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SATP Ep.37 Part II feat. Running from the OPS · Sports Avenue Twisted Podcast

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Speaking of bullpens, um, who is impressed you in the in the
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bullpen aspect overall, because I know there's some teams
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they're both in, has been dependent like the Blue Jays
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like the Padres like the Marlins.
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But I'm Marlins actually been good with the bullpen.
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Like I like I like the Marlins this year.
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Yeah. And you could you could dive
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down like what? What what?
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What makes the Marlins Bullpen or pitching itself?
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Impressive? Well, I mean we didn't even talk
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about, I mean, I know we'll go back to bullpens and two seconds
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but we even talk about Max mayor like his stuff is so good and
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even like I like Edward Cabrera like I don't know how Edward
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Cabrera has been bad. His stuff is so good.
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He's throwing 94 Mi an hour turbo change-ups like no one is
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doing that. Um yeah.
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No tomorrow I think we're I think it could be the walks.
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I think he's just walking too many guys, but right, but like
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you said, the stuff is Elite. It's a team, gets a hold of him,
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right? I mean they're just another one
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of the reasons to get a cabaret for years.
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I mean, yeah, perfect mold for a raise guy.
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Absolutely. Would be Now I know Rocky
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touched on the bolt pens. I'm on a to you guys.
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This is a guy that I loved with the Phillies.
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You guys got him. Jeff.
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Hoffman is so damn. Good.
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Probably my favorite reliever in baseball and I made a YouTube
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video two years ago talking about how underrated he was with
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the Phillies. He did it last year and this
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year, he's been insane. Two, I want to hear what you
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guys have to say about Jeff, Hoffman before you guys get into
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your pick, because he's been fantastic.
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You go first Rocky. You want me to go first?
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Go ahead. Oh, so this is a fascinating
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conversation since you brought that up. so, the Blue Jays had
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Jordan Romano eternally like pretty much like their homegrown
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guy. Like, hey, a lot of people
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thought he was going to be the closer and he was their closure,
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but there was times that it when you watched games of Rob Rob and
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I would watch Jay's games and he'll be like, why aren't you
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throwing the fastball for so many reasons why?
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Right and I think a lot a lot had to do with his arm.
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I don't think it was Healthy Man.
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And and Philadelphia. You're right, was not healthy.
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No. And the Jay's kind of got it,
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right? And people question that and
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they're like, oh, they have to face the consequences with
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Romano, not trading him for anything at this point.
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Like they pretty much non-tendered him.
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And for the office is going through it right now and pretty
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much swap for Jeff. Hoffman with Jeff Hoffman he's
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just stuff is so nasty. Like it's insane like it and he
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was one of the best pitching. Could you coaches of business
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and you know, who's another guy, who's teammate with Jeff
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Hoffman? Who's So sneaky nasty, it's
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bright and little, um, his his movement.
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If you look at his baseball Savant page, a lot of red,
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right? For the back three year regards,
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the Jeff, Hoffman, and Brandon little, and that was a problem,
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as well as real quick. Wasn't he with the?
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He's he was the Lefty that the Cubs.
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He was 11. Yeah.
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Another guy from 100. Yeah.
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Yeah. He threw like 95.96 but his
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second, his movement like his secondary stuff, is so nasty and
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give credit to the Blue Jays for fixing the bullpen this off
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season. Like they got Nick sailing who
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who's a submarine Guardians last year.
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Yeah, and I don't know and I don't really yeah.
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Yeah, and they have Chad green. There's time he does give up
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home runs but he does have strikeout stuff like over.
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Like the Jays open is actually been pretty good overall like
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another guy if you wanted. If people don't talk about it,
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it's amazing flirty. If he look at his periphery, if
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you look at this stuff, it is wicked.
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Like, I've like Robin, I've watched him in the minors in
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Triple A and I know they don't get talked about and you gotta
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you and you can find pitching. I don't know where like waiver
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clay. Yeah.
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Trades. I mean bullpens are easy.
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Fix like if you look at look at you like the Padres I do still
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think they have the best ball pen and baseball hands down.
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They have a guy, they have the Padres have a guy.
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They, they had five, guys come into a game last week, at least
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one of their pitches graded as an 80 grade pitch.
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Yeah, Five Guys with 80 great offerings in so I heard of, you
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know, it is, it's insane. You know.
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The thing is like Don't you think the Cubs are banging their
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head with bread and little? That's one guy.
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But another guy who throws stupid is Jeremiah Estrada like
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that. Gas like like what age, you
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probably did with their Bullpen. And look, I know they're trying
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to get over to home, but they're both in his electric like they
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traded so much to go get Jason Adams, who's been so good, the
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last three years and your rates. How did you feel about that
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package in that in that in that I'm not gonna lie?
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I think the Rays off like trade deadline last year so good.
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We have the crap. Let me I think, I mean, we'll
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probably I know we're going in a prospects and little bit before
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we. Yeah, we will later on.
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Um, Dude, Aidan Smith I think. Aiden Smith could be like a top
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10 Prospect at the end of the year.
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We got him in the Rainy trade. He's been good.
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Dylan lesko. The command is, is god-awful,
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but the strikeout stuff has been really good.
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Um, yeah. I don't know.
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I I like a lot of what the race did.
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I mean they pretty much revamped their Farm in like five days.
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It was. Yeah.
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Jason atom has one of the best changeups in Major League
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Baseball. Yeah.
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Just in terms of pure stuff, it's a guy that you like don't
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want to face. I know, Aaron judge is even came
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out publicly too. That is like a guy that he hates
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facing his Jason Adam. He's been that dominant.
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Um, you can even go to like, Adrian more home with the Padres
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or this guy could be. Yeah.
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Like this guy throws a hundred, you know, 90 plus gets up to 100
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from the left side. Jeremiah Estrada's averaging.
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Like 22 inches of ivb throwing like 98 miles an hour with
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undoable stuff. Um, There's one guy you might
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you guys might know his name, I don't know.
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Off top of my head. He's like a side arm.
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Not a hard door. He's like a sidearm guy.
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It's not. Um, that's It might him know, I
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don't know what his name is, but he think it his name is like
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Alec or Alex but he's a guy. All right, I wrote that down
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somewhere. Yeah, he's a soldering guy that
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he has really nasty stuff too. Like their whole Bowl pain is
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just filled with oh Alex, Jacob Alex, Jacob, yes, very, very
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deceptive. He's got 260 area 1.14 Whip and
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16 Innings pitch. So he's got a series.
