
somebody.

467
00:28:30,591 --> 00:28:31,961
It was hit that hard.

468
00:28:31,961 --> 00:28:33,793
And then he gave up another walk.

469
00:28:33,793 --> 00:28:36,793
and he gave up a home run to Routy Talez.

470
00:28:36,993 --> 00:28:40,033
So that ending just unraveled on him.

471
00:28:40,233 --> 00:28:43,973
And besides that, the Braves offense
really didn't do very much.

472
00:28:43,973 --> 00:28:46,353
So they took the L there.

473
00:28:46,833 --> 00:28:51,333
And then they had an off day Monday, but
then played Tuesday against the Giants at

474
00:28:51,333 --> 00:28:52,033
home.

475
00:28:52,033 --> 00:28:55,393
I've actually got a couple of friends that
are there supporting the Giants right now.

476
00:28:55,393 --> 00:28:58,813
And I hate that they saw the Giants win
Tuesday.

477
00:28:59,833 --> 00:29:02,125
The Braves lost five to three.

478
00:29:02,553 --> 00:29:05,223
Rinaldo Lopez, once again, he's he kind of
struggled.

479
00:29:05,223 --> 00:29:08,033
I think he's getting worn down a little
bit.

480
00:29:08,173 --> 00:29:09,303
He threw four and a third.

481
00:29:09,303 --> 00:29:12,953
He had four walks, which is really
concerning, but he did have six

482
00:29:12,953 --> 00:29:14,613
strikeouts.

483
00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:17,713
But it was...

484
00:29:17,713 --> 00:29:19,733
I thought the offense was really going to
break out in this game.

485
00:29:19,733 --> 00:29:22,953
We saw back -to -back homers by Austin
Riley and Sean Murphy, which were both

486
00:29:22,953 --> 00:29:24,013
bombs by the way.

487
00:29:24,013 --> 00:29:26,833
But then after that, the offense really
didn't do much.

488
00:29:27,033 --> 00:29:31,173
The bullpen gave up a couple of runs and
the Braves ended up losing five to three.

489
00:29:31,745 --> 00:29:38,085
And then tonight's game was actually great
because the Braves actually won 3 -1.

490
00:29:38,125 --> 00:29:41,205
Chris Sale had a phenomenal start.

491
00:29:41,205 --> 00:29:44,925
He threw six innings, he gave up one run,
he had nine Ks.

492
00:29:46,545 --> 00:29:49,565
Once again, I'm going to talk about him in
a little bit when we start talking about

493
00:29:49,565 --> 00:29:50,865
the All -Star game.

494
00:29:51,665 --> 00:29:55,585
And then the rest of the bullpen looked
really sharp between AJ Mentor, Joe

495
00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:58,425
Jimenez, and Raicela Iglesias.

496
00:29:59,545 --> 00:30:00,625
Now...

497
00:30:01,537 --> 00:30:04,397
Going back to, I want to talk about
something about the Braves real quick.

498
00:30:04,397 --> 00:30:06,417
Through June, okay?

499
00:30:06,417 --> 00:30:09,337
Like I said earlier, they had a 14 and 13
record.

500
00:30:09,337 --> 00:30:11,677
They had three guys actually hit really
well during the month.

501
00:30:11,677 --> 00:30:14,437
You had Austin Reilly, Jared Kellnick, and
Marcelo Zuna.

502
00:30:14,437 --> 00:30:16,977
They all hit really well during June.

503
00:30:18,437 --> 00:30:21,917
Adam Duvall and Orlando Arce on the other
hand.

504
00:30:22,077 --> 00:30:24,597
I hate to say it, those two were on the
chopping block.

505
00:30:25,297 --> 00:30:29,217
Adam Duvall had a WRC plus of 10 during
the month of June.

506
00:30:29,217 --> 00:30:32,777
and Orlando Arcia had a WRC plus of 29.

507
00:30:32,777 --> 00:30:36,177
For those of you who don't know, 100 is
league average.

508
00:30:36,177 --> 00:30:39,477
So for them to have a 10 and 29
respectively, that's god awful.

509
00:30:39,477 --> 00:30:40,697
That is unplayable.

510
00:30:40,697 --> 00:30:42,957
I don't care how good the defense is from
Arcia.

511
00:30:42,957 --> 00:30:46,297
We've got to have better production from
his spot in the lineup.

512
00:30:46,857 --> 00:30:50,177
But I do want to give one big shout out to
the bullpen.

513
00:30:50,177 --> 00:30:55,917
Joe, right now, the bullpen for the Braves
has five guys with an ERA under three.

514
00:30:55,917 --> 00:30:59,297
That's Jesse Chavez, AJ Mentor,

515
00:30:59,297 --> 00:31:02,937
Rice -Ella -Glacius, Dylan Lee, and Joe
Jimenez.

516
00:31:02,937 --> 00:31:11,277
And for those of you who don't know, Jesse
Chavez, all right, has an ERA of 151 in 30

517
00:31:11,277 --> 00:31:15,617
innings pitched, over 30 innings pitched,
and he has 30 Ks.

518
00:31:16,217 --> 00:31:18,437
Hashtag get coached to Texas.

519
00:31:18,437 --> 00:31:22,237
If there is anybody that has been more
deserving of an all -star nod, it's Jesse

520
00:31:22,237 --> 00:31:22,777
Chavez.

521
00:31:22,777 --> 00:31:24,167
He is 40 years old.

522
00:31:24,167 --> 00:31:27,917
I'm pretty sure this guy was drafted
before you were born, Joe, or like the

523
00:31:27,917 --> 00:31:29,025
year birth year.

524
00:31:29,025 --> 00:31:30,605
Okay, I'm not.

525
00:31:30,605 --> 00:31:31,815
What year were you born?

526
00:31:31,815 --> 00:31:33,291
Were you born in 02?

527
00:31:33,466 --> 00:31:35,713
I was born in 2000.

528
00:31:35,713 --> 00:31:36,963
Okay, you're born in 2000.

529
00:31:36,963 --> 00:31:37,273
Okay.

530
00:31:37,273 --> 00:31:38,493
He was drafted.

531
00:31:39,893 --> 00:31:44,273
but needless to say, there was a really
cool moment yesterday where we actually

532
00:31:44,273 --> 00:31:49,433
saw all of the Braves pitching staff where
the Roto wear shirts that said get coached

533
00:31:49,433 --> 00:31:53,813
to Texas, which I thought was really
special because the Braves pitching staff

534
00:31:53,813 --> 00:31:59,033
has like three or four guys that are all
star worthy between Chavez and Max Fried

535
00:31:59,033 --> 00:31:59,623
and right.

536
00:31:59,623 --> 00:32:02,173
Reynaldo Lopez and Chris sale.

537
00:32:02,653 --> 00:32:04,289
so shout out to Chavez.

538
00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:05,869
I hope he gets the nod.

539
00:32:05,869 --> 00:32:09,709
I would love that for him just to
experience that and what's probably going

540
00:32:09,709 --> 00:32:11,489
to be his final season.

541
00:32:12,409 --> 00:32:15,009
So with that being said, that's my Braves
Update, Joe.

542
00:32:15,009 --> 00:32:18,887
Do you want to talk about some All -Star
snubs and the All -Star lineups?

543
00:32:19,153 --> 00:32:22,234
Yeah, let's talk about the All -Star
lineup.

544
00:32:22,234 --> 00:32:28,434
We officially got the starting lineup for
the American League and National League

545
00:32:28,434 --> 00:32:30,194
All -Star teams.

546
00:32:30,354 --> 00:32:34,214
I'm going to start it off, you know,
giving my thoughts on the American League

547
00:32:34,214 --> 00:32:35,254
starting lineup.

548
00:32:35,254 --> 00:32:40,174
So starting off, you got catcher Adley
Rushman of the Baltimore Orioles.

549
00:32:40,234 --> 00:32:42,004
You've got Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

550
00:32:42,004 --> 00:32:44,554
of the Toronto Blue Jays at first base.

551
00:32:44,554 --> 00:32:46,138
You've got Jose Altuve.

552
00:32:46,138 --> 00:32:49,238
At second base for the Houston Astros.

553
00:32:50,078 --> 00:32:53,018
You got Jose Ramirez at third base for the
Guardians.

554
00:32:53,018 --> 00:32:55,798
You've got Gunnar Henderson at shortstop
for the Orioles.

555
00:32:55,798 --> 00:32:59,508
You've got Aaron Judge for the Yankees in
the outfield.

556
00:32:59,508 --> 00:33:01,658
You've got Juan Soto for the Yankees in
the outfield.

557
00:33:01,658 --> 00:33:04,278
You've got Stephen Kwan in the outfield
for the Guardians.

558
00:33:04,278 --> 00:33:07,398
You've got Jordon Alvarez for the Astros
at DH.

559
00:33:07,478 --> 00:33:09,418
This lineup is stacked.

560
00:33:10,638 --> 00:33:15,450
I do think that for the second phase of
voting, there was one snub.

