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Hey, welcome back everyone.

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This is episode 8 of Inside the Diamonds.

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I'm your host JC and I'm

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joined tonight by CJ.

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How you doing CJ?

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I am fantastic,

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especially with everything

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going on right now.

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Yeah, I bet you are.

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Just for you, just for you out there,

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so you know, right now we're watching,

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it's 8.30 right now on, let's say Monday.

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Okay.

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And right now we're paying

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attention on what's going

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on in the top of the eighth

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inning at Citi Field,

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where the Chicago Cubs are being no,

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you know what?

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No something.

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No something by Severino right now,

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who has looked pretty damn good.

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The Cubs haven't put a lot

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of decent at-bats together.

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They just had Michael Bush walk,

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but it's 1-0 Mets.

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Brandon Nimmo actually led

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the game off with a home run,

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and that's been about it.

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So it's 1-0 Mets, top of the eighth,

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runner on first,

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and we're going to keep an

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eye on that right now.

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So I got that game on my phone up above,

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paying attention to that,

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and perhaps for the second

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time in our podcast recording history,

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we could potentially see a second one,

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which is,

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would be pretty unique this

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time we're watching it,

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but I just want to kind of

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throw that out there that

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that is kind of may distract us a little.

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There it goes.

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Yeah, there it goes.

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Dansby Swanson.

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So nevermind.

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And we cursed it.

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We did.

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Hey, I'm okay.

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I'm okay with that right now.

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Being, you know,

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rooting for the Cubs in this one.

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I'm good with that.

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So Severino on a plus side,

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I thought he looked really,

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really good this spring.

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His first start against the Brewers,

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who were red hot to start the year.

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But ever since,

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he's looked pretty damn well.

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And this Mets team just got J.D.

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Martinez over the weekend, called up,

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and they've been playing good baseball.

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Mark Vientis had the game-winner.

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I believe it was yesterday.

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Home run.

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Yeah,

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that was a line drive shot that he

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just drove the fuck out of.

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I liked him.

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I didn't think that was out

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when he hit it.

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I thought it was just going

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to be a routine fly ball

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center and then all of a

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sudden it just went.

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Just laced it.

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But I liked him this spring

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too and I was a little shocked,

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especially after the

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signing of Martinez knowing

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he was going down to

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uh, or going to Syracuse to,

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to get his spring training in,

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if you will,

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that he didn't stay up with

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the club as like a DH type.

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Uh, you know,

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I know he can play third bases.

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Uh, I believe he's, uh, he's left-handed.

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Um,

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so to kind of alternate and kind of

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maybe perhaps spell Beatty, but, um, yeah,

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this Mets team isn't as, as bad.

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It hasn't been playing as bad as of late.

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Um,

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that's only just recency

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bias right now with what's

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going on and what was going

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on in new york so speaking

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of uh I want to jump right

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into it and kind of speed

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things up what were your

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biggest takeaways from this

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past week I know you've got

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a lot that you've got uh to

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talk about but what was uh

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some of your biggest

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takeaways so the first one

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was um a little surprising

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this weekend uh last week

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I'm gonna start with

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chocolate white socks

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Last week,

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they were swept by the Minnesota

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Twins in a four-game series.

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Outscored 25-11.

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And so, you know, the Twins are the Twins.

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They got off slow.

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They're fourth in the

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American League Central.

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Correa's on the injured list.

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He's coming back.

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Yeah, he's not back yet, though.

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No,

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I think they're going to call him up

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this week, is what I heard.

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Red.

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But then, this weekend, they face Tampa.

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And I was like, oh, that might be

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they might be lucky to win one.

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No, they come out and sweep the race.

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I was scoring them 21,

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13 and the rays don't look good.

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They don't look good.

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No, I will take credit for that.

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By the way, my preseason prediction,

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I said,

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the rays aren't going to be as

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good as everybody thinks they are.

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They don't look at so far, but no,

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they're a strange team to me.

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Just they, they've,

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they're always a strange

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team to me because they

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somehow are either at the

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very top or right at the very bottom.

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And,

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They get red hot,

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and they're tough to figure out.

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But right now, you're right.

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They do not look good.

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They don't have Josh Lowe,

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who's still out there with

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an oblique that's missing.

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And their pitching has not been great.

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I mean, granted,

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they're missing a shit ton of arms.

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Zach Eflin's been all right,

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but they don't really have the offense.

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They don't have that power bat.

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Not a lot going right for them right now.

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Obviously,

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if you get swept by the White Sox,

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it's not a good sign.

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Yeah, I mean,

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I'm not saying the White Sox

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are back or anything.

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I'm just saying that was the

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most surprising thing from the week.

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It was taking all three

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games against the Rays.

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And like I said, the Rays aren't good,

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but the White Sox are very not good.

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Yeah.

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So that was the biggest surprise.

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Number two I had on my list.

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Now,

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who had this on their bingo card to

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end the month of April?

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Now, granted, there is one more day,

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so this could change.

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I don't think actually any

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of them are pitching tomorrow.

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Who had your American League

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ERA leaders being Jose Barrios,

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Cutter Crawford, and Tanner Houck?

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Did I not say it in the

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preview episode of the American League?

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Andrew Bailey is going to

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have an effect on this rotation.

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You've been big on Cutter, though,

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for as long as I've known

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you and spoke about the Red Sox,

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you've been big on Cutter.

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I've always said I thought

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he was the best number five

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or one of the best number

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five in a rotation starters.

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I'm not saying top five overall.

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I'm saying in a rotation,

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you're one through five.

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He was number five,

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especially if you went and

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signed somebody.

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He was the best number five

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guy going into this year, I thought.

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And I like Tanner Houck.

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I've always liked Tanner Houck.

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I think he reminds me of

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Chris Sale with his arm delivery,

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which makes me nervous for

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an injury in the future,

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especially with all this elbow stuff.

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But from what I've heard,

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and I'm not going to go

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into the dimensions because

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I can't remember them,

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but his slider is falling

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off more than it ever has.

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His splitter is dropping

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more than it ever has.

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And the problem is it's

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starting right in the zone,

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and it's going out,

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and everybody's chasing it.

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I don't know as a hitter if

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you can adapt to that.

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I think that dominance that

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he's posted this year is

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going to continue.

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I think he is proving that

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he could very well be a

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top-of-the-line starter.

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I'm not going to say I'm not

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giving that label out,

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but he could be a

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top-of-the-line starter if

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he continues this and keeps

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working on what he's got and

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From what he's done so far,

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I don't see how he can't be.

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But the big one I wanted to

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touch on was Jose Barrios.

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This is a guy that came over

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from Minnesota a couple years ago.

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He was expected to be a

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top-of-the-line starter.

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Then they went and signed Kevin.

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I believe Kevin Gosman came

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after he got there.

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I believe so.

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Kevin Gosman was expected to

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be the ace of that staff.

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But Barrios this season, the start –

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He looks good.

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A 1.23 ERA.

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Let me give you the numbers

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on the three of them with your ERAs.

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Crawford, by the way,

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went in with an 0.66 last weekend.

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Got lit up.

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Didn't have his best off.

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I mean,

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you could see that from the first inning.

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So, Berrios has a 1.23 ERA.

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Crawford has a 1.35.

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Tanner Houck has a 1.60.

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Most of you don't know.

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The last two are two Red Sox pitchers.

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And, again, I'm not being biased.

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I'm looking at the stats.

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No, stats.

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Two.

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I mean,

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who would have thought Shota would

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have had the ERA he has for the Cubs?

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Yeah.

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And, you know,

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he leads the National League.

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Funny, though,

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he doesn't show up on the

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stats page on MLB.com when

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you pull it up.

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I think it's because there's

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a certain quota to meet,

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and I think they're at that

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point in the season he

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doesn't have enough starts

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to meet the quota.

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Because I think it does go

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by qualified players.

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Yeah.

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But then you hit all players,

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and now you're getting

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bullpen guys and stuff like that.

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So you've got to sort it out.

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But when I was doing my Red

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Sox series preview over the

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weekend because they played the Cubs,

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Imanaga didn't show up,

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and that's what tipped me off to it.

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I was like, huh, he's got a very low ERA.

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Even when you look up on –

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Like ESPN, same thing.

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Like you go pull up a series preview,

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like a first game of a

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series or whatever.

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He's right there.

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He's not there.

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He's not.

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So you go to pitching and

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you go to ERA and it says

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somebody else from the Cubs.

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And I was like, I mean, I've got a point.

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I think it was, what was it?

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0.84 going into the game.

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Didn't show up.

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It was somebody else.

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And I was like, there's a better ERA.

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How is it not showing up?

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So I included it in my

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series preview for that one.

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But I think it's a quota, a quota issue.

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but I mean,

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if you had those three on your bingo card,

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having the best ERA in the

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American league going into this year,

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kudos to you.

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Cause I thought Brios was

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going to be good.

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I didn't think he was gonna be that good.

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I really liked him.

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I don't mean to cut you off.

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I really liked him when he left Minnesota.

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I did not,

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I didn't like him going to Toronto being,

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you know, you know, Red Sox, uh,

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supporter.

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Um,

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But I think this is the best

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he's looked so far in that

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Blue Jays uniform.

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Agreed.

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100%.

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I mean, something clicked.

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And he's just on it.

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I mean, who knows if that continues.

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He had a rough start against

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the Royals last week.

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I believe he's facing them

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on my series preview keynote today, too.

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I should know this off the top of my head.

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I believe he's got them

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again on Wednesday.

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Wednesday.

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So that'll be the start to watch for him.

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If he's on,

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then I'm going to put the count.

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I mean, it's May 1st,

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so April is going to be one

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of the best ERAs in the month.

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But, I mean,

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it goes to the question of one

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of these three or Tarek

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Skubal are going to be the

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pitcher of the month, I think, for April.

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They should be at least.

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They've got a good argument right now.

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I mean, Scooble's just been as dominant.

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I mean, his ERA is not there,

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but it's close.

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I think he's actually,

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he might be in the top like

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10 for American League.

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I think it's 1.84 off the top of my head.

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I'm not pulling it up right now,

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but I think it's 1.84.

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He's been impressive.

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But I mean, when you, and I didn't,

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I looked at this briefly.

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I didn't dive into that,

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those numbers that you sent over,

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but you've been harping on this

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since we've started talking,

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Andrew Bailey.

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You can't deny it right now,

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especially with these two arms.

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Hulk in that complete game

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he threw was lights out.

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The most impressive thing

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for me was Cutter's start

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against Pittsburgh where he

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struggled to get through six innings,

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but he battled.

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How many pitchers will end

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up in those situations

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coming out and not being

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able to get the outs that

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he needs to extend his outing?

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My favorite moment from that

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series was Cora coming out.

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I think it was the bottom of

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the sixth with two outs, and he said,

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this is your last batter.

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Go get him.

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And Crawford unloaded the tank,

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and he looked good in that last batter.

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The other thing, it will come out tomorrow,

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my series preview.

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The Red Sox are facing the

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Giants for three games this week.

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That'll be good.

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I'm excited for it.

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I will be there tomorrow.

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It'll be Logan Webb versus

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Cooper Criswell.

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The one thing I thought was interesting,

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though,

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and I'm pulling it up right now

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because I want to have the stats here.

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So before joining the Red Sox,

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Andrew Bailey was the

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pitching coach of the Giants.

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And it's funny when I was

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putting all the stats in

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for the like where they

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rank or whatever entering.

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I did it for today,

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so it's not updated for

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tomorrow because things will change.

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But the Giants without

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Andrew Bailey now are in

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the bottom of the league.

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Lower half of the league in

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every pitching category.

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Whip, ERA, and strikeouts.

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They're in the bottom half.

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One of them, they're 16th.

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But the other two, they're in the 20s.

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So, again, I go back to,

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is that the Andrew Bailey effect?

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He's not there.

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I also have seen things,

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and I don't know if we've said it on here,

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but we've talked about this,

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where my bold prediction is

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Alex Cora is going to be

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the manager of the Dodgers

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if they don't win the World

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Series next year.

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Is Andrew Bailey the manager

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of the Red Sox next year?

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Because if we go back to

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that Oakland series to start the year,

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there was a game where I

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believe the runner would

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have been a pitcher and

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Bailey was the one that said to Cora,

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that can't happen.

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You can pull this off.

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Cora didn't know that rule.

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So Andrew Bailey knows those rules too.

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He's not just a pitching guy.

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He knows his stuff.

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So I'm just pointing that out.

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But I'm big on Andrew Bailey.

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I have been for a long time.

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I like what he did with Logan Webb.

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I want to, you can take it away from me.

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I'm going to pull up Logan

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Webb's numbers on baseball

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reference and see how he's progressed.

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Yeah, no, I mean, you've,

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you've harped on it and I

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think it's easy to kind of

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just look at these teams.

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And you mentioned Logan Webb,

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Logan Webb's always been decent,

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a decent pitcher,

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but something just clicked.

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And for the average fan,

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just looking at it and not

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paying attention to who's

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there and maybe not giving

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credit where credit's due.

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You just assume that with age and,

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you know,

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veterans around him that he just

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figured something out and

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maybe picked up another

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pitch or picked up a different arm angle.

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But, you know,

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oftentimes what that is is

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just collaboration between

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someone in the bullpen or

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the pitching coach.

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And who better to have than

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a closer who only was there

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to get three outs, right?

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And this guy, but he had to know,

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here's the other thing, he had to know

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as a closer you have to know

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every batter that you could

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face right it's not like

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the starters who are going

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to learn and pick things up

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they don't have to pay as

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close attention because

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they're going to see them

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two three times in an

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outing the closer has to

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know at detail at length

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who they're facing what

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they need to throw where

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they like it and know it

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from top to bottom because

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they're only going to maybe

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see them once but they have

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to know right so

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in regards to Bailey's

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intelligence that you were just saying,

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knowing the rules and all this,

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I think that it's an

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interesting aspect to look at, you know,

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some of these stats and see

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how the rest of this year goes.

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But I like Andrew Bailey.

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I liked him when he was a

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pitcher for the A's.

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And then when he came over to Boston,

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I think it's interesting.

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I always like to see,

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catchers become managers I

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mentioned steven vote out

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there with the cleveland

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guardians I think veritech

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if he ever wants to would

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be great but I think that's

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another dynamic out in the

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bullpen you've got veritech

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that's out there working

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with people you've got

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you've got andrew bailey

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who threw to veritech I

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believe unless I'm totally

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off off base here I don't

00:16:01.029 --> 00:16:02.029
know if bailey was there

00:16:02.129 --> 00:16:03.750
with veritech throwing I

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believe he was but it's

00:16:05.551 --> 00:16:08.511
just an interesting dynamic the minds of

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the pitchers,

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especially a closer and then

00:16:13.110 --> 00:16:14.371
a catcher and how they

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succeed or how they,

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how successful they are as

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managers and in the thought process,

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you have to really be a

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cerebral player to become a good manager.

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And I'll just, I think Andrew Bailey being,

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being a head coach is not

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far fetched as I just see

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an error made by the Cubs

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that make me want to choke on my chew,

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but,

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So perfect example,

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I pulled up Logan Webb's numbers,

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and 2019 was his first

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season with the Giants.

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He made eight starts.

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He went two and three with a 5.22 ERA.

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Andrew Bailey got there in 2020.

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And now, again,

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Andrew Bailey is not making

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his stamp of approval yet in 2020.

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Three and four, 13 appearances,

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11 of those starts.

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Now let's go to 2021 with Andrew Bailey.

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11-3 in 27 appearances,

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26 starts with a .303 ERA.

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Yeah.

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2022, 32 starts, 15-9 with a 2.90 ERA.

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Last season with Andrew Bailey,

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the Giants weren't great.

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11-13 in 33 starts,

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but still he had a 3.25 ERA.

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Finished second in the Cy

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Young Award voting last year.

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Yeah.

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Finished 11th in 2022,

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and 2022 was his better season.

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Yeah.

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You know what would be interesting?

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Again, I'm cutting you off,

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but it would be very interesting to see,

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go back in Baseball Savant,

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look up Bailey, look at his best pitches,

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and see if he has any of

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these guys that he's worked

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with that have all of a

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sudden started either using

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more or getting more strikes or avoiding.

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That would be a much deeper

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dive to look to see where

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his impact's coming from.

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from but that that was

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something when you when

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you're going through those

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numbers to me and again a

00:18:10.711 --> 00:18:12.313
lot of my reaction is to

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things that you make me

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think of and that would be

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something interesting to

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look into in regards okay

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what is the andrew bailey

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effect even better one I

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just pulled it up because

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it popped in my head while

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we were talking kevin cosman

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his last season before he

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became a free agent was 2021.

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Yep.

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He made 33 starts, had a 2.81 ERA,

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which is his lowest of his career.

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Yep.

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Also was 14 and six,

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which before his time with the blue Jays,

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which is where he is now.

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Yeah.

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Was the only season he

00:18:48.117 --> 00:18:49.898
finished above 500 as a starting pitcher.

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No shit.

00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:53.359
Andrew Bailey,

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teach him something and got

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him into that mode.

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And now here we are, got him paid.

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He's a big sinker ball pitcher,

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if I'm not mistaken.

00:19:02.096 --> 00:19:03.076
If you look at the Red Sox,

00:19:03.276 --> 00:19:04.056
look at what they're throwing.

00:19:04.076 --> 00:19:05.537
They're throwing sweepers, sliders,

00:19:05.817 --> 00:19:07.198
splitters, sinkers.

00:19:07.377 --> 00:19:08.438
Keeping it down.

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They're going away from the fastball,

00:19:10.638 --> 00:19:11.659
and they're going more off-speed.

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:13.680
They want him to top it and

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.701
hit it into the ground and

00:19:14.721 --> 00:19:16.000
let the defense do their job.

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So, the numbers are there.

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I mean,

00:19:19.803 --> 00:19:21.123
that's why I was so big on him as

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I've looked into all of this.

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Yeah.

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:25.582
I think he is a pitching guru,

00:19:25.622 --> 00:19:26.622
which is not somebody you'd

00:19:26.682 --> 00:19:28.042
expect to be a pitching guru.

00:19:28.282 --> 00:19:30.423
He's not a Randy Johnson, a Pedro.

00:19:30.944 --> 00:19:32.385
He's a reliever.

00:19:33.346 --> 00:19:34.446
But he knows what he's doing.

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I mean,

00:19:35.027 --> 00:19:36.688
that's evident with what the Red

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Sox staff.

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I believe they're still

00:19:39.289 --> 00:19:40.390
maybe they're in the top

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three of almost most of the

00:19:41.611 --> 00:19:43.652
pitching categories.

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They're up in the top three.

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I believe they're still in

00:19:46.513 --> 00:19:48.474
the top two strikeouts.

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They've dipped off.

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I think they're 10th now in strikeouts,

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but

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And that's including the bullpen.

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That's how much it starters.

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So there's the effect of

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Andrew Bailey to everybody.

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No, that's interesting.

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I mean,

00:20:01.282 --> 00:20:02.664
I don't think we intend on spending

00:20:02.684 --> 00:20:03.025
that much,

00:20:03.085 --> 00:20:04.105
and I don't mean to steer you

00:20:04.145 --> 00:20:04.986
in directions because I

00:20:05.026 --> 00:20:06.768
know these are your thoughts,

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but when you speak about that,

00:20:09.589 --> 00:20:10.911
these are all things that

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are real and appear to be

00:20:13.653 --> 00:20:15.595
real at this moment.

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So those are three impressive,

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as you mentioned, potential –

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Definitely have a big

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argument for April Pitcher

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of the Month along with Schuble.

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But what else caught your

00:20:30.498 --> 00:20:31.439
eye this past week?

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The Atlanta Braves.

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And they're 19-7 entering play tonight.

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I don't think they actually play tonight.

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But they're 19-7 right now.

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And that's despite their

00:20:45.412 --> 00:20:47.354
reigning MVP's slow start.

