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Mookie’s Back · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the three O take, where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes it.
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All starts. Right now.
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Welcome back to the Three O Take presented by SeatGeek.
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This is episode 459. I'll be your host, Kyle Corden,
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and I'm here with my Co host Nate Reyes.
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Nate, let's go. Let's go.
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You're welcome. Great job on that intro by the
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way. That.
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Was thank you. Thank you.
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Looks good. Looks good.
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We've had some adventures my. We have, we have.
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I had, I had fun making that. I was like, man, we've, we've
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been, we've been around the block.
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I'm excited for some more. We got some more cooked up.
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Even dropped a little little 2021 wild card trip, a little
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2019 Denver trip in there. Yeah, get a little bit of.
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This is your news. This is your.
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We're not, we're not really a warning.
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This is a positive thing. Get your notice turned on.
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That way you can watch the intro video.
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We give you just a nice little quick 90 seconds to settle in,
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get your popcorn turned on, tell the wife to be quiet, get the
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Airpods hooked up, whatever you need to do so you can come hang
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out. Let's talk some baseball before
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we do that. Well, I mean, it's baseball
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related, but can we just real quick talk about this Machine
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Gun Kelly first pitch Because I, I don't know why you and I are
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at such odds here with this with this first pitch.
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I'm very confused as I'm confused as to why it bothers
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you so much. I hate this guy.
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Why are you defending him? I'm not defending him, but I
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just saw I was watching. OK, well, back up.
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I saw his interview that he did on MLB Network.
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And he had it on mute. I had it on mute.
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I didn't hear anything. What did I miss there?
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He's basically just talking about, I mean, it was machine
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if, if you have no idea what we're talking about, it was
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Machine Gun Kelly Day at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
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What yesterday? Fill me in on as to why it's a
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whole day. Why does he have a whole day?
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That he's a big Cleveland guy. I couldn't tell you why the the
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Guardians decided like, hey, let's make this a thing.
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Couldn't tell you. Cleveland Pride.
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It confuses me as well. No offense.
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I'm just a little. Lost.
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No, I respect it. I respect it.
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I'm like, you know what? You I mean Rep your city, but
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like that's a pretty why are we just now I'm hearing about it.
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That's a gritty city. Anyway, they interviewed him on
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the on MLB Network and he told me how how much he loves
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Cleveland. And he was he was promoting his
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coffee and he was like, yeah, I can't really say on on national
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TV, but I replaced a previous high with the new caffeine high
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and got a good laugh. And I looked it up.
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He's like a year sober. He seems like he's trying to
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turn his life around. He's showing up in Progressive
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Field putting on for the for the people, goes out for the first
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pitch. Well, back up.
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No, on the interview. They're like, so, So what, what
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are you thinking for this first pitch?
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And he was like, wow, I was thinking about like a 92 mile an
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hour curveball. And they got a good, they had a
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good laugh out of that. But then he was like, actually,
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I think since then I've changed my mind.
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I've got something, a little something special rolled up my
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sleeve and I'm like every, everybody's kind of wondering
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like, what could you possibly do?
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And he goes out there and what is it?
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Is it, are they brats? Are they hot dogs?
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The the mascots in Cleveland there's like 4.
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Nightmare. Nightmare fuel is.
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What nightmare fuel? Yeah, we'll just go with that.
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They're standing behind on a plate and I'm like, this is this
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is rigged. He's going to he's going to take
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one of them out and that's going to be that.
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But instead pulls out a pen, signs the ball and he eats it
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into the crowd. I go, yeah, you know what?
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That's funny. And they're talking about it on
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the broadcast going, oh, look, Machine Gun Kelly giving back to
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the crowd, launching the first pitch into the stands.
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And I thought, yeah, you know, that's different, that that's
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unique. I like that.
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And then Nate comes out of the from the clouds.
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Did anybody see that MGK first pitch guy sucks?
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I'm like I don't know. I'm so confused as to why we're
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hating on a guy for his first pitch.
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Well #1 the guys that try hard and can't just settle in on
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being his own person, his own self.
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The guy just bounces around all over the place.
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He tries hard everywhere he goes.
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And that was just weird. Like, what was the point?
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What was the point? What was the point of the first
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pitch? What was the point?
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Like this is the point you and I discussing it being on Twitter.
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The guy just wants to be like center of attention.
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I can't stand it. He's got like pair of jeans on
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there like 17 sizes too big. I, I, I don't, I, it freaks me
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out. The guy's weird and like I, I, I
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think he drinks blood. I don't know who or what I'm
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seeing but I'm not a fan. I can't speak for whether or not
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he he does that, but it it was just, I'm just looking at the
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first pitch. I thought it was creative and it
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was unique and stupid. A fan got a ball because of it,
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so. I'd like to know.
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I'd like to see what fan where. I'd like to see the arm
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strength. I'd like to see a zoomed out
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view. It may change my it may change
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my take on this. I mean, if he's got an arm, it
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doesn't it didn't look like it. It didn't look like he had an
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arm and he had to get like a running start, which was weird.
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I well. If you're, if you're, I think it
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went into the stands, yeah, I wouldn't take a running.
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I would take a running start too.
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It would have been funnier if you're just on the mount and you
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launch it over the backstop. That, to me would have been
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funnier. I don't, I don't get.
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That, But either way, he's not funny, he's weird and I don't
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like it so. It's it's been established, Nate
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not a fan of Machine Gun Kelly. Look, on Twitter, I'm I'm in the
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majority here. You are in the minority.
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Look. I disagree if if you're in the
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chat. If you're watching on the live
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stream, drop A1 if you liked Machine Gun Kelly if you didn't
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see it. Basically what he did is he
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heated the ball into the stands instead of throwing the first
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pitch or drop a drop A2 straight corn or drop A2 if you hated it
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one, if you like the idea two, if you hate it.
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I I personally have the belief that it was it was a unique
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idea. That's cringe.
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That's all I'm going to say. Clear cringe idea clearly.
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Do you have something against machine gun killer?
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Anyway, we're going to talk about team bets.
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For the record, I am too all. Right, cool.
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All right. Some comments rolling in.
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Clearly I am in the minority here.
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That's fine. Not even not even going to
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continue this any longer. Starting off hot.
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Let's suck some Mookie Betts, shall we?
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Mookie Betts is back, and he was back like he never left.
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Making his return in Milwaukee and right out of the gate, 2 for
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four, hit a bomb, 3 ribbies, a stolen bag.
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His next game back 2 for five. Talk to me about what kind of
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boost. I mean it, it kind of goes
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without saying it no, it does go without saying.
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Having Mookie Betts back in your lineup is is big.
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But specifically, talk to me about the boost that Mookie
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Betts provides you back in his comfort zone, being in right
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field and, and having the ease of mind of, of sliding into that
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2 hole and, and maybe taking a little bit of the pressure off
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of him of being that table setter that he's, he's very good
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at being. But at least as he's coming back
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from injury, doesn't have that, that table setting pressure.
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I have nothing but questions. One, I may live under a rock
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here, but did he make any rehab starts?
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I don't believe so. Then he got how many knocks in
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his first two games back. He went two for four with a
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stolen bag. He had three ribbies in a home
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run and then second game, so he went for between his first two
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games went four. For 9 and was out for how long?
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Almost two months. Alien First off, if that is
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true, because I I didn't see anything rehab like you always
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get like a little clip of like here's so and so at their rehab
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start. I didn't see anything.
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So I don't think he did. That's absurd.
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Secondly, we talked about this last week.
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I'm in the camp that we need to spread out those one through
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three guys. The lineup just needs like a
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little bit more support. But you do you, Dave Roberts.
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Or excuse me, you do you, Dodgers front office Dave
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Roberts just says yes. When he was a Red Sox, was it
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primarily 22 hole? He was leading off.
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Primarily lead off. He was leading off, which is
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what I touched on last episode and I kind of threw some some
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unnecessary shade at at Dave Roberts talking about like, what
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is this going to look like when he's back?
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And this was this was before we knew, I think that he was going
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to slide into the two hole. It's like or no, this was this
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was after we found out. Because I'm like, This is why
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Dodger fans get upset with Dave Roberts, because you look at the
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decision that he makes to say that he's going to be your
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permanent shortstop and then he gets hurt and it's like, just
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kidding. We're putting him back in,
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right? And then not only we're going to
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do that, we're going to take him out of the the spot that he
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produces most, being the lead off spot and we're going to
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slide him into the two hole. It's like decisions like that, I
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feel like they're given to you on a or choices rather they're
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given to you on a silver platter.