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We went over there and No one out of that Bullpen coming out
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there like you want to face. It's probably the best.
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I mean like Rocky's probably the best open baseball.
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Yeah, he even got Wally Pearl to the 1.46 area point eight one
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with. So it's like Ruby Reuben yeboah
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pitching coach out there You get argue prize, the best bass
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Roberts back to Robert Suarez and point six.
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Oh yeah. And He's got a point six so here
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and a point six oh Whip and he's just 16 K's like the guys he's
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down there he's you know him I think him and he got him in the
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NL and and Jeff Hoffman and the AL right now.
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So I think the most dominant closures going right now but I
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just want to touch on that Hoffman I know right to you guys
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I love and a few years ago and and he's he's doing it again
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like He's is one of the best Believers in baseball like
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argue. All you could probably even say
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over the last three years, she spent top five, he spent.
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Yeah. I don't know what what the Um,
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the the Baltimore Orioles on his in his Medicals that.
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Yeah. I was gonna because I thought I
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was tripping for Santa was, like, wasn't his main
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destination, but he had two. He born, Atlanta, in Atlanta,
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said no on the medical, right? And Roy, could they use a guy
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like that, right? Yeah, absolutely.
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And it was funny because he closed out a game in Baltimore
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and he like, you know, yes, it was fun and a lot of people had
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him going like this guy was gonna be a starter like teams
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were gonna convert Jeff Hoffman into a starter this year.
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So imagine if maybe that's why you could say, maybe Baltimore
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didn't want him because maybe they thought their Bullpen was
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good enough to where like, you know, they wanted to use him as
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a starter, whereas the Blue Jays have, I would say Obviously a
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better rotation in Baltimore pretty much every rotations
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better than Baltimore's. But the Jays wanted to use mesh
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reliever and maybe that's why it seemed like Atlanta or the Blue
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Jays or the excuse me. The Orioles passed up on office
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because they wanted to use a massive starter.
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Yeah, yeah. But you know, you know, it's a
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funny you brought about Baltimore.
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I don't know what it is with that organization when it comes
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to medical records because they made a couple mistakes, they
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kind of backfired. I think you voting prior to
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what's one another one and the past.
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So they've been through some issues when it comes to medical
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report to Jay's comfortable enough with Hoffman, and they
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prefer them as closer. He's, he's one of, he's probably
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the best clothes are right now and in the AL like, oh, I don't
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even think it's debatable, I really.
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Yeah, I've been telling people living in Devin Williams, like
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it's not a debate, no similar Housewives, wasn't that good
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this year, Jeff, the best clothes really American?
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He probably even go. I would say you could go in all
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baseball right now, he's he is criminally underrated.
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Like go look at his numbers, Advanced back of the baseball
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card numbers, the last like three years he's been so good.
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I think his first breakout year in Philly, he is so who era like
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yeah and no one was talking about him and then last Street
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does it again and now he's doing it again, he's been quietly.
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The best reliever in the American League.
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I think it just the like you said, the Braves in the Oreos
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want to convert them as a starting pitcher but the thing
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is like, let leave the guy where he's at, where he's successful,
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the most that. And I get the whole medical
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issue, but at the same time I mean if the Blue Jays felt
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comfortable in the results are showing right now.
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What is it telling for the other teams to look?
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Look at Ronaldo Lopez? For example look he was great
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last year. Great and now you know once you
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convert to a starting pitcher it it's you know I'll bet you know,
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too. And yeah, that's another guy
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too. It's Jordan Hicks was, was
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sitting like 94.95 last year? Yes, the guy jumped.
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Yeah. Back up to like 90 Plus or like
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99 100 miles an hour. I think he had, I did a Velo
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increase chart the other day. He had to hide.
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It was like him and hunter green.
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Well he's up like almost four miles an hour this year probably
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has to do with health and adjustments from being because
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when you're stretched out you can't throw his heart.
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Is what you because Jordan Hicks throws like 103, right.
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That's that that's like 105 with Saint Louis.
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A few years ago. Yeah.
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He's one of you know Elite flamethrowers that we have.
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Yeah like we Had like we had him the Jays had him for.
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Yeah, for about it for about two months and I mean the stuff was
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there but sometimes the squeaker was questionable.
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Like he throws a sweep where you just gets exposed right on that.
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Like, you have like you have to, always throw your best pitch.
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And I know he's worked on a few things and he looks like a
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number three right now. In the rotation, I believe after
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Robbie, Ray and Logan Weber, right?
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So, it's like, it's like for these guys to convert.
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I mean, it's a seismic shift because you're put, you're
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playing your pitching a lot more throughout the season.
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That's why I'm more than fine with the jerseys are doing and
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they're open to great for the Blue Jays.
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And for the bullpen, I mean we would lose a lot more games,
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right? Like last year, right?
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If you were like near dead bottom but Yumi Garcia, didn't
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even give up a run until yesterday when he gave up a
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grand slam. But other than that, he's been
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great overall too. Right.
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So, um, is there any other teams that we missed out that you
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would say? I mean, you shouldn't Houston.
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They always find their guys out of nowhere.
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I looked at Cleveland's Road, Bullhead.
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I mean there were facing right now.
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But I mean they have Jakob junis like in the open like what are
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we? What are we doing here?
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Like last year they had the best open in the AL, right?
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So and and I get their Penny pitching and they traded Eli
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mortgage and traded Nick Sandlin.
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It's not like what a YouTube but Kate Smith is probably still one
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of the best relief pitchers in the sport.
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Right hands down, right. Oh, you I think he's better than
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manual Class A, in my opinion, I don't know.
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We can make a case right now. I mean, Kate Smith's fastball
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was the best performing picture baseball last year, like two
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really quick guy, like I won't really touch on them.
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Um, I mean, he'll Pagan has stepped up mightily for the
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Reds. This guy's up until I think
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eight or nine saves. He did it with the race for a
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little bit. He did with the Padres and even
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like Carlos Estevez. There was a lot of question
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marks about like Casey's kind of Bullpen when them moving away.
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Um, who did they move way last year than Nationals at the
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deadline? They moved.
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Someone Or know they got Hunter Harvey, then they gave him away.
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They were saying, yeah, yeah, stuff is a big, big deal, but I
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know Rob has a team. Um the I want to say the Giants
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I think the Giants back into their Bullpen is pretty good.
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Yeah. Tyler Rogers has been good.
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Randy Rogers. Yeah, yeah.
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Ryan Walker. Yeah.