00:20:48.315 --> 00:20:49.155
I think he just hit his

00:20:49.195 --> 00:20:50.876
first home run maybe last week,

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if not the week before,

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but he still only has one.

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Yeah.

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And I came out,

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I don't know if you read it, but I had,

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I asked you to share it.

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And I mentioned about how

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last year he had a 40, 70 season.

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And I mentioned Ellie Daly

00:21:02.846 --> 00:21:04.528
Cruz potentially having a 30, 80.

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If you haven't seen it,

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it's on the website.

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Yep.

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Ellie Daly Cruz is on pace

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to do something we've never seen before.

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And something you should check out,

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but I don't want to

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sidetrack from the brave.

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So the reds here, um,

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But my biggest takeaway,

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and on top of all of that,

00:21:20.078 --> 00:21:23.140
is I had them to – I don't

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.020
remember if I had them off

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the top of my head to win

00:21:25.001 --> 00:21:25.602
the World Series,

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but I know they at least

00:21:26.402 --> 00:21:27.623
were in the World Series.

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Yep.

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And that was a big part

00:21:30.144 --> 00:21:32.006
behind their pitching with Max Fried,

00:21:32.066 --> 00:21:34.928
Spencer Strider, Chris Sale,

00:21:34.968 --> 00:21:35.667
Charlie Morton.

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And those were the four I talked about.

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Yep.

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The one name I didn't talk

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about who's the number five

00:21:40.510 --> 00:21:41.652
starter is Ronaldo Lopez.

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And he's made five starts.

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He's 2-0.

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With a 0.72 ERA.

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And sorry, four starts.

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With a 0.88 whip and 24 strikeouts.

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What a difference when you

00:21:54.118 --> 00:21:55.098
don't have to go out,

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:57.161
like in a mindset wise,

00:21:57.601 --> 00:21:58.882
if you have an offense that

00:21:58.902 --> 00:22:01.782
you know can support three, four runs,

00:22:01.823 --> 00:22:03.243
maybe five a game,

00:22:03.683 --> 00:22:04.484
you don't have to be

00:22:04.545 --> 00:22:07.105
perfect and you can just fucking pitch.

00:22:07.807 --> 00:22:08.807
The guy's got talent.

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And you're doing it without

00:22:09.807 --> 00:22:10.468
your best pitcher.

00:22:11.028 --> 00:22:11.249
Yeah.

00:22:11.788 --> 00:22:12.869
And your best hitter is not

00:22:12.950 --> 00:22:14.391
even getting hot yet.

00:22:15.884 --> 00:22:17.826
Which, again, goes back to me.

00:22:18.127 --> 00:22:22.292
This team is just so deep and so talented.

00:22:22.353 --> 00:22:23.555
That's why I picked them to win.

00:22:24.496 --> 00:22:24.715
Again,

00:22:24.736 --> 00:22:25.676
we're going to probably run into

00:22:25.717 --> 00:22:26.577
something with them where I

00:22:27.239 --> 00:22:27.779
like the Braves.

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.740
I've always liked the Braves.

00:22:28.780 --> 00:22:28.941
Again,

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:31.625
I grew up with them on TBS every day.

00:22:32.164 --> 00:22:33.267
They were always on TBS.

00:22:34.010 --> 00:22:35.211
But it's back to, like,

00:22:35.291 --> 00:22:36.313
people – if you're not a

00:22:36.692 --> 00:22:37.733
big fan of that team, like,

00:22:37.753 --> 00:22:39.055
they're not your number one team,

00:22:39.615 --> 00:22:40.936
you get tired of seeing teams win.

00:22:41.017 --> 00:22:41.798
People got tired of the

00:22:41.857 --> 00:22:42.858
Yankees in the 90s.

00:22:42.979 --> 00:22:45.079
People got tired of the Astros, you know,

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:46.060
a couple years ago.

00:22:46.701 --> 00:22:48.643
You know, and we'll get into them later.

00:22:48.723 --> 00:22:49.964
But, you know,

00:22:51.165 --> 00:22:52.287
that's the thing with the Braves, though,

00:22:52.346 --> 00:22:54.502
is they – it's – I just –

00:22:54.502 --> 00:22:55.682
I said Braves-Orioles for

00:22:55.762 --> 00:22:56.683
the World Series this year,

00:22:56.723 --> 00:22:58.824
and I'm wearing an Orioles hat now.

00:22:58.884 --> 00:22:59.943
I know as a Red Sox fan,

00:22:59.983 --> 00:23:00.924
it's probably a bad idea,

00:23:01.005 --> 00:23:02.305
but they're playing the Yankees,

00:23:02.365 --> 00:23:03.464
and I can't send the Yankees.

00:23:03.605 --> 00:23:05.445
And so Red Sox aren't playing,

00:23:05.486 --> 00:23:06.226
Tigers aren't playing,

00:23:06.246 --> 00:23:07.046
so I'm with a different hat.

00:23:07.425 --> 00:23:08.445
Yep.

00:23:09.307 --> 00:23:10.527
But we're going to run to a point, I think,

00:23:10.547 --> 00:23:11.326
in a couple of years where

00:23:11.346 --> 00:23:13.067
we have the potential, or even this year,

00:23:13.548 --> 00:23:14.228
starting this year,

00:23:14.468 --> 00:23:15.188
we have the potential where

00:23:15.367 --> 00:23:16.147
every World Series for the

00:23:16.167 --> 00:23:16.968
next three to four years

00:23:17.008 --> 00:23:18.108
could be Orioles-Braves.

00:23:19.368 --> 00:23:21.509
That's just how good those two teams are,

00:23:21.670 --> 00:23:23.269
and they lock up the young talent.

00:23:23.976 --> 00:23:25.517
Look at what the Braves did.

00:23:25.557 --> 00:23:26.837
They locked up Acuna.

00:23:27.258 --> 00:23:28.578
They locked up Albies.

00:23:28.618 --> 00:23:30.460
They locked up Austin Riley

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:32.441
to a team-friendly deal,

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.500
but it's still good money.

00:23:34.862 --> 00:23:36.002
Michael Harris locked up.

00:23:36.323 --> 00:23:37.623
Those are good to see, though.

00:23:38.443 --> 00:23:38.624
Right.

00:23:40.125 --> 00:23:42.326
The team-friendly deals are good to see,

00:23:42.705 --> 00:23:43.606
especially after the

00:23:43.646 --> 00:23:45.847
bullshit we saw out in L.A.

00:23:47.608 --> 00:23:49.930
Not bullshit, but the creative way.

00:23:49.990 --> 00:23:52.290
I'm assuming you're talking

00:23:52.310 --> 00:23:53.172
about the Angels of the L.A.,

00:23:54.695 --> 00:23:57.596
I'm talking about the Dodgers.

00:23:57.797 --> 00:23:58.376
Granted,

00:23:59.037 --> 00:24:00.336
Otani's deal was probably

00:24:00.457 --> 00:24:01.676
orchestrated by his

00:24:01.777 --> 00:24:03.077
interpreter who knew he was

00:24:03.097 --> 00:24:04.337
going to need more money

00:24:04.438 --> 00:24:05.137
further down the line.

00:24:05.837 --> 00:24:05.958
Well,

00:24:05.998 --> 00:24:07.239
I don't think he liked the idea of

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.979
we're going to push it down

00:24:08.999 --> 00:24:09.558
the line more.

00:24:09.618 --> 00:24:11.619
Yeah, no, we need that now.

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.500
How about a bigger signing bonus?

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:15.359
I have a big bet on that.

00:24:16.721 --> 00:24:17.961
What a fucking debacle.

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:21.541
I mean, Acuna this year isn't hitting bad.

00:24:21.561 --> 00:24:23.102
I mean, it's nothing, I'm not saying he's

00:24:23.999 --> 00:24:25.440
Just hasn't slugged.

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:27.060
He's not hitting the long ball.

00:24:27.260 --> 00:24:27.461
I mean,

00:24:27.481 --> 00:24:29.163
we saw 30 bombs from him last year.

00:24:30.002 --> 00:24:30.483
Actually, more.

00:24:30.503 --> 00:24:31.565
I think it was close to 40.

00:24:32.605 --> 00:24:33.266
He's only got one.

00:24:33.865 --> 00:24:35.748
And he's played in 26 games.

00:24:35.907 --> 00:24:36.528
He's got one.

00:24:37.429 --> 00:24:38.849
His RBIs, he's got six.

00:24:39.569 --> 00:24:41.692
Like, that's not what you expect from him.

00:24:41.731 --> 00:24:43.313
And I'm a big Ronald Acuna fan.

00:24:43.333 --> 00:24:45.214
I'm not saying he's terrible.

00:24:45.234 --> 00:24:46.234
I'm not saying that whatsoever.

00:24:46.255 --> 00:24:47.836
I'm just saying he's off to a slow start.

00:24:48.136 --> 00:24:49.718
How many runs does he have scored, though?

00:24:50.825 --> 00:24:52.125
Cause he hits lead off most

00:24:52.164 --> 00:24:52.786
of the time for them.

00:24:52.826 --> 00:24:54.625
That, that to me is, you know, that,

00:24:54.746 --> 00:24:56.125
that almost shows a little

00:24:56.145 --> 00:24:57.747
bit RBI wise shows a little

00:24:57.787 --> 00:24:58.886
bit more of a struggles at

00:24:58.926 --> 00:25:01.107
the bottom of the order than it does or,

00:25:01.508 --> 00:25:03.688
or success at the bottom who, you know,

00:25:03.708 --> 00:25:06.209
you had Darnell hitting those home runs.

00:25:06.269 --> 00:25:09.170
So he does have 26 runs.

00:25:09.190 --> 00:25:10.309
He has 11 stolen bases.

00:25:10.349 --> 00:25:11.450
So he's not, like I said,

00:25:11.490 --> 00:25:12.970
he's not struggling as a hitter.

00:25:14.131 --> 00:25:15.371
It's just along the lines of,

00:25:15.471 --> 00:25:17.231
he's not a pop bat that

00:25:17.251 --> 00:25:18.192
you're used to seeing from

00:25:18.231 --> 00:25:19.172
Acuna to start the year.

00:25:19.943 --> 00:25:22.025
You said the same thing I think it was two,

00:25:22.045 --> 00:25:23.545
three weeks ago about Julio Rodriguez.

00:25:23.825 --> 00:25:24.244
Same thing.

00:25:25.005 --> 00:25:26.286
I mean, there was a thing I heard,

00:25:26.306 --> 00:25:28.105
a graphic from MLB.com or

00:25:28.205 --> 00:25:29.246
MLB Network or something

00:25:29.266 --> 00:25:29.925
where it was like,

00:25:29.986 --> 00:25:30.946
who hits the first home run?

00:25:30.967 --> 00:25:32.027
And it was names you don't

00:25:32.106 --> 00:25:32.767
think you're normally going

00:25:32.787 --> 00:25:33.527
to see on that list.

00:25:34.548 --> 00:25:36.008
And that's just, you know, I mean,

00:25:36.048 --> 00:25:36.748
he's getting on base.

00:25:37.067 --> 00:25:38.608
I mean, he's got a 7.15 OPS,

00:25:38.669 --> 00:25:39.469
a 3.82 on base, and a 3.33 slugging.

00:25:39.489 --> 00:25:41.028
He's not hitting bad.

00:25:45.204 --> 00:25:47.086
but he's just not producing

00:25:47.126 --> 00:25:47.847
the home runs that you

00:25:47.907 --> 00:25:49.548
expect from Ronald Jr.

00:25:50.089 --> 00:25:51.411
That's where his RBIs would

00:25:52.092 --> 00:25:53.173
come from right now because

00:25:53.212 --> 00:25:54.794
I think if you look at it,

00:25:54.854 --> 00:25:56.655
and this is just eyeball

00:25:56.695 --> 00:25:57.936
test in regards to seeing

00:25:57.957 --> 00:25:58.698
what's happened with the

00:25:58.738 --> 00:25:59.419
rest of that team,

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.980
I don't know if he's had a

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.701
whole bunch of

00:26:01.800 --> 00:26:03.041
opportunities with guys in

00:26:03.061 --> 00:26:05.424
scoring position.

00:26:05.464 --> 00:26:06.204
That's an assumption, but

00:26:09.068 --> 00:26:10.068
It's going to be impressive

00:26:10.108 --> 00:26:11.430
when we're here talking in

00:26:11.470 --> 00:26:12.569
September and he ends up

00:26:12.609 --> 00:26:15.461
with 35 home runs and 65,

00:26:15.461 --> 00:26:16.912
70 stolen bases.

00:26:16.991 --> 00:26:18.412
And April, he did nothing.

00:26:18.852 --> 00:26:19.432
Oh, yeah.

00:26:19.932 --> 00:26:21.833
I mean, like I said, by the way,

00:26:21.873 --> 00:26:22.972
Correa is back tonight.

00:26:23.594 --> 00:26:25.634
Okay, so I did read that.

00:26:26.473 --> 00:26:26.713
Yeah.

00:26:27.734 --> 00:26:29.654
But, yeah, it's not out of the question.

00:26:30.155 --> 00:26:31.276
He does what he did last year.

00:26:31.675 --> 00:26:33.676
It's just you're not used to seeing it.

00:26:33.737 --> 00:26:34.777
And like I said, they're doing it.

00:26:35.346 --> 00:26:37.969
They are 19-7 entering play

00:26:38.009 --> 00:26:40.190
tonight with the best record in baseball,

00:26:40.670 --> 00:26:41.931
and your best player isn't doing that.

00:26:41.951 --> 00:26:42.651
Get the fuck out.

00:26:43.092 --> 00:26:43.451
Get out.

00:26:44.633 --> 00:26:47.054
Chris Morrell just went deep for the Cubs.

00:26:47.974 --> 00:26:48.375
Love that.

00:26:48.434 --> 00:26:49.234
Take the lead,

00:26:49.255 --> 00:26:53.018
3-1 in the top of the ninth.

00:26:53.758 --> 00:26:54.398
The other one,

00:26:55.999 --> 00:26:56.900
and this is going to pain us

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:59.521
as Red Sox fans, Chris Sale.

00:27:01.522 --> 00:27:02.522
Five starts, 3-1 with a 3.69 ERA.

00:27:05.685 --> 00:27:09.468
An under one whip with 33 strikeouts.

00:27:10.067 --> 00:27:10.327
Again,

00:27:11.288 --> 00:27:14.530
I've said it in my prediction that

00:27:15.151 --> 00:27:16.412
they're going to go as far

00:27:16.471 --> 00:27:17.731
as Chris Sale stays healthy.

00:27:18.051 --> 00:27:18.251
Yeah.

00:27:18.952 --> 00:27:20.133
If he stays healthy,

00:27:21.193 --> 00:27:22.835
they're my pick to be in the World Series,

00:27:22.994 --> 00:27:23.615
if not winning.

00:27:25.415 --> 00:27:27.277
And to feed into that,

00:27:28.397 --> 00:27:30.278
we're going to get a great

00:27:30.318 --> 00:27:31.479
preview of what this team

00:27:31.558 --> 00:27:32.240
is this weekend.

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:32.900
Yeah.

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.000
Yeah.

00:27:33.749 --> 00:27:34.308
They're going to get the

00:27:34.328 --> 00:27:35.329
Dodgers for three games.

00:27:35.630 --> 00:27:35.710
Now,

00:27:35.750 --> 00:27:37.392
the Dodgers are not going to see Sale.

00:27:38.071 --> 00:27:39.313
Sale goes – and this is a

00:27:39.353 --> 00:27:39.932
good week for the Braves.

00:27:39.952 --> 00:27:41.013
They get the Mariners for three,

00:27:41.034 --> 00:27:42.734
and they get the Dodgers for three.

00:27:43.276 --> 00:27:43.756
And so,

00:27:44.557 --> 00:27:46.438
Sale's going – I think it's Wednesday.

00:27:46.498 --> 00:27:47.278
I think it is three.

00:27:47.538 --> 00:27:47.798
Oh, no.

00:27:48.278 --> 00:27:50.780
Actually, I don't think they play tonight.

00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:50.921
So,

00:27:50.941 --> 00:27:52.722
I think Thursday it's going to be Sale

00:27:52.762 --> 00:27:53.363
on Thursday.

00:27:53.383 --> 00:27:54.183
Okay.

00:27:55.023 --> 00:27:55.144
So,

00:27:55.183 --> 00:27:56.765
it's Charlie Morton versus Tyler Glass

00:27:56.806 --> 00:27:57.365
now Friday.

00:27:57.385 --> 00:27:57.465
Okay.

00:27:59.061 --> 00:28:00.382
Saturday is Bryce Elder.

00:28:00.883 --> 00:28:02.163
I put Michael Grove in what

00:28:02.202 --> 00:28:03.383
I sent you because he was

00:28:03.583 --> 00:28:05.804
the opener for the Dodgers the other day.

00:28:05.824 --> 00:28:08.545
And then it's Freed versus Paxton.

00:28:09.644 --> 00:28:09.964
So, I mean,

00:28:09.986 --> 00:28:11.205
that's three arms right there

00:28:11.266 --> 00:28:12.365
besides the two I named of

00:28:12.425 --> 00:28:14.386
Lopez and Sale that I want

00:28:14.426 --> 00:28:16.347
to see against the Dodgers lineup.

00:28:16.907 --> 00:28:18.347
You know, can you guys get there?

00:28:18.948 --> 00:28:20.548
Freed, last time I think we talked,

00:28:20.588 --> 00:28:21.969
went that night and he went 9-8.

00:28:21.989 --> 00:28:22.710
Can we game shutout?

00:28:23.269 --> 00:28:23.470
Yeah.

00:28:23.609 --> 00:28:23.789
So...

00:28:24.699 --> 00:28:26.019
Can Freed do that against the Dodgers?

00:28:26.540 --> 00:28:27.080
I want to see it.

00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:28.781
Actually, I want to look now.

00:28:28.821 --> 00:28:29.803
Is that Sunday Night Baseball?

00:28:31.003 --> 00:28:32.905
I would assume so.

00:28:34.547 --> 00:28:34.727
Nope.

00:28:35.607 --> 00:28:36.028
It's not?

00:28:36.147 --> 00:28:37.169
It must be a 4-10.

00:28:37.368 --> 00:28:38.509
Is it in L.A.?

00:28:39.691 --> 00:28:42.012
It is in – where is it?

00:28:42.173 --> 00:28:43.314
It's in L.A., 4-10.

00:28:43.334 --> 00:28:44.575
4-10 game.

00:28:44.734 --> 00:28:46.557
Sunday Night Baseball is Giants-Phillies.

00:28:48.731 --> 00:28:49.952
That's a missed opportunity.

00:28:50.472 --> 00:28:52.094
I agree because you're going to get,

00:28:52.114 --> 00:28:52.733
like I just said,

00:28:52.794 --> 00:28:55.556
it's Freed versus Paxton.

00:28:56.935 --> 00:28:58.237
Paxton is not pitching bad.

00:28:58.257 --> 00:28:59.317
No.

00:28:59.718 --> 00:29:01.679
So it's not a bad matchup.

00:29:01.739 --> 00:29:02.578
I mean, granted,

00:29:02.618 --> 00:29:04.019
this all comes out before the season.

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.121
So they sit in there going,

00:29:05.141 --> 00:29:06.741
we give every Sunday night

00:29:06.761 --> 00:29:07.741
baseball game to the Dodgers.

00:29:07.761 --> 00:29:08.561
We give every Sunday night

00:29:08.582 --> 00:29:09.583
baseball game to the Braves.

00:29:09.603 --> 00:29:09.823
Correct.

00:29:09.843 --> 00:29:11.364
Let's just not overdo this.

00:29:12.284 --> 00:29:13.444
But I think it's a missed

00:29:13.484 --> 00:29:14.586
opportunity for a series

00:29:14.625 --> 00:29:15.365
that's going to be really

00:29:15.405 --> 00:29:17.983
good with two teams that –

00:29:17.983 --> 00:29:19.625
everybody has finishing one

00:29:19.644 --> 00:29:21.184
and two in the national league.

