WEBVTT 1 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:26.079 Now that the Nsloya has beaten the Dodgers in a series and taking care of 2 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:30.879 business against Cleveland in a series and wet Cincinnati in a series on the road, 3 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:36.880 that perhaps they have brought you back in. They beat the Dodgers four 4 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:42.600 to three for a second Street comeback win against LA and the NL West Division 5 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:48.079 leaders. Justin Henry molloy comes through to the pin shit RBI single in the 6 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:52.640 ninety Detroit has won three Stree series. They have won eight of their last 7 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:57.280 ten overall. They are playing five hundred ball at home and they are three 8 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:00.119 games under five hundred and forty seven up and fifty down out. Is that 9 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.359 good enough? No? It is not. But I've said, and I 10 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:08.879 stay consistent with this now, I said, you want to get back in 11 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.760 a race. You want to do anything that creates a buzz for your fan 12 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:18.640 base. You win series. Doesn't have to win every game, you gotta 13 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:22.680 win series. And they've won three series in a row, and that's important. 14 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:26.120 But maybe more importantly for you is who they've beaten in those series. 15 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:33.799 There are certain teams that carry a certain cachet. There are certain teams that 16 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:40.280 have a certain mystique about them, or perhaps there are certain teams and franchises 17 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:46.280 that when you play them, because of what they have already accomplished in a 18 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:52.079 single season, it means a little bit more to you. Beating Cleveland means 19 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:56.239 more to you than beating the Chicago White Sox, and rightfully so, beating 20 00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:00.400 the Dodgers means a lot more to you than beating the Bad Rockies, for 21 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:07.479 sure. So doing all that has been impressive. Don't take that away from 22 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:13.240 them. LA now is forty eight and two when leading after eight innings. 23 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:22.599 The two losses Saturday and Sunday in Detroit, perhaps, just perhaps Saturday, 24 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:31.759 the comeback win where you make the improbable extra inning victory. How it happened, 25 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:36.039 You're still shaking your head a little bit. Home run after home run 26 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:39.479 Cole keith a Hero. I mean, it's unbelievable, right, Jille Rochelle 27 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:47.280 Hero. Perhaps that's a turning point, Maybe just maybe that is the game 28 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:54.360 that makes that team believe and its fan base believe. I don't care if 29 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:59.919 LA's lost six or seven. I just care that Detroit has won aid of 30 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:06.360 and after the All Star Break, Detroit visits Toronto and we'll see what happens 31 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.560 there. Knowing that well, let's face it, Toronto is just kind of 32 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:14.639 an a team. I would have guessed going into the season Toronto would have 33 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:19.199 been one of the better teams in the American League when you look at their 34 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:23.960 talent, when you look at the fact that they've been together for an extended 35 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:28.719 period of time, they've had some disappointment, they've had some success, and 36 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:31.479 I mean postseason, then you would guess, yeah, this is a team 37 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:38.240 that can make that next step. Instead, they are worse than the Tigers 38 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:43.800 record wise, at forty four and fifty two at the All Star break. 39 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:51.479 Detroit is five hundred at home. Eh, you know, that is something 40 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:54.719 that you would hope they would be much better at. And they are a 41 00:03:54.759 --> 00:04:00.319 minus seven in the run scoring differential, which I bring up pretty freequently. 42 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.159 But again there's a reason for that. Look at the teams that are above 43 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:08.120 it. Boston is off to I mean, Boston's been unbelievable lately. They've 44 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:12.159 won seven of ten. They are way above the run scoring differential. The 45 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:15.800 Yankees have struggled as of late, but they're eighteen games over five hundred and 46 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:19.480 they are a plus one oh eight in the run scoring differential. Baltimore high 47 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:24.000 up there and they lead the American League East, and they have fifty eight 48 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:28.160 wins. That leads the American League. Look at the Philadelphia Phillies sixty two 49 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:32.879 wins, one hundred and forty in run scoring differential, important statistic to follow. 