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Postseason Odds Update · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. To the three.
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O take where we talk all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the three O take
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presented by SeatGeek. This is episode 461.
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I'll be your host, Kyle Korne. I'm here with my Co host Nate
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Reyes night. That's me.
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Good to meet you. Welcome back.
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It's a pleasure. Hello, everybody.
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Welcome to the party. It's we got a, we got a good one
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today or what? Can I, Well, can I be honest
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with you? Do you know how hard it was for
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me to just not make this an hour and a half session talking about
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how much I love backyard baseball?
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I wasn't aware until you put that TikTok out.
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It's back, it's coming back, it's the self.
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Control that it took me to actually compile notes about
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actual things happen in Major League Baseball right now and
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not just talking about back here baseball.
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To answer your question, yes, all of the what I would imagine
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is from what I could tell, all of the all the sports are back
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or going to be back when that time comes.
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We don't, we don't need to get into it right now, but I just
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wanted off the top here to throw out the fact that it was it was
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a challenge. Can it be done on your phone
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like there's got to be? We're going to get into it.
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We're going to get into it, but I'm proud owner of a Switch now.
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So that's going to be a game changer.
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That's going to be a game changer.
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But yeah, to answer your question, I think it's going to
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be a good episode. Today.
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We got some. Got the juice?
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Somewhat somewhat positive news here throughout.
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We got some we're going to be talking.
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Some post season, some changes in post season odds.
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Well, good news for some of those teams.
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We're going to be talking. World Baseball Classic pools
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have been released. We're talking new front runner
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for National League Rookie of the year.
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Some bad news for Braves fans, though not not not the year for
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the Braves. Some some names have been
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released, although I think some of these were pretty
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predictable. And then just some good old
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fashioned backyard baseball talk.
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And then I did have a just a a random question for you towards
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the end. Wanted to get your thoughts on a
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pitcher your your top three pitchers you'd give the ball to
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in a postseason game right now. I'll start cooking that up.
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But that's just a teaser. We're going to get into that
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here here shortly. Right off the top, though, let's
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talk about the shift in the narrative surrounding the
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postseason bracket, because it's getting to be a mess right now.
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It's getting a little cluttered. Some of these races are getting
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awfully close, and some of the teams in the mix have fallen
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from grace. Some have ascended to glory.
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That's what we say about August, right?
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You know. I mean this we, we talk about
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how much we hate the month of August, but I, I can't lie, it's
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been a month of activity. Primed.
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So, yeah, is it August has been a month of activity and it to
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your point, it is perfectly set up what I think is going to be a
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very interesting month of September.
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Although how, how much do we think at this rate is it going
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to dictate anything at this point other than seeding?
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Because I feel like the playoff picture.
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I feel like we. Is getting awfully clear like it
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it's it's still fuzzy, but I think September, right, it's
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just going to be a a determination of seating.
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Yeah, at this rate. I think that's fair.
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I think that's fair. I think some have said that
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August is like is like preheating the oven, you know
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what I mean? It's what we're doing.
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We're just preheating September. We'll be cooking it up.
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All right, so talking about the changes in post season odds,
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because I tell you what, if we, if you looked at this visually
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on a graph, you're seeing some some lines on that graph just
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plummet and you're also seeing some just kick it up a notch for
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a handful of teams. And I, I, I have a list here the
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the five worst changes in post season odds since the All Star
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break. And then I have the five best
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changes in postseason odds since the All Star break.
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And I intentionally told you not to do any digging around.
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You know me. For the big researcher is what
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they call me. For these big researcher, you've
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always doing research, Always doing research.
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No, I'll give you credit. I'm not even going to knock you,
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you, you've, you've turned a stone in that in that regard.
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You not today. Not today.
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Well, like I said, I intentionally told you not to do
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any digging around because I wanted to get your thoughts or
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your guesses, I should say, on these teams.
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So we're going to start, we're going to get the negative out of
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the way at the start of today. Name the five teams that have
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the worst change in postseason odds since the All Star break.
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The worst change, so we're not saying like these aren't the
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worst teams. It's like odds look good then
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All Star breaks since now odds have.
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Reversed. They flipped, correct?
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Not the worst odds as of today, but since the All Star Break,
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who has? Which teams have witnessed the
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worst changes in their respective postseason odds since
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the All Star Break specifically? I want to say it was like, I
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think I typed in like July 18th, but it's all the same because
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they weren't, they weren't playing so.
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Give me the Mariners. The Mariners.
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There it is. OK.
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Sorry man, I had to scroll the sound board sounds on it.
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What was that? Out of the five worst?
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Who were they? Are they like?
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Mariners are #1. Mariners are the number one
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worst. Drop off -42.1%.
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That's tough. Give me.
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Give me the Rays. Tough.
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That's tough. Let's move along.
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Give me, give me the Cardinals. Cardinals in second at -39.7%.
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Good, good. This is tough, man.
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It's real tough. Why do I want to stay in the
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Central? Why?
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Why do I want to say Cubs, Dang. I love watching you wait with
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bated breath. You're like what sounds.
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Good, this really is just straight guessing.
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Well, to, to, to put in perspective though, we, I'm, I
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mean, I'm not, I'm not trying to give any hints or clues away
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here, but we've, as I said, the playoff picture as it stands
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right now is relatively clear in terms of teams.
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We're just lacking the seeding because the, the, the margin of
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error and the, the distance between these respective teams
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are so razor thin. And so we're really just waiting
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out the seeding. But a lot of these teams I feel
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like we've we've been discussing as of late and either kind of
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stuck a fork in. I think I'm really I'm going to
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do well on the best. I think I'm going to.
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I think so too. Give.
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Me. The Reds.
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Dang it, Dang it, Dang it. You've got the top two teams as
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it stands right now, the Mariners and the Cardinals.
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I just don't feel like the Red Sox are far enough out of it.
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I'm going to say Red Sox. The Red Sox at #5 have seen
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their worst the the fifth worst change in post season odds as of
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today at -15.5%. So you have three of the five
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teams. Mets all right, all.
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Right four out of five. The Mets come in at #3 at
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-24.6%, third worst change in post season odds since the
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break. Although don't tell that to Mets
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fans because I think there's a a a fraction of Mets fans that are
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still holding out hope. Their scoreboard operator, which
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I don't know if you saw that post, their scoreboard operator
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put out the Idris Elba meme. Tell I want you to tell the
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world that we're back up with the Mets hat on Photoshopped.
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Put that up on the scoreboard today after the walk off against
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the OS. I'm not here.
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I'm not going to say that I'm about it, but I'm kind of about
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it. Crazy.
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That's an excellent use of that meme.
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It's in my, it's in my my collection.
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I will say you're missing one more.
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I know the 4th. Team on the list?
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You've got the Mariners at one, the Cardinals at 2, the Mets at
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3, the Red Sox at five. Who is holding down that fourth
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spot for worst change in post season?
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Not since the break I. Already said the twins, right?
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You did not say the twins. Let's go, twins.
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All right? Is this like an obvious 1:00 AM
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I? Am I?