00:29:21.285 --> 00:29:21.545
Yeah.

00:29:22.365 --> 00:29:23.046
You know, I mean,

00:29:23.066 --> 00:29:25.086
the Dodgers potentially the, you know, to,

00:29:25.207 --> 00:29:26.406
to play for the world series.

00:29:26.926 --> 00:29:27.106
Yeah.

00:29:27.967 --> 00:29:28.127
Yeah.

00:29:29.067 --> 00:29:30.708
That first game will be interesting.

00:29:30.929 --> 00:29:33.648
Glass now is one against that lineup.

00:29:33.709 --> 00:29:34.589
That's interesting.

00:29:34.609 --> 00:29:36.990
And then on the, the backend of that,

00:29:37.510 --> 00:29:39.351
that series is freed versus

00:29:39.391 --> 00:29:40.412
the Dodgers lineup.

00:29:41.192 --> 00:29:43.532
It's a great test and great, you know,

00:29:43.553 --> 00:29:44.393
it's going to be a great

00:29:44.472 --> 00:29:45.673
series to watch and pay

00:29:45.713 --> 00:29:46.794
attention to because the,

00:29:47.195 --> 00:29:48.717
both high powered offenses,

00:29:48.836 --> 00:29:51.298
but both have great pitching as well.

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.479
Yep.

00:29:52.979 --> 00:29:53.960
It's going to be a fun matchup.

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.861
And again, I mean,

00:29:54.921 --> 00:29:56.101
the Dodgers still aren't at

00:29:56.201 --> 00:29:56.781
full strength.

00:29:57.582 --> 00:29:58.782
No, we haven't, you know,

00:29:58.823 --> 00:29:59.884
Clayton Kershaw is still out.

00:29:59.963 --> 00:30:01.565
I don't think has Bueller come back yet.

00:30:02.724 --> 00:30:02.904
No.

00:30:03.365 --> 00:30:04.526
So those two big arms.

00:30:04.566 --> 00:30:06.968
I mean, I said, when we did our preview,

00:30:07.008 --> 00:30:08.167
the Paxton is going to feed

00:30:08.208 --> 00:30:09.009
right into Kershaw.

00:30:09.328 --> 00:30:09.509
Yeah.

00:30:09.949 --> 00:30:11.871
So, I mean, that's just replacing, I mean,

00:30:11.891 --> 00:30:12.651
Kershaw is better.

00:30:12.691 --> 00:30:13.912
So it's just, what if he's healthy?

00:30:13.991 --> 00:30:14.071
Yeah.

00:30:15.386 --> 00:30:16.747
I mean, I don't want to sidetrack you,

00:30:16.767 --> 00:30:17.607
but what if he's healthy?

00:30:17.647 --> 00:30:19.228
There goes Grove to the bullpen.

00:30:19.728 --> 00:30:20.888
Now you've got Paxton and

00:30:20.929 --> 00:30:22.769
Kershaw right there at 4-5.

00:30:22.890 --> 00:30:25.329
Or there goes Gavin Stone

00:30:25.369 --> 00:30:27.391
back to AAA if he's not already there.

00:30:27.790 --> 00:30:28.912
I haven't followed the

00:30:28.951 --> 00:30:30.132
Dodgers as much because

00:30:30.832 --> 00:30:31.511
they're the Dodgers,

00:30:31.551 --> 00:30:32.353
and I think they're just as

00:30:32.393 --> 00:30:33.053
good as everything.

00:30:33.093 --> 00:30:34.814
So I haven't been like, oh, the Dodgers.

00:30:35.614 --> 00:30:37.213
Their depth is in their pitching,

00:30:37.755 --> 00:30:39.075
in the minors at least,

00:30:39.654 --> 00:30:41.155
that is ready to contribute

00:30:41.195 --> 00:30:42.036
right now where,

00:30:42.805 --> 00:30:45.286
The so is the Braves have so much depth,

00:30:45.346 --> 00:30:45.586
too.

00:30:45.605 --> 00:30:46.726
So this will be a very

00:30:46.885 --> 00:30:49.946
interesting early May

00:30:50.748 --> 00:30:52.728
series to see what we see

00:30:53.288 --> 00:30:55.669
from both teams pitching lineups,

00:30:55.709 --> 00:30:56.269
how they go.

00:30:56.348 --> 00:30:58.789
It'll give us a good preview of, you know,

00:30:58.849 --> 00:31:01.510
potentially what's to come in October.

00:31:01.691 --> 00:31:03.412
It'll be a fun, fun one to watch.

00:31:04.392 --> 00:31:05.833
Here's my bold prediction for the weekend.

00:31:06.593 --> 00:31:07.413
All right, let's hear it.

00:31:07.853 --> 00:31:09.134
Acuna gets hot and hits two

00:31:09.173 --> 00:31:10.034
home runs this weekend.

00:31:12.306 --> 00:31:14.126
I would not be surprised if

00:31:14.646 --> 00:31:16.166
we see him go hitless

00:31:16.227 --> 00:31:17.948
against Glass now and hit

00:31:18.728 --> 00:31:21.308
one off of Grove if he's to start,

00:31:21.628 --> 00:31:23.930
and then lefty being Paxton.

00:31:24.349 --> 00:31:26.650
Paxton's got that history of

00:31:26.810 --> 00:31:28.070
keeping the ball up.

00:31:28.090 --> 00:31:29.770
He's a power pitcher.

00:31:30.932 --> 00:31:32.071
Acuna is going to catch one

00:31:32.132 --> 00:31:35.272
up in the zone and just drill it up,

00:31:35.653 --> 00:31:38.114
you know, 12 rows up in left field.

00:31:38.828 --> 00:31:40.809
And I easily see I can

00:31:40.930 --> 00:31:44.132
easily see him hitting to be in game.

00:31:44.311 --> 00:31:44.592
You know,

00:31:45.573 --> 00:31:46.573
I'll be interested to see how he

00:31:46.594 --> 00:31:47.493
faces glass now,

00:31:47.574 --> 00:31:50.195
but definitely in game two, game three,

00:31:50.215 --> 00:31:52.057
especially against Paxton.

00:31:52.076 --> 00:31:54.317
I think he will light Paxton up.

00:31:54.897 --> 00:31:55.919
I might take it on Sunday

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:57.880
night baseball leadoff home

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.881
run if he's batting leadoff.

00:32:00.682 --> 00:32:02.021
That's a that's a tough one on.

00:32:02.201 --> 00:32:02.363
Yeah.

00:32:02.383 --> 00:32:02.502
Yeah.

00:32:04.061 --> 00:32:04.863
It'd be interesting to see

00:32:04.883 --> 00:32:06.403
what the odds are because, I mean,

00:32:06.483 --> 00:32:08.826
that's going to be a fun one to watch.

00:32:08.906 --> 00:32:10.147
I can't wait until next week

00:32:10.188 --> 00:32:11.888
to kind of recap that one

00:32:11.909 --> 00:32:12.690
where we've already

00:32:12.730 --> 00:32:13.730
addressed it a little bit,

00:32:13.810 --> 00:32:15.132
talk about that series,

00:32:15.792 --> 00:32:17.233
and then also talk a little

00:32:17.273 --> 00:32:18.015
bit about the

00:32:18.134 --> 00:32:19.556
Yankees-Orioles series

00:32:19.576 --> 00:32:20.636
because that's the other

00:32:20.737 --> 00:32:22.058
one on the American League

00:32:22.098 --> 00:32:24.201
side that's a big series

00:32:24.260 --> 00:32:25.442
preview of the top two

00:32:25.461 --> 00:32:26.982
teams in the American League East,

00:32:27.083 --> 00:32:28.664
which tonight I don't know

00:32:28.684 --> 00:32:29.746
what the score is now.

00:32:30.891 --> 00:32:32.852
Two-nothing, top nine.

00:32:33.173 --> 00:32:34.953
Yankees had a guy on second with one out.

00:32:35.473 --> 00:32:37.476
Is it Kimbrell?

00:32:37.516 --> 00:32:38.516
No, it's Colombe.

00:32:39.116 --> 00:32:39.457
Okay.

00:32:40.116 --> 00:32:40.698
I was going to say,

00:32:40.958 --> 00:32:42.219
they have a lot of nerve

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.700
going back to Kimbrell.

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.060
But, yeah,

00:32:45.161 --> 00:32:46.922
there will be two interesting

00:32:46.981 --> 00:32:48.682
series for us to recap next

00:32:48.742 --> 00:32:51.045
week when we meet up on Monday next week.

00:32:52.145 --> 00:32:52.945
I was going to make a bold

00:32:52.965 --> 00:32:53.846
prediction saying if the

00:32:53.886 --> 00:32:54.767
Braves win that series,

00:32:54.807 --> 00:32:56.248
I'll wear a Braves hat next Monday,

00:32:56.268 --> 00:32:57.068
but the Tigers play,

00:32:57.088 --> 00:32:57.849
so that ain't happening.

00:32:58.049 --> 00:32:58.210
Yeah.

00:32:58.230 --> 00:32:58.349
Yeah.

00:33:01.482 --> 00:33:03.987
Hector Nias is in for the close.

00:33:04.448 --> 00:33:05.890
The Braves get the Red Sox next week,

00:33:05.910 --> 00:33:07.192
so that ain't happening even more so.

00:33:08.292 --> 00:33:10.096
Yeah, you'd be torn.

00:33:10.717 --> 00:33:10.936
No,

00:33:11.438 --> 00:33:13.540
interesting that the Cubs brought in

00:33:13.601 --> 00:33:16.746
Hector Nias to close the game out.

00:33:18.371 --> 00:33:19.111
Against the Mets.

00:33:19.151 --> 00:33:20.172
That's interesting with

00:33:20.291 --> 00:33:23.133
Adelzai being there named

00:33:23.212 --> 00:33:24.354
closer to start the year,

00:33:24.394 --> 00:33:25.213
but has struggled.

00:33:25.713 --> 00:33:28.454
I saw he was done out of the role.

00:33:28.675 --> 00:33:30.076
I think I saw that last Thursday.

00:33:30.415 --> 00:33:31.616
I wouldn't doubt it.

00:33:32.416 --> 00:33:33.198
Because I think at that

00:33:33.258 --> 00:33:34.478
point he'd given up four

00:33:34.538 --> 00:33:35.838
home runs and four innings

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:36.699
or something like that.

00:33:37.358 --> 00:33:40.560
I saw council said he's all done.

00:33:43.481 --> 00:33:43.902
All right.

00:33:43.961 --> 00:33:46.343
So anything more about the

00:33:46.383 --> 00:33:47.824
Braves-Dodgers series?

00:33:48.863 --> 00:33:49.042
Nope.

00:33:49.643 --> 00:33:50.344
That is about it.

00:33:50.403 --> 00:33:51.403
I'm excited for that series.

00:33:51.463 --> 00:33:52.125
It's probably what I'm going

00:33:52.144 --> 00:33:53.385
to watch on my little TV,

00:33:53.526 --> 00:33:54.885
although it all depends on

00:33:54.905 --> 00:33:55.507
what happens with the

00:33:55.527 --> 00:33:56.767
Bruins and Celtics because

00:33:57.647 --> 00:33:58.428
that changes everything

00:33:58.448 --> 00:33:59.489
with the Red Sox as well.

00:34:00.088 --> 00:34:02.029
A Bruins series is over tomorrow,

00:34:02.049 --> 00:34:03.911
so you'll be freed up.

00:34:05.092 --> 00:34:06.692
All right, then.

00:34:06.752 --> 00:34:08.793
Well, with that said,

00:34:09.153 --> 00:34:10.255
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00:34:10.315 --> 00:34:11.356
We've been talking about

00:34:11.396 --> 00:34:12.835
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All right, CJ.

00:35:52.313 --> 00:35:53.554
So what else?

00:35:53.775 --> 00:35:55.195
I know you had eight total.

00:35:55.594 --> 00:35:56.795
We've gotten through three.

00:35:57.014 --> 00:35:57.954
What was number four?

00:35:58.356 --> 00:35:59.356
We had none, actually.

00:35:59.576 --> 00:36:00.695
I remember I added one.

00:36:00.876 --> 00:36:01.315
Oh, that's right.

00:36:01.335 --> 00:36:01.775
That's right.

00:36:03.056 --> 00:36:04.036
So the fourth one was one

00:36:04.077 --> 00:36:05.317
you actually want to talk about as well.

00:36:06.137 --> 00:36:07.257
I want to go to the Marlins

00:36:07.297 --> 00:36:08.038
and the Nationals.

00:36:08.777 --> 00:36:10.518
What a shit show.

00:36:11.338 --> 00:36:12.438
My biggest interesting one

00:36:12.458 --> 00:36:14.918
was yesterday where they

00:36:14.938 --> 00:36:16.458
went up 7-0 in the first two innings.

00:36:16.478 --> 00:36:16.539
Yep.

00:36:19.853 --> 00:36:20.793
And then, you know,

00:36:21.012 --> 00:36:21.914
most times you would sit

00:36:21.954 --> 00:36:23.414
there and good baseball team.

00:36:23.454 --> 00:36:24.054
That's the game.

00:36:24.494 --> 00:36:25.655
I'm glad I tuned in for this.

00:36:26.454 --> 00:36:26.815
No, no.

00:36:27.315 --> 00:36:28.036
Not the Marlins.

00:36:28.235 --> 00:36:29.376
Not that dumpster fire.

00:36:30.036 --> 00:36:30.536
Forget that.

00:36:30.577 --> 00:36:31.556
Who's the Nationals?

00:36:31.737 --> 00:36:32.277
Who's the fucking?

00:36:32.557 --> 00:36:33.757
Not that the Nationals are

00:36:33.797 --> 00:36:34.538
horrible because they've

00:36:34.557 --> 00:36:35.498
got some young talent.

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.579
But Jesus.

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.679
7-0.

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:39.579
The Nationals came out of

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:41.001
nowhere and put up five in

00:36:41.021 --> 00:36:42.721
the fourth to make it a 7-5 game.

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:44.061
And then in the fifth,

00:36:44.121 --> 00:36:46.422
put up four more just to make it 9-7.

00:36:47.163 --> 00:36:48.523
Then just for a little insurance,

00:36:48.543 --> 00:36:49.503
I had one in the sixth.

00:36:50.494 --> 00:36:52.315
The Marlins, they come back,

00:36:52.335 --> 00:36:53.516
make it a better ball game

00:36:53.795 --> 00:36:54.856
in the seventh with two

00:36:54.876 --> 00:36:56.597
more runs to make it 10-9.

00:36:57.318 --> 00:36:58.277
And then the Nationals put

00:36:58.297 --> 00:36:59.498
away in the eighth with two more runs.

00:37:00.298 --> 00:37:01.440
And the Nationals came out on top.

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.440
And I saw on Twitter people

00:37:03.481 --> 00:37:05.081
were commenting with the 7-0 lead.

00:37:05.101 --> 00:37:06.262
Yeah, we'll find a way to blow this.

00:37:08.043 --> 00:37:10.184
They've lost all hope.

00:37:10.244 --> 00:37:10.804
They've now,

00:37:11.443 --> 00:37:13.164
even though they have six wins

00:37:13.224 --> 00:37:14.726
and so do the White Sox,

00:37:15.146 --> 00:37:16.405
they actually physically

00:37:16.445 --> 00:37:17.907
have the worst record in baseball.

00:37:19.737 --> 00:37:20.579
just because they've played

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.539
more games and they've got

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:23.019
more losses than the White Sox.

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.981
It is sad.

00:37:25.681 --> 00:37:29.244
Now, with all that said, Lizardo's out.

00:37:30.324 --> 00:37:31.445
Yuri Perez is out.

00:37:31.905 --> 00:37:32.505
Yeah,

00:37:32.545 --> 00:37:34.327
basically anything that they have is

00:37:34.367 --> 00:37:34.586
gone.

00:37:35.268 --> 00:37:37.509
And it's sad for me because, you know,

00:37:37.528 --> 00:37:38.829
the Marlins are a team that

00:37:39.429 --> 00:37:41.431
in their history, what they do,

00:37:42.331 --> 00:37:43.932
they pile up and they make

00:37:43.972 --> 00:37:45.554
a run deep into the playoffs,

00:37:45.634 --> 00:37:46.414
whether it be the World

00:37:46.434 --> 00:37:47.135
Series or whatever,

00:37:47.514 --> 00:37:48.856
then they sell everything off.

00:37:49.650 --> 00:37:51.170
They have some nice pieces,

00:37:51.371 --> 00:37:52.711
and I think if Perez,

00:37:53.972 --> 00:37:55.414
you think about who's injured, right?

00:37:55.934 --> 00:37:59.458
Sandy Alcantara, you've got Lizardo,

00:37:59.717 --> 00:38:02.179
and you've got Perez that I

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.840
can think of just off the top of my head.

00:38:05.882 --> 00:38:07.724
They're not horrible in the field.

00:38:07.784 --> 00:38:10.367
I'm not a huge fan of what other pieces.

00:38:10.427 --> 00:38:11.668
They've got Chaz Chisholm.

00:38:12.108 --> 00:38:14.409
They've got Luis Arreaz,

00:38:15.311 --> 00:38:16.891
and they've got Jake Berger.

00:38:17.452 --> 00:38:18.733
Tim Anderson's not a bad one.

00:38:18.753 --> 00:38:19.253
Josh Bell.

00:38:19.293 --> 00:38:19.494
Nope.

00:38:20.438 --> 00:38:21.760
They've got some talent,

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:25.204
but it all shows you that

00:38:25.244 --> 00:38:26.204
if you can't pitch,

00:38:26.766 --> 00:38:27.766
you don't have the pitching,

00:38:29.007 --> 00:38:30.108
you're not going to go very far.

00:38:30.510 --> 00:38:31.871
You can only put up so many runs.

00:38:32.431 --> 00:38:34.213
When you come into a season with A.J.

00:38:34.293 --> 00:38:35.574
Puck as your number two.

00:38:36.496 --> 00:38:37.396
He was your closer.

00:38:37.757 --> 00:38:39.418
How many saves did he have from last year?

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.679
He was your closer last year,

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.460
and he's your number two

00:38:41.501 --> 00:38:42.461
starter entering the season.

00:38:43.081 --> 00:38:43.623
You've got a problem.

00:38:45.036 --> 00:38:46.597
And why they didn't sell off – I mean,

00:38:46.637 --> 00:38:47.298
as Red Sox fans,

00:38:47.318 --> 00:38:48.940
we were all calling for Jesus Lizardo.

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:50.601
Why you didn't sell off – I mean, granted,

00:38:50.621 --> 00:38:52.202
did you expect to lose Perez?

00:38:52.661 --> 00:38:53.443
No.

00:38:53.963 --> 00:38:56.485
And Eduardo Cabrera – or Edward Cabrera.

00:38:57.405 --> 00:38:58.106
And, you know,

00:38:58.286 --> 00:38:59.286
it was – the one thing I

00:38:59.306 --> 00:39:00.586
will say about them is it

00:39:00.606 --> 00:39:02.027
was nice – I forget what day it was,

00:39:02.068 --> 00:39:02.929
but it was nice to see

00:39:02.969 --> 00:39:04.190
Sixto Sanchez make his

00:39:04.230 --> 00:39:05.130
return to the mound for the

00:39:05.170 --> 00:39:07.411
first time since 2020.

00:39:07.411 --> 00:39:09.213
And from what I saw,

00:39:09.233 --> 00:39:10.673
I don't think he actually looked bad.

00:39:11.623 --> 00:39:12.525
I don't remember off the top

00:39:12.545 --> 00:39:13.304
of my head what day he

00:39:13.344 --> 00:39:14.947
pitched and how bad it actually was.

00:39:15.746 --> 00:39:19.329
But, you know, there's something there.

