WEBVTT 1 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:21.559 Where are we at in society today? Come after me. I'm a man, 2 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:26.719 I'm forty. Go ahead, make my day every single week. I 3 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.239 put my freaking heart and soul into this. I don't go out there and 4 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.479 laugh. It's not funny. Nothing's funny to me. I don't want to 5 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:36.000 go out there and get embarrassed on Monday night football. For everybody, I 6 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:39.960 think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. So I ain't nothing changed 7 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.240 from yesterday. You're still the same person I was yesterday, and I got 8 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:48.159 the same thing for you that I had yesterday. You know why I'm here. 9 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:53.679 You play to win the game. You don't play to just play it. 10 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.200 That's a great thing about sports. You play to win, and I 11 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.719 don't care if you don't have any wins. You go play to win. 12 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:10.079 When you start telling me it doesn't matter to retire, get out for the 13 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:18.000 matters. He has a home run arage on Tuesday across Major League Baseball, 14 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:23.200 record setting. Believe it or not, what's going on? Everybody? Welcome 15 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:29.120 on a Wednesday. It's a hump day here on exues and bros. Across 16 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.680 the Great State of Michigan. The Meyer Hotline is always open for you eight 17 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:36.519 sixty six, eight three, eight forty eight forty three. The text line 18 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.680 is there for you Sports Radio to twenty one thousand. We invite you to 19 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:47.599 follow us on our Facebook page which is x'es and Bros. And follow us 20 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:52.959 on Twitter as well or x XB Mornings. That's where we have our pole 21 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.560 questions as well. Our poll question for you today, who's the best free 22 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:02.840 agent acquisition in Detroit this year? Is that Vladimir Tarasenko? Is it Tobias 23 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:10.719 Harris, DJ Reader or Kevin Zeidler. Feel free to vote as often as 24 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:14.719 you like. We'll give you the results tomorrow at eight o'clock hour. We 25 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:20.039 will give you the results of yesterday's poll question in the eight o'clock hour here 26 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:24.120 this morning. Tiger's losers last night in extras nine to eight, valiant effort 27 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:29.840 in the comeback. What does that mean to you? I mean when you're 28 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:34.680 down big and your team comes back ties it at seven, down six, 29 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:38.680 zip at one point, ties it at seven, giving you hope, pushing 30 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:44.759 it to extra innings only to lose nine to eight. Cleveland now seven and 31 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:50.039 two in extra frames? What does it mean to you anything at all? 32 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:59.759 Look Urschella and Keith and molloy all homer, but Detroit makes two more errors, 33 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:07.039 one by Maeta, one by Perez, and speaking of Maeta, he 34 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:12.159 continues to stink up the ballpark. You know, when a guy like Parker 35 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:16.800 Meadows or Spencer Turkulsen or a kill Badou struggle, they get sent down. 36 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:23.000 That's because they have options, right, That's It's an easy understanding. When 37 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:30.680 a veteran like kent To Maeta on a two year contract making fourteen million dollars 38 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:35.919 this year, struggles, they keep trying them out there. There's not a 39 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:45.039 whole lot they can do unless he comes up with some mysterious injury. Kent 40 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:52.879 To Mayeta allows six runs, seven hits, two home runs in two and 41 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:58.960 two thirds innings. It's one thing struggling, It's one thing losing. It's 42 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:02.560 another thing not giving your team, not just a chance to win. That's 43 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:06.719 an easy cliche that many of us use on a pretty regular basis, and 44 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:13.199 I have to quite a bit because I do think there's something to be said 45 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:20.920 for that. But it's another thing, not even lasting enough to rest your 46 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:28.480 bullpen. These are taxing starts for Kent Tamaieta, and I don't mean taxing 47 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:33.600 for him, I mean taxing for the bullpen. I mean it throws things 48 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:40.079 off. You're a manager. You've got a whiteboard, it's not a computer. 49 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:45.839 And you've got all the names. You got Trent Bally, you got 50 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:49.519 Will vest Right, you got all these different guys, Tyler Holden, all 51 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:56.839 these different names, and then you list or you have their availability, last 52 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.920 time they pitched, how much they pitched, how he pitches they threw. 