561
00:33:15,450 --> 00:33:19,110
I'm not going to say that I think he
deserved it over Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

562
00:33:19,110 --> 00:33:22,930
But I don't think that it should have been
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

563
00:33:22,930 --> 00:33:25,630
versus Ryan Mountcastle in the second
round of voting.

564
00:33:25,630 --> 00:33:30,610
I think that Josh Naylor deserves some
more credit for the performance that he's

565
00:33:30,610 --> 00:33:33,250
put up for the Guardians so far this
season.

566
00:33:33,530 --> 00:33:39,370
The dude's been a beast and he has been
outplaying Ryan Mountcastle by almost

567
00:33:39,370 --> 00:33:40,590
every metric.

568
00:33:40,590 --> 00:33:44,506
So it's quite a shame to see him not get
that chance in the second round of voting.

569
00:33:44,506 --> 00:33:48,046
But other than that, there's not really
too much I can complain about.

570
00:33:48,046 --> 00:33:52,625
It would have been nice to see Kyle Tucker
get that last all -star spot for the

571
00:33:52,625 --> 00:33:56,446
outfield, but he has been injured for
almost a month at this point.

572
00:33:56,446 --> 00:34:01,666
So I'm not surprised to see Stephen Kwan
get that last spot in the outfield.

573
00:34:01,666 --> 00:34:02,666
It is what it is.

574
00:34:02,666 --> 00:34:09,246
You can't win them all, but the Astros do
have two all -stars in the starting

575
00:34:09,246 --> 00:34:10,246
lineup.

576
00:34:10,666 --> 00:34:14,010
Jose Altube has his ninth selection.

577
00:34:14,010 --> 00:34:21,390
first career and his I believe his sixth
start if I'm not mistaken.

578
00:34:21,390 --> 00:34:27,270
Jordan Navarez has his third career
selection and his first career start.

579
00:34:27,270 --> 00:34:29,490
So you know great to see that.

580
00:34:29,490 --> 00:34:31,430
You know Altuve is a Hall of Famer at this
point.

581
00:34:31,430 --> 00:34:37,510
There's not really much you can you can
say against you can say that he's not.

582
00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:39,370
He has the numbers.

583
00:34:39,570 --> 00:34:41,370
He's got the postseason numbers too.

584
00:34:41,370 --> 00:34:43,770
You can say whatever you want about 2017
but

585
00:34:43,770 --> 00:34:49,590
Even outside of that, you know, I saw some
people trolling on when the MLB was

586
00:34:49,590 --> 00:34:53,790
promoting the All -Star voting saying
that, you know, what are his roads?

587
00:34:53,790 --> 00:34:54,390
What is it?

588
00:34:54,390 --> 00:34:56,630
What is his home and road splits?

589
00:34:56,630 --> 00:35:00,880
Well, Altuve is actually a better road
hitter than he is a hitter at home.

590
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,230
So suck on it.

591
00:35:02,230 --> 00:35:04,050
Suck on that.

592
00:35:04,070 --> 00:35:07,670
He's proven time and time again that it
was never about the trash cans.

593
00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:10,090
It was never about the Astros cheating
scandal.

594
00:35:10,090 --> 00:35:11,540
He was always legit.

595
00:35:11,540 --> 00:35:13,178
He was legit before that.

596
00:35:13,178 --> 00:35:15,458
and he's been legit after that.

597
00:35:15,538 --> 00:35:22,061
So, y 'all haters can shove it up and just
shut the hell up.

598
00:35:23,637 --> 00:35:28,437
Joe, I am sitting here looking at this
lineup of players.

599
00:35:28,437 --> 00:35:32,717
I'm gonna tell you what I would make the
lineup like, okay?

600
00:35:36,277 --> 00:35:39,617
What's crazy looking at this, Joe, is you
actually have four guys that actually hit

601
00:35:39,617 --> 00:35:41,357
leadoff for their teams.

602
00:35:41,517 --> 00:35:49,397
Between Altuve and Gunnar and Quan and I
thought there was four, maybe it's only

603
00:35:49,397 --> 00:35:50,197
three.

604
00:35:50,197 --> 00:35:51,553
Okay, anyway.

605
00:35:51,553 --> 00:35:55,273
I'm actually gonna go, I'm gonna go out to
a one.

606
00:35:55,273 --> 00:35:58,273
Okay, and Just because it's funny.

607
00:35:58,273 --> 00:36:02,193
I'm gonna go judge two because there's
such a height difference.

608
00:36:02,273 --> 00:36:03,013
Okay?

609
00:36:03,013 --> 00:36:09,353
I'm gonna go And then I'm and then the
thing is Joe this is actually what's crazy

610
00:36:09,353 --> 00:36:13,053
this lineup is almost predominantly
lefties You've only got like three

611
00:36:13,053 --> 00:36:21,471
righties in the whole lineup So after that
I'm gonna go so I went out to a

612
00:36:21,665 --> 00:36:29,985
I went Judge, I'm gonna go Gunnar, I'm
gonna go Soto, I'm gonna go Jordon, and

613
00:36:29,985 --> 00:36:37,375
then I'm gonna go Jose Ramirez, I'm gonna
go Adley, Vladdy, and Quan.

614
00:36:37,375 --> 00:36:38,945
I'm gonna have Quan hit last.

615
00:36:38,945 --> 00:36:40,465
I think he's gonna turn the lineup over.

616
00:36:40,465 --> 00:36:44,305
This is, honestly Joe, I think this is one
of the best American League lineups we've

617
00:36:44,305 --> 00:36:45,425
seen in a long time.

618
00:36:45,425 --> 00:36:46,790
This lineup was incredible.

619
00:36:46,790 --> 00:36:48,430
It's stacked.

620
00:36:48,430 --> 00:36:50,010
It's yeah.

621
00:36:50,010 --> 00:36:53,770
I'm really excited to see Jose Ramirez in
there.

622
00:36:54,030 --> 00:36:57,710
You know, I don't think he's a guy that's
been snubbed.

623
00:36:57,710 --> 00:37:01,810
But I just, I don't think that he's ever
gotten the recognition that he deserves

624
00:37:01,810 --> 00:37:04,090
fully because he is just Mr.

625
00:37:04,090 --> 00:37:04,810
Consistency.

626
00:37:04,810 --> 00:37:07,210
You know, he's up there with Jose Altuve.

627
00:37:08,150 --> 00:37:12,830
You know, is one of the game's greats, you
know, and

628
00:37:13,050 --> 00:37:16,770
I just, I don't ever think that he gets
the recognition he deserves because he

629
00:37:16,770 --> 00:37:18,230
plays for the Guardians.

630
00:37:18,310 --> 00:37:23,841
So I'm excited to see him really get a
chance to be an All -Star again.

631
00:37:23,841 --> 00:37:29,721
You know, besides our two teams, Joe, I
would have to say like my two or three

632
00:37:29,721 --> 00:37:34,481
favorite players outside of our teams,
it's probably like Mookie and Jose

633
00:37:34,481 --> 00:37:35,301
Ramirez.

634
00:37:35,301 --> 00:37:38,981
Like those are my two favorites outside of
our team with Soto being in there too,

635
00:37:38,981 --> 00:37:41,041
just because I love watching him hit.

636
00:37:41,421 --> 00:37:46,241
But Jose Ramirez, for those of you who
don't know, this dude is a total package.

637
00:37:46,241 --> 00:37:48,461
He hits, he hits for a high average.

638
00:37:48,461 --> 00:37:49,681
He hits for power.

639
00:37:49,681 --> 00:37:51,121
He steals a lot of bases.

640
00:37:51,121 --> 00:37:53,601
He plays really good defense at third
base.

641
00:37:53,601 --> 00:37:56,161
He's got a good arm over there.

642
00:37:56,161 --> 00:37:58,401
He just does everything well.

643
00:37:58,401 --> 00:38:03,101
He may not be the best at everything, but
at five foot nine, this dude's an animal.

644
00:38:03,101 --> 00:38:06,781
I would take him on my team over most
everybody else.

645
00:38:06,881 --> 00:38:11,701
And he's just, and not to mention knock on
wood, he's exceptionally healthy.

646
00:38:11,701 --> 00:38:14,901
He plays in 140, 150 games a year at
least.

647
00:38:14,961 --> 00:38:20,181
And I really just hope that he has like
four or five more healthy seasons because

648
00:38:20,181 --> 00:38:22,017
he's on a hollow frame track right now.

649
00:38:22,017 --> 00:38:24,637
I mean, he's going to end his career with
400 or more home runs.

650
00:38:24,637 --> 00:38:27,357
He's going to end his career with 300 or
more stolen bases.

651
00:38:27,357 --> 00:38:31,297
And he's going to be a Hall of Famer if he
stays healthy, which for his sake, I hope

652
00:38:31,297 --> 00:38:35,037
he does because I love watching this dude
play baseball.

653
00:38:36,117 --> 00:38:40,117
But moving into the National League, Joe,
this lineup kind of sucks if I'm being

654
00:38:40,117 --> 00:38:40,777
real.

655
00:38:40,777 --> 00:38:44,577
I think the American League could beat
this could beat this team by 10 and I'm

656
00:38:44,577 --> 00:38:45,697
not playing.

