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Headlines You Need to Know About · The 3-0 Take

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These 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.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the Three O Take
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presented by Chinook Cedry. This is episode 533.
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I'll be your host, Kyle Korn. I'm here with my Co host Nate
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Reyes. Nate.
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Casey, how are we? Happy early birthday.
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Thanks man. I'll wish you happy birthday the
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next time we record, but happy early birthday.
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I appreciate it. It's it's tough, man.
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You're going to be 30. Two dude, 32, man, 32.
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I was just, we were talking about offline like I wish for
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one thing on my birthday and it's a Yankees win.
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And this Thursday is the like one of the first times the
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Yankees haven't played on my birthday and I don't know how
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long outside of 2020. And we were like looking through
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all the past scores and I was like, Oh yeah, I think I
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remember specifically they won last year was a doubleheader.
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I don't remember who they played.
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And then I looked that was 2022, man, that was three years ago
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that that was a doubleheader. That wasn't last year.
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That was 3 trips around the sun ago.
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So that's pretty disappointing. Just shows how fast the old
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TikTok flies. So it's, it's depressing, but
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you know, we're OK. We're going to deal with it.
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Everyone keeps saying the 30s are a lot better than the 20s.
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So I'm just going to embrace it. I'm going to just going to
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assume it gets a lot better, you know?
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30s are treating me real well. Can't even lie, Can't even lie.
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You want to talk some ball? Sure, I guess that's why we're
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here. Let's talk some ball poor.
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Per your request. We're going to, we're going to
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grade. We're going to grade a broadcast
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call. You want you want to do it right
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off the top or shall we wait? Call the week.
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Call the week here you here you have it, folks.
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High flight ball, deep right field wave goodbye.
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A Grand Slam for Daniel Sneeman and the Guardians have flipped
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the script here in the 9th to take a 5 three lead.
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Oh how sneed it is. Well, he did not.
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Miss it? We're going.
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Let's watch that again. High flood ball, deep right
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field, wave goodbye. A Grand Slam for Daniel Sneeman
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and the Guardians have flipped the script here in the 9th to
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take a 5 three lead. Oh how Schnee it is.
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Well, he did not miss it. I There's something beautiful
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about a call on the road. Oh, I was saying the same thing.
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For a big moment, man, there's something beautiful.
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About it. The silence in the background is
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awesome. It makes you wonder, like how
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many rows down from the booth you could be and still and hear
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a call like that 'cause everybody else is going radio,
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pun intended, radio silent, sure.
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And this guy's just letting it eat up in the booth.
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I that was a fantastic call. I was AII think I was a great
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call. Who was that?
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Daniel Seaman. No, come on, man.
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Who are you? Oh, making the call?
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Yeah. Was that the Guardians team?
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Yeah, had to been. Was that Tom Hamilton?
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Yeah, Tom Hamilton shot him out. Radio, because Matt Underwood is
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TV. OK, so don't shout out Tom
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Hamilton. How do we know?
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How can we know? How can we find out?
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It's probably something we should have looked up
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beforehand, but hey, you know, it's a new segment and we're
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still, we're still using our way into it.
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Well, we got to give. We got to give due credit.
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Yeah. Matt Underwood.
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Yep, Yep, Yep. Good call, Matt Underwood
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confirmed. Real, real solid call.
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I'm I'm going strong here. I think I think the volume was
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great. I think the flip the script
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nugget drop in there was was real nice.
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I don't know how is it that how schny it is?
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Is that supposed to be like how sweet it is?
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Is that the play on words there? Yeah, you know.
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I didn't love that. I'm going to be honest.
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Here's that took me a tick down just.
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Here's the gap. Here's the gap from here to
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there. That's the leap I'm going to
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take in assuming that that's what that was.
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Yeah, yeah. Not a, not a big one, not a big
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leap. You're not.
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You're not big about how Schnee it is.
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I, yeah, it's it lost it lost just a little.
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The rest of it was excellent. I mean, I, I think I'm, I'm
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going to go with like a strong 84 here. 84 That's I feel like
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you kind of lost me. 84 you think I mean the the mid, the
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mid eights and up. I mean, you really, you like
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you. We got to reserve that for like
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something special. Now see, I, I feel like the
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nines are like almost like an untouchable.
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It's got to be a big, big moment.
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It's got to be. AI mean nines are like a given
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giving out nines like a like a Joe Davis in October kind of
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situation. Yeah, 'cause he finds his, well,
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I mean, he's, he's great, but he really hits his stride in
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October with Fox and all that. I've lost Joe Davis is kind of
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going to tick down for me just because he calls the Dodgers
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games regularly and I feel like the Dodgers postseason bias, you
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can't help but just feel like it's still.
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There how many is human, man? He's human.
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What can what can you do? But yeah, I'm going 84 on this.
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I was, I was going to go, I was going to go 85.
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But the the how Schnee it is, yeah.
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That doesn't bother me. That doesn't bother me.
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I'm going to go 79. Strong. 79.
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Respect on that. You know, that's a, that's a
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good call. Big moment too, talking about
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Mr. Schneeman accounting for all the Guardians runs in that game
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9th inning, go ahead home run for those who weren't able to to
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watch on YouTube. Big moment, big moment.
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This is what the guards are, man.
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I've been trying to tell you everyone, everyone sleeps on the
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guardians year over year and it's like they just, they find
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names, they find production, they play ball the right way and
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they're just in the hunt like the A's of the of Ohio.