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Like you said, Camille's evolves been really good Hayden bird
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songs pitching to another Bullpen kind of Swing.
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As swing in out of the bullpen. I mean the guy's got 19 K's and
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18 Innings pitched. Eric Miller was another guy with
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the point 82 era. So I mean he's it just I don't
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think the Giants. I think they're Bullpen has
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really attributed to their to their start, to the start, they
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had where they wanted to believe.
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I was nine games in a row or something at one point, eight or
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nine games, and they're really rolling there.
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So I just wanted to bring up the Giants.
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I thought they've they're both ends kind of underrated.
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Oh, for sure. I mean Ryan Walker was one of
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the best leaders in baseball last year and he is one of the
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most deceptive delivery still. Absolutely man.
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It's whenever you can have that that delivery and it just throw
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hitters off guard man. It's Giving them a different
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look, you know. But yeah, I just wanted to get
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to some of the I know we've touched on a little bit early or
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some of the rookies, but who are you thinking of some of the
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rookie candidates for the kind of put their name for rookie of
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the year so far the sum of the qualified rookies that are off
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to slow starts off the hot starts, just just guys that you
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know, have that potential to be that it factor for their teams.
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I think this might be a really hot take.
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I think of Bubba Chandler gets called up.
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In the next two weeks, I think this guy could probably even be
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close to winning the national league.
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Rookie of the year. How the hell is Bubba Chandler
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still in Triple-A right now? This is a guy that I think if he
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gets called up, which I think he should probably get called up
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maybe even after his last start, um, is one of the most dynamic
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pictures of Major League Baseball.
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Yeah, for pirates, this is a guy that should already be on Major
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League roster and I know that player right, the guy was who
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can who was playing two-way at one point.
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Um I don't know all the top of my head but I know like I mean,
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Bubba Chandler throws a hundred with like white Outsider wipe
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out, everything like Bubba, Chandler stuff, let alone like
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isn't even some of the best of the Triple-A level.
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It's some of the best stuff in Major League Baseball.
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Yeah, the fact that I remember watching him.
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Yeah. I remember watching pitch and
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Braden Mann. He was really, really impressive
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like he's a couple years ago. Yeah.
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But yeah he was I think they I think he was when they drafted
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him. He was a two-way player.
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But yeah. They I mean most two-way players
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don't end up being too late. Yeah.
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I just informed one thing, right?
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Yeah, I would say. I mean, definitely like we've
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we've touched on like a lot of rookies, but I wanted to give
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Bubba Chandler some love. Like I think this is a guy that
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if he gets called up soon, he's probably gonna be in that
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conversation. I think Bubba Chandler are some
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of the best stuff. He could be like one of the
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best. Number two pictures of baseball.
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My policy, I'll give you a name in the NL. and, I think he gets
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left out a little bit, but he just recently got called up his
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August in Ramirez. The catcher for the Marlins, I
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know behind the plate, that's still working progress and they
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want to keep him in the main league roster meant.
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But the offense, is there like this, the power?
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Like, I remember when he was with the Yankees and he was part
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of that Chisholm trading, he was centerpiece of that deal.
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I think. And I think the Yankees probably
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could have it because they have also was we'll see what Oscar
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Wells is two. Three years down the road but
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man Augusta will mermaid errors, man.
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Like, they finally got the catcher of the future and the
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Marlins. Going to keep getting guys
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called up right year after year whether it's through a trade or
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or just like to raise basically, right?
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Like if if you look at what Peter Bendix is doing, he's
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trying to make the model of what the rates are and try to build
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some homegrown Talent within their organization.
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They're going to continue to build within, right?
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So I you got to give credit to what they do.
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What do you think about Drake Baldwin?
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Man, I wish he could get more playing time for for catch you.
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Like him. I think he has all the tools to
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be a really good catcher. But when you have a guy like
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Sean Murphy being the starting catchers kind of tough to play a
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lot of baseball. Yeah, yeah, no Drake Drake ball
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opens a beast man. His quality of contact is like
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absolutely insane. He was I think one of the most
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unlucky Hitters in kind of the short sample size that he's had,
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but I think Drake bald ones offensive profile could put him
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as like one of the best young hitters in baseball, like is
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ability to from the left side to drive the ball the other way.
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I think, I think he did against Toronto actually.
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Um I think it was his first first career home runs the
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opposite field but Drake Baldwin is a beast.
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He got very unlucky, but the EVS, the barrels, the hard-hit
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metrics like Jake. Paul one's very, very good.
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We're staying with the NL here. I'd like to.
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What do you think about Chase tollander.
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At the start, he's had a couple really nice starts.
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Yeah, no, don't really good. I just and honestly, his stuff
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is so good that even with altitude in Colorado, it's still
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plays like above average, but I don't enter is was one of the
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best pitching prospects. A lot of people had him, you
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know, top five top 10 going into this year and, um, I mean,
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you'll probably see Dolan and a couple starts away from korres
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this year, just like absolutely dominating.
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You know, plus plus fastball good off.
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Speed Works his way well through the Zone has strikeout stuff.
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Um but yeah, I think the Lander away from Colorado this year,
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he'll put up some really good starts.
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Like, you know, clothes like 10K work, deep in the games,
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especially like, maybe against like a mid to lower level team.
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Yeah, it's funny because a couple weeks ago, there were
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facing Nationals in Colorado. And I was, I said to Rocky, I
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said, I said the only guy with experience against Chase Stone
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during Liner is still in Crews. I said, I bet she is a home run
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today and doesn't he hit one? And it's like, you know, like
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and I know he's been off to a tough start.
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Right. But it just you know and and it
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just yeah it just I just thought the only guy with the any any
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sort of experience at all against him is Dylan Crews,
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right? But yeah, I like to bring up
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Dylan Crews. Actually talked about him a
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little bit. He's off to a little bit of, you
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know, a shaky start. I mean, I mean, rookies, go
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through ups and downs even the best of the best.
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So what are your thoughts on on him and and what you've seen
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from him so far? Um yeah, I a lot of people worry
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about Dylan Crews like I just I don't, I don't um I understand
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like some of the metrics might not be good, like just the
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overall production has been the best.
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He had been heating up over his last like, nine or 10 games.
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He's hitting over 400 with a couple of bombs, but just the
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way he works as an athlete, I think will help in his overall
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development. This is something that a lot of
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teams are starting to draft more of like contact First athletic
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guys. And I think Dylan Crews once he
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gets comfortable. I mean, this, he's like, what?
