Latest / Foul Territory / Fair Territory: Trade Deadline updates, Red Sox & O's STREAKING, Ohtani injury means a real MVP race?

Transcript

Fair Territory: Trade Deadline updates, Red Sox & O's STREAKING, Ohtani injury means a real MVP race? · Foul Territory

0:01
Speaker 1: Welcome everyone in to the Monday edition of Fair Territory.
0:04
Speaker 1: I'm Ken Rosenthal here with you for the next half
0:06
Speaker 1: hour or so. I know Red Sox fans want me
0:09
Speaker 1: to get to the Red Sox. I know Orioles fans
0:12
Speaker 1: want me to get to the Orioles, and we will
0:14
Speaker 1: do that. But first we're going to start with the
0:16
Speaker 1: biggest news of the weekend, and that was the news
0:19
Speaker 1: that Shohey Otani will not pitch for quote some time unquote,
0:25
Speaker 1: according to his manager Dave Roberts. Now this is big
0:28
Speaker 1: news in any number of ways. Otani obviously is going
0:32
Speaker 1: to continue to hit. We now know that when he
0:34
Speaker 1: skipped the All Star Game, it wasn't just I'm gonna
0:37
Speaker 1: take a couple of days off. No, he has a
0:40
Speaker 1: legitimate issue with that knee and it is causing him
0:45
Speaker 1: to not be able to pitch or at least be
0:48
Speaker 1: comfortable with his mechanics the way he normally would be.
0:51
Speaker 1: So he is out of the rotation for now. What
0:55
Speaker 1: this does to the Dodgers is interesting because you could
0:59
Speaker 1: argue that they're already set with their rotation. I want
1:02
Speaker 1: to show you where they are with that rotation. But
1:05
Speaker 1: you can also argue that maybe they would need a starter,
1:09
Speaker 1: and I'm not talking about necessarily Trek Skruble. I'm talking
1:13
Speaker 1: about just a depth starter. But i want to show
1:15
Speaker 1: you just where they are right now. Okay, So here
1:18
Speaker 1: are the healthy starters. Yamamoto, Robleski, both of those guys
1:22
Speaker 1: all stars. Sasaki brilliant start against the Yankees on Friday night,
1:27
Speaker 1: Emma Sheen who has had good moments, and Eric Lawer
1:30
Speaker 1: who has been really good since coming over from the
1:32
Speaker 1: Blue Jays. Joey Otani, he's injured in the pitching sense, obviously,
1:38
Speaker 1: he is still continuing to hit. Then you've got Snell,
1:41
Speaker 1: who has started a rehabilitation assignment. He is close. And
1:44
Speaker 1: then you've got Glass now, who is probably a few
1:47
Speaker 1: weeks behind Snell. Now, the Dodgers have been going with
1:50
Speaker 1: a six man rotation. They're going to continue to do that,
1:54
Speaker 1: and what they'll do is fill in bullpen games when
1:57
Speaker 1: they need to for that sixth spot until Snell is ready.
2:02
Speaker 1: We saw it last night against the Yankees. They ran
2:04
Speaker 1: a bullpen game, actually rather successfully, even though they lost
2:08
Speaker 1: the game two to one. So that is the Dodgers
2:11
Speaker 1: element of all this, just what it means to their team,
2:15
Speaker 1: and with an eleven and a half game lead, they
2:16
Speaker 1: certainly don't have to push anyone. That's the lead that
2:20
Speaker 1: they have in the National League West. What is also
2:23
Speaker 1: interesting about this physical setback for Otani. It's hard to
2:28
Speaker 1: call it an injury, although I guess it is. That
2:31
Speaker 1: is the implications for both the CY Young and MVP races. Now,
2:35
Speaker 1: you remember we talked a lot about this season Otani
2:39
Speaker 1: wanting to win his first CY Young. It seemed to
2:42
Speaker 1: be a clear goal. Dave Roberts acknowledged that it was
2:45
Speaker 1: a clear goal. Well, now it's not going to happen,
2:49
Speaker 1: simple as that he simply doesn't have the innings. And frankly,
2:54
Speaker 1: he wasn't necessarily going to have the innings even if
2:56
Speaker 1: he had stayed healthy, pitching in a six man rotation,
2:59
Speaker 1: getting extra to rest when necessary. I want to say
3:02
Speaker 1: the National League Innings Board leader board, just to explain
3:06
Speaker 1: what I mean here, because he is way behind even now,
3:10
Speaker 1: all right, there's al Contra leading the league with one
3:13
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty six and two thirds innings, Christopher Sanchez
3:16
Speaker 1: not far behind one hundred and twenty seven and a third,
3:19
Speaker 1: and then Yamamoto at one hundred and nineteen and two thirds.