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Some may say you know the A's of of Ohio.
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Is that what they're saying? Some, some say, some say that.
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Let's talk about some headlines that are that are happening
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right now in baseball. Some headlines that some
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storylines, some narratives that you as a baseball fan need to be
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familiar with. Let's start with yeah, let's
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start with show Hey. Let's let's talk show hey.
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And I'm glad, I'm glad we're getting the opportunity to start
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with show Hey here, because a couple names that May maybe
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mentioned in this segment already went deep tonight,
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including show Hey. And another name that may pop
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up, Corbin Carroll, apparently just went deep moments ago.
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But the storyline here, the narrative rather, is that
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actually, no, I'm going to pose this as a question.
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I won't even call it a narrative.
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Does Shohei Otani miss out on the MVP in 2025?
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And honestly, as I say that, it doesn't sound like that hot of a
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take because I I. It doesn't.
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The the more, the more games that pass.
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I think the reality is that he we're not.
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I just don't think we're going to see him on a mound this year.
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I'm just, I'm really, I'm really gathering, like I'm really
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getting that sense. Not in time.
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Not in time enough for it to impact the MVP voter.
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His case, correct. Yeah, I think.
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I think what's really weird about his, the perspective on
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him is and, and I know like everyone's conversation has been
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like, oh, he's just, it's going to happen every year.
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If he this is what he does. If he was able to win it as ADH
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only last year without even pitching, like it's his every
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year. And I get the sentiment of that.
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I get the ability of that. That does make sense.
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Where I struggle is if you're going back-to-back years of DH
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only, I feel like after going what he did last year, like you
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almost have to go a tick above like 5050 was insane, never been
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done. Now you got to show us something
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else that you're that is better than last year somehow.
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And that's hard to do because that was one of the greatest
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offensive seasons we've ever seen.
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I think once pitching does get back into the mix, if it happens
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early enough this year, if it ends up being next year and then
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all of a sudden you see this like, OK, maybe it's not 5050
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again, but he did pitch 2728 starts to a sub 32 ERA.
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Like, of course he's going to win MVP, You know what I'm
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saying? Like, but without that and
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you're not, and he still has time obviously, but like you'd
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have to repeat last year. And that's really hard to do.
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And I, I think in a way everyone's just kind of numb to
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it, which is also weird. Like we take it, we take for
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granted players. This is just what we do as fans.
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Sure, baseball riders are the same way.
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Like we just take for granted, like what these guys do year
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after year after year. And then we just kind of become
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numb to it. So I'm going to say yeah, he
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loses out on the MVPI. Want to hear you say that again?
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I want you to. I want you to look at me.
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And you're the one that asked that question.
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That said, it wasn't even that much that much of A hot take.
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Yes, he misses out on the NLMVP this year.
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Wow. Well, let's get into some names
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that. Could in first week of May could
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make that call. Well, well, I, I, I posed that
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question yourself. Well, I'm going to let's let's
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talk some numbers elsewhere around the league and then maybe
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I'll make a, I'll make a judgement call.
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Just stir the pot on Nate. I make I I pose that question
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because the names that are on his tail.
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You could even make the argument that one or two of these names
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are already the Otani might be looking up at at one or two of
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these names. You could make the case their
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names that this isn't a fluke, like these are guys that you can
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assume will be in the conversation at the end of the
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season. One name being Fernando Tatis,
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junior on the year coming into today, Monday, he's second, tied
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for second in the league or or all of baseball, I should say.
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And B wore at 24 behind Judges 31, which we all know what Aaron
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Judge is doing. 24 wore on a season, 8 homers sitting 328,
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slashing 399-570-4972 OPS plus of 162 or 169.
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Excuse me? It's great.
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It's great. I mean, that's really good.
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That's outside of the war conversation and a higher clip
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when it comes to average. I mean, almost looking at his
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slash line, Tati's 399-570-4972, Otani 399-570-1970, almost
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identical. And don't forget he's playing on
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the other side of the ball as well.
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So that's. Like to like a top tier level?
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That's right. That's what I'm saying as he
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pops up on my TV as I speak. So that's the name in the mix.
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Another name in the mix, Kyle Tucker sitting 29292 coming in
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today, Monday, 9 homers slashing 399-570-7975 with an OPS plus of
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174. So again, almost identical
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numbers like almost down to like the 10th or the the thousandth I
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should say. And both of these are named,
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both guys are, are guys that are contributing to teams that are
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playing at a very, very, very high level right now.
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Yeah, it's not crazy, man. It's not crazy because like you
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also have to account for the fact that there's conversations
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around the Dodgers of like, you know, it's, it's a loaded team.
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And I, I have to think that there's writers who vote for
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this out there that have a little more weight in the word,
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in the word value, right? And you can look at Shohei and
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say, like, you know what, I've I think the Dodgers are OK without
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you putting up mammoth numbers. I think they're OK with you
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being middle of the road to your standard, which is still great
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and better than most players. When you look around at some of
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these other guys and you just, you look at what the value of
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what Kyle Tucker is doing for the Cubs, it's it's hard to
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imagine if you put emphasis on that word, it's hard to imagine
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a a more valuable player at the moment.
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So far I think Totsie's has been great, but I I give the edge to
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Kyle Tucker right now as Mike Shield is getting into.