657
00:38:45,910 --> 00:38:49,281
I'm not, yeah, I wouldn't bet against
that.

658
00:38:49,281 --> 00:38:51,701
So you've got William Contreras catching.

659
00:38:52,221 --> 00:38:55,901
A month and a half ago, this guy was like
a top three MVP candidate, but he's since

660
00:38:55,901 --> 00:38:57,101
fallen off.

661
00:38:57,101 --> 00:39:03,261
You've got Bryce Harper, who's hurt, which
means that who's, Freddie Freeman will

662
00:39:03,261 --> 00:39:05,221
probably start there instead of Harper.

663
00:39:05,701 --> 00:39:09,541
Cattell Marte is the second baseman for
the National League All Stars.

664
00:39:09,541 --> 00:39:10,851
I really liked that pick.

665
00:39:10,851 --> 00:39:14,381
He's also a really underrated guy like
Jose Ramirez.

666
00:39:14,381 --> 00:39:17,601
When he's healthy, he's a top 10, top 20
player in the game.

667
00:39:17,665 --> 00:39:21,425
Alec Bohm is having a career year starting
at third.

668
00:39:21,425 --> 00:39:24,765
Trey Turner is starting at shortstop.

669
00:39:24,765 --> 00:39:29,265
Then you've got Christian Jelic in the
outfield along with Jurek Zemprofar and

670
00:39:29,265 --> 00:39:31,145
Fernando Tatis Jr.

671
00:39:31,145 --> 00:39:33,465
And then Shohei Otani is your DH.

672
00:39:34,585 --> 00:39:36,825
I don't know that there are any...

673
00:39:36,825 --> 00:39:40,685
This is pretty fair as far as the starters
go.

674
00:39:40,685 --> 00:39:43,925
But let me say this, for all of you
Phillies fans who thought it'd be funny to

675
00:39:43,925 --> 00:39:45,249
vote in Kyle Schwaber,

676
00:39:45,249 --> 00:39:48,509
Have fun watching him strike out against
the American League during the All -Star

677
00:39:48,509 --> 00:39:52,669
Game instead of watching the big bear, the
big bear Marcelo Zuna hit tanks for the

678
00:39:52,669 --> 00:39:53,929
National League.

679
00:39:53,929 --> 00:39:58,849
Because Kyle Schwarber is the epitome of
home run, strike out or walk.

680
00:39:58,849 --> 00:40:00,129
That's his whole MO.

681
00:40:00,129 --> 00:40:01,409
He does nothing else well.

682
00:40:01,409 --> 00:40:02,209
He doesn't run well.

683
00:40:02,209 --> 00:40:03,569
We've seen him play left field.

684
00:40:03,569 --> 00:40:06,669
I'd rather have a dumpster out there than
Kyle Schwarber.

685
00:40:06,669 --> 00:40:09,339
And he's just, he's, he's literally,
that's, that's his whole MO.

686
00:40:09,339 --> 00:40:10,929
He's not a great player.

687
00:40:10,929 --> 00:40:12,947
He's had some big moments.

688
00:40:13,545 --> 00:40:19,395
in the postseason but overall, wrong wrong
move to pick him just just you know,

689
00:40:19,395 --> 00:40:23,725
thanks phillies fans you Yes, exactly.

690
00:40:23,725 --> 00:40:26,385
Yeah, you know not during a world series
game or anything.

691
00:40:26,385 --> 00:40:34,545
Let's go ahead and make that Now we've
talked about we talked about the al lineup

692
00:40:34,545 --> 00:40:40,265
as far as the nl lineup joe I don't even
know how to construct construct this if

693
00:40:40,265 --> 00:40:41,537
we're being honest

694
00:40:41,537 --> 00:40:42,897
Can I be honest though?

695
00:40:42,897 --> 00:40:45,117
You know who I would put his lead off?

696
00:40:45,417 --> 00:40:46,617
Shohei Otani.

697
00:40:47,237 --> 00:40:49,397
I'm gonna let Otani hit lead off.

698
00:40:50,522 --> 00:40:52,862
I think I would put Turner at lead off.

699
00:40:52,862 --> 00:40:54,902
Honestly, Turner or Cattell?

700
00:40:54,902 --> 00:40:56,098
I don't know.

701
00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:58,501
got that could hit leadoff.

702
00:40:58,801 --> 00:41:02,101
I don't like Tati sitting there
necessarily.

703
00:41:03,641 --> 00:41:08,301
Jurikson Profar decided to finally have a
career year when he was like a top

704
00:41:08,301 --> 00:41:10,161
prospect in 2012.

705
00:41:10,521 --> 00:41:14,061
This guy has only been, you know, he's
only been what should have been on a Hall

706
00:41:14,061 --> 00:41:16,901
of Fame track 12 years ago.

707
00:41:17,101 --> 00:41:22,601
Because literally 12 to 14 years ago, Joe,
they were talking about this guy, you

708
00:41:22,601 --> 00:41:23,169
know,

709
00:41:23,169 --> 00:41:26,809
You know, Elvis Andrews came up and moved
over Michael Young to third.

710
00:41:26,809 --> 00:41:30,829
They were talking about Pro -Far coming up
and moving Elvis Andrews to second.

711
00:41:30,929 --> 00:41:31,669
Okay.

712
00:41:31,669 --> 00:41:37,009
So for jerks and Pro -Far to now, to now
actually be a star, good for him, but it's

713
00:41:37,009 --> 00:41:38,729
been like 12 years late.

714
00:41:38,729 --> 00:41:39,389
Okay.

715
00:41:39,389 --> 00:41:42,169
Which is just crazy to think about.

716
00:41:43,569 --> 00:41:46,839
this, this lineup is very, don't get me
wrong.

717
00:41:46,839 --> 00:41:50,209
It's a good lineup, but ain't nothing like
the American league.

718
00:41:50,529 --> 00:41:51,330
you know, when I look.

719
00:41:51,330 --> 00:41:52,289
it's not.

720
00:41:52,289 --> 00:41:57,189
When I actually look at the American
League, Joe, between, let's just say,

721
00:41:57,189 --> 00:42:01,829
granted, these guys stay healthy
throughout their careers, between Jordan,

722
00:42:01,829 --> 00:42:08,109
Soto, Judge, Anderson, Ramirez, Altube,
and Richmond, all of those have Hall of

723
00:42:08,109 --> 00:42:09,249
Fame potential.

724
00:42:09,269 --> 00:42:12,109
Every single one of those guys has Hall of
Fame potential.

725
00:42:12,109 --> 00:42:15,909
When I look at the National League,
there's like maybe three of them that have

726
00:42:15,909 --> 00:42:16,639
Hall of Fame potential.

727
00:42:16,639 --> 00:42:21,247
That's Harper, that's Ohtani,

728
00:42:21,889 --> 00:42:27,429
And that's about it.

729
00:42:27,429 --> 00:42:29,906
Because I was gonna say...

730
00:42:29,906 --> 00:42:30,446
in there.

731
00:42:30,446 --> 00:42:37,886
I'm not putting yellow chin there You
know, yeah, it's rough now, but I

732
00:42:37,886 --> 00:42:43,066
completely agree with you on that ale on
that ale take because yeah, I mean You got

733
00:42:43,066 --> 00:42:47,846
Jose Ramirez Jose Altuve Aaron judge Juan
Soto and you're on Alvarez I'm sure like

734
00:42:47,846 --> 00:42:49,426
like you said barring health.

735
00:42:49,426 --> 00:42:51,226
They're all almost

736
00:42:51,258 --> 00:42:55,638
They're all on that trajectory for the
Hall of Fame at this point.

737
00:42:56,577 --> 00:43:01,177
I think within about 10 years, Joe, we're
going to look back on that lineup and

738
00:43:01,177 --> 00:43:06,377
we'll be able to say, because in 10 years,
Altuve's career will be done, Jose

739
00:43:06,377 --> 00:43:11,237
Ramirez's career will be done, Judge will
be done.

740
00:43:11,537 --> 00:43:14,417
A lot of these guys will be on the back
end of their career.

741
00:43:14,417 --> 00:43:17,877
But those three or four guys, we'll look
and we'll know that that lineup had

742
00:43:17,877 --> 00:43:20,037
several Hall of Famers.

743
00:43:20,037 --> 00:43:24,277
The National League, on the other hand, is
going to have a whopping two between

744
00:43:24,277 --> 00:43:25,601
probably Harper.

745
00:43:25,601 --> 00:43:27,661
and a Tony and that's it.

746
00:43:28,122 --> 00:43:29,182
And guess what?

747
00:43:29,182 --> 00:43:32,402
We're gonna go back and watch those
highlights and we're gonna watch them play

748
00:43:32,402 --> 00:43:34,273
in those ugly ass jerseys.

749
00:43:34,273 --> 00:43:35,633
God, they're terrible.

750
00:43:35,633 --> 00:43:36,673
I don't know about you.

751
00:43:36,673 --> 00:43:37,333
Okay.

752
00:43:37,333 --> 00:43:39,391
Well, do you like either one of those,
though?

