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Hey everyone,

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welcome back to inside the

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diamonds podcast.

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This is episode 13 I'm your

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host JC and I'm joined

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again tonight by CJ.

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How you doing CJ?

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I'm happy to be here after a

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rough weekend and a rough Monday.

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So nice to get the little

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therapy session in here

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Yeah Been a long long time

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since we talked.

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I know that last Memorial

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Day episode you had to roll

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out on your own I got stuck

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with some stuff from work

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surprise surprise.

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I

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But I'm actually glad to be back.

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And I actually haven't been

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able to watch much baseball

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over the last probably 10 or so days,

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but watched a lot yesterday.

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I had some interesting conversations.

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So I'm looking forward to

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get into it today and tonight with you.

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So why don't we jump right

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into it and tackle some of

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the notes from this past week?

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Yeah, this is going to be jam-packed,

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so we're going to try to

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keep this as brief as we can.

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But there's a lot to talk about.

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I mean, like you said,

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you haven't been here in a week.

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So we're going to start off

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things with what's going on

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in the American League East.

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And the Yankees are just

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steamrolling everybody.

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I crunched all the numbers today,

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and I want to start with their pitching,

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which let's start with the

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fact they're doing this without their ace,

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Garrett Cole.

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Mm-hmm.

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So they're first in ERA with a 2.78.

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They have a 1.12 whip,

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which is tied for second.

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526 strikeouts, which is seventh.

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They are first in home runs with 90.

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Fifth with batting average with a 256.

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First in OPS with a 774.

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And third in runs scored with 299.

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And the offense is being led by Judge,

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who has a 1075 OPS,

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which is first in baseball.

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21 home runs, which is first in baseball.

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47 RBIs, which is fifth.

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And a 288 batting average, which is 25th.

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But yeah, remember,

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he did have that slow start

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to April and March.

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But he's also,

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the Juan Soto combo has just

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dominated that lineup and

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dominated everybody they played.

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Soto's got a 1.031 OPS, which is second.

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He's got 17 home runs, which is fourth.

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53 RBIs, which is second,

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and a .322 batting average,

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which is third.

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Those two coupled in with Gunnar Henderson,

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and we'll talk about him in a little bit.

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Those are your three

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American League MVP

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candidates as of right now.

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I mean, it's only the first week of June,

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so that could obviously change,

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but those three.

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Well,

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I think the biggest thing that we

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talked about this previously, and,

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you know,

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I think it was the Guardians

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early on that a huge run

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differential and the

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Yankees right now are at 107.

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That's the best in baseball.

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Second is the Philadelphia

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Phillies with 101.

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So, you know,

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when you've got the Yankees

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at 107 and then Baltimore at plus 74 and

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You know,

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those are two of the best teams

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in the American League East,

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but also two of the best

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teams in baseball.

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Yep.

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And like I said,

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they're doing this without Garrett Cole.

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But Luis Gil, Gil, how do you say it?

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I think it's Gil.

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Gil or Gil, yeah.

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I mean, what he's doing out of nowhere.

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I think he actually was just

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named American League

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Rookie of the Month.

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This season he's got a 1.99 ERA,

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which is fifth best in baseball.

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a 0.95 whip, which is sixth, and 79 Ks,

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which is 11th.

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Again, I asked this question,

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I think we talked about it

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a couple weeks ago on an episode.

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They're going to have

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Garrett Cole coming back,

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which he's making a rehab

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start on Tuesday, tomorrow.

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Who do you take out of that rotation?

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Now they got Clark Schmidt

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out for four to six weeks, I believe.

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So that will help fix that issue.

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But when he's back,

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he was pitching just as well.

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So...

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funny you mention that

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because prior to his injury

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in the way they were

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playing I'm like this is a

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perfect scenario for the

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Yankees where they can

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really kind of pull up Paul

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Skeens ask if you want with

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Cole in the minors and

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really slow play it because

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there's no rush at that

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point in time now with

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Schmidt's injury there's a

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little bit more but I've

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got an article that I had

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to put on pause but for due to work but

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My May stars of the month,

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and the three you mentioned

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from the Yankees right there,

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all three of them are

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included in that article

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that I hope to get out by

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the end of the day tomorrow.

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But they have been red hot,

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and it hurts to say because

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I know they're just going to get better.

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And you know they won't sit

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still at the trade deadline either.

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Yep.

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I believe, though,

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I think they just hit another loss.

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I believe,

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I don't know if he's on the aisle,

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but I thought I heard

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something today that Clay

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Holmes is now injured.

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Oh, yeah.

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which that's a tough one to

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have that in your bullpen,

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and he's been good this year.

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Yeah, he's been lights out.

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Ironically, I have him on my fantasy team.

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It doesn't say anything

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about him being hurt.

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I thought I heard that from somebody,

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but that'll be something

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interesting to watch over

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the next couple of days if

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that is the case and he is hurt.

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But as of right now,

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I don't see anything on it,

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so we'll have to wait and see.

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But the other team in the American League,

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like you just said, Baltimore,

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I mean, what they're doing,

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and we've talked about this

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every week just about, I feel like,

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what they have coming.

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And I got destroyed the

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other day for an article I

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wrote about they lost John

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Means and Tyler Wells for the season,

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and I thought probably

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should go add another arm.

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And I don't know if people

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read the article the wrong

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way or if I put it out the wrong way,

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where...

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I mentioned potentially five

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prospects moving one or two

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of them to get a deal done for Lizardo.

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Jesus Lizardo from Miami.

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But people went after me saying,

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I can't believe you'd give up that much.

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And I wasn't saying give up all five.

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I was saying give up two of

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the five and figure out

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which two to give up.

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One I mentioned was Samuel Basalo.

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He's a catcher first baseman,

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blocked by Adley Rushman,

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and not necessarily blocked

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at first base.

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You could put him there,

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but then you have – why am

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I drawing a blank now on his name?

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But you have another

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prospect down in the minors.

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I believe he's actually in

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AAA now that can play first base.

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I'm pulling up my rankings

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right now for them.

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Well,

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they have so much infield depth that

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someone's eventually going

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to have to be shifted.

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And we know they're not

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moving Jackson Holiday.

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No.

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They have Elfield depth, too.

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They have so much depth.

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It's unreal.

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Lacking the pitching.

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And that's why they went and

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got Corbin Burns.

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And Grayson Rodriguez

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pitched well tonight.

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I'm still a little surprised

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they took him out when they did.

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And they have Cole Irvin and

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Braddish and Dean Kramer.

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And that's with losing John Means.

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So when I was writing it,

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I thought a little bit more, too.

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Do they need to go get an arm?

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No.

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No.

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But everybody who commented on the article,

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and if you haven't read it,

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go give it a look.

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But read the whole article.

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Don't pull the work email

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where you read just enough

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to think you understand it

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because I think that's

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where you took the heat is

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people didn't fully read it

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because it makes clear

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sense when you read it that

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here's what they have to

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pull from to go make a move.

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Right.

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Not send all of them.

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At the bottom,

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I gave you what I think the

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trade should be.

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Yeah.

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But, I mean,

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you got the option to go trade

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these pieces and –

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And I wrote an article even

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back before that they

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needed somebody in their bullpen.

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But I mentioned the back end.

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And the front end needs a

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little bit of work too.

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Where you move somebody like,

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you say you go get Jesus Lizardo.

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You move Cole Irvin into a

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long reliever role.

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It helps your bullpen.

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What about going for Lizardo and Scott?

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You'd have to probably give

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up a little bit more.

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I think at that point.

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I like the idea,

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but I think at that point

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where I mentioned you might

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get away with it if you do

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like Fabian and Basalo or Kobe Mayo.

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Sorry,

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that was the other one I was thinking of.

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You move one of them, yeah, okay.

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But then now if you add in Scott,

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you might have to change

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Fabian to Bradfield and get

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a little bit higher up on the rankings.

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Or you could do those two

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and throw in a lower guy.

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I mean, again,

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they may only have to give up one.

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I mean, think about what they gave up.

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We've talked about what they

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gave up for Corbin Burns.

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They didn't give up much.

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So,

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Lozardo's not even close to Corbin Burns.

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You could probably get away with two,

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you know,

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Enrique Bradfield and lower prospects.

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So,

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when you start getting a little greedy

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and you want more,

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now you start getting into

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the conversation of a

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higher-end prospect.

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My father and I had this

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conversation yesterday

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briefly because we

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mentioned Lozardo and I talked about,

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you know, what you just said.

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if you're another team in

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major league baseball and

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you're shopping someone

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shouldn't the orioles be

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your first call regardless

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if it's an arm bullpen or

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starter that would be what

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I would do right if if you

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want to go to a luxury

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store to pick out what you

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want in exchange they've

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got to be the number one

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team to call just because

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like you said with um the

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gap or not the gaps but the

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blocks I guess you could

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say what they have

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blocking some of this top

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talent because you can't

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play everyone and yes

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injuries and not everyone's

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going to develop but you

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know adding a lizardo to me

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now yet you don't have a

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whole lot of cap money put

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out there there's no cap

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space but you don't have a

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lot of money out there so

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if you go and sign trade

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for lizardo who I believe

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has two more years I think

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he's through 2027 under contract

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It makes it a hell of a lot

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easier to make and pitch to

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Corbin Burns about sticking

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around with this young core.

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Right.

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But they're phenomenal.

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And my father and I were

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talking with my son.

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I don't know if there's a more exciting,

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do-it-all, gritty baseball player.

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My dad threw out

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Pedroia-esque in regards to

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how Gunnar Henderson is.

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Not the same talent and skill set,

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but still just real gritty.

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He does it all.

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Well, could he do what Pedroia did?

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Pedroia won at Rookie of the

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Year and an 08 MVP.

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Gunnar Henderson's in that

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conversation right now.

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He'll probably get a ring, too.

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Pedroia won a World Series in 07.

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I mean, great.

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You just said Henderson

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could do that this year.

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But I think to make the postseason run,

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Grayson Rodriguez is a nice arm.

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He's looked good this season.

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And I like Bradish,

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but another arm to that

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rotation just seems like

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something you have to do.

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And I said that before the

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season even started,

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knowing Means was coming back.

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And I thought two arms were needed.

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But now, like I said,

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it also looks bullpen.

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And that opens up the

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conversation for someone

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like Ryan Helsley in St.

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Louis.

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But we'll get to that later.

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I mean,

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I don't know if they're going to

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sell anymore.

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And the big one is

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everybody's talking about it,

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and we'll talk about it

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next week because I want to

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hear what you think is a good offer,

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is Mason Miller.

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I mean,

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that's the one everybody's talking

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about that says it makes

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sense for Baltimore.

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I just don't know what the

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asking price would be.

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And like I said,

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that's something we're

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going to do next week.

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Like I said,

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I'm going to talk about it with you,

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and we'll talk about what

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you would give up if you

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were an owner of a team

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And maybe we make a list of

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three teams each, and we say,

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what do we give up for

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Mason Miller to come to our team?

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Well, I'm looking at it right now,

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the standings.

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And another team, you know,

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obviously the Cubs are one

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that have been mentioned

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just simply due to what's

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going on in the back end of

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their bullpen.

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And Neres is doing all right.

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But Kansas City Royals.

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Yeah.

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They don't – not a lot of –

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it's easy just to imagine

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Baltimore because of

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just the resources they have to give up.

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But I, I'm,

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I think that's something

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interesting next week that

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if we share six teams are

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the ones that are currently

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in the race and a lot,

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and maybe a long shot and

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put together a package and

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we just split it up and

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share what we have, that would,

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that would be interesting.

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Cause he is, in my opinion, the,

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top young arm that's back in

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the bullpen that that needs

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will be moved I don't see

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the oakland a's holding on

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to him um and I think now's

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the time to kind of capture

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what they can for him

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before they move yep and I

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mean and just thinking

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we're what what's today the

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third we're two weeks away

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from orioles yankees all over again yeah

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All right, so we're going to move on.

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And this is one you like to bring up.

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I think you brought it up a

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couple times in the past couple weeks.

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And I kept saying,

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wait for the weather to get warmer.

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And that's Shota Imanaga.

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And after his brilliant

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start to the season,

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he finally looked human.

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On Wednesday last week,

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he faced the Brewers.

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He went four and a third,

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gave up eight hits, seven earned runs,

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one walk, and one strikeout.

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Yeah, it was not good.

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I went back and I was

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thinking about it because I

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had said to you, once it heats up,

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let's talk about it.

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It didn't heat up.

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It was 61 degrees and the

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roof was closed at Milwaukee.

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Mm-hmm.

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So... But Milwaukee's a team too that,

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well, historically strikes out a lot.

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But if you're not on,

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they can take advantage of

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you really quick.

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And the whole Cubs team, they have lost...

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four or four of their last five.

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They're, they're struggling.

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Yeah.

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And they're dropped into

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third place right now.

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So it's not a good look

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right now for them.

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Well, he's going to bounce.

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I think he bounces back tomorrow.

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Yeah.

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I mean, yeah.

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If he doesn't bounce back,

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there's bigger problems to discuss.

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Yeah.

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I want to see, I mean,

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he's got to be pitching.

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It's a two game series with

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the white socks, isn't it?

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Uh, just had it up there.

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I think it's a short one.

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Yeah.

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They play tomorrow.

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Oh,

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tomorrow, and then they have them.

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Yeah, it's two games.

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It'll be Shota and then James Daly,

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and he'll go again Sunday

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against Frankie Montes against Cincinnati,

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who's another team that's

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starting to creep up.

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If the Cubs don't play well,

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there's a good chance that

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they could go into

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Cincinnati and then drop to fourth.

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And then after that,

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his next start would be the

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one that we'll talk to a

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little while from now,

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but that's another one.

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Mm-hmm.

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All right.

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They're reeling right now.

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Not good.

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Yeah.

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Nope.

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And PCA, your boy just got called back up.

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Yeah, they have to do something,

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but we can talk about it next week.

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There's a lot of different things.

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They've got some gaps right now,

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and they've got to do something.

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A lot of underperforming,

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to say the least.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, and the Kyle Hendricks stuff hurts,

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too.

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Ah,

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did you see that Norby was called up

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for the Orioles?

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Yes.

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And Mateo is going to be

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sent down after getting

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clobbered in the head?

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He's actually injured list

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for seven days with the concussion.

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And then they actually,

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that pitcher that they just DFA'd,

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that was terrible.

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Yeah.

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An infinity ERA.

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Couldn't get an out.

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Nope.

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Nope.

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Not good at all.

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I'm excited to see Norby out.

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yeah where normie I mean so

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the next one on the list is

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the fun stuff from last

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week the jose lopez now he

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if you're not wrong uh well

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that's the thing though so

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if you're not familiar with

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the story jose lopez last

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week came in and pitched

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against the dodgers and the

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dodgers lineup lit him

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And I don't remember exactly what happened,

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but something happened,

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and he ended up saying

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something to the third base umpire,

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and the third base umpire tossed him.

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Now,

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the reaction was a typical frustrated

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Mets player.

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I mean, it's not the season they expected,

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and on top of his jersey,

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he was pissed and tossed

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his glove into the stands

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and made somebody's day.

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But then it's what came after.

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He didn't stop.

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At his locker, and...

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pretty much said, and you can,

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I don't know, this is my issue with it,

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but we'll talk about it

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when I'm done telling you.

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He pretty much said at his

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locker that I am what

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people took it as on the

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worst team at worst fucking

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team in baseball, exact quote.

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And that's what they took it as.

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Whereas he came out the next day and he,

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English is not his first language,

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so you could tell the accident there.

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He came out and he pretty

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much said the next day on

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his Instagram that he said

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he was the worst fucking

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teammate in baseball.

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So my question for this all, I mean,

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obviously, that was the story.

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That's what happened.

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He ended up getting

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designated for assignment the next day.

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And he even said at the end

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of the interview that he

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plans to be there in

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uniform tomorrow if they'll have him.

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And they decided the next

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day they didn't want to have him.

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And so he's gone.

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And the manager even said

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that the untucking of the

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jersey and throwing the

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glove was unacceptable.

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So now he's gone.

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But is he gone for his actions?

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Or is he gone because the

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internet took what he said

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and misheard what he said

00:18:14.883 --> 00:18:15.804
and ran with it and the

00:18:15.844 --> 00:18:17.525
Mets organization followed

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that and not what was actually said?

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And he got designated for

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his time because of that.

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uh I think there's probably

00:18:30.116 --> 00:18:31.336
some truth to that but

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there's also got to be

00:18:34.419 --> 00:18:36.019
probably more behind the

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:40.883
scenes to just be gone that

00:18:40.962 --> 00:18:45.586
quickly with him um I mean

00:18:45.605 --> 00:18:46.145
if you're the worst

00:18:46.185 --> 00:18:47.386
teammate in baseball there

00:18:47.567 --> 00:18:48.827
you should be gone yeah

00:18:48.887 --> 00:18:49.888
exactly at the end of the

00:18:49.909 --> 00:18:51.390
day like that's not your

00:18:51.430 --> 00:18:52.250
cancer in the clubhouse at

00:18:52.289 --> 00:18:53.631
that point yeah but

00:18:54.667 --> 00:18:55.968
I get it if you say you're

00:18:56.008 --> 00:18:57.628
on the worst effing team in baseball.

00:18:58.568 --> 00:18:58.669
Yeah,

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they're probably not going to keep you.

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That's why when I first heard it,

00:19:01.869 --> 00:19:03.109
I thought I heard the same thing.

00:19:03.829 --> 00:19:04.711
I had to listen to it about

00:19:04.730 --> 00:19:05.951
three or four more times to

00:19:06.070 --> 00:19:07.611
figure out what he was actually saying.

00:19:08.371 --> 00:19:10.172
But I was like, wait,

00:19:10.231 --> 00:19:11.531
did he really just say that?

00:19:11.652 --> 00:19:12.592
And then he ended it with,

00:19:12.813 --> 00:19:13.792
I plan to be here tomorrow.

00:19:13.873 --> 00:19:14.833
They're not going to want you there,

00:19:14.873 --> 00:19:15.133
buddy.

00:19:16.252 --> 00:19:17.273
No, I mean,

00:19:17.554 --> 00:19:19.594
I think most likely I think his

00:19:19.733 --> 00:19:21.154
Instagram and stuff like

00:19:21.194 --> 00:19:22.795
that is probably him reeling.

00:19:23.556 --> 00:19:24.376
don't care if it's your

00:19:24.396 --> 00:19:25.577
second language or not

00:19:25.877 --> 00:19:27.960
teammate and team are two

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vastly different things and

00:19:30.422 --> 00:19:33.584
it's I don't think maybe

00:19:33.604 --> 00:19:34.724
I'm wrong maybe in the heat

00:19:34.744 --> 00:19:35.605
of the moment that's what

00:19:35.625 --> 00:19:38.008
he meant and I hope for his

00:19:38.048 --> 00:19:38.988
sake that's what he meant

00:19:39.068 --> 00:19:43.531
but sad thing is he was not

00:19:43.592 --> 00:19:45.453
far from removed from being

00:19:45.493 --> 00:19:47.855
a decent closer yeah yeah

00:19:48.435 --> 00:19:49.936
and of all teams right now

00:19:49.977 --> 00:19:50.877
with diaz being down

00:19:52.978 --> 00:19:55.759
you know, yes, he blew up.

00:19:56.038 --> 00:19:57.519
It's, I don't know.

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I think the Mets are a hot

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.240
mess and I think they just

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:01.119
want to avoid that

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.460
altogether because the last

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:05.401
thing they need is that noise.

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:07.080
Every time he comes out in

00:20:07.141 --> 00:20:08.842
New York to pitch and just

00:20:08.942 --> 00:20:11.321
being booed out of the stadium,

00:20:11.883 --> 00:20:13.383
they got enough problems right now.

00:20:13.462 --> 00:20:13.643
Let's,

00:20:14.633 --> 00:20:15.713
We're not going anywhere.

00:20:15.775 --> 00:20:18.017
Let's let him go and we'll

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deal with another issue.

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We don't need that.

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And probably some of the

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veterans didn't care for it either.

00:20:24.846 --> 00:20:26.648
I also heard,

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and I don't know if this is true,

00:20:28.070 --> 00:20:31.335
I saw a couple people say this on Twitter,

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but

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it sounds like his son has

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some medical issues that

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has been weighing on him.

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And that was part of his reaction.

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I guess also his son's birthday.

00:20:45.773 --> 00:20:47.214
And so that had weighed on him.

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And I, again,

00:20:48.015 --> 00:20:49.215
I don't know fully if that's true,

00:20:49.236 --> 00:20:49.916
but I had seen it from

00:20:49.957 --> 00:20:51.178
multiple people on Twitter.

00:20:51.238 --> 00:20:51.557
So,

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:54.359
so if that's the case with the lineup

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.701
and the, the mixture,

00:20:55.801 --> 00:20:57.022
the culture that they've

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got there with plenty of people that are,

00:20:59.724 --> 00:20:59.944
you know,

00:21:01.723 --> 00:21:02.865
that could back him up.

00:21:03.384 --> 00:21:05.626
And if he was a good

00:21:05.707 --> 00:21:08.449
teammate that would go to bat for him.

00:21:09.769 --> 00:21:09.910
Yeah.

00:21:09.930 --> 00:21:10.830
That's the interesting thing.

00:21:10.891 --> 00:21:12.112
Nobody came out after and

00:21:12.152 --> 00:21:14.953
said anything like not a

00:21:15.034 --> 00:21:15.994
single Mets player had

00:21:16.055 --> 00:21:17.256
anything to say from what I've seen.

00:21:17.276 --> 00:21:17.556
I mean,

00:21:17.596 --> 00:21:20.699
maybe I missed it and I just

00:21:20.719 --> 00:21:21.419
scrolling through and I

00:21:21.439 --> 00:21:22.339
just happened to not see it,

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:23.840
but nobody said a word.

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I haven't seen anything that,

00:21:26.103 --> 00:21:29.345
that places they're 17 back.

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It's a tough division to begin with.

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They've got injuries upon injuries,

00:21:34.438 --> 00:21:35.699
and just no one's really

00:21:35.739 --> 00:21:36.660
performing that well.

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.981
And I saw a list of players

00:21:39.021 --> 00:21:40.643
that could be shopped off that team.

00:21:41.703 --> 00:21:42.424
Holy shit,

00:21:42.585 --> 00:21:43.526
you're not even going to go

00:21:43.566 --> 00:21:44.727
through a grocery line with

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14 items or less with that list.

00:21:46.888 --> 00:21:48.109
They've got so many players

00:21:48.150 --> 00:21:49.490
that they could get rid of right now,

00:21:49.530 --> 00:21:50.992
and it makes you think, like,

00:21:51.833 --> 00:21:52.814
is that becoming

00:21:53.555 --> 00:21:57.097
potentially a toxic clubhouse?

00:21:58.439 --> 00:21:59.279
It very well could be.

00:22:01.308 --> 00:22:01.769
Not good,

00:22:01.808 --> 00:22:05.190
but it was unfortunate to see as

00:22:05.269 --> 00:22:06.630
comical it is to see

00:22:06.690 --> 00:22:08.191
someone throw a tantrum like that.

00:22:08.230 --> 00:22:09.530
We've all seen the guys take

00:22:09.570 --> 00:22:11.330
baseball bats to the

00:22:11.490 --> 00:22:13.412
bullpen phone or throwing

00:22:13.471 --> 00:22:14.451
out a water cooler,

00:22:14.491 --> 00:22:15.852
but to untuck your shirt,

00:22:16.313 --> 00:22:17.292
which I think is pretty

00:22:17.333 --> 00:22:20.753
damn disrespectful in a certain way,

00:22:20.973 --> 00:22:22.673
and then throwing your glove like that.

00:22:23.074 --> 00:22:23.273
I mean,

00:22:23.334 --> 00:22:24.334
it's one thing if you're in the

00:22:24.374 --> 00:22:26.795
dugout and you're done pitching whatever,

00:22:26.855 --> 00:22:28.615
you want to throw a hooded

00:22:28.675 --> 00:22:30.655
sweatshirt on or throw on one of the

00:22:31.564 --> 00:22:33.685
You know, the cover-up, windbreakers,

00:22:33.806 --> 00:22:36.048
but that was a meltdown.