50 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:39.639 I know we get two numbers happy in baseball individually, but if you 51 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.959 look at it from a team perspective, that is a really big one. 52 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.720 There aren't many teams. Saint Louis is an underlier. That's a team over 53 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.920 five hundred, but a minus thirty eight in run scoring differential. There aren't 54 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:58.040 many teams who are really successful or above five hundred that are allowing more runs 55 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.639 than scoring more runs. So just something to keep an eye on moving forward. 56 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.199 But the Tigers hit the All Star break. Perhaps it comes at a 57 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:08.240 bad time for Detroit, Perhaps it comes at a very good time for the 58 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:14.519 La Dodgers. MLB saw fifty one home runs hit on Sunday, the most 59 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:17.879 of any day this season, and nine players had two or more. That 60 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:24.519 is the second most on a single day all time. That'll tell you something, 61 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:28.800 right there. You like the power you got it yesterday? That's a 62 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:33.600 lot and Oakland had eight of them. Oakland blew out the Phillies and they 63 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:40.399 had eight home runs. How do you figure that? Right, that's what 64 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:44.040 you love about sports. Here's a team that is fifteen games out in the 65 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:47.759 West. They're playing just sort of you know, they're five and five in 66 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:51.600 their last ten. They're a minus eighty three in the runs, growing deferential. 67 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:57.120 They've got just fifteen roadkills and yet to hit eight homers. Good for 68 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:01.519 them. Record eight college players to start the draft. In the Major League 69 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:08.600 Baseball Draft, Tigers used the eleventh overall pick to select Rice Rainer. He 70 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:14.759 is a high school shortstop from Harvard Westlake High School six' three buck ninety 71 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:21.519 five left handed power hitter who can also pitch. They predict him or project 72 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:27.199 him as a possible thirty home run type of guy. We'll see about that 73 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:30.120 again. I mean, I don't know how you do this. It is 74 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:33.480 so challenging, you know. They said the same thing about Spencer Toorkolsim, 75 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:39.480 but at least they had a college, a high level Arizona State, high 76 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:46.079 level college background on which to make that projection. This kid's a high school 77 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:50.240 player, but he's also committed to Texas, one of the best programs in 78 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:55.439 the country, and some are comparing him to Corey Seeker. He was a 79 00:06:55.480 --> 00:07:01.199 California high school Player of the Year and he comes out of a very rich 80 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:08.720 high school baseball reputation. Who else has come from there? Well, I 81 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:13.839 can give you a few ready, Brennan Bosh, don't turn off the radio. 82 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:25.120 Hold on. I mean Pete Crow, Armstrong, Jack Flaherty, Max 83 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:34.360 Freed, Lucas Giolito. There you go. So the two hitters are sort 84 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:40.839 of good. The two pitchers are really good. We'll tell you a little 85 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:45.920 bit more about him when we come back. The MLB All Star festivities begin 86 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:48.920 tonight in Texas, and that has a lot to do with our poll question. 87 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:54.120 Our poll question you can find it on our X page or Twitter. 88 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:59.399 You can find it on Facebook. X Big page is XB Mornings the Facebook 89 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:01.920 page X and Bros. Do you enjoy the home run derby? Yes? 90 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:05.680 No? Or I don't pay attention? Vote as often as you like. 91 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.800 We'll give you the results eight o'clock tomorrow. Stay with us a lot more 92 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:13.480 on the Tigers draft pick when we come back on EXUS and Bros. After 93 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:20.040 this. 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And Tom Sever, 132 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:48.759 before Marianna Rivera had the highest I believe, correct me if I'm wrong 133 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:54.159 here, Trent, he had the highest voting rate in Hall of Fame history. 134 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:01.840 I believe that's the case. At least it was before Rivera. Anyway, 135 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.120 that was a really good story. I thought. So the Tigers get 136 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:09.639 what they hope will be their future shortstop. There. You know, you 137 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:18.480 and I have complained about the lack of position players within the system, guys 138 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:30.399 who are offensive orphans in other words, offensively super gifted but no home defensively. 