753
00:43:39,826 --> 00:43:41,326
No, they're horrible.

754
00:43:41,326 --> 00:43:42,946
They're both horrible.

755
00:43:42,946 --> 00:43:48,666
Nike needs to sell their contract because
what the hell are they doing?

756
00:43:48,946 --> 00:43:51,446
It was never this bad with Majestic.

757
00:43:51,446 --> 00:43:54,726
Majestic always came out with some pretty
solid designs.

758
00:43:54,726 --> 00:44:01,166
They had some misses at some points, but
they were almost always very clean, very

759
00:44:01,166 --> 00:44:05,206
nice jerseys that you would want to go out
and buy for an All -Star game.

760
00:44:05,206 --> 00:44:05,946
What?

761
00:44:05,946 --> 00:44:07,686
the hell is Nike doing?

762
00:44:07,686 --> 00:44:09,586
They are horrible.

763
00:44:09,646 --> 00:44:16,606
I just, it's so frustrating because I
actually like a lot of what Nike does for

764
00:44:16,606 --> 00:44:23,266
the NBA in past years, but what they're
doing with the MLB is horrible.

765
00:44:23,266 --> 00:44:27,926
There needs to be a change in leadership
for the Nike baseball because the way that

766
00:44:27,926 --> 00:44:30,166
they're going right now, it's horrible.

767
00:44:30,166 --> 00:44:31,244
It's awful.

768
00:44:31,489 --> 00:44:34,249
I hate the American League.

769
00:44:34,489 --> 00:44:39,649
The National League, I would give it a meh
at best because at least it's like black

770
00:44:39,649 --> 00:44:40,769
and blue.

771
00:44:40,949 --> 00:44:43,769
But other than that, I think they're god
awful.

772
00:44:43,769 --> 00:44:45,469
They are just ugly.

773
00:44:45,489 --> 00:44:47,209
I actually liked...

774
00:44:47,209 --> 00:44:51,009
Honestly, Joe, what I wish would happen
for the All -Star Game is I wish that they

775
00:44:51,009 --> 00:44:55,909
would let the players pick a jersey from
their team that they could wear and

776
00:44:55,909 --> 00:44:57,329
whatever that may be.

777
00:44:57,329 --> 00:45:01,089
So like, let's say like, Altuve, if he
wanted to wear 90s blue and gold,

778
00:45:01,089 --> 00:45:03,029
He could go wear 90s blue and gold.

779
00:45:03,029 --> 00:45:07,329
If Jordan Alvarez wanted to wear, you
know, the blue jersey with the rainbow

780
00:45:07,329 --> 00:45:09,449
sides, let him wear that.

781
00:45:09,449 --> 00:45:14,689
If Bryce Harper wanted to wear, you know,
the powder blues, let Harper wear the

782
00:45:14,689 --> 00:45:15,349
powder blues.

783
00:45:15,349 --> 00:45:18,269
You would have a beautiful all -star game
in that case.

784
00:45:18,269 --> 00:45:19,929
And then they could put the all -star.

785
00:45:19,929 --> 00:45:24,229
They could have the all -star game patch
on it so you know that's what they wore

786
00:45:24,229 --> 00:45:28,169
and the all -star game would be gorgeous,
you know?

787
00:45:28,469 --> 00:45:30,497
But I just, I don't,

788
00:45:30,497 --> 00:45:33,337
That's never gonna happen because that's
not the .O.

789
00:45:33,637 --> 00:45:36,177
But I don't know.

790
00:45:36,177 --> 00:45:39,957
We've talked about lineups for the All
-Star game, Joe.

791
00:45:40,197 --> 00:45:43,837
Can I give my take on who I think should
start the All -Star game as far as

792
00:45:43,837 --> 00:45:44,585
pitching?

793
00:45:45,562 --> 00:45:46,632
Go ahead.

794
00:45:46,977 --> 00:45:50,257
Okay, so I have done some deep thought on
this Joe.

795
00:45:50,417 --> 00:45:53,697
I just saw this stat the other day.

796
00:45:53,697 --> 00:45:54,857
Actually, no, not the other day.

797
00:45:54,857 --> 00:45:57,937
This was like right before we started this
pod.

798
00:45:58,177 --> 00:46:02,317
I want to see an All -Star game.

799
00:46:02,317 --> 00:46:03,667
Now this is me just dreaming here.

800
00:46:03,667 --> 00:46:05,317
This is not going to happen.

801
00:46:05,317 --> 00:46:08,737
I want to see an All -Star game started by
Power Lefties.

802
00:46:08,737 --> 00:46:10,457
And here's what I mean by that.

803
00:46:10,457 --> 00:46:12,397
Garrett Crochet and Chris Sale.

804
00:46:12,397 --> 00:46:16,257
Okay, Garrett Crochet has a whip of 0 .92,
which is

805
00:46:16,257 --> 00:46:19,737
outstanding and he's got 12 and a half Ks
per night.

806
00:46:20,377 --> 00:46:24,457
For the National League, I would love to
see it be Chris Sale.

807
00:46:24,457 --> 00:46:29,857
He's averaging 11 Ks per night and he just
lowered his ERA, I think down to like two

808
00:46:29,857 --> 00:46:32,897
seven for the year, which is phenomenal.

809
00:46:33,297 --> 00:46:35,137
Sorry, two seven one.

810
00:46:35,137 --> 00:46:39,917
For those of you who don't know, Chris
Sale right now, National League ranks.

811
00:46:39,917 --> 00:46:44,977
He's first in war, he's first in wins,
he's second in K percentage, he's third in

812
00:46:44,977 --> 00:46:45,889
walk percentage.

813
00:46:45,889 --> 00:46:48,529
He's first in K to walk percentage.

814
00:46:48,529 --> 00:46:49,669
He's fourth in the array.

815
00:46:49,669 --> 00:46:50,849
He's first and fifth.

816
00:46:50,849 --> 00:46:52,909
He's first and expected fit.

817
00:46:53,149 --> 00:46:57,469
Not only is that probably your Cy Young
winner, he should probably start the All

818
00:46:57,469 --> 00:46:58,049
-Star game.

819
00:46:58,049 --> 00:46:59,409
Do I think that happens?

820
00:46:59,409 --> 00:47:00,229
No.

821
00:47:00,229 --> 00:47:02,809
But is he deserving of said role?

822
00:47:02,809 --> 00:47:03,649
Absolutely.

823
00:47:03,649 --> 00:47:08,449
Nobody wants to go see stupid Ranger
Suarez go out there and soft toss to the

824
00:47:08,449 --> 00:47:10,219
American League and watch him get torched.

825
00:47:10,219 --> 00:47:11,729
It's not going to happen.

826
00:47:11,729 --> 00:47:14,113
I want to see a power arm go out there.

827
00:47:14,113 --> 00:47:19,553
Blow one by Aaron judge at 98 miles an
hour up at his grill That's what I want to

828
00:47:19,553 --> 00:47:24,953
see and I want to see somebody that has
some that has some nerve up there and

829
00:47:24,953 --> 00:47:30,373
isn't afraid to go up and into somebody or
you know somebody like Soto because so far

830
00:47:30,373 --> 00:47:35,513
this year Chris sale made judge and Soto
look absolutely stupid Not a lot of people

831
00:47:35,513 --> 00:47:39,293
can do that unless you're Chris sale So
that's just kind of my take Joe.

832
00:47:39,293 --> 00:47:40,493
What do you think?

833
00:47:41,850 --> 00:47:44,250
Well, I'm gonna go with my Astros bias
here.

834
00:47:44,250 --> 00:47:46,290
I think it should be Renell Blanco.

835
00:47:47,090 --> 00:47:50,090
He's pitched his ass off so far this
season.

836
00:47:50,250 --> 00:47:53,570
He's been the only consistency in the
Astros rotation.

837
00:47:54,470 --> 00:48:00,630
He threw the first no -hitter of the
season and he's continued to get deep into

838
00:48:00,630 --> 00:48:03,170
games without allowing a hit.

839
00:48:03,310 --> 00:48:05,390
His ERA is a 2 .49.

840
00:48:05,390 --> 00:48:11,638
He ranks fourth in the AL among qualified
pitchers for ERA.

841
00:48:12,694 --> 00:48:15,714
so, you know, I think, I think it should
be Renal Blanco.

842
00:48:16,814 --> 00:48:22,714
I just, I've got to go with my Astros bias
there, but if not, I will say, I think,

843
00:48:22,714 --> 00:48:28,814
you know, Seth Lugo, kind of, you know,
under the radar, is having a very

844
00:48:28,814 --> 00:48:30,574
fantastic season.

845
00:48:30,574 --> 00:48:37,054
he's got a 2 .17 ERA and I mean, his stuff
is just disgusting.

846
00:48:37,754 --> 00:48:40,986
he's got 11 wins, which I know isn't a
really.

847
00:48:40,986 --> 00:48:45,186
good pitcher stat, but I mean, he's been
pretty, he's been very solid for the

848
00:48:45,186 --> 00:48:50,546
Kansas City Royals who have needed him big
so far this season as they've gone through

849
00:48:50,546 --> 00:48:52,326
their ups and downs.

