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The Phillies’ Historic Run · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Three O Take, where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the three O take
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presented by see kick this episode 435.
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I'll be your host, Kyle Cord, and I'm here with my Co host
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Nate Reyes and Nate. Hi everybody, go ahead and start
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your apology now, because if you're watching on YouTube and
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or catching us live on social, I, I need you to just to go out
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and publicly say what you're wearing and what you should be
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wearing. You want.
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You want this. You want me.
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You want me to show you this since somebody doesn't believe
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me? Just blaming our our.
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Are wholesome government? No, no, no, no, no.
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There's nothing wholesome about the USPS.
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It's well documented that the USPS needs to get their crap
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together. All right, it said it was
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supposed to show up Wednesday. What is that?
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Well, it's hard to really say that.
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You can kind of see it right there.
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Wednesday the 22nd by 9:00 PM. Unfortunately, we're recording
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at 7:00 PM, so there's still a chance that it shows up later
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tonight. But as you and I both know, and
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I texted this to you, the USPS doesn't make multiple, at least
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that I know, if they don't make multiple runs in an afternoon.
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So they came, they dropped off our mail.
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I went to look the visor's in, the visor's in, but the polo's
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not so. I just feel like.
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That's not on me. I feel like now that we're we're
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starting to lose episodes. We're not OK, so I meant to
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bring that up so I don't. Know where you need to wear it
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for the All Star game. No specific, no, absolutely not.
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I, I don't know where I got 12 from.
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I think I think 12 episodes for having to wear this polo and
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visor combo. I think that when I did the math
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on that, it was if we went the full 14 game stretch, like if
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they went, if it was decided by the 14th game, if they were
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going to be 500 or better. But as we very well know, they
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went to and whatever. So the the bet was decided much
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earlier. So I got a little bit of a
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little bit of breathing room there.
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So I think if I would have started wearing it tonight, it
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would have been 15 episodes. So you would have gotten a few
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bonus episodes in there. So assuming we're good to go by
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next Sunday, that'll be 14 episodes, which ironically
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enough is the amount of games that we were.
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We were based in this whole bet off in the 1st place, so it's
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not on me. I ordered it as soon as as soon
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as I found a suitable replacement option for the Polo
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that was out of stock. I think you should have just
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bought it right away. That's what I think.
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And then you could have shipped it to me if I would have lost,
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which I think we all know wasn't going to happen anyway, you
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know, whatever. Hey, it's all right.
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I. I'm just not apologizing.
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Just so we're clear, there's nothing that I need to apologize
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for. If anybody needs to be
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apologizing, it's the USPS. It's the the the Postmaster
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General who I believe is like 50th in line for the presidency,
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in case you're wondering. Desperate times, you know.
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If if things get that bad, just know that the Postmaster
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General. There's no way that job requires
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too much like innovation, you know what I'm saying?
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When you're interviewing for that, you're like, you know that
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bet. They're like, do do you have any
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new ideas, Sir? And they're like, no, I think we
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should just keep it the same what we've been doing for the
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last 50 years. Maybe increase the the the price
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of stamps by three cents? Stamps are expensive, by the
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way, it's have you ever we had to buy stamps for, for the thank
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yous, for the thank you cards that we're currently writing for
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the wedding. I, I had no idea.
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That was the first time I've ever bought stamps.
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We didn't know where to go. I, I had a feeling it would be
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done at the grocery store over by the weird register where you
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know, the degenerates are buying their lottery tickets.
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And I was like, I think that's where you go.
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And I thought they were like, hey, here's 10 stamps for like
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1/4. No, no, one sleeve of stamps was
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like $15. I'm like I what is that?
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You would think an art that is presumably on its way out, just
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with the digital innovation of being able to contact people via
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text and e-mail and the like, that maybe the prices would go
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down in order to encourage people to continue write letters
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to their family, their friends, their pen pals, whoever.
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But no, they're really. De incentivizing, incentivizing
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us to to send these, which by the way, I know half of everyone
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that's going to get one, including you are going to be
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like cool, thanks trash. That's not going to hang around.
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I'm going to put it on my refrigerator.
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You don't. You don't even know I want to
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put it on my refrigerator. Let's talk some ball, shall we?
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We we got to talk some Phillies. We got to talk some Stros.
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We got to talk some Bobby Witt. We got to talk Gunner Henderson,
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some Vladdy, some Beau, and maybe some things sprinkled in
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in between or at the end, who knows?
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We'll see. We'll see where the conversation
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takes us. But here we are.
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Episode 435. Let's start with the Phillies.
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Pretty good, pretty good ball club up there in the in the PA.
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Best in baseball actually, if if we want to get technical, but
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I'm not a Phillies fan. So I'm not going to sit here and
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and expect people to know that because it was news to me.
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I don't know Again, as a non Phillies fan here, it's well
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documented. Not a Phillies fan.
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I just want that on the record. Not a Phillies fan.
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Became the the fifth team since the year 2000 to win 35 of their
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first 49 games. They're 27 and six in their last
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33 games. They haven't gone 27 or 27 and
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six or better in any 33 game stretch since.
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At least take a guess. 08. 2008 wrong. 19 O 8.
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Wrong. Somewhere in between.
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No. No, last year.
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No. Never.
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It might. It may as well be never 19 O1.
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What? The Phillies have not gone 27
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and six or better in any 33 game stretch since at least 19 O.
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One, and we know like they people couldn't even count back
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then, so we don't even know how accurate that is.
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It's possible. It's possible.
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There should be an asterisk there.
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There really should. We don't know if 1901 is
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accurate because there was probably 12 people in the
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ballpark. So calculators, you know. 90% of
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the fans probably couldn't see the field because there is
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probably excessive chain smoking going on just there's.
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A lot of factors early. 19 early 1900s are very fuzzy.
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We, we, we don't really know for certain, especially with, with
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stats such as these, but as we, what we do know in the year
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2020, four, 35 and 14, they're currently six games ahead of the
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Braves and they're in first place in the division in the
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National League East. They have a + 83 runner
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differential, which is tied Nate with the Los Angeles Dodgers for
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best in baseball. So they're they're doing it on
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both sides of the ball. That is nuts.