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It I was going to say to you, Mike Shield is letting it eat.
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Fire the boys up, Mike, that's an old school manager right
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there. I know, I really.
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Like him, man, I really do. The aforementioned Corbin
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Carroll coming into the day. 9 homers make it 10 with tonight's
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Homer. Game's not even over yet.
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Might even add to that. He's in 281 again, coming in
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today slashing 344-570-5919 with an OPS plus of 152.
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I don't think he's going to be. I, I think if the, the, if the
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trajectories of the players we just discussed continue, I just
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think that their skill set is going to play a little better
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when it comes to the MVP conversation.
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Not to take anything away from Corbin Carroll, but I, I just
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feel like it's a, we're talking about a different type of player
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from, in comparison to somebody like I just a.
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Different tier, yeah, I think. Or even Tucker.
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I think Corbin Carroll's great man.
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I think he's really, really good.
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It's good to see him back. He feels like he's back it.
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It just seems that way. I'd like to see those numbers go
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up, just creep up a little bit more.
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I'd like to see, I'd love to see the average get above 3 because
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I know batting average doesn't matter the way it used to in in
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a lot of people's eyes. But when you have the number of
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players that you do hitting over 300 right now and are doing it
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year after year, I feel like it's starting to matter a little
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bit more. And I'd like to see on base to
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to creep above. I don't know for MVP status,
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it's got to be in the force for me.
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I think it I think on base has to be in the force to have that
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conversation. So it's good to see the pop
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back. I'd, I'd like to see the rest of
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it kind of kind of come back to. Well, I mean, you're talking
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about an OVP that's in the force.
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Let's talk about a guy that is satisfying that benchmark.
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Another headline that you need to be aware of, familiar with is
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the fact that right now, in this, at this very moment, Pete
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Alonso is the best player on the Mets right now.
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And I got to say, if you would have told me that a month plus
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into the season, if you would have told me that back in.
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December, that one. Pete Alonso is even going to be
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on the Mets. But two a month into the season,
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far and away the best player on the Mets right now.
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And that this brought in that this podcast would be would be
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giving him his flowers. I wouldn't have said that
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either. I mean, how sustainable is is
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this? I mean, Pete's a man on a
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mission right now. Coming into today, he's already
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accumulated a WAR of 248 homers on the year, is hitting 344 with
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31 ribbies. He's slashing 460-8656 and 11:24
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for an OPS with an OPS plus of 220.
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That's that's crazy. That's big dog numbers.
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And if you don't believe me, I mean, take your pick of category
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OPS 11. What did I say?
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Well, MLB might be showing me some a little different. 11/24.
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Well, right now, MLB is showing me 1116 anyway.
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Doesn't matter. Juan Soto, next in line, 812.
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Frankie Lindor. You know him, you love him.
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Eight O 2. Brandon Nimmo, next in line,
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seven O 4 Homers. As you would imagine, bringing
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the power to that lineup leads a team with eight average.
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That's the thing that's I say it all the time.
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Say what you will about batting average, but the fact he's
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hitting at a clip of 341 is crazy.
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And. It is.
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But the on base, as you mentioned, we're talking MVP
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worthy thresholds 465, dude, he's getting on base.
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I mean, we talked what was the last episode about the fact that
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Judge is getting on base one out of every two.
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Yeah, trips to the plate, and Pete's not far behind him.
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Yeah, I mean, walk rate for his career has been at 10.2%.
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He's so far this year at 16% and of course the strikeouts are
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coming down as well. Career 22, five this series at
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15. It's also hitting the ball hard.
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It's average exit velocity right now is 95.
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Is he using a torpedo bat? I.
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Don't think so. Is.
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He I'm not trying to be coy here.
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Like I'm, I'm serious because like over his career, that's
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it's just 90. So no, it's been a tick up.
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No, not using torpedo. It's confirmed freaking Devin
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Williams, man. Barrel percentage is way up, so
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he's just barreling balls, man. Barrel percentage over his
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career is 14%. He's at 19% so far.
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So he's just squaring baseballs up.
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Let me ask you this. Walking and not striking out and
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it's a good mix. Let me ask you this, if you had
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to guess, how much of how much do you think he, we'll say,
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positively channelled what happened this offseason into his
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start, into propelling him to the start that he's got this
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year? Do you think he's the kind of
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guy that that sort of compartmentalizes, that puts in
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the box, puts it up on the shelf, doesn't think about it?
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Or do you think that Pete Alonso is the kind of guy that takes, I
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mean, let's just call a spade a spade, the disrespect that I
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feel like he probably felt like he received and is using that to
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be like, hey, I mean, you can bring in a guy for $765,000,000
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and you can continue to put Frankie Lindor's name above mine
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in, in, in terms of the the hierarchy of this franchise.
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But I'm no like I'm I'm no scrub.
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Yeah, I mean, I, I feel like the guy has had bullets and board
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material since college. Dude was bullied in college and
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and you got to argue he's bullied in the MLB by fans, by
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us. Yeah, but how much of that is?
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Brought by media get I'd for sure get that.
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But like, I think this is this. My point is the first time where
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it was just weird. He got treated weird this
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offseason. He wasn't treated well.
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He didn't get the money he deserved.
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He didn't get the respect on the Mets side that he deserved.
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Which frankly, I think was all he was after.