53 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:08.959 This is a guy right now, he's going three and a third, two 54 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:14.360 and two thirds, two winnings, four and two thirds, four innings, 55 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.920 four and two thirds, three and two thirds, two and two thirds sucks, 56 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:27.800 I mean it does. It's it's just awful. What's your team supposed 57 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:34.439 to do about something like that? It's horrendous stuff, and it's tough to 58 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:41.000 recover. Here's a guy. You know, the longest he has thrown this 59 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:45.120 year? How many how deep he has gone into a game this year? 60 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:47.639 Like everybody's talking about the era, and it's it's justified. The era is 61 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:55.079 terrible, right, the era is closer to eight now. But do you 62 00:05:55.079 --> 00:06:02.319 know the longest he has gone this year is six innings? Twice? Only 63 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:11.439 happened twice. May first against Saint Louis and got to win. And April 64 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:16.199 thirteenth against Minnesota and he took a no decision. That's as far as he 65 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:26.319 has gone this season. He's gone over ninety pitches just once. And that's 66 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:29.920 not because well, we wanted to get him out of there. He's tiring 67 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:31.199 a little bit. That's because they have to get him out of there. 68 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:39.319 It's not an experiment. Man, He's supposed to be a key contributor to 69 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:44.079 this pitching staff. When you go into a season and you've got Casey Mize 70 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:48.879 and Trek Scoubel and Jack Flaherty and Rhees Solsen and ken To Maada Kent. 71 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:53.639 Tomayata was supposed to be a guy who's you know, remember Mice is coming 72 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:58.399 off an injury. So this doesn't have anything to do with talent. This 73 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.399 has to do with available and how careful you're going to be with a guy. 74 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.839 So you're thinking, well, well, maybe he's he's a back end 75 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:11.160 guy. Reese Olsen, this is his first full season. He's probably a 76 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.920 back end guy. You get Flarity and schoobl and Maaida. This is the 77 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:21.240 mindset here. Those guys should be your top three guys. Mi Aida has 78 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:29.079 stunk, Flarity has been injured a little bit. Schoob has been a horse. 79 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:38.879 Olson's been a horse. It's frustrating. Man. My Aida has allowed 80 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:44.000 fifteen runs in his last two starts. You know how long he's lasting in 81 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:50.040 those two starts? Six and the third innings. That's it. So when 82 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:54.839 people continue to say, how can you trot out Howvey or bias on a 83 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:59.839 regular basis, and I understand that mindset, I don't disagree with it. 84 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:05.800 I'd love to see the Tigers take a stand and say enough is enough, 85 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:09.240 or buy them out. I don't think they have anybody to take his place, 86 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:15.399 but I'd love to see them buy them out. Because the contract is 87 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:22.600 strapping. It's difficult to overcome. Understand this, You buy them out, 88 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.319 it doesn't mean that you're gonna use that twenty three million dollars anyplace else. 89 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.240 It's not like they're going to go all right, there's twenty three million freed 90 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:33.399 up now they're paying him. Yeah, and this might sound obvious, but 91 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:37.600 he quite literally is untradable. For anyone out there who thinks maybe you should 92 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:41.480 move him, you can't for sure. I mean you could try and package 93 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:43.960 him. Hey sent Eric School but you got to take Bayaz too. That 94 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:48.200 might be a deal breaker for a lot of teams. Right, they may 95 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:50.840 go out and say, forget it, I'll go get Garat Crochet. Right, 96 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:58.240 So I understand because I've said it too. You know what, how 97 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.480 can you keep trotting out? How your bias? How do you keep trotting 98 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:13.120 out Kuntamata. Let's use our frustration for more than just one player. We 99 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:20.519 use it for one guy because he's been perhaps the biggest disappointment in Tigers were 100 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.799 close to it in recent Tiger's free agent history. Is that fair? Yeah? 101 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:28.559 Yeah, I think so. Jordan Zimmerman's probably up there too, right, 102 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.159 And Zimmerman was dealing with a ton of injuries, by the way, 103 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.080 and he started out remember six and zero, So you're right, it's a 104 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:41.919 great point. But he's also every fifth day. This guy plays a key 105 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:50.919 position, and it is supposed to be an everyday contributor. 