3:22
Speaker 1: The Mez, who is a legit cy Young candidate, is
3:25
Speaker 1: twenty third in innings right now, actually tied for twenty
3:29
Speaker 1: third with one hundred and eleven Otani at eighty five
3:32
Speaker 1: and two thirds, And frankly, we don't know how much
3:35
Speaker 1: he is going to pitch the rest of the year.
3:37
Speaker 1: You see down below there the fewest innings pitched by
3:41
Speaker 1: a cy Young winning starting pitcher in a full season.
3:45
Speaker 1: That's Corbyn Burns with one hundred and sixty seven in
3:47
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. I had a problem with that one.
3:51
Speaker 1: I like volume in my cy Young votes. As you've
3:53
Speaker 1: often heard me say to me, the more innings you pitch,
3:56
Speaker 1: the more chances you have to fail, Simply the way
4:00
Speaker 1: it is. And yeah, your er might be higher, your
4:03
Speaker 1: other stats might not be as good. Regardless, it's going
4:07
Speaker 1: to affect the cy Young race. Now, the MVP race
4:10
Speaker 1: also gets rather interesting. Now, assuming Otani doesn't pitch much
4:15
Speaker 1: the rest of the year, and we don't know that
4:17
Speaker 1: that's going to be the case, he might come back
4:19
Speaker 1: and he might end up with one hundred and twenty
4:21
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty innings, in which case he still
4:24
Speaker 1: have a really strong MVP case. But without him pitching,
4:30
Speaker 1: he's not the same kind of candidate. He becomes actually
4:33
Speaker 1: a human, mortal candidate. Pete crow Armstrong is having a
4:38
Speaker 1: brilliant season. Now, you wouldn't have said he was even
4:42
Speaker 1: close in the race if Otani was going to pitch
4:45
Speaker 1: the full season. Even crow Armstrong acknowledged that. Last week.
4:49
Speaker 1: PCA said something to the effect of, as long as
4:52
Speaker 1: that guy is pitching, I've got no chance. Well, now
4:55
Speaker 1: maybe the plot thickens if you look at WAR and
4:59
Speaker 1: I know WAR is not a perfect statistic, but it
5:03
Speaker 1: is an estimate that gives us an idea of a
5:06
Speaker 1: player's all around value. You look at WAR and we'll
5:10
Speaker 1: show you here what I'm talking about. F UR and
5:12
Speaker 1: b WAR. Those are two of the leading ones in
5:15
Speaker 1: f WAR right now, and these are Otani's combined stats
5:18
Speaker 1: pitching and hitting. He's at six point one to crow
5:21
Speaker 1: Armstrong's five point nine b WAR. It's even closer five
5:25
Speaker 1: point eight to five point seven. Does PCA have a chance?
5:29
Speaker 1: I would say now, yes, he has a chance, and
5:32
Speaker 1: I would not have said that before. So again, it
5:35
Speaker 1: all depends upon when Otani pitches again. If he and
5:39
Speaker 1: PCA continue to perform at high levels in PCA's case,
5:43
Speaker 1: both offensively and defensively. So there you have it, the
5:47
Speaker 1: Otani multi layered discussion that is quite fascinating and of
5:52
Speaker 1: course is something that the Dodgers will be monitoring with
5:56
Speaker 1: him as far as his workload and his health all
5:59
Speaker 1: season long.
6:03
Speaker 2: Hey, for the families out there looking for a new
6:05
Speaker 2: path to help your child succeed, take a look at
6:07
Speaker 2: K twelve Powered Schools. K twelve offers tuition free, accredited
6:12
Speaker 2: online public education for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade,
6:16
Speaker 2: all in a setting that works for your family. And
6:18
Speaker 2: they've been a leader in online education for over twenty
6:20
Speaker 2: five years, serving over three million families and Todd Father
6:25
Speaker 2: you've raved about the homeschooling experience.
6:27
Speaker 3: Hey, if you're a busy family, K twelve is where
6:30
Speaker 3: it's at. I've had a couple of my children who've
6:32
Speaker 3: been homeschooled. It's a fantastic opportunity for them not only
6:36
Speaker 3: to get better in school, but timely fashion too, and
6:39
Speaker 3: make some new friends. K twelve has every opportunity to
6:42
Speaker 3: make your child better and smarter as they move forward
6:45
Speaker 3: in their academic career.