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I don't think he cared about what the rest of the league said
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about him. I just think he wanted to be
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appreciated by the Mets. And he's done everything right.
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He's done everything right. He's, he's checked every box.
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So shame on the Mets for not for not treating him better.
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And I don't know, man, like I wouldn't be surprised if he goes
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elsewhere this offseason, if this stays up, continues to do
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this. And and you, I mean you're
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looking at a seven or eight-year deal.
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I don't know, dude. I mean it's. 30.
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To go back to the offseason with with this guy he's making like
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team exclusive offers that you know, like whatever like the
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only this deal is available to you the New York Mets for a
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limited time only. I I I feel like he's going to
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want to stay and not to look so far down the road like to the to
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free agency already. But I I think he's going to want
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to stay but that he's going to want there to be a a shift in
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narrative. There was he's he's going to
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want he's going to want the tables to be turned a little bit
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and and given, I won't say given the keys to the team, but like
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at the very least given the respect he feels that he's.
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Owed. I don't think the dollar amount
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matters so much, man. I.
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Really just think it's the. Length, I think it's just the
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length. And if you said the Mets gave
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him six years or above, he's taking it.
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Don't matter the dollar amount. They really don't.
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And he would probably retire early and then stay a man.
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And he should if that's what he wants, he should because look,
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we may not be fans of of the way he acts or his or his antics or
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any of that. But like the the reality is like
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I'm I'm a fan of guys wanting to stick around and stay loyal to a
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ball club. And true, props to him for
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wanting this. Props to him for for working for
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it and earning it. And he deserves it.
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And I don't know, man, the Mets are just, they're strange.
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This is weird that they're not. They're not giving them more
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love. And I wonder how much of the
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Vladdy extension effects that now that Vlad is officially off
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the table for the Mets. Valid point.
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I'll tell you a team that could use a guy like Pete is the Texas
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Rangers. Nate, are you familiar with how
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bad this offense is? I don't think I am.
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It's so bad in Texas that they decided to fire a guy who
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apparently has held a position that I did not know existed in
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Major League Baseball. The Rangers have fired offensive
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coordinator Donnie Ecker on Sunday.
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This isn't the New York Rangers. Correct.
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And it's also not The Jets or the Giants.
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I have no idea if there's offensive coordinators in
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hockey, but. Yeah, no, Laura, Yeah, in the in
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the chat, batting coach, hitting coach, whatever you want to call
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them. I mean, that's that's what
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they've been called for years. Offensive coordinator.
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It's not a it's not a real thing in baseball.
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Yeah, no, it's not a real thing, kind.
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Of hate it. But no, the headline here, the
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storyline that you need to be familiar with, is the fact that
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the Rangers offense sucks. And that's that's important
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because we're talking about an American League, as we've said
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for the last, I think at this this rate last two months, the
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American League is not very good right now.
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And coming into this year, I won't speak for you, but for me,
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at the very least, I had the Rangers coming into the into the
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season as one of the better, if not one of the best teams in the
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American League, albeit a a pretty lackluster American
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League. I.
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Think 1000% one of the best offenses in the American League.
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Like that seemed like a slam dunk.
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That seemed like a no brainer. Well, I got some news.
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They're not in terms of their rankings or forget the American
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League, just around baseball coming into today, they're
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averaging 3.2, three runs a game, which is 29th in baseball.
30:49
Don't forget there's thirty teams for those of you that are
30:51
keeping track at home, 30 teams in Major League Baseball.
30:54
They're second to last total bases per game.
30:58
They're 27th in baseball. They have a run differential of
31:02
-18 which is 20th in baseball. You want me to go down this list
31:09
of just offensive metrics here? Yes.
31:14
Batting average 25th in baseball played appearances at bats.
31:20
In terms of like getting guys to the plate at bats, 30th in
31:25
baseball played appearances, 26th in baseball.
31:28
So not a lot of turnover in the lineup.
31:31
Runs per game, I believe I mentioned 29th in baseball.
31:35
Hits per game, 27th in baseball. Home runs per game 20th in
31:39
baseball RB is per game, 29th in baseball walks per game, 29th in
31:47
baseball. They're not do like even with
31:52
with walks hit by pitches They're they're not they're just
31:56
not getting on base, they're not hitting the baseball.
31:58
They're not doing anything well offensively, which has LED them
32:02
to This was an update to my the the notes that I already came
32:09
into today with is as of today, they've hired Brett Boone to be
32:15
their hitting coach, which I don't really know what to make
32:21
of that. But I guess a change in
32:25
personnel maybe is due. As we say all the time,
32:28
sometimes the heads got to roll and yeah, they maybe getting a
32:34
new one in there is better. They're better off for it.
32:36
Who knows? Maybe.
32:38
Maybe. I don't know, dude.
32:41
That's, I mean, at a certain point it does.
32:44
It's going to have to fall on the players.
32:46
Like I understand the scapegoat. I understand that one head's got
32:51
to roll. Every time, I'm sorry, I know it
33:02
happens. It happens when you're just go,
33:05
you're just letting it eat with the with the Nuggets.
33:08
But breaking news is breaking news.
33:10
It better be good. Peter Alonzo against the scrappy
33:19
Arizona Diamondbacks. This is not alarm worthy.
33:23
To run Homer, adding to his, adding to his case.
33:27
Anyway, back to what you're saying.
33:28
No, I'm out. I forgot Brett.