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Jose Ramirez is the third player in the modern era 137 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:52.960 to be intentionally walked three times and steal two bases in a game. He 138 00:12:54.080 --> 00:13:05.120 was intentionally walked in the sixth, in the eighth, and in the tenth. 139 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:09.679 I got no problem with it, none, because this dude is the 140 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:16.679 most dangerous hitter in their lineup, number one and number two. I respect 141 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:24.000 the hell out of this guy. Honesty, gooness. He's one of He's 142 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:31.679 one of my favorite players. Switch hitter power both sides, steels bases solid, 143 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:39.279 defensively, hits for average. What more do you want? This show 144 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:46.480 has not succumbed to just let's talk about the opposing team's players. This is 145 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:52.399 a guy I have always admired. He goes three for three yesterday and he's 146 00:13:52.440 --> 00:14:03.679 on base six times. You talk about production, Think about this. He 147 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:09.840 goes three for three, scores twice, walks three times, steals two bags. 148 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:13.639 Oh and by the way, he's got seventy seven runs bad at it? 149 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:20.679 You like he You damn right? That's production. What is the difference? 150 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:22.399 It's not the only difference, right, I Mean, Cleveland's good at 151 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:28.840 a lot of things, but one of the primary differences between Cleveland and other 152 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:33.120 teams in this division. Now Kansas City has found it. Okay, Minnesota 153 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:37.399 to a certain extent, think about it for a minute. And this is 154 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:45.799 not the NBA where you can get two, perhaps three oftentimes needed three superstars 155 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:50.039 or stars. Okay, I don't know if Kyrie Irving's a superstar any longer 156 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:56.159 he was at one point, but he's a star. Him and Luka Doncic 157 00:14:56.320 --> 00:15:01.279 the primary reason Dallas played for a championship. Fair enough, Okay, very 158 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:11.320 look at the best teams in baseball and tell me if they don't have at 159 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:18.200 least one superstar or star. How many all stars does that Phillies have? 160 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:22.480 Yeah, isn't it like six or seven? Well, so that's a good 161 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:28.639 question. Bryce Harper is a superstar. I think Trey Turner is a superstar, 162 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:33.399 and I think j t Rila Muto is a star. Now is Alec 163 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:39.759 Baum? No? Is Nick Castiano's I would say no, is Brandon Marsh. 164 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:43.399 I would say no. Very good players, but I don't think they're 165 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:50.559 stars. I don't think Nick Castianis is a star. But that's my opinion. 166 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:54.159 But for sure they have at least three, and one of them's out 167 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:58.039 for the year in real Muto with a knee and a bunch of guys who 168 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:03.759 have star moments. Is that fair? Yeah? Absolutely? Absolutely, Like 169 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:07.000 I don't know if I don't know if Baltimore has a ton of superstars. 170 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:14.799 They got stars though, and eventually they're on the they're on the arc a 171 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:19.679 trajector because they're all young. Absolutely right, Yankees got two stars, two 172 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:25.000 superstars they are, and Judge and Won Soda are superstars. Right. Think 173 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:30.759 about it for a second. Boston, Raphael Devers is a is a flipping 174 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:36.320 superstar. That dude's an unbelievable player. Toronto's got a couple of stars. 175 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:45.120 Minnesota's got Carlos Carrea, he's a star. Kansas City with Bobby wit Junr. 176 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:51.840 We know that. Give me Detroit star, you're gonna say, Trek 177 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:56.320 Schouoble, I get it. All the other guys I've mentioned, they're everyday 178 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.240 players. I'm not talking about pictures here. I'm talking about guys who are 179 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.480 playing on a regular basis, Guys who can impact a series, not just 180 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:11.039 one game, no doubt, thank you, or can impact every game. 181 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:18.559 Think about it for just a moment. I would love for it to be 182 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:25.680 Riley Green. I hope this is the beginning of Riley Green's stardom. I 183 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:32.359 can't say that it is yet, but most of the good teams and Texas 184 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:36.200 is just below five hundred. But they're coming off a world championship. They've 185 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:42.079 got plenty of stars. Houston think about it, Atlanta absolutely, the Mets, 186 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:48.960 who are now at five hundred, they've got it. Maybe Milwaukee doesn't. 187 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:56.200 Maybe Christine Yelich used to be right. Will the adamis I don't know. 188 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.319 If he's I wouldn't consider him a star controverst I don't know. But 189 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:06.559 most teams, most of the good teams, they've got star slash superstars. 