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Without giving away too much, I I feel like there was some
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optimism. I mean, obviously there was some
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optimism for this team given the fact that they've fallen.
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But this is one of the teams I feel like we have discussed as
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of late, maybe not as much, but we have certainly, we have
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certainly included in our conversations for good reason.
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But I think they're they're running out of steam.
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I think they've hit a wall and I think might be might be toast
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knocking on the door of getting a fork put in and we'll just say
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that. What the heck, dude?
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I can give you a hand if you'd. Like Rangers?
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Give me it's a it's a National League team.
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Giants. Damn it.
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I mean, at this point, I don't know how many teams are left in
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the lead. Yeah, just send it.
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No luck. No, you're out of guesses.
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Pirates coming in at #4 on the list.
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The pirates at -16.5% of the of the teams on that list.
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Is there any that? Are there any that jump out at
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you? Are there any that are but you
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feel maybe aren't deserving? I mean not the the percentages,
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the the projections say say one thing, but are there anything?
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Are there any teams rather that you would say something other
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to? I don't know if I fully follow
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that question. The number the projections say
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that these team like based on record, based on strength of
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remaining strength of schedule. However, this formula is
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calculated. This is what the list says for
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the top five. However, are there any on this
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list that you don't necessarily feel belong on the on this list,
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or that you haven't quite given up hope yet for the post season?
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No. Really.
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Because you guessed the you guessed the Red Sox, and you
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said you don't genuinely feel as though they're completely out of
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it yet. Yeah, I just numbers wise what,
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3 1/2 back of the last wild card spot.
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You're just saying process of elimination like of the teams,
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OK, that. That makes sense.
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Yeah. But like I I think like 3 1/2 in
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a month, like that's doable still like yeah, it's definitely
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still doable. I just think when you look at
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like, it's basically just the Royals that they're really like,
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right? Like for that last spot, isn't
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there quite a bit of a gap? I'm not, I'm not even looking at
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standings right now. This is crazy.
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It's just all guessing. I mean the the central is still
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still up for grabs. So like the Twin, you could.
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I mean, the Twins are still in the mix as it stands right now.
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The the the AL wild card and the Red Sox already have played
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today. But as it stands right now, they
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are three games back of the last wild card spot, but the Twins
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and Royals are tied behind the O's.
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Yeah, I don't know, man. It's just like the Red Sox just
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I feel like, and you can back me on this, I just I feel like
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they've, but I could pat them on the back for being in this
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position in the 1st place just because of pre season
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expectations and just seeing kind of the way they started and
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how it was, you know, April and May.
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It's just like. I think this is pretty decent.
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I did come across an article today that says something to the
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effect of the Red Sox are fading, which was their 2024
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destiny all along or something. Did that affect them?
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Like they're fading later than I think.
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Yeah, yeah, that's, I mean, that's fair.
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And I'm, I'm not, I'm not giving up quite yet.
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The bullpen is atrocious. That has to be fixed for even
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the the slightest chance of of a lot of.
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Teams could retweet that. I mean, it's but on like on
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paper, the worst bullpen in baseball, I believe since the
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break. So just horrendous.
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But yeah, to your point, I think the rest of the team's on that
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list. Maybe put a little bit of a fork
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in. Yeah.
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All right, let's switch gears to the best here.
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You said you think you're going to do much better on the on the
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best list. I feel good here.
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I feel good. The top five teams who have seen
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the best change in postseason odds since the All Star break.
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Give me the Diamondbacks. The second team on the list, the
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Diamondbacks at 49.7%. That's a big jump.
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Big, big jump. What are they like something
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crazy? Dude, it was like 27 and six or
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something like that. The D backs are hot.
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The D backs are hot and they're they're in the hunt for the
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Division crown. They're only four back as it
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stands right now. Don't rule out the D backs going
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for the division. Here's a tough guess because I
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don't know if they started making their push before the
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deadline, so I don't know how big of a jump it is.
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The break, yeah, like our break, but I don't know how big of a
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jump it is percentage wise. I just feel like the Astros have
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gotten after it, no? The Houston Astros the 4th best
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change in postseason odds since the break, coming in at 32.8%.
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So you currently have the 2nd and the 4th teams on the list of
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the top five. What you don't want is, if
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you're a Mariners fan, to be on the first list in the Astros to
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be on the second list. That's a bad combo.
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That is a direct correlation. Yeah.
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Yep, Yep, Yep. Give me the Padres.
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The Padres #1 on the list of best change in post season nods
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since a break, coming in at 57.3%.
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Deese Deese. Padres are making a lot of
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people look stupid right now. I'm not.
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Nothing's happened yet. Nothing.
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Nothing has been earned yet but the push that they are making,
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making a lot of people eat their words from back in.
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April it's true. They really showed up that
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bullpen they just see. Did you see that the other day?
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That Profar like 8th inning, 3 run home run, She's never out of
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it. It's crazy.
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Royals. Kansas City Royals 3rd on the
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list at 40.7. Not what you want to hear as a
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Red Sox fan, but it's all right. Only Uno mas.
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You have the Padres, you have the D backs, you have the
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Royals, and you have the Astros. Who is the 5th team that has
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seen the best change in their post season odds since the
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break? I feel like you can get this.
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You think should go 5 for five piece.
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Can he do it? Can he go 5 for five?
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Biggest jump? I've got my finger on the
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correct button. I'm I'm fully anticipating you
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going from 55 here. Don't let me down.
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Give me the Brewers. That's impressive.
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That's impressive. The Brewers coming in at 5th on
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the list at 16.1%. I don't know about you, but the
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way that that list is ordered. Best change in post season out
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since the break. Padres D backs Royals, Astros,
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Brewers. That makes sense to me, although
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if I'm being quite honest, I would almost put the the Astros
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at the top. That's why I think we go back
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further than the break. That's probably the biggest jump
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because didn't the Mariners have like A10 game lead at one point?
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Squandered it. Squandered it.
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Well, the the the Astros I believe were 10 games under at
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one point, I think. Wasn't that like a month into
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the season? Like they fell off a Cliff
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early, fast and early and then the Mariners just coasted along
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and then tailed off and then as predicted.
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Then the inevitable happened. The Astros came back
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unbelievable. Unreal.
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But yeah, the Padres, dude. Padres, I'm proud of the
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Diamondbacks. I am.
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I am the NL W as a whole right now.
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Like I know we've talked about it, but that I mean, that is
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shaping out to be a very, very exciting race.
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And not to like you, you just sprinkling some names like
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Corbin Carroll for one is I would venture to say safe to say
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back. Yeah, yeah.
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I mean, the Dodgers are are just going to be the bully that these
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teams are after. Yeah, that's been the case all
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year. But I mean talk.
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About like, like even, even like weird stuff like Christian
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Walker going down and, and, and Josh Bell coming in and like
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hitting right away. Jake McCarthy has come onto the
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scene and just seem like he's kind of overtaken Alec Thomas's
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spot. You know, Guriel continues to do
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what Guriel does. It's just like you got E rod
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back at the right time to go make a push.
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Like they I think they're just well equipped.