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And then Dave Roberts more times than not opts for the one that
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makes less sense. So this was one of those things
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where I'm like, I don't know if I agree with this, but then
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Mookie Betts just goes out and produces either way because
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that's what he does. I was just curious as to why not
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leave him in the spot that he produces.
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More yeah, I don't know I'm. And it's like show hey is going
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to show hey wherever he's at. You have their first three guys,
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will Will, Shohei, Mookie and Freddie.
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Wherever Shohei, Mookie and Freddie are they'll do whatever
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they need to do wherever they are so it's like this is a
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ridiculous conversation in the 1st place, but secondly I like I
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don't know I. You got a lot of stolen bases
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out of shohei. It's like this is insane.
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I don't know. It's unfair.
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Like I, I love that he's back in right field.
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I'm very much in the camp. I I like that he's a right
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fielder. I think it's a little confused
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by the Ahmed Rosario DFA. We got to talk about that, too.
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That that I don't know what's going on there.
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I don't know how, like if you make that deal to fill in a hole
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before the deadline that I feel bad for the guy First off.
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Secondly, I can't wait until he is going to be added to a
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postseason roster somewhere and going to be a huge, huge
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postseason producer because that's how it goes.
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Well, that was the other thing too.
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If you get, if you get acquired, because I've, I've run into this
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before that it happened with Jose Iglesias in Boston back I
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guess it was 2021 where he wasn't able to participate on
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the post or be a member of the postseason roster because of
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the, the period in time at which he was acquired.
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And I don't know if that's based on we also, that was also a
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point in time when we had that whole like waiver deadline.
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And I honestly can't remember how that acquisition came about.
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I don't know. Is it?
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What's the threshold? What's the threshold to be on
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the postseason roster? I honestly couldn't tell you.
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So that's why I'm curious about. I mean, he's going to end up
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somewhere. It's just a matter of I don't
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know what that looks like postseason.
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If that is the let's, let's just let's just pull it that thread.
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If that is the case, this might be the smartest decision I've
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ever seen. Imagine trading for a guy that
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was was probably highly valued amongst other teams.
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You trade for them, you keep them, and then you DFA him and
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he's not even eligible to participate in the post season
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for those other said teams. That might be one of the most
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genius things ever. If that's if that was on
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purpose, that's crazy cool. I don't know though.
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AJ has better yet why didn't Lux get traded since he's blocking
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other talent and he can't play shorts up.
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Honestly I don't know why the Lux?
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Why the Lux experiment? I would have continued him.
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I would have DFA him. I mean, he's still, I I guess
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he's still got trade value and he maybe just want to wait off,
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wait till the offseason for that.
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But like, I don't know, back to Mookie getting an MVP, yet
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another MVP. You have 3 MVPS in your first
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three hitters in the lineup. But getting him back, it's
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better than anything you could have done at the deadline.
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Getting him back in right field where he can be comfortable
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makes a ton of sense. I, I think he's so productive as
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a, as a lead off guy. But like you can argue that this
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is such an easier path to get back in when you know one of the
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best hitters on the planet is sitting in front of you and
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you're getting to see a lot. And most pitchers are going to
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be pretty exhausted by your second or third at bat.
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So we'll see, man. But it's just like the I don't
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think it really matters. I feel like everything's going
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to work. Whatever they do is going to
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work at the top. But that's what I'm saying is
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that I think the rest of the lineup needs a little love.
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Dude needs a little help. Like spread that out a little
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bit, get someone sandwiched in between Mookie and and Freddie
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and get some protection for that guy.
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I said Will Smith. I think that would help Will
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Smith a lot. If you have someone like a
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Freddie hitting behind you and we're so in love with this
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right, left balance, it drives me absolutely bonkers.
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Drives me insane. Like there's rules behind the
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bullpen appearances. There's rules behind like number
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of guys that these guys have to face.
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Like if you get got on one guy, it's OK because the other guy's
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going to be fine. And all of these guys have
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perfect splits on each side. So I just don't understand why
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it matters as much as they say it does.
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But. Welcome back Mookie.
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Welcome back, Mookie. Breaking news.
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If you're familiar with this particular program, it's not
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really breaking news, but I had to sound the alarm because we
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got to dial it in here. The Co sister-in-law has texted
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me with the weekly trivia MLB trivia question.
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If Chad wants to get involved, get involved.
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If Chad wants to get involved, let's get involved.
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I'm I'm on standby here waiting for the question.
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Good. If you're new to this, my Co
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sister-in-law, you're going. What the heck is a Co
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sister-in-law? I've explained this before, but
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basically it's the spouse of a sibling of my spouse.
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So it's my wife's brother's. Wife.
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And we looked it up one time and it's a it's called a Co
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sister-in-law. It's crazy.
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I That doesn't even sound like an actual.
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Like seems like a lot of work. Familial structure or or
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relationship, but apparently it's a thing.
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So the the question is coming. We can keep going on.
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I don't know how how it may take a minute for her to come through
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but. Just we sounded the alarm, but
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that's OK. Wanted to let you know it's on.
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Well, she had she hit me up and said the MLB questions coming up
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and usually it's within a minute and we're we're still still on
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standby. I think she's she has stumped to
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me because it doesn't always come while we're recording.
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So sometimes I'm I'm on my own to figure it out.
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I think she's maybe stumped me like twice and.
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Flexing a little bit. I mean, you can tell, you can
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tell sometimes the whoever's running these trivia, you can
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tell that they're they're catering to maybe a, a non
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baseball crowd at times. But then there are somewhere I'm
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like, I don't know how they would expect anybody to know
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that because we've been doing this podcast for I mean, we've
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been baseball fans our entire lives.
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We've been doing this podcast for some time and we don't even
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know the answers to these things and they're expecting these.
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Yeah, like. Sciency tech people to know I
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don't that's that's wild to me. Sciency tech people.
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Anyway, you know who's not sciency or tech people, at least
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I'm guessing is Aaron Judge and Juan Soto.
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They're just born to be baseball players and they, I'll tell you
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what, they are doing it and they're doing it well as of
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late. Honestly, I, I I didn't have a
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particular reason for including them in in the rundown for this
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episode, but it I, I often times include topics that I encounter
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on social media, like in a given week, like a lot.
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And for some reason Aaron judging wants.
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I mean, for obvious reasons, I I just took a glance at the recent
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numbers, so it makes sense why I'm seeing their name and pop
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their names pop up a lot. But my goodness, can you just
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can you shed a little light on what's been happening?
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I mean, I'm pretty sure I just checked Twitter and Soda went
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deep yet again. Yeah, I think the fourth time in
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his last two games. Yeah.
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What is happening right now? I mean, aside from the fact that
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the the Yankees got waxed by the White Sox.
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I mean what are we doing bro aside from the worst team in
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decades and you just get giving up a 12 spot?
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I think was that the was that a was that a season high and hits
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for the White Sox? I think I saw or.
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Freaking team, let me tell. Ya, aside from that, what's
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going on with with these two? I mean, they're taking the
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league over by storm right now. Stupid bro, it's stupid.
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The OPS numbers they put up the I mean the they're both walking
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at like a very similar rate right now.
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I they were talking on MLB Central this morning and they
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were talking about because after the game they were like
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complementing each other like in two separate intervals.
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That was so weird. Cut stop.
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That was so corny, so gimmicky. If you're going to get on
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Machine Gun Kelly, which I I I'm really not trying to sound like
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I'm a defender of machine gun. No, no, you called him a
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cornball for just, you know, doing something nicer fan.
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You want to talk about corny? And look, you got to stop being
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so surprised that I'm like, I have this this bias against
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Aaron Judge and and Juan Soto. It I don't channel that enough
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to be honest with you or just Yankees in general.
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I don't channel that enough. So don't act surprised.
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I think it's corny, but it's corny.
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OK? They're sitting there.
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Hey, man, hey, hey brother, who do you think is the better?
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Who do you think is the best hitter in the league right now?
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And they're just over there like making out with each other.
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And somebody, I, I saw one thread and somebody was like,
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after they read the, the replies that they shared about one
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another, they're just like, so are they going to kiss now?
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Or it was just, it was goofy more so on, more so on the part
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of one particular guy, because I think it's it's kind of obvious
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who the better of the two is in that regard.
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But it was just goofy. We got the trivia question.
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All right, whatever. In 2004, what relief pitcher was
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the only player league wide still wearing the number 42 or
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retired in 1997? That's that's your guy.
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He's right there. Oh, our our logo's blocking it.
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Missed the mole. Do you have to say Mariano
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Rivera or can you say MO? Are you typing it out?
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I have to say. Do you know if it's a is is it a
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like a multiple choice thing that they're doing or?
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I think it's just standard trivia.
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You just have to you have to bring the answer to the table
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without any assistance I believe.