190 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:14.200 Man Tigers do not. I was thinking about it while watching Ramirez. He's 191 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:18.119 a phenomenal player. He's just under the proverbial radar because probably because he plays 192 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:23.480 in Cleveland. I don't know why more people don't appreciate him. I think 193 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:29.759 Cleveland does. I know Cleveland does, and they should. I've told this 194 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:33.839 story before. Stop me if i've heard it, Trent. But I remember 195 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:37.559 just a couple of years ago, sitting in the Dugouy with AJ Hinch, 196 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:42.839 and I said, if you could have one player to impact your lineup every 197 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:48.240 single day? Who would it be? He didn't even hesitate. He didn't 198 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.799 he didn't pause and look up into the sky and say, let me think 199 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:57.400 about that for me. He said right away, Jose Ramirez third base. 200 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:03.279 Something we need, switch hitter, top of the lineup, guy average power, 201 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:11.279 speed plus posts. Dude posts every flipping day. I mean, this 202 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:14.559 is the kind of guy. Again, I'm not trying to be Cleveland Radio 203 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:17.480 here, okay, but I just you know, you get a chance to 204 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:21.640 play them, you see them on a regular basis. If you follow baseball 205 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:30.319 at all, you're recognizing what he has done in his career, right and 206 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.599 perennial all start not to say that that's gospel, but also shep we're talking 207 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.559 about a Guardians team that is top five in the league and has been all 208 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:41.519 season. Yeah, and that's just if we look at it from the scope 209 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:45.599 of this season. You know, he's been phenomenal now for seven eight years. 210 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:51.640 Oh yeah, man, I mean, he's listen. I don't know. 211 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:53.680 I'm not going to put him in a category about Tani or Freeman or 212 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:57.279 something like that, but I'm telling you right now, this dude is perhaps 213 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:00.519 well, I'll just say it. I think he's the most underrated player in 214 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:07.400 baseball. So he makes another All Star appearance this year. Right, his 215 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:14.200 set means he six, but he's now made for in a row. Yeah, 216 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:18.839 okay, he's in the MVP top ten on a regular basis. Last 217 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:23.000 year, finished tenth year before, fourth year before that, sixth year before 218 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:30.160 that. Second, finished third in twenty eighteen, finished third in twenty seventeen. 219 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:37.519 He's won six Silver Sluggers the Baller period, absolute baller. Tigers don't 220 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:45.200 have anybody like that. You want the primary reason, the primary reason Cleveland 221 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:48.160 is where they are, and the reason the reason Cleveland has been as competitive 222 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:52.119 as they've been and winning as much as they've done. Sure, pitching, 223 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:57.559 absolutely, they've had the Corey Kluebers, right, they've had the Shane Biebers 224 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:00.480 absolutely, and they got him annual Class A at the back end. It's 225 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:06.319 all good stuff. But this dude, every single day in your lineup is 226 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:10.559 a difference maker. He's a threat. And Temley walked him three times last 227 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:12.000 night, all with the game in the balance because you did not want that 228 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:15.920 guy step into the plate right and two stolen bases. So the third player 229 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:22.400 in the modern era to do that, Detroit helped a little history last night. 230 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.480 Fifty home runs were hit in Major League Baseball last night, tied for 231 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:37.039 most in the thirteen game schedule. That's impressive. Piston's made some news too, 232 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:38.680 but it's news that you already knew. We'll get to that, and 233 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:45.559 we'll get to some good NFL discussion coming up here on exes and bros across 234 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:48.880 the great state of Michigan. On a Wednesday morning, he would here from 235 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:53.240 my good friends at Meyer. 