139 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:35.440 Well, hopefully they have one, because the belief is that this kid, 140 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:41.399 Bryce Rayner, shortstop from Harvard Westlake High School, is going to be 141 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:52.480 a shortstop full time. Here is what MLB writes about Bryce Rayner. So 142 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:58.840 Bryce, like Bryce Harper Rayner, are AI n e R. It says, 143 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:03.480 you usually a good time, a good sign that a draft prospect has 144 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.720 drawn comparisons to the reigning World Series MVP, like Rayner does to Seger. 145 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:11.960 He actually seems more likely to stay at shortstop as a pro than Seger did 146 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.879 when he was drafted. Of course, a whole lot has to go right 147 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:22.399 between now and the majors for Rainer to approach that kind of production. Yeah, 148 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:24.039 the first thing they have to do is they got to sign him. 149 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:28.360 You got to sign the kid because he's committed to Texas. So you hope 150 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:35.240 that's not the case anyway, at least for the organization's sake, since he 151 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:39.600 is old for his class, having already turned nineteen years old. There are 152 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:45.240 some questions about how high how his high school performance rather will translate to the 153 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:52.200 next level. Again, California Gatorade Player of the Year at six' three 154 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.480 and you're going You'll see him put on some weight, no doubt, but 155 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:58.000 the Tigers will go right after trying to sign him as quickly as possible. 156 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.799 What was interesting I thought in watching the start of the draft. I didn't 157 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:05.440 watch the entire first round like I have in the past, but I did 158 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:11.960 watch the very beginning. Wake Forest had three players chosen in the top ten, 159 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:16.399 sever King, speaking of Tom sever who was named after Tom sever sever 160 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:24.360 King, the shortstop there. Wake Forest was taken tenth by the Washington Nationals. 161 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:31.399 Also taken in the top ten from wake Forest was a first baseman, 162 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:37.480 Nick Kurtz Power first baseman Oakland grabbed him at number four, and their pitcher, 163 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:41.559 their top pitcher, Chase Burns, was taken by the Reds at number 164 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:48.440 two. What I found interesting is that Charlie Condon, who was the Golden 165 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:54.080 Spikes Award winner the player of the Year out of Georgia. He's the third 166 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:58.720 baseman, lasted until number three, where Colorado took him. I don't know 167 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.840 if you're watch this kid play. I watched him in the NCAA tournament. 168 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:07.279 He's there's something about him that makes you go. He jumps off the page 169 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.399 at you hit four to thirty three, had thirty seven bombs, had an 170 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:18.440 ops of over fifteen hundred. He's the first Division one hitter this century to 171 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:24.320 hit thirty five homers and post better numbers than Wyatt Langford and Dylan Cruz did 172 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:31.759 in the same conference. He's six' six. The comparison at third base 173 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:35.639 anyway, is to Chris Bryant and Alec Baum. Who's going to be in 174 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:41.440 the home run derby tonight. Played all over for Georgia, actually played every 175 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:45.919 outfield position, played third base. I think he played a little first base 176 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:50.759 as two or as well. So from what all I read, he was 177 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:56.960 the number one player on every draft board. But Colorado gets him at number 178 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:02.799 three. That's pretty damn good. He's a big, strong, hard nosed 179 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:07.200 kid. He looks like a hell of a player. But apparently Cleveland, 180 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:10.919 Now, some of this has to do a signability. To keep that in 181 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:14.320 mind, anytime you're drafting a guy, a lot of it has to do 182 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:18.440 a sign ability. But Cleveland drafted Travis Bazana. He's the second baseman from 183 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:23.360 Oregon State. He's Australian born. He hit four. It's not like he's 184 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.440 a slouch, right. He had four oh seven, had twenty eight homers, 185 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:33.480 and had twice as many walks as strikeouts, and I think that's what 186 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.000 was the appealing statistic to them, while some of these other guys, like 187 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:44.360 the have you seen the kid at Florida, the home run hitter Jack Kegleone, 188 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:45.519 I don't know if you've seen him. He went to Kansas City at 189 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:49.759 number six. The big knock on him was he had a lot of swinging 190 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:53.559 mess. He's the guy who hit four nineteen hit club thirty five homers. 