00:22:36.208 --> 00:22:37.749
And if it is something to do with his kid,

00:22:37.868 --> 00:22:38.990
then I get it.

00:22:39.029 --> 00:22:40.050
But at the same time,

00:22:40.872 --> 00:22:41.893
sometimes you got to

00:22:43.193 --> 00:22:44.634
understand where you are, too,

00:22:44.654 --> 00:22:46.076
because there's a lot of eyes on you.

00:22:46.655 --> 00:22:46.876
Yep.

00:22:48.057 --> 00:22:49.679
So that was an interesting

00:22:49.719 --> 00:22:50.980
situation last week.

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:53.221
We're going to stay with that division.

00:22:54.762 --> 00:22:56.003
And I want to talk about two

00:22:56.044 --> 00:22:59.372
pitchers on the Atlanta Braves who –

00:22:59.372 --> 00:23:01.252
lost their best player for the season,

00:23:01.472 --> 00:23:02.492
I think, for the season.

00:23:02.653 --> 00:23:02.814
I mean,

00:23:02.834 --> 00:23:04.634
I don't think that's been confirmed.

00:23:05.035 --> 00:23:06.075
I mean, an ACL injury,

00:23:06.414 --> 00:23:08.195
it was non-contact going back to second.

00:23:08.215 --> 00:23:09.236
I don't think it was done for the year.

00:23:10.517 --> 00:23:11.617
But as far as their pitching,

00:23:11.678 --> 00:23:12.837
and they lost Strider for

00:23:12.877 --> 00:23:13.617
the year earlier.

00:23:13.637 --> 00:23:13.699
Yep.

00:23:15.398 --> 00:23:18.480
Max Freed has been turning

00:23:18.520 --> 00:23:19.580
it on as of late.

00:23:19.621 --> 00:23:19.820
Yep.

00:23:20.842 --> 00:23:20.961
He...

00:23:22.155 --> 00:23:24.655
Over the last week or so,

00:23:24.695 --> 00:23:25.676
he's made two starts.

00:23:26.576 --> 00:23:27.376
And in those two starts,

00:23:27.416 --> 00:23:33.377
he's got a 0.53 ERA, a 0.65 whip, 15 Ks,

00:23:33.877 --> 00:23:34.377
one walk.

00:23:35.778 --> 00:23:37.398
I mean, and that's in 17 innings.

00:23:37.439 --> 00:23:38.939
I don't know.

00:23:38.959 --> 00:23:39.858
I'm sorry.

00:23:39.878 --> 00:23:39.939
17 or 15.

00:23:39.979 --> 00:23:42.618
Might be one of the two.

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.660
It's one of the two.

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:47.440
But, again, the guy is dialed back in,

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.861
and he's doing what he has

00:23:48.881 --> 00:23:50.181
to do to help that Braves

00:23:50.201 --> 00:23:51.240
team that's missing their ace.

00:23:53.632 --> 00:23:54.712
He pitches again tomorrow.

00:23:55.093 --> 00:23:56.113
He'll face the Red Sox.

00:23:56.373 --> 00:23:57.574
I'm not overly optimistic

00:23:57.614 --> 00:23:58.374
about that start.

00:23:58.894 --> 00:24:00.694
Not looking fun as a Red Sox fan,

00:24:00.875 --> 00:24:02.316
but we'll have to see what happens.

00:24:03.875 --> 00:24:05.537
And also another thing to do,

00:24:05.856 --> 00:24:07.958
and I think this is a – if

00:24:07.998 --> 00:24:09.239
I'm the Red Sox ownership

00:24:09.338 --> 00:24:11.500
and in charge of all the moves,

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.799
I'm watching him tomorrow

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.880
because he is a free agent

00:24:13.941 --> 00:24:14.520
after this year.

00:24:15.361 --> 00:24:16.280
And he's one of the guys the

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:17.541
Braves have not locked up.

00:24:18.382 --> 00:24:19.623
yep you're looking for an

00:24:19.722 --> 00:24:21.163
arm especially the red sox

00:24:21.202 --> 00:24:22.163
who we've all talked about

00:24:22.203 --> 00:24:23.423
and I said it I think I

00:24:23.443 --> 00:24:24.265
said to you and I said to a

00:24:24.285 --> 00:24:26.526
couple people this is the

00:24:26.566 --> 00:24:27.806
guy I want if you don't

00:24:27.826 --> 00:24:29.527
want to sign montgomery or

00:24:29.606 --> 00:24:30.346
snell or any of those guys

00:24:30.386 --> 00:24:31.248
and we'll talk about them

00:24:31.407 --> 00:24:33.409
later you won't sign either

00:24:33.449 --> 00:24:34.969
of them I'm fine with not

00:24:34.989 --> 00:24:35.930
signing anybody this past

00:24:35.950 --> 00:24:37.029
year except for giolito

00:24:37.711 --> 00:24:39.912
yeah max freed well we

00:24:39.932 --> 00:24:40.912
don't really have a lefty

00:24:41.632 --> 00:24:43.833
no no we don't have any

00:24:43.873 --> 00:24:44.953
coming up either that are

00:24:46.096 --> 00:24:47.837
The really right home boat.

00:24:47.938 --> 00:24:50.460
So it makes a lot of sense.

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.501
It does a little shocking

00:24:52.541 --> 00:24:54.644
that they haven't locked him up either,

00:24:54.683 --> 00:24:54.864
though.

00:24:54.903 --> 00:24:55.644
But they've got a lot of

00:24:55.704 --> 00:24:56.945
money spent elsewhere, too.

00:24:57.385 --> 00:24:59.047
They locked up all their position players,

00:24:59.087 --> 00:24:59.948
but not their pitching.

00:25:00.449 --> 00:25:00.669
Yeah.

00:25:01.549 --> 00:25:02.651
The other arm in their

00:25:02.691 --> 00:25:04.352
rotation that had looked

00:25:04.372 --> 00:25:06.094
good was Chris Sale.

00:25:07.034 --> 00:25:07.595
But boy,

00:25:07.615 --> 00:25:10.917
he did not look good this weekend.

00:25:11.896 --> 00:25:13.057
And if you're a Red Sox fan,

00:25:13.438 --> 00:25:14.439
I know it hurts seeing

00:25:14.479 --> 00:25:15.559
Chris Sale doing what he's

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:17.080
doing and Vaughn Grissom

00:25:17.682 --> 00:25:18.903
not performing and now he's

00:25:18.923 --> 00:25:20.663
on the second injured list.

00:25:21.744 --> 00:25:24.126
But, wow, Chris Sale, four innings pitched,

00:25:24.366 --> 00:25:26.367
eight runs on nine hits, one walk,

00:25:26.428 --> 00:25:27.449
and four strikeouts.

00:25:28.089 --> 00:25:29.570
This was the sixth game in

00:25:29.631 --> 00:25:31.692
his career he gave up eight earned runs.

00:25:33.453 --> 00:25:35.035
And it was to the Oakland A's.

00:25:35.816 --> 00:25:36.215
Yeah.

00:25:36.615 --> 00:25:38.538
If you want to add insult to injury,

00:25:38.678 --> 00:25:39.999
it was to the Oakland A's.

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.039
Dude...

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:45.240
I hope it's one of those for

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:47.782
his sake that it's one he

00:25:47.843 --> 00:25:51.924
bounces back because if he doesn't,

00:25:52.586 --> 00:25:55.527
then there'll be whispers in regards.

00:25:55.788 --> 00:25:56.587
You know what I mean?

00:25:56.647 --> 00:26:00.891
I haven't checked on his any

00:26:00.931 --> 00:26:03.492
of the specific stats or

00:26:03.613 --> 00:26:04.972
numbers in regards to his

00:26:05.032 --> 00:26:07.154
velocity during that start or.

00:26:07.829 --> 00:26:09.250
you know, the mixture of pitches.

00:26:09.330 --> 00:26:11.311
But, like, hopefully he just bounces back.

00:26:11.372 --> 00:26:12.652
I go that route simply

00:26:12.711 --> 00:26:14.272
because we've seen this

00:26:14.333 --> 00:26:16.634
before where he has one horrible outing,

00:26:17.034 --> 00:26:18.335
expect him to bounce back,

00:26:18.515 --> 00:26:19.595
and it's kind of more of

00:26:19.654 --> 00:26:20.595
the same the next.

00:26:21.976 --> 00:26:23.636
And then down the road,

00:26:23.717 --> 00:26:28.538
he's taking a stint to rest, if you will.

00:26:29.199 --> 00:26:30.160
So his next start will be

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:31.400
against the Washington Nationals.

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.721
Should be a bounce back.

00:26:33.020 --> 00:26:34.000
Although you could say that

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:35.561
if it was against the Oakland A's again,

00:26:36.675 --> 00:26:37.816
but then he's at Baltimore.

00:26:38.576 --> 00:26:38.977
Yeah.

00:26:40.596 --> 00:26:42.998
So I hope it's not anything,

00:26:43.578 --> 00:26:45.558
but it'll be something to

00:26:45.598 --> 00:26:46.960
watch over those next two starts.

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.201
Cause he had been lights out.

00:26:50.260 --> 00:26:51.781
He'd been pitching really good.

00:26:52.261 --> 00:26:53.342
He was a silent.

00:26:53.882 --> 00:26:54.462
Exactly.

00:26:54.583 --> 00:26:56.022
He was, you know, he was very,

00:26:56.542 --> 00:26:57.683
he was holding it together.

00:26:57.784 --> 00:26:59.023
Once Strider went down,

00:26:59.044 --> 00:27:01.944
it was him and freed Lopez

00:27:02.005 --> 00:27:03.486
has pitched well, but yeah, it's,

00:27:04.115 --> 00:27:05.396
that was a little shocking

00:27:05.696 --> 00:27:06.758
you see that against the

00:27:06.817 --> 00:27:07.818
phillies you see that

00:27:07.878 --> 00:27:10.299
against you know the

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:12.121
dodgers even the padres the

00:27:12.161 --> 00:27:13.001
way they've been playing

00:27:13.041 --> 00:27:15.042
recently sure but again

00:27:15.103 --> 00:27:16.263
against the oakland

00:27:16.443 --> 00:27:20.686
athletics I i mean they're

00:27:21.027 --> 00:27:23.469
you know on paper their

00:27:23.509 --> 00:27:25.289
lineup doesn't look great

00:27:25.329 --> 00:27:26.230
but they've got some guys

00:27:26.250 --> 00:27:27.912
that can hit the ball but

00:27:27.932 --> 00:27:29.593
that's that's an ex yeah

00:27:30.498 --> 00:27:30.758
Yeah.

00:27:30.998 --> 00:27:32.440
Do you have a couple of home runs off him?

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.361
I think he was four for four on the day.

00:27:34.741 --> 00:27:35.442
Yeah.

00:27:35.461 --> 00:27:36.663
So they've, they've got,

00:27:37.223 --> 00:27:38.785
they've got some bats,

00:27:38.924 --> 00:27:41.326
but at the same time, next,

00:27:41.708 --> 00:27:43.189
next start out against Washington,

00:27:43.209 --> 00:27:44.269
it'll be very interesting.

00:27:44.289 --> 00:27:46.592
I hope to see him go six strong and,

00:27:46.951 --> 00:27:47.192
you know,

00:27:47.231 --> 00:27:49.334
wipe any of those concerns away

00:27:49.473 --> 00:27:50.434
for the brave sake.

00:27:50.996 --> 00:27:52.436
And for him, I don't,

00:27:53.317 --> 00:27:54.519
I don't want to see him struggle.

00:27:54.558 --> 00:27:55.740
I'd like to see him pitch.

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.201
Cause he's a guy that I like, but.

00:27:58.642 --> 00:27:59.342
It was not pretty.

00:27:59.823 --> 00:28:00.002
Yeah,

00:28:00.042 --> 00:28:01.443
I was enjoying his nice start to the

00:28:01.483 --> 00:28:04.646
season, but that was very surprising.

00:28:04.926 --> 00:28:06.868
And I had some good money on

00:28:06.909 --> 00:28:07.690
him to win that game,

00:28:07.750 --> 00:28:08.971
so that hurt even more.

00:28:09.571 --> 00:28:12.153
But, yeah, even in, like I said, in Duhar,

00:28:12.193 --> 00:28:13.194
full for five with a home

00:28:13.214 --> 00:28:14.256
run and four RBIs.

00:28:15.176 --> 00:28:17.659
Yeah, that's a – I want to talk about that,

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.740
maybe not this week,

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.721
but that was strange.

00:28:19.760 --> 00:28:20.642
That's another one of those

00:28:20.701 --> 00:28:22.409
names that was a young –

00:28:22.409 --> 00:28:23.769
yankee player that they had

00:28:23.828 --> 00:28:25.289
high hopes on and just kind

00:28:25.369 --> 00:28:27.150
of same with geo when he

00:28:27.210 --> 00:28:28.829
came up uh who's now you

00:28:29.250 --> 00:28:30.509
know doing his thing in

00:28:30.529 --> 00:28:32.770
detroit but uh very

00:28:32.830 --> 00:28:35.371
interesting to see that

00:28:35.691 --> 00:28:37.291
oakland athletics team and

00:28:37.352 --> 00:28:39.451
see how that shakes out and

00:28:39.672 --> 00:28:42.012
with the move coming we

00:28:42.053 --> 00:28:43.073
already talked about miller

00:28:44.232 --> 00:28:45.272
are there any other pieces

00:28:45.313 --> 00:28:46.593
that they try to move off

00:28:46.692 --> 00:28:49.894
from and kind of build

00:28:51.233 --> 00:28:52.755
Yeah, Alex Wood, two years from now.

00:28:52.914 --> 00:28:54.957
Are they trying to build up for two years?

00:28:55.037 --> 00:28:59.199
Not 2024, but 2025, 2026, build for those,

00:28:59.298 --> 00:29:00.640
and then 2027 when they

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:03.102
move in potentially to their new stadium.

00:29:03.162 --> 00:29:04.323
Do they have some exciting

00:29:04.383 --> 00:29:06.203
names and prospects to

00:29:06.263 --> 00:29:07.365
attract some attention and

00:29:07.464 --> 00:29:08.224
build some buzz?

00:29:08.365 --> 00:29:09.766
That's what I think is coming.

00:29:11.227 --> 00:29:12.327
Very interesting with those

00:29:12.708 --> 00:29:14.888
Atlanta Braves pitchers.

00:29:15.430 --> 00:29:16.309
At this point in time,

00:29:16.349 --> 00:29:18.392
we'll take just a quick second to...

00:29:19.673 --> 00:29:20.835
Talk to everyone again,

00:29:20.894 --> 00:29:21.836
like we've done on all the

00:29:21.895 --> 00:29:22.717
other podcasts.

00:29:22.777 --> 00:29:23.938
If you like baseball,

00:29:23.978 --> 00:29:25.199
you're a fan of a specific

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:27.381
team or even a minor league

00:29:27.421 --> 00:29:29.702
team and you're close to

00:29:29.762 --> 00:29:30.644
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00:29:30.703 --> 00:29:31.944
join us and kind of write

00:29:32.085 --> 00:29:33.666
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00:29:33.707 --> 00:29:35.689
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00:29:36.209 --> 00:29:37.009
go to the website.

00:29:37.711 --> 00:29:39.271
inside the diamonds.com

00:29:39.392 --> 00:29:42.112
backslash join us and reach out,

00:29:42.532 --> 00:29:44.133
or you can email CJ or

00:29:44.252 --> 00:29:45.613
connect with us through the

00:29:45.653 --> 00:29:47.673
comments on the podcast and

00:29:47.713 --> 00:29:49.355
just kind of let us know your team,

00:29:49.394 --> 00:29:50.095
what you're thinking.

00:29:50.154 --> 00:29:51.375
And if you have direct

00:29:51.515 --> 00:29:53.296
questions about what that

00:29:53.355 --> 00:29:55.316
entails and what the expectations are,

00:29:55.797 --> 00:29:56.856
we can definitely fill you

00:29:56.957 --> 00:29:57.997
in in regards to what we're

00:29:58.037 --> 00:29:58.877
trying to do here.

00:29:58.897 --> 00:29:59.718
Uh,

00:29:59.778 --> 00:30:02.878
we've got a good group of individuals

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.358
writing, uh,

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:05.240
It is a long season,

00:30:05.461 --> 00:30:06.981
so we're just looking to

00:30:07.122 --> 00:30:08.423
build the platform,

00:30:09.304 --> 00:30:10.424
get some attention on some

00:30:10.464 --> 00:30:11.865
other teams from roster

00:30:11.925 --> 00:30:15.268
moves to opinion pieces to series recaps,

00:30:15.868 --> 00:30:17.569
series previews, and even.

00:30:18.448 --> 00:30:20.588
anything specific to do with

00:30:20.648 --> 00:30:22.249
any of their top prospects where,

00:30:22.328 --> 00:30:22.568
you know,

00:30:22.588 --> 00:30:24.470
CJ has got some interesting new

00:30:24.509 --> 00:30:25.450
things coming out that he's

00:30:25.470 --> 00:30:26.490
going to talk about soon,

00:30:26.590 --> 00:30:27.871
but we've got plenty of

00:30:28.050 --> 00:30:29.330
areas that can be discussed.

00:30:29.391 --> 00:30:30.652
So if you're a fan of baseball,

00:30:30.672 --> 00:30:31.392
go to the website,

00:30:31.852 --> 00:30:33.932
inside the diamonds.com backslash,

00:30:33.992 --> 00:30:36.114
join us and reach out and

00:30:36.374 --> 00:30:37.653
CJ can fill you in on what

00:30:37.673 --> 00:30:38.334
we're looking for.

00:30:43.516 --> 00:30:43.935
All right.

00:30:47.891 --> 00:30:53.012
So now that we've talked

00:30:53.073 --> 00:30:54.413
about the pitching and

00:30:54.453 --> 00:30:56.954
we've talked about Lopez and his meltdown,

00:30:57.714 --> 00:30:59.076
this is probably something

00:30:59.115 --> 00:31:00.237
that a lot of people will

00:31:00.336 --> 00:31:01.777
overlook just because of

00:31:02.336 --> 00:31:03.657
where he's at and being a

00:31:03.698 --> 00:31:04.979
young prospect and no one

00:31:04.999 --> 00:31:05.999
really knows who he is.

00:31:06.739 --> 00:31:08.960
But there is rumors floating

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:12.602
around of a lifetime band

00:31:14.644 --> 00:31:15.965
You wrote about it, CJ,

00:31:16.046 --> 00:31:17.027
or texted me about it.

00:31:17.047 --> 00:31:18.488
Why don't you dive in about

00:31:18.508 --> 00:31:21.230
this Lifetime gambling band?

00:31:21.549 --> 00:31:22.530
And it's not Otani.

00:31:22.971 --> 00:31:24.071
You don't want to butcher this name?

00:31:24.853 --> 00:31:25.513
No, God no.

00:31:25.554 --> 00:31:26.493
That's why I passed it on.

00:31:27.115 --> 00:31:29.497
I believe it's Tucapita Marcano.

00:31:30.277 --> 00:31:31.758
And I saw the tweet come across today.

00:31:31.798 --> 00:31:32.578
I haven't had a chance to

00:31:32.618 --> 00:31:33.980
read any story about it yet.

00:31:35.101 --> 00:31:35.942
But I wanted to at least

00:31:35.981 --> 00:31:37.103
touch on it for a second.

00:31:37.762 --> 00:31:39.263
Sounds like he's getting a Lifetime band.

00:31:39.284 --> 00:31:40.204
He's betting on baseball.

00:31:41.816 --> 00:31:45.059
And now from, again, the Ohtani situation,

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.080
he wasn't betting on

00:31:46.122 --> 00:31:47.383
baseball from what they said,

00:31:47.663 --> 00:31:48.704
the interpreter.

00:31:49.392 --> 00:31:49.551
Yep.

00:31:50.092 --> 00:31:52.153
This is now the third one this season.

00:31:52.752 --> 00:31:53.952
The interpreter was the first.

00:31:55.034 --> 00:31:56.614
David Fletcher is an interesting one.

00:31:56.953 --> 00:32:00.174
He was an Angels player with Otani.

00:32:00.194 --> 00:32:01.935
He was the same bookie that

00:32:02.056 --> 00:32:06.116
Otani's interpreter used and was,

00:32:07.457 --> 00:32:08.436
I believe he's in the brave

00:32:08.497 --> 00:32:10.178
system now at AAA.

00:32:10.238 --> 00:32:11.137
He became a pitcher.

00:32:11.438 --> 00:32:13.818
Yes, he's with the Gwinnett.

00:32:14.236 --> 00:32:14.756
Stripers.

00:32:15.196 --> 00:32:16.196
Stripers, yes.

00:32:16.517 --> 00:32:17.137
Stripers, yep.

00:32:17.377 --> 00:32:18.478
And he's pitching now.

00:32:18.718 --> 00:32:19.199
Apparently he had a

00:32:19.219 --> 00:32:21.160
knuckleball and he said, let me show it.

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.140
And then they ended up using him.

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.980
He's been a reliever.

00:32:23.701 --> 00:32:24.861
And now they're saying he

00:32:25.321 --> 00:32:26.301
was gambling on baseball.

00:32:26.321 --> 00:32:27.542
Now there's an investigation there.

00:32:27.643 --> 00:32:29.284
This Marcano one came across

00:32:29.384 --> 00:32:31.464
as like the investigation's

00:32:31.484 --> 00:32:32.944
been ongoing and it just

00:32:32.984 --> 00:32:34.125
came across the desk of a

00:32:34.185 --> 00:32:34.705
bunch of people.

00:32:35.586 --> 00:32:36.547
And it hit quick.

00:32:37.147 --> 00:32:37.708
And like I said,

00:32:37.748 --> 00:32:38.587
I didn't have a chance to

00:32:38.647 --> 00:32:39.429
actually read on it,

00:32:39.528 --> 00:32:40.429
so that's something maybe

00:32:40.449 --> 00:32:41.750
for next week where we touch on it.

00:32:41.849 --> 00:32:41.990
But

00:32:42.757 --> 00:32:43.538
wanted to put it out there

00:32:43.557 --> 00:32:44.357
because it was breaking

00:32:44.397 --> 00:32:47.601
news today and he's not I

00:32:47.621 --> 00:32:48.421
went through the rankings

00:32:48.441 --> 00:32:50.002
he's not in the top 25

00:32:50.002 --> 00:32:51.763
anywhere that I could see

00:32:51.784 --> 00:32:53.545
so he's not like a big name

00:32:53.585 --> 00:32:55.507
prospect it seems like he

00:32:55.547 --> 00:32:56.426
does have some lb

00:32:56.448 --> 00:32:57.387
experience so that might be

00:32:57.448 --> 00:32:58.489
why he's not a big name

00:32:58.528 --> 00:32:59.710
prospect or anything but

00:32:59.829 --> 00:33:02.692
yeah something to watch so

00:33:02.731 --> 00:33:04.673
the only thing I'll say to this is

00:33:06.383 --> 00:33:08.084
I know there's banned substances.

00:33:08.144 --> 00:33:09.464
We've touched on that where

00:33:09.525 --> 00:33:11.346
basically you can't get anything.

00:33:11.567 --> 00:33:12.507
If you want something,

00:33:12.527 --> 00:33:13.607
it should be supplied so

00:33:13.627 --> 00:33:14.469
that it's on the team.

00:33:15.990 --> 00:33:17.171
These major league teams and

00:33:17.230 --> 00:33:18.571
major league in general,

00:33:19.311 --> 00:33:20.692
you see the draft Kings

00:33:21.993 --> 00:33:23.915
advertising everywhere.

00:33:24.695 --> 00:33:26.277
Fan duel everywhere.

00:33:27.718 --> 00:33:30.000
If the major leagues can make money off it,

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.961
why can't the players with

00:33:32.001 --> 00:33:32.561
their own money?