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Without any assistance. Let's see here. back-to-back to
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Judge and Soto, though. Yeah, OK, so their comments, I
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got him pulled up. So just in case you haven't
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heard about it, they're asking Judge and Soto like, hey, who's
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the best hitter in the league? Aaron Judge on Juan Soto.
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He's the greatest hitter in the game.
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If you leave him a pitch in the zone, he'll do damage.
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Juan Soto on Aaron Judge, I call him the greatest hitter in the
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world. Look at his numbers.
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He's just unbelievable. He makes my job easier.
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Shut up, dude. Tell me, where's the lie?
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Where's the Where are they? Wrong.
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Somebody has to be lying. You can't have two of the best.
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And I I think with the way that the last few seasons have gone,
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we know the answer and you just have judge over there being the
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the lowly humble peasant trying to play it off and and shine the
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light on Soto. That's a good, that's a good
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leader right there. That's what that is, I would
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say. Goofy.
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I I was thinking about this, I was thinking about this today.
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I know Judge is putting up the numbers he's putting up, but I
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think Juan Soto's the better hitter.
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I think he, I think Judge is so good as a hitter that his misses
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a so strong and big that like his misses end up being
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productive. I think Juan Soto is a better
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hitter. I think he controls the zone
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better. I think he has a better eye.
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I think he he does we you and I talked about like how Manny
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Ramirez used to like bait pitchers.
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Juan Soto baits pitchers and you can tell that like in what I
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mean by that is like Manny Ramirez would if if there was a
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scenario, say it's in the first inning, no one's on and there's,
23:39
you know, a slider down. In a way, Manny Ramirez would
23:43
almost look silly on purpose because he felt like I wanted, I
23:48
want to document that and I'm going to want you to throw that
23:51
pitch again later in an at bat. That means more and I'm going to
23:56
make you pay for it. That's what I mean by baiting.
24:00
He would he would trick pitchers into doing that kind of stuff.
24:04
Juan Soto does the same thing. Judge is just really good.
24:09
But like, if we're looking at like, you know, comparing, it's
24:12
like, you know, one guy's 3233, the other guy's 26, you know,
24:17
and like Juan Soto is going to continue to to grow and get
24:20
better. And they're both insane.
24:24
But I think like, yeah, right now it's kind of it's kind of a
24:28
toss up, dude. They're both in there.
24:31
It's crazy to watch. It really is.
24:33
If there was any anything else happening in this lineup, I
24:36
would have no doubts. But these two are just like with
24:42
what they're able to do. I mean, every day, every list
24:46
that they're on, it's like it's it's Babe and Garrick.
24:50
I'm glad you mentioned that. I've got some Nuggets here for
24:53
us right off the top. Your current entering Wednesday.
24:58
Your current Major League OPS leaders at the top #1 Aaron
25:03
Judge sporting a clip of 1165. Juan Soto is sporting a clip of
25:09
1042 at #2 Justin Havens on Twitter shared a tweet and it
25:17
says Aaron Judge has an OPS of 221 and Juan Soto has an OPS
25:21
plus of 189. In the modern era or since 1900,
25:25
there has only been one pair of teammates where both had an OPS
25:29
plus of at least 189 with a minimum of 500 plate appearances
25:32
in the same season. And two names you mentioned,
25:35
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Some more Nuggets here for you
25:40
for those that are interested at Big Baby, David under score on
25:43
Twitter said by OPS. Plus Juan Soto is having the 5th
25:47
best Yankees offensive season since 1958 and the third best
25:51
Yankees offensive season since 1963.
25:54
But Aaron Judge is having the Yankees best offensive season
25:57
right now and had the second best in 2022, so we barely talk.
26:01
About it, it's crazy. Oh, I'm not done at Yankees,
26:06
Muse says. Qualified outfielders with a
26:09
fill in the blank this season. Qualified outfielders with a 400
26:14
on base percentage, Aaron Judge Juan Soto.
26:18
Qualified outfielders with A600 slugging percentage.
26:22
Aaron Judge Juan Soto. Qualified outfielders with 1000
26:25
OPS plus Aaron Judge Juan Soto outfielders.
26:30
Qualified outfielders with 185 weighted runs created, plus
26:35
Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, and lastly qualified Outfitters with
26:39
A7F4. You guessed it, Aaron Judge and
26:44
Juan Soto. It's just insane.
26:48
It's it's genuinely like I'm I'm trying.
26:51
I'm taking my Yankee fandom off. If if you enjoy baseball at all,
26:55
like just any chance you get to I don't know.
26:59
I don't know if he's going to resign.
27:01
I don't know if he's going to continue to be Yankee like I I
27:04
would recommend locking in on these at bats.
27:08
I would recommend watching just a few at bats of a Yankees game
27:13
and see what these guys do. And I mean, it's it's a
27:18
complement each other, right? Like, and that's what Wanso just
27:21
talking about in his quote. It's like having that kind of
27:24
literally having one of the best seasons of all time behind me
27:29
opens up a lot for me to be able to do and vice versa.
27:34
Aaron Judge is getting to, you know, hit against somebody who's
27:39
probably exhausted of having to be so pinpoint against a Juan
27:44
Soto. It's crazy.
27:47
And it's crazy cool watching how often Juan Soto is right when an
27:52
umpire makes a bad call. It's it's pretty fun to be able
27:55
to see that. Like he's like, yeah, no, you
27:58
were wrong on that one. And he's more right than not.
28:01
So. He's got eyes of a hawk.
28:03
It's crazy. It's incredible.
28:05
It's crazy. And this is the least and he has
28:09
some of the best numbers in baseball.
28:11
It's, it doesn't make sense. I it doesn't compute.
28:14
And this is just further evidence, not that you and I
28:17
need to convince ourselves of this, but I feel like there's
28:19
still people out there that think just because you have an
28:25
MVP winner or multiple MVP caliber players on your team,
28:31
that that somehow equates to like team success.
28:33
I got, I was getting into it a little bit.
28:36
I think today, earlier today talking about how, oh, I, I, I
28:40
put a post out from Brooksgate, if you follow that account,
28:44
talking about the four best athletes of like the four major
28:50
sports of each decade going back to I think like the 50s or
28:53
something. And there was people in the
28:55
comments talking about how Judge or excuse me, Trout and Otani
29:02
couldn't be on that list because they, they quote, played
29:06
together on the same team and couldn't win anything.
29:09
And I in this day and age, knowing what we know about the
29:13
game, knowing what we know about the numbers, the advanced
29:15
analytics, what goes into actually compiling and a a
29:20
championship winning team, it still blows my mind that people
29:24
think that just because the Yankees and I got to take my my
29:27
Yankees hate hat off here. It blows my mind that people
29:31
think that just because the Yankees have Aaron Judge and
29:33
Juan Soto means that that's a cakewalk to the World Series.
29:36
It that's not how it works. Like what they're doing is
29:40
incredible. But if you don't have anything
29:42
else to support that, then that that's all you need.
29:46
Like that's all you have. Right.
29:49
Is, is the production that you're really getting out of
29:51
those two. And yeah, you, you sprinkle
29:53
some, some output elsewhere on both sides of the ball, but
29:56
you're it's not going to be enough even with as well as
29:59
they're hitting at the moment and have been for the majority,
30:02
if not all of the all of the season.
30:04
Yeah. Then that like the massive
30:06
uptick in in, you know, Aaron Judge intentional walks, is it
30:11
that kind of is a perfect sign for it, right?
30:14
Like it's been a while since we've seen this.
30:17
I don't I don't remember this much intentional walking going
30:21
on since Bonds. I'd be fair.
30:24
That was like a whole different level.
30:28
And you're seeing certain teams that have different strategies.
30:30
Like they talked about it on the broadcast with like I'll score
30:32
in the in the Red Sox. Like they were just like, let's
30:35
throw to him and look what you did to that in that series in
30:39
Fenway. And then you have the series
30:41
before. I don't even remember who they
30:42
were facing, but it was like, we're not letting we're not
30:44
giving them anything. So if that if that changes, it
30:50
only changes because of the production behind them.
30:55
But I mean, yeah, we could do this across history, across
30:57
sports. I mean, we could.
30:59
You can go back to James Harden and Kevin Durant and Russell
31:02
Westbrook all being in OK C and not doing anything.
31:05
You can go to Ken Griffey, Junior A Rod big unit, Edgar
31:10
Martinez, you know, doing their thing in in the late 90s, early
31:14
2000s with the Mariners and not getting over the hump.
31:17
Like there's you could do this forever.