00:39:19.369 --> 00:39:20.331
They do have the pitching.

00:39:20.590 --> 00:39:21.931
It's just everybody's hurt.

00:39:22.132 --> 00:39:22.253
Like,

00:39:22.273 --> 00:39:23.873
you're dealing with everybody being out.

00:39:23.893 --> 00:39:25.514
I'm trying to pull up what

00:39:25.775 --> 00:39:26.715
day it was he pitched.

00:39:26.755 --> 00:39:27.836
I think I thought it was.

00:39:28.097 --> 00:39:29.458
He was a top prospect for

00:39:29.478 --> 00:39:30.679
the Phillies that everyone

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:32.041
was talking highly of.

00:39:32.481 --> 00:39:35.003
He didn't really pan out in Philadelphia.

00:39:35.023 --> 00:39:36.244
And I forget.

00:39:36.623 --> 00:39:39.746
He was part of that JT Rilamuto trade.

00:39:41.434 --> 00:39:42.614
Along with Olifaro.

00:39:43.315 --> 00:39:45.476
And then he's been hurt, I think,

00:39:45.597 --> 00:39:46.998
pretty much ever since.

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:52.041
And they've got, between Cabrera, Perez,

00:39:52.402 --> 00:39:56.244
Lizardo, and then Sandy Alcantara,

00:39:56.664 --> 00:39:57.346
they've got,

00:39:57.505 --> 00:39:59.748
if everyone was healthy and

00:39:59.807 --> 00:40:00.909
pitching the way they could,

00:40:01.108 --> 00:40:02.369
they've got probably one of

00:40:02.409 --> 00:40:05.911
the more talented, pure talent potential,

00:40:06.432 --> 00:40:07.634
one of the better younger

00:40:07.753 --> 00:40:10.896
pitching staffs in the National League.

00:40:11.606 --> 00:40:12.708
Ryan Weathers is good, too.

00:40:12.768 --> 00:40:13.708
He's pitched well lately.

00:40:14.007 --> 00:40:14.768
And I was wrong.

00:40:14.829 --> 00:40:16.130
Sixto actually didn't pitch well.

00:40:16.150 --> 00:40:16.969
He faced the Braves.

00:40:17.630 --> 00:40:20.192
He gave up three runs, two thirds,

00:40:20.431 --> 00:40:22.833
five hits, three Ks, and one walk.

00:40:24.954 --> 00:40:25.996
The fucking Cubs are going

00:40:26.016 --> 00:40:26.896
to blow this game.

00:40:26.956 --> 00:40:27.617
God damn it.

00:40:29.498 --> 00:40:30.097
It's all right.

00:40:30.117 --> 00:40:33.300
Two runner on second, runner on first,

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.900
one out.

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:38.742
Nearest is lost DJ Stewart.

00:40:39.664 --> 00:40:40.123
Nope, nope.

00:40:40.143 --> 00:40:41.244
You got to figure out who won there.

00:40:41.809 --> 00:40:42.710
Oh, God.

00:40:44.231 --> 00:40:45.572
It's pretty bad right now,

00:40:45.652 --> 00:40:46.773
but that's that.

00:40:47.213 --> 00:40:49.836
Yeah, the Marlins right now, unfortunately,

00:40:49.896 --> 00:40:52.778
due to their pitching injuries situations,

00:40:53.418 --> 00:40:55.041
I think it won't be too long.

00:40:56.101 --> 00:40:58.963
The two big names that I see,

00:40:59.364 --> 00:41:00.764
Chisholm's not going anywhere,

00:41:01.286 --> 00:41:02.507
but I did an article

00:41:02.766 --> 00:41:04.027
earlier for the Reds in

00:41:04.088 --> 00:41:06.510
regards to a cheap power

00:41:06.570 --> 00:41:07.851
bat at third to kind of

00:41:07.931 --> 00:41:09.391
solve some of their issues there.

00:41:09.431 --> 00:41:10.092
Jake Berger,

00:41:11.034 --> 00:41:12.554
and uh could be moved

00:41:12.614 --> 00:41:14.275
eventually and then luis

00:41:14.335 --> 00:41:16.536
arias both have decent

00:41:16.615 --> 00:41:17.797
contracts burgers on a

00:41:17.916 --> 00:41:18.896
one-year deal under a

00:41:18.956 --> 00:41:20.197
million dollars so it's

00:41:20.217 --> 00:41:21.297
going to be fairly cheap

00:41:21.918 --> 00:41:23.079
for someone to grab if

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:24.458
they're looking for a power

00:41:24.498 --> 00:41:27.139
right hand bat um but

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.481
unfortunately the marlins

00:41:28.541 --> 00:41:29.960
just have too many injuries

00:41:30.001 --> 00:41:31.101
right now and I don't even

00:41:31.141 --> 00:41:32.242
know where lizardo's going

00:41:32.262 --> 00:41:33.762
to end up you know with

00:41:33.782 --> 00:41:35.043
this injury he's got so

00:41:35.123 --> 00:41:37.184
they say it shouldn't be long term but

00:41:37.911 --> 00:41:38.873
How often do you hear that?

00:41:38.913 --> 00:41:40.492
They come back, make one, two starts,

00:41:40.514 --> 00:41:41.954
then not the same,

00:41:41.994 --> 00:41:43.235
and then they're done for a

00:41:43.275 --> 00:41:44.036
little bit longer.

00:41:44.396 --> 00:41:46.936
I think he was thrown today.

00:41:47.818 --> 00:41:49.478
Hopefully he makes a healthy

00:41:49.518 --> 00:41:51.199
return because that's good.

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:52.079
He's a good arm.

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:54.201
I do think he's a trade piece too,

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:54.862
unfortunately,

00:41:54.902 --> 00:41:57.583
given the fact of what they're doing.

00:41:58.523 --> 00:41:59.643
The Marlins are a mess.

00:41:59.684 --> 00:42:00.744
That was just something to

00:42:00.784 --> 00:42:02.266
me going up against the Nationals.

00:42:02.326 --> 00:42:03.947
Again, the Nationals aren't horrible,

00:42:04.447 --> 00:42:05.748
but to pitch

00:42:12.115 --> 00:42:13.597
Which leads us right into

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:17.061
this other shit show, the Chicago Cubs.

00:42:18.963 --> 00:42:19.143
Well,

00:42:19.164 --> 00:42:20.545
I wrote when they were facing the Red

00:42:20.585 --> 00:42:21.505
Sox that, you know,

00:42:21.525 --> 00:42:22.106
they were one of the

00:42:22.126 --> 00:42:23.188
hottest teams at that point.

00:42:23.467 --> 00:42:25.911
They had won five of their last seven.

00:42:26.331 --> 00:42:27.873
And then, you know,

00:42:27.893 --> 00:42:28.853
they swept the Astros

00:42:28.893 --> 00:42:29.735
coming into the series and

00:42:29.755 --> 00:42:30.596
they won Friday night.

00:42:31.336 --> 00:42:32.697
to go six of their last eight.

00:42:33.277 --> 00:42:34.199
And then all of a sudden,

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:35.860
the Red Sox decided to, you know,

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.860
have the lineup wake up a

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.740
little bit and put up 17 on

00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:39.942
them on Saturday.

00:42:39.961 --> 00:42:42.523
I'm glad you were there and not me.

00:42:42.943 --> 00:42:44.304
Yeah, I was having a great time.

00:42:44.324 --> 00:42:45.005
Especially with all the

00:42:45.025 --> 00:42:45.965
tough fans sitting around me.

00:42:47.166 --> 00:42:48.025
The only I was hoping for

00:42:48.065 --> 00:42:49.567
was Joel Rodriguez to come in the game.

00:42:51.947 --> 00:42:52.708
And then last night,

00:42:52.728 --> 00:42:53.668
I don't know if anybody

00:42:53.708 --> 00:42:54.949
watched that's listening to this,

00:42:55.010 --> 00:42:58.552
but that was a tough play by Gansby.

00:42:58.851 --> 00:43:00.032
I mean, that should have been...

00:43:00.838 --> 00:43:02.019
You know, I've heard people say,

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:03.740
why didn't Duran still second?

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:04.762
Well, then they walked Devers,

00:43:04.822 --> 00:43:05.722
and it's first and second.

00:43:05.762 --> 00:43:07.222
Nobody out with O'Neal, whatever.

00:43:08.463 --> 00:43:09.925
Ends up being Devers at first,

00:43:09.945 --> 00:43:11.166
Duran at third.

00:43:11.525 --> 00:43:13.327
And Duran's your best base runner,

00:43:13.387 --> 00:43:13.726
I think.

00:43:13.967 --> 00:43:14.188
Yeah.

00:43:14.748 --> 00:43:16.349
And then it was that fly ball to Dansby.

00:43:16.429 --> 00:43:16.728
Granted,

00:43:17.190 --> 00:43:18.389
I don't know what Duran was doing

00:43:18.429 --> 00:43:19.150
halfway down the line.

00:43:19.170 --> 00:43:19.791
He should have been at third,

00:43:19.811 --> 00:43:20.692
at least trying to tag.

00:43:21.692 --> 00:43:22.432
That ball shouldn't have

00:43:22.452 --> 00:43:24.454
been tried to be caught by Dansby.

00:43:24.914 --> 00:43:26.536
No, that's Ian Haps all day long.

00:43:26.576 --> 00:43:27.195
Should have been.

00:43:28.217 --> 00:43:29.336
But he was playing at the

00:43:29.376 --> 00:43:30.137
wall for a double.

00:43:30.893 --> 00:43:32.393
which, again, the guy's at third.

00:43:32.414 --> 00:43:33.054
I don't know why you're

00:43:33.074 --> 00:43:33.755
playing for a double.

00:43:34.554 --> 00:43:34.775
Yeah.

00:43:34.835 --> 00:43:36.614
So a double, you lose the game.

00:43:37.195 --> 00:43:37.454
Yeah.

00:43:37.554 --> 00:43:39.036
So I think it was a missed

00:43:39.056 --> 00:43:39.936
defensive alignment.

00:43:40.876 --> 00:43:42.536
The Red Sox come out on top.

00:43:42.596 --> 00:43:44.056
They take two or three from the Cubs,

00:43:45.056 --> 00:43:46.197
and the Cubs seem like they

00:43:46.237 --> 00:43:46.936
might have cooled off,

00:43:47.016 --> 00:43:47.876
except for right now,

00:43:47.976 --> 00:43:49.137
unless they blow this game

00:43:49.197 --> 00:43:50.097
with a one-two count,

00:43:50.137 --> 00:43:51.137
two outs in the ninth inning.

00:43:51.438 --> 00:43:51.878
We'll see.

00:43:52.677 --> 00:43:53.117
I don't know.

00:43:53.157 --> 00:43:54.438
That's an interesting pitch.

00:43:54.458 --> 00:43:55.699
Yeah.

00:43:56.882 --> 00:43:58.123
The Cubs were, you know,

00:43:58.143 --> 00:43:58.943
they looked good going into

00:43:58.963 --> 00:43:59.965
the Red Sox series,

00:43:59.985 --> 00:44:00.925
and all of a sudden they

00:44:00.945 --> 00:44:03.768
seemed to have cooled off in that weekend,

00:44:03.807 --> 00:44:04.568
and then now they're back,

00:44:04.827 --> 00:44:05.489
seem like they're going to

00:44:05.528 --> 00:44:06.248
do what they're going to do.

00:44:06.409 --> 00:44:08.010
But that's their bats this year.

00:44:08.050 --> 00:44:09.170
Their bats have done that.

00:44:09.670 --> 00:44:10.891
Watching every single game

00:44:10.911 --> 00:44:11.972
they've had this year,

00:44:12.452 --> 00:44:14.835
their bats cool off,

00:44:15.896 --> 00:44:17.757
and the good news is is

00:44:17.817 --> 00:44:18.856
Justin Steele is going to

00:44:18.876 --> 00:44:23.380
be making a rehab start, I believe,

00:44:23.481 --> 00:44:24.740
Wednesday down at Iowa.

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:25.581
They did just win.

00:44:26.186 --> 00:44:26.945
Thank God.

00:44:26.965 --> 00:44:29.746
3-1 against the Mets to open the series.

00:44:29.788 --> 00:44:30.688
Thanks to Murrell.

00:44:31.967 --> 00:44:32.849
Murrell's home run.

00:44:32.909 --> 00:44:34.849
But yeah, they are a very,

00:44:35.809 --> 00:44:36.869
they still have a good

00:44:36.990 --> 00:44:38.751
chunk of their lineup, the Cubs,

00:44:39.391 --> 00:44:40.291
that isn't hitting.

00:44:40.391 --> 00:44:42.313
Swanson's not doing real well hitting.

00:44:42.353 --> 00:44:43.873
I think he's hitting under two.

00:44:43.952 --> 00:44:44.534
He's hitting,

00:44:44.554 --> 00:44:48.355
or he was opening the day at 238.

00:44:48.355 --> 00:44:49.536
Corner's not really hitting.

00:44:49.556 --> 00:44:51.637
He was starting against the Astros.

00:44:51.657 --> 00:44:53.117
Didn't do much against the Cubs.

00:44:53.757 --> 00:44:54.777
And Bellinger's out.

00:44:55.925 --> 00:44:56.726
So up the middle,

00:44:56.786 --> 00:44:57.826
they're not really

00:44:58.327 --> 00:44:59.967
supporting the team the way they can.

00:44:59.987 --> 00:45:01.088
They've gotten some timely

00:45:01.128 --> 00:45:02.329
hitting like they did tonight,

00:45:02.429 --> 00:45:08.333
but they've yet almost like Acuna, Acuna,

00:45:08.373 --> 00:45:09.954
that a lot of their players

00:45:10.014 --> 00:45:11.956
have not yet warmed up.

00:45:12.376 --> 00:45:14.057
And in order for them to do

00:45:14.257 --> 00:45:15.418
what I picked them to do

00:45:15.498 --> 00:45:16.458
and win the central,

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.699
they're going to need to

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:19.260
get everyone firing on all

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:20.402
cylinders because their

00:45:20.422 --> 00:45:22.163
pitching has not been horrible.

00:45:23.043 --> 00:45:23.965
And they stand to get...

00:45:25.106 --> 00:45:26.586
So it'll be interesting.

00:45:26.626 --> 00:45:29.768
That was a very disappointing weekend,

00:45:30.769 --> 00:45:32.670
Saturday, Sunday, against the Red Sox.

00:45:32.731 --> 00:45:34.791
Against a team, on paper,

00:45:35.211 --> 00:45:36.313
in the way they've been playing,

00:45:36.934 --> 00:45:38.333
the Cubs should have taken that series.

00:45:39.514 --> 00:45:40.976
Yeah, except for Saturday.

00:45:41.016 --> 00:45:42.197
Saturday was just... Well, no,

00:45:43.438 --> 00:45:45.778
Saturday... When you have

00:45:45.798 --> 00:45:46.719
to have two position

00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:50.362
players pitch... I mean,

00:45:50.382 --> 00:45:50.702
that was a 17-0...

00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:53.782
The Red Sox gave Pablo Reyes

00:45:53.842 --> 00:45:55.043
a going away present.

00:45:55.182 --> 00:45:56.423
Here's a pitching appearance for you.

00:45:56.925 --> 00:45:57.744
Yeah, I saw that.

00:45:58.846 --> 00:45:59.626
Again, like I said,

00:45:59.646 --> 00:46:00.827
I'm glad I wasn't there.

00:46:01.807 --> 00:46:03.128
The debating back and forth

00:46:03.190 --> 00:46:04.349
I had of going down there,

00:46:04.409 --> 00:46:05.570
as much as I want to be at

00:46:05.610 --> 00:46:06.831
Fenway to see the Cubs,

00:46:07.213 --> 00:46:08.233
because most likely the

00:46:08.293 --> 00:46:09.353
next time they come around,

00:46:09.414 --> 00:46:10.494
it'll be during a weekday

00:46:10.534 --> 00:46:11.615
and I won't have tickets.

00:46:11.735 --> 00:46:14.018
But it was a good decision.

00:46:14.097 --> 00:46:15.338
I still got some stuff done,

00:46:15.358 --> 00:46:16.340
and I'm glad you got to go

00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:17.099
and enjoy that.

00:46:17.601 --> 00:46:18.501
Yeah, thank you for that.

00:46:18.902 --> 00:46:19.121
Hey,

00:46:20.043 --> 00:46:21.503
you enjoyed it more than I would have.

00:46:22.501 --> 00:46:23.240
I had a great time.

00:46:23.862 --> 00:46:24.362
And then I watched,

00:46:24.402 --> 00:46:25.702
we had the phone propped up.

00:46:25.742 --> 00:46:26.884
I watched the Celtics on my

00:46:26.903 --> 00:46:27.905
phone on the ride back.

00:46:28.405 --> 00:46:28.885
There you go.

00:46:28.905 --> 00:46:29.945
The Bruins on the radio.

00:46:30.347 --> 00:46:30.646
Yeah.

00:46:31.987 --> 00:46:33.068
It was a great Boston day.

00:46:33.969 --> 00:46:35.309
I think I saw somebody said

00:46:35.351 --> 00:46:36.751
today that they outscored

00:46:37.572 --> 00:46:38.793
their opponents combined

00:46:38.813 --> 00:46:39.554
between the three.

00:46:39.713 --> 00:46:40.514
What was it?

00:46:40.855 --> 00:46:43.117
39 to nothing or 39 to yeah.

00:46:43.177 --> 00:46:45.018
They had plus 39 for a run

00:46:45.038 --> 00:46:46.358
differential for all three games.

00:46:46.898 --> 00:46:47.320
Unreal.

00:46:47.380 --> 00:46:48.119
So it was a good day.

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:50.041
The next one.

00:46:51.362 --> 00:46:52.704
The biggest Astros series to

00:46:52.724 --> 00:46:54.043
this point of the season is right now.

00:46:55.505 --> 00:46:58.286
I mean, they just,

00:46:58.326 --> 00:46:59.586
I think they came out on

00:46:59.646 --> 00:47:01.186
top this weekend when it was the Rockies.

00:47:02.027 --> 00:47:03.887
Yeah, they needed that to get right.

00:47:04.349 --> 00:47:05.449
I said it last week that

00:47:06.148 --> 00:47:07.070
they're a streaky team.

00:47:07.369 --> 00:47:08.030
If they get hot,

00:47:08.090 --> 00:47:09.130
they're right back in this.

00:47:10.351 --> 00:47:11.592
Now they're facing the Guardians,

00:47:12.692 --> 00:47:13.913
who have the best record in

00:47:13.932 --> 00:47:14.552
the American League.

00:47:16.014 --> 00:47:16.614
You can come out of the

00:47:16.653 --> 00:47:17.414
series winning two out of

00:47:17.434 --> 00:47:18.335
three before you go to a

00:47:18.375 --> 00:47:19.135
division opponent.

00:47:20.413 --> 00:47:21.434
You could turn things around.

00:47:22.675 --> 00:47:23.356
But that's the question.

00:47:23.376 --> 00:47:24.096
You're facing a good

00:47:24.135 --> 00:47:25.157
Guardians team this week.

00:47:26.438 --> 00:47:27.438
Got to win two out of three.

00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:29.021
And the pitching matchups

00:47:29.081 --> 00:47:29.900
line up to where it's

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:31.302
Hunter Brown versus Carrasco.

00:47:31.603 --> 00:47:32.784
Carrasco hasn't impressed me,

00:47:32.884 --> 00:47:34.364
but Hunter Brown has not been good.

00:47:35.505 --> 00:47:38.027
You're looking at game two

00:47:38.148 --> 00:47:39.469
is Verlander and McKenzie.

00:47:39.610 --> 00:47:41.150
McKenzie's on a pitch count, it seems like,

00:47:41.231 --> 00:47:41.530
still.

00:47:42.371 --> 00:47:42.992
Verlander,

00:47:43.112 --> 00:47:44.414
I don't know what they've done with him.