00:33:34.666 --> 00:33:36.268
You know, I mean, to me,

00:33:36.887 --> 00:33:38.348
there's got to be ways

00:33:38.628 --> 00:33:41.750
where if you're betting yourself,

00:33:41.950 --> 00:33:44.371
they could probably, I mean,

00:33:44.391 --> 00:33:45.112
I don't know.

00:33:45.491 --> 00:33:45.971
It's just,

00:33:46.432 --> 00:33:47.432
it's not a good look for

00:33:47.472 --> 00:33:49.472
baseball if the players can't do it.

00:33:49.874 --> 00:33:52.335
And I'm not saying that it's

00:33:52.394 --> 00:33:53.275
the same because the

00:33:53.315 --> 00:33:53.974
players shouldn't be

00:33:54.015 --> 00:33:55.415
drinking while they're playing either.

00:33:55.836 --> 00:33:56.296
You know what I mean?

00:33:56.336 --> 00:33:57.616
But they advertise booze and

00:33:57.656 --> 00:33:58.317
all that stuff.

00:33:58.356 --> 00:34:01.679
But there's got to be a way that they can,

00:34:02.901 --> 00:34:07.583
protect this because it's

00:34:07.663 --> 00:34:08.563
only going to get worse.

00:34:10.244 --> 00:34:11.465
It's only going to get worse.

00:34:12.125 --> 00:34:13.465
Not just in Major League Baseball,

00:34:13.485 --> 00:34:14.266
but all sports.

00:34:15.226 --> 00:34:17.266
It was bad before and probably more hidden,

00:34:17.306 --> 00:34:19.208
but now it's so easily accessible.

00:34:21.228 --> 00:34:22.228
It's just going to get worse.

00:34:22.929 --> 00:34:25.170
Something's got to be done about it.

00:34:26.431 --> 00:34:27.371
It's going to be interesting.

00:34:27.431 --> 00:34:28.192
It's going to be very

00:34:28.271 --> 00:34:31.193
interesting to see if they're making a

00:34:33.057 --> 00:34:35.679
an example out of this guy or what?

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:38.641
And the thing is, it'll probably be quiet.

00:34:38.762 --> 00:34:40.302
We won't hear much about the details,

00:34:40.443 --> 00:34:41.043
unfortunately.

00:34:41.123 --> 00:34:42.744
But it's too bad.

00:34:43.125 --> 00:34:44.806
It's too bad to see that in baseball.

00:34:45.967 --> 00:34:47.007
Yeah, well, the issue, I think,

00:34:47.068 --> 00:34:48.228
goes back to a little bit

00:34:48.409 --> 00:34:50.731
of they don't know and it's

00:34:50.771 --> 00:34:51.650
hard to prove if you're

00:34:51.690 --> 00:34:52.911
gambling on your own team

00:34:53.313 --> 00:34:54.612
and expecting the outcome.

00:34:54.653 --> 00:34:54.853
I mean,

00:34:54.873 --> 00:34:55.833
there was a basketball player that

00:34:55.853 --> 00:34:56.594
I've heard about

00:34:57.351 --> 00:34:58.472
where he was gambling on his

00:34:58.532 --> 00:34:59.393
team that was affecting the

00:34:59.432 --> 00:35:00.193
outcome of games.

00:35:00.753 --> 00:35:01.032
Oh, yeah.

00:35:01.614 --> 00:35:02.914
And he got suspended, I believe,

00:35:02.954 --> 00:35:04.235
a lifetime ban this year as well.

00:35:05.635 --> 00:35:06.034
Yeah,

00:35:06.215 --> 00:35:07.695
I know exactly who you're talking about.

00:35:07.735 --> 00:35:08.916
I can't remember if he was a

00:35:09.056 --> 00:35:11.898
Spur or which team he played for.

00:35:11.998 --> 00:35:14.498
But that pops into my head.

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:14.878
But, yeah,

00:35:14.898 --> 00:35:18.360
these guys are going to do

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.121
whatever they can.

00:35:20.001 --> 00:35:20.920
And there's so many

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.061
different ways around it,

00:35:22.561 --> 00:35:24.041
having somebody else place

00:35:24.061 --> 00:35:25.362
your bets and sharing it with them.

00:35:25.929 --> 00:35:26.630
You know what I mean?

00:35:27.291 --> 00:35:29.050
I'm sure that for every one

00:35:29.070 --> 00:35:29.791
that they catch,

00:35:30.331 --> 00:35:31.371
there's two or three others

00:35:31.411 --> 00:35:32.371
doing the same thing but

00:35:32.391 --> 00:35:33.393
are just smarter about it.

00:35:33.773 --> 00:35:33.932
Yep.

00:35:34.532 --> 00:35:34.693
Yep.

00:35:34.853 --> 00:35:35.753
And it's happening everywhere.

00:35:35.853 --> 00:35:37.114
Jameson Williams was guilty

00:35:37.173 --> 00:35:39.054
of it for betting college

00:35:39.074 --> 00:35:40.054
games for the Lions last

00:35:40.094 --> 00:35:41.436
year or two years ago.

00:35:41.456 --> 00:35:42.675
It was suspended last year.

00:35:42.695 --> 00:35:45.097
And a couple of Colts players.

00:35:45.117 --> 00:35:46.318
Like, it's happening in all the sports.

00:35:46.717 --> 00:35:46.938
Yeah.

00:35:47.338 --> 00:35:47.998
And I wouldn't be surprised

00:35:48.038 --> 00:35:48.559
if it's happening in

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.458
college sports as well.

00:35:49.898 --> 00:35:50.719
Well, yeah.

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.559
Yeah.

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:53.800
It's going to be tough to monitor.

00:35:54.181 --> 00:35:54.440
Oh, yeah.

00:35:54.541 --> 00:35:54.661
Yep.

00:35:56.041 --> 00:35:57.021
So we'll move on from that.

00:35:57.242 --> 00:35:57.561
Obviously,

00:35:57.601 --> 00:35:58.702
we don't have the full details

00:35:58.722 --> 00:36:00.063
because it was breaking news today.

00:36:00.083 --> 00:36:00.143
Yep.

00:36:00.702 --> 00:36:02.244
So we'll move on to the

00:36:02.264 --> 00:36:03.304
other breaking news from today.

00:36:04.344 --> 00:36:06.505
And that was Jose Orchidi.

00:36:06.525 --> 00:36:07.806
Yeah.

00:36:08.126 --> 00:36:09.228
Sounds like he's going for

00:36:09.248 --> 00:36:10.688
his second Tommy John surgery.

00:36:11.409 --> 00:36:12.969
He's going back to see a doctor,

00:36:13.028 --> 00:36:14.150
and they haven't said

00:36:14.190 --> 00:36:14.989
anything about it yet,

00:36:15.010 --> 00:36:16.150
but that's what it indicates.

00:36:17.030 --> 00:36:18.152
He was coming back.

00:36:18.992 --> 00:36:20.152
He was on a rehab stint.

00:36:21.007 --> 00:36:22.106
He had made three starts.

00:36:23.347 --> 00:36:25.407
He was gone 10 and a third innings.

00:36:25.688 --> 00:36:29.969
He's got a 6.97 ERA, eight strikeouts,

00:36:29.989 --> 00:36:31.509
and a 1.45 FIP.

00:36:32.268 --> 00:36:34.668
His last start came on the 24th of May,

00:36:35.509 --> 00:36:37.250
three and two-thirds innings, four hits,

00:36:37.389 --> 00:36:39.449
one run, three Ks.

00:36:40.630 --> 00:36:41.670
Something's clearly not right.

00:36:41.710 --> 00:36:42.190
You could tell.

00:36:42.210 --> 00:36:43.271
I mean,

00:36:43.311 --> 00:36:44.911
even the numbers speak to it sometimes,

00:36:45.510 --> 00:36:46.670
and especially when you're

00:36:46.690 --> 00:36:48.172
working at rehab back, I get it.

00:36:48.231 --> 00:36:49.311
The first start's always

00:36:49.331 --> 00:36:50.112
going to be ideal.

00:36:51.092 --> 00:36:52.431
But the second and third starts,

00:36:53.972 --> 00:36:56.793
those are always tough ones.

00:36:56.833 --> 00:36:58.034
And that's a team we talked

00:36:58.074 --> 00:37:00.014
about a couple weeks ago, the pitching.

00:37:00.474 --> 00:37:00.673
You know,

00:37:00.693 --> 00:37:02.094
that was the question for that team.

00:37:02.155 --> 00:37:03.094
Can they make a comeback?

00:37:03.974 --> 00:37:05.635
I mean, look, I said it to you.

00:37:05.956 --> 00:37:07.536
You know, I don't count them out ever.

00:37:07.876 --> 00:37:08.735
They can always come back.

00:37:08.775 --> 00:37:09.836
They can always do something.

00:37:10.777 --> 00:37:12.476
But Urquidy is an arm that I

00:37:12.516 --> 00:37:13.077
liked watching,

00:37:13.396 --> 00:37:15.338
and I think that's a tough loss for them.

00:37:16.181 --> 00:37:17.862
and I was going to even say it tonight,

00:37:17.902 --> 00:37:19.164
but he looks like he's figured it out,

00:37:19.204 --> 00:37:19.983
was Verlander.

00:37:20.264 --> 00:37:21.105
Another arm that doesn't

00:37:21.144 --> 00:37:23.327
look as good as he has,

00:37:23.407 --> 00:37:24.809
and that could be an age thing for him.

00:37:25.088 --> 00:37:26.469
I'm not saying Tommy John or

00:37:26.489 --> 00:37:27.210
an arm thing for him.

00:37:27.251 --> 00:37:28.552
That could be an age thing for him.

00:37:29.512 --> 00:37:31.653
But he's down right now to a

00:37:31.693 --> 00:37:32.514
team that we're about to

00:37:32.554 --> 00:37:34.056
talk about in about a minute or so.

00:37:35.617 --> 00:37:37.699
Yeah, the Astros,

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:40.342
the only good thing is Hunter Brown,

00:37:40.362 --> 00:37:41.963
the past three starts, all quality.

00:37:42.324 --> 00:37:42.543
Yep.

00:37:42.764 --> 00:37:43.184
So that's a big –

00:37:44.625 --> 00:37:46.045
plus for this bad news,

00:37:46.144 --> 00:37:47.925
but it'll be very interesting.

00:37:47.985 --> 00:37:48.085
It's,

00:37:48.166 --> 00:37:50.246
it's unfortunate to have to go

00:37:50.286 --> 00:37:51.327
through what he's going through,

00:37:51.427 --> 00:37:53.807
but he is, and that is what it is.

00:37:53.867 --> 00:37:55.168
And we'll hopefully it won't be that.

00:37:55.688 --> 00:37:56.568
That won't be the case,

00:37:56.668 --> 00:37:57.688
but unfortunately for what

00:37:57.728 --> 00:37:58.568
it looks like right now,

00:37:58.628 --> 00:38:00.489
that is he's headed for another one.

00:38:00.929 --> 00:38:02.010
That's what it all points to.

00:38:02.329 --> 00:38:02.610
Yeah.

00:38:03.010 --> 00:38:04.050
So we'll switch over now.

00:38:04.829 --> 00:38:06.731
And I believe I have it on

00:38:06.751 --> 00:38:07.751
my list correctly.

00:38:08.891 --> 00:38:09.731
We're talking about a team

00:38:09.751 --> 00:38:11.072
that is very back.

00:38:12.393 --> 00:38:13.213
And that is the St.

00:38:13.253 --> 00:38:13.932
Louis Cardinals.

00:38:14.907 --> 00:38:16.246
It's part of why I wore the hat,

00:38:16.327 --> 00:38:17.248
but they were also playing

00:38:17.268 --> 00:38:18.248
tonight and the Red Sox weren't,

00:38:18.268 --> 00:38:19.427
so I went with the Cardinals hat.

00:38:21.389 --> 00:38:22.489
They're back in the playoff spot.

00:38:24.010 --> 00:38:27.391
Seven for three the last 10 games.

00:38:27.990 --> 00:38:32.472
Six and a half back.

00:38:33.012 --> 00:38:34.092
That's since May 12th.

00:38:34.112 --> 00:38:35.132
They're 13-5 and they've

00:38:35.172 --> 00:38:37.134
outscored their opponents

00:38:37.153 --> 00:38:37.934
89-78 in those games.

00:38:39.114 --> 00:38:39.715
Sonny Gray.

00:38:40.315 --> 00:38:41.876
Back holding that wild card spot.

00:38:42.615 --> 00:38:43.376
That final one.

00:38:44.112 --> 00:38:45.012
And right now they're up.

00:38:45.793 --> 00:38:47.594
I can't tell if the Astros have scored,

00:38:47.693 --> 00:38:49.253
but it was 4-2 last I looked.

00:38:49.994 --> 00:38:50.195
Yeah.

00:38:50.695 --> 00:38:51.574
The one name that doesn't

00:38:51.614 --> 00:38:53.014
get as much recognition,

00:38:53.034 --> 00:38:54.715
and I watched him at baseball last night,

00:38:54.755 --> 00:38:56.916
he crushed a ball that just hooked foul,

00:38:57.737 --> 00:38:58.496
is Mason Wynn.

00:39:00.257 --> 00:39:01.137
He's been red hot.

00:39:01.318 --> 00:39:02.338
It is 4-3,

00:39:02.438 --> 00:39:04.157
bottom of the sixth with two outs.

00:39:04.858 --> 00:39:06.699
Mason Wynn is looking well.

00:39:07.478 --> 00:39:08.340
He's looking real well.

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.860
We have the trainer with him right now.

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.800
With Mason Wynn?

00:39:12.141 --> 00:39:12.340
Yep.

00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:13.440
Look at his hands.

00:39:13.996 --> 00:39:14.516
Christ.

00:39:15.076 --> 00:39:16.297
Yeah, in this stretch.

00:39:17.336 --> 00:39:18.637
This 18-game stretch,

00:39:18.677 --> 00:39:22.438
he's hitting .345 with a 0.927 OPS.

00:39:22.458 --> 00:39:24.239
He has two home runs, nine runs scored,

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:25.199
and 12 RBIs.

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.119
The other two names in that

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:28.521
lineup that have been hitting well.

00:39:28.541 --> 00:39:29.900
I mean, that whole lineup's been hitting.

00:39:30.661 --> 00:39:33.242
But Nolan Gorman with a .291 average,

00:39:33.282 --> 00:39:36.182
a 1.036 OPS, six home runs,

00:39:36.182 --> 00:39:38.483
15 runs scored, and 14 RBIs.

00:39:39.423 --> 00:39:41.385
And Paul Goldschmidt hitting .280.

00:39:42.297 --> 00:39:45.739
with an 896 OPS, five home runs,

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:47.420
12 run score, and 11 RBIs.

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.719
And you touched on it, the arms,

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.900
Sonny Gray.

00:39:51.581 --> 00:39:52.701
And I think the only name

00:39:52.721 --> 00:39:54.322
that I want to talk about

00:39:54.362 --> 00:39:56.422
besides in that rotation is Kyle Gibson.

00:39:57.123 --> 00:39:57.302
Yeah.

00:39:57.322 --> 00:39:58.362
The other three-agent arm.

00:39:59.143 --> 00:39:59.922
We'll start with Gray.

00:40:00.244 --> 00:40:01.184
Three and one and four

00:40:01.224 --> 00:40:02.224
starts in that stretch.

00:40:02.224 --> 00:40:03.565
415 ERA, 120 whip, 33 Ks,

00:40:03.625 --> 00:40:04.505
and 21 and two-thirds innings.

00:40:08.708 --> 00:40:10.170
Kyle Gibson's 2-0 and three

00:40:10.230 --> 00:40:13.512
starts with a 3.3 ADRA, a 1.25 whip.

00:40:14.233 --> 00:40:15.713
The strikeout number is not as high,

00:40:15.793 --> 00:40:17.155
but that's 12 strikeouts

00:40:17.235 --> 00:40:18.795
and 16 innings pitched.

00:40:19.295 --> 00:40:19.536
Yeah.

00:40:20.757 --> 00:40:21.498
Another question is,

00:40:21.557 --> 00:40:22.878
can they catch the Brewers?

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.701
That's tough.

00:40:26.081 --> 00:40:27.822
But this week it actually

00:40:27.862 --> 00:40:28.802
plays into their favor.

00:40:29.603 --> 00:40:31.085
They got three against the Astros,

00:40:31.125 --> 00:40:32.786
which we'll see how this

00:40:32.826 --> 00:40:33.907
game goes the rest of the night.

00:40:33.947 --> 00:40:36.128
But then they got four against Colorado.

00:40:37.128 --> 00:40:37.289
Yeah.

00:40:37.697 --> 00:40:38.818
the Brewers have three

00:40:38.838 --> 00:40:39.557
against the Phillies.

00:40:40.438 --> 00:40:42.239
That's one of my ones that

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:43.099
we'll talk about that.

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:44.360
I want to see how they hold up.

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:46.382
And then they got three at Detroit.

00:40:46.641 --> 00:40:47.802
And if that line,

00:40:47.842 --> 00:40:49.083
if you figure it out for Detroit,

00:40:50.523 --> 00:40:51.164
that could be a tough

00:40:51.184 --> 00:40:52.965
series and they're going to face Google.

00:40:53.545 --> 00:40:54.226
So that's another one.

00:40:54.806 --> 00:40:55.027
Yeah.

00:40:55.806 --> 00:40:57.588
So the Cardinals have a chance to,

00:40:57.688 --> 00:40:58.789
they're not going to catch them this week,

00:40:58.809 --> 00:40:59.429
but they have a chance to

00:40:59.469 --> 00:41:00.389
make up some good solid

00:41:00.429 --> 00:41:02.351
ground and get back in the race.

00:41:04.878 --> 00:41:06.858
Definitely, definitely a team to watch.

00:41:06.998 --> 00:41:08.699
I know they lost Newt Barr again,

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:12.222
who I like as an outfielder anyway,

00:41:12.262 --> 00:41:13.163
just to watch him play.

00:41:14.103 --> 00:41:15.443
He's fun to watch.

00:41:15.503 --> 00:41:16.864
You know, he's just a gritty guy.

00:41:17.505 --> 00:41:19.347
They have plenty of bats that can hit, but,

00:41:19.447 --> 00:41:19.686
you know,

00:41:19.706 --> 00:41:25.530
that Gorman is kind of hit or miss.

00:41:25.570 --> 00:41:27.652
He's really kind of streaky,

00:41:27.711 --> 00:41:28.512
but Goldschmidt,

00:41:28.552 --> 00:41:29.393
and then the other one that

00:41:29.452 --> 00:41:32.894
needs to start is Nolan Arenado.

00:41:33.632 --> 00:41:34.371
He just brought home

00:41:34.431 --> 00:41:35.391
Goldschmidt on an RBI

00:41:35.431 --> 00:41:36.693
single that gave him the fourth run.

00:41:37.253 --> 00:41:38.353
If he gets hot, too,

00:41:38.432 --> 00:41:39.612
and you've got the corners

00:41:39.652 --> 00:41:41.233
hitting and Mason Wynn

00:41:41.273 --> 00:41:42.733
setting the table if he's not hurt,

00:41:44.614 --> 00:41:46.074
that team with the pitching

00:41:46.094 --> 00:41:48.815
they've got right now can

00:41:48.835 --> 00:41:49.855
definitely make some noise

00:41:49.894 --> 00:41:50.695
in that central because

00:41:50.755 --> 00:41:51.775
it's a hot mess right now.

00:41:52.255 --> 00:41:52.896
I really think they could

00:41:52.916 --> 00:41:53.496
win that division.

00:41:53.635 --> 00:41:54.576
The more I've watched them

00:41:54.615 --> 00:41:56.637
over the last two weeks, I mean,

00:41:56.657 --> 00:41:58.336
I watched them a lot during

00:41:58.356 --> 00:41:59.197
that Red Sox series,

00:41:59.217 --> 00:42:00.137
and that's what got me back

00:42:00.197 --> 00:42:01.038
on the train of they might

00:42:01.077 --> 00:42:02.318
actually not be that bad anymore.

00:42:02.934 --> 00:42:03.554
And last year might have

00:42:03.574 --> 00:42:05.155
just been a fluke and a

00:42:05.195 --> 00:42:06.215
cold start to this year.

00:42:06.436 --> 00:42:08.737
And since then, they've looked fantastic.

00:42:09.496 --> 00:42:11.297
The one player I want to do

00:42:11.317 --> 00:42:12.458
a little bit more homework

00:42:12.617 --> 00:42:14.318
on is what Walker's been

00:42:14.358 --> 00:42:15.418
doing down in Memphis.

00:42:15.898 --> 00:42:16.139
Yes.

00:42:17.219 --> 00:42:18.679
Because he's a name that

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:20.719
could be a nice addition if

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.940
he can get it figured out

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:24.081
down in AAA that you can

00:42:24.201 --> 00:42:27.842
add a bat without making a trade.

00:42:28.681 --> 00:42:29.862
We might blow this for them right here.

00:42:29.902 --> 00:42:30.722
We started talking about it

00:42:30.762 --> 00:42:31.762
and things went off the rails.

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:34.943
Well, I mean... That's what we do.

00:42:35.583 --> 00:42:36.864
That's exactly right.

00:42:37.764 --> 00:42:38.025
All right,

00:42:38.204 --> 00:42:39.246
so we'll move on before they

00:42:39.266 --> 00:42:39.905
blow this game.

00:42:40.327 --> 00:42:41.467
Yeah, might as well.

00:42:41.987 --> 00:42:43.068
Let's talk about pitching.

00:42:44.349 --> 00:42:46.630
And two arms that were

00:42:46.650 --> 00:42:48.052
talked about a lot this offseason,

00:42:48.652 --> 00:42:49.693
and everybody thought they

00:42:49.713 --> 00:42:50.373
were going to get the bag,

00:42:50.914 --> 00:42:51.793
and they didn't get the bag.

00:42:52.295 --> 00:42:53.775
They ended up taking cheaper deals and...

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:56.681
betting on themselves and the bet,

00:42:57.262 --> 00:42:58.063
speaking of gambling,

00:42:58.702 --> 00:42:59.864
kind of kicked him in the groin.

00:43:01.125 --> 00:43:02.445
Blake's now signed with the Giants,

00:43:03.286 --> 00:43:04.547
and he's now on the injured list.

00:43:05.268 --> 00:43:05.507
Yep.

00:43:05.989 --> 00:43:07.550
He struggled last week.

00:43:08.851 --> 00:43:10.893
On May 27th, he went four innings,

00:43:11.353 --> 00:43:13.114
four runs, three earned, five hits,

00:43:13.215 --> 00:43:14.635
two walks, seven Ks.

00:43:15.637 --> 00:43:19.659
And on Sunday, four and two-thirds,

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:21.702
three runs, three earned, five hits,

00:43:22.081 --> 00:43:23.463
three walks, seven Ks,

00:43:23.742 --> 00:43:24.543
now on the injured list.

00:43:25.525 --> 00:43:26.485
He has not gotten a win.

00:43:26.525 --> 00:43:27.947
His ERA is above nine.

00:43:29.248 --> 00:43:29.989
And the big one,

00:43:30.009 --> 00:43:31.110
and this is an argument

00:43:31.130 --> 00:43:31.931
I've said to a lot of

00:43:31.971 --> 00:43:33.112
people on why I didn't want

00:43:33.132 --> 00:43:34.552
him to be a Red Sox when they asked,

00:43:35.054 --> 00:43:35.693
and I said,

00:43:36.594 --> 00:43:37.576
he doesn't seem like the kind

00:43:37.596 --> 00:43:38.697
of guy that goes past the

00:43:38.717 --> 00:43:39.577
fifth inning very much.

00:43:40.978 --> 00:43:41.099
Well,

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:42.320
let's prove that because he hasn't

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:44.061
pitched over past the fifth

00:43:44.141 --> 00:43:45.382
inning at all this year.