31:21
And that's just it's a perfect representation of lack of
31:27
knowledge for fandom. When you don't understand that,
31:33
like how much is needed to win a ring to win or to win a trophy
31:38
across all sports. It takes more than what meets
31:41
the eye. It takes more than just playing
31:43
on paper and my heart's going to be broken here in a couple
31:48
months and it's just the way it is.
31:52
Well, Speaking of production elsewhere in the lineup, Jet,
31:56
just real quick here, Jazz Chisholm, I think we said was
31:59
officially to the IL as of today with the UCL injury after a
32:05
little bit of a scary slide into home the other night.
32:11
Beat the slide. He was safe.
32:12
He what? And he, he walked off under his
32:15
own power. Like, didn't he?
32:16
He didn't hang around very long at all.
32:17
I mean, maybe showed like a little bit of a.
32:21
He was doing this like this like movement in the dugout where he
32:25
was like trying to move it. It's his glove on, but he was
32:28
like trying to move it. The Yankee Twitter is is very
32:35
correct on like the amount of weird things going on with the
32:41
headline that the leading deadline moves the last like
32:46
stretch of years. It's been very, very.
32:49
I saw that. Like Frankie Montas being in
32:53
that mix, Andrew Benintendi being in that mix, Harrison
32:57
Bader missing a lot of time, like Scott F Ross.
33:02
I mean, just like every, everybody, they've moved.
33:07
At Yankee World Addison Good good Follow on Twitter the
33:10
health of some recent Yankee tread that trade deadline
33:13
pieces. Frankie Montas heard all of
33:14
2023. Andrew Benintendi hurt for
33:16
September in the playoffs. F Ross hasn't pitched since
33:19
2022. Trevino hasn't pitched since
33:21
2022. Bader played 100 of 190 games.
33:25
Jazz Chisholm UCL Injury How does this keep happening?
33:28
There's also a lot of Yankee Twitter claiming that 13 is
33:31
cursed and well, that's that's that's because they need to
33:35
retire hey, Rod's number, which is insane, but.
33:39
Well, that's not why I think it's cursed.
33:41
I think it's just cursed. That's a bad number.
33:43
Just a bad number. Well, specifically in New York
33:47
too, just because of a a certain figure that that donned it there
33:50
and had some rather questionable actions in his time there.
33:54
But that's beside the point. But they're Yankees are hopeful
33:57
he'll return in three to four weeks.
33:59
I'm guessing that basically means he's out for the season
34:01
because Yankees front office loves to lie about injuries.
34:05
So sure does. Glove arm you just that makes
34:09
you hope. But who knows?
34:12
He is like just stupid athletic. So like he could he could be a
34:17
weird exception. I'm used to non athleticism
34:20
getting hurt on this roster and they're taking a million years
34:24
to come back. So maybe this is the opposite.
34:26
I don't know. Speaking of opposite, Blake
34:29
Snell, as we've alluded to on previous episodes, has is having
34:33
quite the opposite to his first half and it seems to be the
34:36
trend over the course of his career.
34:39
Took a no hitter into the 7th, his last outing against the
34:42
Braves at home. That was a pitching matchup.
34:47
It's got to be one of the top matchups we've seen this year.
34:52
Blake Snell. Chris Sale Snell went 6th and
34:56
the 6th and the 3rd allowed just two hits, zero earned runs, 11
34:59
KS and three walks over 114 pitches.
35:02
As I mentioned, took a no hitter into the 7th since returning
35:08
from injury. I feel like the last start he
35:10
had, we, we gave you the update, we gave you the numbers as to
35:13
how he had been doing and it was, it was sort of mind
35:16
blowing, but the IT just continues to grow.
35:19
The legend of Blake Snell in the second-half continues to grow
35:22
with every start that he has since returning from injury. 45
35:27
in the 3rd innings, .99 ERA and 60 strikeouts.
35:35
It does. It's so weird.
35:36
Like, you don't have to look, you don't have to do a deep
35:40
dive, you don't have to search for advanced analytics to
35:42
support your case on on just how good of a pitcher Blake Snell is
35:46
in the second-half. The basic county numbers that we
35:50
look at for, for pitchers that that tells you the entire story
35:55
right there. Like that just tells you how
35:56
dominant he's been. And it I, I don't know, like I,
36:01
I feel like the last time we talked to Blake, talked about
36:04
Blake Snell, my head was in a place where it's like, OK, yeah,
36:08
good in the second-half. But also, I think this this
36:11
season is maybe more so due to the fact that it just took him
36:16
longer to get going. But with every start, I'm like,
36:20
OK, it like if he can round out the second-half pitching like
36:24
this, like if he can maintain this, it's like we can't, we
36:27
can't pretend that this isn't part of his story, part of his
36:32
makeup as a as a Major League pitcher, because this is not the
36:36
first time. And I'm, I'm assuming this won't
36:38
be the last time we see a, a second-half Blake Snow that's
36:43
putting up Cy Young type performances.
36:48
Do you have an opt out? I would imagine so, with the way
36:53
the offseason went. If man's is just going to.
37:02
Two year, two year contract, we're 62 mil, which includes an
37:07
opt out after the 2024 season. I bet that yeah, yeah, that's
37:12
right. Because I remember when this
37:13
happened, I was like, that's just, it was the most
37:15
predictable thing. So he gone.
37:19
He's going to try his luck again.
37:20
Of course, there's no chance he wants to stay in San Francisco.
37:23
No shot. And he's going to, he's going
37:28
to, he's going to try his luck and, and hope that this
37:31
second-half that he's put up invites teams to consider taking
37:40
another stab at it this free agency and, and maybe hope that
37:43
they regret not picking him up this past free agency because
37:49
he's showing you what he can do. It's just a matter of trying to
37:52
get something out of first half. Blake I.
37:54
Know I know if he wasn't a freaking Boris client dude, I
37:58
feel like he would have a legitimate shot if like hey, let
38:02
me let me go do a team friendly deal.
38:05
You know what I mean? Give me give me four years, 80.
38:16
That'd be a team friendly deal, right?
38:19
20 a year ish for him. I mean, he's getting, he's
38:25
getting what 3031? I mean, is it split down the
38:28
middle this contract? I would assume so.
38:34
I mean if if that's if that's the case, I don't know if I
38:36
would drop the AV that low. I would just hopped back it like
38:41
if. But then he's back in the same
38:43
boat. Like I don't think anybody.
38:44
Wants and then he'll just, he'll just try to do it again and then
38:46
hopefully that's enough. That's enough of a sample size
38:49
where he's looking around at the league going.
38:51
I what more do you want me to do?
38:54
I've I've won I've won a Cy Young, what two Cy Youngs and
39:01
I've shown you that I'm capable of putting up Cy Young numbers
39:05
when you need it most. So like somebody can come,
39:11
somebody can bring me a contract worthy of, of me actually
39:16
entertaining it or I'm just going to stay put and, and deal
39:19
with what I've been dealt already.
39:25
I don't know, man. This is wild though.
39:27
This is going to be wild if he hits the market again, which I
39:31
think he would think he's got to if he continues this way, if he
39:35
just rides this out the rest of the season.
39:39
Oh no, he's getting. I don't know why.
39:41
I thought it was split down the middle.
39:42
He's getting 38 1/2 next year. So oh, I was, I thought you were
39:46
going to say this year I was like, it's front loaded.
39:48
No 23 1/2 this year, 38 1/2 I guess because it would be, could
39:56
that be when did he actually sign the deal?
39:59
Is it? Would that be?
39:59
Was it pro? Rated, I don't know, like
40:01
freaking April. They said it back loaded or
40:03
something. Yeah.
40:06
All I have to say though, I don't know.
40:08
I mean, if he I don't think he with doing what he's doing right
40:11
now and the body of work that he's he's put up over the course
40:14
of his career. I don't think he's at a stage
40:16
now where he wants to take a team friendly deal.
40:18
I think he's going to try to take another stab at
40:20
accomplishing the goal that he set out to accomplish last
40:23
offseason, knowing that he probably won't reach the maximum
40:26
that he was looking for, but he's probably going to look for
40:29
a a happy medium between that and what he's currently set to
40:33
make. Maybe.
40:34
Maybe you go a little little hay giants get after it in December.
40:44
You know what I'm saying? Show me a very productive
40:49
December and then let's talk extension.
40:53
Maybe that's what you do, little old tomato, you know what I'm
40:58
saying? Or I'm out.
41:01
You don't do it. You don't show me that you're
41:03
going to I I guess I wonder when that like date is of when you
41:08
have to opt out. There's got to be a date
41:11
somewhere in there. Well, he's not going to with the
41:14
way this last winter when he's he's not going to want to play
41:17
around for too long. So he's going to need to know
41:19
what the plan is early so he can avoid making that mistake again.