850
00:48:53,126 --> 00:48:54,246
But he's been huge.

851
00:48:54,246 --> 00:48:56,606
He's been their only consistency really.

852
00:48:56,606 --> 00:48:59,016
And he's got 116 innings pitched.

853
00:48:59,016 --> 00:49:04,626
So it's not, you can't say sample size for
that, that 2 .17 ERA.

854
00:49:04,686 --> 00:49:05,846
He's pitched very well.

855
00:49:05,846 --> 00:49:10,486
And I think that he's also pretty
deserving as well.

856
00:49:11,361 --> 00:49:13,161
Joe, let me ask you something.

857
00:49:13,301 --> 00:49:14,001
Okay.

858
00:49:14,221 --> 00:49:17,121
So the All -Star game is a lot about
entertainment.

859
00:49:17,121 --> 00:49:21,281
It's not necessarily because it doesn't,
the game doesn't matter itself anymore.

860
00:49:21,421 --> 00:49:26,101
if it doesn't matter and we're really
looking for entertainment and we're

861
00:49:26,101 --> 00:49:32,021
looking for these high octane guys that
come out and just blow cheddar at 99 or

862
00:49:32,021 --> 00:49:34,721
101 or 103.

863
00:49:35,381 --> 00:49:40,685
Should, should the All -Star managers
consider like starting like a closer?

864
00:49:40,961 --> 00:49:45,701
Like, can you see somebody like Mason
Miller starting the All -Star game?

865
00:49:45,701 --> 00:49:48,321
I mean, this guy's blowing like, well, he
could.

866
00:49:48,801 --> 00:49:52,101
Like, how crazy would that be though?

867
00:49:52,101 --> 00:49:57,421
Mason Miller comes out throwing 102 and
just blows it by Ketel Marte.

868
00:49:57,421 --> 00:50:00,801
You know, or blows it by Corey Turner.

869
00:50:00,801 --> 00:50:03,451
I don't, it just, the interactive value is
there.

870
00:50:03,451 --> 00:50:05,301
People would tune in for that.

871
00:50:06,138 --> 00:50:09,718
I mean, they would, but at the same time,
you're doing a lot of disservice to the

872
00:50:09,718 --> 00:50:14,378
starting pitchers who have worked their
butts off to this point in the season and

873
00:50:14,378 --> 00:50:18,838
have really earned that opportunity to
make their start.

874
00:50:19,158 --> 00:50:23,618
So while I do see your point, I do think
there's also, you know, you gotta give

875
00:50:23,618 --> 00:50:25,038
your starting pitcher some love.

876
00:50:25,038 --> 00:50:31,358
You can't just go throw nine closers out
there and hope they all blow by them.

877
00:50:31,809 --> 00:50:35,329
I mean, I'm just looking, I'm sitting here
looking at the saves leaders for the year

878
00:50:35,329 --> 00:50:38,909
and I'm looking at like Craig Kimbrel,
okay?

879
00:50:38,909 --> 00:50:43,689
Like Craig Kimbrel, Kimbrel's gonna come
out, he's gonna walk two, he's gonna hit a

880
00:50:43,689 --> 00:50:46,929
third and all of a sudden he's gonna
strike out the side because that's what he

881
00:50:46,929 --> 00:50:47,949
does.

882
00:50:48,509 --> 00:50:55,489
Like just for that pure adrenaline and
entertainment value, it's just something

883
00:50:55,489 --> 00:50:56,539
different, you know?

884
00:50:56,539 --> 00:50:58,209
Because the game doesn't mean anything,
you know?

885
00:50:58,209 --> 00:50:59,393
Like when I was little,

886
00:50:59,393 --> 00:51:03,113
I get meant something that's who got home
-filled advantage in the World Series.

887
00:51:03,113 --> 00:51:06,253
But now that it doesn't mean anything, I
do too.

888
00:51:06,253 --> 00:51:12,513
I wish there was some kind of emphasis or
value that they could put on it now, not

889
00:51:12,513 --> 00:51:15,833
necessarily for the World Series, but just
something different.

890
00:51:15,833 --> 00:51:17,813
I don't know what it could be.

891
00:51:17,833 --> 00:51:20,345
It would be cool to see it have some kind
of meaning.

892
00:51:24,314 --> 00:51:27,884
Yeah, I do agree.

893
00:51:27,884 --> 00:51:33,404
I miss the fact that it doesn't determine
home field advantage anymore.

894
00:51:33,404 --> 00:51:35,794
That was one of the corks of baseball.

895
00:51:35,794 --> 00:51:39,534
You just don't see very many corks in
sports these days.

896
00:51:39,594 --> 00:51:43,346
I think that's one of the lost treasures
of baseball.

897
00:51:43,841 --> 00:51:44,921
I agree.

898
00:51:44,921 --> 00:51:45,941
I agree.

899
00:51:47,481 --> 00:51:48,181
Joe, what else?

900
00:51:48,181 --> 00:51:50,061
Is there anything else that you wanted to
talk?

901
00:51:50,061 --> 00:51:51,321
I know what I was going to do.

902
00:51:51,321 --> 00:51:52,441
Okay.

903
00:51:52,841 --> 00:51:56,201
I have two questions that I'm going to ask
you here and I want you to be as honest as

904
00:51:56,201 --> 00:52:02,941
you can about, we have officially just
passed the halfway point of the season.

905
00:52:02,941 --> 00:52:04,061
Okay.

906
00:52:04,241 --> 00:52:07,611
we have two guys in the American league
that are having phenomenal years.

907
00:52:07,611 --> 00:52:10,181
Once again, that's Jose Altuve.

908
00:52:10,181 --> 00:52:11,261
That's Aaron judge.

909
00:52:11,261 --> 00:52:12,301
Okay.

910
00:52:13,953 --> 00:52:15,773
Health pending.

911
00:52:16,973 --> 00:52:23,513
Does Jose Altuve rejoin the 200 hit club
this year?

912
00:52:25,050 --> 00:52:27,270
Well, I think he's got a very good chance.

913
00:52:27,270 --> 00:52:29,330
He's already at 107 hits.

914
00:52:29,330 --> 00:52:31,530
I think that's including today's stats.

915
00:52:31,530 --> 00:52:34,950
If not, I think he might have gone hit
list today.

916
00:52:34,950 --> 00:52:36,650
I don't remember.

917
00:52:37,710 --> 00:52:45,710
But I definitely do see the possibility as
you mentioned, barring health, because he

918
00:52:45,710 --> 00:52:50,790
has missed significant time in the last
couple of years.

919
00:52:51,190 --> 00:52:54,666
Not so significant, but

920
00:52:54,666 --> 00:52:57,706
know enough to throw him off track.

921
00:52:58,426 --> 00:53:04,946
But if he plays like 155 games I don't see
why he couldn't and I would love to see

922
00:53:04,946 --> 00:53:10,426
him get back there because it would only
mean he's that much closer to 3 ,000.

923
00:53:10,526 --> 00:53:14,906
And I already said this the other day, I
tweeted it out but I don't care where it's

924
00:53:14,906 --> 00:53:19,526
at, I don't care how far I have to fly, I
don't care how expensive the ticket is,

925
00:53:19,526 --> 00:53:22,074
the day that Altuve is up for

926
00:53:22,074 --> 00:53:24,954
3000 hits I will be attending that game.

927
00:53:24,954 --> 00:53:28,554
I'll also be attending the day that he
retires.

928
00:53:28,554 --> 00:53:31,708
Yeah, I will also be attending.

929
00:53:31,789 --> 00:53:33,829
at Retirement and Hall of Fame.

930
00:53:33,829 --> 00:53:35,093
We're doing that.

931
00:53:35,226 --> 00:53:40,726
Yeah, I will also be, you know, attending
the game that they at the Astros retire

932
00:53:40,726 --> 00:53:42,306
his number.

933
00:53:43,086 --> 00:53:44,386
I will be seated.

934
00:53:44,386 --> 00:53:45,846
I will be there.

935
00:53:45,846 --> 00:53:48,126
I don't care what I have to do.

936
00:53:48,446 --> 00:53:53,806
I was there for Craig Vigios who, before
Altuve was my favorite player, of all

937
00:53:53,806 --> 00:53:54,806
time.

938
00:53:55,026 --> 00:53:57,326
but it's now Jose Altuve.

939
00:53:57,816 --> 00:54:01,846
I mean, just because of the way that he
plays the game and the way that he didn't

940
00:54:01,846 --> 00:54:03,886
quit when people told him to.

941
00:54:04,336 --> 00:54:05,206
so.

942
00:54:05,402 --> 00:54:09,682
To get back to your question, yes, I do
think health pending, he will be able to

943
00:54:09,682 --> 00:54:10,962
get to 200.

944
00:54:10,962 --> 00:54:16,122
I think that he has a real shot of maybe
winning a batting title again.

945
00:54:16,122 --> 00:54:19,762
So I'm really looking forward to see him
continue to play out the rest of this

946
00:54:19,762 --> 00:54:21,562
fantastic season so far.

947
00:54:22,145 --> 00:54:24,825
Okay, now here's my other question.

