WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:09.039 It's the Downbeat on ninety seven one, the Freak seven Am, the Dirty 2 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:13.359 down Beat from six to ten am each and every weekday morning. It's KT, 3 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:17.879 Danny, Mikey JJ. We had a texter who did your research project 4 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:23.160 for you. Probably would have saved you about five hours of work yesterday and 5 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.480 he can fill in the blanks. Did you say an astronaut for the Braves 6 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:30.960 win? I remember you saying that because he says twenty eleven Braves win astronaut 7 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:34.600 Shane kim Bro throughout the first pitch. Yeah, if it's the Braves didn't 8 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:39.920 win the twenty ten World Series twenty twenty one, I had Choper Jones. 9 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:44.000 God, but if it was Shane Wynn, that's I mean, and the 10 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:49.000 Ones you couldn't do Cardinals he got twenty eleven their idiot win. The next 11 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:52.799 year they had Bob Gibson, David Exstein, Jason Mott and Tony LaRussa throw 12 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:59.079 it out whatever, anyway, Appreciate the work Robert and Dallas. Thanks for 13 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:07.920 listening and thanks for doing a complete job. Kevin. Yeah, if it 14 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:14.920 was Chipper or whatever this guy texted into it's crazy how KT will find something 15 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:18.280 to complain about. No one cares about first pitch. We're World Series champs 16 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.719 and a new season of baseball starting. Love life, My guy, I'm 17 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.480 not complaining. I'm making radio content. I think Kevin does love life. 18 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.359 Let me have Kevio's back. I think I don't know. How do you 19 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:33.920 love life? Yeah? Absolutely, dude. I'm happy, man, Pretty 20 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:38.239 happy dude. And it's opening day. Everyone is glowing around here. The 21 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:44.280 shortest Ranger off season in history. Yeah, that's come to an end. 22 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:49.400 I saw this might be too much here. I saw a construction worker on 23 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:57.640 this side of the building a little too excited for opening day, described pumping 24 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:06.480 through a whole he drilled out. Weird deal and got a lot of sleep 25 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:16.000 last night. You know what, doctor Dingoo, snort the pill. We 26 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:22.000 recommend you get that pill in you as quick as possible. There he goes, 27 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:27.039 Boy, that's the earliest pill I've ever seen you take. He's back 28 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:30.360 on top. An hour from now, we have a very special guest joining 29 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:36.599 us from the Texas Rangers to tell us about some incredible promotions they're going to 30 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:40.560 have this upcoming season. They're embracing it. Man, all eyes on Texas. 31 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:50.560 We're the champs. Champ is here We're the John Cena of baseball. 32 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:53.960 It's going tonight and it's not all about who's throwing out the first pitch. 33 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:57.599 We got important stuff going on. We need to learn more about it, 34 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:15.039 and I think we're gonna right now at seven o'clock now smarts. The truth 35 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:19.120 is, when you're World Series champis there's a lot of things you can look 36 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:22.120 at be happy about with this team. But I don't think we have to 37 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:25.240 spend a lot of time talking about Marcus Simeon, who's missed one game in 38 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.960 his last two years. I don't think we need to spend a lot of 39 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:31.319 time with Corey Seeger. All Right, we know who these people are. 40 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:37.039 They're incredible. We don't need to talk much about Adoli Scarcia, but we 41 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:43.000 do need to talk about first is the whitt Langford story, and I think 42 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:49.039 Evan Carter should be a very big part of this. H So, why 43 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.400 at Langford? How many minor league games do you guys think he has played? 