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The Brewers. I don't know how much of the
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Brewers I want to credit. I think they've done a good job.
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I'm like, I'm really impressed what they're doing offensively
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because that's never the story. And we talked about the names
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that left and they got rid of between Burns and hater and like
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stuff like that. But like, I don't know how much
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of it is associated with like how or like the correlation
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between how good they've been in their gap or like how bad the
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rest of the division has been. You know what I mean?
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Like the rest of the division is super unimpressive.
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No, I'm, I'm with you. I think it's a combination of
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both. I think it's, it's time for us
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to finally give the Brewers and I, I say us, I say we because I
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think you and I mostly you, but I'm, I'm going to include myself
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in that. I, I just generally have not
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been excited by Brewer, by the Brewers brand of baseball for
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honestly years at this point. It's just like, I don't know if
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it's maybe because where they play, like maybe the maybe for
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the Brewers, the whole coast bias thing comes into play
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because I just feel like they're smack dab in the middle of the
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country. So like maybe some teams that
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are closer to the coast but not quite on the coast, it's like,
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OK, it's just there's just something about Milwaukee
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baseball that just does not move the needle for me.
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I think you could say that for a lot of people, except the
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Brewers fans, probably. I think 1 can argue it's a good
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time to be a Milwaukee sports fan, you know what I mean?
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Like the Bucks are always in the conversation.
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The Packers seem to be coming back with a vengeance.
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You. Would know this.
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Didn't they just lock down Jordan love for?
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High speed QB in the league man. I mean, what are we, what are
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we, what are we doing here? It's a It's a great time to be
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alive as a Milwaukee sports fan. It's a big old cheese head out
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there. You're living life.
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But to finish my thought though, the I think it's time to give
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the Brewer some credit, but also recognize that the rest of the
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division just stinks. Just sucks.
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I agree. I do agree.
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I do I think. I think you and I were both a
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little higher on the Cardinals and there for a minute it was
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looking not half bad. And then they were just like,
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Yep, OK, we're on to 2025 for some reason.
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They're really confusing. Makes no sense to me.
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But anyway, Speaking of yeah. They they are who we thought
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they were. You know what I mean?
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Like have a better deadline. Speaking of seasons to come,
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let's look ahead real quick to 2026.
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To Houston. To Houston, you and me.
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We got some other current events to get back to, but we, I mean,
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we, we went pretty heavy there on on some post season odd
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changes. So let's just take a quick
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little break. Let's talk some World Baseball
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classic 2026. The pools have officially been
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released, and I got to say, the juices that were a flowing, it's
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almost as if I picked right back up where I left off.
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Well, sans the Japan showing the US to the door in the
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championship. That was kind of a buzzkill.
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But yeah, it was. I mean, it's Mike Trout in a big
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moment. What can you really do?
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Yeah, no knock on Mike Trout. Just yes, Calling it like I see
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it. Slight knock.
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The pools as I mentioned though have been announced.
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You got Pool A with Puerto Rico, Cuba, Canada, Panama and it says
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qualifier. I'm assuming that just like.
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Whoever gets in, yeah. Right, just a team that has yet
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TBD. Canada was in our bracket
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correct Last year. It might, Yep.
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Yep, Yep. Yep, Yep, Yep.
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In place of Italy, I think because Pool B, you have the US,
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Mexico, Italy, Great Britain and a qualifier.
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I don't recall Italy in our bracket last year.
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It was Canada, correct. Yeah.
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And then who was our, who was the qualifier or I said last
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year, I meant 2023. Venezuela.
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You might be right. I think it was Venezuela.
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Yeah. Yeah, I think that's right.
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And then pool. So you got Japan, Australia,
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Korea, the Czech and a qualifier.
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So I think if you win a game, you qualify right?
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Like if you won a game in your last WBC, just one dub gets you
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back right? Is that how that works?
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I feel like that's how it works so you don't have to So you
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don't have to re qualify basically.
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Pool D Oh oh, I see what you're saying.
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Like the teams that are in already?
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Like not automatic bid if you won last if you just won a game
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from last time, yeah. Pool D you've got Venezuela,
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Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Israel and a qualifier, although
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I don't know didn't I don't know why Aruba comes to mind.
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Didn't Aruba win a game? Zant or I feel like Aruba won a
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game. Did they not?
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Wouldn't they be in? Did they win?
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I mean, we're talking, we're talking Xander Bogart's here.
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Of those pools, though. What?
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Which of those? Oh, no, he was Team Netherlands.
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What am I saying? That's what I thought because
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Aruba's technically no, that's curious.
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Like that's like AI don't know whatever.
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Yeah, Team Netherlands at the at the World Baseball Club, Yeah,
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in Mexico City. I remember watching that game.
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I thought they I thought they won a game.
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Would that? Oh, I could be wrong about this
28:15
qualifier, I don't know. That's possible.
28:18
Which of these? Which of these pools gets you
28:21
excited? I kind of, I don't know how I
28:27
feel, but I, I think just going off of right this second, right
28:32
meow, I'm going to say that I like that the, that Puerto Rico
28:38
and the Dr. are separate now. I think they're in the same pool
28:43
last time, right, because they were both in Miami.
28:46
They kind of beat up on each other.
28:49
I like that they're separate because I want to see them like
28:53
deeper into this thing facing each other.
29:00
I think it's fair they run through Pool D though.
29:03
Pool C Japan's going to run through.
29:06
I think overall I think Pool A probably is like the most can
29:11
competitive pool. I also like I also like Pool a
29:14
Cuba. 'S going to put up a fight.
29:16
Canada will, will sneaky put up a fight.
29:21
And I think, you know, like maybe MO comes out of retirement
29:24
and pitches for Panama. That'd be cool.
29:26
Speaking of retirement, it's not exactly happy news, but that is
29:40
that is the breaking news song that I've I've compiled.
29:43
So you're just kind of have to go with it.
29:45
But Speaking of retirement. In the back.
29:47
Joey Votto has officially announced his retirement.
29:49
I think we all saw this coming, but it has been made officially
29:54
announced on his Instagram moments ago.
29:59
He's hanging it up. Maybe he'll come back out and
30:02
play for Canada. Maybe he'll finally take us up
30:06
on the offer to join the fantasy league that we invited him to
30:11
last offseason. Seriously.
30:14
But he said no, I'm going to give it another go with the with
30:17
the Jays. Sorry, like all right, I mean.
30:26
Yeah, this should have happened a while ago.
30:28
Should have called it when you were still a red.
30:31
This has been a weird little story, like we got excited for
30:37
like a split second in spring training.
30:40
Yeah, there was a moment where we're like, maybe he can still,
30:43
maybe he can still bang. Not, not the case.
30:48
An instance of a guy that I think, and I'm not going to sit
30:52
here and say like, oh, this person should retire.
30:55
That person should should stick it out.
30:57
Like these guys are going to go out when they're going to go
30:59
out. They want to go out on their own
31:00
terms. Who am I to say otherwise, but
31:03
Joey Votto I feel like is one guy and we're going to maybe
31:06
hopefully touch on another later in the episode.