191 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:59.960 He also went five and two as a pitcher. He's got unbelievable raw power 192 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:06.960 eighty raw power. The strikeout to walk ratio much better than it had been. 193 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:11.839 But I mean, he had thirty one intentional walks, so he had 194 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:17.200 fifty eight to twenty six strikeout walk strikeout to walk ratio. Pretty impressive, 195 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:21.720 but early in his career and even this past season, had a lot of 196 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:25.240 swing and mists, so that was a little bit of the knock on him. 197 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:30.920 But overall, Kansas City the Division for the Tigers. The Tigers Division, 198 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:37.000 the AL Central got tougher. If these kids are as good as many 199 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:44.119 people think they're going to be. So whether Condon went to Cleveland or the 200 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:48.880 Zana went to Cleveland, they got themselves a pretty damn good player in that. 201 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:52.240 So what you saw yesterday, at least in the early round, is 202 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:56.400 you saw the number one overall pick go to Cleveland. Number one. You 203 00:17:56.440 --> 00:18:02.559 saw the White Sox take perhaps the best power pitcher in the draft and Hagan 204 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:04.799 Smith. They're going to trade. Chicago's going I don't want to get too 205 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:07.119 deep into a draft when a lot of you may look at it and go, 206 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:10.640 I don't know who these kids are. Well, this kid's he's a 207 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:15.319 left handed pitcher from Arkansas, is a He's a strong, strong kid, 208 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:19.640 throws a heavy ball. They're going to trade Garrett Crochet in all likelihood, 209 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:29.440 and now they get Hagan Smith, who could fast track nine to two sec 210 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:33.839 Pitcher of the Year struck out one hundred and sixty one and eighty four innings. 211 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:37.960 Think about that, pitches eighty four innings. He's got one hundred and 212 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:48.359 sixty one punchouts, including a seventeen strikeout performance in six innings against Oregon State 213 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:55.160 at one point. That's impressive. So you get that in the division, 214 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:57.920 and then you get the cagle Own kid, who many people think could be 215 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:04.519 Simil. I'm allure to Bryce Harper with a left handed stick. He's got 216 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:10.759 that type of power. Kansas City's got themselves some good young talent. Vinnie 217 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.880 Pascantino, he's their first basement. I don't know if cag Leon goes anywhere 218 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.519 else, but they've got him listed as a first baseman. I doubt he 219 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:22.920 pitches at the next level. That's what show Tony has done though, to 220 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:26.319 baseball. More kids are coming out saying, you know what I can do 221 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:30.480 both for you. You're seeing it from the high school level and you're seeing 222 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.200 it from the collegiate level. It's not unique, by the way, it's 223 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:37.480 not unique at all. A lot of guys had pitched and played positions in 224 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.680 college. You know that Matt Vierling was one of them. He was a 225 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:42.079 closer in Notre Dame. But they're not good enough to pitch at the next 226 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:45.759 level. Some of these kids, they say, are good enough to play 227 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:49.640 both. We'll see how that translates. We'll see how that happens as we 228 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:53.559 move forward. Speaking of the Major League Baseball the All Star festivities begin tonight. 229 00:19:53.880 --> 00:20:00.240 Will give you the home run derby competitors, and dive a little bit 230 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.519 more into some other big time sports news from over the weekend, specifically yesterday. 231 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.680 That's coming to next on x Susan Bros. 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See all the deals in store or in the Myyer app 248 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:45.480 Huge here for Vanandel Institute Purple Community Now there are grassroots fundraising network powered by 249 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:51.519 the volunteers who support viai's mission to improve health now and in the future. 250 00:21:51.880 --> 00:22:11.599 Learn more at Purplecommunity dot org. All right, pretty simple question for you, 251 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:19.160 Trent. You follow sports as close as anybody I know. You know 252 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:25.599 the All Star Game is tomorrow night, right in Texas. You know the 253 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:30.599 Home Run Derby is tonight in Texas. And that's our pole question. By 254 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:33.559 the way, you can vote as often as you want on our Twitter account, 255 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:38.279 X account XB Mornings or on Facebook x'es and bros. And the Home 256 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:48.759 Run Derby tonight features guys like Gunnar Henderson. He's got twenty seven bombs. 