44 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:54.680 How old is he he is? Is he twenty twenty? I don't 45 00:03:54.719 --> 00:04:00.560 think twenty one? And well he played for what the Florida Gators last year? 46 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.840 Yes, he's twenty two. Sorry, this is about as fast tracked 47 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:12.000 as you can get in the modern era. I have no idea. I 48 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.520 don't know when. Just take a guess. I'll give you a higher lower 49 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:19.639 forty. It's forty four forty four minor league games. So higher forty four 50 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:26.480 minor league Mikey guesses higher, higher, wait till late one point some higher 51 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:30.480 lower stuff. So they scouted him all the way back in twenty eighteen when 52 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.319 he was in high school. Now he went to high school in town called 53 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:39.759 Trenton, kind of like Gainesville, mic Florida one a school town of less 54 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:44.399 than two thousand people. Boy a little diamond grown in the middle of nowhere, 55 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.160 and he played some catcher, he played some corner infield. I bet 56 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:55.959 he played football and basketball player on his team, marching band. March he 57 00:04:56.079 --> 00:05:00.399 had because you had to. He actually did one act play. He was 58 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:04.839 their whole thing, an apartment. He played Lenny and of mice and men. 59 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:12.720 His body was a little bad then, and then he by the time 60 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:15.040 he was a senior, he filled out a little bit. But he's a 61 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:18.519 senior in twenty twenty, which we all know what happened in twenty twenty. 62 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:26.600 So he played eight high school games as a senior in high school. Now, 63 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.160 by the way, Jamie Newbergh did a story and then The Athletic did 64 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:32.839 the story as well, so I kind of read them both and combined my 65 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:36.800 favorite parts of both of these stories. But what part of this is like 66 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:43.720 to eight games your high school year? Not a single college gave him a 67 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:47.279 shot besides Florida. That's weird that a high end school like that, But 68 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:50.120 I guess because he was so close, it was easy for them to scout 69 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:55.199 him, and it heard enough and had heard that maybe an MLB team or 70 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:59.120 two had given him a look, but he was not on big time list 71 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:02.319 for recruit and things like that. He was kind of just a guy whose 72 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:08.000 body hadn't filled out yet. Then you could hit. But eight games of 73 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:13.360 high school COVID year happens ends up going to Florida. So you get to 74 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:17.920 December of twenty twenty two, and that's when they changed the rules for the 75 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:23.279 MLB Draft. It was worst record straight down. Well, they did an 76 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:29.560 MLB draft lottery and the Rangers had the seventh worst record that year, but 77 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.680 because they changed the rules, they didn't have the seventh pick in the draft. 78 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.480 They won the lottery to jump up they had a twenty five percent chance 79 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:39.839 to jump up into the top four, and they did. They go to 80 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.560 four. Happened to another team as well, the Tigers, who had the 81 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:46.920 sixth worst record. They jumped to number three because of the new lottery rules 82 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:50.519 to incentivize not tanking. Basically, so the Rangers get into the top four 83 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:56.600 unexpectedly and then the Tigers getting to three. If it's another team that's not 84 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:00.879 the Tigers, maybe that team takes White Langford. All the big baseball names 85 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:02.560 had White Lakeford projected as the number one pick in the draft, but then 86 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:09.199 the Nationals and the Pirates took Schemes and Crews the LSU players. So there 87 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:12.759 they are at three and the Tigers take I think he was high squad for 88 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.839 the Max Clark and the Rangers are going, holy crap, he landed in 89 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.839 our lap, all of us as these like weird chain of events happened, 90 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.720 including COVID might have helped them here. Do you know what? Was he 91 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:29.000 just dominant at Florida? He was okay, but that I didn't know such 92 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:33.639 from such a small school and with such a short track record. I'm almost 93 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:39.120 more interested in how the hell why Florida did that because Florida a pretty powerhouse 94 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:42.480 program. I'm wondering if just because they were yeah, but twenty minutes away, 95 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:44.639 I don't know, you know, and they just send somebody out there 96 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:46.959 and they're like, dude, we have got a jewel. And he played 97 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:49.759 eight games his senior year because of COVID. Yeah. Wow. The high 98 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:57.720 school seasons were canceled, and so he in two seasons of real college baseball 99 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:01.199 because in twenty one he played a couple as he's a freshman and he's still 100 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:03.600 working