00:47:44.454 --> 00:47:46.396
He's 1-0, 10.1 innings pitched,

00:47:46.396 --> 00:47:47.076
10.3 innings pitched.

00:47:48.809 --> 00:47:51.351
A 1.74 ERA, 11 Ks, and four walks.

00:47:51.391 --> 00:47:52.672
So he's back to being Verlander,

00:47:52.692 --> 00:47:53.192
it looks like.

00:47:53.992 --> 00:47:56.855
So I think the Astros win

00:47:56.894 --> 00:47:57.835
that game no matter what.

00:47:58.596 --> 00:47:59.277
And then the third game,

00:47:59.297 --> 00:48:00.277
there's no starter yet.

00:48:00.317 --> 00:48:01.918
So the Astros have a very

00:48:01.938 --> 00:48:03.059
good chance to win two out of three.

00:48:03.880 --> 00:48:06.161
And if they do, I think here they come.

00:48:07.563 --> 00:48:07.983
Yeah.

00:48:09.043 --> 00:48:10.284
I just don't know what to

00:48:10.344 --> 00:48:11.445
think of the Astros yet.

00:48:11.485 --> 00:48:13.646
But I think very much like we said,

00:48:14.266 --> 00:48:15.047
you just said,

00:48:15.708 --> 00:48:18.251
and then last week we said that they –

00:48:18.251 --> 00:48:18.951
They'll get hot.

00:48:19.391 --> 00:48:20.811
They've got the bats to get hot.

00:48:21.572 --> 00:48:23.512
The biggest thing for them will be,

00:48:24.693 --> 00:48:27.215
can Verlander be a spark

00:48:27.275 --> 00:48:28.675
plug for that pitching rotation?

00:48:29.275 --> 00:48:30.175
Can he be that?

00:48:30.615 --> 00:48:31.315
Yeah.

00:48:32.137 --> 00:48:33.657
Which he's 41, I believe.

00:48:34.478 --> 00:48:35.117
He's up there.

00:48:35.797 --> 00:48:36.137
I don't know, 41.

00:48:36.277 --> 00:48:37.759
I thought he was in his 30s still.

00:48:37.998 --> 00:48:38.398
Maybe he's 39.

00:48:38.438 --> 00:48:41.320
That may be just wishful thinking,

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:43.400
but it's pretty impressive

00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:45.081
what he's done year in, year out.

00:48:45.728 --> 00:48:47.208
But they need that kind of

00:48:47.327 --> 00:48:49.268
veteran presence to be like, hey, look,

00:48:49.809 --> 00:48:50.849
get your shit together.

00:48:51.108 --> 00:48:54.110
Let's go and like feed off each other.

00:48:55.090 --> 00:48:57.190
And they are a team that I

00:48:57.250 --> 00:48:58.170
think that could very

00:48:58.291 --> 00:48:59.891
easily struggle all April

00:49:01.431 --> 00:49:02.710
and get shit together in

00:49:02.751 --> 00:49:05.492
May and then June, July and August.

00:49:05.632 --> 00:49:05.972
Okay.

00:49:08.072 --> 00:49:08.853
But they could very well,

00:49:08.972 --> 00:49:09.873
they could definitely piece

00:49:09.913 --> 00:49:10.733
it all together and they

00:49:10.753 --> 00:49:11.932
can be right back in the thick of this.

00:49:12.012 --> 00:49:12.592
I mean,

00:49:12.753 --> 00:49:13.893
nobody in that division is running

00:49:13.934 --> 00:49:14.313
away with it.

00:49:14.753 --> 00:49:14.853
No.

00:49:15.483 --> 00:49:16.985
so I mean and I mean what

00:49:17.005 --> 00:49:17.945
are they sitting I think

00:49:17.985 --> 00:49:18.965
they actually are not

00:49:19.047 --> 00:49:21.608
almost eight games out yeah

00:49:21.628 --> 00:49:23.469
six okay six games out but

00:49:23.489 --> 00:49:25.311
they're not out of it I

00:49:25.351 --> 00:49:26.351
mean by any stretch of

00:49:26.391 --> 00:49:28.072
anything even if it even if

00:49:28.092 --> 00:49:29.092
the division does get away

00:49:29.132 --> 00:49:30.034
like I know the rangers

00:49:30.114 --> 00:49:32.054
have shares are coming back

00:49:32.114 --> 00:49:33.356
to grumby back like they're

00:49:33.376 --> 00:49:34.177
gonna get their arms back

00:49:34.856 --> 00:49:35.577
the ashers can make the

00:49:35.597 --> 00:49:36.858
wild card spot and they

00:49:36.878 --> 00:49:37.599
could make a problem in the

00:49:37.619 --> 00:49:39.561
playoffs they've been there

00:49:39.661 --> 00:49:40.460
they have the I mean that's

00:49:40.481 --> 00:49:41.481
what the story is you've

00:49:41.501 --> 00:49:42.842
been there experience yeah

00:49:43.371 --> 00:49:44.931
yeah so don't rule the

00:49:45.032 --> 00:49:46.273
astros out I mean we can

00:49:46.373 --> 00:49:48.014
all as people who don't

00:49:48.034 --> 00:49:48.835
like the ashes for the

00:49:48.855 --> 00:49:51.255
whole 2017 season enjoy

00:49:51.277 --> 00:49:52.356
this because they could

00:49:52.396 --> 00:49:53.438
very well get hot and be a

00:49:53.458 --> 00:49:54.239
problem I don't know how

00:49:54.298 --> 00:49:55.398
much you laughed but I

00:49:55.438 --> 00:49:57.601
laughed my balls off when I

00:49:57.661 --> 00:49:59.202
sent you that little reel

00:49:59.402 --> 00:50:02.623
of that kid that little

00:50:02.664 --> 00:50:04.144
mime or the little

00:50:04.164 --> 00:50:05.525
mannequin that that to me

00:50:05.545 --> 00:50:06.806
it just goes to show that

00:50:06.847 --> 00:50:08.007
was pretty funny a lot of

00:50:08.027 --> 00:50:10.610
people disliked that but unfortunately

00:50:11.373 --> 00:50:14.474
cheating, whatever they did in 2017,

00:50:14.474 --> 00:50:15.315
they're still a very

00:50:15.375 --> 00:50:16.454
talented baseball team.

00:50:16.755 --> 00:50:16.974
Yes.

00:50:17.835 --> 00:50:18.516
And they can do it.

00:50:19.795 --> 00:50:20.735
So it'll be interesting.

00:50:21.416 --> 00:50:22.817
So that leads us right into the next one.

00:50:22.836 --> 00:50:23.936
It does.

00:50:24.717 --> 00:50:27.018
I'm going to go with, this is a bold one.

00:50:27.097 --> 00:50:27.998
This is interesting from

00:50:28.018 --> 00:50:29.018
what I've seen so far.

00:50:30.478 --> 00:50:32.378
Are the Oakland A's not as

00:50:32.498 --> 00:50:33.539
bad as everybody thought?

00:50:33.559 --> 00:50:35.760
I enjoyed watching them

00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:36.539
against the Orioles.

00:50:37.260 --> 00:50:38.119
I enjoyed it.

00:50:38.460 --> 00:50:39.300
And I actually wrote this

00:50:39.340 --> 00:50:40.740
down before we actually hopped on.

00:50:41.518 --> 00:50:42.898
And just from what I've seen

00:50:42.918 --> 00:50:43.500
from the season,

00:50:43.559 --> 00:50:45.280
and everybody went on about the Red Sox,

00:50:45.380 --> 00:50:46.661
oh, congrats, you swept the A's.

00:50:46.860 --> 00:50:47.300
Nice job.

00:50:47.340 --> 00:50:47.800
They stink.

00:50:48.121 --> 00:50:48.340
Yeah.

00:50:48.721 --> 00:50:49.981
Let's go through after that series.

00:50:51.001 --> 00:50:53.382
They took two or three from the Orioles.

00:50:53.402 --> 00:50:55.143
They split with the Yankees in four games.

00:50:55.684 --> 00:50:55.884
Yep.

00:50:56.284 --> 00:50:57.523
They took two or three from the Rangers.

00:50:58.525 --> 00:50:59.945
Also took two or three from the Tigers.

00:51:02.045 --> 00:51:02.846
Are they?

00:51:04.047 --> 00:51:05.206
I'm not saying, well,

00:51:05.226 --> 00:51:06.887
let's hold the phone on the A's,

00:51:06.967 --> 00:51:07.387
but like.

00:51:07.507 --> 00:51:07.867
Yeah.

00:51:08.568 --> 00:51:09.969
We all had them as, you know,

00:51:09.989 --> 00:51:10.548
they're going to lose 100 games.

00:51:13.038 --> 00:51:14.639
So, uh, good.

00:51:14.978 --> 00:51:15.219
Yep.

00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:20.422
So I saw something the other

00:51:20.442 --> 00:51:22.242
day and I can't remember where,

00:51:22.262 --> 00:51:23.503
and I meant to send it to you,

00:51:23.523 --> 00:51:24.443
but I saw it and just in

00:51:24.884 --> 00:51:27.264
quick passing in a lot of

00:51:27.324 --> 00:51:29.146
these memes are coming out right now,

00:51:29.326 --> 00:51:32.148
but like for the A's and

00:51:32.588 --> 00:51:33.608
the ownership and what

00:51:33.628 --> 00:51:35.068
they're trying to do, you know,

00:51:35.088 --> 00:51:37.469
send to a minor league park next year.

00:51:38.190 --> 00:51:40.472
That is just a dumpster fire,

00:51:41.391 --> 00:51:42.632
but major league,

00:51:43.206 --> 00:51:44.467
when that owner was trying

00:51:44.487 --> 00:51:46.469
to tank to move to Miami,

00:51:47.789 --> 00:51:49.110
a lot of that stuff was

00:51:49.150 --> 00:51:50.612
showing up this past week.

00:51:51.293 --> 00:51:51.773
And, you know,

00:51:51.853 --> 00:51:54.094
what better like motivation

00:51:54.876 --> 00:51:56.516
than just effort, you know,

00:51:56.998 --> 00:51:57.898
screw management.

00:51:58.338 --> 00:51:59.440
Let's prove we're better

00:51:59.519 --> 00:52:01.101
than what we are or what

00:52:01.161 --> 00:52:02.222
people think we are and

00:52:02.262 --> 00:52:03.063
just go out and win.

00:52:03.143 --> 00:52:04.244
And their team,

00:52:04.423 --> 00:52:05.965
we've talked about Tampa

00:52:06.005 --> 00:52:07.806
Bay that just is very kind of,

00:52:08.990 --> 00:52:10.072
don't know what to think of

00:52:10.132 --> 00:52:12.592
them and confusing,

00:52:12.652 --> 00:52:13.974
but the A's always just

00:52:14.094 --> 00:52:15.394
find a way to compete.

00:52:15.494 --> 00:52:18.177
They're always either they're in a game.

00:52:18.217 --> 00:52:19.338
You can never count them out.

00:52:19.378 --> 00:52:21.838
They don't have a true, like, I guess,

00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:23.260
superstar, if you will,

00:52:23.820 --> 00:52:25.782
but they're always just, they're scrappy.

00:52:27.742 --> 00:52:27.943
Yup.

00:52:29.224 --> 00:52:30.144
And now they're pitching is

00:52:30.184 --> 00:52:31.045
like impressive.

00:52:31.666 --> 00:52:31.865
Yeah.

00:52:31.985 --> 00:52:33.027
Aside from the guy we talked

00:52:33.047 --> 00:52:34.168
about last week, Mason Miller.

00:52:34.608 --> 00:52:34.827
Yeah.

00:52:34.927 --> 00:52:36.188
The only guy, well,

00:52:36.208 --> 00:52:37.670
a couple other guys here, but

00:52:38.418 --> 00:52:40.221
He's got a 1-4-6 ERA.

00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:42.882
It's just their starters.

00:52:42.943 --> 00:52:43.802
Paul Blackburn, I think,

00:52:43.842 --> 00:52:44.744
is a nice name to watch.

00:52:45.143 --> 00:52:46.925
I like watching him when he pitches.

00:52:46.965 --> 00:52:47.967
Stripling's been okay.

00:52:48.106 --> 00:52:49.208
He still can't get a win.

00:52:51.469 --> 00:52:52.409
Sears has been all right.

00:52:53.471 --> 00:52:54.811
Alex Wood has been terrible.

00:52:55.773 --> 00:52:59.356
He's got a 7 ERA.

00:53:00.115 --> 00:53:00.717
They're hanging around,

00:53:00.737 --> 00:53:02.057
but that just tells you that division.

00:53:02.117 --> 00:53:03.219
The Angels aren't that great.

00:53:04.518 --> 00:53:07.340
And the Astros, the Astros, like we said,

00:53:07.380 --> 00:53:08.021
they'll get hot.

00:53:08.302 --> 00:53:08.802
They'll be fine.

00:53:09.322 --> 00:53:11.143
They'll probably end up switching spots,

00:53:11.405 --> 00:53:13.686
but right now, I don't know.

00:53:13.706 --> 00:53:14.827
The A's might get finished

00:53:14.867 --> 00:53:15.708
fourth the way they're going.

00:53:16.228 --> 00:53:16.628
Yeah.

00:53:16.668 --> 00:53:17.911
Well, the angels are just,

00:53:18.610 --> 00:53:19.871
I feel bad for Mike Trout

00:53:19.952 --> 00:53:21.373
and what he's doing so far

00:53:21.434 --> 00:53:22.795
and leading the wealth tied

00:53:23.335 --> 00:53:24.476
with Gunnar Henderson for

00:53:24.516 --> 00:53:26.277
the league lead and home runs.

00:53:26.358 --> 00:53:28.039
But you know, it's,

00:53:28.179 --> 00:53:29.380
it's pretty interesting.

00:53:29.862 --> 00:53:29.981
Um,

00:53:31.317 --> 00:53:33.018
And the A's, they're fun to watch.

00:53:33.137 --> 00:53:34.217
The A's are fun to watch.

00:53:34.259 --> 00:53:36.199
The Astros are starting slow,

00:53:36.260 --> 00:53:37.780
but they will, you know,

00:53:37.860 --> 00:53:40.782
unless they suffer a

00:53:40.842 --> 00:53:42.262
serious injury or someone

00:53:42.362 --> 00:53:45.123
just doesn't turn it around,

00:53:45.724 --> 00:53:47.724
they are a tough one to watch.

00:53:47.925 --> 00:53:49.365
And I'm watching Tampa Bay,

00:53:49.485 --> 00:53:51.847
as we just talked about, bottom seven.

00:53:51.927 --> 00:53:53.268
They're beating the Brewers.

00:53:53.367 --> 00:53:54.548
The National League Central

00:53:54.909 --> 00:53:57.070
leading Brewers won nothing.

00:53:57.807 --> 00:54:00.809
Yeah, they're here to miss, though.

00:54:00.869 --> 00:54:02.791
Peot's pitching or whatever,

00:54:02.831 --> 00:54:04.672
however you pronounce his last name.

00:54:05.333 --> 00:54:06.594
He's the one pitching right now,

00:54:06.713 --> 00:54:09.735
but very interesting.

00:54:09.755 --> 00:54:10.516
They went to the bullpen.

00:54:10.577 --> 00:54:11.277
I got Armstrong in the

00:54:11.318 --> 00:54:12.117
bottom of the seventh.

00:54:13.978 --> 00:54:14.559
Yeah, you're right.

00:54:16.481 --> 00:54:18.463
I'm pumped because I thought

00:54:18.483 --> 00:54:19.322
there was an injury,

00:54:19.443 --> 00:54:20.423
but I might be wrong.

00:54:20.443 --> 00:54:24.005
I thought they were missing somebody.

00:54:24.266 --> 00:54:24.706
I guess not.

00:54:25.594 --> 00:54:26.255
What did you think of the

00:54:26.295 --> 00:54:27.594
Met City Connect jersey?

00:54:27.614 --> 00:54:29.896
I don't mean to extend it any longer,

00:54:29.936 --> 00:54:30.576
but what did you think of

00:54:30.596 --> 00:54:32.655
that jersey they had?

00:54:33.376 --> 00:54:34.496
I wasn't impressed by it.

00:54:34.797 --> 00:54:36.036
Me neither.

00:54:36.177 --> 00:54:37.577
I mean, I'm excited for what's coming.

00:54:37.597 --> 00:54:37.996
Detroit,

00:54:38.157 --> 00:54:39.717
I think the Tigers come out next Monday.

00:54:39.737 --> 00:54:40.356
Yeah.

00:54:40.376 --> 00:54:41.717
That leads us into the last one,

00:54:41.757 --> 00:54:43.297
and we'll skip the other one I had,

00:54:43.318 --> 00:54:44.818
and we'll talk about that in a second.

00:54:47.139 --> 00:54:48.378
I think the Ray City Connect, I mean,

00:54:48.438 --> 00:54:48.918
my favorite.

00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:49.918
Yeah.

00:54:50.418 --> 00:54:51.199
That was pretty impressive.

00:54:51.719 --> 00:54:52.840
I like the fact that they

00:54:52.860 --> 00:54:53.699
went back to the old

00:54:53.780 --> 00:54:55.239
double-raised look with the

00:54:56.231 --> 00:54:58.273
purple brim and the logo and everything.

00:54:58.853 --> 00:54:59.994
I like the black unis.

00:55:00.074 --> 00:55:02.135
I think that's a nice, that's a nice, uh,

00:55:02.896 --> 00:55:03.277
design.

00:55:04.057 --> 00:55:04.257
Yeah.

00:55:04.617 --> 00:55:05.858
It might be in the top five for me.

00:55:05.878 --> 00:55:06.300
I don't know.

00:55:06.360 --> 00:55:07.621
I might have to sit down

00:55:07.701 --> 00:55:08.481
after they all come out

00:55:08.541 --> 00:55:09.862
this year and do a top 20.

00:55:09.862 --> 00:55:10.503
Take a look at them.

00:55:10.702 --> 00:55:10.882
Yeah.

00:55:11.844 --> 00:55:13.005
The Red Sox is always in the

00:55:13.045 --> 00:55:14.726
top for me as a Homer.

00:55:14.806 --> 00:55:16.168
Cause I like the yellow,

00:55:16.188 --> 00:55:17.949
I like the Boston marathon, you know,

00:55:17.989 --> 00:55:18.869
Patriots.

00:55:18.889 --> 00:55:19.490
The connection.

00:55:20.371 --> 00:55:22.193
So, all right.

00:55:23.153 --> 00:55:24.574
The last one of my thoughts is,

00:55:26.043 --> 00:55:27.123
the series I actually really

00:55:27.143 --> 00:55:28.264
like right now that I want

00:55:28.284 --> 00:55:28.985
to watch this week.

00:55:29.005 --> 00:55:31.085
And it's not a series.

00:55:31.166 --> 00:55:32.545
It's going to jump off the paper,

00:55:32.585 --> 00:55:32.925
everybody.

00:55:33.005 --> 00:55:34.407
But I told the story,

00:55:34.427 --> 00:55:36.947
I think the week you were actually out.

00:55:38.047 --> 00:55:39.688
And I talked about the Oh

00:55:39.788 --> 00:55:40.748
six season with my

00:55:40.789 --> 00:55:41.809
grandfather and everything.

00:55:42.309 --> 00:55:43.309
And we get a rematch of that

00:55:43.329 --> 00:55:44.530
world series this week with

00:55:44.570 --> 00:55:45.570
the Cardinals and the Tigers.

00:55:46.389 --> 00:55:47.610
And it was supposed to be on right now.

00:55:47.670 --> 00:55:48.871
And I would be wearing a tiger's hat.

00:55:48.911 --> 00:55:50.211
I'd have my tiger shirt on.

00:55:50.291 --> 00:55:51.672
Like I would've been watching that,

00:55:51.751 --> 00:55:53.413
but got rained out.