33:30
Boone, you didn't forget. Stop your Don't lie to me.
33:35
You didn't forget. Pick right back up with what you
33:37
were saying. I.
33:39
Just think that you got you got guys in there that are
33:47
professional hitters. You got enough names in that, in
33:50
that clubhouse that know how to go about their business.
33:54
So I understand needing to have a scapegoat.
33:58
I understanding, I understand having to fire somebody.
34:00
But like these guys need to be better at their job.
34:05
That's plain and simple. That's how it works.
34:08
They need to be better about their job.
34:11
Your guy, Justin Havens on Twitter put out a tweet, I
34:15
believe it was earlier today. The two primary offseason
34:18
acquisitions for the Texas Rangers, Jock Peterson and Jake
34:22
Berger, have combined for -2 wins above replacement this
34:27
year. That's kind of it's kind of what
34:31
you're dealing with. Yeah, man.
34:34
Well, I mean, Jock has been. I don't know if it's gotten any
34:39
better, but I know that the first couple weeks were some of
34:42
the worst in baseball. I mean, we talked about it.
34:45
It was a it was an O for what, 40 something streak, no.
34:51
Yeah, unreal. Yeah, man, Jake Burger, like I I
35:03
just don't get it. I don't get it.
35:06
I don't know why this lineup isn't going Corey Seeger, I know
35:12
he he just went through a little bit of an IL stint.
35:14
I can't remember if he started this the year on time or if he
35:19
was a late start. I Marcus Simeon has been bad.
35:29
I I it. Very bad.
35:31
I'm wondering if Jonah Heim is, was that just like a World
35:37
Series year success kind of thing?
35:40
I mean Adolis Garcia, Like you have names, you have enough
35:43
names. No disrespect to Wyatt Langford,
35:46
but if he's your top performer in that lineup, you're not in a
35:51
good, you're not in a great place.
35:53
No, you're not in a great place. Leading the team, if I'm not
35:57
mistaken here, OPS 920, also leading the team in homers.
36:04
And not to mention they call they, they, they, they recalled
36:10
Evan Carter today, who I believe is slashing 220-1333 and 416 at
36:18
AAA, which that's a AAA. So I don't really know if that's
36:25
going to do anything to really jump start the team, but I'm at
36:32
a loss of words, I really AM. Yeah, it's not making sense,
36:36
man, because. It's we're not like you said,
36:37
we're not talking one or two guys.
36:39
We're not saying we're not talking like a Corey Seeger
36:41
having a little bit of a slow start, which he is obviously,
36:43
But it's it's up and down the entire lineup like these seasons
36:48
are long. No doubt.
36:50
There's still time to turn this thing around, no doubt.
36:53
But you would hope that with these guys that are off to the
36:58
extremely sluggish starts, that you'd be able to stagger it a
37:02
little bit, like sort of bail, bail some other guys out.
37:05
Like if Corey Seeger's just not not feeling at the start of the
37:09
year, taking needing some extra time to get into the swing of
37:12
things like Adolis Garcia, help help him out.
37:16
Yeah. Jonah Heim.
37:18
I mean, I don't fully know what you're capable of doing in that
37:21
regard, but like, help a guy out, Marcus Simeon, we know what
37:27
you're capable of doing in that regard.
37:29
Help a guy. Out.
37:30
That's a big fall off. Whatever is happening with
37:33
Marcus Simeon is is a big fall off.
37:36
I don't get it man. I.
37:37
Don't know either, but what what's tough is that like you
37:41
look at some of these line UPS that you can see that sometimes
37:48
like an athleticism can can bail you out in a way.
37:51
Sometimes athleticism can can help you, right, Like grab the
37:55
Padres, grab the Diamondbacks, grab, grab teams who can who you
38:00
know, the guardians that can that can get guys in motion,
38:03
that can hit behind guys that can move guys over that can
38:06
shoot gaps that it's not so reliant on power.
38:12
And you look around the Rangers line up and you'll it, it just
38:15
feels a little slow when on athletic and it seems like it
38:18
only has to come with pop. That's the only way they're
38:21
going to get out of this, that it ain't going to do the trick.
38:27
That ain't going to work. You know what else isn't
38:34
working? The Baltimore Orioles.
38:43
I know this isn't the full look. I know this isn't the first time
38:45
we've talked about the Orioles either.
38:47
But it's it and keeping in keeping with the theme of the
38:51
episode, storylines, narratives, things you need to know that are
38:57
happening right now. What's happening right now is
39:00
the fact that the Baltimore Orioles, you could you correct
39:06
me if I'm wrong, Did you, are you, did you kill them off?
39:10
You killed them off. That's a couple of weeks ago.
39:16
Well, I mean, I can't say that you're I I I don't think I can
39:20
call it crazy because I mean both side we I know we just kind
39:24
of harped on the the Rangers for their offensive woes, but I
39:29
mean, both sides of the ball right now for the O's are
39:33
looking a mighty sloppy, mighty sloppy a might coming in today.
39:41
They have a -55 run differential and you can think the the
39:47
pitching for that. I'm I people are going to get
39:52
tired of me talking about it. But this, this was the one of
39:55
the most like if you looked at all the teams across the league
39:58
coming into the season and and you had to rank needs of every
40:06
team. You got to think that the
40:10
Baltimore Orioles needing starting pitching.