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But it's highlighted by one, their their efforts as of late
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have have been highlighted or or led by a an individual in
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particular by the name of Ranger Suarez, who you, I believe, have
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on your fantasy team. So maybe give us a little bit of
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insight as to A, how he's been and to OR, and B rather what a
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joy it's been to have him on your fantasy team.
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Well, C, I'm just kidding. Been delightful.
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Just been delightful. I wanted to confirm because I
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didn't think so. I did add him as a free agent.
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He was not drafted. Now, to be fair, this was early.
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I added this puppy real early and I think it was a toss up.
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What was the other name? Oh, what's his face with the
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Royals? What's his face?
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Brady Singer. That's where I was.
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I remember I texted my buddy and I was like, what do you think
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you texted me? Did I text you?
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You texted. Me.
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I remember you asking me this question.
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I was like Ranger, like who has a higher upside, Ranger or Brady
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Singer? I just want to fill in the
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roster a little bit. I did have Ranger last year on
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the squad and he he had some up and down starts.
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But the man is dominating right now.
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Dominating. So of course, had to dive into
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the stats. Had to hit up Baseball Savant
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for a little bit just to see where everything's coming from.
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Overall, like not too much of a change in his repertoire.
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Started rocking the sinker a little bit more, but not like
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crazy. He's throwing that 33% of the
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time compared to 28% of the time last year.
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The slider has basically been eliminated.
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It looks like he's only throwing four of those this year, so like
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that's out of the mix. So in reality, he is a pretty
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consistent four pitch pitcher plus sinker plus curveball plus
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fastball plus change up just doing his thing.
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Dude like that. No one's hitting anything.
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No one's hitting anything. It's been fun to watch.
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Shots fired. Shots fired from the jealousy
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corner. Shots fired.
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Nicholas says Philly's beating up on subpar teams.
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Impressive. Found the Braves fan.
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We'll get into that. We'll get into that, but
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continue. It's just it's been fun to watch
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dude. Like velocity wise, everything
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looks about the same, spin looks about the same.
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He's just, he's just carving. One of the things is no, that's
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the same too. No one's lifting the fastball
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against him. So I'm wondering if there I
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haven't gotten a chance to like sit there and just watch his
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starts. But when we look at last year,
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the four seamer, the launch angle on average was about 19°.
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This year it's 5°, so something tells me that him and JT and the
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pitching staff and coaching have figured out like, let's work
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maybe sink her down and then let's work that fastball up in
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the zone just to show and change eye level.
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He's just really, really good and he's not even their ace.
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Can I share some numbers? Please do.
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Ranger Suarez is now 9 and O with the lowest ERA through 10
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starts to begin a season since 1916.
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He has started, as I mentioned, 10 games this year for the
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Phills and has only given up 10 earned runs.
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Phillies are 10 and O in those starts.
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In regards to ranks across Major League Baseball, he is 1st and
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wins as you would expect. I mean he's he's almost halfway
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to a 20 game winner season and we're still in May 1st in wins
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with nine. Second in ERA at 136.
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Opponents are hitting 174 against him, which is second in
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all baseball. His WHIP of .79 is also second
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in baseball and his 68 strikeouts are 7th in all of
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baseball, which by you, you mentioned he's not even.
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He's not even their ace. It's worth showing a little bit
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of love. This isn't solely Ranger
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Suarez's efforts that that have led to this early, early lead in
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the standings for the Phillies. We got a look at the rest of the
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rotation. Bob Winkle on Twitter says good
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name. Yeah, Bob Winkle noted on
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Twitter that National League rotations by ERA Phillies have
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the best in baseball, 259. Next closest is the Dodgers
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AT33O. It's it's excellent.
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It's excellent. Look, they're doing this without
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Trey Turner. They're doing this with a subpar
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Nick Castellanos, right, Like, and to be fair, you've had some
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new guys coming to the scene. Brandon Marsh's seem to really
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find his stride. Alec Boehm is is blooming into
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what they all expected him to be.
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Bryce Harper's Bryce Harper. It's, it's pretty impressive in
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my mind and I don't know, I, I didn't look up shrink the
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schedule. So I don't know if that comment
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was was fair or not. I've got that for you as well.
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Do you? I've got it.
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Does that explain some things? Let's talk about it in 2024.
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The Phillies have played well. This is entering, I want to say
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Tuesday or maybe maybe even today.
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So this the numbers might be a little off, give or take a game.
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The Phillies have played just three games against the team
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with the record currently above 500, and all three of those came
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on opening weekend against the Braves.
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Since then, the Phillies have played nineteen of its games
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against five of Major League Baseball's worst six teams,
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Reds, Rockies, Marlins, Angels and White Sox.
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Besides Atlanta, the Phillies have not seen a division leader
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entering Tuesday. Philly's opponents combined
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winning percentage this year was 465, by far the lowest in Major
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League Baseball. The next easiest schedule
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belonged to Tampa Bay at 477. No other team has a strength of
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schedule under 480. And to that I say, what do you
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want them to do? Yeah, what are they supposed?
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To do you want them to lose? Do.
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You want them to lose so that they become the laughing stock
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of baseball because we all know that would be the response.
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So like, they're kind of in a no win situation here.
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Ironically, all they're doing it seems is winning.
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But when you look at the big picture, it's really a no win
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situation because you you stack them up with these garbage teams
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out of the gate. They do what they're supposed to
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do against them and then they hear nothing but well, strength
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to schedule, strength to schedule, strength to schedule.
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I would argue, however, say what you want about like, oh, we'll
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just wait till they see a good team.
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I was thinking about this today and there's no real logic, no
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real rhyme or reason as to this line of thinking.
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It's just, it's kind of what my gut says that I would rather, I
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would rather be stacked with garbage teams like the Phillies
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are this year. Get everybody swinging it.