31:09
Just briefly. Another guy that I feel like
31:12
maybe should have called it quits with his original team
31:16
rather than try to make AAI. Don't want to say 1/2 hearted go
31:20
of it, but an attempt was made but it didn't really pan out to
31:25
much of anything. Referring to this, this other
31:29
individual, Joey Votto, is a different situation.
31:32
But trying to figure out the other individual.
31:36
Well, we'll get to it. But yeah, Joey Votto should have
31:39
retired a red, but a career nonetheless.
31:42
Just running through some some brief numbers here.
31:44
Right off right on the spot here. 2135 hits.
31:49
He amassed 356 home runs, was a career 290-5294 hitter, had 1144
31:56
RB is had an OBP of four O 9 slug 511 with an OPS of 920 and
32:04
finished with an OPS plus of 144, was an MVP, was a six time
32:09
All Star and a Gold Glove winner.
32:18
Heck of a. Career Hall.
32:19
Hall of Great. Hall of Great.
32:22
I don't know, man, there's people online at this very
32:24
second saying next stop Cooperstown.
32:28
Hall of Great. Hall of Great.
32:29
Where would? Speaking of which, where do you
32:33
think the Hall of Great would like?
32:35
Where would be a good location for Hall of Great?
32:37
I don't. Know like Iowa.
32:47
No, they've already got the Field of Dreams there.
32:50
So we need just need like a random place that doesn't.
32:53
Already have something correct, thought that was obvious.
33:00
Hall of Great. Give me like San Jose or
33:04
something. Just put it in San Jose.
33:07
Put it in Oklahoma. Either or.
33:12
What else we got going there, you know?
33:16
That's where Mickey Mantle was was born and raised.
33:19
No, it's true. It's true.
33:20
I I think I like San Jose better if I'm being honest with you all
33:23
very good. San Jose, CA.
33:30
I'm about it. Let's go Alabama.
33:36
I just feel like San Jose is the perfect combination of random
33:44
but still somewhat notable. I mean they do have a
33:47
professional sports franchise there.
33:49
No, the Sharks still still reside in San Jose.
33:55
No idea. Think so?
33:58
Let's go hockey. Hall of Great in Galveston, TX.
34:01
Don't you dare, don't you dare do Nolan Ryan like that And and
34:11
Nadiavaldi if I'm not mistaken. Don't, don't, don't diminish
34:15
those careers by putting the Hall of Very, the Hall of Great
34:18
in Galveston, TX. Unreal.
34:21
Or there's some tough beaches. Galveston.
34:28
Are there? I don't know.
34:30
I can't. I I think it's pretty.
34:32
It's pretty rough. It's like a, it's like a canal.
34:35
Of that's isn't that what Chuck was talking about on NBATNT?
34:40
Yeah, some women in Galveston or something.
34:42
Or am I thinking of somewhere else?
34:44
Wasn't it Galveston? I think it's Galveston.
34:45
I think it's. Galveston, it's, it's rough.
34:47
It's. San Antonio, I think.
34:50
I think it's a rough, rough beaches out there, stinky water.
34:56
I don't know, that's just what I've heard.
34:58
Threw some shade at San Antonio, too.
35:00
Yeah, yeah, Santa's San Jose. All of great, all of great Joey
35:05
Votto. Wrapping up our thoughts here on
35:08
the WBC in terms of plans for you and I.
35:11
We're going to Houston. We're going to Houston.
35:13
I've never been to Minute Maid so I'm super down.
35:16
Never been either. I heard if I'm being honest with
35:18
you and if there's any, if there's there's any Astros fans
35:23
listening, I, I do apologize in advance, but it's just what I've
35:25
heard. I'm I've heard the Houston sound
35:27
of great city. I've also.
35:30
Heard, if I'm being honest. I've been in the airport.
35:32
I didn't love it, personally didn't love it.
35:39
I mean, maybe we'll just be kind of confined to the.
35:42
I think it took me like 45 minutes to get my Wendy's and
35:44
that's probably like a lot of where my mind's at with the.
35:48
That's seems like an unfair bias, but bias nonetheless.
35:51
That I I think is valid. 45 minutes, you know, it's a tough
35:55
time. You're hungry.
35:57
You're trying to get your food. You.
35:59
Need that Baconator you know. Maybe a frosty if you got to
36:03
wait 45 minutes, you're not leaving there happy.
36:06
Yeah, well, I'm down. I'm down, I'm down.
36:09
Let's. Go, let's go.
36:10
Yeah, I mean, the world, the WBC as a whole, although, although
36:14
hear me out, hear me out. Do we forgo the pool play since
36:20
we've done that? We go to like the.
36:24
And maybe go to Miami. Yeah, we probably do that then.
36:30
Because you get the semis and the championship and it would be
36:33
a different I've I haven't been to Loan Depot.
36:36
I know I'm kind of over that. When are they going to?
36:39
I'm kind of over it too, but I just feel like it would be a
36:41
different, that'd be a different level.
36:45
Let's go to Miami. Although you would, you would
36:47
just have to know for certain that the US is getting there and
36:52
I don't. There'd be no way of knowing
36:53
that for sure. You'd like to think their odds
36:56
are pretty good. That's true.
36:57
Otherwise we'd never get US. Yeah.
37:00
Which I mean, maybe we just go either way.
37:03
It would be nice to have the US there.
37:04
But I mean you would have. Met you like Japan, Dr. Yeah,
37:08
you're going to get some high leverage, high quality baseball
37:13
there nonetheless. So maybe we just plan to to do
37:16
that. Oh, and then, yeah, like,
37:19
obviously, duh, spring training the same time.
37:24
That's a no brainer. We're going to floor.
37:25
We're going to floor. There you go.
37:27
Decisions been made, yeah. Houston have to wait month?
37:30
Houston, Houston will have to wait for another another time.
37:35
All right, I'm looking forward to that.
37:37
I'm also looking forward to seeing how this National League
37:40
rookie of the year race shakes out.
37:41
Jackson Merrill, according to FanDuel, has overtaken Paul
37:45
Skeins as a new front runner for the National League Rookie of
37:49
the year. Paul Skeins was minus you're
37:55
you're the occasional better. I this means very little to me.
37:59
Not not entirely sure how this works, seems rather steep from
38:03
the little that I do know about odds, but it says Paul Schemes
38:07
was -5000 to win the National League Rookie of the Year about
38:10
a month ago and Jackson Merrill is now the -120 favorite to take
38:15
the home the award. So that means you have to bet
38:20
$5000 to win 100. No, so I understand that, but
38:25
I'm I'm saying in terms of like odds that.
38:28
Yeah, it's obnoxious. It's a whole.
38:29
Schemes was not that much of A lock a month ago, was it?
38:32
That's like a lock lock. That's like a absurd for sure
38:37
lock. So I don't know why that's I can
38:42
see -500 but -5000 is nuts. It kind of makes sense though,
38:47
if you're, if we're being honest, because I mean, you got
38:52
to remember there, I mean, there were people pulling for Paul
38:54
Skeens. I mean, in addition to wanting
38:56
him to start the All Star game, but there were people making
38:58
cases for him to win the Cy Young.