41:23
Because that was as you as as we saw it was a wreck.
41:27
See, and that's what makes me wonder if, like, I wonder why
41:31
the giants didn't have a bigger deadline.
41:33
Like I to me, I would have tried to go get controllable guys at
41:36
the deadline and and almost like sell yourself a little bit, say
41:43
Hey, we're working, we're trying stay here, right.
41:50
And instead they got rid of Solaire.
41:52
Like I'm what a what a weird organization.
41:57
I don't get it. How do you feel about the Victor
42:03
Robles extension? I really don't get that.
42:06
Seattle Mariners bringing Robles back on a two year, $9.75
42:12
million deal with a nine million team option for the 2027 season.
42:20
Yeah. And then I think I saw a played
42:23
appearance. Bonus.
42:25
Yeah, bonuses and escalators could bring it up.
42:28
North of what, to 20 million? It was, yeah, because it was
42:37
$500,000 bonus for 500 plate appearances and then another 500
42:44
for 600 plate appearances. What are we doing?
42:48
What? No, no offense for Victor
42:51
Robles. And no offense and I, I'm happy
42:55
for him. I mean, you go out, you, you
42:58
turn your season around, you vibe well with, with the fan
43:01
base. Seems like the fans love him out
43:03
there. And it look, the reality of it
43:06
is it's not this is not going to break the bank $9.75 million.
43:12
It's that's nothing to them. But I even then, I still feel
43:19
like the Mariners and Mariners fans are going to look back at
43:22
this and go, why? Why do we do that?
43:25
Like, yeah, it's only it's like almost $10 million, but that
43:29
could have been that could have been used elsewhere.
43:33
And you're telling me you can't get this production out of
43:36
somewhere in your organization? Some youth, some hopeful young
43:41
prospect. I mean, serious question, how
43:46
many, how many store? How many situations scenarios
43:50
have we seen where a guy gets DFA Ed and then gets an
43:55
extension and then it pans out? Well, like forget the forget
44:02
just the exact like the fact that it would actually end up
44:06
well, I I the the odds, I just don't feel like are very high of
44:09
that happening. And again, it's not, it's not a
44:11
lot of money, but it's like the money that you have shown that
44:16
you're willing to spend. Why are you doing it with deals
44:21
like this? I don't understand.
44:23
I just, I generally don't think this is going to work.
44:26
I think he'll be serviceable over the time that he's there.
44:29
But like what's the point like? The fact that we're getting
44:34
like, extension notifications about this, I don't know.
44:38
Like it to me, it should have been, it should have been a
44:41
number lower than this to where it didn't even warrant a
44:46
notification. It's like, oh, marriage brought
44:47
back Victor Robles. How much they bring it back for,
44:49
I don't know. It wasn't a lot of money, but
44:52
it's like nearly $10 million. I don't.
44:55
Yeah, I don't know. In the middle of August.
44:59
And I think this was like right after he was he was miked up on
45:04
Sunday night baseball and was just I seemed like a fan
45:11
favorite. I I got I was entertained by by
45:14
his. I like him I but let's be real,
45:22
a career 675 OPS an 84 OPS plus. That's what I'm saying.
45:31
How often does a guy get DFA Ed gets picked up in the same
45:37
season, gets extended, and then it works out over the life of
45:41
that contract. Then the list has to be this
45:44
long. I don't understand.
45:48
We've had him for 43 games, 127 plate appearances.
45:53
To be fair, he's he's done well. He has, he's done well there.
45:56
But like, he played 36 games in 2023, so 132 games out of him in
46:08
2022. But like, I, I don't understand.
46:17
It's not like it's groundbreaking money.
46:19
It's not like we're going to sit here and and.
46:22
Yeah, which is what we've been like.
46:23
Harp on it that much I don't. It's just like I if you have
46:27
promise in in the system somewhere, but also like if
46:35
you're going to try and do something in the offseason, why
46:39
have this time you up even that much?
46:43
Or not even promise in the in the organization, just potential
46:46
a ceiling elsewhere. Yeah, with your youth.
46:49
Like, I think we, I think we know what Victor Robles is.
46:53
And it's career wise it's not very good.
46:56
I think he's just, he's he's playing a little over his head
47:01
right now. And that's fine.
47:03
Like that's good for the Mariners.
47:04
They need it at this, at this stage in the game, Might be a
47:07
little too little too late for them, but they need the
47:11
production. It just, I don't know, doesn't
47:13
make sense. We'll see.
47:15
Whatever good for you, get your bag.
47:18
Alex Bregman, let's talk about some guys here briefly that have
47:22
been making some waves around the league at Astros Future.
47:27
I got a nug here for you at Astros Future says since May
47:29
28th. This is entering Wednesday since
47:32
May 28th. Alex Bregman has the following
47:34
line. Three O 735854915 double, S2,
47:42
triples, 15 homers, 38 ribbies, 155 WRC plus 3 point 1F4 for 3rd
47:49
baseman. He has the most F4 and 2nd best
47:51
WRC plus during that time. He's been the best third baseman
47:54
of baseball for nearly three months.
47:57
Over his last eight games, he's sporting an average of a clip at
48:04
4:32. Five home runs, 8 ribbies, 12
48:09
runs scored and he's currently in the middle.
48:11
I don't know what he's done tonight, but entered Wednesday
48:15
on a four-game Homer streak. So.
48:20
I really feel like he hit one. Maybe not.
48:24
It could be wrong. It's quite possible.
48:27
I thought he did just in time, maybe for a multitude of reasons
48:35
like the Astros are hot. We told you a months ago, nobody
48:40
wanted to believe us. We told you it was coming even
48:44
with him struggling, but also he said to hit the market this
48:48
year. I think this you think this is
48:52
enough like if he can have a decent September in a in a he
48:58
does what he normally does in the postseason, I think he's
49:01
going to get a paycheck. I'll tell you what, if I'm, if
49:06
I'm in the front office of the Astros, I'm getting this
49:10
extension done right before the postseason.
49:14
If I can just hype me up, you know what I mean?
49:20
If I'm down there and good old Hou and I get the news that our
49:25
guys getting extended, fire me up.
49:30
I mean, you know, they've been like this, this certainly did
49:33
not sneak up on the organ, on the front office in the
49:35
organization. Like the Braggy extension talks
49:38
have been in the mix for some time now.
49:40
It's like, OK, who, who left of the core or the really just the
49:47
group that's there? Do they want to be a part of the
49:50
the future moving forward? Seemed like there was a little
49:54
bit of, we'll call it lack of clarity with Bregman.
49:58
I feel like that seems to be the consensus that that I've
50:01
encountered, which is kind of surprising because I feel like
50:06
that would be a guy you'd want to keep around.
50:08
But I also like they parted ways with Springer.
50:11
So it's it's like it they're not, they're not so beholding to
50:15
the to the World Series group that much.
50:18
If they're willing to let one guy go, what's another guy?
50:21
I don't know my dream. Just died.
50:23
He's a Scott Boris client, so he's not getting an extension.
50:26
Yeah, never mind. Fair assumption.
50:31
Would be cool though. Would be cool, right?
50:33
Would be cool. Would it be as cool, though, as
50:37
a guy by the name of Jake Berger being quite possibly the hottest
50:43
hitter from baseball over really since the break?
50:48
Good old good old Jake Berger, man.
50:50
I mean, who would have thought? Now that's AVR page that you'd
50:54
be like OK I think this is just what he does Homie hits.
51:02
I think he crushes beer in hits just based on the looks.
51:09
I mean. Steak, beer, home runs.
51:14
I don't know if it's this sustainable at this level.
51:17
I don't know if he's ever been known to do quite what he's
51:20
doing right now, but you know that the pop has been there.
51:24
The pop's been there. He's just putting it on full
51:27
display right now. He entering Wednesday got an MLB
51:31
leading thirteen home runs since the break he's had.
51:36
He's got seventeen home runs since June 27th.
51:39
He also is on a four-game Homer streak.
51:42
Don't know if he got one tonight and his past 26 games he's
51:50
hitting 361. Fourteen home runs, 23 ribbies
51:53
and 23 runs scored. Yeah.
51:56
Sucks that it doesn't matter though for the old Miami
51:59
Marlins, but 30? Four home runs last year.
52:03
It's a sneaky 34 home runs last year.
52:08
I don't know if I would have guessed that if if you would
52:10
have given me a dozen guesses, I don't know if I would have had
52:14
him with that many home runs of last year.
52:16
That's what I'm saying. But you have to imagine that
52:19
that was part of the reason that they ended up where they did in
52:23
October. Granted, they fell flat on their
52:25
face, but you got to imagine that he would.
52:28
He played a big role in that. So good for good for Old Burger.