40:15
Would have been one of the more high, highly ranking, more
40:19
obvious needs in all of baseball and they didn't get it.
40:27
And now they're they're reaping the the fruits of their labor,
40:34
or lack thereof, because they are fruits not looking good.
40:38
No fruits. The big reason I called them
40:45
dead a few weeks ago, they don't look like they have fun.
40:53
I know I've said this before, but they when you watch an
40:56
Orioles game, they don't have fun.
41:04
When you when you look at their veterans, it comes down to, in
41:08
my mind, I think Cedric Mullins is like the name that that comes
41:12
to mind. Cedric Mullins is a, is a, is a
41:18
quiet guy. If he's a, he's a just show up
41:21
and do my job every day. You know, I'm a, I'm a big
41:25
leaguer kind of guy. There's, there's no, there's no
41:28
spice, there's no flair, there's no swag.
41:31
It's it's guys like all of your all of your guys that look
41:36
exactly the same copy and paste photo ID pictures between Adley
41:42
and Gunner and Kesten and and and and little holiday and like
41:50
all of these guys just they look the same.
41:52
They're blank faces when they hit a double these these home
41:58
run water bong things have now kind of lost its its luster.
42:03
Maybe run its course a little bit.
42:05
It it just doesn't feel fun. It doesn't feel exciting and any
42:12
time one of those guys does something positive, they're so
42:16
stoic. There's just not any of those
42:22
types of players on the team. They're lacking spice.
42:29
Are you calling the Baltimore Orioles unseasoned?
42:35
They're. Not boiled chicken.
42:37
Unseasoned. Boiled.
42:38
Chicken, unseasoned boiled chicken, that the water ain't
42:41
even salted and they're just slapping it on the plate saying
42:46
enjoy. That's it.
42:49
There's no seasoning. Yikes.
42:53
Let's look at their their ranking around the league.
42:56
Talking both sides of the ball here.
43:00
They're not hitting for average 2/29/26 in baseball.
43:05
Runs per game, 20th in baseball. Hits per game, 25th in baseball.
43:11
Walks per game, 27th in baseball.
43:15
Strikeouts per game 24th in baseball.
43:20
The it's just not ER team ERA 29th in baseball whip.
43:31
I didn't even know a staff whip could go this high.
43:35
They've they're sporting a clip of 15 fifty 128th in baseball
43:47
strikeouts per nine, which we already knew was going to be the
43:50
case. Extremely low, 27th in baseball.
43:53
734 hits per 9. They're giving up.
43:57
They're averaging 10.32 hits per nine.
44:03
They're giving up 1.6 homers per nine.
44:07
That's worst in baseball. Their strike strike out to walk
44:12
ratios 2O226 in baseball. It none of it's good.
44:17
They stink, man. They flat out stink.
44:31
And they're not fun. So that's a, that's a bad combo.
44:36
See what I'm getting at here? Is there a just off the RIP?
44:42
Just just a little, just a little, just a little chatter
44:46
here, just a little brainstorming.
44:49
Is there a trade that makes this team fun?
44:56
Is there a trade that makes this team exciting a a la a la Jose
45:06
Iglesias on the Mets last year? Is there someone that can save
45:10
the day? Here's the thing, I while I
45:13
agree with you and I think they need to have more fun, I think
45:18
they just need to be better. And if, if they if they become
45:24
more fun in the process, so be it.
45:26
But you and I both know that when you're winning baseball
45:29
games, you're you're just more inclined to having more fun,
45:33
even with an unseasoned bunch of chicken thighs like the Orioles.
45:41
Just a. Bunch of.
45:45
Look, I think he's I think he's tired of where he's at right
45:51
now. He's been he's been in trade,
45:54
he's been in trade rumors for some time now and this, I think
45:59
a change in senior would do him good and it would directly
46:03
address the issue that I just mentioned that was so obvious
46:07
coming into this season. Go out and trade for Sandy
46:13
Alcantra. You have no weight in that
46:22
rotation. None.
46:26
And Grayson Rodriguez doesn't look like he's coming back
46:29
anytime soon either. There's a good chance we may not
46:32
even see Grayson Rodriguez this year.
46:34
I think the I think the Orioles are being a little coy about
46:36
that. Yeah.
46:39
So I don't know, man, you got you got to do something with
46:43
this window. If you're the Orioles, you
46:45
cannot let another year pass. And I'm not saying that this is
46:49
their year, but it you got to take a you got to make a go at
46:52
it. You got to make a go at it and
46:53
you got to do something because what you're doing right now is
46:55
not working. I mean, Nate here has already
46:57
written you off. Nate's already.
46:59
Nate's already killed you off Baltimore Orioles, bye.
47:04
Are you going to let that be the lasting image?
47:07
Orioles Nate giving you the farewell into the sunset on the
47:11
2025 season. It wasn't even May yet when I
47:15
did. That, that's up to you.
47:17
Baltimore Orioles, that's up to you.
47:24
Some items here, miscellaneous like items around the league.
47:28
Tristan Cost is out for the year after suffering that.
47:33
Was tough to see. Yeah, yeah, you hate to see it
47:36
after suffering A ruptured tendon, patellar tendon.
47:42
You knew right away it wasn't good.
47:44
And then? It wasn't a graceful moment.
47:48
That's a big. Human being.
47:49
Yeah, and I just, I wasn't sure if it was like one of those.