948
00:54:25,045 --> 00:54:28,285
Aaron Judge started off the year not so
great.

949
00:54:28,625 --> 00:54:33,605
Through April and March, or March and
April rather, he only had a 754 OPS, he

950
00:54:33,605 --> 00:54:35,225
only had six home runs.

951
00:54:35,225 --> 00:54:35,945
Okay.

952
00:54:35,945 --> 00:54:38,685
Then he turned it on after that.

953
00:54:40,565 --> 00:54:45,725
Yeah, he went on a historic rampage at the
plate.

954
00:54:46,265 --> 00:54:50,593
He hit 14 home runs in May, he hit 11 in
June.

955
00:54:50,593 --> 00:54:53,593
No telling how many he's going to hit in
July.

956
00:54:53,593 --> 00:55:00,273
Joe, does judge become, I believe the
second member of the multi 60 home run

957
00:55:00,273 --> 00:55:05,793
seasons, because I think Sosa is the only
one to have like 60 or more, more than

958
00:55:05,793 --> 00:55:06,773
once.

959
00:55:07,213 --> 00:55:10,233
does, does he, does he joins the 60 club
again?

960
00:55:11,706 --> 00:55:13,306
Yeah, absolutely.

961
00:55:13,306 --> 00:55:15,806
He's already at 32 home runs.

962
00:55:16,166 --> 00:55:19,246
He is on an insane pace.

963
00:55:19,246 --> 00:55:22,146
So that would be my only concern.

964
00:55:22,146 --> 00:55:24,806
But he has, you know, he's been doing
that.

965
00:55:24,806 --> 00:55:28,116
He's done this even after his slow start.

966
00:55:28,116 --> 00:55:30,786
So I think it is completely possible.

967
00:55:31,806 --> 00:55:33,466
And I just

968
00:55:33,466 --> 00:55:37,686
I love to hate on him because of the way
that he's performed for the Yankees during

969
00:55:37,686 --> 00:55:40,026
the postseason, when the lights are the
brightest.

970
00:55:40,026 --> 00:55:44,146
But when the lights are a little dim, he
does pretty well for himself.

971
00:55:44,606 --> 00:55:48,706
I can't really hate on him too much there
because I don't really care.

972
00:55:48,706 --> 00:55:49,696
He's not in my division.

973
00:55:49,696 --> 00:55:53,346
He's not really hurting the Astros outside
of the two series that they play.

974
00:55:53,786 --> 00:55:59,166
So I like to not cheer for him, but just
watch because he's an incredible hitter

975
00:55:59,166 --> 00:56:01,306
all around.

976
00:56:01,306 --> 00:56:03,246
Not even just for the power.

977
00:56:03,246 --> 00:56:09,425
I mean Some of the numbers that he puts up
on a yearly basis are insane But like I

978
00:56:09,425 --> 00:56:13,546
said, he doesn't do it when the lights are
the brightest So, you know, that's kind of

979
00:56:13,546 --> 00:56:17,946
my only knock on him But I do think that
so, you know the way that he's going right

980
00:56:17,946 --> 00:56:21,466
now 60 plus is definitely possible again
for him

981
00:56:21,601 --> 00:56:22,601
I agree.

982
00:56:22,601 --> 00:56:23,391
and I apologize.

983
00:56:23,391 --> 00:56:25,341
I was incorrect on my stat.

984
00:56:25,341 --> 00:56:30,801
So Sosa, hit 60 or more three times, but
never actually led the league in any of

985
00:56:30,801 --> 00:56:31,941
those seasons.

986
00:56:32,471 --> 00:56:37,201
and then Mark McGuire, I know Mark McGuire
actually did it twice.

987
00:56:37,311 --> 00:56:40,061
he hit 70 and 65.

988
00:56:40,421 --> 00:56:43,181
and then you've got bonds that has done
it.

989
00:56:43,771 --> 00:56:46,281
you know, Roger Maris and Babe Ruth.

990
00:56:46,561 --> 00:56:51,653
but besides that, it's honestly Joe, it's
unreal.

991
00:56:52,173 --> 00:56:57,393
to look at like my childhood growing up, I
loved watching Sammy Sosa.

992
00:56:57,533 --> 00:57:02,333
he was one of my favorite players of all
time, until all the steroid stuff, until

993
00:57:02,333 --> 00:57:04,153
the cork bat incident.

994
00:57:05,533 --> 00:57:06,886
but now you see.

995
00:57:06,886 --> 00:57:08,346
loved cheating baseball.

996
00:57:08,346 --> 00:57:10,286
How does that make you feel?

997
00:57:10,366 --> 00:57:12,101
You really are an Astros fan.

998
00:57:12,101 --> 00:57:17,921
honest to God though, here's the thing
Joe, is when the strike happened in 94,

999
00:57:17,921 --> 00:57:21,861
baseball lost a lot of fans because a lot
of fans were mad that they essentially

1000
00:57:21,861 --> 00:57:23,381
quit on the season.

1001
00:57:23,721 --> 00:57:30,321
After that, when we started seeing the
steroid era come into full effect in the

1002
00:57:30,321 --> 00:57:35,561
late 90s and early 2000s, that brought
fans back and that brought in new fans

1003
00:57:35,561 --> 00:57:36,961
because it was exciting.

1004
00:57:36,961 --> 00:57:38,881
There was a lot of entertainment.

1005
00:57:39,557 --> 00:57:45,737
you know, you had the home run race in 98
with Sosa and McGuire and King Griffey Jr.

1006
00:57:46,037 --> 00:57:51,477
which is still honestly that whole special
about that summer, is incredible.

1007
00:57:52,297 --> 00:57:56,037
and then, you know, it's just, it was fun
to watch Joe.

1008
00:57:56,037 --> 00:58:02,097
Like it was, it was unreal seeing these
like jacked juiced guys mashing baseballs,

1009
00:58:02,097 --> 00:58:03,777
like 500 feet.

1010
00:58:03,777 --> 00:58:06,209
Now at the time, you know, we didn't
really know.

1011
00:58:06,209 --> 00:58:09,789
Like the implications of all the steroids
and all of that stuff that was going on

1012
00:58:09,789 --> 00:58:11,689
that they were doing that they shouldn't
have been doing.

1013
00:58:11,689 --> 00:58:15,049
But at the time it was fun to watch, you
know?

1014
00:58:15,429 --> 00:58:20,089
Now granted it sucks that they cheated and
they will never be in the Hall of Fame

1015
00:58:20,089 --> 00:58:21,609
because of it.

1016
00:58:21,609 --> 00:58:27,409
But I mean, it was an incredible time for
baseball just as far as like its

1017
00:58:27,409 --> 00:58:32,029
popularity and you know, how much people
enjoyed watching it.

1018
00:58:32,029 --> 00:58:33,882
So, it was crazy.

1019
00:58:33,882 --> 00:58:39,122
just want to say with all the hate the
Astros give for 2017 What hit her on the

1020
00:58:39,122 --> 00:58:42,602
2017 Astros hit 62 home runs?

1021
00:58:43,062 --> 00:58:44,862
Which one was it?

1022
00:58:44,982 --> 00:58:45,502
none of them.

1023
00:58:45,502 --> 00:58:49,242
Yeah, that's right because the that
cheating didn't actually really help them

1024
00:58:49,242 --> 00:58:53,222
They were better on the road that season
and that's my little 2017 around right

1025
00:58:53,222 --> 00:58:53,809
there

1026
00:58:53,809 --> 00:58:57,969
and also too, it's just annoying because
like, you know, baseball has brought a rod

1027
00:58:57,969 --> 00:59:02,629
back into the picture picture as far as,
you know, like, you know, he's an analyst

1028
00:59:02,629 --> 00:59:07,579
now for ESPN and he does all these things
and whatnot, but he's like known cheater,

1029
00:59:07,579 --> 00:59:09,209
like to the core.

1030
00:59:09,489 --> 00:59:14,769
and they absolutely love a rod, you know,
and like, it just, it just blows my mind.

1031
00:59:14,769 --> 00:59:17,729
Like that, that he is so popular now.

1032
00:59:18,139 --> 00:59:21,729
now I will say when I was a little kid,
Joe, a rod was that guy.

1033
00:59:21,729 --> 00:59:24,279
He was the ultimate power speed
combination.

1034
00:59:24,279 --> 00:59:26,409
He played a phenomenal shortstop.

1035
00:59:26,409 --> 00:59:30,449
He was good at everything But then you
know all of this cheating stuff came out

1036
00:59:30,449 --> 00:59:37,209
and it wasn't the same anymore But it just
it just it's it was great at the time

1037
00:59:37,209 --> 00:59:40,469
because we got to see so many records
smashed and all this other stuff But then

1038
00:59:40,469 --> 00:59:46,309
it sucks later on down the road because
all these guys cheated so which sucks, but

1039
00:59:52,217 --> 00:59:54,637
Anyway, Joe, what else is there to talk
about tonight?

1040
00:59:54,637 --> 00:59:56,857
Are we pretty much ready to wrap this
thing up?