on his body. He got yoked you know, well, Florida got 101 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:07.319 him on a good training program and he got yoked up. But in twenty 102 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:13.040 two and twenty three, two college seasons is the equivalent of about six hundred 103 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.279 and ten played appearances, which is about an MLB season if you played the 104 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:20.759 full thing. He hit three sixty three with forty seven home runs. Okay, 105 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:26.759 so that's pretty good. It's also college show. What happened in spring 106 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.480 training this year? Three sixty five led the MLB in total bases and RBIs 107 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.120 who cares about spring training stats? But it still says something. Yeah, 108 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:39.240 Okay, Now there's another story of the athletic that's about him, And this 109 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:46.519 story begins with he was playing a game in college and he fouled a ball 110 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:52.360 off of his testicles. I'm serious, both of them, just one? 111 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:58.159 Which one right? Is he right hand or left hand? He's right handed, 112 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:01.559 so he hit off his right test and his left one. Now I 113 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:05.919 think about it, stepped into it. I think he was still vulnerable because 114 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:09.039 when you step into it, you're leaving that crotch area open. Don't They 115 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.960 were cups like all the time. Do you think he followed it off the 116 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:20.399 ground and then up to his testicle or just from the back testicle like that 117 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:24.120 seems I heard the answer to that question. I don't have the highlight of 118 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:28.559 it either, but may maybe i'll find it, So google White Langford ruptured 119 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:35.799 testicle highlight ruptured. So that happens. He doesn't want to come out of 120 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:39.120 the game because he's tough, and they're like, dude, this is bad. 121 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:43.879 So they take him to the hospital. He gets diagnosed with a ruptured 122 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:50.399 test Now he's expected to miss a month. Over a month and he was 123 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:54.960 back within two weeks. War Daddy. He is a war daddy. The 124 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.960 other note about him in the article is something that Chris Young wrote down when 125 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:01.440 he was scouting him in college. This is a game in May, so 126 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:03.240 a couple of months before the draft. It's the game in May and he 127 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:09.519 popped up to the second baseman and before the second baseman had caught it. 128 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:15.600 The legend has it White Langford was standing on second base because he was busting 129 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:20.080 ass out of the gate. He cares rounding first guts a monster pop up. 130 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:24.960 If that's the case, yeah, story is just lightning fast. As 131 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.639 the story says that Chris Young wrote down, you know that's the kind of 132 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:31.679 guy we want. You know, I don't know. Did did the guy 133 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.200 catch it the second basement? He did? He pop out P four is 134 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:37.679 really bad at bad when you look at it. But he got the second 135 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:41.840 base. If you make it to the base before they catch it, you 136 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:45.879 should be awarded the bass. Okay, you really want to speed up the 137 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:50.559 game, That's how you do it. Extreme baseball, daddy is I mean, 138 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.320 it's worth workshopping. If they can do it, football go crazy. 139 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:01.480 Ken Rosenthal wrote that Rangers camp he had heard White compared to these three players. 140 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:07.360 Mookie Bets for the way he recognizes pitches, Ryan Zimmerman for his advanced 141 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:15.320 maturity, and Mike Trout for his physical resemblance Langford sixty one five, Trout 142 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.639 six two two thirty five. Okay, for those are really good dudes, 143 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:24.000 right this, zib I don't know if Zimman's a Hall of Famer, but 144 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:28.879 the other two are. Zimmerman probably is right. He was awesome for Yeah, 145 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:33.080 he was a long time so probably does he look like Mike Trout? 