52:33
Yeah, yeah, because he he had 53 games.
52:39
So he had played 88 games last year with Chicago, fifteen home
52:44
runs, 53 games in Miami and had thirteen home runs.
52:52
Just kidding. I was looking at double S He had
52:56
nine home runs in Miami in the 53 games.
52:59
Either way, so impressive here I have one gripe though.
53:03
I I hate his home run trot. It's it's hard to watch.
53:10
I'm just saying I just need to put that out there.
53:14
I. Think.
53:15
It's a real, it's a real tough watch.
53:18
Just hear me out here, watch it, and report back.
53:29
Is this something you want me to do right now?
53:31
If you do, if you wouldn't mind. OK, I'll it's it's it's not
53:36
smooth. What I was going to say as I, as
53:40
I pull this up, I, I think you and I are at a fork in the road
53:44
because you, I feel like are getting.
53:48
Getting judgmental in my old age, that's for sure.
53:51
Yeah, but just, I think you're just getting a little more, a
53:56
little more upset with things that I don't feel like should be
53:59
upsetting you at this age in your life.
54:02
It's fair, it's fair. I'm looking at the home run trot
54:06
right now and it just looks like a big burly guy lumbering around
54:09
the bases after hitting a ball nearly 400 feet.
54:11
I don't. I don't.
54:12
Know what to say. It's just tough.
54:13
It's not it's not a smooth. Trot, that's a grown man.
54:17
That is a grown man running around the bases.
54:20
I need a better trot, that's all.
54:23
I don't frankly think he cares. That's not how he runs.
54:28
It's tough dude. That's a grown man making his
54:31
way around the bags. I I have no problem with what
54:34
I'm seeing right now. It's ugly.
54:37
Yet another thing that you and I are disagreeing on right now
54:39
that you're a big. Big ugly trot and MGK guy today.
54:46
Good for you. I'm not strong I.
54:49
Said that I'm team Eminem, so we'll just need to have that
54:53
stated on record again. But to revisit that for maybe
54:57
some folks that joined the live stream, we got into it at the
54:59
beginning of the episode talking about was and was Machine Gun
55:03
Kelly's first pits where where he didn't throw it home but
55:07
instead threw it into the stands after he signed it.
55:10
Was that a, was that a, did we like that or did we not like
55:13
that? I was of I was of the belief
55:15
that it was creative and unique. And Nate just for some reason
55:19
got all upset and got his panties in the wad.
55:21
I don't know. Makes no sense.
55:23
Makes zero sense to me. Andrew says Jake Berger, Daniel
55:29
Vogelbachen and hot dog eating contest.
55:32
I'd I'd pay a small fee for that.
55:34
Yeah. Not too much, but I'd pay a
55:37
small fee. Yeah, yeah, I have no problem
55:40
with the trot. The guy just mashes, and that's
55:42
what he's been doing since the break.
55:44
So good for good for Jake Berger.
55:46
Will Wagner, son of Billy Wagner.
55:49
Who needs to be a Hall of Famer, by the way?
55:51
What's up with the Blue Jays? Just, oh, your dad played Major
55:54
League Baseball? I know what is up with that?
55:58
It's it's, I don't know what's like what's.
56:02
More of their type, like the Orioles getting like, you know,
56:05
just blonde, curly haired, you know, can't grow a beard kids or
56:10
Blue Jays just getting sons of big leaguers.
56:13
Like what's more, it's kind of a it's kind of a toss up.
56:17
What do you think? I mean, I have to imagine that
56:22
the that the sample size is is far less for the Blue Jays.
56:26
So they really have to capitalize when the right
56:29
situation comes around. Because sure, former big
56:33
leaguers have sons all the time, but how many of them actually
56:35
make it to the point you know of of making it to the actual show?
56:42
I'm telling if he does, he's raking immediately.
56:47
He's got what is he? Like 5 or.
56:49
Six years I saw that he was the is 1/5 player in Blue Jays
56:55
franchise history to record five hits in his first two games.
56:58
I think he had three hits the first game to the second and was
57:03
raking in the minors. By the way, I don't know if you
57:05
saw that between Sugar Land and Buffalo, Slash 315-430-2444 has
57:15
six bombs, 43 ribbies and a 59 to 37 walk decay ratio.
57:20
Deese. In case you're wondering if
57:23
these things interest you, if these little statistical
57:26
anomalies interest you. After two games he has an OPS
57:31
plus of 352. So I mean he should just retire
57:36
that would that would have to be probably like top ten.
57:41
I don't time minimum two games. I don't care how well Kikuchi
57:44
does with the Astros, he could win World Series MVP this year.
57:49
I still think the Blue Jays fleeced that deal.
57:55
Fleeced. I didn't even realize he was in
57:57
the deal. I know low profito has kind of
58:05
struggled coming over. Just wait though, it is good.
58:09
I understand. And I'm, I'm like sort of on the
58:12
fence about it, but I'm like, if Kikuchi continues to do what
58:15
he's been doing and gives them enough of a push.
58:19
I'm not saying he has to go out there game seven of the World
58:21
Series and throw 7 shut. But like, if he can if if, if
58:28
the Astros look back on this season or specifically
58:32
specifically. Well be a win win.
58:33
Yeah, specifically post deadline, if they look back on
58:36
this and go Kikuchi was a huge part of that.
58:39
I don't know if you can say that they got fleeced.
58:41
I mean, sure. It needs to be a ring, otherwise
58:43
these these names are going to keep going.
58:45
The Blue Jays have names in that deal.
58:49
I suppose. You'll see.
58:51
Yeah, I mean, we're dealing with some what ifs right now.
58:53
Let's replay this in like 3 or four years.
58:56
That's fair. John Kinsey Noel, AKA Big
59:03
Christmas. You want to talk about a grown
59:08
man with a home run trot, a backdrop, a home run trot, and
59:18
just a presence about himself. Yeah.
59:24
I'm blown away, I'm not going to lie.
59:27
Did you see the ball he hit last night?
59:31
Yeah, 430 feet down the line. Dropped the bat at home plate
59:37
like it was AQ tip and just Lombard around the bags.
59:43
That is a large man. He gives me pig vibes.
59:51
He gives me like less of like the theatrics.
59:54
Sure. Raw like physical ability.
59:58
He gives me Puig vibes. Dude, are we going to touch that
1:00:04
call? That call with the 10 foot pole
1:00:06
today? That was a pretty weird call.
1:00:08
Yeah, yeah, that was. A little.
1:00:11
Probably not the best thing to say.
1:00:13
I mean it, it kind of rolled off the tongue a little bit,
1:00:16
honestly kind of concerning, but it's a.
1:00:19
Little tough, a little weird, but.
1:00:21
I mean, I get it. Like, who hasn't said that
1:00:23
before? But on a broadcast, I'm like, I
1:00:28
don't know if that's the best thing.
1:00:29
Yeah. It's probably tough, but yeah,
1:00:31
he gives me Puig vibes. Dude, there's something about
1:00:35
that. Yeah.
1:00:36
Hopefully it's it's. It's like a it's a cross between
1:00:39
Puig and like Fran Mil Reyes. I want to watch it again.
1:00:43
I want to watch it again. It was a a moon bomb.
1:00:49
It no, it wasn't even a moon bomb.
1:00:51
It was just a laser down the line.
1:00:53
I'll give you 10 bucks to spell his name.
1:00:55
Or do you have it in front of you?
1:00:56
I've got it in front of. Me JH right?
1:00:58
JHONKENSYNOLNOEL, John. Kinsey, Noel.
1:01:10
Oh my, that's the I want to watch it on loop so many times.
1:01:16
Just put it on a two second loop and just let it live on repeat.
1:01:21
Three home runs in his last two games.
1:01:23
Again, this is entering Wednesday.
1:01:25
Yeah, his also his load. Can we talk about his load for a
1:01:28
second? Did you see the just his his
1:01:31
starting position? Yeah, I need it again.
1:01:35
And then and then just yeah. I like that.
1:01:39
He's got the little like leg leg out to the front of the box and
1:01:43
then just drops the hammer on anything that is even remotely
1:01:47
close to the zone. Oh my gosh.
1:01:51
Unreal. I just, we didn't.
1:01:52
There wasn't really much a touch on beyond just the fact that,
1:01:55
again, we're dealing with a large human being that hits
1:01:58
baseballs very hard and very far.
1:02:00
That back hip coil is absurd. Yeah, dude, the.
1:02:06
Power is real. My weird, I'm just going to keep
1:02:14
scrolling. Oh that's such a sick picture.
