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The MLB Report with Codey Emerson & Paul Tipton (Aug. 4, 2025; Podcast 345.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_01]: What you are listening to now is the central Indiana Sports Report podcast number three hundred and forty five point one the ML be report with Cody Emerson and Paul Tippton.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This week the conversation revolves around division races with just two months left to go in the regular season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The winners and losers have the trade deadline, the reds and brave series and their game of Bristol Motor Speedway, and the series between the Phillies and Tigers, which ended right before this podcast began.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You're listening to the central Indiana Sports Report with your host, Greg Midgal.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome, baseball fan to the Central Indiana Sports Report and the MLB report with Cody Emerson of the Green Castle Banner graphic and Uncle Paul Tippedon are resident baseball experts here to talk a little baseball and we're going to start with tonight's game because it was a good one.
1:05
[SPEAKER_01]: Kyle Swarber, home run, Christopher Sanchez, nearly perfect.
1:10
[SPEAKER_01]: And the fillies look like the fillies tonight.
1:15
[SPEAKER_03]: Unfortunately, this says once again, me complimenting the Philadelphia Phillies, which as any of our listeners know, I absolutely hate to do.
1:23
[SPEAKER_03]: But yeah, it's Phillies.
1:25
[SPEAKER_03]: The rotation is just so good.
1:27
[SPEAKER_03]: It can shut anyone down.
1:29
[SPEAKER_03]: Christopher Sanchez.
1:30
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, Zach Wheeler, the list goes on and on with them and just shut down a good team like Detroit.
1:38
[SPEAKER_03]: You know you're doing something right and the win fillies don't need many runs when you're that pitching staff is on anytime college for her home or the work he gives a little mini earthquake and a planet earth so I kind of felt that when I was here tonight, but yeah, it's the fillies are
1:57
[SPEAKER_03]: It's coming to Philly, and we'll get into it later, but that made some really good acquisitions with the deadline.
2:02
[SPEAKER_03]: And it's gonna be them in the Metz are gonna be a two team horse, two team race in the national league, because my other team race is going to close games like that for them.
2:13
[SPEAKER_02]: They are really scary because he got two saves over the weekend.
2:17
[SPEAKER_02]: And he did not look that good with the twins, I didn't think.
2:21
[SPEAKER_02]: So that's got to be a good conversation for the Metz and other teams.
2:27
[SPEAKER_01]: half-game lead now on the meds for the fillies.
2:31
[SPEAKER_01]: We've been calling him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I believe Central India and a sports report wide.
2:35
[SPEAKER_01]: The favorites to win the national league.
2:37
[SPEAKER_01]: I think Paul still is going with the Dodgers, but the rest of us think it's going to be the fillies.
2:42
[SPEAKER_01]: Still feeling that way, Cody.
2:45
[SPEAKER_03]: Once again, as much as it pains me, they call it Red October and Philly for a reason because you do not want to go in to Philadelphia with those fans that fan base and that team play and well.
2:59
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, just ask the brave.
3:00
[SPEAKER_03]: So that's went the last few years.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's and they've got depth.
3:03
[SPEAKER_03]: They've got just said, and they're pitching like this with that bullpen.
3:10
[SPEAKER_03]: with if that offense continues to give them just, you know, three, four, maybe five runs.
3:17
[SPEAKER_03]: They're going to be hard out.
3:18
[SPEAKER_03]: They always are.
3:19
[SPEAKER_03]: They've kind of been on the verge.
3:22
[SPEAKER_03]: The last, you know, few years.
3:24
[SPEAKER_03]: Once again, it pains me to compliment him, but they've done Browsky once again goes all in and we'll see where it leads him.
3:30
[SPEAKER_02]: Paul, I have one oral series since two thousand eight.
3:34
[SPEAKER_01]: Uncle Paul, I have never liked the type of player that Kyle Schwarber is going back to the days of Reggie Jackson.
3:42
[SPEAKER_01]: Lots of home runs, lots of strikeouts.
3:44
[SPEAKER_01]: So why do I love Kyle Schwarber so much?
3:49
[SPEAKER_02]: That's really surprises me because he's an Indiana University graduate.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I know that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I do a boiler maker fan.
3:59
[SPEAKER_02]: When Harper's on your team, I think Kyle Schwabber looks really good.
4:04
[SPEAKER_03]: It is department as well as I've just never understood why he leads off.