00:43:47.403 --> 00:43:48.405
The farthest he's gone is

00:43:48.425 --> 00:43:49.186
four and two-thirds.

00:43:51.088 --> 00:43:52.489
And that's in how many starts?

00:43:52.550 --> 00:43:53.170
Nine, I believe.

00:43:54.510 --> 00:43:55.251
Nine starts and the guy

00:43:55.291 --> 00:43:57.992
can't get out of the fifth inning.

00:43:58.012 --> 00:43:58.934
And he didn't really go

00:43:58.974 --> 00:44:00.795
through the fifth inning before either,

00:44:00.855 --> 00:44:01.074
though.

00:44:01.556 --> 00:44:02.315
No, no.

00:44:04.657 --> 00:44:05.898
So that's the first arm.

00:44:07.318 --> 00:44:08.400
Second one is Jordan Montgomery.

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:11.702
And he was linked to a lot of teams.

00:44:12.222 --> 00:44:12.402
I mean,

00:44:12.422 --> 00:44:13.822
the Rangers fans wanted him back

00:44:14.063 --> 00:44:15.284
after helping them win a ring last year.

00:44:15.423 --> 00:44:16.905
I mean, he was dominant in the postseason.

00:44:17.987 --> 00:44:21.929
But actually, he really wasn't dominant.

00:44:21.949 --> 00:44:21.989
No.

00:44:22.110 --> 00:44:23.190
Everyone thought he was

00:44:23.271 --> 00:44:26.152
because the Rangers won the World Series.

00:44:26.454 --> 00:44:27.954
He didn't pitch horrible.

00:44:28.175 --> 00:44:31.056
The lineup is what won that for them.

00:44:31.438 --> 00:44:32.338
He wasn't horrible.

00:44:32.458 --> 00:44:33.278
He held his own.

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:34.659
But he wasn't the guy that

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.701
was going to go in and just

00:44:35.780 --> 00:44:36.822
shut everyone down.

00:44:36.961 --> 00:44:37.782
He kept doing things.

00:44:38.655 --> 00:44:39.996
He had weak contact,

00:44:40.036 --> 00:44:41.317
and we have talked about that.

00:44:41.697 --> 00:44:43.898
And that's just his stats at Fenway.

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:45.940
I didn't want him with the Red Sox.

00:44:46.422 --> 00:44:47.702
I didn't want him with the Cubs.

00:44:48.123 --> 00:44:50.065
I didn't really see a good fit with him.

00:44:50.125 --> 00:44:51.326
I thought San Francisco

00:44:51.385 --> 00:44:52.226
would have been a good fit.

00:44:53.387 --> 00:44:55.268
The Diamondbacks kind of surprised me,

00:44:55.329 --> 00:44:56.590
but with Erod's injury,

00:44:56.650 --> 00:44:58.050
they made the move.

00:44:58.211 --> 00:45:01.775
I think of the between him and Snell,

00:45:01.835 --> 00:45:03.036
I think he'll have a better

00:45:05.117 --> 00:45:05.938
season in full.

00:45:06.257 --> 00:45:06.458
Yep.

00:45:06.818 --> 00:45:06.998
But

00:45:07.929 --> 00:45:09.170
Well, he got rocked on Friday.

00:45:09.411 --> 00:45:11.192
He went four innings, gave up nine hits,

00:45:11.351 --> 00:45:14.293
eight runs, six earned, three walks,

00:45:14.373 --> 00:45:14.954
four Ks.

00:45:15.034 --> 00:45:17.605
He's now 3-3 with an ERA just under 550,

00:45:17.605 --> 00:45:19.336
1.55 whip, 28 Ks,

00:45:19.456 --> 00:45:23.219
and 44 in the third innings pitched.

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:24.460
Yeah, not good.

00:45:24.481 --> 00:45:25.400
So, not good.

00:45:26.081 --> 00:45:27.523
And we just got breaking news.

00:45:28.943 --> 00:45:29.623
You ready for this one?

00:45:32.045 --> 00:45:33.867
Brewers are sending Robert Gasser.

00:45:34.907 --> 00:45:37.228
For an evaluation of elbow soreness.

00:45:37.708 --> 00:45:38.550
Good God.

00:45:39.871 --> 00:45:40.670
And that's the guy we talked

00:45:40.710 --> 00:45:41.592
about two weeks ago.

00:45:41.751 --> 00:45:42.072
Yeah.

00:45:42.411 --> 00:45:43.833
And about how he was looking good.

00:45:45.014 --> 00:45:46.474
And it's another arm now.

00:45:46.494 --> 00:45:48.036
You might as well start

00:45:48.076 --> 00:45:49.476
talking about a different sport.

00:45:49.978 --> 00:45:50.237
Yeah.

00:45:50.697 --> 00:45:51.478
At this point,

00:45:51.498 --> 00:45:53.179
there's going to be no arms left.

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:54.161
We're going to turn this

00:45:54.181 --> 00:45:55.041
into a gambling show.

00:45:55.422 --> 00:45:55.842
There we go.

00:45:56.461 --> 00:45:57.083
Yeah, well,

00:45:57.103 --> 00:45:58.204
don't bet on the Red Sox on

00:45:58.244 --> 00:45:58.983
Sunday anymore.

00:45:59.204 --> 00:46:01.266
Well, that's all over, yeah.

00:46:01.326 --> 00:46:02.385
The Phillies did end up

00:46:02.427 --> 00:46:03.427
beating the Brewers tonight.

00:46:04.228 --> 00:46:04.387
Yes.

00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:06.800
So the Cardinals can pick up a game.

00:46:07.902 --> 00:46:08.742
Yep, they could.

00:46:08.762 --> 00:46:09.222
Yeah, that's right.

00:46:09.242 --> 00:46:10.103
So they'd be six back.

00:46:10.143 --> 00:46:10.844
That's why they're six and a

00:46:10.864 --> 00:46:11.384
half right now.

00:46:11.784 --> 00:46:12.585
So they'd be six back.

00:46:13.786 --> 00:46:14.545
Because they were seven

00:46:14.585 --> 00:46:15.427
entering play today.

00:46:16.086 --> 00:46:16.266
Yep.

00:46:17.588 --> 00:46:19.028
The next big story from the last week.

00:46:19.068 --> 00:46:20.110
Again, I told you there was a lot.

00:46:20.630 --> 00:46:21.030
There is.

00:46:21.190 --> 00:46:21.771
So hang with us.

00:46:21.871 --> 00:46:22.090
Actually,

00:46:22.110 --> 00:46:23.452
this is the last story from the

00:46:23.492 --> 00:46:23.911
last week.

00:46:25.534 --> 00:46:26.193
I believe, right?

00:46:26.213 --> 00:46:26.934
Yep.

00:46:28.295 --> 00:46:29.275
And that's Tommy Pham.

00:46:29.936 --> 00:46:30.797
And that was yesterday.

00:46:30.817 --> 00:46:32.097
Mm-hmm.

00:46:32.646 --> 00:46:33.507
And that is,

00:46:33.527 --> 00:46:36.228
I want to find the exact quote

00:46:36.268 --> 00:46:37.530
while I talk about this story.

00:46:38.530 --> 00:46:40.012
But if you didn't see it yesterday,

00:46:41.233 --> 00:46:43.576
Tommy Pham was at third

00:46:43.596 --> 00:46:45.077
base in the White Sox,

00:46:45.097 --> 00:46:46.378
our miserable franchise.

00:46:47.338 --> 00:46:47.778
Miserable.

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:49.481
I mean, they've lost 11 straight games,

00:46:49.561 --> 00:46:50.561
and that includes yesterday.

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:53.260
And they're 15-45 on pace

00:46:53.420 --> 00:46:54.701
for a 40-122 record,

00:46:54.721 --> 00:46:56.681
which is the worst since I

00:46:56.740 --> 00:46:57.702
believe I heard 1935.

00:46:57.702 --> 00:46:58.081
Yeah.

00:46:58.101 --> 00:47:00.362
I didn't even see it.

00:47:00.443 --> 00:47:03.322
There might have been one team after that.

00:47:03.503 --> 00:47:05.983
But it's not looking good.

00:47:06.023 --> 00:47:06.664
And everybody talked about

00:47:06.684 --> 00:47:09.445
the A's last year and how

00:47:09.485 --> 00:47:10.304
they were bad and how they

00:47:10.344 --> 00:47:14.666
were on pace for a record-setting season.

00:47:15.347 --> 00:47:16.907
But yesterday, Tommy Pham,

00:47:19.407 --> 00:47:20.608
one-run ballgame or was it tied?

00:47:20.628 --> 00:47:20.708
Tied.

00:47:23.952 --> 00:47:25.795
I want to say it was a one-run game.

00:47:25.894 --> 00:47:26.275
Yeah.

00:47:27.096 --> 00:47:27.797
It was on third,

00:47:27.817 --> 00:47:30.420
and it was a shallow fly

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.139
ball to left field.

00:47:31.240 --> 00:47:32.262
Christian Yelich, everybody knew,

00:47:32.302 --> 00:47:33.262
was coming up firing.

00:47:34.103 --> 00:47:34.983
And for some reason,

00:47:35.023 --> 00:47:36.766
the third base coach sent Tommy Pham,

00:47:37.786 --> 00:47:39.068
and he was out by a mile.

00:47:39.708 --> 00:47:40.050
Yeah.

00:47:41.036 --> 00:47:42.157
don't depends what broadcast

00:47:42.177 --> 00:47:42.836
you listen to I thought

00:47:42.856 --> 00:47:43.958
that white socks broadcast

00:47:43.978 --> 00:47:46.260
was fantastic and how they

00:47:46.300 --> 00:47:48.101
went off about the whole

00:47:48.161 --> 00:47:50.143
situation yeah so you had a

00:47:50.182 --> 00:47:50.862
chance to listen to the

00:47:50.902 --> 00:47:51.943
broadcast listen to both

00:47:52.083 --> 00:47:52.764
but the white socks

00:47:52.784 --> 00:47:54.085
broadcast is fantastic

00:47:54.106 --> 00:47:57.367
about the play um he was

00:47:57.708 --> 00:47:59.690
out by a mile and got up

00:47:59.889 --> 00:48:01.030
and contrast was just

00:48:01.090 --> 00:48:02.112
pumped up I think contrast

00:48:02.152 --> 00:48:02.871
was more yelling at

00:48:02.911 --> 00:48:05.894
christian yellich yeah and

00:48:06.094 --> 00:48:07.376
fam took it as he was

00:48:07.416 --> 00:48:08.597
getting yelled at and so

00:48:09.077 --> 00:48:10.157
things escalated nothing

00:48:11.146 --> 00:48:12.088
extreme that happened like

00:48:12.108 --> 00:48:13.148
there was no punches thrown

00:48:13.650 --> 00:48:14.570
the home plate umpire just

00:48:14.610 --> 00:48:16.112
separated fam from uh

00:48:16.152 --> 00:48:17.552
contreras for the brewers

00:48:18.373 --> 00:48:19.094
and fam went to the

00:48:19.135 --> 00:48:20.155
outfield and was on his own

00:48:20.195 --> 00:48:20.936
then he started shadow

00:48:20.956 --> 00:48:23.018
boxing like that was the

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:24.420
way he's just getting ready

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:26.302
to go in the outfield and

00:48:26.322 --> 00:48:28.324
then after the game the

00:48:28.344 --> 00:48:29.304
first thing and I don't

00:48:29.344 --> 00:48:30.146
have the quote for it but

00:48:30.186 --> 00:48:31.166
the first thing that fam

00:48:31.206 --> 00:48:32.768
said was he pretty much

00:48:32.788 --> 00:48:33.929
threw all the blame on the

00:48:33.969 --> 00:48:35.391
third base coach like

00:48:36.956 --> 00:48:37.436
You're going?

00:48:37.777 --> 00:48:38.378
Like you're sending me?

00:48:38.538 --> 00:48:38.878
Okay.

00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:40.179
Your job is to listen to the

00:48:40.219 --> 00:48:40.860
fair base coach,

00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:41.621
and he's sending me even

00:48:41.641 --> 00:48:42.882
though everybody knew that

00:48:43.041 --> 00:48:44.182
that ball was in and I was

00:48:44.202 --> 00:48:44.782
going to get hosed.

00:48:44.882 --> 00:48:46.784
But okay, I'll go because you told me to.

00:48:47.846 --> 00:48:48.867
But then it was after that.

00:48:50.568 --> 00:48:51.949
And Tommy Pham said,

00:48:52.949 --> 00:48:54.170
there's a reason why I do

00:48:54.251 --> 00:48:55.932
all kinds of fighting in the offseason,

00:48:56.253 --> 00:48:58.394
because I'm prepared to fuck somebody up.

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:05.019
I loved it.

00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:08.721
The other thing I heard today was,

00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:10.061
what's his first name?

00:49:10.081 --> 00:49:12.481
Pat Murphy for the Brewers, the head coach,

00:49:12.722 --> 00:49:13.103
the manager?

00:49:14.202 --> 00:49:14.963
Oh, I don't know.

00:49:15.063 --> 00:49:16.123
It's Murphy, but I don't know.

00:49:16.184 --> 00:49:16.623
It's Murphy.

00:49:16.664 --> 00:49:17.864
I just can't remember his

00:49:17.903 --> 00:49:18.945
first name always escapes me.

00:49:18.965 --> 00:49:20.164
I want to say it's Pat Murphy.

00:49:22.326 --> 00:49:22.766
Pulling it up.

00:49:22.806 --> 00:49:23.146
Hold on.

00:49:25.786 --> 00:49:25.947
Watch.

00:49:25.967 --> 00:49:26.547
I'm just going to type in

00:49:26.586 --> 00:49:27.527
Pat Murphy and something

00:49:27.568 --> 00:49:28.347
weird is going to pop up.

00:49:30.469 --> 00:49:31.188
Yeah, Pat Murphy.

00:49:32.610 --> 00:49:33.349
So it's Pat Murphy.

00:49:34.402 --> 00:49:35.143
And he pretty much said,

00:49:35.184 --> 00:49:36.545
I don't have the Akuzak quote for him,

00:49:36.565 --> 00:49:39.126
so I'm kind of going with a

00:49:39.146 --> 00:49:39.666
little bit here.

00:49:39.766 --> 00:49:41.768
But he pretty much said that

00:49:41.809 --> 00:49:42.869
it was like a showcase,

00:49:42.929 --> 00:49:44.690
like Tommy Pham was,

00:49:45.431 --> 00:49:46.193
you guys see what I can do?

00:49:46.213 --> 00:49:46.932
I can do this for you.

00:49:47.514 --> 00:49:48.393
I'll stick up for you.

00:49:50.036 --> 00:49:51.217
Almost like he wants to be a

00:49:51.257 --> 00:49:52.757
brewer is what he took it as.

00:49:54.525 --> 00:49:55.085
So, I don't know.

00:49:55.146 --> 00:49:55.985
Pat Murphy liked it.

00:49:56.045 --> 00:49:56.827
He wanted that kind of

00:49:57.447 --> 00:49:58.327
energy for his team.

00:49:58.347 --> 00:50:01.150
It was a very weird thing.

00:50:01.431 --> 00:50:01.650
I mean,

00:50:01.710 --> 00:50:03.853
Tommy Pham is notorious to be in

00:50:04.012 --> 00:50:04.572
skirmishes.

00:50:04.632 --> 00:50:04.873
I mean,

00:50:04.932 --> 00:50:06.273
remember he went out to the field

00:50:06.335 --> 00:50:07.255
and slapped Jock Peterson

00:50:07.335 --> 00:50:08.735
in the face over fantasy football.

00:50:10.898 --> 00:50:12.139
Hey, he's passionate.

00:50:12.398 --> 00:50:13.360
He doesn't like to lose,

00:50:13.420 --> 00:50:15.041
but he always seems to find

00:50:15.081 --> 00:50:18.925
himself on a team that needs a body,

00:50:19.505 --> 00:50:20.666
and he just performs.

00:50:21.347 --> 00:50:22.947
I think one of the things, too, that

00:50:23.766 --> 00:50:25.306
I don't think he's a bad teammate.

00:50:25.365 --> 00:50:29.646
I think he's what coaches want because,

00:50:29.686 --> 00:50:30.407
like you said,

00:50:30.806 --> 00:50:32.106
he knew he was going to be out.

00:50:32.487 --> 00:50:34.668
He could have very easily just not gone,

00:50:34.768 --> 00:50:34.987
right?

00:50:35.208 --> 00:50:36.708
But he did exactly what his

00:50:36.768 --> 00:50:38.628
coaches asked of him and

00:50:38.668 --> 00:50:41.128
was out by a mile and got shown up.

00:50:41.489 --> 00:50:43.710
Whether Contreras is

00:50:44.409 --> 00:50:46.889
cheering for Yelich or not,

00:50:47.570 --> 00:50:50.431
that's a form of being shown up,

00:50:50.490 --> 00:50:51.771
and he knows it's not on him.

00:50:53.331 --> 00:50:55.893
He can run, but not with that, you know,

00:50:55.972 --> 00:50:56.914
into short left.

00:50:56.934 --> 00:50:59.115
I mean, short right either way.

00:50:59.275 --> 00:51:01.157
Yelich has got a decent arm.

00:51:03.338 --> 00:51:06.320
But, yeah, no, I wouldn't.

00:51:06.460 --> 00:51:07.161
To be honest,

00:51:07.822 --> 00:51:09.143
he makes a whole lot of sense

00:51:10.143 --> 00:51:11.664
as a veteran right-handed

00:51:11.724 --> 00:51:13.186
bat for the Brewers,

00:51:13.306 --> 00:51:14.206
now that you mention that.

00:51:15.347 --> 00:51:16.128
Did you see the video?

00:51:16.849 --> 00:51:17.028
Yeah.

00:51:18.090 --> 00:51:18.650
What are your thoughts?

00:51:18.670 --> 00:51:19.471
Did he go up the line?

00:51:23.282 --> 00:51:23.663
See,

00:51:24.164 --> 00:51:25.224
I have a hard time with the whole

00:51:25.284 --> 00:51:26.465
blocking the plate and all

00:51:26.485 --> 00:51:28.206
that BS because I'm a

00:51:28.246 --> 00:51:29.766
little older and I'm not

00:51:29.806 --> 00:51:32.048
opposed to seeing a little

00:51:32.068 --> 00:51:33.009
bit of contact.

00:51:37.672 --> 00:51:38.873
I don't think it was

00:51:38.932 --> 00:51:43.675
anything to challenge or to go after.

00:51:43.735 --> 00:51:48.139
I think he was out by so far.

00:51:48.159 --> 00:51:49.059
It doesn't really matter.

00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:50.480
He was just... Yeah.

00:51:51.280 --> 00:51:51.420
It's...

00:51:52.204 --> 00:51:53.806
Could there be an argument made for it?

00:51:53.905 --> 00:51:54.306
Sure,

00:51:54.385 --> 00:51:56.887
but I'm opposed to any of that kind

00:51:56.927 --> 00:51:58.268
of the blocking the plate stuff.

00:51:58.288 --> 00:51:58.548
I mean,

00:51:58.568 --> 00:52:00.289
I want to protect the players and all too,

00:52:00.369 --> 00:52:02.110
but I don't know.

00:52:02.771 --> 00:52:04.791
I'm not for that right now.

00:52:04.891 --> 00:52:06.773
I mean, I think he was up the line,

00:52:06.833 --> 00:52:07.693
but I don't think he was

00:52:07.994 --> 00:52:09.454
intent to hurt or anything like that.

00:52:09.474 --> 00:52:10.434
I think he was just out by a

00:52:10.474 --> 00:52:11.635
mile and trying to do some

00:52:11.695 --> 00:52:14.958
kind of slide move to try to get in there,

00:52:15.018 --> 00:52:17.159
but I think that's all it was.

00:52:18.440 --> 00:52:18.760
Yeah,

00:52:18.780 --> 00:52:20.400
I think the whole thing is like if

00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:20.840
you're going to

00:52:22.144 --> 00:52:24.146
If the catchers have their

00:52:24.626 --> 00:52:26.688
location where they can call safe,

00:52:27.269 --> 00:52:29.512
all you're really doing is

00:52:29.632 --> 00:52:32.614
giving the runners more

00:52:32.715 --> 00:52:35.637
space to do those kind of strange,

00:52:35.777 --> 00:52:37.298
funky slides to avoid.

00:52:37.318 --> 00:52:40.422
You know what I mean?

00:52:40.442 --> 00:52:41.282
So if you're going to take

00:52:41.322 --> 00:52:43.224
away some of that from the catchers,

00:52:43.784 --> 00:52:44.945
all you're really doing is

00:52:44.985 --> 00:52:46.927
giving more leeway to the runners.

00:52:49.451 --> 00:52:50.192
Yeah, I mean,

00:52:50.211 --> 00:52:53.454
it was just such a weird play.

00:52:55.255 --> 00:52:56.456
There was a couple of weird

00:52:56.536 --> 00:52:58.418
calls this weekend in

00:52:58.478 --> 00:53:01.041
regards to the third base

00:53:01.081 --> 00:53:02.422
coaches sending.

00:53:02.461 --> 00:53:03.222
The Cubs had it.

00:53:03.282 --> 00:53:06.945
I think that was, jeez, I don't even know.

00:53:06.965 --> 00:53:09.367
It was Nick Madrigal was sent from third.

00:53:09.847 --> 00:53:10.929
This might have been Friday

00:53:11.268 --> 00:53:12.891
night now that I think about it.

00:53:13.931 --> 00:53:17.735
And it's hit into the corner and left.

00:53:19.905 --> 00:53:22.166
Hubert, I think is his name,

00:53:22.606 --> 00:53:24.086
threw it to De La Cruz,

00:53:24.106 --> 00:53:25.387
who's got a freaking cannon,

00:53:25.867 --> 00:53:27.489
and Magical was out by a mile, too.

00:53:29.469 --> 00:53:30.791
Their base coach has got to figure it out.

00:53:31.431 --> 00:53:33.192
Yeah, it was pretty ugly.

00:53:35.652 --> 00:53:38.434
So now with that said, and again,

00:53:38.454 --> 00:53:41.014
there was a lot to cover, let's...

00:53:44.181 --> 00:53:45.302
Take another little quick

00:53:45.342 --> 00:53:47.143
pause before we get into the prospects.

00:53:47.922 --> 00:53:48.483
And again,

00:53:49.384 --> 00:53:51.664
if anyone listening wants to

00:53:51.724 --> 00:53:54.606
join the team, wants to get involved,

00:53:54.686 --> 00:53:55.887
wants to write about baseball,

00:53:55.927 --> 00:53:56.768
their favorite team,

00:53:56.847 --> 00:53:57.927
even their favorite player

00:53:57.949 --> 00:53:58.588
for that matter,

00:53:58.628 --> 00:54:00.110
or just opinions they have

00:54:00.610 --> 00:54:02.331
around the game of baseball in general,

00:54:02.903 --> 00:54:03.925
please go to the website

00:54:04.264 --> 00:54:06.485
inside the diamonds.com backslash,

00:54:06.545 --> 00:54:08.827
join us and give us a

00:54:08.867 --> 00:54:10.108
message in regards to what

00:54:10.128 --> 00:54:12.009
your interests are.

00:54:12.028 --> 00:54:13.329
And CJ can let you know

00:54:13.409 --> 00:54:14.929
exactly how that fits with

00:54:14.989 --> 00:54:16.030
what we're trying to do here.

00:54:16.050 --> 00:54:17.771
He can lay the groundwork

00:54:17.811 --> 00:54:19.213
for you of our expectations,

00:54:19.273 --> 00:54:20.552
what everyone's looking for

00:54:21.034 --> 00:54:21.994
and how we can make that

00:54:22.054 --> 00:54:23.155
possible and adding you to

00:54:23.195 --> 00:54:24.514
the team and letting you

00:54:24.554 --> 00:54:25.735
get in on some of the fun.

00:54:27.137 --> 00:54:27.356
Again,

00:54:27.793 --> 00:54:29.980
Doesn't have to be a specific team.