00:55:53.552 --> 00:55:54.632
They had a double header tomorrow.

00:55:55.318 --> 00:55:56.000
but that's a,

00:55:56.559 --> 00:55:57.740
I like watching throwback

00:55:57.800 --> 00:55:58.621
world series matchup.

00:55:58.661 --> 00:55:59.483
That's the one thing I do

00:55:59.503 --> 00:56:00.603
like about this whole,

00:56:01.384 --> 00:56:02.565
everybody plays everybody

00:56:02.625 --> 00:56:03.465
at some point throughout

00:56:03.505 --> 00:56:04.507
the season is you get

00:56:04.567 --> 00:56:05.288
something like that.

00:56:05.387 --> 00:56:06.829
Like at some point when you

00:56:06.869 --> 00:56:09.331
get Red Sox Dodgers, 2018 world series,

00:56:09.391 --> 00:56:09.612
you know,

00:56:09.632 --> 00:56:11.152
we're going to get throwback

00:56:11.213 --> 00:56:12.233
matchups from world series.

00:56:13.074 --> 00:56:13.614
And I like that.

00:56:13.795 --> 00:56:14.155
So I'm,

00:56:14.655 --> 00:56:15.737
that's a series I'm excited to

00:56:15.777 --> 00:56:16.338
watch this week.

00:56:16.458 --> 00:56:17.798
I obviously won't be

00:56:17.838 --> 00:56:19.000
watching tomorrow cause I'll be at,

00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:21.362
I'll be at Fenway, but, uh,

00:56:22.545 --> 00:56:22.766
Actually,

00:56:22.786 --> 00:56:23.686
I'll probably watch the first

00:56:23.726 --> 00:56:24.246
game at work.

00:56:24.266 --> 00:56:25.907
I think it's at 340 or something.

00:56:26.608 --> 00:56:27.268
So I'll probably watch the

00:56:27.288 --> 00:56:28.909
first game at work.

00:56:28.929 --> 00:56:29.690
And then game three I'll

00:56:29.710 --> 00:56:31.371
probably watch whenever I get home.

00:56:31.431 --> 00:56:33.891
I don't think the Bruins play.

00:56:34.012 --> 00:56:35.032
The Celtics probably are on,

00:56:35.112 --> 00:56:36.032
so I'll probably have

00:56:36.072 --> 00:56:36.853
something on my phone.

00:56:36.954 --> 00:56:38.994
The Bruins play tomorrow night.

00:56:39.815 --> 00:56:41.335
So I think they're Tuesday, Thursday,

00:56:41.376 --> 00:56:41.896
Saturday.

00:56:42.135 --> 00:56:44.818
So I'll have the Celtics on

00:56:44.838 --> 00:56:45.518
my phone probably.

00:56:45.538 --> 00:56:46.338
I'll put the Tigers on the

00:56:46.378 --> 00:56:47.579
little TV and the Sox on

00:56:47.599 --> 00:56:49.300
the big TV and we'll roll with that.

00:56:50.362 --> 00:56:52.782
But that is the last of my thoughts.

00:56:54.242 --> 00:56:55.322
And I killed an hour trying

00:56:55.362 --> 00:56:56.402
to not kill an hour.

00:56:57.262 --> 00:56:57.463
Hey,

00:56:58.003 --> 00:57:00.143
there's a lot of stuff that kind of

00:57:00.184 --> 00:57:00.543
comes up.

00:57:00.583 --> 00:57:01.344
And I think that's the

00:57:01.384 --> 00:57:02.423
biggest thing here when

00:57:02.443 --> 00:57:03.463
we're talking through this

00:57:03.583 --> 00:57:05.764
is like there's so much that goes on.

00:57:05.824 --> 00:57:07.724
We can have an agenda and we

00:57:07.764 --> 00:57:08.804
stick to that agenda.

00:57:08.824 --> 00:57:09.704
But there's always going to

00:57:09.724 --> 00:57:11.085
be something that pops up,

00:57:11.646 --> 00:57:13.126
goes on throughout that

00:57:13.186 --> 00:57:14.385
just kind of pops up and

00:57:14.425 --> 00:57:15.266
makes us think about

00:57:15.306 --> 00:57:16.146
different things that we

00:57:16.166 --> 00:57:17.306
want to dive into.

00:57:18.226 --> 00:57:19.586
It's only two of us, right?

00:57:20.050 --> 00:57:20.972
And we're trying to cover as

00:57:21.052 --> 00:57:21.891
much as we can.

00:57:21.911 --> 00:57:24.074
And we can't write about

00:57:24.134 --> 00:57:25.094
everything that we talk

00:57:25.134 --> 00:57:27.195
about because we just we have other jobs,

00:57:27.275 --> 00:57:27.576
too.

00:57:27.735 --> 00:57:31.659
So to end it out, you know, basically,

00:57:32.099 --> 00:57:33.380
I interjected with a lot of

00:57:33.440 --> 00:57:35.260
my thoughts throughout the whole process.

00:57:35.280 --> 00:57:36.302
There was a lot of stuff you

00:57:36.322 --> 00:57:37.563
covered that kind of

00:57:37.583 --> 00:57:38.903
connected with what I thought.

00:57:38.983 --> 00:57:41.144
But I'd like to end out each

00:57:41.224 --> 00:57:42.945
week with your top prospect

00:57:43.487 --> 00:57:44.768
in the prospect of the week.

00:57:44.867 --> 00:57:48.289
So who do you have there?

00:57:49.007 --> 00:57:49.588
All right, well,

00:57:49.728 --> 00:57:52.050
so I really said I hate last week.

00:57:52.070 --> 00:57:53.110
I hate doing two,

00:57:53.490 --> 00:57:56.853
but I just couldn't eliminate a guy.

00:57:56.992 --> 00:57:58.893
So maybe I have to find a

00:57:58.914 --> 00:57:59.835
way to do this differently,

00:57:59.855 --> 00:58:01.036
whether I do three hitters

00:58:01.056 --> 00:58:02.117
a week and three pitchers

00:58:02.157 --> 00:58:03.617
out of the top 100 or something.

00:58:03.657 --> 00:58:05.458
But I got two hitters and I

00:58:05.478 --> 00:58:06.059
got two pitchers.

00:58:07.119 --> 00:58:07.880
And I actually went away

00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:08.960
from Paul Skeens for once.

00:58:09.621 --> 00:58:10.282
Okay.

00:58:10.322 --> 00:58:11.802
He gave up his first run.

00:58:12.202 --> 00:58:12.983
So you're done with him?

00:58:13.103 --> 00:58:13.742
You're done with him?

00:58:14.143 --> 00:58:14.884
No, no.

00:58:15.063 --> 00:58:16.304
He's still going to be a stud.

00:58:16.925 --> 00:58:18.485
I mean, it's just digest.

00:58:18.525 --> 00:58:19.387
I like what else.

00:58:19.927 --> 00:58:21.007
I wanted to avoid him.

00:58:21.047 --> 00:58:22.409
So I looked up his numbers,

00:58:22.648 --> 00:58:24.030
knowing he still gave up one run.

00:58:24.050 --> 00:58:24.550
And I was like, you know,

00:58:24.590 --> 00:58:25.351
I'm just not going to do him.

00:58:26.112 --> 00:58:27.512
So my hitter of the week, the first one,

00:58:28.152 --> 00:58:30.135
is I got catcher Harry Ford,

00:58:30.855 --> 00:58:33.056
who is the 42nd-ranked prospect.

00:58:33.217 --> 00:58:34.777
He's playing for the Seattle

00:58:34.818 --> 00:58:35.938
Mariners AA affiliate,

00:58:35.958 --> 00:58:37.039
the Arkansas Travelers.

00:58:38.099 --> 00:58:39.820
This week, he went 6-for-19.

00:58:41.188 --> 00:58:43.451
in five games with three home runs,

00:58:43.851 --> 00:58:47.034
six RBIs, eight runs scored, seven walks,

00:58:47.213 --> 00:58:48.355
and two stolen bases.

00:58:48.755 --> 00:58:48.956
Wow.

00:58:49.456 --> 00:58:50.056
So on the season,

00:58:50.117 --> 00:58:52.679
he's hitting 203 with a 758 OPS,

00:58:53.480 --> 00:58:54.061
three home runs.

00:58:54.240 --> 00:58:55.041
All those came this week.

00:58:55.681 --> 00:58:58.284
Seven RBIs, so six of those came this week,

00:58:59.005 --> 00:59:00.045
and four stolen bases.

00:59:01.806 --> 00:59:03.528
My next one is a guy that

00:59:03.548 --> 00:59:04.610
you'll actually appreciate.

00:59:05.460 --> 00:59:06.922
The 98th ranked prospect in

00:59:06.942 --> 00:59:08.903
my top 100 until next week.

00:59:09.103 --> 00:59:10.425
I'm hoping to have all that updated.

00:59:10.445 --> 00:59:11.106
Okay.

00:59:11.606 --> 00:59:12.847
Is James Trientos.

00:59:13.367 --> 00:59:13.648
Yep.

00:59:14.369 --> 00:59:15.329
He's playing a double A for

00:59:15.349 --> 00:59:17.271
the Cubs and the Tennessee Smokies.

00:59:18.112 --> 00:59:18.731
This last week,

00:59:18.751 --> 00:59:21.153
he went 23 with two doubles, a triple,

00:59:21.233 --> 00:59:22.775
two home runs, five RBIs,

00:59:22.835 --> 00:59:24.637
four runs scored, and two stolen bases.

00:59:25.458 --> 00:59:25.998
On the season,

00:59:26.018 --> 00:59:28.400
he's hitting 288 with an 818 OPS,

00:59:28.621 --> 00:59:30.621
three home runs, 12 RBIs,

00:59:30.681 --> 00:59:31.762
and six stolen bases.

00:59:32.664 --> 00:59:32.884
Yep.

00:59:33.123 --> 00:59:33.724
He's impressive.

00:59:34.625 --> 00:59:35.485
So far, so good.

00:59:36.085 --> 00:59:36.306
Yep.

00:59:37.568 --> 00:59:38.628
We're going to go to the pitchers now.

00:59:39.889 --> 00:59:40.849
And the first one I have

00:59:40.889 --> 00:59:41.650
before we get really

00:59:41.690 --> 00:59:44.534
in-depth is the 36th-ranked prospect,

00:59:44.813 --> 00:59:46.135
right-handed pitcher Rhett Lauder,

00:59:46.414 --> 00:59:48.396
who I watched a lot at Wake Forest.

00:59:48.836 --> 00:59:49.097
Yep.

00:59:49.418 --> 00:59:51.159
Pitching at high A, Dayton,

00:59:51.179 --> 00:59:52.960
for the Cincinnati Reds.

00:59:54.021 --> 00:59:56.244
Last week, he got the start on, geez,

00:59:56.284 --> 00:59:57.083
I really wish I wrote the

00:59:57.143 --> 00:59:58.025
date down instead of,

00:59:58.385 --> 01:00:00.126
or the day instead of the actual date.

01:00:00.873 --> 01:00:03.034
He pitched on the 26th, which was Friday.

01:00:04.275 --> 01:00:05.994
He got the win, going six innings,

01:00:06.034 --> 01:00:07.755
gave up three hits, one run,

01:00:08.936 --> 01:00:10.717
wasn't earned, one walk,

01:00:10.757 --> 01:00:11.617
and nine strikeouts.

01:00:12.856 --> 01:00:14.197
This season, through four starts,

01:00:14.237 --> 01:00:17.878
he's 1-0 with a 1.86 ERA, a 0.98 whip,

01:00:17.878 --> 01:00:19.219
20 strikeouts,

01:00:19.278 --> 01:00:20.659
and 19 or 30 innings pitched.

01:00:21.418 --> 01:00:21.619
Wow.

01:00:22.159 --> 01:00:23.099
He's going to do pretty good.

01:00:23.619 --> 01:00:25.460
He's their top pitching prospect, too,

01:00:25.480 --> 01:00:25.860
so that's great.

01:00:25.940 --> 01:00:26.340
I'm high on him.

01:00:26.840 --> 01:00:27.721
I'm very high on him.

01:00:28.675 --> 01:00:29.675
The next one is another guy

01:00:29.695 --> 01:00:30.456
I think you actually wrote

01:00:30.476 --> 01:00:31.577
the player profile for.

01:00:32.516 --> 01:00:33.717
39th-ranked prospect,

01:00:33.757 --> 01:00:34.398
and I don't know how to

01:00:34.418 --> 01:00:35.219
pronounce his last name,

01:00:35.239 --> 01:00:35.818
but it's right-handed

01:00:35.838 --> 01:00:38.681
pitcher Jacob Misurowski.

01:00:38.701 --> 01:00:39.501
Yeah.

01:00:40.081 --> 01:00:40.702
For the Brewers,

01:00:41.202 --> 01:00:44.184
he's pitching at AA Biloxi,

01:00:45.143 --> 01:00:46.485
and he made two starts this week.

01:00:47.445 --> 01:00:50.447
So in the first start on Tuesday,

01:00:50.527 --> 01:00:52.088
he went 4-3, gave up a hit,

01:00:52.168 --> 01:00:54.329
didn't allow a run, walked one,

01:00:54.389 --> 01:00:55.190
and struck out seven.

01:00:55.873 --> 01:00:57.114
And then he got the ball again.

01:00:57.375 --> 01:00:58.414
Usually if you get the ball on Tuesday,

01:00:58.434 --> 01:00:59.436
you get the ball again on Sunday.

01:00:59.456 --> 01:01:01.036
He pitched again on Sunday,

01:01:01.257 --> 01:01:02.516
going three and two-thirds.

01:01:02.936 --> 01:01:03.677
Didn't allow a hit,

01:01:03.938 --> 01:01:06.179
but he gave up a run on one

01:01:06.219 --> 01:01:07.338
walk and six strikeouts.

01:01:07.780 --> 01:01:09.340
So he ended the week going,

01:01:09.860 --> 01:01:12.702
combining it all, eight innings, one hit,

01:01:13.161 --> 01:01:14.422
one run, two walks,

01:01:14.422 --> 01:01:16.284
13 Ks for a 1.12 ERA and a

01:01:16.284 --> 01:01:17.244
0.37 WIP for the week.

01:01:17.264 --> 01:01:17.764
He's a big boy.

01:01:17.784 --> 01:01:18.304
He is a big boy.

01:01:24.405 --> 01:01:25.726
This season through five starts,

01:01:25.786 --> 01:01:27.108
he doesn't have a decision

01:01:27.148 --> 01:01:31.269
yet with a 3.44 ERA, a 1.09 whip,

01:01:31.269 --> 01:01:32.289
28 strikeouts,

01:01:32.349 --> 01:01:33.851
and 18 no fair games pitched.

01:01:34.731 --> 01:01:35.512
Yeah,

01:01:35.972 --> 01:01:37.592
he was one that when I wrote the

01:01:37.994 --> 01:01:39.153
write-up that I started

01:01:39.193 --> 01:01:40.954
paying a little closer attention to,

01:01:41.695 --> 01:01:43.856
and I saw one of his bullpen sessions.

01:01:44.456 --> 01:01:46.277
And I could be getting this wrong,

01:01:46.318 --> 01:01:48.179
but I think he's over 6'8",

01:01:49.260 --> 01:01:51.001
and he's a right-hand power pitcher.

01:01:52.001 --> 01:01:53.922
And that's probably why the

01:01:53.983 --> 01:01:56.025
Brewers were okay with

01:01:56.105 --> 01:01:58.726
getting rid of Corbin Burns,

01:01:58.827 --> 01:01:59.648
knowing that he probably

01:01:59.688 --> 01:02:00.969
wasn't going to resign anyway.

01:02:01.748 --> 01:02:03.871
But this kid is one to keep

01:02:03.911 --> 01:02:05.271
an eye on because he's

01:02:05.291 --> 01:02:06.293
going to move his way up.

01:02:06.333 --> 01:02:07.934
He'll probably pitch half

01:02:07.994 --> 01:02:09.815
the year in Biloxi and then

01:02:09.876 --> 01:02:11.978
move up to AAA and see what

01:02:12.018 --> 01:02:12.659
he's got there.

01:02:12.739 --> 01:02:13.239
Cause he,

01:02:13.278 --> 01:02:15.460
he is a talented kid throws hard

01:02:16.001 --> 01:02:18.643
and just is a great arm for the Brewers,

01:02:19.083 --> 01:02:19.123
uh,

01:02:20.233 --> 01:02:21.514
you know, organization.

01:02:21.574 --> 01:02:22.673
So that's, that's a good one.

01:02:22.713 --> 01:02:23.735
He had a great week and

01:02:24.135 --> 01:02:25.155
Rhett louder is another one

01:02:25.195 --> 01:02:26.896
that's to watch in the NL

01:02:26.936 --> 01:02:28.858
central that for the reds, he's going to,

01:02:28.878 --> 01:02:29.898
he's going to be another good one.

01:02:30.858 --> 01:02:31.719
I also saw,

01:02:32.260 --> 01:02:32.900
and I want to give this

01:02:32.960 --> 01:02:34.081
prospect update really quick.

01:02:34.661 --> 01:02:36.001
He's not in my top 100,

01:02:36.001 --> 01:02:37.362
but a right-handed pitcher

01:02:37.422 --> 01:02:38.563
time adding for the tigers.

01:02:38.623 --> 01:02:40.123
He's in my top 10 for the tigers.

01:02:40.784 --> 01:02:42.786
He got promoted to triple a Toledo today.

01:02:43.523 --> 01:02:44.304
And I saw,

01:02:44.324 --> 01:02:46.545
I'm trying to remember all these

01:02:46.626 --> 01:02:47.166
Tennessee guys.

01:02:47.206 --> 01:02:48.666
I was a big Tennessee baseball guy.

01:02:48.706 --> 01:02:49.447
I liked watching them the

01:02:49.467 --> 01:02:50.188
last couple of years.

01:02:52.088 --> 01:02:53.789
Drew Gilbert got promoted.

01:02:53.829 --> 01:02:54.710
I believe he's actually to

01:02:54.731 --> 01:02:55.391
the big leagues now.

01:02:56.231 --> 01:02:56.552
Really?

01:02:56.972 --> 01:02:57.452
For the Mets.

01:02:58.213 --> 01:02:59.134
If I remember correctly.

01:03:00.034 --> 01:03:01.434
Christian Scott's the guy

01:03:01.514 --> 01:03:03.996
from the Mets that I'm waiting for,

01:03:04.016 --> 01:03:06.177
for them to pull up from Syracuse.

01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:08.780
Making sure,

01:03:08.820 --> 01:03:10.820
but I believe he was called up today.

01:03:12.065 --> 01:03:13.664
And I saw somebody talk about, oh,

01:03:13.704 --> 01:03:14.365
there's all these other

01:03:14.405 --> 01:03:15.686
guys from Tennessee that are waiting.

01:03:15.726 --> 01:03:17.545
And there's a lot of Tennessee talent.

01:03:17.565 --> 01:03:19.407
Like Chase Dolander from –

01:03:19.407 --> 01:03:20.987
he's with the Rockies organization.

01:03:21.007 --> 01:03:24.507
Maybe it wasn't Drew Gilbert.

01:03:24.608 --> 01:03:25.268
I thought it was.

01:03:27.429 --> 01:03:27.869
Maybe I'm wrong.

01:03:27.989 --> 01:03:28.849
There was somebody called up

01:03:28.889 --> 01:03:29.429
from the Mets.

01:03:30.050 --> 01:03:30.250
Yeah.

01:03:30.550 --> 01:03:31.429
I thought it was a Gilbert.

01:03:31.510 --> 01:03:32.471
But I believe he went to

01:03:32.510 --> 01:03:33.190
Tennessee as well.

01:03:33.231 --> 01:03:34.451
But he got called up today,

01:03:34.690 --> 01:03:37.032
whether it's to AAA or to the Mets.

01:03:37.092 --> 01:03:37.972
But he got called up.