257 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:53.319 Alec Bohm He's got eleven, Peter Alonzo's got eighteen, Bobby Wood Junior has 258 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:59.000 the same number, Marcelo Zuna has twenty three, Jose Ramirez has the same 259 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:03.799 number, Oscar Hernandez with nineteen, and A Dolice Garcia was seventeen. He's 260 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:07.119 the hometown guy. He'll get the loudest ovation first time since nineteen thirty four 261 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:11.000 that the reigning World Champions Series World Series Champ, I should say, host 262 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:17.160 the Midsummer Classic. So that's your home run derby competition. Gunnar Henderson of 263 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:21.960 the Orioles, Balm of Philly, Alonzo of the Mets, Wet Junior of 264 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:27.519 the Royals, Ozuna the Braves, Ramirez of the Guardians, Taoscar Hernandez and 265 00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:36.680 A Dolice Garcia. Hernandez of the Dodgers and Garcia the Rangers. Do you 266 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:40.480 know who's starting the All Star Game? Trent? Do you know who the 267 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:44.799 starting pitchers are in the All Star Game? Uh? No, I haven't 268 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:48.079 seen. Okay, you and I had this conversation last week, yes, 269 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:56.039 and we said, hey, does Paul Skeens really deserve to start the All 270 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:03.559 Star Game? He's going to start. He's the guy, Tory Lavello tapped 271 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:07.200 him on the shoulder and said, yeah, you get it. I think 272 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:11.720 it's awesome. I changed my mind, you know, especially after the no 273 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:18.079 hit through seven performance that he had in his last performance. Good for him, 274 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:22.960 pretty awesome. So you like that, Yeah, I think it's the 275 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:26.359 right call. I mean, it's kind of one of those deals where you 276 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:30.640 pick which stat means the most to you and then you kind of roll from 277 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.640 there. But he's got an ERA under two, he's got a whip under 278 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:37.000 one, eighty nine strikeouts, doesn't have a loss on his record. You 279 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.839 know, it makes sense. You do realize, though, I'm sure that 280 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:48.839 Chris Saale Chris Sale just won his major league leading thirteenth game of the year. 281 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:52.680 Yeah, and he's almost gotten double the amount of strikeouts too. So 282 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:56.119 again, it just depends what you look at that you value most. And 283 00:24:56.799 --> 00:25:00.920 this is kind of exciting though. I think for base fans to see Paul 284 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:03.119 Schemes, the young bull get in there. Yeah, I think it's something 285 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:07.359 people will tune into. How long they watch, I don't know, but 286 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:15.640 I do believe he brings an element to the game of where our eyeballs want 287 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:21.799 to watch. Now the question you ask yourself, is is he deserving? 288 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:29.640 Sure? I think Chris Sales more deserving. But people feel like he's been 289 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:33.440 there, done that. He's also started eighteen games, all right, or 290 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:38.240 yeah, eighteen games? Ten quality starts, eighteen games. It's not like 291 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:41.839 Chris Sales got bad numbers. He's got a whip of point ninety five. 292 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:47.720 He's got a strikeout per nine at eleven and a half. He's got an 293 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:52.759 ERA of two point seven, So there's nothing wrong there. Who's starting for 294 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:59.960 the American League? We have any idea who's starting for the American League. 295 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:03.519 I read something over the weekend. I don't either, not yet. I 296 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:11.799 read something over the weekend where they had these MLB dot Com had these ideal 297 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:15.599 matchups. They had schemes against Garrett Crochet, and I thought to myself, 298 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:22.039 look, this is not a knock on Garrett Crochet. He's been a he's 299 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:29.880 a He's an interesting pitcher to watch because he pumps in at one hundred miles 300 00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:33.799 an hour, all right, And to me, that's that's just about it. 301 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:41.279 He could be it depended on York School. He could be the number 302 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:48.440 one trade chip piece as we head toward the trade deadline, So that was 303 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.279 one of the matchups they liked. Another matchup they liked Chris Saale against Max 304 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:59.079 Schurzer. I'm like, what, what Max Schuzer, He just made his 305 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:02.640 first start the other not too long ago. Why in the world would you? 306 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:07.519 Oh, because he's a three times cy Young Award winner, he's finally 307 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:11.720 returned to the Rangers rotation. He's had two starts. You want to do 308 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:15.799 that. It's what they call a throwback All Star performance. That's not what 309 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:22.400 people want to see anyway. So there's there were two of them. Then 310 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:32.319 there was this one Ranger Suarez Phillies, Corbin Burns Orioles. Okay, two 311 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:37.839 