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23 years old, I'm seeing posts about him, being called a bust.
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Like I was crazy, how you can even say that how are you
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calling a 23 year old a boss with unreal, Raw Talent, crazy,
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athlete has plus pop super fast on the bases.
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I think there's no worrying real quick.
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I don't even know how we didn't. Bring up his name.
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James Woods, power profile, good.
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One of the most elite power profiles superstar ever seen.
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It is When you when he's pulling a baseball, it's it's like must
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watch TV 440, plus feet, he's hitting balls, 115 plus miles an
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hour. I don't know if you guys saw the
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opposite field home run that he had in Miami, it was one of the
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most impressive home runs that I've ever seen.
22:05
The Marlins announcer, didn't even know what to say.
22:07
He drew a blank and Evan Ryan for baseball and Stitch.
22:11
They didn't overlay with his opposite field, home run, and
22:14
John Carlos Stanton in pulling a home run over there and it's
22:18
like the power profile at 22 is crazy.
22:21
It's stupid good. Well don't cruise, I don't I
22:24
don't have any worries and yeah James wooden with the Nationals
22:27
or are building over. There is fantastic.
22:29
Well with James Wood, I said that he has a tools to be a
22:34
generational talent for that Organization for years to come
22:37
and Give it a credit of what they're trying to build as well.
22:41
They got some homegrown talent coming in their system as well.
22:44
Right. So they have the number one pick
22:47
in this year's draft too, so they're going to continue.
22:49
Yeah. All you think they get all their
22:53
anything go. Get Jason, Jamie Ronaldo.
22:55
Yeah, that's another guy. I know there's a few draft guys
23:00
that I've kind of talked to. Um and I know even I think down
23:03
on the farm I was gonna space with him and there's not a
23:05
consensus like yeah, that's the thing they want to have or like
23:10
first robot pick that they want to have.
23:11
But something that I have been hearing from, a lot of other
23:14
people prep, guys, are soaring right now.
23:17
The last few weeks, I think a lot of MLB teams are focusing on
23:21
those prep athletic raw High School shorts.
23:25
I'm kind of guys or even like, I like Seth Fernandez.
23:28
Yeah, yeah. That's is one of those polished
23:35
High School pictures. We will ever see.
23:38
Yeah, insane. But yeah, I I want to say Ethan
23:42
Holliday um Jamie Arnold, too like Jamie Arnold's.
23:47
A freak who are there, are some concerns with Arnold that, I
23:51
think some people do have, um, but yeah, I think a safe pick
23:55
would be Ethan Holliday. He's bigger than his brother.
23:57
I think he's proud. I think he probably could be
23:59
better than Jackson. Yeah, it's more upside than his
24:01
brother. Yeah, I think so.
24:03
Yeah. I think even the holidays is a
24:05
safe pick, but I don't think right now, there's like, a clear
24:07
number one pick that they have. And, like I said, I think in the
24:09
overall draft, we'll see a lot of rise with those players.
24:12
Yeah. Because it's like, you look at,
24:15
like you said, the Jays have the 8th pick.
24:17
So, I mean, I don't know what they're they're targeting.
24:20
I mean, there's a whole bunch of names.
24:21
They could go like, even a crucial Schoolcraft, first base
24:26
to slash pictures and other name that's been talked about Xavier
24:30
name or like because yeah. Like yeah.
24:32
Yeah. And if you look at the like you
24:35
said, because last year, it was College driven, write the draft,
24:39
right? And a lot of these guys are
24:41
probably going to be a lot closer to the majors, right,
24:43
this year. And next year and Beyond, but
24:46
like this year there's there's some talented high school kids
24:50
that you can't pass upon right. Like, if you look, if you look
24:54
at the upside, they have more upside than College because
24:57
obviously college is more seriously.
25:00
Think the prep guys are rising right now, because what's Seth?
25:04
And some of these other just like raw High School prospects,
25:07
like the town is crazy. Yeah, I mean that he's out there
25:12
with like as polishes like job was like job in high school, job
25:16
was throwing like major league, sliders and breaking balls in
25:19
high school. And I think Seth Hernandez, I've
25:22
heard from a lot of people, too that I've even watched him in
25:24
person. One of the most polished
25:25
prospects that we've ever seen in terms of.
25:28
Yeah, it's, it's crazy to think the way baseball's going with
25:33
the younger kids, you know, I was talking to some people about
25:35
this and I had a couple guests in our podcast and they're
25:38
saying, like, college pictures are gonna be a lot closer to the
25:42
majors and the right away. They're gonna, they're not gonna
25:45
waste time because one injuries are becoming all time, right?
25:48
And Tommy, John's become a factor and they're using.
25:51
I believe what's the other other method they use?
25:55
Right, you know what I'm talking about that day.
25:58
Surgery that just takes less time than the actual common John
26:02
himself, right? So if you look at the way
26:05
pitching is going, College pitching is becoming a factor.
26:08
That's why I wouldn't be tried. Arnold goes number one because I
26:11
think he could be ready as soon as 26. 26 27.
26:14
So depending on where Washington timeline is because they still
26:18
got a plethora challenge coming. It just too, right?
26:21
Washington. Is there any other rookies you
26:24
would say in the AL? Because I know you met you
26:28
credit to you for this is that you put the qualified.
26:31
Obviously you have the Jacob, Richard Wilson, Jake Manningham,
26:35
meisner's the Christian Campbell's, could you see like a
26:41
Roman Anthony get a call up and be a factor for the Roman?
26:45
I mean, well, well, Tristan causes, I don't know how I
26:48
didn't really see the reports. I saw the video.
26:50
Yeah, look good. No, I think Roman Anthony is on
26:55
a fast, track highway to getting called up very soon.
26:56
There's no way Roman Anthony Leeds.
27:00
All of baseball including Aaron judge, only a cruise, Logano
27:06
happy all those guys in barrels. Roman and has Beryl the ball up
27:10
as best as any player in all of baseball.
27:13
Triple a double a major league level low, eight complexly, that
27:16
starts tomorrow. Like He's insane.
27:19
He is yeah, unbelievably talented.
27:24
I think if you look at I mean, there's so many names, like you
27:29
said Jackson's also a Kennedy, forgive you can Smith, I wish
27:33
she'd get some more playing time.
27:34
He has all the tools to be really good for the, for the,
27:36
for the Astros, right long term. If they called him, The aircraft
27:42
carrier for sure for a reason, right?