6:47
Speaker 2: See how K twelve powered schools can help unlock your
6:50
Speaker 2: child's full potential. Enroll online today at K twelve dot
6:53
Speaker 2: com slash foul. That's the letter K the number twelve
6:57
Speaker 2: dot com slash foul. K twelve dot com slash foul.
7:01
Speaker 1: To the American League and to the two hottest teams
7:04
Speaker 1: in baseball right now, the Boston Red Sox. First winning
7:08
Speaker 1: streak by the Red Sox since I'm sorry, first thirteen
7:12
Speaker 1: game winning streak by the Red Sox since nineteen forty eight.
7:15
Speaker 1: I'm so excited for them, I can barely get my
7:18
Speaker 1: words out. First thirteen game winning streak by a Boston
7:21
Speaker 1: team since nineteen forty eight, the days of Ted Williams,
7:25
Speaker 1: the Orioles, a seven game winning streak, and they two
7:29
Speaker 1: are quite interesting right now. And these teams actually are
7:33
Speaker 1: going to meet in Boston. That is their next series,
7:36
Speaker 1: and that is going to be something where one of
7:38
Speaker 1: these teams at least has to lose. Now. The Red
7:41
Speaker 1: Sox coming off that four game sweep of Tampa Bay
7:44
Speaker 1: right out of the break. That is now four straight
7:48
Speaker 1: series sweeps. They are eighteen and two in their last
7:51
Speaker 1: twenty Are they a really good team? I don't believe
7:55
Speaker 1: that they are necessarily, but we're talking about the race
7:58
Speaker 1: of the Turtles, the American League and the Red Sox.
8:02
Speaker 1: What they have that most teams do not, and they've
8:04
Speaker 1: had this all season is pitching, particularly starting pitching. Even
8:09
Speaker 1: without Crochet, even without Rangers Suarez, who is on the
8:12
Speaker 1: IL right now, they continue to pitch at a high level.
8:16
Speaker 1: Their offense has been better during the streak quite obviously.
8:19
Speaker 1: That is why they are winning games. So good for
8:22
Speaker 1: the Red Sox. Now they have the Orioles and the
8:24
Speaker 1: Blue Jays to complete this homestand I don't know that
8:27
Speaker 1: they're going to establish any gap in this wildcard race.
8:31
Speaker 1: You see it right there. They are in the third
8:32
Speaker 1: spot right now, but they are now positioned to be
8:36
Speaker 1: a buyer at the deadline. The Orioles also interesting now.
8:40
Speaker 1: The Oriols are still two games below five hundred. They
8:43
Speaker 1: had some physical concerns arise on Sunday when Adlie Rushman
8:48
Speaker 1: did not play due to left risk and discomfort, and
8:51
Speaker 1: then Samuel Bassaio had to leave the game due to
8:54
Speaker 1: right shoulder discomfort. Basio Rushman, those are two of their
8:58
Speaker 1: best players and if they're not available going forward in
9:02
Speaker 1: any fashion, that's going to be a problem for them,
9:05
Speaker 1: but they too quietly have pitched really well over their
9:10
Speaker 1: improvement the last few weeks predates this streak. They've gotten
9:15
Speaker 1: great work out of young Bratish, Trevor Rodgers. They are
9:19
Speaker 1: really right now an impressive looking team in terms of
9:23
Speaker 1: the way they're going about it from the rotation standpoint.
9:26
Speaker 1: Can they keep it up well, it's going to depend
9:28
Speaker 1: on health. It's going to depend on them playing a
9:30
Speaker 1: cleaner brand of baseball. We've talked at length about this,
9:34
Speaker 1: but they've got some good things happening, and certainly the
9:37
Speaker 1: extension that Bratish signed on Saturday five years, ninety million,
9:41
Speaker 1: and that's a good thing too. So here are the
9:44
Speaker 1: Orioles and Red Sox pretty interesting? What's going on with them?