guys who are really good with the earn run average. Max Freed against Jack 312 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:48.000 Flaherty. Okay, there's I suppose that's a nice possibility because both went to 313 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:55.920 Harvard Westlake High School in Los Angeles that nobody knows about until the beginning of 314 00:27:55.960 --> 00:28:02.920 the broadcast, not even in the stadium. So there's four scenarios they bring 315 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:06.640 up, and I'm thinking to myself, Wait a minute, where is Tarek 316 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:12.240 Scubel in all this? How about bringing up a guy who actually is deserving 317 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:18.480 and should be starting the All Star Game for the American League. And finally, 318 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:23.799 finally, on the fifth option, they write Zach Wheeler against Trek Scuble. 319 00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:27.720 Strong case for these being the top two starters in the majors right now, 320 00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:33.960 first season with the Phillies and twenty twenty Wheeler or since when he started 321 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:38.279 in twenty twenty. Wheeler leads all starters in wins above replacement, second and 322 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:41.559 most endings thrown era, so on and so forth. The idea of Schooble 323 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:48.079 even being mentioned as one of baseball's best pitchers a year ago seemed inconceivable after 324 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.640 missing nearly a season two to flexor tendon surgery. He returned last year July 325 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:56.319 fourth and has blossomed as of late. And then they give all his numbers. 326 00:28:57.039 --> 00:29:02.200 He's squarely in the AlSi young Ward conversation and deserving it of All Star 327 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:10.319 Star. Absolutely skemes against Schoogle. I do not say this because we are 328 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:15.400 in Michigan. We are in Detroit. Specifically, I'm not saying this because 329 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:22.359 I'm a Homer. But if you want, if you believe, if the 330 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:29.279 premise to an argument of starting Paul Skins gets you eyeballs, because you can't 331 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:36.160 say he's having the best season in the National League, at least undoubtedly you 332 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:40.119 can't do that because I just gave you Chris sales numbers. They're off the 333 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:44.160 charts. He's gonna win at this rate, he will win Comeback Player of 334 00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:47.799 the Year, and rightfully so, you could make the argument that Skeens is 335 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:51.559 having the best season. But many people the argument is this, I want 336 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:56.160 to see the young phenom. I want to see the guy and introduce him 337 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:00.519 to the rest of the baseball world. In case you're not following it as 338 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:04.640 closely as Trent, you and I are, there are people out there like, 339 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:07.400 yeah, maybe I'll tune in just for the beginning. You want to 340 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:11.119 see a fireballer. You want to see a guy who's done something nobody else 341 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:19.799 has ever done. You're seeing a possible historic performance. Okay, he's the 342 00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:25.680 fifth rookie to start an All Star Game today ONNOMO in ninety five, Fernando 343 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:30.279 vellens Will in eighty one, Mark Fidrich in nineteen seventy six, and a 344 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:36.880 guy by the name of Dave Stenhouse in nineteen sixty two. Don't know that 345 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:45.920 six and zero one point nine Era eighty nine punch outs in sixty six innings 346 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:52.880 and he's allowed just fourteen runs. You're gonna watch him blow people away. 347 00:30:56.519 --> 00:31:03.039 It was kind of a neat thing for Tory Levolo to do. He interrupted 348 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:07.839 Paul Skeens on a national radio show and said, Paul, first of all, 349 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:11.759 how you doing. Just wanted to congratulate you. I've chosen you to 350 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:15.559 be the starter for the National League and the All Star Game. Really excited 351 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:23.799 for unbelievable honor and well deserved and Schemes was blown away, and rightfully so 352 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:30.240 kind of a unique way to start to do that. Right absolutely, this 353 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:33.599 is a good stat among pitchers with at least seven hundred and fifty pitches this 354 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:41.079 season. Skeenes's average fastball speed is at ninety nine point one miles an hour, 355 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:51.000 his average splitter speed is ninety four point one miles an hour, and 356 00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.960 he's going to become the fifth pirate to ever start an All Star Game. 357 00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:59.200 I'm going to bring up those names you don't even note. Jerry Royce back 358 00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:01.759 in nineteen seven twenty five, and he would end his career with the Dodgers. 359 00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:07.039 Doc Ellis in nineteen seventy one. He was really good. Bob Friend 360 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:10.480 never heard of him in Verne LN nineteen sixty and fifty six, respectively. 