27:44
And obviously, you know, when you give a player up like Kyle
27:48
Tucker in that deal and he's the long-term guy, he's the
27:51
centerpiece of that. I do like parades for Maria, of
27:55
course. And hated was nasty.
27:56
I they seem to get something out of them.
28:00
It just was cancer. I think he has tools to be a
28:04
really, really good player. I just wish that you can see
28:06
more of that, right? Like, with a guy like him, She
28:11
special welcome is probably still another year away.
28:14
You would have to say for the Texas Rangers so because, yeah,
28:18
he's good too, right? So we'll talk about the
28:20
prospects in the next segment but like if you look at If you
28:26
look at him for example, like he, he will be a factor at some
28:30
point. I'm curious to see what they're
28:32
gonna do with Corey Seager, if they're gonna keep in my
28:33
shortstop, or they're gonna move to the third base, right?
28:36
That's gonna be a consideration. And what do they do with Josh
28:39
chunk? You just can't stay healthy,
28:41
man. Josh Jung just can't stay
28:44
healthy at all, which is too bad because he, he has potential as
28:47
well. Alright.
28:47
So I just don't know where where they're gonna fit with that, but
28:51
I don't know what you think about that.
28:52
Yeah, um, yeah, yeah. I mean, even like another guy
28:55
like we haven't mentioned, I think Connor Griffin is, is
28:57
insane in the kids, 18 years old and is able to Barrel balls up
29:02
as well as anyone. I think he had an opposite field
29:04
home run last night or the other night and even in Spring
29:07
Training Game tying home on the 9th inning for 18.
29:10
Year old is incredible. I think he has a tools to be
29:14
like, the next I mean he already is only prospect, I think like a
29:17
top Echelon Prospect. Especially, I mean, he's only
29:20
getting bigger. He's a huge frame, very
29:22
likeable, great personality. And in the Power tool at 18 is
29:26
stupid. Good, like He doesn't, he
29:30
doesn't look like a like a minor league baseball player with his
29:34
frame. Doesn't look like a kid.
29:37
Rob you have any other rookies that you want to talk about
29:40
before we head to the next topic or I'm I'm still waiting for the
29:44
Allen Road and breakout with Toronto.
29:47
I do I do really like him. I think he can be a really good
29:51
hitter, a really good player. You send it every every stop of
29:55
his minor league career. So I I just wanted to throw his
30:00
name out there. I really like him.
30:04
But like we've touched on like you know, like you mentioned
30:08
Augustine Ramirez. And, and Ethan mentioned, you
30:13
know, like Christian Campbell's and all the main names, right?
30:17
So, I mean yeah, but but yeah, he's another guy.
30:21
I really like Kobe Mayo too when he gets called up, I think he's
30:28
gonna make a factor for the Oreo.
30:30
So, um, just I guess just a matter of time before he gets
30:34
called up. I mean you know how it is,
30:36
another guy like those is has testing care set.
30:40
With the Oreos. I think he he has he has he has
30:43
the you know, he has the the tools to really be a really good
30:47
player. So I'm just just a couple names
30:50
on the throw up there. So, the next question I want to
30:54
ask you, so we mentioned about Bubba, Chandler, Roman Anthony.
30:57
Those guys are going to be factors in this series Prospect
31:01
class of guys who can get called up between.
31:04
Now I'm pretty much super tour later this year.
31:06
Who else would you think could be factors for prospects to get
31:12
called up this year? I got a couple names already.
31:17
You can go. I mean, I would anybody from the
31:23
race, anybody like Xavier Isaac, maybe, or a lot of those?
31:28
I think a lot of those guys are next year.
31:29
Okay, Carson Williams next year, I'm telling you, You see him as
31:35
low as top 50. I think it's I think it's
31:38
borderline disrespectful at this point.
31:39
It's just respectful, I agree. This is a guy that The Swinging
31:44
this is there, no one's denying that.
31:46
This is the guy that's gonna get called up next year.
31:48
He's gonna be a Premiere like dance be Swanson like glove at
31:52
shortstop. He has the best overall glove in
31:55
minor league. Baseball, is voted on last year.
31:56
This is a guy that recently, he's on a home run stretch.
32:00
He's had multiple multiple balls, hit at 112 113 miles an
32:04
hour. and, I I just think he's gonna be a stud and also real
32:09
quick I think Jack Hadley could get called out this year.
32:12
I really yes, yeah I don't really think Jack gaglione is is
32:19
getting any better playing in the minors I think as bad as
32:21
very developed to what it already is and I think of the
32:24
Royals are aggressive, could you imagine a top two to three Jack
32:30
haggling Bobby with Junior, you throw a guy and like Salvador,
32:33
Perez Vinny Paz quintino. That is disgusting MJ Melendez.
32:38
Yeah. Might go Garcia.
32:40
Very underrated. Yeah, I love my Coke Garcia.
32:44
Two years ago, he just hasn't shown up.
32:46
But yeah the quality of contact this year's great and he's yeah
32:48
this here he showed up Absolutely.
32:50
Um, I got you mentioned, go ahead, go ahead.
32:54
Rob. I was just gonna say, I got a
32:56
couple of names here. I actually, when I was looking,
33:00
I was looking at your Twitter page and you had mentioned TV
33:04
Zone to Los Santos. Is another guy that they, they
33:08
got in a trade with, with their Zone.
33:11
I believe it was and I think he can make an impact and Jordan
33:17
lawlar. Obviously you.
33:19
Yeah, that's great. Yeah, that's a good one raking,
33:23
too. And I think he's right there, I
33:25
think, you know, and it kind of man, the play of Harold of
33:30
Perdomo has made of, you know, like, It's kind of blocking them
33:35
making a sense, I go, where does he come?
33:37
When they call him up? Where does he play?
33:39
Like what happens there? Do you think?
33:42
I don't know. I mean he certainly not playing
33:44
Third Base. You Henry Suarez has been a like
33:47
four War guy and this guy that just hit four home runs in a
33:51
game. Um Talmar taste coming back
33:55
soon. He's not playing second base.
33:57
Per Domo is really good defensively.
34:00
He could play all over the diamond.
34:02
He has a good glove like It's tough.
34:05
Like, you can maybe try and throw him out in the Outfield
34:07
but he's not playing above a guy.
34:09
Like Corbin Carroll. It's even two.
34:12
Like you want to DH him, dude. Haven Smith has been
34:14
unbelievable. We saw very happy.
34:17
Yeah. It's like I don't know, I won't
34:21
even lie to you. I think Jordan lawlar is great,
34:23
I personally have not been super high in drawing Lawler.