39:01
So I'm like, OK, maybe we take a step back, kind of clear our
39:06
glasses a little bit and look at it a little more clearly and go,
39:08
maybe we not, not you and I, we. But maybe collectively the
39:13
baseball world was a little in over their heads on giving Paul
39:16
Skeens a Cy Young. Yeah, just a thought.
39:19
Just a lot of hype going on there.
39:21
But I think with like the Padres being in the hunt, I know this
39:28
isn't a part of the equation, but it kind of is the Padres
39:31
being in the hunt, Pirates, not I'm assuming there's going to be
39:35
like a kind of a ramp down for Paul Skeens going forward the
39:40
rest of the year like. I've heard that they're not
39:43
shutting him down. Freaking Harley-Davidson out
39:45
here. Got a motorcycle rally outside
39:49
your window? This.
39:50
Dude. They're not shutting him down.
39:52
I don't know. I don't know what the plan is to
39:55
to. I'm going to go ahead and say
39:57
there's going to be like a like a innings limit.
40:01
Of tapering off. Yeah.
40:03
That's fair. But yeah, I mean, Jackson's been
40:07
out of his mind. I every time I look at a Padres
40:10
highlight, he's doing something. He's making a crazy, insane play
40:14
in center. He's hitting like a go ahead,
40:18
home run, a game tying home run. He's just full height, man.
40:26
Dude, like it's really good. And like when you talk about a
40:29
roster full of old guys, the youth that he's providing, yeah,
40:35
I'm a fan. And he's been doing it all year.
40:39
He's played in 122 of the Padres 127 games this year and as you
40:45
recall, was an All Star All in the year.
40:47
He's hitting 289 with 17 jacks, 69 ribbies, 13 bags and eight O,
40:53
4 OPSA, 124 OPS plus, and a 3.4 WAR.
41:00
He has the highest F4 among all NL center fielders, all
41:07
qualified NL center fielders, and since the break since July
41:14
18th is hitting 327 with 30, three hits, five home runs, 23
41:19
RBI's and 22 runs scored. So to your point, anytime you
41:26
flip on, the Padres are on a tear right now.
41:29
It seems he is playing a huge part in this, a huge part in
41:36
this. And I don't feel like it's
41:38
getting talked about enough. However, I do feel like I don't
41:46
know it. It just goes back to how much
41:49
people were in love with Paul Skeens to where it's like, OK,
41:53
if Jackson Merrill's been doing this all year, like if he's, if
41:56
he's been putting up numbers worthy of this award all season,
42:00
where was this dialogue earlier in the year?
42:03
I know Padres fans were protecting their boy.
42:06
They were stating their case for him, and rightfully so.
42:09
For once, they were right. I mean, I feel like Padres fans
42:12
are never right, but they were right here.
42:17
Well, let me ask you this. Who is your NL Rookie of the
42:21
Year? As it stands right now, you got
42:23
to sign the sheet. Yeah, turn it off for sure.
42:27
Jackson, Merrill. Oh, I forgot to tell you.
42:29
Did you see that thing? I think it was a week ago.
42:36
It was really odd. Jackson Merrill, Jackson Holiday
42:41
and Jackson Jerry all had a. Triple.
42:43
I saw that. That was wild.
42:45
That was. Great rookies like all.
42:47
Like all on the same day, all the same name.
42:50
What are the odds? That's really strange.
42:52
That's like, really weird. Anyway, yeah, dude, I I love
42:57
what he's doing, man. That's I think he's like I said,
43:01
just this perfect, like just energy boost and youth and like
43:09
I love that they've given him a chance.
43:10
This is what I freaking told you guys, dude.
43:12
Mike Shield deserves a lot more love and a lot more credit than
43:16
he gets. And I'm going to go ahead and
43:19
assume it's him, maybe a combination of him and Preller
43:23
that are like, you know what from the jump, let's start this
43:25
season. Let's let this kid just go.
43:27
He broke camp with them and they and he they've given him a shot
43:30
every day, written him in the lineup every day.
43:35
That's it's so refreshing to see that there's no like
43:38
manipulation of time. There's no, you know, tough skid
43:43
for two weeks. Let's sit him down like they've
43:45
just let him play And he's surrounded by vets.
43:49
He's surrounded by professional hitters, he's surrounded by Gold
43:54
Glovers. He's surrounded by like, I don't
43:57
know, really good clubhouse. I'm kind of high on the Padres,
43:59
by the way. I'm not to not to go crazy here,
44:02
but I'm feeling it. I think we're, I think we're
44:06
shifting the narrative or flipping the narrative a little
44:08
bit in that regard because I mean, the Pirates have given
44:11
given us reason to doubt over the last handful of seasons, but
44:14
this year there's just something a little different about the
44:17
Padres. I can't explain what it is, but
44:20
as I mentioned, whatever it is, Jackson Merrill is playing a
44:23
huge part in it for me though National League Rookie of the
44:27
Year. Cheerios got to be in the
44:31
conversation. Too, for sure, for sure playing
44:33
a big role in Milwaukee as well. But I've if I had to to to put
44:45
my name to an answer, like if I had to uphold the integrity of
44:50
the selection, whatever selection process would that
44:52
would be, I feel like I would have to go Jackson Merrill.
44:57
However, the fact that I'm seeing Paul scheme slander all
45:03
of a sudden in an effort to. Yeah, yeah.
45:06
That's. Not push Jackson Merrill to the
45:08
top of the, the, the vote getting quote UN quote.
45:15
I I'm not understanding where that come where that's coming
45:17
from because what 3-4 months ago Paul Steins was everywhere.
45:26
He is all people were talking about and he was giving you
45:30
every reason to believe that he was the best pitcher in the
45:33
league every time he took the mound.
45:36
But now all of a sudden, Jack, the Padres are hot.
45:39
The the pirates are tapering off a little bit.
45:40
And then it's like, it's like that scene in Toy Story where
45:43
Andy throws down Woody because he's got, but he throws Woody in
45:48
the box because he's got Buzz Now.
45:50
It's like. Great movie.
45:52
It's like, what do we do? I, I will not tolerate any Paul
45:55
Skene slander in an effort to uplift Jackson Merrill.
45:58
We can appreciate both and we can, we can, we can partake in
46:03
an exciting race for this award down the stretch, but we're not
46:05
going to slander 1 in order to up to uplift the other.
46:08
That's what we're not going to do.
46:09
That's what our society does so. That's fair.
46:12
That's fair. Let's let's let's transition
46:17
you, unless you got any other thoughts on on that particular
46:19
race. No.
46:22
Austin Riley is out six to eight weeks.
46:26
What is in the freaking water in Atlanta, dude?
46:29
Will miss at least the rest of the regular season with a broken
46:33
right hand. Was hits with a 97 mile an hour
46:37
heater by none other than the Los Angeles Angels.
46:44
Ron Washington payback. I don't know what's going on in
46:49
Atlanta, dude. Like.