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Get everybody, I mean Ranger Suarez and the rest of the staff
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throwing extremely well. Get everybody on the right page,
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everybody clicking to rack up the wins and put yourself in a
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in a a state of good mojo and momentum heading into these
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tougher matchups against these tougher teams.
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And then by that point, you're the team that's being talked
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about heading into these matchups and you're starting to
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feel yourself a little bit if you're the Phillies, regardless
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if the OR or, you know, not relevant to the conversation
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being the games that you just played for the first forty,
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however many games. Yeah, like that.
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To me, that's better off. I would rather be in a position
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like the Phillies and be and feel good about yourself going
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into these tougher matchups than to be a team that OK, yeah,
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sure, they had a tougher strength to schedule, but you're
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a little you're a little banged up, little nicked up record wise
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and maybe personnel wise, who knows?
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So that's that's just me. Yeah, and we all know like the
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the not necessarily rust, but like the settling in time that
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you have to begin a season, you know, pitchers getting their
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feel, hitters getting their looks and like, yeah, it is a
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little bit of a blessing for them.
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But again, what do you want them to do?
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You know, what do you expect them to do?
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This is this is how they have to go about things. 35 wins, man,
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that's that's pretty absurd. But to snag that and, and going
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while what is it going, getting it while the going's good,
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something like that. Just getting that lead, you know
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what I'm saying? Building up that lead in the
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division. You know, the Braves are going
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to come eventually. But man, it's still impressive,
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still good baseball. Yeah.
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Yeah, I mean, they're, they're doing what they can.
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And it's not even that they're just winning games like they're,
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they're, I mean, we just talked about it like they're they're on
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a historic pace for their franchise.
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And you've got guys that are just dominating right now.
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Like Bryce Harperson's coming back.
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I think I saw he's hitting like 3:30 or something.
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He's he's one of the best, one of the hottest hitters in
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baseball right now outside of a guy maybe like Kevin Pillar, who
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I I don't know if you've seen Kevin Pillar's numbers recently,
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but that that guy doesn't belong on the on the hottest hitters in
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baseball list, but he's up there.
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I don't know where that came from.
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Pretty. Sure, you picked him up today in
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fantasy. Yeah, I might drop him.
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It was a panic move. Had to send Xander to the IL, so
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I had to, had to snag somebody. Don't know if that do what you
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got to do, it's going to last. But All in all, it's what my
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point was that they're not, they're not just getting by with
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these wins. Like they're, they're doing
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things that this franchise hasn't seen in like 100 years.
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And they're they have guys in top three, top five
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conversations on both sides of the ball regardless, like based
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on what stat you're looking at. So it's it's impressive to see.
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And I, I would venture to say that this isn't necessarily
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going to fade. Like it it may, it may taper, it
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may taper, it's certainly going to taper.
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I don't it's not sustainable. But exactly.
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But I think I think in a way, in a, in a similar way that you
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look at the Royals and go, OK, like this, this is for real.
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Like Royals seem to be a little bit of a threat.
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I think I think the same thing applies to the Phillies.
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At the end of the year, like, you know, wins or wins and, and
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that's what the total that you're, you're striving for.
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And, and then it's division to win it.
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I, I don't know if it's crazy to say you need to win at least 95
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games, but I think that's the case in this division with the
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Braves. I think you need to get at least
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95 South like wins or wins. Schedule doesn't get much more
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difficult. They're in the middle of the
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series with the Rangers at the moment, heading out to Coors to
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see the Rockies. Little West Coast trip to get
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the Giants after that, and then they host the Cardinals to start
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up June. Brewers match.
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Maybe we need to put some respect on the Cardinals name.
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They just swept, I don't know if you saw it just swept the
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Orioles for the first time. The Orioles had not been swept
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in the regular season. I think it was 106 series.
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We all know at this point the whole Adley Ruchman effect.
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Cardinals. That's a no more.
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That's a maybe a turn your season around type type sweep
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for the cards. But anyway, looks like the
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Phillies are still kind of smooth sailing the rest of the
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month and the beginning of next month, and then things could
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start to pick up difficulty wise in June.
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But you gotta do what you gotta do, man Get dubs.
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Speaking of dubs, the Houston Astros, You idiots, I told you.
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We've been saying this. We told you this was going to
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happen. Like how, How dumb do you have
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to be to think that the Astros were just going to fall off?
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It was it. It happens every year.
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It doesn't matter who they have on the team, who they lose,
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who's on the IL, They find a way to stay in the mix for the
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majority of the year, if not leading their division, and then
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they just zoom right on to an ALCALCS appearance, if if not a
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World Series appearance. It's every year.
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And look, I get it, they're still under 500.
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They're not playing, they're still not playing their greatest
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ball. But having won entering
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Wednesday, they've won ten of their last thirteen.
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Don't know how much better it really gets than that outside of
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just winning out, if we're being honest.
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Had a walk off from Jeremy Pena. I think he had an RBI single to
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finish off the Angels last night.
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But the real story in Houston right now.
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Kyle Tucker. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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My goodness, yeah. That I know I've mentioned this
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multiple times, but the only the only thing that I really think
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of any more when I think of Kyle Tucker is that moment during
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what was it the was it the 19 World Series against the
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Nationals where he was just cheeks.
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He couldn't do anything but strike out?
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Wasn't that, wasn't that the 19 World Series that that happened
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in? I think so.
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Or no, maybe it was like the 2018 playoffs.
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It was some way it was. It was 1819.
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There was an ALCS where the where I think they faced the
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Yankees that he he struggled. Well, the 18 ALCS was against
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the Sox. I remember watching that one and
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then the 19 was the World Series run against the Nationals.
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But everybody's been saying this like they knew every, we all
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knew it was in there like this. This is right.
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I think this is like the I'm coming on the scene, you know,
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becoming a household name type of year.
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But I think everyone knew that this was in there.
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I mean, he's putting himself at the forefront of the MVP
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conversation. And honestly, I was, I was
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looking around today, the American League MVP is the race
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itself is going to be a blast to follow this year.
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Like I am very excited. There are some dudes and if they
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can maintain, I mean, some of these, some of these guys are
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just playing out of their minds right now.