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This is Soaringeglecasino dot 253 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:41.559 com for complete rules and details. Coming up later today at three on the 254 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:45.599 Huge Show in the Michigan Sports Network, I'll deliver huge opinions on everything you're 255 00:23:45.680 --> 00:24:11.799 talking about during the break. I looked up ops on base plus slugging. 256 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:21.039 It's a statistic that the Tigers' front office values. I know this because I've 257 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:25.039 been told this by the Tigers' front office. It's a really important statistic that 258 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:30.240 an OPS plus, which takes into account. Well, it doesn't matter where 259 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:37.880 you play, it doesn't matter your ballpark, so OPS is an important statistic. 260 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:48.519 And in Major League Baseball right now, there are seventeen players, including 261 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:56.000 Jose Ramirez, by the way, who have an OPS of eight sixty, 262 00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:10.480 eight sixty or better. That's an impressive number on base plus slugging, and 263 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:17.279 that's what you've got. Okay, kent to my EIGHTA. This is hard 264 00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:21.680 to fathom, it really is. Kent to my EIGHTA. Let me just 265 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:26.599 say this before we get rolling here. The league average for a team is 266 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:37.960 seven oh six OPS. Bloss or ops. The league average is seven zero 267 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:44.000 six. Tigers are among the worst in that category, but that shouldn't surprise 268 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:51.960 you. That's the league average. Kent to my EIGHTA. Has allowed opponents 269 00:25:52.200 --> 00:26:02.640 an OPS of eight seventy one. There are seventeen players who are eight sixty 270 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:04.799 or better. That may be too many numbers for you, but that's why 271 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:08.960 I've repeated it a couple times. Like Aaron Judge and Shoeyo Tani are off 272 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:18.720 the flipping charts. They're over a thousand ops. Gunnar Henderson nine eighty three, 273 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:26.440 the league average is seventy seven zero one, and Kent Tamaeta has allowed 274 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:34.960 one hundred points higher than that. That's how bad he has been. I'm 275 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:41.519 giving you a perspective here that's nuts, absolutely nuts. And it makes sense 276 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:44.519 when you start reading off how many innings he's gotten through Chef you did that 277 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:48.799 a couple segments ago. Yeah, you can't go five. He's getting shelld 278 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:55.319 Think about how much that handcuffs and manager Trent, Yeah, you know your 279 00:26:55.359 --> 00:27:03.880 bullpen will be taxed today. Two and two thirds innings is what he gives 280 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:11.480 you yesterday. And these are the things that oftentimes I think our audience pays 281 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:17.200 attention to it and understands it. Okay, but think about this. The 282 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:23.440 Tigers last night needed to use four relievers. Now Cleveland used more, but 283 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:29.160 they used him for less innings. Joey Wentz two and a third, Bowbrisky 284 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:33.599 two and two thirds, Andrew chaff In an inning, Will Vest one in 285 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:36.599 a third. That doesn't mean none of them are available tonight. They are, 286 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:41.680 Okay, Chaffin's available, West or vest I should say, I need 287 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:48.359 to look at his h how many games in a row he's thrown? But 288 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:52.519 well, Cleveland's got they used more pitchers. But remember Nick Sandlin used eight 289 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:59.200 pitches, Scott Barlow had fourteen pitches. Class A used nine pitches. That's 290 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:02.920 not a big deal. Here's Detroit's pitchers. You're ready. My Ada throws 291 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:10.400 forty nine, Wentz uses sixty five, Brisky thirty Chafe. In twenty Vest 292 00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:18.599 twenty nine, Detroit threw more than fifty pitches more than Cleveland, and Cleveland 293 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:26.519 used an extra bullpen arm. Now you may not think fifty pitches is a 294 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:33.319 lot, but in a perfect world, what you're doing is you're using about 295 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:38.279 fifteen to sixteen pitches in an inning to get them out. That's what you'd 296 00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:45.480 like. So fifty pitches, what is that? Another three and a half 297 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:51.920 may almost four innings? Yep, of guys. Now you maybe think I'm 298 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:55.440 reaching. There might be some people driving, there might be some people listening. 