146 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:35.720 Is he a little brick s house? He's he is, he is and 147 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:39.879 he wasn't in twenty eighteen. He's a little tumpy so he can mash. 148 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:43.960 He hits for average, he's fast. Kenny Field, how's his day out 149 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:48.879 there? Well? No, no, so he lost lost, played mostly 150 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:54.120 left field at Florida. They think he has the athleticism and speed to play 151 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:56.600 center field if you needed to. You don't need that here because you have 152 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:03.799 Evan Carter and Leo who will get most of the starts in center field probably 153 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:09.399 unless he's traded or you know, I'm not replaced, because they're gonna be 154 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.200 able to d h Whaett and Adulis to ease him in and give all these 155 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:18.519 guys healthy share of time off because the roster you have, so the Raiders 156 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.360 bench coach right now is a guy named Donnie Ecker. He said that Langford, 157 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:26.519 Devin Carter, they act older than they are. So Evan Carter's I 158 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:30.600 think twenty. I think they're twenty two and twenty one or twenty one and 159 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:33.639 twenty like whatever. They're both early twenties, both are married. They're fresh 160 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:41.639 babbies. White Lady White Langford married to a former t ball teammate from his 161 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:46.720 hometown of Trenton, Florida. Her name is Halle Langford. She's a red 162 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:50.440 shirt junior on the softball team at Mercer University. That is sweet, broker 163 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.440 ankle. Can't play this year, but she'll be back. She'll be back. 164 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:56.320 She getting a red shirt this year. She'll be back next year. 165 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:03.000 No one sweated Evan Carter Mary do like, just two guys who probably only 166 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:09.159 give a crap about baseball and got married that young, So that's no wonder 167 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:16.399 they act like they're you know, oh why it's twenty two and Evan's twenty 168 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:20.120 one. Yeah, okay, yeah, it's pretty wild that while it's the 169 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:22.080 older of the two, okay, And he does look like Mike Trout, 170 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:26.759 like face, head, shape, strong head. So the things that we 171 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:31.080 saw about when Evan Carter got called up last year to give the Rangers a 172 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:35.320 spark and then ends up hitting number three in the e F and World Series, 173 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:37.159 you know, in the playoffs. But what was the thing that we 174 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.799 were all amazed by is the things we had heard. He's very advanced. 175 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.159 He was drafted out of high school too. They kind of found him second 176 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:50.039 round, and everyone's like, who Evan Carter? Second round? They're like, 177 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.159 no, we think we got some. They talk about recognizing pitches and 178 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:56.759 all that stuff. They're just talking about the same thing with Wyatt, but 179 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:00.480 he adds the extra power that Evan Carter didn't have. A Evan car could 180 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:03.320 probably still have a thirty home run year. At some point, White Langford 181 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:07.720 could go have a forty forty five home run year and it wouldn't surprise anyone. 182 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:09.960 I don't think I have it this year, but it's coming. White 183 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:13.600 Langford opens the years the clear favorite to win Rookie of the Year at three 184 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:18.080 to two odds. Damn okay, Evan Carter's number two, right five to 185 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:20.840 one odds? Is he number two, number two in the AL? That's 186 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:30.759 incredible. But this is what shocked me. American League MVP of course, 187 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.320 Seeker's up there. He's number five. I think at eleven to one. 188 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:39.440 White Langford is in there in the top twenty or twenty five or so at 189 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.200 thirty three to one odds. Is he really isn't that crazy? He's never 190 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:50.519 played, really, he's never seen a major league official pitch. I think 191 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:56.200 I think Jamie wrote this. It's about Carter was asked about like ushering along 192 00:14:56.360 --> 00:15:00.720 White Langford. Evan's like, I haven't never played in open day either. 193 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.000 It was like, it's not how else? Just to help him? I 194 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:09.240 don't know what opening days like. That's true, but they're so calm, 195 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.200 you know. I think about a couple of those defensive plays Evan Carter made. 196 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:16.279 Was Carter he was a Was he part of the expansion expanded roster or 197 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:20.399 did they bring him up earlier? They called him up because they were struggling 198 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:22.960 to hit the baseball. That's September, remember, I mean, we thought 199 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:24.960 this thing would might not make the playoffs. He got called up in September. 