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So you're again, as we talk about all the time, you're
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you're going to have your your, your peaks and valleys, but I
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mean it remotely close. If they can maintain what
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they're doing, this is going to be an insane race down the
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stretch. Kyle Tucker right now currently
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leads all of baseball with seventeen home runs.
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This is entering Wednesday. He's hitting 29336 ribbies.
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He has nine stolen bases and OPS of 1075 and OPS plus of two O 6
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and has accumulated a war thus far of 3 1/2.
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Yeah, this is like a 4020 cakewalk.
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That's what we're on pace for. Well, I mean he has, he has
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twelve home runs in his last 22 games and has, let me check, has
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more walks and strikeouts this year.
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What I was going to say too is that like he he rotates in the
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lineup, he floats like one through 4.
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I don't know what the philosophy is there, but like they played
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the Yankees last week. It was like sometimes he was
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leading off. I think he started two of those
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games with a lead off home run. What the heck, man?
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Like who is this guy of being able to do this and in what
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world were we talking about? Like him being the dude over
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your dawn and he is right now. I mean, to your Don's credit, he
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hasn't had the greatest. I mean, he's still, he's still
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swinging it well, all things considered.
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But I mean, I don't think he's taken the leap that maybe Kyle
26:25
Tucker did year to year or year over year, I should say.
26:31
So you have to take that into consideration.
26:34
But even if you were Don was swinging it.
26:36
Well, I don't even know if he I mean, he's leading all of
26:40
baseball. Like it's not just like, oh,
26:43
he's leading the squad in the home runs.
26:44
He's leading the a out. He's literally leading all of
26:47
baseball, which is just insane. Because again, it goes back to
26:50
the the point that has been brought up so much in that Kyle
26:55
Tucker does not get talked about nearly as as much as he should.
26:59
No. And I understand it's this weird
27:01
storm of like, well, we don't want to talk about the Astros
27:03
because it's the Astros. And also, like we want to talk
27:07
more about your Don because as we always say, a man amongst
27:11
boys, it seems when he steps to the plate.
27:14
And then you got guys in the mix like Verlander who often grab
27:18
that. He grabs headlines from time to
27:20
time. Kyle Tucker.
27:22
I just feel like he's there. And like you say, he kind of
27:24
rotates, he floats. He's just he's there, he's
27:27
producing. But it's just for some reason
27:29
just doesn't latch on to the the the mainstream conversation.
27:35
Yeah, yeah, it's, it's nuts, man.
27:38
And he, the swing is just like, it's so like in the zone for so
27:43
long. He really like flattens out
27:46
early and he's got this really long path.
27:54
Yeah, man. Like Soto is kind of the only
27:58
one that I can think of where he's so in the zone for that
28:03
long. Kyle Tucker's right there.
28:06
It's it's nuts, man. Maybe we need to address like
28:12
the swag at some point. The batting gloves, the no
28:15
batting gloves. I don't, I don't know what's
28:16
going on there, but you know, whatever.
28:19
He's a little, he's a little superstitious man.
28:21
He'll switch it around, whatever's working.
28:24
I get it. I I'm not even going to blame
28:26
him. I mean, it would be nice like if
28:28
you are going to become a household name and be in the
28:31
maybe, who knows, maybe he's going to be in the MVP
28:33
conversation on a, on a yearly basis moving forward.
28:36
If that's the case. I mean, I don't know, man.
28:40
Like I would say let you know and maybe like try to try to
28:42
blend in a little bit with the rest of the dudes.
28:44
They're swagging, swagging out a little bit, but also.
28:48
Just a little. Also, May, on the flip side of
28:51
that conversation, you know, maybe just just be the dude that
28:55
doesn't, you know, we, we need a guy like that every now and
28:59
then. Just something to consider.
29:03
You mentioned an automatic 4020 year this year, according to
29:08
Roto Frank on Twitter. And this was after last night's
29:11
game. Tuesday night's game, he tweeted
29:13
out, said Kyle Tucker's 162 game pace after tonight is 57 home
29:19
runs, 121 runs, 121 RB is and 30 stolen bags. 5030 sounds a
29:26
little better. Yeah.
29:30
Sheesh, dude. That's what we're looking at.
29:33
Speaking of dudes, Bobby Witt junior.
29:45
No disrespect to Bobby Witt senior, but Bobby Witt junior is
29:50
the dude and you want to talk about a guy that's going to be
29:53
in the MVP conversation on a yearly basis moving forward.
29:57
This guy is one of those guys. But but before we get into the
30:02
conversation, I I need it's, it's worth repeating.
30:05
I need to reiterate the fact that I one day, whether it's by
30:11
winning the fantasy league, whenever that day hopefully
30:16
comes, it's been years at this point.
30:18
Haven't had it or just buying it myself, or maybe it's even
30:24
gifted, who knows, who knows. I'm going to own a powder blue
30:31
Bobby Witt jersey. It's going to happen.
30:34
Needs to happen. Needs to happen.
30:38
And it begs the question, I, I, it got me thinking, I'm like,
30:41
all right, well, if I, if I went Bobby Witt, like who?
30:44
What are some other dudes? And kind of going off on a
30:46
tangent here, who were a couple other dudes that maybe I'd be
30:49
interested in snacking their jerseys?
30:52
Who would be like your top three outside of your own Yankees
30:57
squad? Outside of that, who who were
31:01
three guys that you would like? No, say money wasn't an object.
31:05
Say it was me being like, hey, I'll I'll order you 3 jerseys
31:08
right now. Who, who would it be outside of
31:11
the Yankees, 'cause I'm sitting there thinking with the Bobby
31:14
Witt, I'm like that right at, at this very moment.
31:17
Outside of the socks, that's number one.
31:18
Easy. That's number one.
31:21
For sure. Powder blue Bobby Witt.
31:23
That's number one for me. Let.
31:30
Me look through, Let me look through.
31:32
Give me. I feel like it's a little crazy
31:45
to say I wouldn't mind a Corbin Carroll jersey a black D Backs.