47:55
I'm a little embarrassed by how I went down kind of things.
47:59
And then all the reports came out and I was like, oh, it's
48:02
pretty serious. Tough man is what's the what's
48:07
the, what's the situation on his control?
48:10
He's. Well, I still got control left
48:15
the the Red Sox weren't even. They were.
48:20
They were shopping. That's what I'm saying.
48:21
They were hoping that this wasn't even going to be an issue
48:24
or something They'd have to, they'd have to figure out or
48:27
they'd have to, you know, try to navigate.
48:30
But I don't like, I don't know what you do with him now, dude,
48:34
I I don't know what you do because last year he missed, he
48:37
missed a good chunk of time. Now he's missing the majority.
48:40
Well, the rest of this year, but the majority of this year, not
48:48
good, man. He's free agent 2029.
48:52
Always got a lot of control left.
48:58
It's only 25. Woof.
49:04
And the biggest? What's the situation look like
49:07
as far as replacement? I was going to say.
49:09
Where's that line up shift to? It's not great.
49:11
You, I mean, you're, you're moving to a full blown platoon
49:15
situation unless you go out and get somebody, which I I doubt
49:18
that that's part of the plan. They're just going to plug and
49:22
play with Roma Gonzalez and they called up Abraham Toro.
49:29
So I, I don't know man, the, the position was already weak, even
49:36
with Costa's in the lineup, just with the way he had started the
49:39
year. So now that you got to switch to
49:41
a full blown platoon situation, not a good place to be, But I,
49:48
I'm confident that the rest of that lineup can hold it down
49:51
offensively. They they year in and year out,
49:54
they always do. I mean one of the better
49:56
offenses in the league every single season.
50:00
So I I think they'll be all right in the long term and like
50:11
I don't think this puts that big of a dent into their post season
50:16
hopes again, especially with the state of the American League
50:19
right now. But I just, you know, like you
50:26
said with the with the contract and, and the time he's got left
50:31
and the fact that you combine that with the fact that they
50:33
were trying to shop like shopping him heavily this
50:36
offseason, it's just a it's a really uncomfortable situation,
50:41
really uncomfortable. So I don't, I, I just don't
50:44
know. I don't know what's what's to
50:47
come of it, but. I'm looking around the league
50:51
for potential trade replacements.
50:58
I'm just curious. I, I think they're going to
51:01
stick internally. I I genuinely don't think
51:03
they're. Going to the rest, getting
51:04
ready. Yeah, unless you get to the
51:09
deadline and you're it, it makes sense.
51:13
But as of right now, I think they're just going to figure it
51:16
out with what they have, which is nothing because we don't have
51:19
any like legitimate first baseman.
51:22
It's just infielders that can slot in at first for a couple
51:25
games a week. That's why I feel like a move
51:28
has to be made. You would think you would think
51:32
that would make sense. But do I think they're going to
51:35
do it? No.
51:41
Jordan Alvarez. Alvarez sent to the IL with
51:45
right hand inflammation, AKA one of the more obvious ghost stints
51:58
that we've seen in recent memory.
52:00
Yeah. What was he called?
52:02
What was it officially? Right hand inflammation.
52:06
Yeah, that's. A There's actually I saw a beat
52:11
writer to today as actually just one who put right hand
52:16
inflammation in air quotes or quotation marks soon to deleted
52:22
the tweet like as soon as I clicked it.
52:24
But yeah, it it's I think it's believed around the club that
52:31
this was needed for performance, performance's sake.
52:36
Not a great start to the year -.4 WAR to start the year only
52:43
three homers. Was hitting 210.
52:46
Was slashing 3 O 634646 with I believe an OPS plus eyes don't
52:55
fail me now of 86. What's your what's your worry
53:03
meter on on him for the year? Very low.
53:09
Me too. I think this will do him some
53:11
good. I'm out like a I'm out like a
53:13
3-4 worried. Yeah, I'd go, I'd go 3.
53:19
Like it's not maybe even 2. Plenty of time, Plenty of time.
53:27
This isn't, I'm not even putting Jordan Alvarez and Tristan
53:31
Costas in the same conversation, but for that very reason, it
53:36
further, further validates my point.
53:38
We know what Jordan Alvarez is. We know who he is.
53:41
We know his profile, correct? This isn't a, this isn't a thing
53:46
where you got to guess, you know what he's, you know what he's
53:48
going to do. And that, like I said, I think
53:50
this break will do him some good.
53:52
Show to Imanaga. Also sent to the IL with the
53:56
hamstring strain. I hate to see that.
54:00
Was off to a off to a decent start, three and two on the
54:04
year. War of 11, Sub 3 ERA, 282 cross,
54:09
eight games, 34 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1097.
54:15
But you just hope for the Cubs sake, with the way they've been
54:17
playing that they can. They can hold it down for
54:20
however long he's out. And Speaking of IL, Jackson
54:25
Merrill was activated today from his stint on the IL Don't
54:32
believe he got in tonight because of the rain.
54:35
In New York, they're. Trying to avoid putting any
54:38
undue stress or anything on on that, on that situation.
54:44
So you have to imagine when he gets it back in that lineup,
54:48
that's going to serve as a huge boost of confidence, a a real,
54:53
real spark, real jolt for that team.
54:55
Cuz I tell you what man, before he went down.