299 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:57.240 Wherever it is. You may be listening and thinking, oh, man, 300 00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:00.279 come on, you're really pushing, you're really reaching it. No, 301 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:07.880 no, no, these are things that managers, pitching coaches, assistant pitching 302 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:12.359 coaches. Robin Lund who is the assistant pitching coach Chris Fetter to the pitching 303 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:18.200 coach, they are all monitoring. They are making these guys this is taxing 304 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:22.640 stuff well, and these are facts too. This is not opinion based. 305 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:25.880 The proofs in the pudding. You can tell me you're getting bored with numbers, 306 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.319 But the reason chefs bringing you the numbers is because it's important to contextualize 307 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:37.960 just how bad my ATA has been and how it affects them moving forward. 308 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:40.960 It jeopardizes your bullpen for the rest of the series. Is the bottom of 309 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:45.599 game exactly exactly when a guy can't throw five innings, when a guy can't 310 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:49.279 even throw four innings half the time, and you're using three four relievers to 311 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:52.599 finish the game, and most likely you're losing that game because he got shelled 312 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:59.240 so early. It's a lose lose, And not just that, it's even 313 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:07.519 the fact that your relievers, your relievers have to use as many pitches as 314 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:15.759 they do. That's a problem when you're out there and you can't get those 315 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:18.799 outs. You can't get the quick outs I don't always expected. Okay, 316 00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:25.359 I'm not talking about doing a bugs buddy, one two, three strikes, 317 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.680 you're out, one two, three strikes, you're out, and doing that 318 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:32.519 repeatedly. No, I'm realistic when it comes to this stuff. I understand 319 00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:37.519 it. I understand the challenges, okay, but when you see it on 320 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:45.440 a pretty regular basis, man, it takes It takes a lot out of 321 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:52.680 you when you got to march to the mound as often as aj Hinch does 322 00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:57.640 when kent to my ada is pitching. Now, what what this might do 323 00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:03.680 though? What many people may look at this and say, well, then 324 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:07.880 why aren't you letting other guys go deeper? So Montero yesterday, I think 325 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:11.519 he would he throws seventy three pitches something like that. Trent, Yeah, 326 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:15.839 I can double check for you, perhaps something like that. So that's a 327 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:25.599 problem. So the league average, Detroit is well well below the league average 328 00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:32.920 when it comes to total pitches thrown. Phone number the Meyer hotline is eight 329 00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:36.359 sixty six eight three eight forty eight forty three. The text line sports Radio 330 00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:40.559 to twenty one thousand. I had teased that Pistons made some news, but 331 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:47.519 something you already knew. They made it official. Cad Cunningham signs the rookie 332 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:51.680 Max deal, five year, two hundred and twenty four million dollars. That's 333 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:56.880 the extension. We knew this right a couple of weeks back, Yes, 334 00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:01.480 that this was broken. I'm I'm glad it's done. And you know, 335 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:08.240 I don't know how people overall feel about Caid Cunningham because unfortunately for him, 336 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:13.759 I just think people over the last couple of years, when you when you're 337 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:17.839 winning seventeen games and then fourteen games, I just don't think you're grabbing many 338 00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:23.720 people. I don't think there's it's hard to endear yourself to a fan base 339 00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:30.680 that doesn't care, and that's not on them, that's on the organization. 340 00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:37.839 So it's I don't I'm not blaming kid Cunningham by any stretch. I think 341 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:40.680 he's a really good player. Don't know if he's a great player. I 342 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:45.920 don't know if he's an All Star. We'll see. I think we all 343 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:50.599 reserve the right to be able to say, let's wait and see, let's 344 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:53.519 be patient. We don't have to go out there and say, damn it. 345 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:55.480 I knew it he was going to be an All Star. I told 346 00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:59.640 you this a couple of years ago. People don't remember that stuff. They 347 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:06.119 just don't all right, It's okay to say I like him. I think 348 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.319 he's a really solid player. Let's see if he becomes as quote unquote great 349 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:16.480 as a first overall pick should be. But I like this because of what 350 00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:23.319 we were just talking about with star players. This guy, Kate Cunningham has 351 00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:28.759 a chance to be a star player. Would you agree with that? Absolutely? 