31:50
I feel you. It's it's, it's a tough time to
31:52
say it, but yeah, let's just pretend that it's post 2023.
31:57
Yeah, yeah. Black D Backs, Corbin Carroll
32:01
Jersey. I think this one might surprise
32:08
you a little bit. I think a powder blue Rangers
32:13
Corey Seeger jersey. That's a good pick.
32:17
You're a big Corey Seeger guy. I'm a big Corey Seeger guy.
32:21
I'm a sucker for big shortstops, you know, just fun to watch.
32:27
Third one. Third one.
32:28
Third one. I might go Gunner Henderson, if
32:40
I'm being honest. I might go Gunner And then
32:43
because as I mentioned, I've, I've evolved now into the
32:47
biggest Mike Trout defender cause the haters, the the number
32:50
of haters are just climbing. They're they're just off the
32:52
charts. I may just have to go in Angels
32:54
Trout Uni if I'm being honest. If the Giants could just have
32:59
somebody that I would that I would root for, I think the the
33:04
black SF that's. Very clean.
33:08
Just give me somebody to to work with there.
33:13
That's very clean, very, very much into the black unions I
33:16
see. Black Caro, Black Giants, Uni.
33:19
Yeah, I like those. I like them a lot.
33:23
I like it. Well, if you think of somebody
33:26
to round out that list, yeah. I suppose.
33:28
Throughout the episode, let me know, but let's talk Bobby Witt
33:31
here on the season entering Wednesday, he was hitting three
33:37
O 4, seven home runs, 31 ribbies, 16 stolen bases in a
33:41
nine O 9 OPS. But it was Tuesday night, the
33:45
Bobby Witt junior game. Two tanks, 6 ribbies, three hits
33:51
on the day, three runs scored. And to top it all off, he had a
33:55
stolen base. But he had what was it over?
34:01
It was like 900 feet worth of home runs between the two home
34:06
runs I think I saw. Like 460. 468 It was the longest
34:11
of his career, I. Was the one that hit the water
34:13
right? Yeah, just kept going.
34:15
I think that got the the Patrick Mahomes reaction on Twitter.
34:19
I. Believe it did.
34:20
It did. I saw that, yeah.
34:22
It's one of those ones. I was like when, when the the
34:26
camera switches, like you, you're obviously behind the
34:29
pitcher for the at bat. And then when it switches and
34:32
they, the cameraman's tracking the ball as it's making its way
34:35
to the outfield. I like watching the reactions of
34:37
the like it's, it's like a wave of people, like people's hands
34:41
and arms that like makes their way up and yeah, and you get the
34:44
people like turned around. So you're like, you can, you can
34:46
kind of pinpoint where this thing is going to land based on
34:49
the reactions of the people around the ball.
34:51
This thing just kept going and like, you just watch the people
34:54
around and they're just looking, looking, looking.
34:56
And then it didn't even land in anybody's hands.
34:59
It landed, like you said, in the water.
35:00
So that was a a moon shot. I'm telling you, this contract
35:04
is going to go down as one of the biggest deals.
35:07
He's so good. It's crazy dude.
35:11
Friend of the pod Bobby Wood Junior.
35:13
Friend of the pod curious. Yeah, I might go back and listen
35:16
to that just for old time sake. Nabbed him early.
35:19
We nabbed. Him early.
35:20
Real early. Right after the draft, I
35:22
believe. Yeah, I think it was like almost
35:26
immediately after maybe weeks, couple months, but it was it was
35:30
very, very quick. According to Jason Jake
35:35
Eisenberg, rather on Twitter, he said Bobby Wade has started all
35:38
fifty of the Royals games and played 432 of 438 possible and
35:42
ends at short again entering Wednesday.
35:46
He's currently got a three-point 2F war, which is tied for second
35:49
in baseball. He's slashing 304-360-2546.
35:54
It's got a walk rate of 8.3, strikeout rate of 16.5, hard hit
36:00
rate of 53.4, +8 outs above average which is first in
36:07
baseball for shortstops, 7 defensive runs saved, which is
36:11
tied for first amongst Major League shortstops.
36:16
And by the way, in case you're wondering, is Bobby Witt really
36:19
that fast? It's got a 30.4 feet per second
36:22
rate, which is tied for first in baseball.
36:26
Is the full package. Yeah, I'm excited for the
36:31
position of shortstop that Gunner and Bobby Witt are like
36:35
bringing to baseball. And like, nothing against this
36:41
group that we saw hit free agency a few years ago.
36:44
But like Lindor and Correa and Zander, like I think we saw like
36:53
who they really are post contracts.
36:55
And now that we're a few years into this, like these guys
36:59
weren't like generational shortstops.
37:02
We're now getting this new class of generational shortstops.
37:05
And I don't know, man, like you and I are a little biased, but
37:09
like, I just, I feel like the shortstop should be the best
37:14
player on your team. And it's cool to see these two
37:16
guys leading the league in a lot of categories.
37:19
Who are the best players on their respective teams?
37:23
You mentioned that class and I, I, I think it's, it's worth
37:26
talking about it. Would you like, is it a stretch
37:28
to say that maybe that class didn't age as well as we would
37:33
have hoped? Like, yeah, you've got some,
37:35
you've got some dudes still in there that are still playing
37:38
well above average baseball. But I think between maybe
37:45
certain responses and contracts in terms of maybe a little bit
37:49
of a fall off with that comfortability, that security or
37:54
just injuries, is it safe to say that maybe you like, maybe this
37:59
is our chance for another go with that?
38:01
Because we're current, like I tweeted out today, and it may,
38:05
some people may consider controversial, but I'm saying I,
38:07
I said something along the lines of like, we're playing in the
38:11
latest golden age of shortstops right now, because you got to
38:14
think, I mean, we've got Bobby Witt, we've got Gunner
38:18
Henderson, we've got Trey Turner.