34:27
Um, But I hope he does prove me wrong but like where is he going
34:32
to take up at out of? Its not gonna be Perdomo Me
34:35
Maybe per Domo just because I guess the offense of like upside
34:39
is good as some of those guys but probably not Perdomo, not
34:42
Marta, not Suarez. Maybe like a platoon split with
34:46
pavin Smith or maybe throw me on the app.
34:48
Like where is Tim Tower playing right now mmm.
34:51
That's another guy too old last year old or DH like maybe give
34:55
him a bees you know to to kind of coincide with that.
35:00
But yeah Lawler's doing everything he can to show it and
35:03
I think the the extension to Perdomo like if you look at his
35:07
number since the predom we're extension like you might be
35:09
taking it personally at this point because he's been really
35:11
good. And now was also a really Team
35:14
friendly deal. Like the Diamondbacks that was a
35:16
steal on the Perdomo deal. Yeah.
35:18
That's yeah, she's showing it. And for sure that that signing
35:25
is looking great. So far first, she to weigh the
35:29
markets are going in today's baseball, Christian Moore, the
35:34
second baseman, for the angel, called up a later, this year
35:37
from Tennessee, he probably would have gone called the last
35:40
year if he was healthy. Yeah, absolutely, I think it's
35:43
ready. For sure.
35:45
Yeah yeah I think with him it's like he's gonna be a significant
35:50
factor for the Angels long time. I know they're trying to build
35:53
something in his always unfortunate with Mike Trout with
35:56
that Health with his injuries every year man.
35:59
He just has goes through a year after year, which sucks for it
36:02
because I like to see the Angels speak competitive for once
36:06
righteous with Mike Trout. He's quite turning 34 this year
36:10
so he's not getting any younger at this point.
36:11
That I know they're trying to build a younger core and they
36:15
have something going on but it's just always their pitching.
36:17
It's been a problem, right? For them.
36:19
And for them, it's like, when are they gonna finally contend?
36:23
I know it's been, it's been a long time for them.
36:25
Like, if you looked at Detroit Tigers, right?
36:28
They they brought a few guys last year and now now they look
36:34
like they're here, right? So there, there are factored in
36:37
in this year for the, for the so I I think I think it just all
36:43
depends who gets called up. I mean, the White Sox have a
36:46
whole bunch of guys coming later this year, right?
36:48
Noah Schultz should be up this year.
36:49
Hey, real quick, your boy Byron bucks, went deep on the first
36:59
pitch of the game. I know I thought about it.
37:03
I missed a jacket. I said, Byron bucks would deep
37:08
already. Yeah, if he can.
37:13
Stay healthy, man, if they trade him, like I love to see the Blue
37:17
Jays. Maybe go after him but I don't
37:18
know what that contract is a little Rich right now, but I'll
37:21
say one thing we didn't touch on.
37:22
It's been talked about everywhere.
37:23
Now, where the hell is Luis Robert going Yeah, it's a good
37:28
question. No way that I mean Dude, I would
37:33
love him in Seattle. I know I talked to kick their
37:37
baseball about it all the time, Seattle baseball.
37:39
I mean, dude, it doesn't even surprise me with the Dodgers
37:43
going swing a trade Louise. Robert, I can totally see that
37:47
too. I just it's just that you know,
37:50
with Andrew Andy pies men that the guys coming, you know,
37:53
coming towards his own and he's been playing so well and they
37:56
need to keep playing them. That's why I said like I don't
37:59
know what's going on left like conformal like Comfort.
38:03
Yeah, I mean they Could definitely for the team bite.
38:09
Adding the Louisiana Strawberry was really me.
38:11
Ask you. Let me ask you about the
38:12
Dodgers, and if that's the case with day, Call up Dalton rushing
38:18
and Alex Freeland if that's it, because I'll freeland's MLB
38:21
ready right now. And they just brought up this.
38:23
I mean, they just recall I know they just call the python Kim
38:26
too. Like yeah.
38:27
They they have to make room for some of those guys, they do.
38:30
Yeah. Because unless you're gonna
38:33
trade them right for big, big time players and everything is
38:35
like I thought last year like dude Michael Bush was MLB ready
38:38
like with the Dodgers and I know like he just didn't fit with
38:41
them not a super you know athletic guy.
38:44
He's not playing a Freddy Freeman MLB that's playing first
38:48
base is playing above Freddy Freeman.
38:50
Um, except maybe you're a guy flying Junior, but yeah, they
38:55
have to make room for some of those guys they just have to,
38:58
they have to write. Yeah, because if you look at
39:01
their age and look they're still playing at a high level like oh
39:04
Tony's that's good three, four more years of it.
39:07
Ready for me, still playing a high level but he's gonna be 36
39:10
right? What's his name?
39:12
He bets right? Like he he has a good two, three
39:15
more years. These guys are not getting
39:17
animals. Yeah, look at the share, I know,
39:20
that's what I'm saying. He's a regressive player.
39:22
That's that's a thing. And you have to start bringing
39:26
guys from the system and start playing like you traded Gap and
39:30
looks right, who was the number two Prospect in 2020.
39:33
And that was rumors that he would have been a part of the
39:36
deal for Lindor and they rejected that and they didn't
39:39
they got okay value fine. But overall, like you said,
39:44
Michael Bush, Miguel Vargas started to play.
39:46
Well too, I think, over the last eight days, his numbers have
39:49
been great as well, right? So, Overall, you have to look at
39:54
this way. You have to.
39:58
Start building homegrown Talent, no matter what Market you're at,
40:01
whether it's the Yankees Dodgers, Red Sox, whatever,
40:05
right? The razors are so good at that.
40:07
I think with the Blue Jays are starting to do that with their
40:11
sister, like to trade, you savage is gonna be up next year.
40:14
The Argent demolish, it's gonna arjuna's going to Skyrocket
40:18
through. He's already played out of my,
40:20
he's might be a tough. I think he's gonna be a top
40:23
prospect in baseball. I think when we stopped 10,
40:27
we're looking at here like like Seattle, like Seattle.
40:31
They have, one of the best farms in baseball.
40:33
Do you think they're gonna bring up some guys?
40:36
That that's another question, they got Harry Ford as he'll say
40:42
that. I'm really not.
40:46
I don't know. I I think if the Mariners are
40:48
really serious this year, the offense has been way better.
40:50
I think that is year goes on, go out and get Louise Rover.