46:50
This is it's, it's honestly insane.
46:52
My yeah, my, my case or my, my whole shtick about the Braves.
47:01
Even if you don't make the postseason, you got to finish
47:03
ahead of the Mets. It's losing steam because it's
47:05
like we're getting to the point where.
47:07
How many punches can you take We're.
47:09
Talking about almost exclusively replacement level players here
47:14
on the roster like you're. Talking, you're talking about
47:16
like if you were to if you were to have an All Star team, you
47:22
could argue that a lot of these guys are starting the All Star
47:25
game multiple times in their career.
47:29
You know what I mean? Are you saying on the IL for the
47:31
Braves? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
47:32
It's. Like, huge names, like there's
47:35
only so much you can do. I think everyone in Atlanta has
47:38
just moved on to the Falcons at this point.
47:40
It's understandable, but I mean, my goodness, how how quickly
47:44
they fell. What are they?
47:46
They're riding a streak of like six straight division crowns.
47:50
Doesn't look like that's going to happen this year.
47:51
But it's for. Sure, dead in.
47:54
In response to the news, they went and signed Gio Urchela.
47:58
What are your thoughts on that? I know, I know.
48:00
You've watched him play. When they signed him, I didn't
48:03
even realize that the Tigers had released him.
48:06
Silliness. Why didn't you trade him at the
48:10
deadline? I know you got calls about him.
48:13
Come on, you had to have gotten calls about him.
48:16
I think he is having a pretty good year.
48:19
Gio is something where like when you watch him move around,
48:24
you're like, is is man's hurt? Does does man's does he have
48:30
some bad toes? Is he just a heel runner only?
48:37
But he makes some wizard plays at third base.
48:40
You've got an interesting little little thing recently talking
48:45
about the way people run. Yeah, more than.
48:48
I think you ever have. Dude looks hurt.
48:50
Every time he's moving, he looks like he's hurting.
48:53
I have not forgotten the Jake Berger slander and I I don't
48:55
think I will. Terrible trot.
48:57
Terrible trot. Completely uncalled for.
49:01
Terrible, but. You like this pick up for the
49:04
Braves? Yeah, for as a placeholder.
49:07
Will arguably play better defense than Austin Riley not
49:11
going to see the same offensive production even though the Sears
49:14
somewhat of a down year for Riley.
49:15
But yeah, that's that's a heck of a replacement.
49:20
That's like that's like a can give you productive everything
49:27
around. He's going to do fine.
49:29
He's you can ride him in the lineup when you're, you know
49:32
fighting for your life in the in the wild card and he's going to
49:35
he's going to produce. I like Geo, I do.
49:43
Hector Nares, Dom Smith and Brandon Crawford all released
49:49
from their respective clubs. Hector Nares released from the
49:53
Cubs, Dom Smith released from the Red Sox.
49:55
And Brandon Crawford, the name that I alluded to earlier, who I
49:58
felt should have just called it when he was with the Giants or
50:02
let go from the Giants, has been released from the Cardinals.
50:08
Yeah, I think this was like a, hey, you did your job, you know,
50:13
molding and helping with their young kid Mason win.
50:19
But Mason's been playing really well and pretty much playing
50:23
every day for the most part. So I wonder if their.
50:26
Mission accomplished, I guess. Yeah, I would say like, thank
50:28
you for your service. Take care.
50:30
You know, I wonder if there was like, maybe some kind of clause,
50:36
play this many games, get a bonus, this many games it gives
50:42
you some, I don't know, whatever.
50:44
But yeah, go sign it one day in the Bay, throw your jersey up in
50:53
the rafters. No one wants to wear 35 anyway.
50:55
Isn't that what he wore? 35, yeah.
50:58
Yeah. With the Giants, yeah.
51:00
Weird number for a shortstop, but you know, you do you.
51:04
To each their own. Was hitting with the Cardinals,
51:07
was hitting two. No, that's, that's Matt
51:12
Carpenter. They they released him as a
51:15
result of bringing back Carpenter back.
51:17
But Crawford was hitting 169 with one home run and four RBIs
51:23
and 80 plate appearances this year.
51:25
This was a coach on the field. I mean, this was a, you know,
51:28
again, help kind of mold a young Mason win.
51:33
Did your job? Go sign your one day Dom Smith.
51:39
Sort of predictable getting getting Tristan Cassis back.
51:44
What was the weirdness around like the there was like a big
51:48
tweet about like a huge slide at the plate last week or two weeks
51:52
ago. Next thing you know, he's.
51:54
To the streets. He well, I mean, they're not
51:59
correlated at all, but yeah, he this the the player you're
52:02
talking about, he Ball gets, I don't even remember where it was
52:05
at was in I think it was in Kansas City.
52:07
Ball gets past the catcher. He hesitates, doesn't see that
52:11
the ball is behind him, breaks for home.
52:14
You think he's out by a mile. And then you slow it down.
52:17
They take it. They take it to New York and
52:20
then they you see the replay and he's pulling this like swim move
52:24
gets it, gets a hand in there safe.
52:26
The friggin Internet seems to blow up because it's Dom Smith
52:29
of all people just lumbering home, talking about guys that
52:32
run sort of strange. Dom Smith's just lumbering home
52:36
beats the blade he's got. I mean, tell you what, when he
52:40
gets into a ball, he he puts a charge into it, but won't be
52:43
doing that for the Red Sox anymore given that Cassis is
52:46
back. So.
52:48
And predictable. Yeah, he was talking to similar
52:52
to Urshela. It's it's a guy that was filling
52:54
in just fine and was really helping with with morale,
52:59
especially at a time where the Sox were giving you reason to
53:01
believe like, OK, this the this end of the season may or could
53:06
could wind up a little different than seasons past.
53:09
I don't know what it is. We're going to have to look into
53:11
it eventually, but there had to have been something with like
53:14
there a specific date in the year of like if you carry this
53:19
kind of this kind of salary into the next day, you know what I'm
53:25
saying? Like some type of like tax
53:28
avoidance or tax threshold avoidance here because these are
53:31
like these are all common, like decent names and all being done
53:37
at the same time. I think that has to do with
53:39
that, something to do with salary potentially with like the
53:44
September call UPS coming up. I don't know there's.
53:47
It's yeah, that was where my mind went to is like, I don't
53:49
know if the if, if there's like a a schedule structure in place
53:54
in the league that maybe I just don't know about that You have
54:01
to kind of get the ball rolling on on some of these personnel
54:04
moves to prepare the roster and preparations for September call
54:09
UPS. It's it's possibility, maybe not
54:12
the sole reason, but that may play into it.
54:14
I'm not I'm not entirely sure, but but yeah, these these three
54:18
have been dropped. Hector Naris.
54:22
I don't think he was even doing that bad with the Cubs, right?
54:26
And there's some decimated bullpens out there right now.
54:28
Sure, sure. I mean, he, he wasn't, he was a
54:31
lockdown by any stretch. He he had his ups and downs,
54:34
but. He's the 6th, 7th inning guy.
54:37
Yeah, I think the Cubs decent pen.