38:20
I mean, I mean a little bit of an overlap, but like Francisco
38:24
Lindor currently, the way that baseball is constructed right
38:29
now roster wise and, and who, who's got their shortstop locked
38:35
up, or at least who the team knows is going to be their
38:39
shortstop. Like this is a this is an
38:41
incredible era for shortstops, I think.
38:43
Yeah, yeah, I agree. You, you and, you know, there's
38:47
some talent coming. Yeah.
38:51
I, I don't get me wrong, there's a huge gap between these guys
38:54
and this guy. But like, you know, Volpe is
38:56
starting develop into his own thing.
38:58
You have Perdomo, who we saw with the D backs who kind of
39:01
came on. I know he's hurt right now and
39:03
not, you know, in the picture as much.
39:05
But like we saw him come onto the scene last year.
39:08
The D backs have Jordan Lawler, who's going to be coming up any
39:11
second to who is going to be a stud.
39:13
Like, I don't know, man, we have, I think we're going to get
39:17
into this new, this new phase of, of guys taking over.
39:24
It's freaking cool, man. I'm just a sucker for for a
39:28
shortstop stud. Well, I was, I was just all
39:34
giddy this morning just looking around baseball Reference and
39:37
and doing a little compare and contrast between Bobby Witt and
39:40
Gunnar Henderson, because that's a guy who both of which are on
39:44
my fantasy team. So little added incentive there.
39:47
Thank you for Bobby Witt, by the way.
39:49
Thank you. It hurts.
39:51
Every single time he's brought up it hurts.
39:54
Yep. I never should have done it.
39:55
I knew I shouldn't have done it. That's all right.
39:58
That's all right. But I'm I'm super excited in
40:02
particular about those two guys. So I wanted to ask you.
40:08
Because to be honest with you, I don't know if we've really
40:10
talked about Gunner as much as we should have.
40:12
Similar to a name like Kyle Tucker.
40:15
Don't know if we've given Gunner the the respect he's been due on
40:17
this particular show to date. But on the season, he's hitting
40:21
267. He's got 16 bombs, which as we
40:24
know is right there at the top. 34 ribbies, seven stolen bases,
40:27
946 OPS and an OPS plus of 171. And this was before I think
40:32
that. Well, yeah, they played today,
40:33
played the Cardinals, they wrapped up that series.
40:35
So those numbers might be slightly off, but All in all,
40:37
having a great year and another name that's right there in the
40:42
mix for American League MVP. So I wanted to ask you, between
40:46
those two, this is an impossible question.
40:49
Who would you rather build your franchise around?
40:55
I guess I'll, I'll take Bobby just because of the, the speed
40:58
factor, because like if you're just going to say it's a
41:03
Washington on everything else, it seems like all the other
41:06
tools are a little bit of a Washington.
41:08
Like they're both incredible defensively.
41:11
I guess I'll just give the edge to Bobby for speed and stolen
41:17
bases. I mean, we can assume, right
41:19
that that Bobby is going to age better at short with his frame
41:25
as opposed to a guy like Gunner. I feel like Gunner is going to
41:27
going to. What's the size difference
41:29
there? You know, I don't know, like the
41:32
height difference, but it just seems like Gunner is going to be
41:35
a guy that's going to have and it's not a it's not a a knock
41:39
against him, but it seems like Gunner's going to be the type of
41:41
guy that evolves into a third baseman role sooner than maybe a
41:47
guy like Bobby Wood. And I know there there's a
41:49
couple age or a couple years in the age difference there, but I
41:56
don't know. I just feel like Bobby's frame,
41:57
he's a little seems like he's a little lighter on his feet.
42:00
I don't know the advanced numbers, they may say otherwise,
42:04
but I think I think Bobby Whit Junior's going to age a little
42:08
better at the shortstop position.
42:11
Yeah, Gunnar 63195, the other. Bobby wait say it is 63195.
42:19
Bobby's 61190 so. OK.
42:22
Yeah. So yeah, size is going to get
42:26
you eventually. What I was going to say is like
42:31
nothing against Gunner, nothing against orgeals organization,
42:34
but like, let's face it, the the the solidifying of shortstop was
42:42
it took a little bit of time. Like there were conversations
42:45
about him, you know, being at short or being at third, being
42:48
at second. Like is Jackson a better
42:51
shortstop? Does he come into that mix?
42:53
Like even last year we saw Gunner playing a lot of third
42:56
and a lot of second. It's been like this clear path
43:01
for Bobby to be at shortstop like a no brainer when when he
43:06
was drafted, like that was the move that's in.
43:08
And I don't know if that has to do with the organization or, you
43:11
know, the lack of roster depth in certain areas, like whatever.
43:14
It's just it felt like that was more of like, we know this is
43:19
our shortstop. The Orioles know this now with
43:22
Gunner, but there was a little bit of hesitation beforehand.
43:25
So I don't know, give me the edge to to Bobby.
43:29
I'm assuming you're the same way.
43:33
Yeah, I think that's where I'm landing.
43:35
I mean not. By much.
43:37
I know pop wise Gunners got substantial edge in that
43:42
category thus far, but I mean, I think I think the pop will will
43:48
continue to develop for Bobby and I yeah, I think I, I think I
43:56
he just, I don't know, dude. I love the way both of those
43:58
guys play the game. But yeah, I've like I've been
44:02
seeing post game clips of Bobby and just the way he's like he's
44:05
just interacting with with the social media team and with fans
44:09
and the guys on his team. He's just got like a swag's not
44:15
the right word, but he's got like this charisma where I'm
44:18
like that's, that's I need that. Big confidence.
44:23
I need that for a guy that I want to build my franchise
44:25
around. I need that.
44:27
And not to say that Gunner doesn't have similar qualities,
44:29
but not as to me, at least not as pronounced as what Bobby
44:33
brings to the table. That's just me.
44:37
Speaking of some other young dudes, Vladdy, Junior, Beau on
44:42
the table possibly. Are they getting traded?
44:46
Are they getting shipped out? Let's see what Nate has to say.
44:52
I don't know. First off, I'm going to say not,
44:55
not both of them. I'm I'm going to plant my flag
44:59
on the fact that I don't think both of them.