9:48
Speaker 1: They're going to meet right now and we'll be talking
9:51
Speaker 1: about them a lot more in a positive sense, it
9:54
Speaker 1: seems than we have all season long time. Now for
10:04
Speaker 1: the inside dish, we're going to talk a little deadline
10:06
Speaker 1: and why not. Twenty three of the thirty teams are
10:10
Speaker 1: within four and a half games of a wildcard spot,
10:13
Speaker 1: and we've discussed this on shows on FT. What is
10:17
Speaker 1: going to happen? Here are we going to have some
10:20
Speaker 1: definition before the August third trade deadline, more delineation between
10:25
Speaker 1: the buyers and the sellers. I'm not sure we're going
10:28
Speaker 1: to get there, because these teams are not good enough
10:31
Speaker 1: necessarily to separate themselves from others. But that said, some
10:36
Speaker 1: things are starting to percolate. We've written about quite a
10:39
Speaker 1: few of them in The Athletic in recent days, and
10:41
Speaker 1: we'll go through a few of them. Now, let's start
10:44
Speaker 1: with the Mets. Let's start with Francisco Lindor. This has
10:48
Speaker 1: been the talk, certainly in New York for quite some
10:50
Speaker 1: time now, and it's certainly the talk nationally as well.
10:54
Speaker 1: Will the Mets trade Francisco Lindor? I laid this out,
10:59
Speaker 1: or actually will sound I'm laid it out. He wrote
11:01
Speaker 1: the story. I helped him with the story the other day.
11:03
Speaker 1: And it's going to be a situation where, yes, they're
11:06
Speaker 1: going to listen. Of course they're going to listen. They're
11:08
Speaker 1: a horrible team. They're going to listen on pretty much everyone.
11:11
Speaker 1: But the chances of a trade at mid season are unlikely,
11:16
Speaker 1: and the reasons for that are many. First of all,
11:19
Speaker 1: the Mets still view Lindor as a valuable player for
11:22
Speaker 1: them going forward kind of a stalwart along with Juan Soto.
11:26
Speaker 1: This team should be built around two potential Hall of
11:29
Speaker 1: Fame players Lindor and Sodo. So they're not going to
11:32
Speaker 1: give him away. They're not going to pay down his contract,
11:35
Speaker 1: and he's owed one hundred and sixty million more than
11:38
Speaker 1: that through twenty thirty one, that's after this year. It's
11:42
Speaker 1: not like Verlander and schurz Are a few years back,
11:44
Speaker 1: where they paid a lot of money to get rid
11:46
Speaker 1: of those guys. The Mets do not intend to do
11:49
Speaker 1: that with Lindor, and because he's owed a lot of money,
11:52
Speaker 1: because they still view him as valuable, because he has
11:55
Speaker 1: not performed this year in large for the injuries he's suffered,
12:00
Speaker 1: his value right now is not great. He also enjoys
12:03
Speaker 1: full no trade protection as a player with ten years
12:07
Speaker 1: of major league service, five consecutive with the same club.
12:10
Speaker 1: So if you're going to trade Lindor, and certainly doesn't
12:13
Speaker 1: seem that the Mets are motivated to do that, you're
12:16
Speaker 1: probably going to do it in the off season. As
12:18
Speaker 1: I've said many times before, it's easier to trade a
12:21
Speaker 1: position player in the off season when teams are more
12:25
Speaker 1: flexible with their rosters, they can move pieces around easier,
12:28
Speaker 1: they can trade other players. They can still do that
12:31
Speaker 1: at the deadline, it just gets more complicated, particularly if
12:35
Speaker 1: you're a contending club. So with Lindor, it's going to
12:39
Speaker 1: be interesting to see number one, how he plays the
12:42
Speaker 1: rest of the season, because that's as I said, Remember,
12:45
Speaker 1: you had the hammade injury that cost him spring training,
12:48
Speaker 1: didn't have a spring training. Then he had the calf injury,
12:51
Speaker 1: which for a shortstop, of course, is going to be problematic.