361 00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:16.359 Don't know them, but that's a hell of accomplishment on the part of Paul's 362 00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:20.160 Skien. So if that's the belief, If the belief is, I want 363 00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:24.880 to introduce to you a young phenom who's going to captivate you for years to 364 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:30.119 come. Which is kind of interesting if you think about it, because baseball 365 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:34.759 has been all about what scoring more runs? How do we find a way 366 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:39.119 to generate more offense in the world. Right, That's what most of these 367 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:47.039 recent rule changes have done. They've benefited hitting and base runners. Take away 368 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:50.799 the shift. Okay, I don't know whether you liked it or not, 369 00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:55.720 but they take it away to give hitters a better opportunity. Make sure infielders 370 00:32:55.799 --> 00:33:00.240 that their two feet are on the dirt of the infield. You can have 371 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:04.880 it deep. You can't be playing behind the bag, you can't be playing 372 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:08.759 on the grass as an infielder. In the attention to make you know, 373 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:13.240 the offensive explosion and everything kind of goes hand in hand to with speeding up 374 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:17.720 the game itself. Yeah, I don't even I don't even know if it 375 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:22.720 was speeding up the game. I think it was more about tempo like I 376 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:25.160 didn't. I didn't care about the speed of the game. I cared about 377 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:29.440 the tempo of the game and how much how much it slowed down. That's 378 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:32.920 probably a better way to put it. And and I think which I always 379 00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:37.400 found rather interesting, Trent, because we don't have a problem with football. 380 00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:43.240 You and I love football, right, I mean, we could watch it 381 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:45.039 almost every day if it's a long with its decent teams. I'm not watching, 382 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:49.960 you know, too much UFL or Canadian Football League, but NFL and 383 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:54.640 college high level college football, we're watching that quite a bit. I don't 384 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:58.799 mind the and I like to hurry up offenses, you know. I think 385 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:02.160 there are people who complain of it to a certain extent because it has a 386 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:07.239 tendency to it's great rhythm when you're in rhythm. When you're not in rhythm, 387 00:34:07.239 --> 00:34:13.079 it can be painful to watch. But people never had a problem with 388 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.320 them huddling up and then breaking the huddle and walking to the line of scrimmage. 389 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:22.440 There's all kinds of downtime and slower time in football. But because we're 390 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:25.800 only exposed to our favorite team once a week, whether it be the Lions 391 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:30.679 or Michigan State or Michigan whatever, you're only exposed to them once a week, 392 00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:35.760 then you can live with it. But with baseball, because you're seeing 393 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:38.480 it every night on a Tuesday night, you're complaining because, oh man, 394 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:42.239 I saw the same thing Monday night. These guys are taking free. Yeah, 395 00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:45.039 I saw the same thing on Sunday and another buddy, Yeah, on 396 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:47.199 Saturday, I went to the game. It took forever, right, So 397 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:52.440 the temple was not necessarily there, but they've done everything to speed up or 398 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:59.000 to generate more offense. A limited amount of times to step off, to 399 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:05.039 disengage the mound, if you will, right a now pitch clock for you 400 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.280 to get ready. Catchers have a certain amount of time that they have to 401 00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:10.239 be ready. Batteries have to be in the box at a certain time, 402 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:15.599 and pitchers have a certain time to deliver the baseball. All these things expedite 403 00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:21.719 the game and what they hope we're generating more offense, size of the bags. 404 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:25.840 All these things are benefiting base runners, hitters and offense in general. 405 00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:38.000 What has benefited pitching nothing really nothing. So with that mindset, it's a 406 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:43.480 little surprising that we would want to we as in me and Trent, would 407 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:50.239 want to lobby for a guy like Paul Skeins and Tarik Skoobele to be starters 408 00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:57.960 because they are strikeout pitchers and we are in awe of their power pitching capability. 