45:02
You are definitively saying that the Blue Jays, despite their
45:06
struggles. I think they keep one.
45:08
OK. I have a feeling they keep Bo.
45:16
I think Bo stays. I'm with you on that.
45:21
Power hitting first baseman are are still rare, but like it's
45:27
it's more rare to find, you know, this kind of shortstop.
45:31
So I feel like Vlad is the one that goes.
45:36
I don't think he goes, but if there is one, I think he's the
45:40
one. Do you think there's like a a
45:42
frustration brewing amongst the Blue Jays organization
45:47
specifically maybe with like the front office?
45:49
And maybe the whole reason this conversation is, is being
45:52
brought up anyway is they're like, dude, like, come on, man,
45:56
you've been a part of this picture for a while now.
45:58
We've been waiting. And not to say that like he
46:00
hasn't, he hasn't produced, but like there has to be a little
46:06
bit of disappointment. I would think on behalf of the
46:10
front office and maybe even fans alike that they're like this,
46:14
that we're not getting that like we're still wanting for more
46:18
essentially like that we're we haven't quite gotten and I I
46:21
hate to keep beating us in the ground, but like we haven't
46:23
gotten that movie yet from Vladdy Junior and it's it's
46:28
maybe causing a little bit of division amongst the the
46:32
organization. I, I genuinely think it's a lack
46:37
of maturity. Like I'm, I'm kind of ready to
46:42
be like, who were you when 100% of your focus is being better at
46:49
baseball? You know what I'm saying?
46:52
Like where, when are we going to see like the I I'm he's got to
47:01
trim down. And I know he's shown up to
47:04
camp, you know, a few different times in his career so far that
47:07
he's like, hey, slimmer than he was last year.
47:11
He's got to slim down. He's got to get better at first
47:13
base. And I'm waiting to see like,
47:15
when are you going to get over this hump of like, I'm ready to
47:19
be a Hall of Famer. And it it there's so much.
47:24
And I don't know if it has to do with the Blue Jays organization
47:26
or their clubhouse or their roster, but there is like this
47:30
like unearned swagger, chip on your shoulder chirping that they
47:42
all do. And we've talked about like,
47:45
that's one of our issues with Manoa.
47:47
It's like, what have you done to talk this way?
47:50
What have you done to walk this way?
47:52
Like, show me more. And and are you getting this
47:58
treatment if your name isn't junior, You know what I'm
48:02
saying? Like how much of this still is
48:06
acceptable if if you're a different name, I he, he gets
48:13
under my skin and and that's a biased thing, of course.
48:17
Like I can't stand the Blue Jays.
48:20
They drive me insane. But everything out of Vlad's
48:23
mouth is like, it's, it's like the like, doubt me.
48:28
I'll show you in in like the the Yankees.
48:32
All they do is think about us and like, it's, it's everything
48:35
out of his mouth is like, and it's like at some point, shut up
48:39
and show me what your potential is.
48:42
So you're not referencing anything like as like, 'cause I
48:45
don't think Vlad, he's made headlines for anything sound
48:48
bite wise as of late. You're you're saying more
48:51
generally like. Big sure.
48:53
It's just big sure. It's just since we've seen him
48:55
something. That's developed, yeah.
48:57
Since he's been here and it's, it's like this, I don't know you
49:00
just you haven't earned it yet. So you think he's the one that's
49:04
going to go? Tell me where you where you see
49:07
him going. I looked through place, I looked
49:09
through different places and there was AI think an article
49:13
that came out on Bleacher Report of like the top 10 landing
49:17
spots. Here are some spots where I
49:19
eliminated that were on that list, the Royals and the Astros.
49:26
I got rid of those guys only one and I know this isn't like the
49:31
end all be all, but they only have one top 100 ranked
49:35
prospect. So I don't think there's enough
49:38
to. I think the Blue Jays asking
49:39
price is going to be pretty high.
49:40
So I'm going to eliminate those guys.
49:43
I'm going to eliminate the guardians, plenty of of top
49:47
ranked guys, but they have Kyle Menzardo who is like like a true
49:52
pure hitter. We saw him in spring training
49:55
lefty and I think they're really high on him.
49:57
I think he's probably going to be up this year or he's up
50:01
already. I think he's gotten some A VS
50:03
already. He's going to settle in.
50:06
I got rid of the Giants. They have a young Giants.
50:11
Can I chime in there? I got just a note and I'll let
50:13
you keep rolling. That was actually, that was
50:15
actually my pick. I I mean, there's really,
50:19
there's so much speculation that goes into something like this as
50:22
we all, I mean, we see this every offseason, like who's
50:24
going to end up where? So it's really just kind of
50:26
looking at some general numbers. And weirdly enough, this is
50:30
super, super insignificant, but it's just interesting.
50:36
So I'm like, you know, it it the stars might align for a team
50:40
like the Giants, Oracle Park, it's the smallest sample size of
50:47
any ballpark in Major League Baseball.
50:48
For flattish junior, he has seven A BS in Oracle Park.
50:52
He has three hits. Two of them are home runs.
50:59
And then you combine that with the fact that that Vladdy Junior
51:02
isn't an elite name star that the Giants seemingly miss out on
51:08
every year. He's a tear down or some would
51:12
maybe even argue two tears down. I would say one tear down when
51:16
he's playing his best ball, he's I would say he's a tear down
51:19
right there in that wheelhouse. And I think right now the only
51:23
the only thing they're really working with is Lamont Wade
51:25
Junior. Yeah, there first.
51:27
So who? Transitioned from the outfield
51:29
to first base, you know, so it's not even like that was his home.
51:33
Yeah, I agree I don't hate it. The only reason I said no, they
51:36
have Bryce Eldridge who is a pretty high ranked prospect.
51:39
His due date is 2026 so I think he's he's around the corner but
51:45
I don't hate the because there is still a year control left for
51:49
Vlad I believe. Year, year and a half.
51:52
I mean, I think it was two at the start of this year.