12:55
Speaker 1: So let's see if he finally figures it out. He
12:58
Speaker 1: had a big day Sunday off and if he gets rolling,
13:02
Speaker 1: then the question becomes number two, can he coexist with
13:07
Speaker 1: Juan Soto? The Mets insist the answer is yes. But
13:10
Speaker 1: of course the Mets insisted there was no problem last year,
13:14
Speaker 1: only to hit have Steve Cohen, the owner, come out
13:16
Speaker 1: and say recently to Joel Sherman and John Hayman on
13:20
Speaker 1: the New York Post podcast that yes, there was a
13:23
Speaker 1: problem last year, but it's all better now. So the
13:26
Speaker 1: questions around Lindor will continue to swirl until he proves
13:31
Speaker 1: he is the player he once was. And he does
13:33
Speaker 1: turn thirty three next season and until he proves again
13:37
Speaker 1: that he can coexist with Soto. All right, So that's
13:39
Speaker 1: the Mets. They've got relievers to trade, aj Minter and
13:43
Speaker 1: Brooks Rally, They've got Freddie Peralta. They've got a number
13:46
Speaker 1: of other people that are going to draw interest. Clay Holmes,
13:50
Speaker 1: of course, is going to be one of them. He
13:52
Speaker 1: also could sign an extension. Francisco Alvarez. Will Salmon has
13:55
Speaker 1: written about him. He could also be someone that they
13:58
Speaker 1: talk about. Number of others, including the best right handed believers,
14:03
Speaker 1: Luke Weaver and Huascar Brazaban. The Rets the Reds, not
14:08
Speaker 1: the Rets. There was no team called the Rets. The
14:11
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Reds. They are a more obvious seller, and I
14:15
Speaker 1: reported with Trent Rosecrans over the weekend that they are
14:19
Speaker 1: open for business now. They're focused mostly on their rentals.
14:23
Speaker 1: They've got quite a few. But the interesting thing about
14:26
Speaker 1: the Reds and Trent learning this and talking to some
14:28
Speaker 1: of their people, is that they are open also to
14:32
Speaker 1: adding controllable players the way they did two previous times
14:36
Speaker 1: when they were sellers. Two thousand and nine they brought
14:39
Speaker 1: in future Hall of famers Scott Rowland. That was a
14:41
Speaker 1: year they were selling twenty nineteen, they brought in future
14:45
Speaker 1: Sy Young winner Trevor Bauer. Same kind of situation. So
14:49
Speaker 1: while the Reds can talk about Brady Singer, who's been
14:51
Speaker 1: really hot of late two point sixty four era in
14:55
Speaker 1: his last eight starts, and they can talk about other
14:57
Speaker 1: rentals as well, Aohanris, Nathaniel Lowe, Tyler Stevenson, and maybe
15:03
Speaker 1: even they can talk about some of their starting pitchers
15:06
Speaker 1: under Control Lodolo, maybe even Hunter Green. They're gonna be
15:10
Speaker 1: focused on the rentals. They're gonna be focused on trying
15:12
Speaker 1: to get better. They've got other pieces people want, Spencer Steer,
15:16
Speaker 1: JJ Bleday, But at some point you can't trade everyone.
15:21
Speaker 1: You can't trade your entire team. You have to play
15:24
Speaker 1: the rest of the season, the final two months, and
15:27
Speaker 1: you have to point toward a better twenty twenty seven, if,
15:31
Speaker 1: of course, there is going to be a twenty twenty seven.
15:34
Speaker 1: So the Cincinnati Reds, a team that started the season
15:38
Speaker 1: twenty and eleven, has gone twenty five and forty two since.
15:42
Speaker 1: They've been terrible. They've been terrible in a division where
15:47
Speaker 1: three other teams with similar resources, the Cardinals, Pirates, and Brewers,
15:52
Speaker 1: have all had different measures of success. Those teams have
15:56
Speaker 1: all played well. Look, every one of them is above
15:59
Speaker 1: five hundred. The Brewer have the second best record in
16:01
Speaker 1: the National League. So for the Reds, no excuses. They
16:05
Speaker 1: have not had a good run here. So I would
16:08
Speaker 1: expect with Cincinnati they're going to sell and sell pretty big.