40:54
This this front office is swung a miss that so many people, I
40:58
understand. Yeah, you know, around the
41:00
they've been able to, you know, try and get guys.
41:02
They just didn't want to go there or the deal went through.
41:04
Go out and get Louis from there, you would have like field of
41:08
Louise, Robert Rainey, Rose Rena, and Hulu, Rodriguez, Luke
41:13
Riley could still put in there like Donovan solano's look
41:16
really bad. Like yeah, cow you have Jorge,
41:19
Polanco. You have JP Crawford, who still,
41:22
you know very solid defensively and can still swinging at times.
41:24
You have Luke grayley like that lineup would be so Dynamic, it
41:28
would be insane. You know, it's so funny but
41:31
because they got so many guys in their system and if you look at
41:35
their team right now, they're dependent all the time.
41:39
Right. And they said if they can get
41:40
average to a little bit of average offense, I think they
41:43
can Ted right. But like you said like if you're
41:46
gonna swing for the fences, you're going to have to trade a
41:48
guy like here for it. So she giving that contract that
41:51
your Cow Raleigh, right? You got Julio Rodriguez is
41:54
always off to slow starts in the first half.
41:56
But second half completely, please, like, Babe Ruth, the guy
41:58
goes off, like, I don't know how to do with the weather or
42:01
whatever, but like like you said like you got, they have to Lazar
42:04
Montez who might be? That's that's who I was just
42:06
gonna mention, man. You stole my guy.
42:10
Let's Be My Baby touchable player for that.
42:14
He just died. He just tied Arjuna for the for
42:19
the legally. No runs in the Northwest league.
42:22
So those two players are the future, you know, like of their
42:27
respective organizations. So I'm with you on those are
42:31
Montes and Harry Ford. Like you said, he's blocked man
42:34
like he's not I know I'm not a huge Harry Ford guy.
42:38
Alright, alright I'm he's been, he's been linked to the race for
42:42
like three seasons and now like I yeah I think he's great.
42:46
I think every player that is a top prospect or even at the MLB
42:50
level is a great player even guys that people bag on
42:54
consistently are you know as Bust or just bad players.
42:58
All these guys have valued the major league level and at the
43:01
minor league levels. These top prospects, I'm just
43:03
not a huge Cherry forward guy. Yeah, I hope he's great.
43:06
I hope all these guys are great and I hope it might be in the
43:08
ass. I'm just not sold on Harry for.
43:11
Technically, you're saying that I just want no part of fairy for
43:16
its trades for the last three years, dude.
43:21
Like That might be partially the reason why.
43:25
But Yeah I just or Brad and Loud too right because Brandon Lowe I
43:30
think could be traded because they got yeah that was numbers
43:36
like there. They're kind of middling to be
43:38
honest with you. Like they're not like I think I
43:41
think I think one he, you know, just watching him as a race fan
43:44
like he goes through slums like when he slumps, he's one of the
43:48
worst players in baseball, but when he's at his best and this
43:52
guy mashes, and I'm not worried about it, I understand the
43:55
numbers are really bad right now.
43:56
I mean, We just started the season like alright, I'm not
44:01
going to panic on that yet, but yeah, he's, he's been pretty,
44:04
pretty disappointing to start the year.
44:10
Um, we just saw the recently, the contracts signing,
44:16
Monumental contracts for the Jay's, with with with Vladimir
44:22
Guerrero Jr. And the offseason we had one
44:25
Soto siding record breaking contract and prior to that was
44:31
was show Hill Tony. So what do you think the next
44:35
big contract in baseball is going for and who deserves to be
44:40
considered for long term Extensions by the organizations
44:44
easy? It's gonna Henderson I don't.
44:48
I don't see how you. I mean, it's the most.
44:50
I would say it's the most important position in baseball.
44:53
If you go and look at a lot of teams that are Elite, they have
44:55
Elite shortstops. He's a guy that is, you know,
44:58
not even, I don't even, I don't even know.
45:00
I'll stop with my head. How old he is?
45:01
I would say, 22, or 23 years old, was one of the most dynamic
45:05
players in baseball. Last year.
45:07
He's gonna do it again this year.
45:08
I understand he had injury concerns but I I don't know how
45:11
you can say gun or Henderson. He's gonna fetch a pretty
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contract and he's already good defensively.
45:17
He was a top 10 player. Baseball last year, you know,
45:19
was finishing top, whatever and MVP voting and he's only gonna
45:22
continue to get better. I think it has to be gonna
45:25
Henderson. I wouldn't see an argument for
45:27
anyone else. Yeah.
45:28
I don't, you know, what deserve it more than at this point.
45:33
Correct. Scribble.
45:35
He's a free after 26 and he's the best pitcher baseball right
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now. I mean, with reigning Cy, Young
45:43
winner for nasty pitches keeps up at a high level.
45:48
He started he's continued anchor.
45:51
That Detroit Tigers rotation. I don't know if they're gonna
45:55
give him the contrary and it's so ironic since you mentioned
45:59
Gunnar Henderson. Just like, under Henderson to
46:03
reach Google is also represented by Scott Boris.
46:06
And these guys specially when you're represented by Boris,
46:10
like to wait till the till they test the market.
46:12
And that's been pretty much shown in today's baseball.
46:15
We know that Kyle Tucker is probably going to be the guy
46:18
who's going to start off with a 450.
46:20
But I'd like you said, I think gutter Henderson's going to
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start off with the five once he hits a market or or if you get
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traded or whatever because I just don't know what's going on
46:29
with these ownership. So, like, and I understand their
46:31
Penny pitching. They're waiting for the CBA to
46:33
see if there's a resolution to all that, right?
46:36
So more importantly, you gotta, look at this way, you gotta keep
46:41
your guys As long as you pause for kids, especially, and the
46:45
prime years if you try to contend because one, what are
46:49
you trying to tell the fan base? Oh, what's going on?
46:52
Like the Blue Jays. They didn't have a choice, but
46:54
to decide Vlad because if they lost flat, I mean that changes a
46:58
dynamic of that organization and Retaining a guy like him.
47:02
Hey, you you become contenders for significantly long time.
47:06
So I think a guy like Gunnar Henderson.
47:10
I'll give I'll give you another name.
47:11
Ellie Dela Cruz. There there's words that once he
47:17
wants to come here. Yeah.
47:20
Like he could be, he could be the first billion dollar player.