51:55
So the rest of this year and next year, yeah, I, I, I said no
51:59
only because of what? That, but I, I get your
52:02
argument. My, my maybe spots, and then
52:05
I'll give you my pick. You know this better than I do.
52:08
But I, I thought the Red Sox could maybe consider it.
52:13
The Green Monster is, is just up for grabs.
52:17
I mean, that's, that's like the dream in Fenway is to have a, a
52:21
power bat from the right side. They do have three top 100
52:26
ranked prospects. They rank 18th in farm systems
52:31
according to Bleacher Report. They have Kenley Jensen coming
52:34
off the books next year too. So like if you're talking
52:38
extension, it could be done that is a payroll move.
52:43
Casas is going to be your guy at first moving forward and I would
52:46
venture to say that Rafi moves to the DH spot sooner than we
52:49
think. That's fair.
52:51
I was going to say I, I if, if that does happen, I think Casas
52:54
would be included in the deal. I think they're too high on on
52:58
casas especially which. Yeah, and I don't know if.
53:00
The Jays would go in the division to be honest with.
53:03
You that's true. That's true.
53:04
That's why it's a maybe for me. Another maybe.
53:07
The Twins, they ranked 15th in the in farm systems.
53:10
They have four top 100 guys. Three of those guys are
53:14
outfielders. I have a feeling that's what the
53:17
Blue Jays are looking for. His amount field depth and and
53:20
getting younger there. The Cubs have the number one
53:24
ranked prospect farm. They have seven top 100 guys.
53:29
Do they need to make that move? Are they ready to win?
53:32
I don't know. So my pick is the Mariners.
53:36
It's that sweet spot. They're the 12th ranked farm
53:39
system. They have four top 100 guys.
53:41
I, I'm, I think I'm kind of done with the Thai France situation.
53:46
I think he would probably be included in that deal.
53:49
He's set to be a free agent next year anyway.
53:54
I, I like that spot. They're in a win now mode.
53:57
I know that Astros have started to turn it around, but like
54:00
right now they're controlling this division and they need to
54:05
be in contention this year. So I know that's not like a
54:09
super out-of-the-box pick. I know there's plenty out there
54:12
that are picking the Mariners, too, but that's what I landed
54:14
on. I like it.
54:17
Yeah, Beau. Real quick note on Beau if he
54:20
does go anywhere, maybe Dodgers include Gavin Lux in.
54:29
There with some. Prospects just move on from that
54:31
experiment. They have a 6th ranked farm by
54:35
the way. I did also put the Red Sox.
54:40
Don't know there be a little weird.
54:43
Depends on not quickly Marcelo gets up, but.
54:47
The real underdog pick for me would be the Guardians because
54:52
of the first base being taken care of with that Bryce Eldridge
54:55
kid or excuse me, the Kalamazardo kid.
54:58
I think. I think the Guardians have
55:01
enough to make that move and like, I don't know, maybe you
55:07
get him for a little bit and I don't think they extend him, but
55:11
at least he get him for this year and like try to make a run
55:14
and he fits into like what they do.
55:16
They just slap the ball around. All over the field.
55:18
That's a good point. That's a good point.
55:20
That's their philosophy. So I I.
55:22
Don't know, I could see it there too.
55:24
I like that. I like that pick.
55:27
I I don't think he goes anywhere, but I can definitely
55:30
see that. Yeah, the other, the other
55:33
competition to this is I, I think Willie Adamas is going to
55:36
get moved at some point this year.
55:39
True. So that's what Beau is competing
55:41
against and it just depends on asking price.
55:44
Well, kind of putting a bow on this whole thing and I, I
55:46
alluded to it earlier, but I was looking at the, the shortstop
55:50
situations across Major League Baseball.
55:52
You would be surprised at how many teams are set at short.
55:55
Yeah. There are very few teams that I
55:58
think would be willing to part with with high level prospects
56:02
for a guy like Beau given their their current situation.
56:05
Like they're very few and the the the few that would need a
56:09
guy like Beau, it's like why, why now?
56:12
Why him so? It's it's especially small when
56:16
and again, for both of these names, it's got to be almost to
56:19
compete now, right? And almost a payroll that be
56:22
willing to try and extend and it, it really narrows it down.
56:28
The market's not that big, which I that means that's why, that's
56:32
why I don't think they're going anywhere.
56:33
I don't think the Blue Jays are going to budget on their asking
56:35
price. And the market isn't as big for
56:38
Bo, little bigger for Vlad, but yeah.
56:44
I mean, who knows, maybe the Tigers just say screw it, cut
56:47
ties with Javi and. I'd be legit.
56:51
Go get Bo. I mean, because they're kind of
56:53
right there in the mix. Who knows?
56:54
Well, we'll see. I like, I like your pick of the
56:56
Guardians a little better. That makes, I think that makes a
56:58
little more sense. Well, that about does it unless
57:01
you have anything else. I know it's a little quicker
57:03
than usual, but we got to get out of here.
57:06
Normal. It's normal length and we're
57:08
calling it quicker than usual. Well, we we're we're SOB an hour
57:12
right now, so. That's what healthy podcast
57:15
length looks like. That's true.
57:17
We're we're we're SOB an hour right now.
57:19
So we can still take advantage of that if we get out of here.
57:22
But if we, if we continue on for much longer, we'll be, yeah,
57:25
we're, I mean, hour 15 is usually where we end up more
57:29
times than not. So it is, it is a little
57:31
shorter, a little a little shorter than normal.
57:33
So feel like we got to everything we wanted to.
57:37
So unless there's anything you got to add, think we're good.
57:42
I promise. Hopefully.
57:44
Well, I, I can't promise 'cause it's the USPS, who knows what
57:47
they're doing. Hope to have the the A's polo by
57:51
next episode and it'll be Billy Beane for the next 14 episodes
57:56
from there on out. Can't freaking wait.
57:59
Can't wait. I love it.
58:01
Let's have a good weekend, everybody.
58:03
We're basically there. Don't go chasing curveballs.
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Love you all, and as always, looking forward to talking more
58:08
baseball with you guys soon. Until next time, stay filthy.