200 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:28.519 Yeah, he was a September call up. He was chosen to get 201 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.200 called up. Okay, And if it was the end of August, I 202 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:37.440 apologize, but I think it was September because we were struggling to win games. 203 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.919 They didn't turn it on at the end of the year just to even 204 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:43.200 make the playoffs. So that was kind of crazy. Now you look at 205 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:46.919 like, what this team, Why does it seem like it was so long 206 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:48.600 ago? But it was just a few months. I know, it's crazy. 207 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:52.679 I Mean, on one hand, I think about us coming in here 208 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:56.240 and with the champagne that morning, you know, the day after, and 209 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:58.679 I am like, that doesn't seem long ago? Or us going to Game 210 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.200 seven? Does it seem long ago? But boy, I got drunk. 211 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:04.360 The games, the specifics of the games, and you know, you in 212 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:08.039 a cow uniform? Are you in a cow costume? Admit it made park 213 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:15.600 for game seventhing else because baseball there's just so much and the grind of it 214 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.519 is so much, and the playoffs for so many games. I mean, 215 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:25.039 it's hard to sit there to remember who they even played, now Race Oriol 216 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:27.879 Sastro's you know, and then Diamondbacks you know that. But like you sit 217 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:32.600 there because there's just so much to remember and so much happened. It just 218 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:37.600 eats up your brain. Here's the deal. Now starting pitching Sureser. They 219 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:41.200 want him back in June. Molly. They wanted him back in July. 220 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:45.919 They signed Molly's starting pitcher is good, but he had Tommy John uh de 221 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:51.879 Grom. The hope is August and that's according to Bocie. You've aldi pitched 222 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.200 a bunch in the last three years. The last time he pitched as much 223 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:59.720 as he did the last three years, he blew his arm out. They 224 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:03.360 need John Gray, and he evolved the eat innings. They've got Dunning in 225 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.920 there, if they've got Heene in there, and Cody Bradford's going to get 226 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:10.960 a chance to be the fifth And I I also didn't mention. I'm sorry 227 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:14.039 I forgot to mention John Gray. Now Nessard Jumper, Hey, John Gray 228 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:18.240 the other thing that they need. And I do think it's finally important because 229 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:22.640 they've been able to skate by without it. Jack Lider needs to be good 230 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.240 and triple A. Okay, that's what I was gonna say. I didn't 231 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:30.599 think he was with the big boys. He's not. Is he our hope 232 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.119 for a minor league pitcher that could be called up, a starter that could 233 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:40.079 be caught up or called up to impact things? Him? Owen White and 234 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:42.559 the other guy's Cole win. But cole Win needs to show a little more 235 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:49.000 too. My hord lighters very inconsistent in like control issues. So it's like, 236 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:52.720 okay, you got to be able to get the ball over the plate. 237 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.640 When he gets here, he's no longer seen as one two, you 238 00:17:56.720 --> 00:18:00.160 know, he's seen as a But if you get up here, is that 239 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:03.599 a better option than Cody Bradford and Cody Bradford go to the bullpen? Absolutely, 240 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:07.039 but he's got to prove he's not a head case. Do you know 241 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:15.920 we haven't discussed so optimistic timeline for a Sureser return. Uh, June is 242 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:22.519 optimistic, okay, uh? And that's that's what Boachi said June July August 243 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:29.079 for the three guys, Sure'ser, Molly and de Grom. Oh for I 244 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:33.160 mean de Grom. I would think is August right? Yeah? Best? 245 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:37.119 But who knows? That could have been just and that was a month ago, 246 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:41.759 Sat And I know you don't have this answer, but I would think 247 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:45.279 the answer is yes. So the Rangers have more money allotted to starting pitching 248 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.640 than any other team, or maybe not the Dodgers. Well, the Dodgers 249 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:52.720 would probably have them beat now. Yeah, but but we're in the top 250 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:56.119 couple few. Right, there's a lot of dead money just kind of sitting 251 00:18:56.160 --> 00:19:00.319 there. And if we weren't staring at our shiny rings, yeah, that'd 252 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:03.839 be It's so weird. It is weird. It's that they spend all that 253 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:07.319 money on those two guys, and then those two guys went down the ground 254 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.200 far earlier than chures are, but sures are you know, sures are contributed. 