16:12
Speaker 1: And the really interesting aspect for them is going to
16:16
Speaker 1: be whether they can bring in some pieces that can
16:18
Speaker 1: help them going forward, some controllable assets, as executives call them. Finally,
16:24
Speaker 1: I want to show you the National League wildcard standings
16:26
Speaker 1: because we've talked a lot about the Ale wildcard. I've
16:29
Speaker 1: called it the race of the Turtles and how kind
16:32
Speaker 1: of it's a mediocre situation over there. The National wildcard
16:36
Speaker 1: race is really interesting. So here you see it, the Cardinals, Marlins,
16:42
Speaker 1: and Pirates. Right now, those three teams, the Cardinals, Marlins,
16:46
Speaker 1: and Pirates all tied for the third wildcard spot. And
16:50
Speaker 1: that's what the Marlins losing six straight. Okay. Then you
16:54
Speaker 1: have the Diamondbacks, a team that I would not necessarily
16:57
Speaker 1: have thought of as playing well this year, only a
17:00
Speaker 1: half game back the Nationals, a team that was supposedly
17:03
Speaker 1: rebuilding two games back in the San Diego Padres, a
17:07
Speaker 1: Padres team that has not played well, that has looked
17:11
Speaker 1: at times just I don't even know the right word
17:14
Speaker 1: for it. Not all there. They are two and a
17:17
Speaker 1: half games back. So even for all the bad things
17:21
Speaker 1: that have happened, the Padres are right there. And given
17:24
Speaker 1: that we may see their president of Baseball Operations, Aj Preller,
17:28
Speaker 1: still want to sell. But I want to talk about
17:31
Speaker 1: the Nationals here because the Nationals remain in a really
17:34
Speaker 1: interesting spot. Story over the weekend from Will Salmon and
17:38
Speaker 1: Spencer Nussbound detailed how they're already drawing interest in Luis
17:43
Speaker 1: Crustia Junior. He's a guy who's played first base this
17:46
Speaker 1: year but second base in the past, and is having,
17:50
Speaker 1: at age twenty six, really his best season. He's only
17:55
Speaker 1: making only baseball term six point eight seven five. That's
18:00
Speaker 1: only in a relative sense. And he's a guy who
18:03
Speaker 1: twenty home runs and also ranks seventh in the Major
18:07
Speaker 1: seventh in w RC plus. That's weighted runs create a plus.
18:11
Speaker 1: That's a statistic that gives you a good feel for
18:16
Speaker 1: a player's overall offensive performance. Garcia is a left handed hitter.
18:20
Speaker 1: It would be better for the Nationals if he was
18:22
Speaker 1: right handed. But here's a guy that even if they
18:25
Speaker 1: feel they don't want to blow up their team, while
18:27
Speaker 1: in contention, they can trade. They've got two first basemen
18:31
Speaker 1: of Tripa, they can do some things with him, and
18:34
Speaker 1: he's a guy that will fit for a number of clubs.
18:37
Speaker 1: Teams want offense, and offense is at a premium in
18:42
Speaker 1: today's game, especially right handed hitting offense. But Luis Garcia Jr.
18:47
Speaker 1: Is also going to be in that category as well.
18:49
Speaker 1: So really interesting to see what the Nationals do here.
18:53
Speaker 1: They've got some bigger pieces as well. Foster Griffin, all
18:57
Speaker 1: star pitcher that came over from As. They signed him
19:01
Speaker 1: to Believe a five point five million dollar deal. He's
19:04
Speaker 1: had a remarkable season for them. They could trade him,
19:07
Speaker 1: they could also try to extend him. And then there's
19:09
Speaker 1: cj Abrams. Cj Abrams has had a remarkable offensive season.
19:14
Speaker 1: He probably is not a shortstop going forward. Everyone in
19:17
Speaker 1: the industry knows that, but he is a guy with
19:19
Speaker 1: some value. But like Lindor, though he's not making nearly
19:24
Speaker 1: as much money, he is more of an off season
19:27
Speaker 1: move because if you're going to do that, you're gonna
19:30
Speaker 1: do that at a time when you can involve the
19:31
Speaker 1: greatest number of teams, So I don't expect them to
19:34
Speaker 1: do anything major with Abrams. I'm not even sure they
19:37
Speaker 1: would do that with Griffin, though certainly he would have
19:40
Speaker 1: value the way he has performed this season. He actually
19:42
Speaker 1: has been one of the best stories this season. So
19:45
Speaker 1: what's going to happen in the two weeks ahead, the
19:49
Speaker 1: two weeks leading to the deadline. The answer is I
19:52
Speaker 1: don't know, because still we don't have answers on where
19:57
Speaker 1: a number of teams are. I haven't even talked to
20:00
Speaker 1: about the Detroit Tigers. Detroit Tigers, we know how well
20:03
Speaker 1: they've played, we know that they're probably inclined to keep schooble.
20:08
Speaker 1: But at the same time, they lose yesterday, Suddenly it's
20:11
Speaker 1: a four and a half gap in the wildcard race.
20:13
Speaker 1: Four and a half games, not insurmountable, but not easy either.
20:18
Speaker 1: So if the Tigers, or the Red Sox for that matter,
20:21
Speaker 1: or the Orioles, if these teams over the next two
20:25
Speaker 1: weeks go south again, and certainly they're capable of annoying South.