1041
00:59:58,074 --> 00:59:58,894
Yeah, I think so.

1042
00:59:58,894 --> 01:00:02,714
I just want to give a shout out to the
Seattle Mariners because they suck.

1043
01:00:03,154 --> 01:00:06,034
And the Texas Rangers, they also suck.

1044
01:00:06,574 --> 01:00:09,014
They let the Astros come back from the
dead.

1045
01:00:09,014 --> 01:00:15,454
The Astros were seven and 19 before they
started that Mexico City series against

1046
01:00:15,454 --> 01:00:17,054
the Colorado Rockies.

1047
01:00:17,054 --> 01:00:19,738
And they have climbed all the way back
from the dead.

1048
01:00:19,738 --> 01:00:22,568
to only be two and a half games back as of
right now.

1049
01:00:22,568 --> 01:00:25,578
If the Mariners who are playing the
Baltimore Orioles lose tonight, they will

1050
01:00:25,578 --> 01:00:28,618
officially be two games back of the AL
West.

1051
01:00:29,618 --> 01:00:32,148
You know, Cal Riley hit a walk off the
other day.

1052
01:00:32,148 --> 01:00:35,778
And one of the first things out of his
mouth was, isn't it good when the Astros

1053
01:00:35,778 --> 01:00:36,598
lose?

1054
01:00:36,598 --> 01:00:39,358
Which I think is such a loser mentality.

1055
01:00:39,358 --> 01:00:40,508
You just hit a walk off.

1056
01:00:40,508 --> 01:00:45,688
Your team has had been doing, you know,
pretty well as of late.

1057
01:00:45,688 --> 01:00:48,890
And the first thing on your mind is the
Houston Astros.

1058
01:00:48,890 --> 01:00:50,170
I think that's pretty pathetic.

1059
01:00:50,170 --> 01:00:51,180
That's loser mentality.

1060
01:00:51,180 --> 01:00:51,800
And guess what?

1061
01:00:51,800 --> 01:00:55,170
The Mariners since then haven't won a
game.

1062
01:00:55,930 --> 01:01:02,650
So, Cal Riley, you know, maybe focus on
your team before you look at the Astros,

1063
01:01:02,940 --> 01:01:06,040
next time, and the Rangers, you know, they
just suck.

1064
01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:10,230
I predicted that at the beginning of the
season, you know, I was kind of afraid to,

1065
01:01:10,230 --> 01:01:15,590
you know, fully voice my opinions on the
Rangers before the season started.

1066
01:01:16,430 --> 01:01:17,306
because

1067
01:01:17,306 --> 01:01:20,746
going in I didn't think their lineup would
regress so hard.

1068
01:01:20,746 --> 01:01:24,606
I knew it would regress a little because
they were so flukey last year.

1069
01:01:25,006 --> 01:01:26,586
But they suck.

1070
01:01:26,586 --> 01:01:27,726
Their pitching sucks.

1071
01:01:27,726 --> 01:01:30,946
Their offense is horrible most nights.

1072
01:01:30,946 --> 01:01:34,066
So that's also been really fun to see.

1073
01:01:34,433 --> 01:01:39,233
Yeah, if they're looking to sell, I would
happily take a couple guys off their hands

1074
01:01:39,233 --> 01:01:45,913
because nothing would make me happier than
to see Corey Seager in a Braves jersey and

1075
01:01:45,913 --> 01:01:48,113
to see Wyatt Langford playing left field.

1076
01:01:48,113 --> 01:01:52,033
Because we could still take both of those
guys and happily take them.

1077
01:01:52,033 --> 01:01:55,433
I would give up half the farm to have
Seager playing shortstop.

1078
01:01:55,493 --> 01:01:59,793
That dude hitting in the two hole in
Atlanta, that offense takes a complete

1079
01:01:59,793 --> 01:02:00,793
180.

1080
01:02:00,793 --> 01:02:02,561
So if they're looking to sell,

1081
01:02:02,561 --> 01:02:06,081
Chris Young, you just come holler at me,
I'll make the deal for you.

1082
01:02:07,002 --> 01:02:12,342
Yeah, I think we can officially say that
the 2023 World Series was probably the

1083
01:02:12,342 --> 01:02:14,602
biggest fluke in sports history.

1084
01:02:15,742 --> 01:02:22,502
You know, the defending World Series
champions are 39 and 46 and the defending

1085
01:02:22,502 --> 01:02:26,142
NL champions are 41 and 44.

1086
01:02:26,402 --> 01:02:31,182
The Rangers are seven games out of their
division, the AL West and the Diamondbacks

1087
01:02:31,182 --> 01:02:35,142
are 11 and a half games out of their
division, the NL West.

1088
01:02:35,930 --> 01:02:39,450
I think it just goes to show how fluky
that series was.

1089
01:02:39,510 --> 01:02:47,250
And it kind of just, it makes what the
Astros have been able to do just that much

1090
01:02:47,250 --> 01:02:50,270
more impressive in my opinion.

1091
01:02:50,270 --> 01:02:57,450
Them being able to go back to seven
straight ALCSs is just really impressive.

1092
01:02:57,450 --> 01:02:59,980
They've been to four World Series out of
that.

1093
01:02:59,980 --> 01:03:02,470
They've won two.

1094
01:03:02,522 --> 01:03:08,202
And they've been able to sustain the
success over such a long period of time.

1095
01:03:08,902 --> 01:03:13,182
And I just, you know, just seeing where
the Rangers are at in the Diamondbacks all

1096
01:03:13,182 --> 01:03:18,162
right now, it makes me appreciate what the
Astros have done just that much more.

1097
01:03:18,913 --> 01:03:24,213
You know, it's crazy Joe looking at like
the expected win losses in all of the

1098
01:03:24,213 --> 01:03:25,033
standings.

1099
01:03:25,033 --> 01:03:28,793
Like the Astros expected win losses are 47
and 39.

1100
01:03:28,793 --> 01:03:32,213
The Mariners expected win losses 44 and
43.

1101
01:03:32,213 --> 01:03:34,833
And the Rangers is 42 and 43.

1102
01:03:34,833 --> 01:03:38,573
And we told everybody at the beginning of
this year that that will be a dogfight

1103
01:03:38,573 --> 01:03:39,433
division.

1104
01:03:39,433 --> 01:03:44,313
If all three of their expected win losses
were the same, all of that's a four,

1105
01:03:44,313 --> 01:03:47,973
that's literally like those three teams
are within four games of each other, all

1106
01:03:47,973 --> 01:03:48,801
three of them.

1107
01:03:48,801 --> 01:03:51,461
But it has not been that way so far.

1108
01:03:51,501 --> 01:03:55,621
So I'm interested to see where all of
these teams go with the trade deadline.

1109
01:03:56,421 --> 01:04:00,381
Because it's been rumored that Seattle has
the prospects and they're going to go get

1110
01:04:00,381 --> 01:04:02,521
a bat or two, which they desperately need.

1111
01:04:02,521 --> 01:04:05,460
No idea what the Astros are going to do.

1112
01:04:05,561 --> 01:04:07,441
Because they don't really need any bats.

1113
01:04:07,441 --> 01:04:08,941
They could.

1114
01:04:09,601 --> 01:04:13,821
But where are you really going to upgrade
when Tucker comes back?

1115
01:04:14,161 --> 01:04:16,545
They need an arm or two at the very least.

1116
01:04:16,545 --> 01:04:19,965
And then the Rangers need pitching because
their offense is not horrible because

1117
01:04:19,965 --> 01:04:24,085
their run differential is only negative
three and their seven games below 500.

1118
01:04:24,085 --> 01:04:29,705
So their offense has been touch and go,
but their pitching staff is atrocious.

1119
01:04:30,458 --> 01:04:31,678
Yeah.

1120
01:04:32,378 --> 01:04:39,838
and adding to the Mariners, they, their
offense, like you said, horrible.

1121
01:04:40,058 --> 01:04:43,938
I, if I was a pitcher on the Mariners, I
would be so pissed off that my offense was

1122
01:04:43,938 --> 01:04:50,048
not able to score more than three runs,
almost on a nightly basis because the,

1123
01:04:50,048 --> 01:04:57,178
their pitchers have only given up, 328
runs, which is if I'm not mistaken, like

1124
01:04:57,178 --> 01:04:59,378
third or fourth best in the league.

1125
01:05:00,186 --> 01:05:06,266
But their offense has only scored 332,
which is gotta be bottom half of the

1126
01:05:06,266 --> 01:05:06,666
league.

1127
01:05:06,666 --> 01:05:11,486
I mean, it not got to be, it is bottom
half of the league.

1128
01:05:12,406 --> 01:05:14,286
It's bottom five in the league.

1129
01:05:14,286 --> 01:05:16,326
They've been that bad.

1130
01:05:16,746 --> 01:05:21,446
And so, they're just lucky that even in my
opinion, they're lucky to be 500 right now

1131
01:05:21,446 --> 01:05:23,266
with the way that their offense is played.

1132
01:05:23,266 --> 01:05:26,926
It just gives that much more credence to
the way that their pitching staff has

1133
01:05:26,926 --> 01:05:29,722
performed honestly and how.