255 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:15.279 But yeah, and then they hauled off and won the World Series. 256 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:22.240 And that's why that's why Montgomery was so key. Yeah, so important to 257 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:27.720 at least giving you two bona fide badasses that can can I look, man, 258 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:30.319 that's the thing I'm concerned about, is that's great that they have these 259 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:34.480 you know, virtual timetables set up for these dudes to come back. But 260 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:41.000 you're talking about older players that have been injured, and de Gram's always injured. 261 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:44.720 I mean, there's no guarantees that when these guys get out there that 262 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:48.680 they're just gonna be their good old thirty one year old selves. Now there's 263 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:52.480 a guarantee that they're not or stay on the field at all. Well, 264 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:55.799 you know, we didn't even mention though, like we look at all these 265 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:57.680 things you're thinking about the pitching. This seems gonna have to mash at least 266 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:00.400 until you get help, right, you know, and you can make trades 267 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.160 to their minor league system. They've got tons of guys, so they can 268 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.720 make trades like they did last year to get Jordan Montgomery to come in and 269 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:11.519 pass it on. That's probably your philosophy. That was always the John Daniels 270 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:14.720 way, even when they were contenders. They always went for it, and 271 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:18.599 people were like, kind of they have They've done a terrible job of developing 272 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:22.599 pitching and getting it to the major leagues, you know, in all that 273 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:26.759 span. But it's like I had never had a problem with John Daniels for 274 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.839 a lot of reasons, but one of them is, like, dude, 275 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:32.200 Matt Garza was the best picture on the market. It's not John Daniel's fault. 276 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:37.079 Matt Garza sucked down the stretch. Ryan Dempster was the best picture on 277 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:38.519 the market. They traded for him, like they tried to get all these 278 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:41.319 dudes. But as they had a loaded minor league system, and that's why 279 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:45.519 they were able to make trades last year to get Cherdren and get some of 280 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:48.359 these guys. But if you tell what I can't get over because they're eighth 281 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:52.759 or ninth to win the World Series right in odds second. Yeah, say 282 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.839 it jumped somewhere five and ten. They're not disrespected, but they're not. 283 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:03.279 They're not on any experts AL World Series representative. Oh give me the Rangers. 284 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:06.160 I mean, no one most you're picking the Astros to win the division, 285 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:08.240 And fine, I get it. But if you tell me the defending 286 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:12.319 champion in any sport, but take fun baseball, you have the defending champion, 287 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:17.240 and tell you what I'm gonna throw in the top two candidates for AL 288 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:21.640 Rookie of the Year are being added, if you will to this team. 289 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:26.680 I'd say that's good for about seventh best. Yeah, that's weird. It 290 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:30.279 seems that feels very disrespecty. It does. And no one's even to talk 291 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:33.519 about Josh Young either, who started in the All Star Game last year, 292 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:37.519 because we're talking about White Langford right now to Josh Young might be ready to 293 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:42.720 break out even more than he ever has. I mean, it's it's a 294 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:48.400 really good team. Is a very mid rotation right now? Is that the 295 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.440 weakness of the team is the just depth of rotation? Yeah, and then 296 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:56.440 we'll see what the bullpen is they lost Will Smith rals Chapman for half year, 297 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:00.079 Chris Stratton and they traded for he was in the Jordan Montgomery trade. 