20:29
Speaker 1: We've seen them in the southern Southern region for most
20:33
Speaker 1: of the season. If that happens again, then you have
20:36
Speaker 1: a whole different equation. But right now for the Tigers,
20:39
Speaker 1: for the Orioles, for the Red Sox, and for a
20:41
Speaker 1: number of other teams, all but seven teams. Really contention
20:46
Speaker 1: is on. The races are on, and they're not ready
20:49
Speaker 1: to sell just yet. We'll be back with Grill and
20:52
Speaker 1: Ken right after this.
20:54
Speaker 4: Todd father, are you hitting some games this summer? What's
20:56
Speaker 4: the deal?
20:57
Speaker 3: Of course that It's real simple, Scottie Braun. You know
21:00
Speaker 3: how it is. You go to seat geek and you
21:02
Speaker 3: can find any deal you want in any section you want,
21:05
Speaker 3: even if the game sold out. Go to seat Geek
21:08
Speaker 3: and you'll find something that you love, affordable for your
21:11
Speaker 3: family that you can enjoy anywhere, anytime, at any ballpark
21:15
Speaker 3: in stadium you want enjoy it. It's the best opportunity
21:18
Speaker 3: to go see a beautiful game of baseball.
21:20
Speaker 4: And that's the thing that you can be so last minute.
21:23
Speaker 1: Sea Geek is.
21:24
Speaker 2: The official ticket marketplace of Major League Baseball. They have
21:27
Speaker 2: you covered for all of your baseball ticket needs the
21:30
Speaker 2: entire summer. They also have over seventy thousand events on
21:33
Speaker 2: sea geek that includes concerts, festivals, all kinds of sporting events.
21:38
Speaker 4: So go check it out right now. FTFAM.
21:40
Speaker 2: The code is Territory ten for ten percent off your
21:43
Speaker 2: next set of MLB tickets at Sea Geek. That's ten
21:45
Speaker 2: percent off with promo code Territory one zero. Make sure
21:48
Speaker 2: you click the link in the description to download the app,
21:50
Speaker 2: and then the code automatically is added to your account
21:53
Speaker 2: so you can use it later.
22:01
Speaker 1: All right, time now for Grill and Ken the part
22:03
Speaker 1: of the show. Right, take your questions live, let's go.
22:06
Speaker 1: Let's get right to it here. First question, this one
22:10
Speaker 1: comes from Ricky Schaff sixty six, who asks, why do
22:14
Speaker 1: people say starting pitching for Milwaukee is in need? I
22:18
Speaker 1: guess is what he's asking. I think that Miss Henderson, Harrison,
22:21
Speaker 1: Johann Gasser, Sprote and Crow is enough. I would only
22:25
Speaker 1: consider Paralta. Ricky. It's a good question, and you're right
22:30
Speaker 1: people do say, and even I would say they probably
22:33
Speaker 1: could use another starter. And the reason I say that
22:36
Speaker 1: is with the Miz and with Harrison. With the Mis
22:40
Speaker 1: we've seen some fatigue set in. That's why he did
22:43
Speaker 1: not make his last start before the All Star Game.
22:45
Speaker 1: And with Harrison we've seen an elbow issue flare up.
22:48
Speaker 1: And some of those other pictures are young and this
22:51
Speaker 1: is the first time that they're going through a full
22:53
Speaker 1: major league season, so you can see the possibility for
22:57
Speaker 1: lack of a better phrase, erosion over time with this
23:01
Speaker 1: team over the next two months. So if you're the
23:04
Speaker 1: Brewers and you can get someone who can give you
23:06
Speaker 1: reliable innings what you were hoping for from Brandon Woodruff
23:10
Speaker 1: before he was again put on the injured list needing surgery,
23:14
Speaker 1: if you can get that guy, it would be helpful.
23:17
Speaker 1: It would be a stabilizing factor for them. So yes,
23:21
Speaker 1: I would expect the Brewers to still pursue starting pitching.
23:24
Speaker 1: They've had an injury with salth Frielick over the weekend.