409 00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:02.920 But that's what's going to happen. You're going to see You're going to 410 00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:09.599 see Paul Skeins picking up and probably mow him down and do the same thing 411 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:16.480 with Derek Skoubl. Guys who are going to be out there throwing gas and 412 00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:20.679 it's going to be awesome. Well, they're they're young and exciting. I 413 00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:22.599 think that's a big part of this because we're talking about an era and you 414 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:28.280 just laid it out perfectly that pitching is almost at a disadvantage at times, 415 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:32.480 right, So for these young guys to thrive in this era and burst onto 416 00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:37.760 the scene like this and put up borderline historic numbers here in their young careers, 417 00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:40.800 that's what we want to watch. Yeah, and that's what we're gonna 418 00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:45.840 get. Yep. It just kind of goes against the grain of what baseball 419 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:51.800 has been totally, you know, but it's exciting. It is, it's 420 00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:55.760 super exciting. I just I heard people, Yeah, Paul Skeen's he Onwa's 421 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:59.760 a young guy. And now he's going to face the best of the very 422 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:01.760 best. Okay, hold on a second, Like, I don't know what 423 00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:06.400 the batting order is going to be, all right, I don't know what 424 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:09.119 Bruce Bochi's gonna put things together. But here's who he has to choose from. 425 00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:15.159 Atlie Rushman, awesome player, Vladimir Guerrero Junior home run Yesterday Strong, 426 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:19.440 Marcus Simeon, Jose Ramirez love him, Gunnar Henderson, love them, and 427 00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:23.079 the all Star in the home run derby Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, Stephen 428 00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:25.960 Kwan, Jordan Alvarez. All. I mean, you look at that and 429 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:30.199 you're th that's loaded talent, love it, all that stuff, right, 430 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:36.239 Don't give me that he's facing the best of the best when Paul Skeens has 431 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:45.079 already faced plenty of the best of the best. Struck out nine Braves and 432 00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:51.679 six innings. He struck out eight Mets in seven innings. He struck out 433 00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:58.039 eleven Brewers in seven innings, the division leaders, he struck out eight Dodgers 434 00:37:58.199 --> 00:38:04.000 in five innings and beat them. So I'm not a believer that. Well, 435 00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:06.559 now he's got to face the best of the best. Let's see how 436 00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:12.320 he does. He's been doing it well long enough, okay at six and 437 00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:19.960 oh, to be in eleven starts, six and oh, to be exposed 438 00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:22.719 to some of the best. If he was ever going to be intimidated, 439 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:27.079 not that the Cubs are great, but if he's ever going to be intimidated, 440 00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:30.440 it would have been in his debut on May eleventh against the Cubs. 441 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:32.480 And yet what did he do? He went out there in four innings of 442 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:42.559 work and struck out six Cubs. Not bad. Are there going to be 443 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:47.559 nerves? I would think so, But I don't think he's gonna get overwhelmed. 444 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:52.400 Remember this guy just helped LSU in a national championship. He's been dealing 445 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:55.559 with all kinds of quote unquote pressure, more media attention, and all that 446 00:38:55.599 --> 00:39:02.119 stuff ever since he's been drafted first overall last year. Now the question is 447 00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:07.480 how well will he perform in the All Star Game. You'll get a chance 448 00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:13.280 to watch him tomorrow night, and I would expect. I would expect Trek 449 00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:15.480 Scuble. Again, we haven't seen this yet, right, Trent. We 450 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:19.760 haven't seen who's starting for the American League. Correct, nothing's been announced, 451 00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:24.679 nothing's been announced. It's interesting that Tory Lavello would announce his, but there's 452 00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:29.199 been no announcement for the American League. My guess is it's going to be 453 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:37.119 Schooble. I don't know who else you would think, Seth Lugo. That 454 00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:40.639 doesn't necessarily move that dial. If the National League is going to go out 455 00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:46.639 there and make that announcement with such a such a vigor, with that type 456 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:52.320 of name, then you should do the same thing for the American League. 457 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:54.039 And the guy who's going to turn heads, the guy who's going to make 458 00:39:54.159 --> 00:40:00.599 you say, all right, we can trump that is Trek Schouble. We 459 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:08.760 expect a hell of a lefty versus righty matchup tomorrow in Texas, and that'll 460 00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:15.519 be a lot of fun to watch, a lot of fun things to talk 461 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:20.920 about on a Monday, even though this is oftentimes well the slow time in 462 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:28.559 sports. Let's see what happens in basketball. Okay, there's a prediction out 463 00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:32.400 there on how much better the Pistons are going to be. 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