54:40
Yeah, for sure. I I would think so, yeah.
54:45
These are three of the somewhat noteworthy names to be released.
54:49
I'm sure more will will take place in the coming days.
54:53
But why do I feel like the Orioles are going to go snag
54:55
him? That I'll tell you what, dude,
54:58
they see. What Kimbrell did in like the
55:00
7th today. Have you seen what Kimbrell's
55:01
done all year? Dude Has been up and down, I
55:07
mean classic Kimbrel fashion but like as of late they are ready
55:10
to send him to the moon. Yeah, I know.
55:14
Certainly to me guess doesn't look much better.
55:17
Give up the walk off today right was.
55:20
That him, I think it, yeah, I think it was Jesse.
55:22
Winker Wild walk off celebration.
55:26
Yeah, Jesse Winker, that was. Insane.
55:30
I I mean, I don't know. I don't know.
55:31
Where do we draw the line? That's what I said.
55:33
I don't know if you if you saw my tweet, but I I said, I said I
55:38
still maintain my take from years ago.
55:40
I said it on this very podcast. I said I still maintain my take
55:43
from years ago. That in our lifetime we will see
55:45
a walk off home run result in someone stripping down
55:48
completely naked. Yeah.
55:50
I mean what? Was that like started the trot
55:55
stop? The trot yielded the helmet.
55:58
No no stop started the trot stopped gave like the this most
56:02
like insane fist pump eats the helmet and then and then picks
56:07
it back up. And then throws the elbow guard
56:09
off, stops halfway to home and just walks the rest of the way.
56:14
Oh, I didn't even see the rest. I just saw the rest of it first.
56:17
Just as bad halfway home, daps up Lindor Jersey gets ripped
56:23
off. Lettuce was a flowing though,
56:26
good for Jesse. It sure was.
56:28
It's good for the Winker family right there.
56:30
That's a lineage of good hair. I think that you're just, you're
56:33
just going to pass that down, you know?
56:37
Speaking of passing it down, who are you passing the ball to?
56:42
Just a little? I, I, I texted you before the
56:44
episode. I just wanted to throw in kind
56:46
of a little random poll question here because I knew we'd be
56:49
talking about skins, we'd be talking about some other names
56:52
possibly. So I wanted to get your thoughts
56:54
as we get closer to the postseason.
56:57
I wanted to pause at this very moment in time and ask you as of
57:01
this very moment, who are three pitchers that you would give the
57:09
ball to for game one? Another way you could think
57:13
about this. Another way you could think
57:15
about this. You're going into a wild card
57:17
game series in which you know that you're going to end up
57:21
playing all three games. Who are going to be your three
57:23
arms that you that you get the ball to any league, any
57:28
division, whether or not they're in the post season.
57:30
I was. Going to ask if they could if
57:31
they're in the hunt or not. School ball.
57:38
School balls got to be up there for me.
57:41
Just disgusting. Corbin Burns, I think it's up
57:51
there for me. I really trust.
57:53
I do trust. I do trust there.
57:57
Do you trust or do you not trust?
57:59
I do trust. You do trust.
58:01
OK, good. Do you not?
58:02
Do you not trust I'll? Be honest with you, I don't have
58:06
either of those two on my list, I'll just say that.
58:09
I'm just firing from the hip here.
58:11
That's fine, That's fine, whole. Lot of research that I did, just
58:15
still going to fire from the hip.
58:19
I mean, if like this is a question you could fire from the
58:21
hip on because it's just it this question more so than than other
58:25
poles maybe of this style would be like, I think this one, it's
58:32
more top of the head. You know, like some of the
58:35
majority of these names I feel like should be there because
58:39
their names that we've talked about throughout the course of
58:41
the season because of how well they've done majority of them.
58:46
I don't know, like Brunel Blanco.
58:49
Wow, how do? You feel about that?
58:56
I'd probably go Framber if we're sick.
58:57
I mean, if we're, if we're snagging a a Stroh's arm, I
59:00
think there's. Names like I don't know where
59:04
numbers are at, but like I don't like a Zach Wheeler to me is
59:08
like AI don't I don't have any hesitation there.
59:14
I don't know how he's doing this year compared to some of these
59:16
other names, but. I mean, he's in the Sion
59:18
conversation, but yeah, sure. In fact, he's he's behind for a
59:22
lot of people's list. He's behind Chris Sale and Chris
59:26
Sale only some people. He's ahead of Chris.
59:29
Sale, Chris. Sale is probably an oversight, I
59:30
think, yeah. I don't know though, postseason
59:34
a trash. Conversation.
59:36
He's got an ERA in the postseason north of six, I
59:38
believe, and a WHIP near 1.5. Not ideal.
59:45
My list. You just say right now though.
59:51
I know, but his, his, his, his postseason numbers are just so
59:54
bad that I just can't even ignore them.
59:58
You would know. And, and yes, I, I did say right
1:00:02
now, but I'm like, you can take those kinds of things into
1:00:05
account, but I'm just saying like, pretend like as it's as if
1:00:09
the season ended today, like if it, if, if we're going right
1:00:12
now, this very moment, who are you giving the ball to?
1:00:15
OK, OK, here it is. You ready?
1:00:17
My final three final answer for $1,000,000.
1:00:22
Because that's what this is worth, right?
1:00:25
If you get the list right, you win $1,000,000.
1:00:27
I thought that's, I thought that's, I thought I saw that as
1:00:29
in the in the fine print. Give me Zach Wheeler, give me
1:00:33
Terex, Google, give me Dylan. Cease those 3 right now.
1:00:39
Let's go. Explain to me your Dylan CS pick
1:00:41
here briefly before we get to my list.
1:00:45
I don't have any explanation for it.
1:00:47
Is there something? Well, well, choking aside, I I
1:00:52
was. I was running through a list of
1:00:53
names too, and that name it. Is up and down a little bit it.
1:00:55
Piqued my interest a little bit, but is there a guy 'cause you
1:01:00
and I are are both like big make the pick from the gut kind of
1:01:04
guys like we there's there's has to be something there.
1:01:08
I don't know if if Dylan sees for me has that it factor for me
1:01:16
at least he he may very well have whatever it is, but in
1:01:22
terms of a top three, I don't know if he's making that list
1:01:27
for me. Yeah, I don't know.
1:01:32
Three is 3 is a tough spot, but I think I did win the $1,000,000
1:01:35
so. I don't know.
1:01:38
I'm from my list. I'm taking Zach Wheeler and just
1:01:44
based on how he pitches in the second-half alone, respectable
1:01:47
playoff numbers, I looked him up just to.
1:01:49
Confirm Snelly. Snelly.
1:01:50
Blake Snell and you ready for this for no other reason.
1:02:00
I mean, the fact he's he's fantastic pitcher, but he's got
1:02:05
that. I'm going to shove it up for the
1:02:09
rear mentality I think. I know this answer.
1:02:12
Who do you think I'm going with? Native ALDI.
1:02:14
Not even close. No.
1:02:16
Name We've already touched on this episode.
1:02:19
I'm giving the ball to Paul schemes.