4:11
[SPEAKER_03]: That's been my thing.
4:14
[SPEAKER_03]: It is you, I mean, the Philly's defy.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And he's done it for a good portion of his career times.
4:21
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, as he gets on
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[SPEAKER_03]: Guess it gets on base.
4:27
[SPEAKER_03]: I guess to an extent, but you kind of want that speed guy who will hide.
4:31
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't get it.
4:33
[SPEAKER_03]: Hi.
4:34
[SPEAKER_03]: That's, yeah, it's weird.
4:36
[SPEAKER_03]: I've never understood it, but it's paying doubt for the most for the better part of his career.
4:41
[SPEAKER_03]: So I guess giving credit.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'd prefer to have him in the four spot or the three spot, but hey, I'm not a major league baseball manager.
4:54
[SPEAKER_03]: for him a two, fifty four averages.
4:56
[SPEAKER_01]: It really is.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, he's typically been in, yeah, he's been in the typical like two, twenty two.
5:05
[SPEAKER_03]: He's a Bryce Harper continues to have his multiple shenanigans.
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[SPEAKER_03]: As you guys see his apparent interaction with Rob Manford, man, I think it was maybe right before the all star game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: when Manfred was talking to the Phillies and Harper basically said the F out of our clubhouse if you're going to talk about a salary cap.
5:25
[SPEAKER_03]: And then I saw like I think maybe last time he got ejected.
5:27
[SPEAKER_03]: I hate for a sharper.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I will that is when he was ejected a swung to.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, it was the right call.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And yeah, I saw the ejected.
5:37
[SPEAKER_02]: It's bad when you're making headlines with your a temper.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He's had a different entire crew.
5:44
[SPEAKER_03]: That's why I hate him.
5:45
[SPEAKER_03]: but it's time for him to know about a bit and become a little leader.
5:55
[SPEAKER_03]: You can't have you can't be yelling at the commissioner get the f out of your clubhouse.
5:59
[SPEAKER_01]: I kind of like that.
6:01
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, as you can have your thoughts on it for it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think we all do, but you can't tell the commissioner or baseball to basically.
6:10
[SPEAKER_01]: It may fall like a more
6:13
[SPEAKER_03]: You're always wanted to go against the grain Greeks.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I'm not sure.
6:16
[SPEAKER_01]: I fight authority authority always wins.
6:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Cody our team played each other this weekend and neither one of us seemed to like the result.
6:31
[SPEAKER_01]: The reds were within.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're within a half a game of the nationally wild card and now suddenly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: are sputtering a bit.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I still like to make up this team.
6:42
[SPEAKER_01]: If Chase Burns pitches, I think this is all different on Saturday, but it is what it is.
6:48
[SPEAKER_01]: Cody, your thoughts on the weekend series.
6:53
[SPEAKER_03]: Well, first of all, that first game of the series on Friday was on absolute crack.
6:59
[SPEAKER_03]: I've quite never, I mean, it's the Atlanta break.
7:02
[SPEAKER_03]: It's the twenty twenty five version of the Atlanta break.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So I'm not shocked for those.
7:06
[SPEAKER_03]: The Braves were up.
7:08
[SPEAKER_03]: Oh, the tie game going three, three into the eighth inning.
7:12
[SPEAKER_03]: The Braves score eight runs in my car as crews to the win.
7:16
[SPEAKER_03]: Which I want to, I want to make it clear now since the Braves are not making the playoffs.
7:20
[SPEAKER_03]: I want them to lose every single game.
7:23
[SPEAKER_03]: I, they have like the fourth best odds or whatever to get the number one pick in the draft.
7:31
[SPEAKER_03]: So if they lose every game from here on out, I'd be fine.
7:34
[SPEAKER_03]: But then the reds come back and score eight to tie it up and then I think the braves win it in ten.
7:42
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, that game was an absolute crack.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Then the reds win a pitcher's dual thing three to two yesterday.
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[SPEAKER_03]: or two days ago.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And then the MLB tries to put a baseball game inside an ass car stadium and mother nature says, yeah, we're not having that.
8:04
[SPEAKER_03]: When I was getting some work done yesterday, I tuned, I got home and threw it on and the field was an absolute mess, but they tried to play it, but they didn't even get through an inning.
8:17
[SPEAKER_03]: So resumed it today.