00:54:30.460 --> 00:54:32.126
If there's just a specific

00:54:32.387 --> 00:54:35.114
topic or a couple of teams you like,

00:54:35.934 --> 00:54:36.534
Let us know.

00:54:36.554 --> 00:54:38.096
We can figure it out in

00:54:38.135 --> 00:54:39.436
regards to how that fits

00:54:39.496 --> 00:54:40.297
with what we're trying to

00:54:40.336 --> 00:54:41.737
do here as we try to build

00:54:41.818 --> 00:54:43.860
the platform and add more

00:54:43.940 --> 00:54:46.521
content to the website itself.

00:54:46.621 --> 00:54:47.722
So again,

00:54:48.103 --> 00:54:50.384
insidethediamonds.com backslash

00:54:50.463 --> 00:54:52.365
join us and let us know any

00:54:52.445 --> 00:54:53.766
questions you may have or

00:54:53.907 --> 00:54:55.467
any interest you have so

00:54:55.487 --> 00:54:56.289
that we can see about

00:54:56.329 --> 00:54:57.289
getting you added to this

00:54:57.349 --> 00:54:58.449
team that we've got here as

00:54:58.489 --> 00:55:00.030
we build content through

00:55:00.070 --> 00:55:01.552
the rest of the season and

00:55:01.913 --> 00:55:03.012
more of the exciting stuff

00:55:03.052 --> 00:55:03.753
that we have to come.

00:55:08.146 --> 00:55:08.967
All right, CJ.

00:55:09.467 --> 00:55:11.248
One of my favorite parts now

00:55:11.389 --> 00:55:12.309
is the prospects.

00:55:12.769 --> 00:55:14.190
And I know you've got a lot

00:55:14.231 --> 00:55:15.452
of new stuff going and a

00:55:15.512 --> 00:55:16.472
lot of stuff that we've

00:55:16.512 --> 00:55:17.672
talked about that I've yet

00:55:17.733 --> 00:55:19.635
to be able to really get

00:55:19.835 --> 00:55:21.576
work situated so I can be a

00:55:21.655 --> 00:55:22.516
bigger part of it.

00:55:22.697 --> 00:55:23.916
But why don't you talk to

00:55:23.956 --> 00:55:24.777
everyone about the top

00:55:24.818 --> 00:55:25.739
prospects and some of the

00:55:25.778 --> 00:55:27.480
stuff you've got going on on the website?

00:55:33.402 --> 00:55:34.164
You're muted, bud.

00:55:37.099 --> 00:55:37.478
That's good.

00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:38.880
There we go.

00:55:38.900 --> 00:55:39.701
All right.

00:55:40.360 --> 00:55:41.561
So if you're not familiar,

00:55:42.302 --> 00:55:43.583
we were doing down on the farm,

00:55:44.222 --> 00:55:46.425
and we were doing, what was there, six,

00:55:46.465 --> 00:55:47.784
seven teams I think we talked about?

00:55:47.806 --> 00:55:48.666
Yeah.

00:55:48.746 --> 00:55:51.347
Now we're down to probably three,

00:55:51.387 --> 00:55:52.088
maybe four,

00:55:53.268 --> 00:55:56.331
and really focused on the Red Sox, Reds,

00:55:56.391 --> 00:55:57.771
Cubs, and Rangers there.

00:55:58.512 --> 00:55:59.351
The other thing I started

00:55:59.391 --> 00:56:01.554
doing was we're doing by league.

00:56:02.293 --> 00:56:03.275
So I started doing the

00:56:03.394 --> 00:56:04.235
Eastern League and the

00:56:04.275 --> 00:56:05.115
International League.

00:56:06.007 --> 00:56:08.527
And with doing this, you find more players,

00:56:08.608 --> 00:56:09.588
because what I was doing

00:56:09.608 --> 00:56:10.929
was I wanted to make sure

00:56:10.949 --> 00:56:14.052
that every team in each

00:56:14.132 --> 00:56:14.871
league was covered.

00:56:15.391 --> 00:56:16.233
So, for instance,

00:56:16.393 --> 00:56:18.313
say the Royals and AAA

00:56:18.353 --> 00:56:21.856
don't have a prospect in the top 100.

00:56:21.856 --> 00:56:23.157
I'm doing an honorable mention,

00:56:23.217 --> 00:56:24.297
so at least somebody in

00:56:24.338 --> 00:56:25.737
their system is being mentioned.

00:56:26.659 --> 00:56:28.139
So what I was doing that is

00:56:28.179 --> 00:56:29.721
I want to go through the AA,

00:56:30.380 --> 00:56:31.842
the Eastern League, because I feel like

00:56:32.722 --> 00:56:34.882
A lot of people focus on the

00:56:34.963 --> 00:56:36.583
top five prospects and then

00:56:36.603 --> 00:56:37.762
AAA because they're right

00:56:37.882 --> 00:56:38.643
before the majors.

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And what I've noticed over

00:56:40.884 --> 00:56:41.903
the last week doing the

00:56:41.983 --> 00:56:42.985
Eastern League is there was

00:56:43.045 --> 00:56:44.824
a lot of good talent there this week.

00:56:45.744 --> 00:56:46.626
Even the names in the top 100.

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So I'm going to go through a couple teams.

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And if you're a fan of this team,

00:56:51.067 --> 00:56:51.827
this is something you're

00:56:51.847 --> 00:56:53.786
going to want to tune in for.

00:56:53.806 --> 00:56:54.887
We're going to start with Binghamton.

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They're the AA affiliate of

00:56:56.527 --> 00:56:57.268
the New York Mets.

00:56:58.307 --> 00:57:00.168
And their prospect, too, once I get my...

00:57:01.132 --> 00:57:02.052
Rankings updated.

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This guy will be in my top 100.

00:57:03.733 --> 00:57:06.195
His name is Brandon Sprope.

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I believe that's how you say

00:57:07.456 --> 00:57:08.016
his last name.

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Last week, he went seven innings, one hit,

00:57:11.798 --> 00:57:13.460
didn't allow a run, walked one,

00:57:13.500 --> 00:57:14.460
and struck out 10,

00:57:14.460 --> 00:57:15.601
which is a career high for him.

00:57:17.682 --> 00:57:18.443
Down in Bowie,

00:57:18.784 --> 00:57:20.505
the AA affiliate of the Orioles,

00:57:21.505 --> 00:57:22.686
two names we already mentioned tonight,

00:57:22.726 --> 00:57:24.427
Judd Fabian and Samuel Basalo,

00:57:24.588 --> 00:57:26.009
have combined for 16 home

00:57:26.048 --> 00:57:27.849
runs and 48 RBIs this season.

00:57:29.001 --> 00:57:29.782
Two names I mentioned in

00:57:29.802 --> 00:57:31.143
that trade for Jesus Lizardo.

00:57:31.523 --> 00:57:32.364
And the more I thought about

00:57:32.384 --> 00:57:33.184
it after the article came

00:57:33.244 --> 00:57:34.385
out and I saw their stats,

00:57:35.025 --> 00:57:35.806
maybe you don't trade them.

00:57:36.586 --> 00:57:37.286
Where's Fabian?

00:57:37.487 --> 00:57:38.047
What position?

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Outfield.

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I actually watched him a lot in college.

00:57:41.210 --> 00:57:42.070
He was at Florida.

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Yes, okay.

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That's why it sounds so familiar.

00:57:45.452 --> 00:57:47.072
You think about that trade even more now,

00:57:47.112 --> 00:57:47.914
and you just mentioned

00:57:47.954 --> 00:57:49.875
Fabian as an outfielder for power,

00:57:50.355 --> 00:57:51.876
and then the catcher.

00:57:52.835 --> 00:57:53.737
The Marlins don't have

00:57:54.217 --> 00:57:55.458
chip for catching they have

00:57:55.577 --> 00:57:57.518
no hitting prospects not

00:57:57.559 --> 00:57:59.539
their top three prospects

00:57:59.579 --> 00:58:00.539
in their system are all

00:58:00.559 --> 00:58:03.099
pitching I don't I think I

00:58:03.159 --> 00:58:04.201
think when the first bat

00:58:04.240 --> 00:58:05.021
comes into play it might

00:58:05.061 --> 00:58:06.661
even be four might be six

00:58:06.740 --> 00:58:07.780
it's like right around that

00:58:07.840 --> 00:58:09.702
area but it's it's it's not

00:58:09.722 --> 00:58:11.442
good that's not even I said

00:58:11.461 --> 00:58:12.603
that in the article I said

00:58:12.623 --> 00:58:13.282
they need a hitting

00:58:13.322 --> 00:58:14.483
prospect in the top 100

00:58:14.483 --> 00:58:18.123
that can help them but I i

00:58:18.284 --> 00:58:19.123
the more I think about I

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just I don't know if I want

00:58:20.045 --> 00:58:21.764
to trade them and fabian

00:58:22.862 --> 00:58:23.983
was actually drafted by the

00:58:24.003 --> 00:58:25.485
Red Sox and didn't get a

00:58:25.545 --> 00:58:27.344
deal done and went back to Florida,

00:58:28.306 --> 00:58:29.065
from what I remember.

00:58:29.586 --> 00:58:29.927
I believe,

00:58:29.947 --> 00:58:30.706
I don't know if that was out of

00:58:30.766 --> 00:58:32.188
high school, if that was out of Florida,

00:58:32.208 --> 00:58:32.947
but I do know he was

00:58:32.967 --> 00:58:34.528
drafted by the Red Sox originally,

00:58:35.349 --> 00:58:36.690
did not get a deal done and went back.

00:58:38.530 --> 00:58:42.592
The other player there is Kyle, geez,

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I'm going to butcher this name,

00:58:44.994 --> 00:58:45.974
but I want to say it's Bovich.

00:58:48.789 --> 00:58:50.570
He went six innings, didn't allow a hit,

00:58:50.590 --> 00:58:52.012
didn't allow a run, walked one,

00:58:52.032 --> 00:58:52.873
and struck out six.

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Another team is Portland,

00:58:56.416 --> 00:58:57.257
which we talk about this

00:58:57.356 --> 00:58:58.998
one a lot because we're Red Sox fans.

00:59:00.278 --> 00:59:04.262
Kyle Thiel last week was a great week.

00:59:04.282 --> 00:59:04.623
10 for 24.

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He had three home runs.

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Two of them saved the game

00:59:08.166 --> 00:59:08.847
for the Seadogs.

00:59:10.068 --> 00:59:11.489
One of them on Friday,

00:59:11.590 --> 00:59:12.389
both of them actually came

00:59:12.409 --> 00:59:13.030
in the ninth inning.

00:59:13.865 --> 00:59:16.128
On Friday, they were down 6-5 to Altoona,

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who's the AA affiliate of the Pirates.

00:59:18.909 --> 00:59:20.351
And they scored 6th in the 8th.

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Or, I'm sorry,

00:59:21.512 --> 00:59:22.512
Altoona scored 6th in the

00:59:22.652 --> 00:59:23.393
8th to take the lead.

00:59:24.034 --> 00:59:24.894
And then Kyle Thiel hit a

00:59:24.914 --> 00:59:26.076
3-run homer on the tie,

00:59:26.255 --> 00:59:27.556
and the Seadogs would win in extras.

00:59:28.737 --> 00:59:29.878
On Saturday, he did it again.

00:59:30.920 --> 00:59:32.141
He had a grand slam to make

00:59:32.201 --> 00:59:33.382
it 6-4 Portland.

00:59:34.143 --> 00:59:35.284
Altoona ended up tying it

00:59:35.304 --> 00:59:36.864
7-7 in the bottom of the 9th.

00:59:37.885 --> 00:59:40.748
And Portland would win it in the 10th.

00:59:40.827 --> 00:59:42.389
Kyle Thiel's making a name to put his...

00:59:43.387 --> 00:59:45.007
put himself behind the plate in AAA.

00:59:46.588 --> 00:59:47.929
Another one, Marcelo Meyer.

00:59:48.530 --> 00:59:51.291
Leads the league in doubles with 19.

00:59:51.411 --> 00:59:54.213
He's eighth in batting average with a 295.

00:59:54.213 --> 00:59:56.135
He has six home runs and 27 RBIs.

00:59:56.315 --> 00:59:57.737
Another name in the top 100

00:59:57.737 --> 01:00:00.518
that... When does he get moved up?

01:00:00.838 --> 01:00:01.958
He's got to be moved up soon.

01:00:02.260 --> 01:00:02.579
I don't know.

01:00:02.619 --> 01:00:04.541
At least, I mean, you look at it.

01:00:05.161 --> 01:00:05.722
I mean, yeah,

01:00:05.742 --> 01:00:07.822
they got Rafael playing short right now,

01:00:07.862 --> 01:00:08.784
but even my father and I

01:00:08.804 --> 01:00:10.184
were having that conversation last

01:00:11.567 --> 01:00:11.847
You know,

01:00:11.887 --> 01:00:13.266
he's your best athlete on the

01:00:13.307 --> 01:00:14.027
team right now.

01:00:15.967 --> 01:00:17.168
Is that really where he belongs?

01:00:17.188 --> 01:00:18.048
Is it short?

01:00:19.389 --> 01:00:20.268
You can move him anywhere.

01:00:20.449 --> 01:00:21.190
You could put him in third.

01:00:21.230 --> 01:00:22.010
You could put him in second.

01:00:24.170 --> 01:00:24.811
I just think you've got to

01:00:24.831 --> 01:00:26.331
get him in the AAA at some point soon.

01:00:26.990 --> 01:00:28.231
Even if he's an idea to call

01:00:28.271 --> 01:00:29.012
up in September,

01:00:29.711 --> 01:00:30.311
you've got to get him in

01:00:30.331 --> 01:00:31.152
the AAA at some point.

01:00:31.172 --> 01:00:33.052
Get him to Worcester, see what he can do,

01:00:33.612 --> 01:00:35.693
and go from there.

01:00:35.733 --> 01:00:36.574
Because you still don't...

01:00:36.753 --> 01:00:37.773
Trevor Story's probably not

01:00:37.793 --> 01:00:39.554
coming back this year until maybe...

01:00:40.469 --> 01:00:41.510
end of the year and even if

01:00:41.610 --> 01:00:43.251
so it's probably better fit

01:00:43.291 --> 01:00:44.992
to be your dh he's not

01:00:45.012 --> 01:00:45.992
coming back at all I don't

01:00:46.032 --> 01:00:47.313
think and if he does come

01:00:47.353 --> 01:00:48.534
back next year how long do

01:00:48.554 --> 01:00:49.514
you expect to have him for

01:00:50.474 --> 01:00:52.476
put him at dh yeah well you

01:00:52.496 --> 01:00:53.536
get your sheet is contract

01:00:53.556 --> 01:00:54.476
you gotta deal with 90

01:00:54.476 --> 01:00:55.398
million and nobody wants

01:00:55.418 --> 01:00:58.858
that you know who you

01:00:58.898 --> 01:01:00.219
should yoshida reminds me

01:01:00.260 --> 01:01:04.342
of is kosuke fuki joma or

01:01:04.362 --> 01:01:06.182
whatever from the from the cubs that's

01:01:06.650 --> 01:01:08.771
When he first came to Boston, I'm like,

01:01:08.831 --> 01:01:10.072
geez, I've seen this before.

01:01:10.711 --> 01:01:14.074
I've seen this before, all too familiar.

01:01:14.235 --> 01:01:16.235
But hopefully he can prove me wrong.

01:01:16.295 --> 01:01:17.155
But, yeah,

01:01:17.436 --> 01:01:19.898
I didn't mean to cut in there with Meyer,

01:01:19.938 --> 01:01:21.139
but he's a good one.

01:01:21.179 --> 01:01:22.059
I'm interested to see what

01:01:22.079 --> 01:01:23.079
he can do at the next level.

01:01:23.500 --> 01:01:24.820
That's exactly why I want to

01:01:24.860 --> 01:01:25.842
bring this stuff in because

01:01:26.001 --> 01:01:26.822
it's stuff like you just

01:01:26.862 --> 01:01:28.643
said people don't know and all that.

01:01:29.184 --> 01:01:31.505
The last one for Portland is

01:01:31.625 --> 01:01:32.945
my favorite prospect to watch,

01:01:33.025 --> 01:01:34.226
and I've been locked in on him.

01:01:35.382 --> 01:01:37.322
since he was in Greenville.

01:01:37.523 --> 01:01:38.463
It's Luis Perales.

01:01:39.824 --> 01:01:41.505
He got promoted to AA Portland.

01:01:41.525 --> 01:01:42.905
He made his first start last week.

01:01:43.246 --> 01:01:43.666
Got a win.

01:01:44.586 --> 01:01:45.987
Went five innings, gave up two hits,

01:01:46.148 --> 01:01:47.788
allowed one run, was not earned,

01:01:48.469 --> 01:01:49.829
walked one, and struck out seven.

01:01:51.110 --> 01:01:51.489
This guy,

01:01:51.510 --> 01:01:52.931
when I update my Red Sox rankings,

01:01:53.030 --> 01:01:54.911
might be making his way to the top five.

01:01:56.612 --> 01:01:58.313
Mike, I've got to look at it again,

01:01:58.333 --> 01:02:00.155
but Gonzalez might have to fall,

01:02:00.195 --> 01:02:01.094
and I think Perales might

01:02:01.114 --> 01:02:01.976
take over as the top

01:02:01.996 --> 01:02:03.356
pitching prospect in the system.

01:02:04.036 --> 01:02:04.257
Yep.

01:02:06.195 --> 01:02:07.596
I wrote an article, too, the other day,

01:02:07.615 --> 01:02:09.077
the forearms in the system

01:02:09.097 --> 01:02:10.557
that are surprising everybody.

01:02:10.818 --> 01:02:13.239
And I also mentioned how I

01:02:13.280 --> 01:02:14.121
like Cooper Criswell.

01:02:14.300 --> 01:02:15.262
I saw him pitch on Saturday.

01:02:15.302 --> 01:02:16.003
He pitched well.

01:02:16.663 --> 01:02:18.204
He faced a tough Tigers

01:02:18.224 --> 01:02:19.025
lineup that's struggling.

01:02:19.744 --> 01:02:21.427
And I debated,

01:02:21.786 --> 01:02:22.887
do you call up Richard Fitz

01:02:22.927 --> 01:02:23.929
and have him become that

01:02:23.969 --> 01:02:25.130
starter and see what you got with him?

01:02:25.469 --> 01:02:26.690
Because he just turned in a

01:02:26.751 --> 01:02:28.532
brilliant outing last week for Worcester.

01:02:31.755 --> 01:02:31.954
Yeah.

01:02:31.974 --> 01:02:32.114
Yeah.

01:02:35.545 --> 01:02:36.246
It's worth a shot.

01:02:37.246 --> 01:02:37.626
Next one,

01:02:38.907 --> 01:02:40.128
I don't know how they keep doing it.

01:02:40.829 --> 01:02:42.389
They just keep finding bats.

01:02:43.250 --> 01:02:44.431
It's the Somerset Patriots,

01:02:44.451 --> 01:02:45.652
which is a AA affiliate of

01:02:45.672 --> 01:02:46.492
the New York Yankees.

01:02:48.092 --> 01:02:50.394
They currently have Jason Dominguez,

01:02:51.255 --> 01:02:52.516
and he's on a rehab assignment.

01:02:52.715 --> 01:02:54.516
He's actually just moved up to AAA today,

01:02:54.577 --> 01:02:57.619
so he'll be at Scranton-Wilkes-Barre.

01:02:57.759 --> 01:02:58.880
They also have Spencer Jones,

01:02:59.059 --> 01:03:00.360
who's the top bat for them

01:03:00.380 --> 01:03:01.942
in the prospect rankings.

01:03:03.402 --> 01:03:03.722
Dominguez,

01:03:04.456 --> 01:03:06.878
Six for 16, three home runs, five RBIs,

01:03:06.918 --> 01:03:07.699
five runs scored.

01:03:08.940 --> 01:03:09.420
And that's it.

01:03:09.501 --> 01:03:10.422
I don't know what the small

01:03:10.442 --> 01:03:11.222
sample size is.

01:03:11.242 --> 01:03:13.023
It's a rehab assignment.

01:03:13.963 --> 01:03:14.585
Spencer Jones,

01:03:14.684 --> 01:03:17.085
seven for 23 with a home run, seven RBIs,

01:03:17.146 --> 01:03:17.967
and one run scored.

01:03:18.708 --> 01:03:20.048
I talked about him after the

01:03:20.168 --> 01:03:21.389
prospect showcased this

01:03:22.309 --> 01:03:24.271
offseason and how he's

01:03:24.291 --> 01:03:25.012
going to just be another

01:03:25.052 --> 01:03:25.853
bat to that lineup.

01:03:26.673 --> 01:03:27.414
Put that ad in,

01:03:27.594 --> 01:03:28.755
they got two more down there.

01:03:29.114 --> 01:03:31.036
Ben Rice and Augustin Ramirez.

01:03:32.161 --> 01:03:34.043
Both of them have 12 home runs,

01:03:34.083 --> 01:03:35.804
which leads the Eastern League.

01:03:35.824 --> 01:03:39.606
Ramirez has 35 RBIs and 37 runs scored.

01:03:40.505 --> 01:03:43.987
Rice has 26 RBIs and 34 runs scored.

01:03:45.088 --> 01:03:46.728
Either of those guys first baseman.

01:03:46.889 --> 01:03:48.309
I know Dominguez plays on

01:03:48.349 --> 01:03:49.670
the outfield anywhere.

01:03:49.690 --> 01:03:50.391
I don't believe so.

01:03:50.431 --> 01:03:51.670
I think one's actually a catcher.

01:03:53.271 --> 01:03:53.692
Great.

01:03:54.291 --> 01:03:57.153
I think Ramirez is a catcher

01:03:57.474 --> 01:03:58.534
off the top of my head.

01:03:58.554 --> 01:03:59.695
I'm pulling it up right now.

01:04:01.121 --> 01:04:04.023
Ben Rice is from Massachusetts,

01:04:05.224 --> 01:04:05.884
and he's a catcher.

01:04:06.045 --> 01:04:07.085
So Rice is the catcher.

01:04:07.344 --> 01:04:07.646
Okay.

01:04:07.666 --> 01:04:09.887
I don't know why I asked

01:04:09.927 --> 01:04:10.827
that about first base,

01:04:10.847 --> 01:04:14.210
because that seems to be a

01:04:14.289 --> 01:04:16.851
spot that if you can keep Soto,

01:04:16.952 --> 01:04:17.652
keep Judge,

01:04:18.773 --> 01:04:20.494
and you know Dominguez is coming up,

01:04:21.175 --> 01:04:22.315
and you throw one of those.

01:04:22.775 --> 01:04:24.657
Spencer Jones is outfielder too, right?

01:04:24.677 --> 01:04:25.177
Yeah,

01:04:25.197 --> 01:04:26.778
but he's probably going to be the D.H.

01:04:26.818 --> 01:04:27.460
I think they're going to end

01:04:27.480 --> 01:04:28.460
up trying to move Stanton,

01:04:28.500 --> 01:04:29.740
and Spencer Jones will end

01:04:29.760 --> 01:04:30.541
up being the D.H.,

01:04:32.237 --> 01:04:34.298
But both of those guys, Ramirez and Rice,

01:04:34.378 --> 01:04:34.759
catcher,

01:04:34.858 --> 01:04:36.519
and Ramirez can also play first base.

01:04:37.079 --> 01:04:37.400
Okay,

01:04:37.561 --> 01:04:40.782
so there is someone for first down

01:04:40.802 --> 01:04:41.463
the line there.

01:04:42.463 --> 01:04:42.884
You're right.

01:04:42.923 --> 01:04:44.403
They constantly,

01:04:44.425 --> 01:04:45.804
and Dominguez is someone

01:04:45.824 --> 01:04:47.445
that's on a rehab stint,

01:04:47.485 --> 01:04:48.606
but they've got some youth,

01:04:49.907 --> 01:04:51.068
and they always find it.