23:26
Speaker 1: They can cover at now that Lara is up. They've
23:29
Speaker 1: talked about the left side of the infield. I'm not
23:31
Speaker 1: sure they're going to do that. Starting pitching, I imagine
23:35
Speaker 1: would be their focus. Next question, this one comes from Mike,
23:39
Speaker 1: who asks, can you give us a couple of names
23:41
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on for cups pitching targets at
23:43
Speaker 1: the deadline. Will they actually be going after playoff caliber
23:47
Speaker 1: arms or just bolstering depth again, Well, we've seen them
23:50
Speaker 1: bolster depth so far with their two moves David Peterson
23:53
Speaker 1: and over the weekend. Aaron Savali Heeralta is a guy that,
23:57
Speaker 1: of course Craig Council is familiar with from the days
24:00
Speaker 1: in Milwaukee. He hasn't performed all that well. Clay Holmes
24:03
Speaker 1: from the Mets would be another one. Robbie Ray. These
24:06
Speaker 1: are the usual suspects. I guess the Cubs ideally would
24:10
Speaker 1: probably want someone with control who wouldn't But I'm not
24:15
Speaker 1: sure necessarily who is going to be out there that's
24:18
Speaker 1: going to entice them because of the lack of sellers
24:22
Speaker 1: in the market right now. There simply aren't that many
24:24
Speaker 1: teams that are selling. Are you going to get one
24:27
Speaker 1: of the reds pitchers? I kind of would doubt it.
24:29
Speaker 1: Maybe Brady Singer, he is a rental he could appeal
24:32
Speaker 1: to the Cubs. But Jed Hoyer again said over the
24:35
Speaker 1: weekend that if they're in position to secure a bye,
24:39
Speaker 1: that would make them more aggressive, because not only do
24:41
Speaker 1: you get the buye, but you get a weaker opponent
24:43
Speaker 1: in the first round, and that's something that clearly means
24:46
Speaker 1: something to him. All right, let's take one more question
24:49
Speaker 1: before we get out of here. This one comes from
24:52
Speaker 1: Cowboys Inquirer seven two five nine, who asks how deep
24:56
Speaker 1: will the Yankees dip into their farm system at the deadline?
25:00
Speaker 1: Great question. My friend Joel Showman the New York Post
25:03
Speaker 1: has a calumn today basically saying, this team offensively is
25:07
Speaker 1: not there right now, and obviously with the uncertainties surrounding Judge,
25:12
Speaker 1: you can question when they are going to be there.
25:15
Speaker 1: The Yankees with Judge, let me give you some numbers here,
25:18
Speaker 1: thirty six and twenty three average five point one seven
25:21
Speaker 1: runs per game. That was pretty good, right The Yankees
25:24
Speaker 1: without Judge nineteen and twenty one, two games below five hundred,
25:28
Speaker 1: averaging four runs per game. That's more than a run
25:31
Speaker 1: per game less than they were with Judge. They don't
25:34
Speaker 1: have enough offense now. If you think Judge is coming
25:37
Speaker 1: back in mid August, late August, even early September, you
25:41
Speaker 1: go be aggressive at the deadline. You get the right
25:43
Speaker 1: handed hid and catcher, you get the bullpen pieces that
25:46
Speaker 1: you need, maybe you get another starter, maybe another bat.
25:49
Speaker 1: But you've got to have some confidence that Judge is
25:53
Speaker 1: coming back to do all that. I expect that is
25:56
Speaker 1: what they're going to do and the course that they're
25:58
Speaker 1: going to pursue. But it's dicey and it's dicey because
26:02
Speaker 1: of the unknown with Judge's injury. You heard the news
26:05
Speaker 1: over the weekend. He is healing, but he's not yet
26:08
Speaker 1: ready to resume baseball activities. It's going to be some
26:11
Speaker 1: time still before we see Aaron Judge again.
26:15
Speaker 3: All right.
26:16
Speaker 1: With that, I want to thank you for watching for listening.
26:18
Speaker 1: Foul Territory coming up at one pm Eastern. It's Todd Frasier,
26:22
Speaker 1: Kevin Pillar, and Trisha Whittaker. Today guests include Rangers reliever
26:27
Speaker 1: Jacob Latz and USA Today's Bob Nightingale. We'll be back
26:31
Speaker 1: Thursday at twelve thirty Eastern. Have a great week everyone.
26:35
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you then and maybe by then we'll
26:37
Speaker 1: have a little more definition. Thanks.
26:41
Speaker 4: Looking to take your MLB action to the next level
26:43
Speaker 4: this season, Boosted Odds are here to crank up every.
26:46
Speaker 1: Pitch, swing and home run BETMGM is hooking you up
26:50
Speaker 1: with your very own MLB Odds Boost token to get
26:54
Speaker 1: things started all season long. Just add any MLB bet
26:57
Speaker 1: to your bet slip, activate your oz boost token and
27:00
Speaker 1: lock it in.
27:01
Speaker 2: If your bet hits, you're catching out with an even
27:04
Speaker 2: bigger payout gambling problem called one eight hundred Gambler for
27:08
Speaker 2: one eight hundred My reset