8:18
[SPEAKER_03]: I did not have on my bingo card that Eli White would single-handedly beat the Cincinnati Reds.
8:25
[SPEAKER_03]: Had a two-home run game, all four of the Braves RBIs, and yeah, I'm upset that the Braves continued to win ball games.
8:35
[SPEAKER_02]: So it's Greg.
8:36
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, yes.
8:38
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
8:40
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm the one thing that did talk about case burns.
8:46
[SPEAKER_03]: Again, the pitch, the one saving one decent arm that the brace still have Spencer Strider.
8:52
[SPEAKER_03]: It looked like a great pitching matchup and then Mother Nature absolutely threw that in the can.
8:57
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, a young scene on and with the reds and the braves of their basically their only decent arm right now, although.
9:07
[SPEAKER_03]: In this series, I'll give him credit.
9:09
[SPEAKER_03]: Joey wins pitch to hell of a game and game two.
9:13
[SPEAKER_03]: And then, first in Waldrup, who has been good in AAA, has really struggled though on the majors when he's had his chances.
9:21
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm came in and pitched very well today.
9:24
[SPEAKER_03]: So, Brazer kind of getting some look at some young arms.
9:29
[SPEAKER_03]: So I want, I want them to lose.
9:32
[SPEAKER_02]: I thought the reds made him look pretty good.
9:34
[SPEAKER_02]: They got five lead off runners on today without scoring.
9:40
[SPEAKER_02]: Yep.
9:41
[SPEAKER_02]: So that was disappointing from a red point of view.
9:45
[SPEAKER_01]: Something that hasn't been that big of an issue this year as much as it has been in the past, but it sure was today.
9:50
[SPEAKER_01]: I do like their approach at the plate.
9:52
[SPEAKER_01]: I still think this is a playoff team.
9:54
[SPEAKER_01]: I really do think this is a playoff team with that pitching and the what to me appears to be a different approach at the plate.
10:04
[SPEAKER_01]: trying to get base runners rather than trying to get runs all at one time, and especially from Ellie Daly Cruz, who's hitting the ball to all fields.
10:12
[SPEAKER_01]: I've been incredibly impressed with him over the last month and a half or so.
10:17
[SPEAKER_01]: But my question is, is there a regulation and major league baseball that you have to have dirt in the infield?
10:23
[SPEAKER_01]: Because it would have made more sense to have an entirely turf field.
10:27
[SPEAKER_03]: That's a good question.
10:30
[SPEAKER_01]: And I know in college baseball, they don't anymore.
10:32
[SPEAKER_01]: The fields are entirely turf.
10:35
[SPEAKER_01]: There were a lot of fields in the eighties that had only dirt on the basis.
10:40
[SPEAKER_01]: You could have at least done that and saved a lot of problems.
10:45
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't understand the exactly understand the approach to putting dirt in the infield.
10:51
[SPEAKER_03]: I will give credit to it looked like a decent amount of the fans stuck around.
10:56
[SPEAKER_01]: They did more than I thought would.
10:58
[SPEAKER_03]: For the game on Sunday, which I was a little shocked by.
11:03
[SPEAKER_03]: It was still I've heard from I take people's opinions on Twitter with a grain of salt, but they said it wasn't that great of an experience.
11:12
[SPEAKER_03]: With all I'm
11:14
[SPEAKER_03]: It did.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It really, like, if Mother Nature, I think, cooperated, it would have been a lot better.
11:20
[SPEAKER_03]: It sucks now that neither team, because today would have been an off day for both teams, kind of, you know, especially for the reds, they need rest.
11:32
[SPEAKER_03]: They need their off days more than the braves, too.
11:35
[SPEAKER_03]: Although the brazer injured Helen back, but I had another injury today with Austin Ryanley, of course.
11:41
[SPEAKER_03]: But what cracked me up during the broadcast was John Smallt was like, this game means a lot to the red, which a horse it does.
11:47
[SPEAKER_03]: And it means something to the braves, too.
11:48
[SPEAKER_03]: And like, it doesn't really.
11:50
[SPEAKER_03]: No.
11:51
[SPEAKER_01]: It was like, no, not at this point here.
11:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, honestly, the five pick is more is better than the one pick, just as often.
12:03
[SPEAKER_01]: It's even playing for that is a baseball isn't that big of a deal.
12:08
[SPEAKER_03]: I think the braze or it's with Pittsburgh, Chicago and.