47:24
I don't know if it gets to that magnitude but it'd be insane if
47:27
that happens, right? So I was just going to ask, what
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do you think? What do you think the numbers
47:34
starts with with Ellie we talk about gutter, you know and and
47:39
him being that guy, I think I think Ellie's you know with the
47:45
speed you know the the arm Talent, the defense that the hit
47:52
tool like I think he's he's you know he like I think he's right
47:57
in right in that conversation too I mean like what do you
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think? What do you think his number
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starts with? Five.
48:05
I mean I would I would say like, I mean I would say at least I'm
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not gonna go on, say 400 million.
48:11
Yeah, that's I think that's a lot.
48:13
Especially since I mean even Bobby Richards.
48:17
He was really Team friendly. Very I would say like, at least
48:22
like two. Like 2:25 to 250, I mean, yeah,
48:26
like I get totally go see a team that's gonna pay him.
48:31
A lot more than that. I would say.
48:33
I mean, I would say at a minimum right now, he's he's probably
48:36
selling like two, two, 200 250. But yeah, he's he's one of the
48:40
most dynamic players in baseball.
48:45
What is what is Paul schemes gonna get ya a bag?
48:49
I don't know. Yeah.
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How much? But yeah, could you could be the
48:53
first a lot? Yeah.
48:55
Yeah. Could he be the first 400
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million dollar picture? I don't think scuba gets to
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four. I think he can get to three
49:01
know, just because the agent and injury, just like that.
49:04
Yeah I think I think schemes will get paid a lot of money.
49:08
He will he will, I don't know about because 100 million
49:11
dollars, but yeah, he'll he'll get a lot of money. because
49:15
like, like, if you look at the marketing aspect of way
49:20
baseball's going like they're trying to Try to put races to
49:24
these franchises for certain guys, right?
49:26
And When you look at a few years ago, a lot of people are saying
49:30
that she's contract was so bad, he got what 340 for 15 years but
49:35
that's looking like a bargain. Now the way the Market's going
49:38
even Aaron judge, man, nine for 360.
49:40
I mean, he's still, he's still playing at a high level.
49:43
And, you know, once all said and done long term contracts just
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don't work out at the end, but at that time at that age, you
49:50
just don't have much of a choice, especially when you're
49:52
trying to build build a winner. Right?
49:54
That's why I wonder what's the window for Baltimore's time to
49:58
contend? Because I don't think, I don't
50:00
think Scott Boris is gonna let go on her sign with the Oreos.
50:03
I think he's gonna, they're gonna test a market, right?
50:05
So, and that's been the norm, like, look what happened in one
50:08
soda, look what he got from the Angels, right?
50:10
And it all started from what ohtani did, right?
50:13
So, Right with, with, with giving him 700 million dad, that
50:18
was a massive contract, right? And I think that's what's
50:21
changed baseball, right? Pretty much right.
50:23
So, um, when you saw PCA, Rejecting that contract.
50:31
You think they would go year to year with him?
50:35
Or do you think he the way he played right now dating that
50:40
that's the product he's going to be moving forward I mean, I
50:44
think some of it's probably gonna regress, like, this isn't
50:46
a guy that's gonna hit like 40 home runs at this rate, but I'm
50:50
not. I mean, I think he deserves a
50:52
contract. I'd probably wait until maybe a
50:55
little bit longer because it's been a very small sample size.
50:58
So yeah, you're getting like probably overall value.
51:01
Like a top 25 player right now. I would say like he's he's up
51:04
there with with like Corbin Carroll and in war and stuff
51:08
like that. So I think he definitely
51:10
deserves like a pretty pretty good deal but I think would also
51:13
benefit his favor if you wait until after the Year too.
51:16
You wouldn't want him to get like a you know in his case a
51:19
very like team-friendly deal. I think he definitely, he
51:23
continues. This provide that that good
51:25
value that he's able to. I think he'll get paid a lot of
51:27
money. Right.
51:30
All right, the next question I want to ask you is who's going
51:34
to be the first manager to be fired and baseball?
51:37
Mmm. I'm not gonna lie, I'm not a big
51:42
Ollie marmol guy like at all, and I don't think a lot of
51:46
Cardinals fans guys either. I could definitely see him
51:50
getting canned. Yeah.
51:56
I would say. Hmm.
52:03
Brandon Hyde. As a brand new Hyde, they keep
52:08
playing like this. And it doesn't get better for
52:11
him. He's been there a while.
52:13
I think I think it could, I think we could see a managerial
52:16
change in Baltimore sooner rather than later, if they keep
52:20
playing the way they are, you know, if they, if you turn it
52:23
around, I think it'll be fine. It'll be there.
52:25
But I'm gonna say bread and hide, if this keeps up, I'm
52:30
gonna say butt black from Colorado.
52:32
I mean, they have the worst record in there.
52:36
They're on track to have the worst record in MLB history.
52:39
Right? On the modern, modern era.
52:41
And for a guy, he's not getting any younger, right?
52:45
And with with Colorado, they need to change Direction with
52:49
with that organization because but black is a veteran manager,
52:55
who I don't think wants to be there.
52:57
The way things are going. It's such a mess feel bad for
53:00
the fans itself. Another name that Derek Shelton
53:05
of the Pirates. Could be another guy, right?
53:08
So who could get fired right? So um yeah, Ethan we appreciate
53:14
you being here. We thank you once again but just
53:17
let the world know and so in social media where you can find
53:20
you and everything else, Um yeah, mainly just Twitter right
53:24
now at Ops underscore baseball. I just started a live show with
53:29
Toby Shulman. It's called inside the diamond,
53:33
we go live once a week on there. You can kind of join there and
53:37
chat about baseball and ask some questions like that but mainly
53:40
just Twitter right now just a lot of baseball analysis, deep
53:43
Dives, I've been getting into graphics and stuff like that.
53:46
But yeah, that's pretty much it and I really thank you guys for
53:50
having me on a lot of fun. Yeah, thanks Ethan.
53:53
It was awesome, man. Just sitting here talking ball
53:56
and stuff like that. I know we, we ran almost two
53:59
hours, man. And you know, we're wasn't sure
54:03
how long the episode was gonna run, man.
54:05
But thanks for taking time, out of your out, of your, your day
54:09
to come here and and sit here and talk about with us, man, it
54:12
was really fun. Hope to have you again.
54:14
Yeah, 100%. We will place to description
54:17
below where you can find Ethan AKA running from the UPS Ops.
54:23
So, until next time, take care be kind to each other, so I
54:26
signing off the sports Avenue for the podcast.
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Sunday May 4th 2025.