01:04:51.789 --> 01:04:52.849
And Garrett Cole will be

01:04:52.869 --> 01:04:54.050
there on Tuesday rehabbing.

01:04:56.952 --> 01:04:58.612
They're hitting the top of the division,

01:04:58.873 --> 01:05:01.014
and I believe it's the East.

01:05:01.173 --> 01:05:02.155
I think I forgot what it was,

01:05:02.355 --> 01:05:04.315
Eastern League, East Division.

01:05:04.775 --> 01:05:05.056
Yeah.

01:05:05.476 --> 01:05:06.556
They're up there with

01:05:07.277 --> 01:05:08.237
Portland leads the division.

01:05:08.797 --> 01:05:10.059
Yeah, I did know that.

01:05:10.579 --> 01:05:11.418
They just took it over.

01:05:11.438 --> 01:05:12.699
I think it was Hartford for

01:05:12.719 --> 01:05:13.561
a little while.

01:05:14.521 --> 01:05:15.240
The Yardgoats?

01:05:16.101 --> 01:05:16.342
Yep,

01:05:16.541 --> 01:05:17.643
and they're dealing with some injuries

01:05:17.682 --> 01:05:18.163
there too.

01:05:18.382 --> 01:05:19.202
Yeah.

01:05:19.623 --> 01:05:20.523
Next one is Harrisburg,

01:05:20.643 --> 01:05:21.744
and the only big name that

01:05:21.764 --> 01:05:22.684
I want to talk about right now.

01:05:23.246 --> 01:05:24.106
There is another one there.

01:05:24.942 --> 01:05:25.983
I wrote an article because I

01:05:26.023 --> 01:05:27.043
covered the game against

01:05:27.083 --> 01:05:28.405
the Fisher Cats a couple weeks ago.

01:05:29.206 --> 01:05:32.248
Their one through five on a

01:05:32.288 --> 01:05:33.829
normal day is just loaded

01:05:33.869 --> 01:05:34.929
for the Nationals' future.

01:05:35.710 --> 01:05:37.032
But the big one is Dylan Cruz,

01:05:37.092 --> 01:05:38.713
who was drafted after Paul

01:05:38.733 --> 01:05:39.514
Skeens last year.

01:05:39.534 --> 01:05:40.693
He was talked about as

01:05:40.934 --> 01:05:42.235
potentially going to the Pirates.

01:05:43.436 --> 01:05:45.297
And the Pirates went Skeens,

01:05:45.677 --> 01:05:46.579
Nationals went Cruz.

01:05:47.699 --> 01:05:49.161
So Cruz has had a hit in

01:05:49.201 --> 01:05:50.262
every game this past week.

01:05:51.161 --> 01:05:52.764
He went eight for 22 with a home run,

01:05:52.804 --> 01:05:54.364
three RBIs, and three runs scored.

01:05:55.936 --> 01:05:56.817
So he's a name to watch.

01:05:57.137 --> 01:05:58.557
He didn't look great when I saw him,

01:05:59.677 --> 01:06:00.617
but you can see it's there.

01:06:00.898 --> 01:06:02.597
It was an off game for him.

01:06:03.719 --> 01:06:04.778
The next one is New Hampshire,

01:06:04.938 --> 01:06:05.539
Fisher Katz.

01:06:06.298 --> 01:06:07.679
This is a name I've followed a lot,

01:06:08.358 --> 01:06:10.820
and he's in my top 10.

01:06:10.820 --> 01:06:12.099
I don't have him making the top 100,

01:06:12.099 --> 01:06:13.179
at least for a little while,

01:06:14.000 --> 01:06:15.501
but it's Josh Kosevich.

01:06:16.181 --> 01:06:17.521
He's fifth in the Eastern

01:06:17.561 --> 01:06:20.221
League in RBIs with 32,

01:06:20.221 --> 01:06:21.722
second in batting average with a 311,

01:06:21.722 --> 01:06:21.981
and fifth.

01:06:23.922 --> 01:06:24.942
with doubles with 12.

01:06:27.063 --> 01:06:28.023
So it's a bat to watch.

01:06:28.083 --> 01:06:28.682
The Blue Jays,

01:06:28.802 --> 01:06:31.722
clearly a lot of question marks there.

01:06:32.342 --> 01:06:33.623
And I think Arovis Martinez

01:06:33.643 --> 01:06:35.043
I've talked about at AAA is

01:06:35.344 --> 01:06:36.284
the one that's going to come up.

01:06:36.943 --> 01:06:38.603
I think once he gets called up,

01:06:38.704 --> 01:06:39.525
I wouldn't be surprised if

01:06:39.585 --> 01:06:41.324
he sees Kosevich head to Buffalo.

01:06:42.644 --> 01:06:43.364
Makes sense.

01:06:43.985 --> 01:06:45.186
We'll see what happens there.

01:06:46.025 --> 01:06:46.485
The other one,

01:06:46.545 --> 01:06:47.326
he's been an honorable

01:06:47.346 --> 01:06:49.385
mention every week for the

01:06:49.425 --> 01:06:50.465
Richmond Flying Tigers,

01:06:50.525 --> 01:06:51.967
who are the AA affiliate of

01:06:52.047 --> 01:06:53.186
the San Francisco Giants.

01:06:54.190 --> 01:06:57.152
It's Hayden birdsong this season.

01:06:57.711 --> 01:07:00.614
He's four and two with a 2.28 ERA,

01:07:01.173 --> 01:07:02.715
which is fourth in the Eastern league,

01:07:03.494 --> 01:07:04.775
a 1.13 whip,

01:07:04.815 --> 01:07:06.237
which is eighth in the

01:07:06.297 --> 01:07:08.057
Eastern league and 55 strikeouts,

01:07:08.077 --> 01:07:08.777
which is sixth.

01:07:09.498 --> 01:07:09.679
Yeah.

01:07:10.079 --> 01:07:11.018
He's been someone I've been

01:07:11.059 --> 01:07:12.380
covering a little bit.

01:07:13.021 --> 01:07:14.121
I don't know if I'll have

01:07:14.161 --> 01:07:15.141
him in the top 100,

01:07:15.141 --> 01:07:16.242
but he's a name that I

01:07:16.302 --> 01:07:18.903
think could be borderline by mid season.

01:07:19.324 --> 01:07:19.563
Yep.

01:07:20.264 --> 01:07:20.585
And that's,

01:07:21.175 --> 01:07:22.956
The seven teams I want to talk about.

01:07:22.976 --> 01:07:24.635
I mean, there's 12 teams there.

01:07:24.715 --> 01:07:25.695
So the teams I didn't

01:07:25.715 --> 01:07:27.697
mention were Hartford, who's Colorado.

01:07:28.657 --> 01:07:29.797
I didn't mention.

01:07:29.818 --> 01:07:31.378
Wow, this is going to bug me.

01:07:34.798 --> 01:07:35.418
I'll try to go through

01:07:35.478 --> 01:07:37.119
division by division on who I missed.

01:07:41.201 --> 01:07:43.282
I didn't mention Akron, the rubber ducks,

01:07:43.322 --> 01:07:44.461
the AA affiliate.

01:07:45.121 --> 01:07:47.242
I didn't mention Erie, the AA affiliate,

01:07:47.262 --> 01:07:47.822
the Tigers.

01:07:49.315 --> 01:07:50.815
I didn't mention... I think

01:07:50.855 --> 01:07:52.476
I covered that whole division after that.

01:07:53.916 --> 01:07:55.436
I didn't mention Redding.

01:07:55.916 --> 01:07:57.336
Redding's at the bottom of the division,

01:07:57.396 --> 01:07:58.757
so there's not much happening there.

01:07:58.777 --> 01:08:00.057
I think the name of the

01:08:00.097 --> 01:08:00.998
watch that might get called

01:08:01.038 --> 01:08:01.958
up there by the end of the

01:08:01.998 --> 01:08:03.239
season is Justin Crawford.

01:08:04.938 --> 01:08:05.800
But they're dealing with...

01:08:06.159 --> 01:08:06.920
I think the other one they

01:08:06.960 --> 01:08:10.240
have there is a Beller Painter.

01:08:10.320 --> 01:08:11.940
One's in AAA, the other one's in AA.

01:08:12.860 --> 01:08:14.161
And the one that's in AA, I believe,

01:08:14.202 --> 01:08:15.061
is out for the season.

01:08:15.422 --> 01:08:16.983
Or I might have those flip-flopped.

01:08:18.182 --> 01:08:18.363
So...

01:08:19.042 --> 01:08:20.443
there are some teams I didn't cover there.

01:08:21.184 --> 01:08:22.664
Um, but there is a lot of talent there.

01:08:22.685 --> 01:08:24.105
So if you have MLB TV,

01:08:24.886 --> 01:08:25.966
I highly recommend picking

01:08:25.987 --> 01:08:26.667
your favorite team,

01:08:26.747 --> 01:08:27.528
or even if you want to see

01:08:27.588 --> 01:08:28.469
anybody pick a different

01:08:28.488 --> 01:08:31.131
team and tune into some double a baseball,

01:08:31.150 --> 01:08:33.632
because it is some serious talent there.

01:08:34.073 --> 01:08:35.014
I mean, there's Fabian.

01:08:35.033 --> 01:08:36.734
I'm going to make the conversation.

01:08:36.775 --> 01:08:37.855
He could make the top 100

01:08:37.855 --> 01:08:40.918
soon for all sites to cover prospects.

01:08:41.399 --> 01:08:41.639
Yeah.

01:08:42.119 --> 01:08:43.541
Which is by the numbers he's putting up.

01:08:43.560 --> 01:08:46.743
Okay.

01:08:47.323 --> 01:08:47.783
No, I, I,

01:08:48.328 --> 01:08:49.368
I know you and I have talked.

01:08:49.429 --> 01:08:50.970
I know there's more that you

01:08:51.010 --> 01:08:52.270
want to build off of that.

01:08:52.810 --> 01:08:53.650
And I know it's more

01:08:53.711 --> 01:08:55.112
consistency than anything

01:08:55.152 --> 01:08:55.853
in regards to these

01:08:55.932 --> 01:08:57.594
prospects so that we keep it going.

01:08:57.634 --> 01:08:58.753
So it's not a one and done.

01:08:59.194 --> 01:09:00.335
You've done a great job with

01:09:00.375 --> 01:09:01.416
what you're working on.

01:09:01.435 --> 01:09:04.018
I know that there's things I

01:09:04.297 --> 01:09:05.679
would like to be able to help you with.

01:09:05.759 --> 01:09:08.380
And I'm hoping to here is, you know,

01:09:08.399 --> 01:09:10.801
in the next by July to get

01:09:10.862 --> 01:09:12.342
in a real steady rhythm to

01:09:12.382 --> 01:09:15.543
be able to do more because the,

01:09:15.664 --> 01:09:17.185
like you said, with MLB TV,

01:09:17.225 --> 01:09:17.845
I think it was,

01:09:19.394 --> 01:09:20.573
want to say it was Paul

01:09:20.613 --> 01:09:23.635
Skeen's last AAA start and

01:09:23.654 --> 01:09:24.615
I just clicked on the

01:09:24.655 --> 01:09:26.036
Pirates as my favorite team

01:09:26.115 --> 01:09:27.277
and then of course all four

01:09:27.296 --> 01:09:28.396
affiliates come across at

01:09:28.436 --> 01:09:31.677
the bottom I still think

01:09:31.837 --> 01:09:35.439
that MLB that package is

01:09:35.500 --> 01:09:37.039
probably the best bang for

01:09:37.079 --> 01:09:38.461
your buck out of all the

01:09:38.501 --> 01:09:39.761
other sports packages I

01:09:39.801 --> 01:09:40.841
know football is a great

01:09:41.002 --> 01:09:42.242
one if you're big into

01:09:42.282 --> 01:09:44.082
hockey or basketball sure

01:09:44.103 --> 01:09:44.962
I'm sure those are great

01:09:45.002 --> 01:09:46.543
too but in terms of

01:09:46.644 --> 01:09:47.904
baseball and just there's

01:09:49.422 --> 01:09:51.264
always a game on no matter what.

01:09:52.043 --> 01:09:53.404
And if you're a real true

01:09:53.503 --> 01:09:57.064
fan of a team and you can't

01:09:57.244 --> 01:09:58.244
see these games, I mean,

01:09:58.284 --> 01:10:00.046
I had the sea dogs game on,

01:10:00.065 --> 01:10:01.725
I think it was not this weekend.

01:10:01.786 --> 01:10:02.506
It wasn't this weekend.

01:10:02.527 --> 01:10:03.546
It was a past weekend.

01:10:03.987 --> 01:10:05.627
And I was watching that, you know,

01:10:05.646 --> 01:10:06.768
that's something that you

01:10:06.787 --> 01:10:08.268
can watch any of the time you've,

01:10:08.707 --> 01:10:10.969
especially when a player goes down,

01:10:11.769 --> 01:10:11.988
you know,

01:10:12.009 --> 01:10:14.069
when Garrett Cole makes his rehab start,

01:10:14.890 --> 01:10:15.470
you can go watch it.

01:10:16.310 --> 01:10:16.510
Yep.

01:10:17.310 --> 01:10:18.011
I'll have it on tomorrow.

01:10:18.711 --> 01:10:18.871
Yeah.

01:10:19.217 --> 01:10:21.038
It's just it's there's so

01:10:21.099 --> 01:10:23.060
much you can do with it and watch.

01:10:25.381 --> 01:10:27.463
It's just a great if you're a baseball fan,

01:10:27.524 --> 01:10:28.864
I don't think there's another way,

01:10:28.944 --> 01:10:29.545
because right now,

01:10:29.585 --> 01:10:31.666
the way you view baseball,

01:10:32.067 --> 01:10:33.127
you have to have so many

01:10:33.186 --> 01:10:35.229
different stupid streaming

01:10:35.368 --> 01:10:36.970
services just to see games.

01:10:37.609 --> 01:10:38.631
You've got it all right there.

01:10:38.650 --> 01:10:39.771
It does stink if you're in

01:10:39.811 --> 01:10:40.773
the market and you want to

01:10:40.912 --> 01:10:41.693
use it to watch.

01:10:41.773 --> 01:10:41.912
Like,

01:10:41.972 --> 01:10:43.854
I can't I can't watch any Red Sox

01:10:43.914 --> 01:10:45.595
games personally and rewatch them.

01:10:46.262 --> 01:10:48.604
But any Cubs game I want, any Reds games,

01:10:48.724 --> 01:10:49.404
any of these games,

01:10:49.444 --> 01:10:50.604
I find myself watching,

01:10:51.725 --> 01:10:52.984
flipping back and forth if

01:10:53.024 --> 01:10:54.024
the big inning's not on.

01:10:54.045 --> 01:10:55.405
I'll just go back and forth

01:10:55.945 --> 01:10:57.025
and watch whatever game

01:10:57.185 --> 01:10:58.947
piques my interest or whoever's pitching.

01:10:59.087 --> 01:11:01.006
So there's a lot you can do with it,

01:11:01.067 --> 01:11:02.507
and this minor league stuff

01:11:02.728 --> 01:11:04.688
probably puts it above and

01:11:04.707 --> 01:11:06.208
beyond any of the others out there.

01:11:06.849 --> 01:11:07.029
Yeah.

01:11:07.809 --> 01:11:08.788
And one thing, actually,

01:11:08.809 --> 01:11:09.729
that they're doing this year,

01:11:09.750 --> 01:11:11.210
and I want to touch on this really quick,

01:11:11.649 --> 01:11:12.590
it was announced today,

01:11:12.609 --> 01:11:15.173
and I haven't full –

01:11:15.173 --> 01:11:16.935
deep dived into it or deep

01:11:16.996 --> 01:11:18.096
dove I guess into it

01:11:18.117 --> 01:11:19.979
they're doing a skill

01:11:20.038 --> 01:11:22.720
showcase this year for the

01:11:22.761 --> 01:11:25.203
prospects and so typically

01:11:25.224 --> 01:11:27.104
all-star weekend in the

01:11:27.164 --> 01:11:28.426
past it's changed so many

01:11:28.487 --> 01:11:30.929
times I believe sunday of

01:11:30.988 --> 01:11:32.911
the all-star weekend is the

01:11:33.490 --> 01:11:36.234
uh pros the prospect game

01:11:36.939 --> 01:11:38.479
yeah and then they do that

01:11:38.600 --> 01:11:39.461
and then I believe that

01:11:39.740 --> 01:11:42.320
night is the draft now it

01:11:42.400 --> 01:11:43.561
used to not be that night

01:11:43.702 --> 01:11:45.242
but now I believe the draft

01:11:45.322 --> 01:11:46.962
is sunday night monday is

01:11:47.002 --> 01:11:48.443
the derby and then tuesday

01:11:48.462 --> 01:11:50.823
is the all-star game this

01:11:50.842 --> 01:11:51.724
year they added in the

01:11:51.783 --> 01:11:54.203
showcase on saturday yeah

01:11:54.384 --> 01:11:55.384
what it sounds like there's

01:11:55.484 --> 01:11:56.805
round one is hit it here

01:11:57.284 --> 01:11:58.284
and they will aim to hit

01:11:58.364 --> 01:11:59.125
infield and outfield

01:11:59.164 --> 01:12:00.265
targets in order to earn

01:12:00.365 --> 01:12:02.945
points so that they see

01:12:02.966 --> 01:12:03.905
they're hitting on display

01:12:04.987 --> 01:12:06.207
round two is call your shots

01:12:07.099 --> 01:12:08.420
They'll have a number of

01:12:08.479 --> 01:12:10.180
swings to showcase their back control.

01:12:10.841 --> 01:12:12.502
They announce which field, left, right,

01:12:12.582 --> 01:12:14.083
or center, they want to hit the ball to.

01:12:14.384 --> 01:12:14.864
If successful,

01:12:14.885 --> 01:12:15.664
then they choose to hit

01:12:15.744 --> 01:12:17.006
another one of the other

01:12:17.025 --> 01:12:17.886
two remaining fields.

01:12:18.648 --> 01:12:19.427
And once successful,

01:12:19.448 --> 01:12:20.849
they have to hit to the last field.

01:12:22.329 --> 01:12:23.952
Round two favorites.

01:12:26.193 --> 01:12:26.934
And then round three is

01:12:26.974 --> 01:12:27.894
swing for the fences,

01:12:28.234 --> 01:12:29.336
where they show off their power.

01:12:29.355 --> 01:12:31.296
So you're going to get a chance to see.

01:12:31.716 --> 01:12:32.278
I wish they would do

01:12:32.297 --> 01:12:32.957
something for pitching,

01:12:32.978 --> 01:12:33.698
but it sounds like you're

01:12:33.719 --> 01:12:34.680
going to get the chance to see.

01:12:34.720 --> 01:12:36.100
Kind of like they do for NBA, NFL games.

01:12:37.525 --> 01:12:40.747
All of those big leaguers

01:12:40.787 --> 01:12:41.747
get to do the home run derby,

01:12:41.766 --> 01:12:42.567
but it sounds like the

01:12:42.606 --> 01:12:43.287
minor leaguers are going to

01:12:43.306 --> 01:12:44.567
do a skills competition.

01:12:44.587 --> 01:12:46.228
So you get to see the

01:12:46.268 --> 01:12:47.167
hitters that they are,

01:12:47.547 --> 01:12:49.307
and that's a product that

01:12:49.927 --> 01:12:50.488
I'm glad they're doing

01:12:50.509 --> 01:12:51.548
because you get to see more

01:12:52.088 --> 01:12:53.189
from different guys you

01:12:53.208 --> 01:12:54.189
wouldn't normally care

01:12:54.208 --> 01:12:55.250
about or want to follow.

01:12:56.270 --> 01:12:57.250
But if you're a baseball fan,

01:12:57.270 --> 01:12:57.890
that's something you

01:12:57.909 --> 01:12:58.890
definitely want to tune into.

01:12:59.069 --> 01:13:00.070
I'll be locked into it.

01:13:00.411 --> 01:13:00.650
Yeah.

01:13:02.411 --> 01:13:04.331
Definitely worth a watch just to see,

01:13:04.390 --> 01:13:06.171
and it's a different spin on it.

01:13:07.231 --> 01:13:07.391
Mm-hmm.

01:13:09.280 --> 01:13:10.322
I wish they'd do that for the big leagues.

01:13:11.502 --> 01:13:11.902
They might.

01:13:12.061 --> 01:13:13.302
I mean, if it takes off,

01:13:13.342 --> 01:13:14.783
they might adapt and do

01:13:14.844 --> 01:13:15.724
something different to

01:13:15.783 --> 01:13:18.104
speed it up and see what takes place.

01:13:18.204 --> 01:13:19.786
Maybe this is a trial.

01:13:20.646 --> 01:13:21.027
Never know.

01:13:21.247 --> 01:13:22.368
They always start in the

01:13:22.427 --> 01:13:23.207
minor leagues with the

01:13:23.247 --> 01:13:24.328
things they want to tweak.

01:13:24.448 --> 01:13:27.270
So now that we're through

01:13:27.289 --> 01:13:28.730
the prospects in the end,

01:13:28.751 --> 01:13:30.171
I want to just touch base,

01:13:30.211 --> 01:13:32.592
and I'll give my series of

01:13:32.632 --> 01:13:33.893
the week that I'm tuned in

01:13:34.052 --> 01:13:35.373
on right now for the series,

01:13:35.413 --> 01:13:37.787
the one specifically that I'm –

01:13:37.787 --> 01:13:42.310
I'm looking forward to watching is, well,

01:13:42.350 --> 01:13:44.011
actually, I should say there's two.

01:13:44.570 --> 01:13:46.811
The first is in the NL or

01:13:46.832 --> 01:13:48.292
the American League Central.

01:13:48.493 --> 01:13:49.653
I want to see the Kansas

01:13:49.672 --> 01:13:51.694
City Royals and the Cleveland Guardians.

01:13:52.595 --> 01:13:53.835
And then the other one that

01:13:53.914 --> 01:13:55.496
I'm tuned in on and

01:13:55.595 --> 01:14:00.297
interested in is the

01:14:00.337 --> 01:14:01.859
Cardinals Astros for the

01:14:01.899 --> 01:14:03.399
same reasons we've already discussed.

01:14:03.439 --> 01:14:06.341
The Astros are making a surge while the

01:14:07.185 --> 01:14:09.546
cubs are falling apart and

01:14:09.626 --> 01:14:10.926
that's a series right there

01:14:10.966 --> 01:14:11.747
this week that I'm

01:14:11.806 --> 01:14:12.827
interested in the cardinals

01:14:12.947 --> 01:14:15.328
astros and again the the

01:14:15.368 --> 01:14:17.648
kansas city royals and the

01:14:17.988 --> 01:14:19.328
cleveland guardians the

01:14:19.389 --> 01:14:20.488
royals are an interesting

01:14:20.529 --> 01:14:24.610
team to me because they

01:14:24.650 --> 01:14:27.492
have some power in that

01:14:27.551 --> 01:14:31.573
lineup with perez and wit and vinny p but

01:14:32.587 --> 01:14:33.908
there's a lot of room for

01:14:33.969 --> 01:14:35.569
improvement there in that lineup.

01:14:35.609 --> 01:14:36.329
The pitching has been

01:14:36.369 --> 01:14:38.030
holding it together for him pretty well.

01:14:38.530 --> 01:14:39.712
So I'll be very interested

01:14:39.752 --> 01:14:41.252
in the Royals this weekend

01:14:41.311 --> 01:14:42.212
against the division

01:14:42.693 --> 01:14:43.793
leading guardians to see

01:14:43.814 --> 01:14:44.634
how they hold their own.

01:14:45.755 --> 01:14:47.815
Cause I think it's as much

01:14:47.855 --> 01:14:48.595
as I'd like to say,

01:14:48.636 --> 01:14:49.936
it's a three team race.

01:14:50.537 --> 01:14:51.738
I think right now it looks

01:14:51.778 --> 01:14:53.078
like it's going to be these two,

01:14:53.578 --> 01:14:54.759
unless something, you know,

01:14:54.958 --> 01:14:56.460
the tigers get red hot or

01:14:56.619 --> 01:14:58.220
Royce Lewis comes back and

01:14:58.261 --> 01:15:01.122
really sets the twins on fire.