12:16
[SPEAKER_03]: Hey, yeah.
12:17
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, those are the three people asking, where's Colorado?
12:20
[SPEAKER_03]: Colorado is ineligible for the number one overall pick.
12:25
[SPEAKER_03]: Due to I think them being in the top, not only are they ineligible for the top pick, they can't pick inside the top and from what I was wrong.
12:34
[SPEAKER_03]: Due to life, it's MLB's policy may be trying to try and prevent tanking.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know, but I was reading an article, I think earlier this week about it and I was like, well,
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[SPEAKER_03]: Colorado having.
12:47
[SPEAKER_03]: There are thirty and eighty one.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And they're not going to be able to pick inside the top ten.
12:52
[SPEAKER_01]: If this were football, that would be a really big deal.
12:56
[SPEAKER_01]: Not so much with baseball.
12:57
[SPEAKER_01]: The eleven pick is just good as often as the number one pick.
13:00
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, being honest.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The top four.
13:03
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, the majorly baseball pick is it you throw them into a hat and you have no idea what's going to happen with those twenty guys.
13:11
[SPEAKER_03]: Guys, I'm really disappointed that Will's not here again to talk about his beloved New York Yankees.
13:18
[SPEAKER_03]: And how the mighty have all of a sudden fallen into third place.
13:21
[SPEAKER_03]: It's bad.
13:21
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13:41
[SPEAKER_03]: Yep, you've been hammering that nail.
13:43
[SPEAKER_01]: And it if it allows them to get rid of Aaron Boone, it's probably all for the best.
13:53
[SPEAKER_02]: I honestly believe he's the one holding that franchise back.
13:57
[SPEAKER_02]: I don't see how you can blame him for Friday night.
14:00
[SPEAKER_02]: They they signed two really pictures three new guys from three different teams and they put them all out there and each one failed spectacularly.
14:11
[SPEAKER_03]: They need a bullpin help and I don't blame him for going out and getting guys like I mean David Benar is a veteran.
14:17
[SPEAKER_03]: He's not what he wants was with pirates.
14:21
[SPEAKER_03]: Camilo DuValls just I'm going to try and throw a hundred and two and see if it worked.
14:26
[SPEAKER_03]: It obviously hadn't.
14:28
[SPEAKER_02]: And then I can't remember who else they brought in Doug Bird from Colorado.
14:32
[SPEAKER_03]: and get swept by the Miami Marlins.
14:36
[SPEAKER_03]: I never thought I'd read that headline in twenty twenty five.
14:38
[SPEAKER_02]: But now the blue jays are not impressive anybody either.
14:42
[SPEAKER_02]: So I declare that the stretch in the schedule would be the end of the song.
14:48
[SPEAKER_02]: You would think so, but they play well in Fenway Park when they go out on the West Coast this upcoming week.
14:55
[SPEAKER_02]: We'll see if they're for real or not.
14:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I can't even believe it's a conversation we're having.
15:00
[SPEAKER_01]: I thought they were going to be the same baseball.
15:03
[SPEAKER_01]: And then they traded their best player and I thought now they're going to be.
15:07
[SPEAKER_01]: And I have no idea how they're doing it.
15:10
[SPEAKER_03]: The thing with the Yankees is you just got swept by the marlins.
15:15
[SPEAKER_02]: Cody is delighting in the failure of the Yankees.
15:19
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm happy for Boston because if I had a pick in American League game, it probably be Boston.
15:27
[SPEAKER_03]: Just because I mean, I'm not a fan of them, but people like, oh, you have an American League in a national league team.
15:33
[SPEAKER_03]: Obviously, I'm with the Braison National League.
15:36
[SPEAKER_03]: You should read their team history and you would change their entire mind.
15:41
[SPEAKER_02]: And Alex Corabin their manager is not a plus either.
15:46
[SPEAKER_03]: Oh, no, I hated, I hated when I think Alex Corabin should not be a manager for you.
15:51
[SPEAKER_01]: You can jump on the Seattle for a long way.
15:54
[SPEAKER_01]: Bandwagon with me.
15:57
[SPEAKER_02]: There's room.
15:59
[SPEAKER_02]: I don't hate the Mariners.
16:00
[SPEAKER_02]: They upgraded at the trade deadline.
16:02
[SPEAKER_02]: If Houston's going to get swept on the road in the series, you know, there's still some possibility for the Mariners.