1134
01:05:29,722 --> 01:05:32,682
You know, they've kind of been just
carrying the load for the Mariners.

1135
01:05:32,682 --> 01:05:37,302
But yeah, it'll be interesting to see what
kind of bats they go after at the trade

1136
01:05:37,302 --> 01:05:42,817
deadline, because Jesus, do they need a
bat or two to help that line up?

1137
01:05:42,817 --> 01:05:46,797
Okay, fun fact, Joe, because you were
talking about runs allowed.

1138
01:05:46,837 --> 01:05:47,717
Okay.

1139
01:05:47,857 --> 01:05:53,777
In the National League right now, you have
two teams that have given up 310 runs or

1140
01:05:53,777 --> 01:05:54,477
less.

1141
01:05:54,477 --> 01:05:57,157
Both of those teams are in the National
League East.

1142
01:05:57,157 --> 01:05:59,577
One of those is the Phillies, the other is
the Braves.

1143
01:05:59,697 --> 01:06:06,437
In the American League, nobody has given
up less than 323.

1144
01:06:06,437 --> 01:06:10,753
So the Braves overall have only given up
307 runs.

1145
01:06:10,753 --> 01:06:13,853
Now granted, they've played two or three
less games than everybody else.

1146
01:06:13,853 --> 01:06:18,093
But still, when you look at that overall
right now, in all of baseball, they've

1147
01:06:18,093 --> 01:06:21,713
given up the second least amount of runs,
which is pretty impressive.

1148
01:06:21,713 --> 01:06:25,433
However, their offense has just been so
atrocious that they're only ten games

1149
01:06:25,433 --> 01:06:26,693
above 500.

1150
01:06:26,693 --> 01:06:30,493
If the offense ever gets right or which at
the trade deadline, I'm sure they'll

1151
01:06:30,493 --> 01:06:32,493
address that, hopefully.

1152
01:06:32,493 --> 01:06:37,213
Then they'll be right back in the fight,
not saying necessarily for the division,

1153
01:06:37,213 --> 01:06:39,823
but they'll at least be the top wild card
spot.

1154
01:06:44,261 --> 01:06:45,641
But...

1155
01:06:45,641 --> 01:06:46,210
Okay.

1156
01:06:46,210 --> 01:06:47,330
definitely be interesting.

1157
01:06:47,330 --> 01:06:48,310
It's in a couple of weeks.

1158
01:06:48,310 --> 01:06:50,017
We got the trade deadline coming up.

1159
01:06:50,017 --> 01:06:50,357
Okay.

1160
01:06:50,357 --> 01:06:51,737
So today is July 3rd.

1161
01:06:51,737 --> 01:06:53,827
The Dread Deadline is the 31st.

1162
01:06:53,827 --> 01:06:56,277
So we're like 27, 28 days.

1163
01:06:56,277 --> 01:06:59,817
It's going to be a wild next few weeks.

1164
01:07:00,757 --> 01:07:05,337
The Rays and was it the, who, who, who
made the trade today?

1165
01:07:05,337 --> 01:07:09,597
The little small trade was at the Brewers.

1166
01:07:09,597 --> 01:07:10,097
Yes.

1167
01:07:10,097 --> 01:07:12,057
They made a small trade today.

1168
01:07:12,057 --> 01:07:15,417
Pretty insignificant if you ask me.

1169
01:07:15,717 --> 01:07:19,265
But I'll, I'll be interested to see what
happens at the trade deadline.

1170
01:07:19,265 --> 01:07:22,065
because not a lot of teams are actually
out of it.

1171
01:07:22,065 --> 01:07:26,445
If you look at the wild card stand right
now in the National League, there are only

1172
01:07:26,445 --> 01:07:27,715
two teams that are out of it.

1173
01:07:27,715 --> 01:07:32,245
Even the Cubs at eight games below 500,
about 79 games, are only going to be six

1174
01:07:32,245 --> 01:07:34,105
games out of the third wild card spot.

1175
01:07:34,105 --> 01:07:40,465
If you look at the American League, you've
got about six teams that are out of it,

1176
01:07:40,465 --> 01:07:42,685
but two more that are in it.

1177
01:07:42,685 --> 01:07:45,569
So really and truly only eight teams right
now.

1178
01:07:45,569 --> 01:07:47,659
out of the entire MLB are actually out of
it.

1179
01:07:47,659 --> 01:07:50,509
That leaves 22 that are still in
contention.

1180
01:07:51,429 --> 01:07:53,793
That's not gonna sell.

1181
01:07:54,554 --> 01:08:00,294
an unfortunate casualty of the expanded
playoffs is such an exciting trade

1182
01:08:00,294 --> 01:08:01,314
deadline.

1183
01:08:03,654 --> 01:08:09,834
But it'll be interesting to see how teams
operate after how they operated last year.

1184
01:08:10,354 --> 01:08:14,714
And breaking news, the Seattle Mariners
just went down two to nothing against the

1185
01:08:14,714 --> 01:08:19,014
Orioles and the top of the third Logan
Gilbert is at 48 pitches and he's already

1186
01:08:19,014 --> 01:08:20,454
given up two runs.

1187
01:08:21,408 --> 01:08:22,469
The Orals are good.

1188
01:08:22,469 --> 01:08:24,549
I don't care what anybody says.

1189
01:08:24,609 --> 01:08:25,786
They are awesome

1190
01:08:25,786 --> 01:08:29,206
Not good enough to not get swapped by the
Astros.

1191
01:08:29,377 --> 01:08:33,217
It's crazy they've been swept twice this
year after going like, you know, however

1192
01:08:33,217 --> 01:08:35,635
many series without getting swept.

1193
01:08:36,154 --> 01:08:37,624
Yeah, that was crazy.

1194
01:08:37,624 --> 01:08:42,614
It was, Adlai Richmond's debut or whatever
that they hadn't gotten swept.

1195
01:08:43,114 --> 01:08:46,974
And those were the first two series, since
he's been called up that they've been

1196
01:08:46,974 --> 01:08:47,154
swept.

1197
01:08:47,154 --> 01:08:48,334
That's insane.

1198
01:08:48,434 --> 01:08:51,094
That's, that's unheard of really.

1199
01:08:51,094 --> 01:08:56,894
Cause even the 2019 Astros got swept and
that was one of the best offenses in all

1200
01:08:56,894 --> 01:08:57,994
of baseball.

1201
01:08:58,145 --> 01:09:03,565
You know what's funny is the Orioles
technically got swept last year in the

1202
01:09:03,565 --> 01:09:07,225
postseason against the Rangers at their
place.

1203
01:09:07,545 --> 01:09:12,045
And that was, they actually got
embarrassed at their place last year

1204
01:09:12,045 --> 01:09:15,885
because the Rangers went out and just
stomped them.

1205
01:09:15,885 --> 01:09:19,610
But that also they had last year.

1206
01:09:19,610 --> 01:09:22,482
Three to nothing, Mer - three to nothing
Orioles.

1207
01:09:22,729 --> 01:09:23,649
yeah.

1208
01:09:23,889 --> 01:09:32,089
I'm currently keeping an eye on the
Phillies game because they're up 5 -3

1209
01:09:32,089 --> 01:09:33,409
right now.

1210
01:09:33,409 --> 01:09:35,409
Yeah, this game is going to be over.

1211
01:09:36,049 --> 01:09:41,349
I'd love to see them tie it right here and
just send the Phillies into a forensic...

1212
01:09:41,349 --> 01:09:43,089
a frenzy.

1213
01:09:43,589 --> 01:09:45,649
Okay, whatever.

1214
01:09:45,649 --> 01:09:46,669
They lost.

1215
01:09:46,669 --> 01:09:49,469
Or they won, so...

1216
01:09:49,469 --> 01:09:51,019
The Cubs suck, by the way, Joe.

1217
01:09:51,019 --> 01:09:52,271
They're horrible.

1218
01:10:03,762 --> 01:10:05,498
OHHHH

1219
01:10:05,498 --> 01:10:11,058
know, by this time tomorrow when this is
uploaded, the Astros will only be two

1220
01:10:11,058 --> 01:10:15,809
games out of the AL West and, you know,
right back in it.

1221
01:10:15,809 --> 01:10:16,749
Yep.

1222
01:10:16,749 --> 01:10:17,039
All right.

1223
01:10:17,039 --> 01:10:20,529
Well, thanks everybody for listening to
the Throwing Partners podcast.

1224
01:10:20,849 --> 01:10:24,279
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1225
01:10:24,279 --> 01:10:27,349
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1226
01:10:27,349 --> 01:10:30,169
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1227
01:10:30,169 --> 01:10:32,229
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1228
01:10:32,229 --> 01:10:35,749
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1229
01:10:35,749 --> 01:10:39,889
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1230
01:10:39,889 --> 01:10:40,769
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1231
01:10:40,769 --> 01:10:43,713
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1232
01:10:43,713 --> 01:10:45,133
Thanks again, everybody.

1233
01:10:45,133 --> 01:10:48,763
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1234
01:10:48,763 --> 01:10:50,513
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