01:03:39.632 --> 01:03:41.413
there's a lot of talent from

01:03:41.793 --> 01:03:43.793
college that's moving up

01:03:44.253 --> 01:03:45.634
more than I think probably

01:03:45.673 --> 01:03:46.815
the past 10 years.

01:03:47.795 --> 01:03:49.574
Um, that's going to be coming in.

01:03:49.594 --> 01:03:50.996
Um, I can't wait, you know,

01:03:51.036 --> 01:03:52.615
hopefully you get a chance

01:03:52.635 --> 01:03:53.396
to get that done.

01:03:53.436 --> 01:03:56.797
The updated list top 100 so

01:03:56.836 --> 01:03:59.197
that we can maybe, maybe next week,

01:03:59.577 --> 01:04:00.038
if you,

01:04:00.597 --> 01:04:02.137
whatever week you get it done the

01:04:02.177 --> 01:04:02.777
following week,

01:04:02.858 --> 01:04:03.918
I'd like to have you kind

01:04:03.958 --> 01:04:05.358
of just discuss a little

01:04:05.398 --> 01:04:06.398
bit of who moved in,

01:04:06.458 --> 01:04:08.219
who dropped out and why.

01:04:08.239 --> 01:04:08.280
Um,

01:04:10.045 --> 01:04:10.786
Cause I think that's,

01:04:10.905 --> 01:04:12.347
that's one of the fun things,

01:04:12.447 --> 01:04:14.668
especially now with MLB

01:04:15.007 --> 01:04:16.608
being able to go and watch

01:04:16.708 --> 01:04:17.789
these minor league games.

01:04:17.829 --> 01:04:19.108
And I get yelled at in my

01:04:19.148 --> 01:04:21.070
house when I turn it on and what's,

01:04:21.190 --> 01:04:22.809
what's wrong with all the, uh,

01:04:23.050 --> 01:04:23.769
the graphics.

01:04:23.789 --> 01:04:24.650
It doesn't look right.

01:04:24.670 --> 01:04:27.010
The, the, the TV, why is this,

01:04:27.092 --> 01:04:28.271
why are they showing that angle?

01:04:28.291 --> 01:04:29.112
I'm like, well, you know,

01:04:29.152 --> 01:04:32.132
this is Myrtle beach Pelicans, you know,

01:04:32.152 --> 01:04:33.974
the Cubs single aid team.

01:04:34.534 --> 01:04:35.554
Why are we watching this?

01:04:35.594 --> 01:04:35.793
Well,

01:04:35.813 --> 01:04:37.815
I want to keep an eye on so-and-so and,

01:04:38.925 --> 01:04:41.188
it's, I'm watching more baseball now,

01:04:41.849 --> 01:04:42.148
you know,

01:04:42.650 --> 01:04:44.391
at home and I'll turn off a

01:04:44.451 --> 01:04:46.333
major league game just to

01:04:46.373 --> 01:04:47.434
keep an eye on something

01:04:47.474 --> 01:04:48.215
else that's going.

01:04:48.295 --> 01:04:49.556
So I'm looking forward to

01:04:49.596 --> 01:04:51.157
your updates with this and kind of,

01:04:51.657 --> 01:04:52.998
you know, seeing who moves in,

01:04:53.039 --> 01:04:54.639
who moves out and, you know,

01:04:54.659 --> 01:04:55.780
we've had some discussion,

01:04:55.840 --> 01:04:57.922
but this prospect thing for

01:04:57.983 --> 01:04:59.023
me is one of the more

01:04:59.063 --> 01:05:01.045
exciting things to kind of

01:05:01.085 --> 01:05:01.827
keep an eye on.

01:05:01.867 --> 01:05:03.027
Cause I don't think a lot of,

01:05:04.893 --> 01:05:06.172
Major League fans,

01:05:06.233 --> 01:05:07.733
I think they focus a lot of

01:05:07.753 --> 01:05:08.914
the time on what's on the

01:05:08.994 --> 01:05:10.813
active roster and maybe

01:05:10.853 --> 01:05:11.974
missing what's to come.

01:05:12.594 --> 01:05:14.175
And that sometimes is just

01:05:14.755 --> 01:05:16.114
as exciting because some of

01:05:16.155 --> 01:05:17.835
these people don't have a

01:05:17.956 --> 01:05:19.436
clue what's to come because

01:05:19.456 --> 01:05:20.056
of the coverage.

01:05:20.715 --> 01:05:21.856
But I think what you're able

01:05:21.896 --> 01:05:23.416
to do for Inside the

01:05:23.456 --> 01:05:25.376
Diamond hopefully can be

01:05:25.556 --> 01:05:27.036
useful to these fans so

01:05:27.097 --> 01:05:28.117
they can get a look at

01:05:28.197 --> 01:05:29.057
what's to come up the

01:05:29.097 --> 01:05:32.378
pipeline and get excited.

01:05:32.579 --> 01:05:33.599
And if they've got a chance

01:05:33.659 --> 01:05:34.458
to go to a game

01:05:35.585 --> 01:05:36.786
to a minor league park to

01:05:36.846 --> 01:05:37.907
see some of these guys.

01:05:38.067 --> 01:05:38.847
It's well worth it.

01:05:38.927 --> 01:05:39.967
It's great baseball.

01:05:40.007 --> 01:05:40.688
It's fun to see.

01:05:40.728 --> 01:05:41.349
It's cheap.

01:05:42.110 --> 01:05:43.590
And it's exciting.

01:05:43.650 --> 01:05:46.072
So I really enjoy getting

01:05:46.132 --> 01:05:47.273
your point of view on these

01:05:47.333 --> 01:05:49.134
prospects and kind of seeing it.

01:05:49.273 --> 01:05:50.695
So looking forward to seeing

01:05:51.074 --> 01:05:52.096
what's to come with the

01:05:52.155 --> 01:05:54.177
moves in the top 100.

01:05:54.177 --> 01:05:54.257
Well,

01:05:54.277 --> 01:05:55.998
that's the big thing is the future is

01:05:56.320 --> 01:05:56.900
the minor leagues.

01:05:57.260 --> 01:05:59.121
And so, for instance, we all just saw,

01:05:59.161 --> 01:06:00.362
and we didn't touch on it tonight,

01:06:00.382 --> 01:06:01.963
but Jackson Holiday just

01:06:02.003 --> 01:06:03.143
got sent back down to AAA.

01:06:03.864 --> 01:06:05.425
And so I think I mentioned

01:06:05.445 --> 01:06:06.065
last week when we were

01:06:06.106 --> 01:06:07.067
talking that Paul Skeens

01:06:07.086 --> 01:06:08.487
will be the soon-to-be number one.

01:06:08.807 --> 01:06:10.208
He ain't coming anytime soon

01:06:10.228 --> 01:06:11.789
because Holiday's not graduating.

01:06:13.472 --> 01:06:14.371
But as a perfect example,

01:06:14.431 --> 01:06:16.614
there's a lot of talent in the minors.

01:06:17.521 --> 01:06:17.601
Um,

01:06:17.800 --> 01:06:19.161
I'm going to the Fisher cats next

01:06:19.262 --> 01:06:21.623
Wednesday and I'll be covering that game.

01:06:21.643 --> 01:06:22.543
Um,

01:06:22.605 --> 01:06:24.565
the reason why I circled that game and

01:06:24.626 --> 01:06:25.786
one of the big reasons why

01:06:26.007 --> 01:06:27.588
was I want to watch the Fisher cats guys,

01:06:27.648 --> 01:06:29.688
but also Harrisburg is in town.

01:06:30.449 --> 01:06:33.130
And so my number five prospect,

01:06:33.150 --> 01:06:34.572
Dylan Cruz is currently on

01:06:34.753 --> 01:06:35.952
the Harrisburg senators and

01:06:35.972 --> 01:06:37.114
I want to go see what he does.

01:06:38.135 --> 01:06:40.155
Um, I was really hoping my eighth,

01:06:40.295 --> 01:06:41.277
my ninth rank prospect,

01:06:41.317 --> 01:06:42.097
James would be there,

01:06:42.137 --> 01:06:44.518
but he actually is at triple a, but,

01:06:45.068 --> 01:06:47.329
if you had MLB TV, you got anything,

01:06:47.451 --> 01:06:48.510
any way that you can watch it,

01:06:48.811 --> 01:06:50.592
I suggest you tune into

01:06:50.672 --> 01:06:51.512
whether it's your team,

01:06:51.552 --> 01:06:53.773
whatever your prospects, um,

01:06:54.094 --> 01:06:54.934
you do a good job.

01:06:55.155 --> 01:06:55.775
We got Jamie.

01:06:55.835 --> 01:06:56.635
She has a good job.

01:06:57.117 --> 01:06:58.117
Um, Brett does a good job.

01:06:58.137 --> 01:07:00.137
We cover it's down on the farm.

01:07:00.197 --> 01:07:01.219
It comes out every Monday.

01:07:01.438 --> 01:07:02.280
I want to make a plug for

01:07:02.320 --> 01:07:02.860
this really quick.

01:07:02.880 --> 01:07:03.561
I wish I had more, but,

01:07:05.257 --> 01:07:07.139
We do it down on the farm every week.

01:07:07.159 --> 01:07:08.199
It comes out on Monday.

01:07:08.418 --> 01:07:09.599
So if you're not familiar,

01:07:10.260 --> 01:07:11.840
minor league schedules are

01:07:11.900 --> 01:07:12.860
Tuesday through Sunday.

01:07:13.460 --> 01:07:14.402
Mondays are all off.

01:07:15.061 --> 01:07:16.702
And so that's why we release

01:07:16.722 --> 01:07:17.802
it on Monday or early

01:07:17.882 --> 01:07:19.242
Tuesday before games start

01:07:19.282 --> 01:07:21.784
so we can get – and we cover, you know,

01:07:21.963 --> 01:07:24.405
who the, you know, triple A, double A,

01:07:24.764 --> 01:07:26.686
high A, single A affiliates are playing,

01:07:27.746 --> 01:07:29.146
who they got coming up in the next week,

01:07:29.206 --> 01:07:30.306
and what our top ten

01:07:30.367 --> 01:07:31.768
prospects for each team does.

01:07:32.760 --> 01:07:34.059
and how they produce and

01:07:34.099 --> 01:07:35.081
what their numbers are for

01:07:35.320 --> 01:07:36.681
that week and for the

01:07:36.701 --> 01:07:39.621
season so far so if you're

01:07:39.641 --> 01:07:41.523
a fan of I do the tigers

01:07:41.643 --> 01:07:42.922
the red sox the blue jays

01:07:43.623 --> 01:07:45.324
jc does the reds and the

01:07:45.423 --> 01:07:47.724
cubs jamie does the rangers

01:07:47.983 --> 01:07:49.125
and brett does the yankees

01:07:49.244 --> 01:07:50.425
so there's seven teams that

01:07:50.465 --> 01:07:51.565
get minor league prospect

01:07:51.585 --> 01:07:53.485
coverage and I'll do a plug

01:07:53.525 --> 01:07:54.306
for joining us if you want

01:07:54.326 --> 01:07:55.346
to cover and do it down on

01:07:55.365 --> 01:07:56.327
the farm once a week

01:07:57.367 --> 01:07:58.166
there's an opportunity

01:07:58.226 --> 01:07:59.228
right there yeah I mean

01:07:59.268 --> 01:08:00.588
I'll gladly I'll do

01:08:01.402 --> 01:08:02.623
down on the farms for all 30

01:08:02.623 --> 01:08:03.925
teams and do one coming out

01:08:03.965 --> 01:08:05.206
every half hour on a Monday.

01:08:06.186 --> 01:08:06.407
Yeah.

01:08:06.427 --> 01:08:08.369
We've got the format laid out for you.

01:08:08.409 --> 01:08:09.849
So it's pretty easy to do.

01:08:09.949 --> 01:08:11.331
It's, it's simple,

01:08:11.391 --> 01:08:12.873
but it also gets you involved.

01:08:12.952 --> 01:08:15.956
I mean, for me, you know,

01:08:16.076 --> 01:08:17.877
paying attention to the Cubs and the Reds,

01:08:18.016 --> 01:08:19.137
I wish I could do more,

01:08:20.219 --> 01:08:21.761
but it gives you an idea of

01:08:21.841 --> 01:08:22.581
what's to come.

01:08:22.640 --> 01:08:23.261
And it,

01:08:23.521 --> 01:08:27.045
it makes you end up watching more

01:08:27.085 --> 01:08:28.166
minor leagues and,

01:08:28.762 --> 01:08:31.304
on specific days than you would normally,

01:08:31.765 --> 01:08:33.586
and it's just more baseball.

01:08:33.605 --> 01:08:34.765
And if you love baseball,

01:08:35.506 --> 01:08:37.427
CJ's got a great format for it.

01:08:38.028 --> 01:08:39.488
He's done a lot of hard work

01:08:39.609 --> 01:08:41.909
on the top 100, and it's going to be,

01:08:42.069 --> 01:08:43.291
for me personally,

01:08:43.810 --> 01:08:45.051
I'm looking forward to as

01:08:45.091 --> 01:08:47.172
the year evolves and how

01:08:47.233 --> 01:08:48.474
that list evolves and then

01:08:48.533 --> 01:08:49.654
working into next year.

01:08:49.713 --> 01:08:53.275
So that, to me, is one of the bright spots,

01:08:53.515 --> 01:08:55.077
and I look forward to doing each week.

01:08:55.912 --> 01:08:57.113
And if you're not familiar with it,

01:08:57.132 --> 01:08:58.014
I don't know if I have the

01:08:58.054 --> 01:08:59.293
website still up here.

01:08:59.314 --> 01:09:01.475
I don't.

01:09:02.275 --> 01:09:03.256
But we had the link.

01:09:03.456 --> 01:09:04.435
It's right on the homepage.

01:09:04.615 --> 01:09:06.436
So if you go to InsideTheDiamonds.com,

01:09:07.217 --> 01:09:08.037
in the top bar,

01:09:08.078 --> 01:09:09.118
you'll see it says Home

01:09:09.318 --> 01:09:10.538
American League National

01:09:10.559 --> 01:09:12.300
League Prospects Shop.

01:09:13.079 --> 01:09:14.619
On the dropdown of the prospects,

01:09:15.121 --> 01:09:16.201
when I come out with them,

01:09:16.220 --> 01:09:18.261
it will have each month's top.

01:09:18.984 --> 01:09:19.685
and I'm working on,

01:09:19.744 --> 01:09:20.845
I'm hoping we can get this done,

01:09:20.865 --> 01:09:22.106
that once the season ends,

01:09:22.327 --> 01:09:25.929
it'll go to 2024, and then once 2025 hits,

01:09:26.689 --> 01:09:28.590
it'll roll into the new top

01:09:28.590 --> 01:09:29.451
100 for the next year.

01:09:29.490 --> 01:09:30.591
So it'll be something that's

01:09:30.690 --> 01:09:31.612
archived forever.

01:09:32.332 --> 01:09:34.193
So 10 years from now,

01:09:34.212 --> 01:09:35.634
you want to go look back and see.

01:09:35.974 --> 01:09:37.154
I'm going to do an article, I think,

01:09:37.354 --> 01:09:38.935
probably in the next couple weeks,

01:09:39.735 --> 01:09:40.716
where I take a look back

01:09:40.775 --> 01:09:41.497
five years from now,

01:09:41.617 --> 01:09:43.438
who was in the top 30 for a

01:09:43.497 --> 01:09:46.699
team on MLB.com for prospects,

01:09:46.760 --> 01:09:47.439
and where are they now?

01:09:48.654 --> 01:09:49.795
It's a good idea for an article,

01:09:49.814 --> 01:09:50.876
a good idea for a piece.

01:09:52.216 --> 01:09:52.756
For anybody.

01:09:53.556 --> 01:09:55.838
For any team.

01:09:56.198 --> 01:09:58.140
Where's my favorite team at?

01:09:58.320 --> 01:09:59.041
You can even do the top 10.

01:09:59.140 --> 01:10:00.362
It doesn't have to be the top 30.

01:10:00.421 --> 01:10:01.962
I just know it maxes out at 30.

01:10:03.463 --> 01:10:05.944
Where's my top 10 at from there to now?

01:10:06.886 --> 01:10:07.987
Honestly, if you do that,

01:10:08.186 --> 01:10:09.328
it takes a look at where

01:10:09.387 --> 01:10:10.828
your organization is in the

01:10:10.849 --> 01:10:14.451
standpoint of your top 10

01:10:14.451 --> 01:10:15.411
prospects could have been

01:10:16.212 --> 01:10:17.592
all gone by now.

01:10:18.498 --> 01:10:19.158
It could all be somewhere

01:10:19.198 --> 01:10:20.219
else as part of trade bait.

01:10:20.878 --> 01:10:22.300
And it could be gone.

01:10:22.500 --> 01:10:23.539
And, you know,

01:10:23.560 --> 01:10:25.199
your team developed and they

01:10:25.300 --> 01:10:27.940
just trade prospects to get better.

01:10:29.240 --> 01:10:30.761
Prospects are a fun thing to follow.

01:10:31.201 --> 01:10:33.242
And I got made fun of a couple weeks ago.

01:10:33.261 --> 01:10:33.902
I came out.

01:10:34.721 --> 01:10:35.881
I put all my baseball

01:10:35.902 --> 01:10:37.002
sweatshirts away in the closet.

01:10:38.203 --> 01:10:40.643
And once the baseball season comes,

01:10:40.703 --> 01:10:42.023
I rotate hockey and

01:10:42.082 --> 01:10:43.063
baseball sweatshirts and

01:10:43.082 --> 01:10:43.944
football sweatshirts.

01:10:44.304 --> 01:10:45.083
And I have my baseball

01:10:45.104 --> 01:10:45.823
sweatshirts all out.

01:10:46.453 --> 01:10:47.413
So I broke out my Fisher

01:10:47.453 --> 01:10:48.814
Cats sweatshirt two weeks

01:10:48.895 --> 01:10:49.716
ago on a Friday night,

01:10:49.815 --> 01:10:51.775
and I threw a Fisher Cats game on the TV.

01:10:52.577 --> 01:10:53.356
Being from New Hampshire,

01:10:53.377 --> 01:10:54.497
I'm a big Fisher Cats fan.

01:10:54.518 --> 01:10:55.658
I was there in 2018 when

01:10:55.837 --> 01:10:57.298
they won the Eastern League Championship.

01:10:57.998 --> 01:10:59.659
So I threw the game on, and it was funny.

01:10:59.680 --> 01:11:00.300
They were down.

01:11:00.319 --> 01:11:01.261
I forget what it was.

01:11:01.320 --> 01:11:02.341
I wrote about it, too.

01:11:02.480 --> 01:11:03.962
It was like 9-1 going into

01:11:04.181 --> 01:11:05.082
the sixth inning or whatever,

01:11:05.103 --> 01:11:06.363
and they came back and won 10-9.

01:11:07.743 --> 01:11:08.743
What a great game to watch.

01:11:08.844 --> 01:11:10.125
I mean, it's good baseball,

01:11:10.505 --> 01:11:11.506
and it's young talent that

01:11:11.525 --> 01:11:12.065
you're going to see

01:11:13.081 --> 01:11:14.381
At some point, like, for instance,

01:11:14.520 --> 01:11:15.521
I'm watching the Blue Jays

01:11:15.542 --> 01:11:16.542
game on one of my screens.

01:11:16.601 --> 01:11:17.662
Actually, it might have ended by now,

01:11:17.721 --> 01:11:18.262
but it was 5-4,

01:11:18.523 --> 01:11:20.162
and I just noticed who scored a run.

01:11:20.802 --> 01:11:22.003
It was Addison Barger.

01:11:22.083 --> 01:11:23.404
I forget how you say his last name.

01:11:23.444 --> 01:11:23.844
Barger?

01:11:23.963 --> 01:11:24.384
Barger?