352 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:31.119 If you look at his trajectory, chef, just quickly, he's averaging 353 00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:35.359 twenty three points per game last season, career highs almost across the board, 354 00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:37.400 three point shooting, all that stuff, and now you're adding in some better 355 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:42.920 shooters around him. He's a ball dominant guy. I love the move me 356 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:46.079 too. Now you bring up an interesting point with the ball dominant guy, 357 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:51.720 I don't know if I I think he for the most part, makes pretty 358 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:55.799 good decisions. Okay, and let's not read too deep into what the assist 359 00:33:57.079 --> 00:34:00.039 level is. But you're averaging seven and a half a CI last year. 360 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:04.359 Because you brought up I think the fact that he averaged twenty three points per 361 00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:08.119 game, correct, seven assists per game? Pretty damn good. Now, 362 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:14.000 the turnovers need to be limited, but pretty damn good. If I gave 363 00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:19.880 you a player and I said they're going to give you twenty three, seven 364 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:23.000 and a half and even four boards are somewhere in that neighborhood from the guard 365 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:28.480 position, would you take it absolutely, and he's playing a lot of minutes. 366 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:31.039 He's playing steady minutes at thirty. Each of the last two years he's 367 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:37.599 played over thirty three minutes a game. For you, you take that as 368 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:42.280 a point guard, no doubt. Tyrese Haliburton, who's on Team USA, 369 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:45.679 got a lot of love last season and rightfully sol for leading the Pacers to 370 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:50.360 an Eastern Conference finals perth twenty points per game, eleven assists, so a 371 00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:53.480 little bit better in the passing department, but same idea right ball dominant and 372 00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:57.559 by the way, he played sixty nine games last season, so he missed 373 00:34:57.559 --> 00:35:00.280 some time. For those who are jumping, what did he shoot? What 374 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:05.760 did he shoot? Forty seven percent? Okay, Cunningham's at forty five. 375 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:13.320 What's what's Haliburton's three point shooting? Thirty six percent? So a hair better, 376 00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:17.159 slightly better cutting Ham's at thirty five and a half percent. All right. 377 00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:21.159 I think that's a great example. I'm glad you brought that up. 378 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:25.360 It's an excellent example. I like Jylen Brown a lot, all right. 379 00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:30.880 Jylen Brown averaged twenty three points per game. Jylen Brown averaged three and a 380 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:37.880 half assists per game. Okay, remember seven and a half for Caid Cunningham, 381 00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:45.880 three and a half for Jalen Brown. Both averaged twenty three points per 382 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:52.800 game. Both average well, Brown a little bit better on the glass, 383 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:54.719 but look, I'm a point guard. He's a small forward. There's a 384 00:35:54.719 --> 00:36:00.880 little difference there, but you would expect that. And he's a better shooter, 385 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:06.199 but not three point shooter. They're the same three point shooting percentage. 386 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:13.719 Brown's better from two point range. Again, a little different, but Brown's 387 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:17.400 listed as a small forward. He's also sixty six. Kate Cunningham's listed as 388 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:23.599 a point guard. He's six to six, so a little bit more with 389 00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:28.920 the ball in his hands, I suppose if you're Kate Cunningham. But he 390 00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:34.519 can be our point. Trent him my point. I believe he can be 391 00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:38.320 a star for this team. There's I think there's too many people right now 392 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:42.239 who cover this team on a regular base and say say he's a star right 393 00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:47.679 now. He's not look at it from a global scope, look at it 394 00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:54.519 from a national scope. Do people in the NBA, be honest, Do 395 00:36:54.639 --> 00:37:02.480 they consider Kid Cunningham a star? He's not looking at that way. Don't 396 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:06.800 get I don't believe, not yet that doesn't mean he can't be, but 397 00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:08.199 I don't think he is. And a lot of that has had to do 398 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:12.360 with the Piston's lack of success. They've been the worst team in the league 399 00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:15.079 three years in a row. So absolutely absolutely. I mean, look, 400 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:21.840 the stars, folks are guys like Joel Embiid. Jalen Brunson has just pushed 401 