01:15:02.203 --> 01:15:02.403
Yeah.

01:15:03.206 --> 01:15:04.367
My two for the week,

01:15:06.189 --> 01:15:07.189
I'm going to call you one

01:15:07.210 --> 01:15:08.390
of them as Royals Guardians.

01:15:08.970 --> 01:15:10.592
I did some more on the pitching matchup.

01:15:11.474 --> 01:15:12.635
They didn't announce anything.

01:15:13.496 --> 01:15:13.756
Nothing.

01:15:13.796 --> 01:15:14.617
The first game's it.

01:15:14.896 --> 01:15:16.238
It's Lugo versus McKenzie.

01:15:16.939 --> 01:15:17.179
Yeah.

01:15:17.719 --> 01:15:19.541
And then game two is TBD versus Singer,

01:15:19.560 --> 01:15:20.681
and then game three is TBD.

01:15:21.422 --> 01:15:21.603
Yeah.

01:15:21.662 --> 01:15:22.823
But I want to see what both

01:15:22.844 --> 01:15:24.645
of those teams can do against the teams.

01:15:24.666 --> 01:15:25.966
They're going to really be – like you said,

01:15:26.006 --> 01:15:27.328
the two teams –

01:15:27.328 --> 01:15:28.469
They're gonna fight for the central.

01:15:29.149 --> 01:15:29.488
Mm-hmm.

01:15:29.509 --> 01:15:30.548
Unless the Tigers lineup

01:15:30.609 --> 01:15:32.729
leaks up Which Torkelson

01:15:32.750 --> 01:15:33.951
going on triple-a we didn't

01:15:33.970 --> 01:15:35.190
even touch on that Spencer

01:15:35.211 --> 01:15:36.652
to know that hurt I didn't

01:15:37.032 --> 01:15:38.612
almost sent you a message when I saw it,

01:15:38.631 --> 01:15:40.212
but I didn't want to didn't

01:15:40.233 --> 01:15:41.934
want to rub it in because I

01:15:41.953 --> 01:15:45.074
like I wanted I think it's

01:15:45.154 --> 01:15:45.994
the best movie could have

01:15:46.015 --> 01:15:46.935
made was send him down and

01:15:46.954 --> 01:15:48.355
figure it out and you

01:15:48.376 --> 01:15:49.315
called the right guy up

01:15:50.036 --> 01:15:50.877
It's the first time I think

01:15:50.936 --> 01:15:51.737
where they've made a call

01:15:51.777 --> 01:15:52.556
up like this where I'm

01:15:52.617 --> 01:15:54.018
actually okay with the call-up.

01:15:54.037 --> 01:15:54.057
I

01:15:54.931 --> 01:15:55.893
I'm excited to see Molloy.

01:15:55.912 --> 01:15:56.993
I'm excited to see what he does.

01:15:57.194 --> 01:15:59.595
He's a top 10 in my Tigers top 10.

01:16:00.576 --> 01:16:02.497
And I was calling for him

01:16:02.716 --> 01:16:03.497
all of last year.

01:16:03.738 --> 01:16:05.158
So I'm glad it's finally happening.

01:16:06.099 --> 01:16:07.979
I think he went 0-2 tonight.

01:16:08.000 --> 01:16:09.121
I believe he walked.

01:16:09.180 --> 01:16:10.061
I'm not positive.

01:16:10.162 --> 01:16:12.262
The Tigers won over the Rangers.

01:16:12.283 --> 01:16:12.884
They did, yeah.

01:16:13.264 --> 01:16:14.805
Behind two Jake Rogers home runs.

01:16:15.886 --> 01:16:16.826
The guy that everybody,

01:16:16.845 --> 01:16:17.567
when I wrote an article

01:16:17.606 --> 01:16:19.068
about Torkelson getting

01:16:19.087 --> 01:16:20.287
sent down and the roster

01:16:20.368 --> 01:16:21.048
moves from today.

01:16:21.990 --> 01:16:22.911
People were commenting on it

01:16:22.951 --> 01:16:24.011
saying Rodgers is next.

01:16:24.412 --> 01:16:25.672
Well, if Rodgers got sent down,

01:16:25.733 --> 01:16:27.033
you wouldn't have a single run tonight.

01:16:27.734 --> 01:16:27.894
Nope.

01:16:28.573 --> 01:16:31.975
So, Malloy went 0-3 with two Ks.

01:16:32.275 --> 01:16:34.337
So, an adjustment,

01:16:34.396 --> 01:16:35.976
but Torkelson probably

01:16:35.997 --> 01:16:36.516
would have gave you the

01:16:36.557 --> 01:16:37.318
same thing with what he's

01:16:37.358 --> 01:16:38.037
been doing lately.

01:16:38.057 --> 01:16:39.439
Yeah, unfortunately.

01:16:39.458 --> 01:16:41.420
It doesn't matter what the name is.

01:16:41.479 --> 01:16:42.579
That would have been the same thing.

01:16:43.581 --> 01:16:45.081
The other series for the week,

01:16:45.561 --> 01:16:46.822
and I got two for the weekend,

01:16:46.942 --> 01:16:49.523
which I'm sure you'll steal one of them,

01:16:50.163 --> 01:16:50.904
Dodgers-Pirates.

01:16:52.494 --> 01:16:53.416
And the only reason I picked

01:16:53.456 --> 01:16:54.737
that series was the first

01:16:54.796 --> 01:16:57.420
game is Tyler Glasnow versus Jared Jones.

01:16:57.920 --> 01:16:58.220
Yep.

01:16:58.780 --> 01:16:59.481
The second game,

01:17:00.462 --> 01:17:01.684
welcome to the big leagues, Rook.

01:17:02.224 --> 01:17:04.586
Paul Skeens versus James Paxton.

01:17:06.568 --> 01:17:07.849
Have you seen any of the

01:17:07.908 --> 01:17:10.671
Kenny Powers readovers for

01:17:10.731 --> 01:17:11.912
Paul Skeens interviews?

01:17:12.533 --> 01:17:12.713
No.

01:17:13.654 --> 01:17:14.375
Oh, dear God.

01:17:14.615 --> 01:17:15.115
They're great.

01:17:16.738 --> 01:17:17.198
They're great.

01:17:17.904 --> 01:17:19.085
It's hilarious,

01:17:19.345 --> 01:17:21.206
and they fit because of

01:17:21.265 --> 01:17:22.447
what he's doing so far,

01:17:22.487 --> 01:17:24.106
but that's a good matchup

01:17:24.167 --> 01:17:25.106
there too that'll be

01:17:25.207 --> 01:17:26.688
interesting just in terms

01:17:26.728 --> 01:17:27.728
of the pitching itself.

01:17:29.609 --> 01:17:31.590
And then do you want to do

01:17:31.770 --> 01:17:32.489
the weekend first?

01:17:32.890 --> 01:17:34.189
I'll let you go because I

01:17:34.250 --> 01:17:35.131
know one that you're going

01:17:35.150 --> 01:17:36.791
to potentially steal is one

01:17:36.831 --> 01:17:37.832
that I've got my eyes on

01:17:37.872 --> 01:17:39.372
for different reasons, but go ahead.

01:17:39.912 --> 01:17:41.592
The first one I'll do is the obvious one,

01:17:42.372 --> 01:17:43.533
the potential World Series

01:17:43.594 --> 01:17:44.934
matchup of Yankees-Dodgers.

01:17:46.278 --> 01:17:48.939
First game Fridays on fucking Apple TV.

01:17:49.460 --> 01:17:50.961
I just bought it because the

01:17:51.041 --> 01:17:52.501
Red Sox are on back-to-back Fridays.

01:17:53.141 --> 01:17:53.402
Yeah.

01:17:53.981 --> 01:17:54.582
So I got it.

01:17:54.722 --> 01:17:55.842
And so now I'm happy I got

01:17:55.863 --> 01:17:56.604
it because that's another one.

01:17:56.623 --> 01:17:58.265
And I wasn't going to buy it.

01:17:58.564 --> 01:17:59.385
I was like, oh, you know what?

01:17:59.404 --> 01:18:00.706
I'll do the seven-day free trial,

01:18:00.746 --> 01:18:01.746
which maybe is what I did.

01:18:01.805 --> 01:18:02.966
And I didn't buy it actually yet.

01:18:03.067 --> 01:18:04.828
But the Red Sox are on again

01:18:04.847 --> 01:18:05.627
at the end of June.

01:18:05.708 --> 01:18:06.128
So I was like,

01:18:06.408 --> 01:18:07.989
buying it for a month just makes sense.

01:18:08.609 --> 01:18:09.711
It is a good broadcast.

01:18:09.791 --> 01:18:10.490
I will say that.

01:18:11.572 --> 01:18:12.311
My favorite part?

01:18:12.811 --> 01:18:13.533
The broadcast is okay.

01:18:13.592 --> 01:18:13.953
Okay.

01:18:14.639 --> 01:18:15.538
My favorite part about it is

01:18:15.578 --> 01:18:16.920
you can pick the radio

01:18:16.960 --> 01:18:19.880
broadcasts in the right corner.

01:18:20.220 --> 01:18:21.201
You can pick your favorite

01:18:21.240 --> 01:18:22.940
team and go to their radio broadcast.

01:18:22.961 --> 01:18:24.202
So I watched both Red Sox.

01:18:24.221 --> 01:18:24.362
Well,

01:18:24.402 --> 01:18:27.002
I found out about it for the Tigers game.

01:18:27.722 --> 01:18:29.462
I watched Friday's game with

01:18:29.542 --> 01:18:30.582
Joe Castiglione and Will

01:18:30.603 --> 01:18:31.503
Fleming calling the game.

01:18:32.724 --> 01:18:33.243
That's my new thing.

01:18:33.283 --> 01:18:33.904
I'm not going to listen to

01:18:33.923 --> 01:18:34.984
the Apple TV broadcast.

01:18:35.465 --> 01:18:38.605
No, it's just nice.

01:18:38.666 --> 01:18:39.365
Not the graphics,

01:18:39.426 --> 01:18:42.447
but the actual footage of the game,

01:18:43.867 --> 01:18:44.067
great.

01:18:45.046 --> 01:18:46.487
But having that as an option,

01:18:49.007 --> 01:18:49.448
can't beat it.

01:18:49.948 --> 01:18:51.050
I got tired listening to

01:18:51.069 --> 01:18:52.551
them talk about the Mookie Betts trade,

01:18:52.610 --> 01:18:54.811
how you got Connor Wong for anything.

01:18:55.752 --> 01:18:56.832
I was all set after that.

01:18:56.872 --> 01:18:58.054
Like, why are we going back to this?

01:18:58.875 --> 01:18:59.595
So long ago.

01:18:59.875 --> 01:19:00.234
Leave it.

01:19:00.395 --> 01:19:00.836
Four years.

01:19:00.916 --> 01:19:01.416
Leave it alone.

01:19:01.735 --> 01:19:03.216
Like, Rodrigo's not here anymore.

01:19:03.256 --> 01:19:03.698
Who cares?

01:19:03.757 --> 01:19:04.938
We didn't keep the best

01:19:04.978 --> 01:19:05.958
player in baseball or one

01:19:05.979 --> 01:19:07.020
of the best players in baseball.

01:19:07.439 --> 01:19:09.041
Yeah.

01:19:09.701 --> 01:19:10.702
But the pitching matchups.

01:19:12.570 --> 01:19:13.832
I went through them today, and again,

01:19:13.912 --> 01:19:14.591
they're not announced,

01:19:14.671 --> 01:19:15.311
but I went through them

01:19:15.351 --> 01:19:16.752
based on who should start.

01:19:17.132 --> 01:19:17.332
Yeah.

01:19:17.913 --> 01:19:18.793
It looks like Yamamoto's

01:19:18.814 --> 01:19:19.554
getting the first game.

01:19:20.534 --> 01:19:20.954
Mm-hmm.

01:19:21.734 --> 01:19:22.815
And he's supposed to face,

01:19:23.416 --> 01:19:26.257
I think his name's Potet.

01:19:26.417 --> 01:19:27.457
I don't even know how you say his name,

01:19:27.478 --> 01:19:28.319
but I think that's supposed

01:19:28.338 --> 01:19:29.399
to be Clark Schmidt's spot.

01:19:31.220 --> 01:19:33.421
The other one is Gavin Stone versus Cortez,

01:19:34.020 --> 01:19:35.301
but Sunday Night Baseball.

01:19:36.302 --> 01:19:38.423
Luis Hill or Gil, again,

01:19:38.663 --> 01:19:39.404
however you say it,

01:19:40.224 --> 01:19:41.185
against Tyler Glasnow.

01:19:43.597 --> 01:19:44.377
Two of the hottest pitchers

01:19:44.417 --> 01:19:45.238
in baseball right now.

01:19:45.479 --> 01:19:46.439
And if you're not familiar,

01:19:46.458 --> 01:19:48.939
I'm going to drop a plug in real quick.

01:19:49.761 --> 01:19:51.081
I wrote on Saturday,

01:19:51.121 --> 01:19:52.862
went live with a graphic as well.

01:19:53.381 --> 01:19:55.082
The top 10 starting pitcher

01:19:55.342 --> 01:19:56.283
power rankings for us.

01:19:57.104 --> 01:19:57.844
I'm not sure if I'm going to

01:19:57.863 --> 01:19:58.804
do that every week or if

01:19:58.823 --> 01:20:00.064
I'm going to do it every two weeks.

01:20:00.784 --> 01:20:01.045
Okay.

01:20:01.284 --> 01:20:02.786
But as of right now,

01:20:02.845 --> 01:20:04.027
Tyler Glass is number two.

01:20:04.587 --> 01:20:05.587
If you want to see who's on it,

01:20:05.827 --> 01:20:07.028
that article is available.

01:20:07.167 --> 01:20:09.248
If not, the graphic is also available.

01:20:09.969 --> 01:20:10.429
Either one.

01:20:10.908 --> 01:20:12.010
But the top 10 is out.

01:20:12.613 --> 01:20:13.514
Chris Sale was on it,

01:20:13.913 --> 01:20:14.875
and that might change.

01:20:14.914 --> 01:20:16.395
We'll see what he does in his next start.

01:20:17.515 --> 01:20:18.956
So give that a check.

01:20:19.395 --> 01:20:20.515
But Glasnow is number two.

01:20:21.256 --> 01:20:22.275
So I'll tease that.

01:20:23.516 --> 01:20:24.037
The other series,

01:20:24.056 --> 01:20:24.817
I'm sticking with a team we

01:20:24.837 --> 01:20:25.537
already talked about,

01:20:26.556 --> 01:20:27.938
and I'm going with Mariners-Royals.

01:20:30.478 --> 01:20:30.717
Yeah.

01:20:31.518 --> 01:20:32.698
And I looked at the pitching matchups.

01:20:32.719 --> 01:20:33.819
That's supposed to be Alec

01:20:33.859 --> 01:20:34.979
Marsh against Bryce Miller,

01:20:35.798 --> 01:20:37.640
Cole Reagans against Luis Castillo,

01:20:38.319 --> 01:20:39.760
and Sundays is the best one.

01:20:40.140 --> 01:20:41.640
Seth Lugo versus George Kirby.

01:20:43.578 --> 01:20:44.658
I think Sunday is just made

01:20:44.698 --> 01:20:45.259
for a pitching.

01:20:45.979 --> 01:20:46.460
It is.

01:20:47.239 --> 01:20:48.720
There's some good ones this weekend.

01:20:48.961 --> 01:20:51.783
The Yankees-Dodgers was one

01:20:51.802 --> 01:20:52.583
I was interested in,

01:20:52.644 --> 01:20:54.125
but that was one that was

01:20:54.164 --> 01:20:55.805
kind of underlying to me

01:20:55.886 --> 01:20:57.667
because depending on how

01:20:57.726 --> 01:21:00.328
they fare against the Guardians,

01:21:01.409 --> 01:21:03.811
they go and play the Mariners,

01:21:03.872 --> 01:21:05.212
and they can win that series.

01:21:05.493 --> 01:21:08.094
That, to me, proves quite a bit,

01:21:08.194 --> 01:21:08.895
especially with that

01:21:08.914 --> 01:21:10.235
pitching that the Mariners have.

01:21:13.755 --> 01:21:15.617
Is it wrong to say if they win,

01:21:15.636 --> 01:21:18.578
if they go 5-2 this week

01:21:18.658 --> 01:21:21.360
with one loss against each of those teams,

01:21:21.440 --> 01:21:25.744
that they can be probably a game,

01:21:25.845 --> 01:21:26.664
game and a half back?

01:21:29.927 --> 01:21:31.588
Yeah, I mean, it's not that far off.

01:21:31.609 --> 01:21:33.190
I don't know who the

01:21:33.251 --> 01:21:34.532
Guardians have this weekend.

01:21:35.131 --> 01:21:37.613
Well, the Guardians have the Marlins,

01:21:37.673 --> 01:21:38.814
so it's going to be a

01:21:38.835 --> 01:21:40.376
little harder to make up ground there.

01:21:40.796 --> 01:21:41.157
Never mind.

01:21:41.931 --> 01:21:42.032
Oh,

01:21:42.072 --> 01:21:43.332
and we should also talk about the

01:21:43.372 --> 01:21:44.033
London series.

01:21:44.693 --> 01:21:46.833
Yeah, that's a little wonky there with,

01:21:46.974 --> 01:21:48.314
I believe the Mets are

01:21:48.373 --> 01:21:52.034
facing off against the Phillies,

01:21:52.836 --> 01:21:53.975
which is why Christian

01:21:54.015 --> 01:21:55.216
Scott got moved down is

01:21:55.235 --> 01:21:56.636
because of so many days off.

01:21:56.697 --> 01:21:58.396
They figured might as well send him down.

01:22:00.557 --> 01:22:01.738
The other one really quick.

01:22:01.759 --> 01:22:02.338
I wasn't,

01:22:02.359 --> 01:22:05.579
I'm not as intrigued by that

01:22:05.619 --> 01:22:07.340
tonight watching the Rangers game,

01:22:08.220 --> 01:22:08.720
but it is a,

01:22:10.546 --> 01:22:11.166
Is it a World Series?

01:22:11.185 --> 01:22:12.646
It is a World Series rematch, isn't it?

01:22:12.806 --> 01:22:13.726
Rangers, Giants?

01:22:14.627 --> 01:22:16.768
No, it was the Rangers and Diamondbacks.

01:22:17.188 --> 01:22:19.389
No, no, no, but I think it was... Oh, oh,

01:22:19.488 --> 01:22:20.890
oh, oh, oh, yeah.

01:22:20.909 --> 01:22:20.890
2012.

01:22:21.149 --> 01:22:21.569
Yeah.

01:22:22.310 --> 01:22:26.131
Because 2010 was Tigers, 2012 was Rangers.

01:22:26.851 --> 01:22:27.131
Yeah.

01:22:27.832 --> 01:22:29.792
And 20... Oh, maybe I have that backwards.

01:22:32.113 --> 01:22:33.514
It was... Royals was the

01:22:33.533 --> 01:22:39.047
14-1 because they won it in 15. 14...

01:22:39.047 --> 01:22:41.449
was the Rangers, and 12 was the Tigers.

01:22:42.590 --> 01:22:46.853
That's what it was.

01:22:46.872 --> 01:22:46.953
Okay.

01:22:47.672 --> 01:22:50.435
So my series that I'm most interested in,

01:22:50.515 --> 01:22:53.096
obviously the one that we mentioned,

01:22:53.117 --> 01:22:56.158
the Royals, Mariners, the Yankees,

01:22:56.219 --> 01:22:56.719
Dodgers,

01:22:56.759 --> 01:22:58.039
just because of the pitching matchup.

01:22:58.079 --> 01:22:59.581
So those two we know.

01:23:00.881 --> 01:23:03.063
The other two that I'm tuned

01:23:03.143 --> 01:23:06.164
in on are obviously the Cubs-Reds.

01:23:07.085 --> 01:23:08.444
The Reds are playing better

01:23:08.484 --> 01:23:09.685
baseball right now.

01:23:09.945 --> 01:23:11.586
They've got TJ Friedel back.

01:23:12.466 --> 01:23:14.407
They've got the arms pitching well.

01:23:14.747 --> 01:23:19.469
If the Reds can go in and take that series,

01:23:19.509 --> 01:23:21.189
there's a chance that the Cubs,

01:23:21.288 --> 01:23:21.890
as I've said,

01:23:22.109 --> 01:23:23.409
could fall into fourth place.

01:23:24.430 --> 01:23:27.030
But the other series, for me,

01:23:27.091 --> 01:23:28.971
that's more intriguing is

01:23:29.032 --> 01:23:30.332
based off of what they do

01:23:30.391 --> 01:23:31.271
against the Astros,

01:23:31.292 --> 01:23:32.113
and that's the Cardinals.

01:23:32.672 --> 01:23:34.073
If the Cardinals can win the

01:23:34.153 --> 01:23:36.094
series against the Astros...

01:23:36.939 --> 01:23:38.180
they then get the rockies

01:23:40.161 --> 01:23:43.823
and it is I believe it's in

01:23:43.882 --> 01:23:46.904
st louis but if they can

01:23:46.963 --> 01:23:48.604
come out and they can take

01:23:48.864 --> 01:23:50.505
on and they can win the

01:23:50.564 --> 01:23:52.126
series against the astros

01:23:52.525 --> 01:23:54.186
they actually have a four

01:23:54.226 --> 01:23:55.648
game series against the

01:23:55.707 --> 01:24:00.408
rockies and the most likely

01:24:00.429 --> 01:24:01.149
they're going to be six

01:24:01.189 --> 01:24:02.289
games back at the end of

01:24:02.369 --> 01:24:03.331
play tonight if they can

01:24:03.350 --> 01:24:05.310
pull out that one yep the

01:24:05.371 --> 01:24:06.692
brewers play the tigers

01:24:08.569 --> 01:24:14.752
So if the Brewers even win that series 2-1,

01:24:14.912 --> 01:24:18.252
or if they even, God forbid,

01:24:18.292 --> 01:24:20.274
lose the series 1-2,

01:24:21.194 --> 01:24:24.716
we could be going into Monday with St.

01:24:24.775 --> 01:24:26.716
Louis a game, game and a half back.

01:24:29.296 --> 01:24:30.797
And that, to me, is...

01:24:32.423 --> 01:24:34.364
scary for the rest of the

01:24:34.425 --> 01:24:35.485
National League Central.

01:24:35.565 --> 01:24:36.386
The Reds, too.

01:24:36.506 --> 01:24:36.725
I mean,

01:24:36.786 --> 01:24:38.726
the Reds could come back and we

01:24:38.787 --> 01:24:42.469
could see the Cubs fall down even further,

01:24:43.869 --> 01:24:44.789
especially with the way

01:24:44.850 --> 01:24:45.711
Pittsburgh's pitching

01:24:45.730 --> 01:24:46.530
staff's been pitching.

01:24:47.252 --> 01:24:49.091
And that to me is a big one.

01:24:49.353 --> 01:24:52.234
The Cubs have to stop this

01:24:52.333 --> 01:24:54.755
slide against Cincinnati in

01:24:54.935 --> 01:24:56.296
Cincinnati this weekend.

01:24:56.355 --> 01:24:58.497
But the Cardinals, to me,

01:24:58.636 --> 01:24:59.377
even though it's not going

01:24:59.398 --> 01:25:02.038
to be a great series overall,

01:25:02.713 --> 01:25:03.793
if they come in and do what

01:25:03.833 --> 01:25:05.654
they're capable of and keep

01:25:05.715 --> 01:25:08.536
that winning streak going and momentum,

01:25:09.435 --> 01:25:11.157
it could really catapult

01:25:11.197 --> 01:25:12.917
them into the next week.