16:10
[SPEAKER_03]: Well, they decided to bring back a good old friend and friend.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You know, Barry, well, Paul and I, you're handing you as far as.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yes.
16:20
[SPEAKER_02]: Thanks.
16:20
[SPEAKER_02]: I got too much.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But you might come through in the clutch.
16:25
[SPEAKER_01]: I am so glad that you got
16:29
[SPEAKER_01]: Not the red.
16:30
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you very much.
16:31
[SPEAKER_01]: Although keep Ryan Hayes.
16:32
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm not sure is the whole lot better, but at least he plays defense better.
16:37
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, and it's in his first game, he and he is home run for you.
16:41
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, right.
16:41
[SPEAKER_01]: No, but he's a he's an okay player.
16:44
[SPEAKER_01]: It's not the upgrade you wanted at third base.
16:47
[SPEAKER_02]: He also made an error in his first game with the reds, too.
16:51
[SPEAKER_02]: He's definitely an upgrade.
16:53
[SPEAKER_01]: It's just work.
16:55
[SPEAKER_01]: No doubt about it.
16:57
[SPEAKER_03]: something that struck me when just going through the deadline and you know all the frantic moves that were made is the fact that San Diego gave up I believe I saw this on Twitter.
17:15
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know if this is one thousand percent accurate
17:19
[SPEAKER_03]: but they gave up at least five.
17:23
[SPEAKER_03]: Maybe like top twenty prospects.
17:25
[SPEAKER_03]: Wow.
17:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Wow.
17:27
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, for a closer.
17:28
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, it's just some of these.
17:31
[SPEAKER_03]: It was like, and they got Ryan O'Harn and Ramon, Oriano from Baltimore.
17:38
[SPEAKER_03]: Something else I didn't have on my radar, but it doesn't surprise me.
17:42
[SPEAKER_03]: Carlos Korea is now a member of the Houston Astros.
17:44
[SPEAKER_03]: You get again.
17:46
[SPEAKER_02]: Great.
17:46
[SPEAKER_02]: We could hate him even more.
17:48
[SPEAKER_02]: That may be a acquisition that's two years past its prime.
17:54
[SPEAKER_03]: Leo DeFrise is a kid's name.
17:56
[SPEAKER_03]: He's like the number two or three overall prospect in base.
17:59
[SPEAKER_02]: And no other team in giving up prospects, touch did not get anywhere near that high.
18:06
[SPEAKER_02]: You never know how it's going to work out, but he's got a lot of potential.
18:11
[SPEAKER_02]: And Preller really can roll the dice.
18:14
[SPEAKER_03]: Greg, you touched on it just a little bit, but the reds didn't need.
18:18
[SPEAKER_03]: a third base minute, but a one probably the type of third base.
18:22
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that Marta is looked really good in right field in his bat is fantastic.
18:29
[SPEAKER_01]: And now the reds have a pretty good five man outfield rotation.
18:33
[SPEAKER_01]: So I don't hate it, but yeah, you honestly,
18:37
[SPEAKER_01]: of who was available, you're not going to do much better than that.
18:39
[SPEAKER_01]: I didn't want to swear as I don't like that kind of bat.
18:42
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll take I'll take Hays over him.
18:44
[SPEAKER_01]: I just I grew to really dislike him as first time around with the reds, especially in those games against the braves.
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[SPEAKER_01]: When he would have two runners on and one out and swing as hard as he could at all three pitches and
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[SPEAKER_01]: It really turned me off of him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He was the worst situational hitter I've ever seen as a red or maybe not.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They had Brett Boone, but a lot of to me, it's fine.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I still think they're a borderline playoff team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And right now, I think you're thinking more about next year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: By the way, guys, it looks like Chase Burns is going to come out of the bullpen later in the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So that's interesting.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They were saying that on the broadcast today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I like it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That seems wise to me to break a guy in like that too
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[SPEAKER_03]: going back to the keep around haste thing.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I can't believe that they didn't get him or you guys got him for a granted.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know much about these prospects.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Probably, Greg, you might know a little more, but it seemed like for nothing that got him.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He's got like four or five years of control.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Keep around haste does and you basically getting for pretty much nothing.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It sounds like
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[SPEAKER_01]: The pirate he has not been very good to be honest the last year and a half.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, his bad.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's going to promise.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's not been very good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The pirates were done with it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't blame them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We'll see it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, happens with the red.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Clearly, there are a lot of bats in this lineup that are of them proved this year under the tutelage of Frank Conan, his staff.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So it'll be interesting to see because he's clearly got a ability and he's got a nice glove not not in the lead glove, but a nice glove.