00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:27.679 himself into that, Damian Lillard, Shay Gilgess, Alexander Anthony Edwards, Anthony 402 00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:30.840 Edwards, Luka, Doncicic, right, and a lot of these guys are 403 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:37.960 ours, right, Devin Booker is a star, right, Jason Tatum a 404 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:43.199 star, not that he's a guard, Kyrie Irving. The star is. 405 00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:47.519 There are certain guys like I like. I like Pascal Siakam, he's a 406 00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:52.079 really good player. I like Jamal Murray, really good player. I don't 407 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:55.840 know if those guys are stars maybe in their markets, but I'm talking about 408 00:37:57.119 --> 00:38:00.400 from the NBA. How do they look at them. Franz Wagner is a 409 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:07.400 really good player, it's not a star, so I think he can be. 410 00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:10.440 What do you think, Paul Bunkaro? Do you think he's a star? 411 00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:13.920 No? Probably is, Yeah, I don't know. I think he's 412 00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:16.760 on a trajectory. Yeah, twenty seven a game. I think he's pretty 413 00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:21.800 damn close to it. Twenty seven in the postseason, for yeah, that's 414 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:23.679 that's correct, that's pretty good. And that's another level of this that we 415 00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:27.079 haven't seen with Kate yet. Get to the postseason. How do you perform 416 00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:30.639 there? That says a lot. Absolutely. Now, in fairness to those 417 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:36.360 who may argue for Kate Cunningham, he did finish twenty first in the league 418 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:42.440 and scoring a year ago more than bon Carrow as much as Paul George. 419 00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:50.280 That's pretty damn good. You'll take that. A guy I just mentioned Siakam 420 00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:53.719 Cunningham's averaging more than he is and he's taking more shots. But you understand 421 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:59.880 my point. I think he has that capability. That's what I like about 422 00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:04.320 the signing. It's not one of those well, he's the only guy we 423 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:08.480 got, We're not gonna get anybody else. Let's do it. He's kind 424 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:12.320 of forcing our hand. No, no, no, you don't do this 425 00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:16.599 unless you think this guy can be or if he's not already a star. 426 00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:22.360 Now the Pistons may say he is, the rest of the National Basketball Association 427 00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:29.000 I think is still waiting, and that's Okay, I believe he has that 428 00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:34.000 ability. He has the ability to be a star, more so than probably 429 00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:42.719 any Tiger. Although I'm still strong believer in Riley Green's ability, I think 430 00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:46.719 he can be and the way cole Keith has recently hit. Not a big 431 00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:52.079 fan of his fielding, but the way he has recently shown how he can 432 00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:59.159 hit, you should be happy about this. I said this when he was 433 00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:04.280 struggling at the very beginning of the year, while people said send him down, 434 00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:09.119 I said, I firmly believe this dude will be a hitter, and 435 00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:14.639 he has been and he will continue to be. When all is said and 436 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:20.760 done, by the end of this year, cole Keith will be one of 437 00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:27.280 the top three hitters on this team. So I think you're gonna like that. 438 00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:31.000 I don't know if he's going to be a star. I don't necessarily 439 00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:34.039 see that because I think in order to be a star, you gotta be 440 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:36.599 able to do a little bit of both. I think Green can do that. 441 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:42.480 But with the signing of Kaid Cunningham, that is absolutely in the cards. 442 00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:46.360 So that's good for them. And it's interesting because I think I kind 443 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:50.119 of look at kid Cunningham. Tell me if this is a good or a 444 00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:55.039 bad example in your mind? Dylan Larkin. Like, Dylan Larkin's viewed as 445 00:40:55.039 --> 00:41:00.639 a number one center in Detroit, and rightfully so. Is he a star 446 00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:09.639 around the National Hockey League? No, No, he's well respected. He's 447 00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:16.320 well respected. Speaking of stars in Pittsburgh, they think Paul Skeins is a 448 00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:22.280 star. And you know what, for a guy just making his impact, 449 00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:29.280 he is. But somebody has suggested something about Paul Skeins that I think is 450 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:37.360 a little bit getting ahead of themselves. They want him, They believe that 451 00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:45.119 he deserves a certain recognition that I think is way off base. 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