1:02:17
Just. Yes, that's what I'm saying,
1:02:19
dude. The bat flips are no, they're
1:02:23
not even flips. They're drops, which I don't
1:02:25
know if I've said on this on this podcast before, but bat bat
1:02:29
drops over bat flips every day the week.
1:02:31
I'm sorry. Oh, that's so good.
1:02:36
Yes, I saw that. Oh, any news?
1:02:41
I can swipe on this forever? What a swing, dude.
1:02:47
Yeah, like slider down and away goes bridge to left center.
1:02:56
Good trot. Good trot bro.
1:03:01
Bro just looks like. AI didn't anticipate us breaking
1:03:04
down home run Trouts on on today's episode.
1:03:06
But yeah, bro, looks like he's he's, he looks like a superhero,
1:03:09
dude. That he does.
1:03:12
That he does. So moral of the story, if if
1:03:18
hitters have their hands low, I would typically try to get the
1:03:22
ball up a little bit. Man's is obviously punishing
1:03:26
baseballs down in the zone. Not even in the zone.
1:03:29
Actually, half of these are below the zone.
1:03:33
What a freak. That's exciting.
1:03:35
That's some. That's some pop that Cleveland
1:03:38
has needed. What position does he play?
1:03:43
Right field, I think. My goodness.
1:03:49
Because he made, I'm like 99% sure I saw he made like a dive.
1:03:52
Yeah, he's a right fielder. He made like a diving play or
1:03:54
something and right. So he's like showing a little
1:03:58
bit of the leather off, too. What you love to see.
1:04:00
Yeah. The, the guards need this.
1:04:02
The guards need. They need some juice.
1:04:04
They need some pop. Some some pop to come along and
1:04:07
and push them over the edge this this October.
1:04:10
Yeah, let's talk. Let's talk this weekend, Players
1:04:16
Weekend maybe got a weekend series to watch.
1:04:19
Cooked up for the players weekend.
1:04:21
All right, so Friday and I had to think about this.
1:04:27
I'm pretty sure they did something similar structure wise
1:04:30
where they broke it up. Each day was a theme.
1:04:32
I think they did something similar the last time they did
1:04:36
this. Or maybe maybe they didn't and
1:04:40
I'm making this up. Tell me, tell me if this sounds
1:04:43
familiar. Friday.
1:04:45
The theme is fun. They're highlighting fun aspects
1:04:48
of players, personalities, friendships, and off the field
1:04:50
interest. Saturday under highlighting
1:04:55
causes, focus will be on charitable and community
1:04:58
initiatives that are important to the players.
1:04:59
And Sunday is all about appreciation.
1:05:02
Players will celebrate the people who helped them on their
1:05:04
path to the major leagues. That's does that not sound
1:05:08
familiar? Haven't we done?
1:05:10
I mean, I know we've done players weekend before, but like
1:05:13
the theme why do? Why does that sound familiar?
1:05:15
Are the Jersey things that that's dead?
1:05:18
Jersey the The custom nickname jerseys are in fact, dead.
1:05:24
There's a lot of a lot of a good ride.
1:05:27
There's a lot of clamoring. You want to talk majority,
1:05:29
minority. I think the majority of people
1:05:31
want them, actually want them back, yeah.
1:05:33
I think, I think you end up I think you end up on a high note
1:05:36
with that one. You know, I think that was cool.
1:05:41
You know, it's I'm OK with, I'm OK with that being done.
1:05:47
The I didn't, I didn't need like the black and white jerseys
1:05:51
again, that was tough. That was a tough look.
1:05:53
Yeah, not not doing that again. No thanks.
1:05:57
So I'm assuming all of this is going to be expressed in cleats.
1:06:05
Good gloves, right? Cleats.
1:06:08
Sleeves. Bats auto imagine sleeves.
1:06:11
I think they're doing, I think they're doing something with the
1:06:14
with the hats. They're doing some embroidery,
1:06:17
embroidery work on the sides or something.
1:06:20
I think the numbers are going to have like a little theme I
1:06:23
believe, right? Yeah, that, that's what it was.
1:06:24
Yeah, the numbers that yeah, that's what it was.
1:06:28
My question to you though, and tell me what you think here.
1:06:32
I'm not saying this is the case. I just want to I want to play
1:06:35
devil's advocate here and and propose this question to you.
1:06:39
Interesting. What do you Let me preface this
1:06:43
by saying I think Major League Baseball has taken great strides
1:06:46
in the last few years to address this issue.
1:06:49
This need something baseball fans have been clamoring for for
1:06:52
some time now. But what do you think that this
1:06:56
says about the game of Major League Baseball when you have to
1:07:00
dedicate a weekend to highlighting the fun aspects of
1:07:05
the game? Again, I'm not saying that that
1:07:13
the league isn't as a whole highlighting the fun aspects of
1:07:17
the game, but it just seems odd to me that you have to dedicate
1:07:21
a weekend towards highlighting these things.
1:07:23
I feel like especially with as long as the season is, I feel
1:07:26
like this should be like a season long initiative.
1:07:29
Like, let's figure out ways to highlight these guys.
1:07:33
The the the charities are the causes that they're a part of
1:07:35
the they're they're highlight their stories a little bit
1:07:38
better. And again, to reiterate,
1:07:41
baseball's is doing much better. I'm not going to sit here and
1:07:43
say that they haven't been. I just think it's interesting
1:07:46
that they're like, oh, let's bring players weekend back in
1:07:48
the midst of us trying to make an effort to address these
1:07:52
things already. I don't know, I just I'm posing
1:07:54
the question. I didn't know if if that seemed
1:07:56
odd A. Fair question.
1:07:59
That's a fair question, but I don't fully disagree.
1:08:07
I don't know, I see both sides of it, I guess, because like I I
1:08:18
personally like I nerd out on a uniform, like I nerd out on like
1:08:25
color coding in that uniform. So going against that color
1:08:31
coding, not I'm not saying it's like crazy.
1:08:38
I don't know. I got this weekend.
1:08:41
I'm I'm, I'm kind of whatever about it personally.
1:08:43
Yeah, now I get it. And some people like it more
1:08:45
than others and that's totally fine.
1:08:47
There shouldn't be like if for you, for example, and and also
1:08:51
sort of myself, if if you say that you're a traditionalist and
1:08:56
you just like the uniforms to be as is and you like a minimal
1:08:59
experimenting, like a city connect is fine, Whatever, Throw
1:09:02
in an alternate or whatever. That's fine.
1:09:05
As you said it. You said it yourself that like I
1:09:08
remember years ago, you in fact, I think it was just before the
1:09:14
concept of city connects was even announced, you were like,
1:09:17
we need to like have a have a city themed.
1:09:21
I remember the post. I remember making the post the
1:09:24
the quote graphic. You were like, we need city
1:09:27
themed uniforms. And I can see I can see the post
1:09:30
in my head. So you you were at least on
1:09:33
board with like mixing in an alternate.
1:09:35
In there I was the I was the culprit for sure.
1:09:37
Because because you pointed out and it's a, it's a valid point
1:09:40
that like the, the seasons long, like there, there are plenty of
1:09:44
opportunities to incorporate something like this and it not
1:09:46
be that big of a deal. But just if you like, just
1:09:51
because you say you're maybe a traditionalist in that sense
1:09:53
doesn't mean that you should get any unwanted hate from the other
1:09:57
side and vice versa. Like everybody's got their own
1:09:59
taste. And this weekend, maybe for
1:10:02
maybe more for some than it is for others.
1:10:05
I just think I'd like the. I think you're right.
1:10:09
Jamming it into a weekend is kind of weird.
1:10:12
Like I if, if everyone is doing it, it's like it's almost like
1:10:16
no one's doing it. Like it's an overwhelming amount
1:10:18
of things. If we're trying to bring up
1:10:21
these charities, every single one of these players has their
1:10:26
own charities. Who's working with somebody who?
1:10:30
Won all of them. So to have one day where we're
1:10:35
bringing it up and it's, it's going to be jammed down our
1:10:39
throat of like it's, it's, it's overwhelming.
1:10:44
I'd rather see this of like an ALNL thing like give Ala players
1:10:49
weekend in like, I don't know, like may give NL this players
1:10:53
weekend. So we can at least kind of
1:10:54
separate this a little bit and like appreciate some of those
1:10:59
things. Like I, I love that they're
1:11:00
doing that. I'd like to see more teams and
1:11:04
not again, like not to be too much of A Homer.
1:11:06
I, I don't know if other teams are doing this, but like the
1:11:10
Yankees have a game where it's like it's really built around
1:11:17
like the Rizzo Foundation. Like the Rizzo does like an
1:11:20
insane amount of stuff. And they actually like put a
1:11:23
barcode on like the clicker on the game.