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[SPEAKER_03]: People were, I think something else about the trade deadline.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I was, you know, seeing some winners and losers and people were calling the Cubs didn't hardly anything.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You'd think with a team that's looking to try and go all in and obviously try and keep pace with Milwaukee.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, a little surprise they did.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I did I do have a soft spot for Michael Ceroco because that's where he started his career with the braves and couldn't quite He just had injuries and that kid just could not get over injuries.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He's been an okay pitcher and then anything great But I saw the cubs got him and Paul your think think think they might need a little more if they want to It's gonna be a fun with them and Milwaukee, but I think Milwaukee's the best team in baseball now Bulls thing
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[SPEAKER_02]: Wow.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think they have a better chance against the Dodgers than the Phillies do.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Whoa.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I just don't.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So Milwaukee is just that team that I'm not.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I want to see how they fare in the post season.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Exactly.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think we've seen this story with so many times.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They have a great regular season.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Then they fan out in the.
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[SPEAKER_03]: in the wildcard series or the divisional rap.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I'd have to probably go back and look and see kind of when the last time they made the NLCS was.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's probably quite a while I would imagine.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's going to be fun on many.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Let's say the only all wrap up the trade deadline stuff with going back to my praise, which they did not do another thing I'm upset about as they didn't do a damn thing with
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[SPEAKER_03]: Marcelo Zuna.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I get not wanting them, but they had some, I really thought that they would move guys like a Pierce Johnson, a Dylan Lee.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Guys, like, we had two or three relievers who were actually pretty darn good.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I thought they might move a couple of those guys, Sean Murphy was another one that, you know, have, they have Drake Baldwin who's, although as sounds like next year, they're with Marcelo Zune going to be gone.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They're just going to have, whichever catcher doesn't catch me with DH, which I actually kind of love that strategy.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, people were very brazed Twitter was very upset that they didn't sell at the deadline, which, let's see, we are, it's August third and we have, like,
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I do have a two one months the regular season and I do have a a trade deadline question guys.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We'll start with you Uncle Paul.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Any team becomes significantly better that it made them a contender through the trade deadline.
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[SPEAKER_02]: only the Mariners I think I think they're hovering behind the Astros and not putting any distance with the Rangers and they're the only team I think who could miss the playoffs that improved enough that they could make the playoffs.
23:38
[SPEAKER_02]: I think anybody else who improved themselves was probably already going to make the playoffs.
23:44
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, how about as a contender?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Did this make anyone from a playoff team into a contender?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think it helped the Padre's in the short run.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Padre's could have improved themselves, but I'd love to see them catch the Dodgers.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's not happening.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think all the drama that playoffs this year looks like it's going to be in the National League.
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[SPEAKER_03]: One thousand percent agree with that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I can't tell who's going to who the best team is in the American League.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So we're going to have a lot of a figure in that out, too.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, maybe it's the Blue Jays.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe it's the Tigers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe the Tigers are just cruising because they're so far out ahead, but they haven't been very impressive.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Who is it?
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[SPEAKER_02]: There's a lot of many other teams who are going to make the playoffs in the American League.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And see, that's the thing, Toronto really has not been in this position.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Neither is Detroit.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So how do those teams kind of act down the final month or so?
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[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I think Detroit easily wins.
24:53
[SPEAKER_03]: You know, I'm not saying Detroit doesn't make the playoffs or anything like that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: could they be one of those teams that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's a loud and the what and the division around just because I don't think we'll see.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's I can see that I think I bet more money on Toronto doing that than Detroit.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But there is a ton of drama left it nationally.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Correct.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And it's the right kind of drama because these are good teams going at each other.
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[SPEAKER_03]: All three divisions are
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[SPEAKER_03]: but separated by between the one and two spots by no more extra games.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And just what all you listeners out there to know that we're in a golden age of pitching.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Not from a performance level, but from a name level.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It used to be good because you'd have pitchers named Ball Four and Homer Bailey and Roy Face and Bob Walk.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But right now, currently on the roster, we have pitchers named Walker, Herter, junk, bender, bummer and blew it, and I am not kidding you.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Perfect way to end.
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