01:11:26.645 --> 01:11:27.765
He was in New Hampshire last year.

01:11:28.284 --> 01:11:29.466
So there's a perfect example.

01:11:29.506 --> 01:11:30.126
Somebody who was in New

01:11:30.145 --> 01:11:33.027
Hampshire last year got called up,

01:11:33.707 --> 01:11:35.346
was at AAA Buffalo to start the year.

01:11:35.386 --> 01:11:37.287
He's in the Blue Jays now.

01:11:38.060 --> 01:11:39.541
because of Kevin Kamar being injured.

01:11:39.600 --> 01:11:41.162
So it's somebody who's in my

01:11:41.181 --> 01:11:42.902
top ten for the Blue Jays prospects.

01:11:44.002 --> 01:11:46.122
So there's always something

01:11:46.143 --> 01:11:47.082
to watch with the prospects.

01:11:47.462 --> 01:11:48.203
Always a team.

01:11:48.283 --> 01:11:49.384
If you have MLB TV,

01:11:49.923 --> 01:11:51.003
you pick your favorite team,

01:11:51.404 --> 01:11:52.784
and you scroll down a couple pages,

01:11:52.904 --> 01:11:54.145
and it's right there.

01:11:54.784 --> 01:11:57.025
It tells you triple-A, double-A, single-A,

01:11:57.126 --> 01:11:58.685
high-A, and you can watch all of them.

01:11:59.706 --> 01:12:00.787
If you're a baseball fan,

01:12:00.806 --> 01:12:02.827
there may not be a better value.

01:12:03.287 --> 01:12:03.487
I mean,

01:12:03.546 --> 01:12:05.007
I know the Sunday ticket's great

01:12:05.047 --> 01:12:05.627
for football.

01:12:06.630 --> 01:12:08.171
But if you're a baseball fan

01:12:08.470 --> 01:12:10.372
for dollar per game that you can watch,

01:12:10.512 --> 01:12:11.673
there may not be a better

01:12:11.734 --> 01:12:13.274
value because you don't

01:12:13.314 --> 01:12:14.435
just get the major leagues.

01:12:14.475 --> 01:12:17.118
You get that all the affiliates.

01:12:17.238 --> 01:12:19.079
It may not be quality wise

01:12:19.119 --> 01:12:22.101
in regards to the TV quality,

01:12:22.643 --> 01:12:24.003
but you get to watch everything.

01:12:24.043 --> 01:12:25.005
It's still great.

01:12:25.085 --> 01:12:27.546
There's still commentators, the angles.

01:12:27.606 --> 01:12:28.768
You may not get all the

01:12:28.868 --> 01:12:30.288
reviews and angles that you

01:12:30.328 --> 01:12:31.689
would in a pro game,

01:12:31.770 --> 01:12:33.671
but there may not be a better value.

01:12:35.238 --> 01:12:37.300
for a sports package than

01:12:37.500 --> 01:12:39.400
MLB TV when you think about

01:12:39.440 --> 01:12:41.702
all the prospects that we're discussing.

01:12:42.561 --> 01:12:44.122
Also, the other thing I wanted to touch on,

01:12:44.162 --> 01:12:45.804
and I've heard it from Paul Skeens,

01:12:45.823 --> 01:12:46.984
he was on the Pat McAfee

01:12:47.005 --> 01:12:48.704
show a week or three ago,

01:12:50.025 --> 01:12:50.865
something they're trying

01:12:50.886 --> 01:12:52.627
out in the minor leagues.

01:12:52.846 --> 01:12:53.728
So they do everything,

01:12:54.167 --> 01:12:54.948
even the pitch clock,

01:12:54.988 --> 01:12:56.069
everything that we're seeing now,

01:12:56.769 --> 01:12:58.010
they test in the minor leagues.

01:12:58.810 --> 01:12:59.449
So I've heard,

01:12:59.490 --> 01:13:01.671
and I don't understand fully how it works,

01:13:01.832 --> 01:13:02.891
but I've understood that

01:13:03.032 --> 01:13:04.592
three out of the six games a week,

01:13:05.385 --> 01:13:07.326
is real umps, and they have robo umps.

01:13:09.167 --> 01:13:10.307
So they're testing the robo

01:13:10.368 --> 01:13:11.307
umps out in the minor leagues.

01:13:11.328 --> 01:13:12.849
So if you want to get a test run on that,

01:13:13.448 --> 01:13:16.030
which my understanding is it's simply,

01:13:16.190 --> 01:13:17.912
it's still a normal umpire behind you,

01:13:18.671 --> 01:13:20.672
but I believe, again,

01:13:20.712 --> 01:13:21.592
this is all my understanding,

01:13:21.672 --> 01:13:23.213
so if I'm wrong, please, in the comments,

01:13:23.274 --> 01:13:24.715
tell me I'm wrong and explain it to me.

01:13:25.574 --> 01:13:27.837
But for three games at least,

01:13:28.716 --> 01:13:29.877
a batter gets to,

01:13:30.078 --> 01:13:31.417
if he doesn't agree with the call,

01:13:32.059 --> 01:13:34.239
just taps his helmet and they review it.

01:13:35.070 --> 01:13:37.452
And there's literally like

01:13:37.471 --> 01:13:38.692
you see on a strike zone

01:13:39.551 --> 01:13:40.993
where they show the pitch where it went,

01:13:41.353 --> 01:13:42.592
and it says that was a ball,

01:13:42.613 --> 01:13:44.052
and it changes the call.

01:13:44.953 --> 01:13:45.873
The pitchers can do the same

01:13:45.913 --> 01:13:46.774
thing where the pitcher

01:13:46.833 --> 01:13:47.694
doesn't agree with the call,

01:13:47.934 --> 01:13:49.274
and he just sits there, taps his hat,

01:13:49.335 --> 01:13:49.975
and they review it.

01:13:51.095 --> 01:13:52.136
I've watched a couple times.

01:13:52.195 --> 01:13:53.595
It's actually a really interesting thing,

01:13:53.636 --> 01:13:54.855
and I'm actually a fan of it.

01:13:55.436 --> 01:13:57.617
So that's something that, again,

01:13:57.636 --> 01:13:58.537
if you're interested,

01:13:58.556 --> 01:13:59.238
see where the game is,

01:13:59.398 --> 01:14:00.297
not just the players,

01:14:00.997 --> 01:14:02.137
but the game itself and the

01:14:02.158 --> 01:14:02.759
way it's going.

01:14:03.618 --> 01:14:04.458
And where it's going to be.

01:14:05.126 --> 01:14:05.286
Right.

01:14:05.506 --> 01:14:05.886
Check it out.

01:14:06.567 --> 01:14:07.488
If you want to see when

01:14:07.627 --> 01:14:09.789
Angel Hernandez is soon to retire,

01:14:09.810 --> 01:14:11.752
as soon as this gets

01:14:11.851 --> 01:14:13.113
brought to the major leagues,

01:14:13.653 --> 01:14:14.774
you'll tap of the hat.

01:14:15.734 --> 01:14:16.314
You'll be done.

01:14:16.655 --> 01:14:18.296
There'll be no more Angel Hernandez.

01:14:19.137 --> 01:14:19.917
Funny you say that.

01:14:20.037 --> 01:14:22.260
So I said Saturday, the Sox game,

01:14:22.300 --> 01:14:23.180
I was sitting in the section.

01:14:23.240 --> 01:14:24.902
It was all Cubs fans around me.

01:14:25.743 --> 01:14:27.043
And every single fan,

01:14:27.604 --> 01:14:28.185
when they showed the

01:14:28.244 --> 01:14:29.126
umpires for the game,

01:14:30.100 --> 01:14:31.159
All of us snapped our heads

01:14:31.220 --> 01:14:32.301
up to the screen to look to

01:14:32.341 --> 01:14:33.280
see who was umpiring,

01:14:33.621 --> 01:14:35.822
and I heard at least four people say,

01:14:35.881 --> 01:14:37.141
please don't be Angel Hernandez.

01:14:37.542 --> 01:14:37.862
Yeah.

01:14:39.261 --> 01:14:41.483
So just to give you an example, though,

01:14:41.502 --> 01:14:42.382
this is the way we're going.

01:14:42.802 --> 01:14:44.163
I mean, if you want to see it in a game,

01:14:45.623 --> 01:14:47.323
if you have MLB TV, tune in.

01:14:47.444 --> 01:14:47.965
If you don't,

01:14:48.524 --> 01:14:49.524
I don't know how it works if

01:14:49.545 --> 01:14:50.725
you select team by team

01:14:50.744 --> 01:14:51.926
because there is an option

01:14:51.945 --> 01:14:52.926
to select your favorite team.

01:14:53.979 --> 01:14:55.760
but or wait till the

01:14:55.800 --> 01:14:56.500
all-star break at the

01:14:56.539 --> 01:14:57.600
cheaper value and you can

01:14:57.621 --> 01:14:59.042
still tune into you know

01:14:59.082 --> 01:15:01.542
everything but There is so

01:15:01.622 --> 01:15:03.823
much that MLB TV does offer you.

01:15:04.324 --> 01:15:04.685
Yeah,

01:15:04.904 --> 01:15:05.985
I mean I'm watching beginning right

01:15:06.006 --> 01:15:07.166
now Yeah,

01:15:07.286 --> 01:15:08.506
you want to do what we can plug

01:15:08.527 --> 01:15:09.426
it right now if you might

01:15:09.447 --> 01:15:11.689
as well So right now the

01:15:11.729 --> 01:15:12.729
plan is and I'll probably

01:15:12.748 --> 01:15:14.130
post it if it's confirmed

01:15:14.970 --> 01:15:16.091
we're planning right now to

01:15:16.131 --> 01:15:17.872
do a watch party on Wednesday and

01:15:18.395 --> 01:15:19.296
where we're going to watch

01:15:19.376 --> 01:15:20.497
beginning like this.

01:15:20.556 --> 01:15:23.796
Cause MLB MLB is a, uh,

01:15:24.216 --> 01:15:24.938
can't show the games.

01:15:25.337 --> 01:15:26.698
So I can't tell you what we're watching,

01:15:26.797 --> 01:15:28.679
but we're told how the way

01:15:28.698 --> 01:15:30.319
everything going on for an hour,

01:15:30.538 --> 01:15:31.798
maybe an hour and a half, two hours,

01:15:32.158 --> 01:15:33.439
but probably max at two

01:15:33.479 --> 01:15:34.819
hours just so people don't

01:15:34.840 --> 01:15:35.500
get bored of us.

01:15:36.479 --> 01:15:38.140
Um, I'm going to do it.

01:15:38.161 --> 01:15:39.320
I think Emily beginning

01:15:39.360 --> 01:15:41.002
starts at seven 30 on Wednesday.

01:15:41.721 --> 01:15:42.402
So the plan is,

01:15:43.418 --> 01:15:44.420
My son's still awake,

01:15:44.500 --> 01:15:45.820
so he might make an appearance.

01:15:45.881 --> 01:15:47.162
My girlfriend might make an appearance.

01:15:47.301 --> 01:15:48.582
Your kids might make an appearance.

01:15:48.603 --> 01:15:50.104
Yeah, never know.

01:15:50.304 --> 01:15:51.345
Who knows who's going to show up,

01:15:51.425 --> 01:15:52.506
but there is a plan.

01:15:53.306 --> 01:15:53.926
As of right now,

01:15:53.947 --> 01:15:54.868
we're going to try this out.

01:15:55.529 --> 01:15:57.010
I'll make an event, I think, on Facebook.

01:15:57.090 --> 01:15:57.649
I don't know when we're

01:15:57.670 --> 01:15:58.411
going to get this out.

01:15:58.551 --> 01:16:00.311
My guess would be probably tomorrow.

01:16:00.511 --> 01:16:02.014
Tomorrow, yeah.

01:16:02.033 --> 01:16:03.875
Our plan is if you're

01:16:03.895 --> 01:16:04.996
available Wednesday and you

01:16:05.015 --> 01:16:06.436
want to come watch baseball with us,

01:16:06.657 --> 01:16:07.377
we'll sit here.

01:16:07.398 --> 01:16:08.338
We'll talk about everything.

01:16:09.038 --> 01:16:10.300
I don't know how the live works,

01:16:10.340 --> 01:16:11.581
so I don't know if we'll see comments.

01:16:11.640 --> 01:16:12.542
If we do, I'll tell you.

01:16:12.971 --> 01:16:15.234
comment we'll talk like

01:16:15.253 --> 01:16:18.376
we'll gladly talk um but so

01:16:18.435 --> 01:16:19.036
if you're available

01:16:19.076 --> 01:16:20.557
wednesday night 7 30

01:16:20.556 --> 01:16:23.680
between we'll say 7 30 to 9

01:16:23.680 --> 01:16:25.720
yep and come tune out come

01:16:25.761 --> 01:16:27.141
to or come tune in jeez

01:16:27.341 --> 01:16:31.704
words um but it happens

01:16:33.065 --> 01:16:35.427
yeah so it'll be fun we're

01:16:35.467 --> 01:16:36.828
gonna do that and again you

01:16:37.488 --> 01:16:40.110
know like cj said if you're

01:16:40.190 --> 01:16:41.551
interested in joining us

01:16:41.612 --> 01:16:42.632
just go to the web page

01:16:43.390 --> 01:16:46.032
Join us and let us know what

01:16:46.051 --> 01:16:47.832
you're thinking about or reach out to us.

01:16:47.893 --> 01:16:51.515
Comment here or even on

01:16:51.694 --> 01:16:54.096
Facebook for Inside the Diamonds.

01:16:54.176 --> 01:16:55.257
Just reach out to us.

01:16:55.637 --> 01:16:57.998
We're looking to add to this group.

01:16:58.140 --> 01:17:00.980
Kind of excited, not nervous, but excited,

01:17:01.161 --> 01:17:02.221
anxious for Wednesday.

01:17:02.242 --> 01:17:03.042
See how that goes.

01:17:03.962 --> 01:17:06.324
And watch those games.

01:17:06.465 --> 01:17:08.845
But, again, another fun episode.

01:17:08.886 --> 01:17:09.766
We try to keep it.

01:17:10.666 --> 01:17:11.685
as short as we can.

01:17:11.725 --> 01:17:13.207
So everyone can listen to in

01:17:13.367 --> 01:17:14.766
one short car ride,

01:17:14.846 --> 01:17:16.466
but there's so much going

01:17:16.546 --> 01:17:17.448
on with baseball and

01:17:17.467 --> 01:17:18.587
there's only so much we can

01:17:18.608 --> 01:17:19.268
write about that.

01:17:19.287 --> 01:17:20.707
It seems like as we start

01:17:20.747 --> 01:17:22.969
talking more pops up and

01:17:22.988 --> 01:17:23.689
we're trying to keep them

01:17:23.748 --> 01:17:24.889
shorter for you guys and

01:17:25.248 --> 01:17:26.449
produce more content.

01:17:26.569 --> 01:17:29.789
So, you know, like subscribe, you know,

01:17:30.029 --> 01:17:31.091
write in the comments what

01:17:31.110 --> 01:17:32.751
you'd like to see us do and

01:17:33.751 --> 01:17:34.490
we'll keep it up.

01:17:34.610 --> 01:17:35.931
And next episode,

01:17:35.952 --> 01:17:37.051
we'll kind of hit on the,

01:17:37.846 --> 01:17:39.247
the Orioles-Yankees,

01:17:39.408 --> 01:17:41.228
the Braves-Dodgers series,

01:17:41.268 --> 01:17:41.988
and then we'll have some

01:17:42.029 --> 01:17:43.448
more interesting content.

01:17:43.810 --> 01:17:44.810
And I'm sure Wednesday,

01:17:44.850 --> 01:17:49.612
depending on what's going on in the games,

01:17:49.731 --> 01:17:50.773
but we'll probably also

01:17:50.832 --> 01:17:52.052
have some series preview

01:17:52.113 --> 01:17:53.253
talk and just talk about

01:17:53.293 --> 01:17:54.274
different series coming up

01:17:54.314 --> 01:17:54.993
for the weekend.

01:17:55.073 --> 01:17:56.914
So if you hear this and

01:17:56.935 --> 01:17:57.695
you're interested and you

01:17:57.716 --> 01:17:59.416
don't have much going on Wednesday,

01:17:59.475 --> 01:18:02.197
join us and see what we're all about.

01:18:02.377 --> 01:18:04.918
So another great episode,

01:18:05.019 --> 01:18:05.819
fun to talk about.

01:18:06.331 --> 01:18:07.492
Just to give people an idea,

01:18:07.511 --> 01:18:10.194
on Wednesday night, we're looking at 730.

01:18:10.194 --> 01:18:11.135
What will be going on?

01:18:11.194 --> 01:18:12.735
We'll have Red Sox Giants.

01:18:13.636 --> 01:18:17.340
We will have, wow,

01:18:18.001 --> 01:18:20.101
probably the end of Philly's Angels, Reds,

01:18:20.262 --> 01:18:20.823
Padres.

01:18:21.503 --> 01:18:23.824
We will have the third game,

01:18:24.065 --> 01:18:25.287
which will have Corbin Burns.

01:18:25.926 --> 01:18:27.087
We have Yankees, Orioles.

01:18:27.708 --> 01:18:30.591
We will have Rockies, Marlins, Cubs, Mets,

01:18:31.532 --> 01:18:34.213
Nationals, Rangers, Guardians, Astros.

01:18:34.234 --> 01:18:35.335
That's the Verlander game.

01:18:36.583 --> 01:18:38.184
And we'll probably end up, no,

01:18:38.203 --> 01:18:39.185
we'll be done before then.

01:18:39.225 --> 01:18:39.984
So that's probably the last

01:18:40.005 --> 01:18:40.944
game that we'll start while

01:18:40.984 --> 01:18:41.626
we're on live.

01:18:41.826 --> 01:18:43.786
So if you're interested in

01:18:43.805 --> 01:18:44.445
any of those teams,

01:18:44.466 --> 01:18:45.407
you want to come talk with us,

01:18:46.266 --> 01:18:46.667
come on in.

01:18:47.606 --> 01:18:49.807
Last thing I'll say is Ellie Daly Cruz,

01:18:49.828 --> 01:18:50.627
another home run.

01:18:50.648 --> 01:18:54.588
1-1 for the Reds and Padres right now.

01:18:54.689 --> 01:18:55.149
I mean,

01:18:55.569 --> 01:18:56.789
I won't be shocked if he doesn't

01:18:56.869 --> 01:18:58.270
steal 100 bases this year.

01:18:58.289 --> 01:18:59.331
With the new base rules,

01:18:59.751 --> 01:19:01.270
his walk rate is up,

01:19:01.390 --> 01:19:03.471
strikeout rate is down.

01:19:03.939 --> 01:19:05.479
This guy is something to watch.

01:19:05.519 --> 01:19:06.960
He is electric,

01:19:07.100 --> 01:19:08.779
and I would not be shocked

01:19:08.819 --> 01:19:11.921
if he doesn't steal upwards of 80 to 100.

01:19:11.921 --> 01:19:13.921
That's something that's real this year,

01:19:13.961 --> 01:19:14.881
and he's got the power,

01:19:15.320 --> 01:19:16.822
and he's got his eye going

01:19:16.862 --> 01:19:17.662
for him right now.

01:19:17.822 --> 01:19:20.082
So another great episode, CJ.

01:19:20.141 --> 01:19:21.082
Really appreciate it.

01:19:21.542 --> 01:19:23.342
Like, subscribe, comment,

01:19:23.403 --> 01:19:25.863
whatever you want to do, let us know.

01:19:25.963 --> 01:19:27.444
But thanks again for tuning in.

01:19:29.203 --> 01:19:29.724
Thanks, guys.

01:19:29.804 --> 01:19:30.623
Everybody have a good week.

01:19:31.164 --> 01:19:31.904
We'll see you next week.

01:19:32.965 --> 01:19:33.185
See ya.