1:02:21
Really. You want to talk about, you want
1:02:25
to talk about a kid that is so just here, none of this, none of
1:02:32
this just here for no other for for no reason other than that
1:02:38
I'm giving the ball to Paul Skeens because the guy that
1:02:42
mentally he just seems dialed in.
1:02:45
Like he does not give up a pitch.
1:02:49
He does not roll over for a single pitch.
1:02:52
He has dialed in every single pitch.
1:02:55
That's what you're going with lastly here, self-control.
1:03:01
We're going to limit ourselves to the backyard baseball talk.
1:03:03
We're going to keep it minimal here before we get out of here
1:03:05
because I know you got to get going.
1:03:09
Remind me again you you're not a big backyard baseball guy,
1:03:14
right? No, I love backyard baseball.
1:03:18
We've talked about this before. I thought you said you hadn't.
1:03:20
You hadn't played it necessarily a whole bunch.
1:03:24
I don't, Yeah, no, like I don't have like the computer game.
1:03:27
I don't have the disk. I don't even know where you can
1:03:30
play it now. No, I'm saying like.
1:03:32
Best of it on my. Yeah.
1:03:33
Well, I mean, I played it at your house.
1:03:35
We never had a computer, so I had to go to your house.
1:03:37
True. But you but you're you're like
1:03:41
familiar with no. Oh, I know what it was because I
1:03:43
think, I think one of the offseason episodes we did.
1:03:46
We oh, you said like, let's like draft a yes.
1:03:49
That's what it was. I don't know if I could pull
1:03:51
that. Out.
1:03:52
I don't know if I'm really familiar with with the guy with
1:03:54
the. The enough of that.
1:03:55
Players on the list, yeah, let me just say I am I mean, I kind
1:04:02
of already alluded to it right off the jump, but I am so
1:04:07
pumped. Give me the.
1:04:08
Details I need to know more. Where can I access this?
1:04:11
Is it an app? Do I need to go get something
1:04:14
I'm guessing? I mean, I think it's going to be
1:04:16
available on computer. I think it's going to be
1:04:19
basically any platform. I would think it's going to be
1:04:23
available, like they're going to repurpose it, reformat it,
1:04:25
whatever they got to do to make it playable.
1:04:27
On supposed to play similar to the way it used to play, right?
1:04:30
That's the key because if you you may not remember this, but
1:04:33
they there for a minute. Once the the classic backyard
1:04:37
sports fell off, they went into like the 3D characters and it
1:04:41
just was trash. But they have they have eluded
1:04:45
or they have made it clear rather that when they revived
1:04:48
this the franchise again, they're going back to like the
1:04:51
90s, early 2000s feel which is going to be.
1:04:54
Perfect. 90% sure I've got my Game Boy right here.
1:04:59
Hang on, hang tight. Just I just found it and I think
1:05:02
I have the Game Boy game. I'm going well, well, he does
1:05:06
that. I'm going to continue my
1:05:09
thoughts on the matter. So I need to know.
1:05:15
I need to know as soon like if as soon as somebody finds out or
1:05:19
or or hears one way or another, whether or not open it up, find
1:05:25
out or let me let me know if you got it.
1:05:29
I just on the floor just breaks into shatters into 1000 pieces.
1:05:33
I I need hold on. I got to finish my thought.
1:05:37
I need to know if you if we're going to be able to play like
1:05:41
online. If you can play backyard
1:05:44
baseball online game over It's done.
1:05:47
It's a wrap. You will never see me again.
1:05:53
Because if if if you can play backyard baseball online on the
1:05:58
switch. As I mentioned, proud owner of a
1:06:00
switch. Now I'm out, I'm you'll never
1:06:05
see me again. I'll never see the light of day.
1:06:07
It's over. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3.
1:06:12
You got the backyard baseball though, I.
1:06:14
Don't know it could be in the Game Boy so please hold.
1:06:17
I got lotion fingers right now so.
1:06:21
Let's just leave it at that. I don't need any clarification
1:06:24
or. Super Mario Bros.
1:06:26
That's a big. There you go.
1:06:27
That's a classic. It's not in here.
1:06:32
Someone took it, someone stole it for sure.
1:06:35
I don't No, hold on. Oh, OK.
1:06:38
It's an SPI. Was going to say I don't think
1:06:40
if that was a color they it didn't get introduced until the
1:06:43
Advance Game Boy Advance. I think I, I think I took it
1:06:47
from somebody. I don't know.
1:06:49
That's crazy. I swore I had it.
1:06:53
It's really disappointing. Now it's like $800.00 on eBay
1:06:56
fine, I'm sure. Just kind of a random thought
1:07:01
here. I did put out a tweet the other
1:07:04
day of my top nine in backyard baseball.
1:07:07
It's up for debate. I mean, it's, it's really not a
1:07:09
debate. I think I pretty much nailed
1:07:11
this top nine and no, well, actually it is in particular
1:07:15
order. I got Pablo Sanchez as my top
1:07:17
pick going Pete Wheeler #2 Keisha Phillips #3 for the BOP.
1:07:24
She Keisha, Yeah, She dropped bombs.
1:07:27
She. Could mash Achmed Khan for the
1:07:30
same reason? I'm very offensive oriented in
1:07:32
backyard baseball, as you should be for people.
1:07:34
I got to I got to have a short up defense.
1:07:37
What are you talking about? Yeah.
1:07:39
Nobody cares about defense and backyard baseball.
1:07:41
Yeah. Achmed Khan, Mikey Thomas at 5.
1:07:44
Josinda Smith at six. This is where I'm lost, you
1:07:47
know, I don't remember. Mikey Thomas had that telephone
1:07:50
pole of a bat, if you recall, just mashed nuke after nuke
1:07:56
after nuke. And then he'd have, I think he
1:07:58
had like a snot bubble was like, his thing was kind of weird.
1:08:01
Oh yeah, that does. That does ring bells.
1:08:04
Kind of kind of wild. Josinda Smith 6, Stephanie
1:08:07
Morgan at 7, Amir Khan, Achman's brother at 8.
1:08:11
And on the bump, I've got Angela Delvecchio.
1:08:17
I don't hate that. I don't know a lot of it, but I
1:08:20
don't hate it. I can't wait, I cannot wait.
1:08:28
Do you got to get out of here? I got to go, all right.
1:08:33
We're important places to be, important people to see.
1:08:37
Not that important, actually. It's just the work thing.
1:08:40
I won $1,000,000 today. That's big news.
1:08:43
I'd like to thank obviously my parents, a big part of it, and
1:08:48
all the research that I put in today.
1:08:50
So don't go to station curveballs, you know.
1:08:55
Weekend series watch check out the Astros versus the O's good
1:08:58
pitching matchups, decent pitching matchups.
1:09:00
I'll even be there hopefully on Saturday.
1:09:02
So if you're going to be in Baltimore, let me know and I'll
1:09:05
I'll most likely be at the game on Saturday versus the Strohs.
1:09:09
We love you all and as always, looking forward to talking more
1:09:11
baseball with you guys soon. Until next time, stay filthy.