01:25:13.317 --> 01:25:14.717
And that to me is the most

01:25:14.797 --> 01:25:15.917
interesting is that what

01:25:15.978 --> 01:25:17.278
this Cardinals team will do,

01:25:18.059 --> 01:25:20.998
because I think next week,

01:25:22.079 --> 01:25:26.220
especially they go back and

01:25:26.261 --> 01:25:29.162
they've got the Pirates.

01:25:29.895 --> 01:25:30.675
So it'll be another

01:25:30.715 --> 01:25:32.416
divisional matchup to start.

01:25:32.496 --> 01:25:33.336
So it's going to be very

01:25:33.416 --> 01:25:35.737
interesting to see what happens.

01:25:35.817 --> 01:25:37.737
And the Cardinals team, for me,

01:25:38.337 --> 01:25:40.018
I love to watch Sonny Gray

01:25:40.078 --> 01:25:43.998
pitch in general, but I really like,

01:25:45.180 --> 01:25:46.359
as much as their arrival,

01:25:46.460 --> 01:25:48.600
I enjoy watching their baseball games.

01:25:49.900 --> 01:25:51.061
They're a lot of fun to watch.

01:25:52.341 --> 01:25:52.542
Yeah.

01:25:53.881 --> 01:25:55.762
So that's what I've got for the weekend.

01:25:55.802 --> 01:25:56.182
Go ahead.

01:25:56.863 --> 01:25:58.604
One other thing I want to plug is...

01:26:00.319 --> 01:26:01.840
As a baseball podcast where

01:26:01.880 --> 01:26:03.341
we cover prospects and everything,

01:26:04.762 --> 01:26:06.243
it's College World Series time.

01:26:07.005 --> 01:26:07.244
Yeah.

01:26:08.525 --> 01:26:09.646
So that started this weekend.

01:26:10.188 --> 01:26:12.069
And to me, I love March Madness.

01:26:12.970 --> 01:26:13.990
The College World Series is

01:26:14.030 --> 01:26:16.332
tough because you could be

01:26:16.953 --> 01:26:18.574
the one seed and you go

01:26:18.614 --> 01:26:20.015
into the first weekend of play.

01:26:20.837 --> 01:26:23.238
And whereas in college basketball,

01:26:23.279 --> 01:26:24.640
it's not likely a 16 seed

01:26:24.899 --> 01:26:25.801
is going to upset you.

01:26:26.761 --> 01:26:28.762
You go into college baseball, you go in,

01:26:29.443 --> 01:26:32.204
and you get the fourth seed

01:26:32.244 --> 01:26:32.905
in your region.

01:26:33.645 --> 01:26:35.186
You lose, you're in the loser's bracket.

01:26:35.728 --> 01:26:36.908
You lose right there, you're done.

01:26:38.430 --> 01:26:40.650
And if you go into the loser's bracket,

01:26:40.730 --> 01:26:41.612
you've got to win out,

01:26:41.752 --> 01:26:42.311
and you're going to get a

01:26:42.511 --> 01:26:43.733
team potentially that beat

01:26:43.773 --> 01:26:46.534
you twice in the finals in that region.

01:26:47.395 --> 01:26:48.417
It's just very tough to do.

01:26:48.716 --> 01:26:50.878
I'm watching UConn, Oklahoma right now,

01:26:50.979 --> 01:26:52.220
and Oklahoma won yesterday

01:26:52.239 --> 01:26:53.680
to force the decisive game today.

01:26:54.610 --> 01:26:56.192
And UConn's up 6-0 right now.

01:26:56.952 --> 01:26:57.152
Yeah.

01:26:57.471 --> 01:26:58.632
And so it's a perfect

01:26:58.672 --> 01:27:01.113
example of Oklahoma's a 6 seed.

01:27:01.953 --> 01:27:02.454
Yeah.

01:27:02.675 --> 01:27:04.435
Or the 6th overall seed in the tournament.

01:27:04.515 --> 01:27:06.095
And UConn just barely got in.

01:27:06.115 --> 01:27:07.957
I think they're a 3 seed in that region.

01:27:09.097 --> 01:27:10.717
And UConn steamrolled until

01:27:10.757 --> 01:27:11.519
they lost yesterday,

01:27:11.559 --> 01:27:13.279
and now they're up 6-0.

01:27:14.399 --> 01:27:16.020
It's a lot of fun, but like you said,

01:27:16.041 --> 01:27:17.902
you get in that loser's bracket.

01:27:18.042 --> 01:27:19.902
It's tough sledding because

01:27:19.942 --> 01:27:21.023
there's no mistakes.

01:27:22.054 --> 01:27:23.094
The other thing about it, too,

01:27:23.373 --> 01:27:24.814
and I want to touch on this really quick.

01:27:25.234 --> 01:27:26.295
I wrote the beginning of

01:27:26.336 --> 01:27:28.076
this before MLB started

01:27:28.095 --> 01:27:29.115
college baseball season.

01:27:29.877 --> 01:27:31.277
I talked about the three big

01:27:31.396 --> 01:27:32.417
arms going into the draft

01:27:32.438 --> 01:27:33.898
and how they were surprising everybody.

01:27:34.957 --> 01:27:35.759
All three of those arms

01:27:35.819 --> 01:27:37.458
after today are gone.

01:27:39.479 --> 01:27:42.081
I'm sorry, three of the four.

01:27:42.100 --> 01:27:44.962
Technically, Jack Cagliano...

01:27:45.801 --> 01:27:47.443
who I wrote was potentially

01:27:47.462 --> 01:27:48.163
the next Shohei.

01:27:48.404 --> 01:27:50.345
I mean, the guy crushes baseballs,

01:27:50.506 --> 01:27:51.926
and he left the arm.

01:27:53.768 --> 01:27:54.788
Florida moved on today,

01:27:54.988 --> 01:27:56.170
so Florida's still alive.

01:27:56.730 --> 01:27:58.952
He pitched on Saturday and

01:27:59.052 --> 01:28:00.974
actually got lit up by Oklahoma State.

01:28:02.074 --> 01:28:04.096
So, I mean,

01:28:04.856 --> 01:28:06.217
it's a fun time for college baseball.

01:28:06.238 --> 01:28:07.059
Now they're going to enter

01:28:07.319 --> 01:28:08.340
Super Regional weekend.

01:28:09.381 --> 01:28:10.121
After this weekend,

01:28:10.161 --> 01:28:11.402
we'll know who's the eight

01:28:11.421 --> 01:28:12.403
teams in the College World

01:28:12.422 --> 01:28:13.323
Series heading to Omaha.

01:28:14.399 --> 01:28:16.402
And then after that, it's, you know,

01:28:16.442 --> 01:28:17.622
the four teams from each side,

01:28:17.662 --> 01:28:18.342
they face off.

01:28:18.382 --> 01:28:19.224
And then after that,

01:28:19.243 --> 01:28:20.524
we get the championship.

01:28:20.625 --> 01:28:21.786
Yeah, it's a lot of fun.

01:28:22.766 --> 01:28:23.907
If you're not huge in the college,

01:28:24.467 --> 01:28:25.007
that's fine.

01:28:25.167 --> 01:28:26.429
But this is the weekend to

01:28:26.448 --> 01:28:27.109
start to tune in.

01:28:28.171 --> 01:28:29.051
And again, we're, I guess,

01:28:29.070 --> 01:28:29.992
we're cursed because now

01:28:30.072 --> 01:28:31.453
Oklahoma's starting to get guys on.

01:28:31.472 --> 01:28:34.595
They're just running all over the place.

01:28:34.655 --> 01:28:36.037
It's tough for me personally

01:28:36.117 --> 01:28:39.979
because as much as I like

01:28:40.020 --> 01:28:42.561
college baseball and watching it,

01:28:43.274 --> 01:28:44.613
I do enjoy watching the

01:28:44.654 --> 01:28:46.494
college softball world series too.

01:28:48.114 --> 01:28:49.354
It's not the same sport,

01:28:49.375 --> 01:28:51.996
but it's the same premise and it's,

01:28:52.416 --> 01:28:53.256
it's a lot of fun.

01:28:53.275 --> 01:28:54.615
I watch a lot of that too

01:28:54.775 --> 01:28:57.636
with my daughter when we can,

01:28:57.657 --> 01:28:59.077
when she doesn't have her own games,

01:28:59.176 --> 01:29:00.658
but I was watching quite a

01:29:00.677 --> 01:29:01.978
bit of the college baseball

01:29:02.658 --> 01:29:04.438
cause on ESPN plus just pop

01:29:04.478 --> 01:29:05.198
it on four different

01:29:05.238 --> 01:29:07.439
screens and then whatever games not on,

01:29:08.326 --> 01:29:10.207
know uh a big moment you

01:29:10.247 --> 01:29:11.328
just make that the big one

01:29:11.667 --> 01:29:13.088
and and navigate it but it

01:29:13.328 --> 01:29:15.970
is a lot of fun it is tough

01:29:16.069 --> 01:29:17.310
you hear them talking about

01:29:17.350 --> 01:29:19.471
okay they win this game and

01:29:19.511 --> 01:29:20.233
then they play again

01:29:20.292 --> 01:29:22.094
tonight yep now this is

01:29:22.634 --> 01:29:24.755
it's real this is they go

01:29:24.875 --> 01:29:25.935
after it they do have deep

01:29:26.155 --> 01:29:27.275
rosters but at the same

01:29:27.315 --> 01:29:28.577
time it's it's a lot of fun

01:29:28.596 --> 01:29:30.337
right now to see I watched

01:29:30.398 --> 01:29:32.779
the st john's against

01:29:32.838 --> 01:29:34.279
mississippi state and

01:29:34.319 --> 01:29:35.381
watched that game yesterday

01:29:35.400 --> 01:29:37.462
and st john's got knocked out but yeah

01:29:38.676 --> 01:29:39.317
It's a lot of fun.

01:29:40.057 --> 01:29:40.917
West Virginia, I believe,

01:29:40.938 --> 01:29:41.698
just made the Super

01:29:41.719 --> 01:29:44.119
Regionals for the first time in history.

01:29:44.600 --> 01:29:45.261
From what I've heard,

01:29:45.301 --> 01:29:46.362
I don't know if I didn't go

01:29:46.402 --> 01:29:47.002
back all the way,

01:29:47.042 --> 01:29:48.002
but that's what I had heard.

01:29:49.163 --> 01:29:50.623
There's also an option if

01:29:50.644 --> 01:29:52.945
you like Red Zone or MLB Big Inning,

01:29:53.565 --> 01:29:54.726
there is an option on ESPN

01:29:54.747 --> 01:29:56.068
Plus called Squeeze Play

01:29:56.547 --> 01:29:57.988
where all the teams are on

01:29:58.389 --> 01:29:59.130
that one screen.

01:30:01.030 --> 01:30:01.872
We brought up the Cardinals

01:30:01.931 --> 01:30:04.872
again and they just went down 6-4.

01:30:06.274 --> 01:30:07.274
Well, good, but I mean,

01:30:08.320 --> 01:30:10.021
I don't want to jinx everybody.

01:30:10.101 --> 01:30:12.023
I don't know.

01:30:12.063 --> 01:30:12.643
Is there a team you want to

01:30:12.662 --> 01:30:13.703
talk about before we get out of here?

01:30:14.844 --> 01:30:16.704
No, I think the biggest thing for me,

01:30:16.864 --> 01:30:18.166
one thing I saw,

01:30:18.206 --> 01:30:20.766
and this is the last thing I'll say, is,

01:30:20.926 --> 01:30:22.988
and I think it was, and don't quote me,

01:30:22.988 --> 01:30:23.127
1988,

01:30:23.127 --> 01:30:24.828
Roger Clemens had 23 complete games.

01:30:25.208 --> 01:30:26.130
Bruce Hurst had 15.

01:30:26.170 --> 01:30:26.649
Last year,

01:30:26.710 --> 01:30:28.091
there was 35 in all of baseball.

01:30:28.131 --> 01:30:28.190
Yep.

01:30:38.581 --> 01:30:39.502
pretty incredible the

01:30:39.542 --> 01:30:40.722
changes now again they

01:30:40.762 --> 01:30:41.802
handle the arms a little

01:30:41.823 --> 01:30:42.984
bit different but at the

01:30:43.043 --> 01:30:45.046
same time that to me was

01:30:45.086 --> 01:30:45.985
something my father and I

01:30:46.025 --> 01:30:47.106
were talking about that was

01:30:47.167 --> 01:30:48.868
just it's not the same for

01:30:48.908 --> 01:30:50.550
multiple reasons but it's

01:30:52.091 --> 01:30:53.091
you know those guys used to

01:30:53.351 --> 01:30:54.431
really go out and battle

01:30:54.512 --> 01:30:57.654
and throw and I don't know

01:30:57.675 --> 01:30:59.975
they they do pitch counts

01:31:00.216 --> 01:31:01.738
but at the same time are

01:31:01.757 --> 01:31:04.319
they tracking all the days

01:31:04.579 --> 01:31:05.319
I mean they don't really

01:31:05.359 --> 01:31:06.280
have off days anymore

01:31:06.301 --> 01:31:07.502
because it's a throwing program

01:31:09.257 --> 01:31:10.378
They're always throwing.

01:31:10.859 --> 01:31:11.760
And then they throw like 100

01:31:11.760 --> 01:31:12.619
pitchers for a warm-up.

01:31:13.340 --> 01:31:13.541
Yeah.

01:31:14.480 --> 01:31:16.202
So it was an interesting

01:31:16.261 --> 01:31:17.323
thing that kind of stood

01:31:17.403 --> 01:31:18.724
out to me is you just don't

01:31:18.804 --> 01:31:19.663
see it anymore.

01:31:19.743 --> 01:31:21.886
And it's almost as big as

01:31:22.605 --> 01:31:23.587
someone throwing a complete

01:31:23.627 --> 01:31:25.568
game is almost like someone

01:31:25.587 --> 01:31:26.568
throwing a no-hitter or a

01:31:26.689 --> 01:31:27.588
one-hitter these days.

01:31:27.969 --> 01:31:28.168
Yeah.

01:31:28.670 --> 01:31:29.710
And that brings the question, though,

01:31:29.770 --> 01:31:32.231
and I think the closest one is Verlander.

01:31:32.631 --> 01:31:33.552
With that being said,

01:31:33.592 --> 01:31:34.832
with guys going as short as

01:31:34.872 --> 01:31:36.154
they do in the bullpen depth,

01:31:36.935 --> 01:31:37.635
are we ever going to see

01:31:37.675 --> 01:31:38.256
another 300-win pitcher?

01:31:42.238 --> 01:31:43.359
I don't think we will.

01:31:43.439 --> 01:31:44.680
That's going to be tough.

01:31:45.161 --> 01:31:47.483
And not to drag it out any longer,

01:31:47.542 --> 01:31:48.283
but I think we'll be

01:31:48.323 --> 01:31:50.685
talking about Verlander for

01:31:50.725 --> 01:31:52.386
a couple of weeks now,

01:31:52.466 --> 01:31:54.268
depending on what happens in Houston.

01:31:55.528 --> 01:31:57.810
He's not getting any younger

01:31:57.869 --> 01:31:58.730
and wants to win.

01:32:00.551 --> 01:32:02.632
That would probably come pretty cheap.

01:32:03.493 --> 01:32:04.375
Does he, though?

01:32:04.935 --> 01:32:06.216
I saw he said when he was

01:32:06.275 --> 01:32:07.296
back in Detroit that he was

01:32:07.356 --> 01:32:08.176
fine with going back to

01:32:08.197 --> 01:32:09.057
Detroit to end his career.

01:32:10.801 --> 01:32:12.421
And the Tigers, like we said,

01:32:12.622 --> 01:32:13.302
they're falling off.

01:32:13.342 --> 01:32:14.922
I think they're roughly 10 games out,

01:32:15.002 --> 01:32:15.783
if not nine.

01:32:16.523 --> 01:32:16.823
I mean,

01:32:17.203 --> 01:32:18.422
he wants to go back to Detroit in

01:32:18.462 --> 01:32:18.903
his career.

01:32:19.904 --> 01:32:20.984
That could be a cheap,

01:32:21.304 --> 01:32:25.164
cheap arm for Baltimore if

01:32:25.204 --> 01:32:26.885
they don't make a move for Lizardo.

01:32:26.984 --> 01:32:27.864
Not that they need him,

01:32:29.364 --> 01:32:31.405
but in terms of what it

01:32:31.445 --> 01:32:33.025
would cost compared to Lizardo,

01:32:33.046 --> 01:32:37.247
give him the opportunity to go out on top,

01:32:38.606 --> 01:32:39.506
and he's not the ace.

01:32:41.317 --> 01:32:41.917
As long as he doesn't go to

01:32:41.936 --> 01:32:43.078
the Yankees and somehow

01:32:43.158 --> 01:32:44.338
figure something out magically.

01:32:45.380 --> 01:32:46.900
What, and pitch another three years?

01:32:47.060 --> 01:32:47.942
Be the Tom Brady?

01:32:48.561 --> 01:32:48.761
Yeah.

01:32:49.823 --> 01:32:50.082
I mean,

01:32:50.103 --> 01:32:51.543
that was the most dominant pitcher

01:32:51.564 --> 01:32:52.064
for a while.

01:32:52.125 --> 01:32:52.625
Oh, it's unreal.

01:32:52.645 --> 01:32:53.525
I don't know how he does it.

01:32:54.145 --> 01:32:54.605
What's he have?

01:32:54.886 --> 01:32:56.188
Three career no-hitters?

01:32:56.608 --> 01:32:57.427
Two at least, right?

01:32:57.448 --> 01:32:58.069
Yeah.

01:32:58.488 --> 01:32:59.869
He gets better as the games go on.

01:33:00.270 --> 01:33:00.430
Yep.

01:33:00.451 --> 01:33:01.150
Just like his career.

01:33:01.730 --> 01:33:02.652
And I guess you could say

01:33:02.671 --> 01:33:03.353
the same for tonight

01:33:03.372 --> 01:33:05.213
because he looked rocky to start.

01:33:05.234 --> 01:33:06.635
He had four runs in the

01:33:06.675 --> 01:33:07.496
first three innings.

01:33:08.315 --> 01:33:09.476
And then all of a sudden, that was it.

01:33:09.777 --> 01:33:10.778
So, same thing tonight.

01:33:11.891 --> 01:33:14.573
yeah but interesting no lot

01:33:14.613 --> 01:33:16.795
going on a lot to cover um

01:33:16.914 --> 01:33:18.695
really excited to see the

01:33:18.775 --> 01:33:20.877
growth in the prospect the

01:33:21.096 --> 01:33:23.778
eastern league and um

01:33:24.279 --> 01:33:25.238
what's still doing the

01:33:25.298 --> 01:33:26.500
eastern league and

01:33:26.819 --> 01:33:27.701
international which is

01:33:27.761 --> 01:33:29.622
triple a is the triple and

01:33:29.641 --> 01:33:31.021
then eastern double

01:33:31.823 --> 01:33:32.523
international league will

01:33:32.542 --> 01:33:33.644
cover so the easterly is

01:33:33.684 --> 01:33:34.884
weird it covers a variety

01:33:34.904 --> 01:33:35.625
of different teams

01:33:36.411 --> 01:33:37.212
The International League is

01:33:37.231 --> 01:33:38.131
pretty straightforward.

01:33:38.292 --> 01:33:40.193
It covers all of the

01:33:40.273 --> 01:33:40.953
American League and

01:33:40.974 --> 01:33:42.453
National League East and

01:33:42.474 --> 01:33:43.175
the American League and

01:33:43.194 --> 01:33:44.595
National League Central.

01:33:44.636 --> 01:33:46.697
All 20 teams between those

01:33:46.716 --> 01:33:48.337
four divisions are covered in that.

01:33:49.778 --> 01:33:51.179
There is one prospect for every team.

01:33:51.578 --> 01:33:52.859
Even if your team doesn't

01:33:52.899 --> 01:33:55.100
have a prospect in the top 100,

01:33:55.100 --> 01:33:56.761
there is a player included

01:33:56.841 --> 01:34:01.024
from that affiliate.

01:34:01.085 --> 01:34:03.546
Those are both out every Monday.

01:34:03.605 --> 01:34:05.127
I try my best to get both of those out.

01:34:05.841 --> 01:34:06.122
If not,

01:34:06.141 --> 01:34:07.382
they're both out Tuesday morning

01:34:07.422 --> 01:34:09.564
before any team starts play.

01:34:10.704 --> 01:34:11.505
It's a lot of work.

01:34:11.886 --> 01:34:13.006
You're doing a good job with it.

01:34:13.065 --> 01:34:14.266
It's definitely for anyone

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that isn't even that big of

01:34:16.307 --> 01:34:17.569
a minor league fan or even

01:34:17.609 --> 01:34:18.569
a big league fan.

01:34:18.609 --> 01:34:20.050
If you just want to learn a little bit,

01:34:20.911 --> 01:34:23.212
it's a quick read, a lot of information,

01:34:23.231 --> 01:34:24.712
a lot of good information,

01:34:24.733 --> 01:34:25.573
a lot of names that you

01:34:25.594 --> 01:34:26.194
probably should know.

01:34:27.368 --> 01:34:28.850
And it has the – if you just

01:34:28.890 --> 01:34:30.030
want to know how the team is doing.

01:34:30.150 --> 01:34:31.271
So if you listen to this and

01:34:31.292 --> 01:34:33.974
you're a team – a fan of somebody,

01:34:34.154 --> 01:34:35.555
like a team is in your area.

01:34:35.755 --> 01:34:36.654
So, for instance, for me,

01:34:37.055 --> 01:34:38.377
Fisher Cats are close by.

01:34:38.396 --> 01:34:40.118
I follow the Fisher Cats,

01:34:41.198 --> 01:34:42.399
Blue Jays AA affiliate.

01:34:42.578 --> 01:34:44.280
But I include the standings

01:34:44.301 --> 01:34:45.981
going into the week and the

01:34:46.002 --> 01:34:47.382
standings going following

01:34:47.403 --> 01:34:49.344
the week and what's next up

01:34:49.384 --> 01:34:49.984
for the next week.

01:34:50.024 --> 01:34:51.005
So who are they playing?

01:34:51.085 --> 01:34:51.786
Where are they?

01:34:52.445 --> 01:34:53.407
Could you go see a game?

01:34:54.207 --> 01:34:55.847
You know, everything's there.

01:34:56.349 --> 01:34:56.509
It's –

01:34:57.311 --> 01:34:57.851
It's a lot of work,

01:34:57.872 --> 01:34:59.033
but everything is there for you,

01:34:59.054 --> 01:34:59.974
so everything you want to know,

01:35:00.134 --> 01:35:01.475
everything you need to know.

01:35:04.297 --> 01:35:05.599
I'm open to ideas, too,

01:35:05.618 --> 01:35:06.619
so if anybody has any ideas

01:35:06.659 --> 01:35:07.900
of something they want to see in this,

01:35:08.841 --> 01:35:10.122
feel free to reach out in

01:35:10.143 --> 01:35:11.404
the comments of the article.

01:35:12.664 --> 01:35:13.826
Maybe I do something where

01:35:14.046 --> 01:35:16.047
if a player like Garrett Cole is on rehab,

01:35:16.569 --> 01:35:17.949
I include something like that in there.

01:35:19.091 --> 01:35:21.073
Anything you want to see, let me know.

01:35:21.313 --> 01:35:21.932
Open to ideas.

01:35:23.194 --> 01:35:23.595
Perfect.

01:35:24.161 --> 01:35:25.822
Well, everyone, for myself,

01:35:25.881 --> 01:35:26.761
I don't have anything else

01:35:26.801 --> 01:35:27.681
to add for tonight.

01:35:27.702 --> 01:35:29.783
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01:35:38.284 --> 01:35:40.145
CJ, thanks a lot for joining tonight.

01:35:40.166 --> 01:35:40.845
Appreciate it.

01:35:40.865 --> 01:35:42.766
Always good to talk to you about baseball.

01:35:42.787 --> 01:35:43.947
I'm looking forward to next week.

01:35:44.567 --> 01:35:45.127
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