298 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:03.839 And those guys are all gone, but we have Josh Spores and he wins 299 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:08.160 world's here. And then they signed thirty nine year old David Robertson from the 300 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:12.880 Yankees, remember him. And they signed thirty seven year old Kirby Yates who 301 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:15.880 might be good. And they had a couple other arms. Dude, they're 302 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:22.839 talking about like Kumar Rocker throwing like in the summer, like June in double 303 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:26.119 A and they think that'll happen fast if he gets back, and is he 304 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:29.920 a Tommy John. If he gets back and he's pitching one, they might 305 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:33.240 be able to add him in September to a bullpen type thing. There are 306 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:37.200 a lot of stuff going on that's good. Other World leagu championship caliber lineup, 307 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:42.000 mid rotation, probably mid bullpen, very good defense with Leodi and Evan 308 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:47.759 Carter playing center and left field. Like this team is going to win ninety 309 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:51.480 games, okay, And how about the X factor of Bruce Bochie, who 310 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:56.240 is just it's hard to believe, but he's clearly made of magic. It 311 00:22:56.400 --> 00:23:00.319 worked he just wins the World Series. He wins him every other year. 312 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:03.519 Yeah, and I think he might be that might be for him, Like 313 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:07.599 I'll improve. I'm not just the only other year guy watch this. How 314 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:11.079 dare you think I went every other year? I'm better than that. But 315 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:14.519 the Astros are good and the Mariners are good, and that makes the division 316 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:18.359 tough. The Orioles are seen as maybe the best team in the American League, 317 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:22.119 all that stuff. I'm kind of geared up again, ready to go. 318 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:26.039 I hadn't cared much. I am now and I love I love it, 319 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.640 But it almost felt like that weird thinking like we did it. This 320 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:32.039 thing we always wanted, it happened, and I almost like got my mind 321 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:34.079 off of it, and now it's like, Okay, okay, that's exciting. 322 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:37.279 It's what Kevin just said has got me fired up to. But let's 323 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:41.920 put it all into perspective. When we're sitting here talking about, you know, 324 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:45.319 all of the ups and downs of last season and how there was no 325 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:48.519 way in the world that this team was going to even make the playoffs and 326 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:52.079 they get in on the very last day, and that wild ass ride through 327 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:56.680 the playoffs and everything that led up to it. Guys getting injured to Grom 328 00:23:56.759 --> 00:24:00.799 going down, we got sureser, that's wild and how low that took. 329 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:11.000 The grind starts tonight, the first of six months of this every up and 330 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:15.000 down where we're just gonna be emotional about the good stuff and the bad stuff 331 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:21.000 and oh this team's done, this team sucked. Shirtser, can't pitch anymore. 332 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:25.440 All of the knee jerking and freaking out what we need right now on 333 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:32.400 day one, all year long, no matter what, steady, steady hand, 334 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:37.960 stress option, responsive, you don't panic, contained emotions. Yeah, 335 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:41.359 and it starts tonight, but it's a long trip, folks. If why 336 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:45.000 Langford goes over four, you don't just move them in the mornings. Yeah, 337 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:52.119 that's true, cause you can't win them all if you don't win the 338 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:55.880 first one. Rangers, Yeah, that's right tonight sixty five. If you're 339 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:57.799 going out to opening day to day, Texas Live will have the Ben and 340 00:24:57.839 --> 00:25:02.480 Skin Show and the speed Easy hanging out thanks to in Touch Credit Union, 341 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:06.440 Addison Coffee Roasters, and Sunday Side Check. That's a great fun. Don't 342 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:10.480 miss eight o'clock. We'll have the Rangers Assistant VP of Marketing, well, 343 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:15.119 the assistant to the Assistant VP of Marketing, Marshall Moscato, calling in because 344 00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:18.359 we took a look at those promotional items for the Rangers. Must discuss what 345 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:22.920 their mindset was on some of those hats. At eight o'clock, Tom Glavin 346 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:27.160 at nine. Coming up next in the scuttle butt, guys, I think 347 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:30.559 we've got a wild weekend in DFW with some things that we haven't even been 348 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:33.359 talking about. And I'll tell you what that is next. One nice, 349 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.720 I won the fre