55:01
Yeah. Man was on a mission sitting 378
55:04
three jacks slashing, 4 slashing 415-676-1090 with an OPS plus
55:13
A200. Sure, small sample size I know,
55:16
but still I mean. Still nice.
55:18
What's nice is that you can come back and that's what that's
55:21
what's on there. You know what I mean?
55:23
Like I feel like it's a whole different beast.
55:25
For example, like you were Don where he's he's having to come
55:29
back and he's seeing those rough numbers.
55:31
He's seeing what he has to what hole he's got to dig out of, you
55:35
know, versus, hey, this is where I left off from and it's a good
55:40
head start. So excited to see what what he
55:43
can do. Man, kids, kids.
55:46
Different, different. D Backs, City connects.
55:56
I like them. So here's the deal elephant in
56:00
the room here. This might be one of the first
56:02
leaks we've seen or final products I should say, that
56:07
actually didn't align with the leak because we talked about the
56:11
leak when it came out and if you recall it had the just the
56:14
classic D backs word mark on it, but they went they they doubled
56:18
down on the serpientes theme. I didn't mind the first
56:24
serpientes. I didn't either.
56:27
I didn't either. I liked it.
56:29
I liked the cream. It's it's very college baseball.
56:31
I liked it a lot, but this is they.
56:37
Hey, look, man, I had this thought when I was looking at it
56:40
earlier when they when the official release came out.
56:43
I'm like, you know, for as as negative as we can be on some of
56:47
these that come out, I mean for good reason, some of these are
56:50
just they they didn't even bother to try.
56:53
But this is a this is a clean looking jersey.
56:55
This this can go down as one of the best that Nike did.
56:59
And then, you know, I, I think full credit below needs to be
57:04
given to really just the, the color, the color scheme.
57:07
I mean, that's, that's, that's an undefeated combo, man.
57:11
Let's let's, let's just all be honest here.
57:13
I, I, I don't think anyone has ever been a fan of the dark red
57:18
that the diamonds Diamondbacks switched to.
57:21
It's, it's just, it's never hit the right way.
57:24
And now that the black is in the mix more, I think it's helped
57:28
that red. But the best parts have been the
57:32
purple in the teal. Without a doubt, without a
57:36
doubt. That's the meat in the sandwich.
57:38
That's that's everything. It's like I.
57:45
You know, if we're talking like their current color scheme with
57:48
the red and the sand and the teal, they, if you recall, they
57:53
sort of stepped away from the the, the sand color little bit
57:57
and updated their current logo with the that electric teal
58:03
color or whatever. Teal was out for a while.
58:07
Yeah, you know, Yeah. But then they they updated their
58:12
main logo with they they said, now let's go back to the teal, a
58:14
little bit of a nod to the to the 90s, you know, and I think
58:20
they're inching closer and closer to making this a more
58:23
more of a mainstay combo and, and for good reason.
58:27
I mean, this is clean. And that's hat, dude, that hat.
58:31
That hat is unreal. Look, I, I wonder if the purple
58:37
was maybe an issue with the Rockies and maybe that was a
58:42
part of the the switch up, but the Rockies barely exist right
58:46
now. So like, why not, let's just let
58:49
the purple be the Diamondbacks. Maybe the Rockies need to just
58:52
take on a new color way. That's their punishment for
58:56
being so bad. You have to change your colors.
58:59
You have to completely rebrand because whatever you're doing
59:02
ain't working. That's, I mean, it's, it's a
59:05
good thought. It's a good thought.
59:09
Speaking of the NLOS, Freddie Freeman final note here. 350th
59:14
Homer of his career tonight. Good for Freddie, man.
59:21
Good for Freddie. Where does that put him on the
59:23
all time list? I'm going to.
59:28
Say, don't even act like you have an educated guess right
59:32
now. I'm.
59:33
Going to say 8080 third. 83rd What did I say, 350?
59:46
Yeah, he's probably way. He's probably in the hundreds.
59:51
Hey, good for Freddie. He just cracked the top 100,
59:56
tied for tied for 100th on the all time list with Chilly Davis.
1:00:02
All right, 350. That's a name that doesn't get
1:00:05
enough respect. By the way, Chilly Davis, good
1:00:09
head coach. Some names that he'll be passing
1:00:11
soon. Dick Allen, Ellis Burks, Ryan
1:00:14
Braun, Tori Hunter, Lee May, Luis Gonzalez, Greg Von, Joe
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Ivato, Carlos Leo Gibera. Still just. 35 got plenty of
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time. Love that for.
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Freddie, good for Freddie, good for Freddie.
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Bad call, by the way. Not a good, not a good call.
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We were looking for call of the week.
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I don't even think 350 was brought up in the call, which is
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disappointing. Yeah, well, I mean. 7th of the
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year is what I believe I heard. Yeah, but that's one of those
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things that kind of unless you're really doing your due
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diligence, which let's be honest, we're all human.
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Sometimes we we skip over some things like this.
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Those are the things that get brought up in your ear, like in
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your in your earpiece and then eat or two later and then you
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got to go back, revisit. Say, by the way, that was it.
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Freddie Freeman's 350th home run, placing him in the top 100
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of the all time Homer list. That's how that goes.
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Be better. That's all I got.
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I'm out of stuff. That's all I got.
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See you Thursday. Don't go chasing curveballs.
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We love y'all and as always, looking forward to talking more
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baseball with you guys soon. Until next time, stay filthy.