1:11:27
And they're like, bid to win a catching lesson from Trevino,
1:11:32
bid to take BP with Aaron Judge, bid to go on like a night on,
1:11:38
like whatever it may be, right? You know, take a Yankee tour
1:11:41
with, you know, Brian Cashman, like whatever it is.
1:11:46
And all these guys are like donating their time.
1:11:48
And it's like a full, it's the whole game where you can bid in
1:11:51
and do that. Like if baseball could do that
1:11:53
on a big scale and there's more opportunities for each team,
1:11:58
each guy to stand out versus everything being crammed into
1:12:02
like a 24 hour period of these three days.
1:12:05
You're saying? I think the charity one for me
1:12:08
is like the coolest. I do love, I am a sucker for the
1:12:13
help who helped me get here. 1/2 like that's super sick.
1:12:18
So I'm I'm curious to see how it goes.
1:12:24
I I like it. I'm just, I'm not like, I don't
1:12:27
know. I'm not like marking it down in
1:12:28
my calendar. Sure, you know.
1:12:30
That's kind of where I'm at too. Like I, I, I think the concept
1:12:33
is cool. Like any, any initiative that
1:12:36
you can take and you always see like you always have to put
1:12:38
yourself in the shoes of these kids, man.
1:12:40
Like you, You see that the impact that it has on the kids.
1:12:43
And that's ultimately what all this is about.
1:12:45
That's like why all of this takes place.
1:12:49
And why it's placed around Sunday night's game at with the
1:12:52
with the little. League with the Little League
1:12:54
Classic, Yeah, Little League Classic coming up this weekend.
1:12:56
So you have to keep that in perspective.
1:13:00
But you know, like I said, some people enjoy it more than
1:13:03
others. But ultimately, like it's not so
1:13:08
big of a deal that it should upset you that it's happening.
1:13:11
But it's also like not so minor of a thing where it's like,
1:13:16
what's going on, what happened? Like you should at least be
1:13:18
aware that it's happening to know that like the league is
1:13:21
making an effort to bring awareness to these different
1:13:26
facets of these guys stories. So.
1:13:29
Like imagine if each weekend if there was one weekend
1:13:31
throughout, I don't know, like it where you give like each team
1:13:36
an opportunity or two teams like an opportunity to be like this.
1:13:40
And then you could really sit there and like talk about that
1:13:43
and be like, what's your charity?
1:13:45
Like what are you? We can't do that with every
1:13:47
team. Can't hear every guy's story
1:13:50
across the league in two days. 3 days.
1:13:53
So you're right, MLB is doing good.
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I just like to see more of it and not so concentrated on one
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weekend. Speaking of this weekend, some
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games to maybe keep your eye on. I didn't.
1:14:10
I didn't specifically pull one out like I usually do it.
1:14:15
I'm I'm certain that you didn't either, Nate, but there are some
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good matchups to keep an eye out on.
1:14:21
Seattle and Pittsburgh. Say what you will about the
1:14:24
postseason odds, but some some decent pitching there.
1:14:28
You got Logan Gilbert and Paul Skeens, Luis Castillo, Bailey
1:14:32
falter. George Kirby is also going on
1:14:35
Sunday. So if you're into pitching,
1:14:38
maybe some some games, keep an eye out on the Little League
1:14:42
Classic. I believe this year.
1:14:44
That's Yankees, Detroit, right? Yeah.
1:14:47
So you got Garrett Cole opening that that series on Friday,
1:14:56
Sunday. Do we have the Sunday?
1:15:00
Sunday. Starters Sunday would be Stroman
1:15:04
and Scuba, Dang it. So an interesting match up
1:15:08
there. Yeah, some some good, good
1:15:11
pitching match ups, some some games with certainly playoff
1:15:15
implications scattered throughout.
1:15:19
Boston's visiting Baltimore that that four-game series starts
1:15:23
Thursday. Could this if it if that one
1:15:27
gets ugly, it could be real scary, like it could be close to
1:15:32
panic button for Boston, Yeah. Oh yeah, the four-game against
1:15:37
Baltimore is is huge for sure. Yeah, yeah.
1:15:40
That's a big series. It's a real big.
1:15:43
I would argue bigger for Baltimore, though, Like, it's,
1:15:47
yeah, I mean, socks are already kind of on the fence as it is,
1:15:53
but Baltimore needs to needs to figure some things out if they
1:15:57
want to win the division that I think a lot of people had them
1:16:00
pegged for at the start of the year.
1:16:01
So, yeah. And then just as I'm scanning
1:16:05
the weekend, I see Clayton Kershaw and Sonny Gray on
1:16:08
Sunday. Yeah, some good ones.
1:16:13
Brandon fought and Taj Bradley. Taj Bradley's been throwing
1:16:16
exceptionally well last, what, couple months?
1:16:20
You want to know a low key series?
1:16:22
Can't believe I'm saying this in August.
1:16:25
Who you got? A's, Mets, The A's have been
1:16:30
like, have you seen? I think they've won like eight
1:16:33
straight series. The A's just played the Mets.
1:16:35
I'm. Playing them again.
1:16:38
The The Mets are playing the the Marlins this weekend.
1:16:42
I'm looking at Thursday bro. Yeah, they're wrapping that
1:16:47
series up. The The weekend that ends.
1:16:50
Yeah, Thursday. Oh, I see what you're saying.
1:16:52
You thought it started Thursday? No, no, that they're wrapping
1:16:55
the series up Thursday, and then the Mets are playing the Marlins
1:16:57
starting this weekend. Oh, OK, OK, OK.
1:17:01
But yeah, Speaking of that series, the Mets and A's,
1:17:04
they've got a little, little little beef going there.
1:17:07
Did you see that? Yeah, I like that.
1:17:11
I like what I'm seeing out of the A's.
1:17:13
I really do like. I'm not even trying to be funny
1:17:15
or. Not dead, no.
1:17:16
The A's are like, actually not terrible.
1:17:19
They can bang, dude. Yeah.
1:17:21
One of the best offenses since the All Star break.
1:17:24
Yeah, insane. Like top top five.
1:17:28
I think we talked, we I think we just talked about it like a week
1:17:31
ago, like top top five offense in all of baseball since since
1:17:35
the All Star break. The Dodger, I tell you what.
1:17:38
Dodgers not They don't have. They can't afford to mess around
1:17:40
with the Cardinals this weekend. Padres got the Rockies.
1:17:47
Is that in? Oh, that's in Colorado.
1:17:49
Oh, Padres about to bang. And you got Cal Quadra going
1:17:53
this weekend. Yeah, they're putting up like
1:17:56
they're putting up at least 21 of those games.
1:17:58
Diamondbacks in Tampa, but the Dodgers just got to be looking
1:18:03
in the rear view the rest of the way out.
1:18:04
Is that gallon Jeffrey Springs on Saturday?
1:18:09
I, I'll be honest with you, I kind of like, I kind of like
1:18:11
this approach to looking at weekend series to watch, just
1:18:14
kind of bouncing around the league and highlighting some,
1:18:16
some pitching matchups. Is fun, as do I.
1:18:20
Yeah, Garrett Crochet, Spencer Eric Getty.
1:18:25
I mean, crochet has been thrown obviously well, but Spencer Eric
1:18:28
Getty as of late had a a rocky first, call it 2/3 of the
1:18:34
season, but has really turn a corner, I would say.
1:18:42
Yeah. So all let's say, I mean you
1:18:44
can't watch all those games, but do your best to maybe catch some
1:18:47
of those matchups. Get them in.
1:18:49
Get them in. Like I said, if you if you like
1:18:51
pitching matchups, there's something for you if you like
1:18:54
high stakes, playoff. ESPN has has officially added
1:19:01
the playoff percentage chance of playoffs to their standings
1:19:07
page. I love these.
1:19:09
Oh. I like this.
1:19:10
Yeah. Oh yeah, I'm seeing it.
1:19:14
Yeah, that's fun. Love that.
1:19:18
All right, we'll check that out if you're if you're interested
1:19:20
in play out percentages, but other than that, I think that's
1:19:23
all we got. Good stuff, old chap.
1:19:28
Good stuff, old chap. Sunday.
1:19:30
Sunday slash Monday, whenever you hear it, we'll get a.
1:19:35
We got to get back to some name that player again.
1:19:38
We might save that for next Wednesday.
1:19:40
I feel I like making that a end of the week segment or any game
1:19:45
that we really go with now. Not we're an hour, we're an
1:19:51
hour, 20 minutes deep into this thing.
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Good stuff today. Proud of you.
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Keep it up. All right.
1:20:06
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chasing curveballs. Love you all, and as always,
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Until next time, stay filthy.